road trip

Allan, Cody and I are heading down the highway this morning, sleeping tonight in Fort Lee, New Jersey. The change of scenery and the time with family will do us good. We're back on Saturday night.

Since we didn't take a sizeable vacation while we were saving for the Big Life Change, I believe this will be the longest I've been away from blogging since I started posting regularly. I could blog from my mom's house, but I don't think I'll have anything interesting to say. (Like that's ever stopped any of us before.)

Please feel free to talk amongst yourselves while I'm gone. It will only further my education when I return.

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  1. barefoot hiker21 November 2005 at 17:50

    So...

    ...how 'bout them Jays, huh? :)

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  2. Wrye21 November 2005 at 21:10

    No no no no no. The lady asked for educational, and they're already baseball fans. If we are going to teach LG and redsock anything about sports, then it has to be something new and Canadian, and that means hockey. We should lay out a case for which of the Canadian teams they're going to support before the playoffs get here. So, let us review their choices of teams to root for:

    Montreal Canadiens: Proud tradion of champions and players with French sounding names, for some reason. Some history of rioting among fans.

    Edmonton Oilers: Proud tradition of Champions, Brain drain. Some history of rioting among fans.

    Ottawa Senators: Odd tradition of Real Estate dealin's. Some history of spoiled players. Riots in the Senate traditionally quashed by the Sergeant-at-arms.

    Calgary Flames: Loved by scrappy underdogs and my friend C who, like the Flames, emigrated to Canada from Atlanta. Some history of riotous parties.

    Quebec Nordiques: Loved by dwindling handful of loyalists, departure blamed on usual suspects. (Trudeau, Separatists, Eric Lindros) Fans never got chance to riot.

    Winnipeg Jets: Loved by dwindling handful of loyalists, departure blamed on usual suspects (Gary Bettman). Famed "White Noise" reminiscent of "Cum on feel the Noize" by band "Quiet Riot".

    Vancouver Canucks: Loved by those who remember back when they were scrappy underdogs. Proud history of disco uniforms. And rioting.

    Boston Bruins: Loved by those who despise the Maple Leafs and Canadiens, despised by lovers of same. Riots usually involve tea and the local waterways.

    Toronto Maple Leafs: Hated by all of the above. Proud history of dark curses and famous ghosts with names beginning with "B". Riot forecast for 2006: Unlikely.

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  3. dogsled_stacie21 November 2005 at 23:24

    Ha! That's good wrye. :-)

    I'm loving the new shoot-out rule!!

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  4. laura k22 November 2005 at 06:51

    LP, who knew you could be so succinct - and superficial? ;-)

    Wrye, excellent! I will study further when I return to the GWN. I'd like to have a cheering interest in the playoffs, even though it would be totally bandwagon-y - gotta start somewhere!

    Hi everybody. :)

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  5. allan22 November 2005 at 07:09

    I thought every hockey team made the playoffs ... ???

    :>)

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  6. Urban Chick22 November 2005 at 11:56

    hey there, L-girl!

    hope you have a good trip...

    i might have to ask your advice as i might have a big life decision not dissimilar to the one you faced looming on the horizon (i.e. moving out of the Big Big City to another Fairly Big City in a nearby country with better healthcare and education systems...OK, um, Scotland!!)

    anyhoo, will keep you posted and may pester you soon for help!

    zat OK?!

    UC x

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  7. dogsled_stacie22 November 2005 at 21:11

    Anyone catch Rick Mercer tonight? Oh man, I killed myself laughing when he was with "Dr. Popsicle" doing the hypothermia study.

    But as far as Winnipegers being the toughest Canadians... ha!

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  8. Amateur23 November 2005 at 07:40

    If we are going to teach LG and redsock anything about sports, then it has to be something new and Canadian, and that means hockey.

    I'm sure they understand the basics of hockey already. Let's try curling. I'm sure L-Girl doesn't know anything about curling, and she really needs to get the basics if she is going to pass for Canadian. Olympics coming up and all that.

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  9. Kyahgirl23 November 2005 at 14:43

    you guys are so funny :-)

    l-girl is getting an education all right.

    Actually, I fell in love with curling when the last Olympics were on. How can such a quiet game be so riveting?
    we're even thinking that might be a fun sport to take up with our kids, you know the family that plays together stays together and all that sort of stuff!

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  10. Amateur23 November 2005 at 19:40

    Actually I thought you had to be 19 to play (18 in Quebec and Alberta) due to the alcohol consumption.

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  11. Crabbi23 November 2005 at 21:23

    Happy Thanksgiving, L and Allen! And all the rest of you nice people, too, of course.

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  12. laura k24 November 2005 at 05:34

    I also became fascinated with curling after seeing it in the Olympics! I don't understand it and can't figure out the attraction (shuffleboard on ice?) but it is strangely compelling. Kind of puts you in a trance... not my usual reaction to sports!

    Happy Thanksgiving to you, Ms Crabbi. :)

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  13. Kyahgirl24 November 2005 at 08:03

    good point Amateur. I never thought about that. There does seem to be a lot of drinking associated with it. I'm pretty sure they don't drink in the little kids leagues though. Have to check it out :-)

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  14. Wrye24 November 2005 at 12:05

    Curling is a PE unit in some high schools, so I think the drinking isn't mandatory, at least. Scotch on the Rocks could lead to some confusion!

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