Rhyta

Sorry I missed it...hope it was a happy one!  Best wishes Always

Sitting in the sun reading is one of life's pleasures for me.  My previous house had window to the west I enjoyed laying on the carpet reading the Sunday paper there.  Got a rocking chair and would sit there to read, often with a kitty in my lap.  Heaven

15 hours ago, blueschica said:

What a great, record breaking football player, what a garbage husband. Such a violent guy and we didn't know for a long time. My sister was a food server for a long time in a prestigious restaurant in Pittsburgh, a remodeled train station. Way in the corner of the huge room was a little table they called "the OJ" because you had to fly through the rest of the room, running like OJ, to get there and still have the food warm.   (before 1994.) 

It unfolded so strangely. I remember my dad, who never watched anything but the food channel, calling me and going, "Are you watching the white Bronco? I can't turn it off!" And the trial was certainly proof of the fact that wealthy people who can pay for the best lawyers have an advantage.

So sad for OJs kids to see violence against their mom, lose her, and then lose  a (crappy) dad for a time also.  Terrible for the Goldman family as well, whose son didn't do anything but try to be kind. 

If there is any justice, the Goldman family will be able to attach his estate.  What a travesty of the legal system, has lead to the circus around 45's trials today.

2 hours ago, NoahLutz said:

I’ve been horrible on reading for the last two weeks.  I’m on the 4th book of the Prince Warriors series with my son, and I’m at the Gospel of Luke in my study Bible, but I am going through both slowly and have basically stopped reading Taliesin.  It’s not for any fault in the book as I have found it interesting, it is just laziness.  I need to get myself going again.  

 

Rhyta, where are you at?

You are doing better than me, I am struggling to read much.  I think there are so many distractions that take me away from my reading, podcasts being the big one.  But this time of year I had always had a slump in my reading with hockey playoffs taking a big chunk out of my reading time in April through June but this year I can't seem to read much.  I even stalled out on Geddy's book, hoping I can break out of it soon.  Going to try my usual fix, re-reading a book I like and that can spur me back into reading.  Going back to Longmire, I had started a re-read of the series awhile back.  Hell is Empty is the title.

5 hours ago, Mithrandir said:

McDavid also belongs in that race.

McDavid is currently in third place and he's won it several times before.  I really hope MacKinnon gets it because he has taken his play to another level this year.

Avs had a much better night, 5-2 over the Wild. MacKinnon got a hat trick, first time he has 50 goals in a season (with the 3rd goal it is 51).  With an assist on another goal, he is closer to Kucherov in the Hart race with 137 points.  Makar had 3 assists and a goal as well.   This is more like the Avs I love

Feeling very sad for my brother today.  His cat Garfield was put to sleep Sunday.  She (yes, a girl..there's a funny story there) had been losing weight for a week or so and I took them to the vet Thursday.  Seems she had a blockage and wasn't getting much nourishment from her food, and even if they did surgery the prognosis wasn't good.  He took her home Friday to have time with her over the weekend.

Losing a pet is always traumatic but for him, it has been devastating.  He lives alone and she was his little buddy and companion.  Going to be difficult to come home to a truly empty house now.   My heart just hurts for him.

On 4/5/2024 at 2:41 PM, goose said:

No need for vaccinations, we have Paxlovid!

 

$20 billion in sales, no established medical benefit.  Sign me up! 

Ugh, Paxlovid is the worst tasting medicine ever...if that was the criteria of how well it works then it's a home run.

What's really eerie is to go up to Montana and see Earthquake lake.  All the trees around it are dead with a high water line showing how deep it got after the quake.

Avs struggling and now Rantenen is out on concussion protocol after lousy hit by Edmonton.  We beat Dallas 3 times this year but yesterday was not our day. 

Only about 60% totality expected here but right now, lots of cloud cover, and the temperature has dropped.  I got to see the partial in 2017 so it's ok if the weather doesn't cooperate.

Update, sun is out so I could see it, with my eclipse glasses.  Looks like a Pac Man took a bite out of it.

11 hours ago, ytserush said:

My first major earthquake. Heard it, but really didn't feel much. Heard the major after shock about 8 hours later too. Slight window vibrations like a truck was going by. Could have been more than 20 seconds. Quake itself was about a minute.  Dog allegedly slept through the first one and didn't really notice the major aftershock. So much for early warning systems. 100 year event here right on a major fault.  Quakes are more violent on the west coast supposedly.

No supposedly, they have had some rough ones. Last two were 7.1 and 6.5.  We had a 5.7 in 2020, we are on a big fault on the Wasatch.  It can be very unsettling to be sure.

38 minutes ago, pjbear05 said:

Fight was probably expected, but right from first puck drop?

There was some bad blood over the last two games with these teams.  Rempe made some bad hits and served a suspension.  Refs wouldn't let them fight the last game they played so it was expected they would duke it out at the beginning.  Just didn't expect everyone to go at it.

3 minutes ago, Principled Man said:

 

I've never followed hockey, so I don't know the history.  Do you foresee a day in which fights are no more, or will they always happen?

Fights will always be a part of the game, period.  The league has been actively working to lower the incidence of them.  I've been a fan since the 70's and they have dropped off dramatically from the games I've watched.  Personally I am glad we don't have these types of brawls as much because the game is so much more fun to watch with all the great scoring and passing.  But sometimes there are cases for payback and this was supposed to be between just two guys and it blew up.  These teams have a big rivalry so guess it just happened.

7 hours ago, Principled Man said:

I was the best because the crowd loved me.  Win the crowd, and you will win your freedom.  
 

— Proximo

 

 

McDermott gave Rempe a good fight.  This was crazy, everyone expected this fight but the whole group???

Blade Runner Soundtrack  Vangelis

Saturday's game with Nashville much better in the 2nd period, started hitting back and the comeback was on.  Have 26 so far this year.  MacKinnon got 4 points so he's ahead in the points again.  7-4 Avs win!

p.s  game with Rangers was exciting, just came up short. Enjoyed this game much more

Yes, a very Happy Birthday to you!

7 hours ago, goose said:

All By Myself is a timeless yacht rock classic

 

Agreed  RIP

Ok, Avs got beat by Montreal Tuesday .  Strange that both times we have played them this year we lost

Got the Rangers coming to town tonight, let's hope we woke up from that funk on Tuesday...GO AVS

On 3/25/2024 at 12:21 PM, Chicken hawk said:

Celine with Linus UllmARK

 

Good to see her out and about, didn't know she was a Boston fan

Avs pile on the Jackets 6-1.  MacKinnon ties a record of Gretzky's 2nd most consecutive home wins at 33.  This team is fun to watch.  May just win the conference after all.

4 hours ago, goose said:

Just saw a clip of Tom Wilson's high stick that resulted in his suspension.   What was he thinking?

 

 

He wasn't thinking, just doing what he always does.  No wonder he's been suspended six games

On 3/21/2024 at 2:28 PM, Sun & Moon said:

Clementine, Book One by Tillie Walden. Seems like another tough one from one of the top graphic novel artists of today. I'm not the kind that has ever enjoyed or can watch horror films or series. This graphic novel, based loosely on the Walking Dead character Clementine, is beautifully illustrated (as the works by Walden tend to be). The walkers, too, are horribly beautiful. Since one of them attacked me in a nightmare I had after reading the first twenty pages of the book I had to reconsider my choice but then decided to see how Clementine's surviving. The story seems to have just enough layers to carry through the first book, but I'm not sure if I'm going to endure the anxiety that is present in that post-apocalypse setting, and foremost, the slow proceeding of the story. I'm not at all familiar with the Walking Dead world so I have no idea who Clementine is and how she's been portrayed in other WD products.

You are braver than me, don't think I could read those.  Other than a couple of Stephen King novels, I have not read much horror.  A big fraidy cat, moi.

Avs continue on their win streak.  Rantenen has a hat trick and McKinnon got another point.  Won this one in regulation, all those overtime games are crazy.