I'm sorry to inform you of this, but I think I'm the Sabres good luck charm.
Yeah, I know, you're going "what the hell, has Anna gone crazy again?"
Well, first off, I don't have to go crazy. I'm naturally crazy, thank-you-very-much.
Secondly, I'm serious here!
So far, the Sabres are:
4-0-0
when I'm watching the game.
2-0-1
when I'm listening to the game.
and 0-2-1
when I don't listen or watch.
See?
When I don't watch, we don't do as well.... Which means the Sabres are sort-of screwed since I've been too busy to really watch lately. I mean, tonight I turned on my radio when happened to check the website and I saw the score was 5-2, but it was too late to reverse the damage of the Sabres not having me to cheer them on. Sorry guys.
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Friday, October 24, 2008
I blame society.
I'm left-handed. It's a pretty known fact. And if you didn't know it, well now you do. Anyways, the point is, I was reading some stuff about left-handed people, because well, why not? Pretty much, we get the short end of the stick just because we're unique.
1. Left handed people write from left to right, so that their hand smears the fresh ink across the page. Those who are right handed do not touch the ink until they get to the next line, so the ink has a few seconds to dry.
2. If you grab a coffee mug with your left hand, the picture will be facing away from you. Those who are right handed get to look at the picture while they drink.
3. Left handed people have little choice where they get to sit at large dinners, lest they bump elbows with a right handed person.
4. Car stick-shifts are on the right side of the driver. Less frequently used controls, such as headlight switches, are on the left side.
5. Scissors, kitchen knifes, bowling balls, computer mouses, golf clubs, can openers, baseball mitts, hockey sticks, guitars, bows (archery), desks, and more!
6. Left handed people are more prone to allergies, insomnia, migraines, dyslexia, schizophrenia, alcoholism, dying younger, and other stuff.
But there are some "ha, in your face right-handed peoples" kind-of things, too.
1. Studies suggest that left-handed people are often unusually creative, inventive, and athletic.
2. Lefties seem to have more of an edge in many sports. In tennis, and other games played with a racket, they have an advantage over right-handers because their opponents are accustomed to the spin, angle of return, and weakness of right-handed players. In baseball, left-handed batters stand on the right side of home plate, several steps closer to first base than a right handed batter.
3. Left handed people tend to be more likely to be on the extreme ends of the intelligence scale then right handed people. Meaning we're either really dumb or have an incredible IQ.
4. People who are left handed tend to think of many things simultaneously and start many activities.
5. The associated right brain hemisphere that is said to be more active in left-handed people, has been found in some circumstances to be associated with genius and is correlated with artistic and visual skill.
6. Lefties have excelled at both ends of the scale - the very good and the very bad. They seem to make exceptional leaders, inventors, artists, musicians and murderers!
Famous left-handed people?
Well, there's Prince William, Phil Esposito, Bobby Orr, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan, Kurt Cobain, Paul McCartney, Wolfgang Amedeus Mozart, Ringo Starr, Ludwig Van Beethoven, Napoleon Bonaparte, Julius Caesar, Emperor Charlemagne, Winston Churchill, Joan of Arc, Helen Keller, Henry Ford, Albert Einstein, Marie Curie, Leonardo Da Vinci, Lewis Carroll, H.G. Wells, Hans Christian Anderson, and more.
So what have we learned? Right-handed people discriminate against amazing lefties by making products that are difficult for us to use then charging us tons more for left-handed products and not even offering these products in places like schools. Also, left-handed people are clearly more creative and are good leaders, artist, musicians, and more, but still are more likely to have some unfortunate health problems and ultimately die younger.
Summary? Be nice to lefties!
1. Left handed people write from left to right, so that their hand smears the fresh ink across the page. Those who are right handed do not touch the ink until they get to the next line, so the ink has a few seconds to dry.
2. If you grab a coffee mug with your left hand, the picture will be facing away from you. Those who are right handed get to look at the picture while they drink.
3. Left handed people have little choice where they get to sit at large dinners, lest they bump elbows with a right handed person.
4. Car stick-shifts are on the right side of the driver. Less frequently used controls, such as headlight switches, are on the left side.
5. Scissors, kitchen knifes, bowling balls, computer mouses, golf clubs, can openers, baseball mitts, hockey sticks, guitars, bows (archery), desks, and more!
6. Left handed people are more prone to allergies, insomnia, migraines, dyslexia, schizophrenia, alcoholism, dying younger, and other stuff.
But there are some "ha, in your face right-handed peoples" kind-of things, too.
1. Studies suggest that left-handed people are often unusually creative, inventive, and athletic.
2. Lefties seem to have more of an edge in many sports. In tennis, and other games played with a racket, they have an advantage over right-handers because their opponents are accustomed to the spin, angle of return, and weakness of right-handed players. In baseball, left-handed batters stand on the right side of home plate, several steps closer to first base than a right handed batter.
3. Left handed people tend to be more likely to be on the extreme ends of the intelligence scale then right handed people. Meaning we're either really dumb or have an incredible IQ.
4. People who are left handed tend to think of many things simultaneously and start many activities.
5. The associated right brain hemisphere that is said to be more active in left-handed people, has been found in some circumstances to be associated with genius and is correlated with artistic and visual skill.
6. Lefties have excelled at both ends of the scale - the very good and the very bad. They seem to make exceptional leaders, inventors, artists, musicians and murderers!
Famous left-handed people?
Well, there's Prince William, Phil Esposito, Bobby Orr, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan, Kurt Cobain, Paul McCartney, Wolfgang Amedeus Mozart, Ringo Starr, Ludwig Van Beethoven, Napoleon Bonaparte, Julius Caesar, Emperor Charlemagne, Winston Churchill, Joan of Arc, Helen Keller, Henry Ford, Albert Einstein, Marie Curie, Leonardo Da Vinci, Lewis Carroll, H.G. Wells, Hans Christian Anderson, and more.
So what have we learned? Right-handed people discriminate against amazing lefties by making products that are difficult for us to use then charging us tons more for left-handed products and not even offering these products in places like schools. Also, left-handed people are clearly more creative and are good leaders, artist, musicians, and more, but still are more likely to have some unfortunate health problems and ultimately die younger.
Summary? Be nice to lefties!
Thursday, October 23, 2008
So,
So, you know how Pommerdoodles has a blog thing? Welll, I submitted a few questions. You'll know if they're mine if he answers them. Haha.
In other news, Madagascar is winning the game, Spacey's in the box or somethin' and the world is endingggg. Well, maybe not the last one, but close enough.
Well, I've given up on winning this game. But I'm sure Millsy will be just fine. He'll go bake with Danny and then have a big tea party along with Staffy, Clarkie, Doodles, and their good friend Sir. Pigeon Pigeington. Goose would be invited, but he's not fond of tea. It burns his feathers. And as much as he'd like some crumb cake, he's watching his goose-ish figure. Oh and it's way past his bed time! Of course, they'll need to ask Limey to make them some tea, bless. And of course, Limey won't trust them with anything but paper plates and plastic cups. He barely trusts them with an easy bake oven and is currently cross at Vanek for buying dangerous toys for the little ones and not keeping an eye on them. He might have an endless paycheck, but that doesn't mean he should put the team in danger! And if you don't understand Limey's thoughts, then you obviously don't know how Goose or Hecht really got injured....
Pommerdoodles, what did I tell you about chewing your sticks? Sigh.
Aww, little baby Paetsch helps score. I think he'll be getting a gold star tonight!
TOMMY VANEK TIES THE GAME! It's like a flashback to the old days where I was an unexperienced fan and every game was won in the last two seconds. Haha. Tommy has been temporarily forgiven by Limey. I'm sure Limey's even considering buying him some chocolate to show him how properly sorry he is. It's just so easy to blame him for things, but then he looks at you with sad Tommy eyes and you go "aww, what the heck (if you swear he'll be cross with you), I forgive you."
They mentioned Tally and Toni in the same few seconds; are they a pairing tonight? Gasp. BFFZ reunited and it feels so gooooooddddddd.
ROYZIEZIEZIEIZIEZIEZIEZIE SCORESSSSSSSS. I love you Der-bear. And I'm positive you'll be getting a gold star too! Maybe you'll even get an invite to the tea party if you're not too busy denying the fact that you want to go to it and are quite jealous of Drewsie and Clark-bar fitting in with the older kids.
In other news, Madagascar is winning the game, Spacey's in the box or somethin' and the world is endingggg. Well, maybe not the last one, but close enough.
Well, I've given up on winning this game. But I'm sure Millsy will be just fine. He'll go bake with Danny and then have a big tea party along with Staffy, Clarkie, Doodles, and their good friend Sir. Pigeon Pigeington. Goose would be invited, but he's not fond of tea. It burns his feathers. And as much as he'd like some crumb cake, he's watching his goose-ish figure. Oh and it's way past his bed time! Of course, they'll need to ask Limey to make them some tea, bless. And of course, Limey won't trust them with anything but paper plates and plastic cups. He barely trusts them with an easy bake oven and is currently cross at Vanek for buying dangerous toys for the little ones and not keeping an eye on them. He might have an endless paycheck, but that doesn't mean he should put the team in danger! And if you don't understand Limey's thoughts, then you obviously don't know how Goose or Hecht really got injured....
Pommerdoodles, what did I tell you about chewing your sticks? Sigh.
Aww, little baby Paetsch helps score. I think he'll be getting a gold star tonight!
TOMMY VANEK TIES THE GAME! It's like a flashback to the old days where I was an unexperienced fan and every game was won in the last two seconds. Haha. Tommy has been temporarily forgiven by Limey. I'm sure Limey's even considering buying him some chocolate to show him how properly sorry he is. It's just so easy to blame him for things, but then he looks at you with sad Tommy eyes and you go "aww, what the heck (if you swear he'll be cross with you), I forgive you."
They mentioned Tally and Toni in the same few seconds; are they a pairing tonight? Gasp. BFFZ reunited and it feels so gooooooddddddd.
ROYZIEZIEZIEIZIEZIEZIEZIE SCORESSSSSSSS. I love you Der-bear. And I'm positive you'll be getting a gold star too! Maybe you'll even get an invite to the tea party if you're not too busy denying the fact that you want to go to it and are quite jealous of Drewsie and Clark-bar fitting in with the older kids.
A little bit of everything.
1. There's a game tonight! Yep, the Sabres are in Madagascar tonight.
2. RJ is being featured in some show thing that I've come to the conclusion I must watch. It's on at 7:30.
3. I was reading the Update on Prospects thing and made a few discoveries.
- Nathan Gerbe might not be in the NHL this year, but he's got something over a lot of the guys in the league; he's actually hit puberty!
He's got more facial hair than Briere and Crosby combined.
2. RJ is being featured in some show thing that I've come to the conclusion I must watch. It's on at 7:30.
3. I was reading the Update on Prospects thing and made a few discoveries.
- Nathan Gerbe might not be in the NHL this year, but he's got something over a lot of the guys in the league; he's actually hit puberty!
He's got more facial hair than Briere and Crosby combined.And that little tag on his helmet; very stylish. I'm sure even Millsy is jealous of that.
-They have a picture for Lucky Seventeen, only he's wearing number four. Which doesn't make sense seeing as he's obviously seventeen. xp
-They have a picture for Lucky Seventeen, only he's wearing number four. Which doesn't make sense seeing as he's obviously seventeen. xp
4. Cap'n Ribbet is now injured along with like half of our team. On the good side, it wasn't a lame injury like thumb or finger. On the bad side, his curfew will be moved down to 8:30. And he probably won't be allowed to go out and play. On the other good side, I'm sure he's received plenty of new teddy bears. Or maybe frogs....
5. Pommerdoodles clearly appreciates Clarkie and Sekera-Sekera.
6. I don't think I've ever shared the Sekera-Sekera song, have I? Haha.
5. Pommerdoodles clearly appreciates Clarkie and Sekera-Sekera.
6. I don't think I've ever shared the Sekera-Sekera song, have I? Haha.
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Vanekisms.
Now that Vanek has a kid and a wife, he's suddenly turned into a wholesome father. And with that, I'm sure he has spread the 'joy' with his teammates through a lot of ways that annoy the hell out of them (or as I call it, Vanekisms). What are the things he says? Well, I'm the kind of person that can guess exactly what he'd say. Maybe it's because we share a neighborhood.
"Don't forget to wash behind your ears, Royzie."
"Tommy, I know how to shower...."
"I know, but everyone forgets to wash behind their ears...."
"You know, most children learn to speak by age one or two; have you ever thought about seeing a professional?"
".... -swears in Russian-"
"What do you say?"
"Tom, just give me my god damned jersey."
-singsong- "Not until you say the magic word, Petey."
"You know, veggies are an important part of your diet. Just because you think all you should be eating is bread crumbs-"
"HONK, HONK."
"Don't you take that tone of voice with me, mister! That's a time out for you!"
"Tom, I know that you're getting into this whole father thing, but was it really necessary to force Clarkie and Drewsie to draw pictures to hang around the locker room?"
"You know, children respond well to encouragement. You should have seen how happy they were when I hung their pictures."
"Teppo, did you ask if you could take the puck from that guy?"
"Vanek, we're playing hockey! You don't ask to take the puck from someone!"
"Tom, I think you're going a little too far-"
"I don't like that tone of voice. Just because you're captain doesn't mean you can misbehave! That's two minutes in the naughty chair."
"What?! I-"
"TWO MINUTES!"
"But-"
"Now, mister or I'll make it four!"
-sighs and sits in small chair-
"Now think about what you've done."
"Now Ryan, do you know who that is?"
"Uh, Tommy, that's Goose."
"VERY GOOD! You figured it out alllll by yourself. Now, can you tell me what color this is? Take your time, little guy."
"...."
"Spacey, you played so well tonight, you get a gold star!"
"Van, we're grown men. We don't want-"
"Oooh, oooh, can I have one Tommy? Pleaseeee? I even said the magic word!"
"Very good, Pommerdoodles. You get two gold stars!"
"Yayyy!"
"You know Timmy, they say that going to bed early helps you heal faster..."
"So?"
"Well, I decided to move your curfew from 9:00 to 8:30."
"What? But Goose gets to stay up until 9:30 and he's healing too!"
"Yeah, but you never seem to heal properly. That extra hour of sleep will do you good."
"This is so NOT fair."
"Aww, come on. Turn that frown upside down, mister!"
"You know, young minds are very impressionable. So, I've decided that no one is allowed to say any naughty words in the locker room any more."
"What? Vanek, you do know we're not babies."
"Don't give me attitude, mister. I heard Pommers say some awful things the other day. He needs his cute innocence, that and a cool name is all he has!"
"Well, you have a point...."
"Danny, I'm very disappointed in you."
"Oh come on, Vanek, I didn't do anything!"
"Don't lie to me, young man, I saw you take the new toy truck I gave to Sekera!"
"I didn't-"
-glares menacingly-
"Okay, but it's not fair! I wanted a red truck but all I got was an easy bake oven!"
"Don't be greedy, Danny. Now go apologize to Sekera and maybe he'll let you play with him."
"You know, I always say that you have to discipline kids properly. You could really learn from that, Lindy."
"Get back to the game, Vanek."
"Stop right there, young man! You completely high sticked innocent little Toni over there! You go apologize to him and then two minutes in time out!"
"Excuse me, but I think giving out penalties is my job." (ref)
Kaleta, stop right there."
"What is it now, Vanek?"
"Did you really think I wouldn't notice?"
"I didn't do anything!"
"I told you that you weren't allowed to have any sweets for the rest of the week. Now what's that Take 5 doing in your hand?"
"Uh... I'm taking it for a walk?"
"Koda, I heard from Nathan that you wouldn't share your toys..."
"I can't believe him; he's such a tattletale!"
"You have to be nicer to the younger players, Koda. Back in my day...."
Vanek: "Stop that right now, misters!"
Random fighting guy: "Um, excuse me?"
Vanek: "Fighting is not the answer! Now Kaleta, let go of him right now or you can't watch TV for a week."
Random fighting guy: "What's going on?!"
Kaleta: "I'm sorry, Vanek. But it wasn't my fault, he said that my mom-"
Vanek: "That's enough, Patrick. Now, go take a time out in the naughty chair and think about what you've done."
Random fighting guy: "Seriously, what is this?"
"Don't forget to wash behind your ears, Royzie."
"Tommy, I know how to shower...."
"I know, but everyone forgets to wash behind their ears...."
"You know, most children learn to speak by age one or two; have you ever thought about seeing a professional?"
".... -swears in Russian-"
"What do you say?"
"Tom, just give me my god damned jersey."
-singsong- "Not until you say the magic word, Petey."
"You know, veggies are an important part of your diet. Just because you think all you should be eating is bread crumbs-"
"HONK, HONK."
"Don't you take that tone of voice with me, mister! That's a time out for you!"
"Tom, I know that you're getting into this whole father thing, but was it really necessary to force Clarkie and Drewsie to draw pictures to hang around the locker room?"
"You know, children respond well to encouragement. You should have seen how happy they were when I hung their pictures."
"Teppo, did you ask if you could take the puck from that guy?"
"Vanek, we're playing hockey! You don't ask to take the puck from someone!"
"Tom, I think you're going a little too far-"
"I don't like that tone of voice. Just because you're captain doesn't mean you can misbehave! That's two minutes in the naughty chair."
"What?! I-"
"TWO MINUTES!"
"But-"
"Now, mister or I'll make it four!"
-sighs and sits in small chair-
"Now think about what you've done."
"Now Ryan, do you know who that is?"
"Uh, Tommy, that's Goose."
"VERY GOOD! You figured it out alllll by yourself. Now, can you tell me what color this is? Take your time, little guy."
"...."
"Spacey, you played so well tonight, you get a gold star!"
"Van, we're grown men. We don't want-"
"Oooh, oooh, can I have one Tommy? Pleaseeee? I even said the magic word!"
"Very good, Pommerdoodles. You get two gold stars!"
"Yayyy!"
"You know Timmy, they say that going to bed early helps you heal faster..."
"So?"
"Well, I decided to move your curfew from 9:00 to 8:30."
"What? But Goose gets to stay up until 9:30 and he's healing too!"
"Yeah, but you never seem to heal properly. That extra hour of sleep will do you good."
"This is so NOT fair."
"Aww, come on. Turn that frown upside down, mister!"
"You know, young minds are very impressionable. So, I've decided that no one is allowed to say any naughty words in the locker room any more."
"What? Vanek, you do know we're not babies."
"Don't give me attitude, mister. I heard Pommers say some awful things the other day. He needs his cute innocence, that and a cool name is all he has!"
"Well, you have a point...."
"Danny, I'm very disappointed in you."
"Oh come on, Vanek, I didn't do anything!"
"Don't lie to me, young man, I saw you take the new toy truck I gave to Sekera!"
"I didn't-"
-glares menacingly-
"Okay, but it's not fair! I wanted a red truck but all I got was an easy bake oven!"
"Don't be greedy, Danny. Now go apologize to Sekera and maybe he'll let you play with him."
"You know, I always say that you have to discipline kids properly. You could really learn from that, Lindy."
"Get back to the game, Vanek."
"Stop right there, young man! You completely high sticked innocent little Toni over there! You go apologize to him and then two minutes in time out!"
"Excuse me, but I think giving out penalties is my job." (ref)
Kaleta, stop right there."
"What is it now, Vanek?"
"Did you really think I wouldn't notice?"
"I didn't do anything!"
"I told you that you weren't allowed to have any sweets for the rest of the week. Now what's that Take 5 doing in your hand?"
"Uh... I'm taking it for a walk?"
"Koda, I heard from Nathan that you wouldn't share your toys..."
"I can't believe him; he's such a tattletale!"
"You have to be nicer to the younger players, Koda. Back in my day...."
Vanek: "Stop that right now, misters!"
Random fighting guy: "Um, excuse me?"
Vanek: "Fighting is not the answer! Now Kaleta, let go of him right now or you can't watch TV for a week."
Random fighting guy: "What's going on?!"
Kaleta: "I'm sorry, Vanek. But it wasn't my fault, he said that my mom-"
Vanek: "That's enough, Patrick. Now, go take a time out in the naughty chair and think about what you've done."
Random fighting guy: "Seriously, what is this?"
drewwwwwwww.
drewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.
"He had Fernandez out to lunch." Very smart, Drewsie. I bet he ordered goalie dude a big mac, too, just to slow him down some more. Where as Drewsie probably had a nice healthy apple. Or maybe an orange. Perhaps even a fruit salad. I bet that choice of healthful fruit will win him the pigeon. Now that's a real honor; I bet it will even go on his resume.
vanekkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk.
The wholesome father wins the game in the shootout. Vanek is like the wholesome father of the team now. I bet he says things like "back in my day..." and "you know, you shouldn't stay up so late..." and "don't forget to eat your veggies..." despite the fact that a good deal of his team mates are older and have kids of their own who are practically Vanek's age.
"He had Fernandez out to lunch." Very smart, Drewsie. I bet he ordered goalie dude a big mac, too, just to slow him down some more. Where as Drewsie probably had a nice healthy apple. Or maybe an orange. Perhaps even a fruit salad. I bet that choice of healthful fruit will win him the pigeon. Now that's a real honor; I bet it will even go on his resume.
vanekkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk.
The wholesome father wins the game in the shootout. Vanek is like the wholesome father of the team now. I bet he says things like "back in my day..." and "you know, you shouldn't stay up so late..." and "don't forget to eat your veggies..." despite the fact that a good deal of his team mates are older and have kids of their own who are practically Vanek's age.
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