The attention of Philadelphians turns to the Stanley Cup sporting competition. What’s on your mind?
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BooMan
Martin Longman a contributing editor at the Washington Monthly. He is also the founder of Booman Tribune and Progress Pond. He has a degree in philosophy from Western Michigan University.
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Hey Booman – Best of luck from a Chicagoan. GO BLACKHAWKS!!
Baddup baddup badadada dup
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wchH7xL4tdE&feature=related – this is played every time the Blackhawks score at home –and the horn has to be from 1961. 🙂
good luck to you. I’m not much of a hockey fan and I generally am a Rangers fan. But I care so little. And I did like the Flyers as a tiny kid and I wore their merchandize and had a flyers skateboard I completely wrecked on. Blackhawks fans have been long-suffering. 49 years since you won and only one Cup since the 1930’s. I’ll be happy for you.
five goals in the first period is a lot. Flyers 3-2.
I’ve decided the disaster in the Gulf is too awful to comprehend or even think about. I feel guilty using sports as a distraction but what can a person do? Oh and as I type another Hawks goal!! They play better coming from behind. They also play well short-handed. I think it’s going to be crazy high scoring. Hawks 5-4.
I did not realize that Rand Paul spoke before the SCLC in 1963.
yeah and I didn’t realize he won a trip to the Stanley Cup with that win in Kentucky. 🙂 Damn, it’s going to be much higher than 5-4. Maybe 8-6?
Last night I played this for my wife (a Flyers fan) just to yank her chain a little bit.
The other day on the History channel they had a piece that gave the origins of the term “Yank someone’s chain”. It originates in the underground gold mines – they had a small specially constructed mine cart that was a sort of portable toilet. The problem was that if you had your pants down and were doing your business, your buddies would sneak up behind you and give the cart a push. So the miners started to carry a short length of chain and put it under one of the wheels. And if someone went to try and “yank your chain” you would hear the noise and be able to jump off the cart before it started to roll.
So interesting to read the history of expressions, huh? Thanks for posting it as I didn’t know that one.
The other day at the office, I said to someone, “there’s more than one way to skin a cat”, and then I thought, “what the heck? That’s an awful expression!” I have said it many times without thinking of the literal translation of it. I’ll have to look it up…(right after the Hawks win tonight!) 🙂
Top Kill(tm) failed.
That’s bad enough.
An interesting read here:
http://neweconomicperspectives.blogspot.com/2010/05/great-depression-and-revolution-of-2017.html
It could actually come about, except that I don’t think Dennis Kuchinich could become Speaker of the House.
I would not be surprised by any other element of this scenario. Although I consider it unlikely in detail, the broad outline has possibilities.
I broke a tooth. It’ll be at least a week before I have extra money to go to the dentist. Being unemployed is not fun. 🙁
Been there, for nearly two years. I feel your pain, and the tooth too.
Ugh. I’m sorry.
Poison ivy is on my mind. (and maybe my arms) Hopefully not for long.
CBtE has it on his face, neck, arms. He must have rolled in it. Hope you feel less itchy soon.
Ouch! I hope that he’s okay.
Nancy Pelosi does her job. It’s everyone else who sucks.
Wish more people understood that.
I’m on the verge of becoming a fan. It doesn’t happen often.
I think the Flyers got overshadowed tonight. 😉
two perfect games in the majors just three weeks apart. That’s pretty amazing.
wow. who had the second one?
double wow…it was roy halladay of the phillies.
Scientists say that a headless cockroach can live for ten days. Is Rand Paul the exception to the rule?
My response to Paul is this short satire video, and I hope the booman-ers enjoy it:
Rand Paul Satire