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Dreaming of Red Wings

In this dream, I was wandering around the Ypsilanti Meijer, contemplating a visit to the liquor aisle even as I wasn’t sure exactly why I was there.  I had the vague feeling that my sister and mother were somewhere in the store, shopping for goods and sundries.  I wandered aimlessly, not heading towards the liquor [...]

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The Hockey Trash Talk Begins Early

During a pleasant IM exchange:
WordNerd: GAH! The Caps* won’t stop sending me goddamn emails. I have asked them a million times to be removed from their lists. They don’t listen.
Dorkus: Grr. Your heart belongs to another team.
WordNerd: I know! I just emailed their guest services telling them to leave me alone. I almost put [...]

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Quick Cup Observations and Musings

Forgive the Red Wings-centric posts of the last few days. I will eventually get back to examining life in the D.C. area, but for now, I am obligated as a Red Wings fan (since 1989!) to celebrate for a few more days.
Am I the only Michigander living outside of Michigan who is getting sick [...]

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Champions

Simply put, yes!
Go Wings!
Go Ozzie! (I always thought he was great and always wanted him to come back — I was right, I was right, I was right!)
Congrats to Darren McCarty, who came back from some challenging personal circumstances to rejoin the Wings on the road to the Stanley Cup.
Congrats to Zetterberg for winning the [...]

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Look How Far We’ve Come: Six Years and Counting

Metro Driver: I do apologize for the crowding on this train due to a closed car. Thank you for your patience. And who knows? You may be looking at a love connection.
IP: *starts to look around as the car bursts out laughing* Where?
WordNerd: *slaps IP on the arm lightly, laughs, gestures for [...]

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Wings in Finals — WordNerd in Hockey Heaven

The title says it all.
Again, many thanks to the Caps and Devils fans for their unwavering slogan support of the Wings during this year’s playoff season. ;)

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Dear Washington Capitals and New Jersey Devils

Thank you very much for your slogans, which encourage my dear Detroit Red Wings* to Stanley Cup victory!**

Washington Caps: Rock the Red
New Jersey Devils: Rock Your Red

We appreciate it, guys. Knowing we have the support of two teams in the East means a lot to us, it really does.
And now a recap of the [...]

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Welcome Back, ‘Carty

A great article on Darren McCarty, forward for the Detroit Red Wings from 1993 to 2004. My favorite player third to Steve Yzerman and Chris Osgood, I was more than upset when he was signed by the Calgary Flames in 2005. Hockey, though, is only part of his comeback as he focuses on [...]

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Sigh . . .

Damn Ducks.

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The Return of Storytime (Or, We Have Too Much Time on Our Hands)

Back in the day (the day being my time at Oxford Housing and my year of living on East Washington Street in Ann Arbor), my sister Dorkus and I would exchange what we affectionately called Storytime—it is a round robin of sorts that we play, focusing on the wacky adventures of the Detroit Red Wings [...]

Filed under: Family Gal, Hockey sur Glace