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Vapor Trails, in terms of the writing, is by far, the best Rush album since Moving Pictures! It's just too bad it sounds like mud... I don't put Geddy in the Metal category. Geddy's voice has matured like a fine wine, but even as I am a very big Rush fan, I don't consider his vocal ability even in the top 10.

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Happy Birthday RR!

- It's spelled "you". - And I know where my caps lock key is located on my keyboard. - And cookies are not things you take your computer apart, in order to eat.

The olympics of the upset! And now for the flipside, let's assuem that Gerber leads the Swiss to a medal. Gerber is gonna be spent for the NHL Playoffs. Ryan Miller however... (And that's assuming that Aberscher isn't going to be playing that much more.)

On the list, Dio Not on the list, David Coverdale. Best rock music vocalist of all time? Brad Delp.

Glad you like what was said there! I have many more, and will add some from time to time. Like now... The first week at that job will never be recreated! Started on a Tuesday, and while being introduced to the organization, met LaFontaine in the Aud basement, loading up his minivan with hockey helmets for the Sabres Youth Hockey Program. LaFontaine is a great guy, but has a very evil streak! (More on that in another post, since it merits it's own post!) In the afternoon, the entire organization was summoned to the Aud Club for the new jersey unveiling for employees. I happened to be standing next to Don Luce, and quickly learned that he is probably one of the funniest guys you'll ever meet! Doug Moss mentioned that the club wanted to create a new logo that really reflected Buffalo and the Community. Luce leans over to me and says, "Then the crest will be a Pierogi with crossed Pussywillows"! After the jerseys were unveiled, Muckler asked a guy from the media department to put the full uniform on. (He didn't even know what it was going to look like prior to the organization finding out). When the full uniform was on this guy, Muckler went nuts! All over the words "Buffalo Sabres" being too big on the pants. (?) On Wednesday, I sat in the press box for the 2nd to last game in the Aud, against the Senators. Media types were asking what the new uniforms would look like. A few selected people were brought into the booth I was watching the game from, which also happened to be the booth where Jerry (cannot remember his last name) would blow the airhorn for goals. We had a sticker on the inside of that door with the new logo. It was maybe 4 or 5 guys we "leaked out" the new uniforms to, and the commentary was all the same. "With all this hype, the fans are seeing the new uniforms tonight, worn by Ottawa". Thursday was the jersey unveiling. Not too much to report, except that 100 fans canceled their season tickets within the first hour the new uni's were unveiled, complaining how the team would ever move away from the Blue and Gold. The reason for this, given by Moss, was over equipment manufacturers sending off-color blue gloves, with off-color gold trim. They wanted to make an easier matching uniform. To their credit, they did studies on what colors would bring in the most money in terms of merchandising, and the black and red with silver trim were selected. The first week, The Sabres went from dead last to sixth in the NHL in terms of merchandising dollars. Friday, I was at the Aud for the Bandits NLL Championship game. The highlight for me was taking this incredibly hot brunet to the Channel 7 Studios for video highlight uplinks to ESPN. (God Damn She was hot!!!) Saturday I went to the Bush/Goo Goo Dolls Show. During the changeover from The Goos to Bush, everyone sitting in the press box were handed flyers inviting them to Crawdaddy's for the "Adams Family Party". We were like, what? So after the first song of Bush, a large number of us left! The Adams Family party was the private party hosted and attended by the Goo's! Sunday, the final game. I was asked to take the banners hanging from the top of the Aud from the players as they skated off the ice. What no one knew, until the actual event, was that the banners from the 70's were secured to a solid lead pipe! Those things must have been close to 300 lbs. A co-worker and I lost our balance, and pinned LaFontaine up against the upper gold bleachers! Pat looked at me with this disgusted look, saw that I was having trouble, said, "Start working out you weak !@#$er" (with a smile), and went onto the ice. We almost tripped Sean Burke as he was walking out of the lockeroom, as the only place to put those lead pipes was in front of the only door for the lockeroom! The picture of me at center ice, well that's a small part of it. It was decided that the party would be in one of the concourses after the game. People chipped in and bought 3 cases of champagne, with 2 kegs. SportsService without any prior knowledge sent up 2 cases of hard liquor. So yeah. There was a little drinking! It was also an NHL Hall of Fame/Great Sabres gathering! Luce, Larry Playfair, Rick Martin, Craig Ramsey, and Marcel Dionne were the players I clearly remember. Cloudy in my memory bank were Guy LaFleur, Jim Schoenfeld, and Daryl Sittler. I know there were others, but it was just such a party, it would be impossible to remember everyone who was there. Yet even with those "hockey heroes" right there, the time I spent with Shue was by far, the most memorable. Edit because I need to hire a proof reader, or I need to take 3 more seconds when re-reading...

Daughter. (Sang the National Anthems in the late '90's.)

I know how this is gonna sound, but what the hell! My wife and I go to Callistoga, CA about twice a year. A small village on the Northern End of the Napa Valley. We're walking down the main road, and we see a place that is offering massages. So we think, what the hell. We go in, and I pay for a 45 minute Sports/Deep Tissue massage. Who comes in? This 250lb guy (with the hairy knuckles) with his hair looking eerly similar to Bozo The Clown. The best part, was his stated name was "SunBear" It was one of the better massages I've ever had! Anyhoo, what to expect, what to do, etc. When they are working on your shoulder, and they tell you to relax, and let yourself go, do it! Do your absolute best to totally relax. It does make a big difference. You know it's a good massage, if the time is up, and you swear that it's only been 10 minutes. As for tipping, it's pretty much like everything else. Good service gets good tips. Some places will have a tip jar, while some others will have tip envelopes, where after you get dressed, you drop your tip though a mail type door slot in the room where your massage took place.

In the summer of 1996, I worked with the Sabres on an indefinate temp basis. With regards to Nolan, there were one main issue I knew of in regards to Nolan. - Hasek during the 96-97 offeseason, grew his hair. Only thing is when Hasek grows his hair, it grows up. Not down. I walked down to the front desk to drop off a memo, went to the recptionist, and asked, "Who's the Kramer guy sitting on the couch? She laughed silently and said, "That's Dominik! He looked exactly liked Cosmo Kramer. Everyone teased him about it, but they knew when to stop. There was only one person who kept calling Hasek, Kramer. Ted Nolan. Hasek got really pissed about this, and confronted Nolan. Nolan wouldn't stop though. That led to many, many problems between Hasek and Nolan. Rumors also abounded that Nolan was "with" Jennifer Muckler. For obvious reason, that didn't sit too well with John Muckler. Yet like I said, that was just a rumor, and was not as obvious as the Nolan "Kramer" comments. Ted Nolan can be confirmed to offically close the old Aud Club, by walking out at 3am (after the final game) with two mixed drinks in his hands. Actually, he didn't exactly walk out. He kinda stumbled. That was also one of my most special life moments, sitting with Tom Shue in the Upper Golds for about 30 minutes, talking about the best Sabre moments we've seen to date. Finally, to confirm that this is on the up-and-up, here's a link of a picture of me (eerly looking like a B word ass poor Ron Burgandy) at Centre Ice of the Aud, after the final game. http://www.rushmessageboard.com/images/aud.jpg

Be safe whilst playing on the snow! http://youtube.com/watch?v=EFP7ZSYjo_E&search=geddy

Yeah. It was taken at opening day for the new Skateboard park there.

2 possible picks. At #43, LB Thomas Davis - UTEP - is listed as drafted (listed by 2003 on the first page). However, there is no Thomas Davis who played at UTEP. Thomas Howard however, is a UTEP LB (link) who appears to be available. If Thomas Howard is available, that is who I will select. If Thomas Howard is not available, I'll draft Kai Parham, LB - Univ. of Virgina.

Does JP need anything else really? I think not!

But Drew was drafted for Special teams purposes. Can understand about the "RB" label, but it was a totally different thought process than just RB that Drew was drafted.

Very Nice!!! Congrats!!!

Already done!

My step son Clinton (named after Eastwood, not Bill ) called yesterday saying that he was on the cover of some magazine. I asked him what one, and he said something for the town. When I got home, it was really more than just some magazine. It's the Spring 2006 Rec. Division Brochure, and it's a damn good shot! http://www.walnutcreekrec.org Pretty sweet, and very proud of him!

NOW you understand the Maurice Drew pick! You're a smart man!

Kinda looks like his head smacked the road when he landed. Safe to say that dude was dead and the car that hit him made sure.

Didn't Jim Kelly go to Miami? Yeah. That guy was an idiot with a long police record.

Thanks!

Last time I was in Vegas was 2002. Went to see Rush at the MGM (Big surprise, I know...). Anyhoo, we stayed at The Mirage. Opposite ends of the strip. 9 of us were gonna try to get 2 cabs to the MGM, when I noticed 4 stretch limo's sitting there, with the drivers standing outside talking with each other. I went to the Consierge to enquire about the limo's, and he told me to walk up to one of them to see if they're available. So I did, and the driver of the first car in line asks how many in my party. Said 9, and he said that he had a 10 person limo, go get them! We piled in, and he took us to the MGM. Right to the front door. Took the back street. Best thing about this? Flat $55 rate to anywhere on the strip! Might be more now, but it was a great deal! On the way back from the show to the Mirage, yep! Got a limo to The Mirage, this one was $60, but it was a 12 personn limo. Everyone chiped in $20 each way. Not only did the drivers get a really nice tip, but I had some really nice gambling money too boot!

Don and Mike?

How many drummers does it take to change a light bulb? 10. 1 to change it, 9 others to comment how much better Neil Peart would have changed the light bulb.