Comments on: B-Side Thought Barrage

By: Lizzie

Lizzie — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 07:51:38 +0000

I”m super-late to this party (I always seem to miss a couple posts in the google reader), but I wanted to chime in because I find the “other sport” thing fascinating. I’m hockey & football all the way. I love basketball when I watch (and, now that I live in Boston, when I go), but I grew up without a hometown NBA team, so it didn’t take hold early enough, I guess. And I just can’t get into baseball, no matter how hard I’ve tried. And, living only a few blocks from Fenway for four years, oh, how I’ve tried. Love going to that park, but the game still cannot keep my interest.

By: Courtney

Courtney — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 02:28:12 +0000

I’ve never done a shower beer – will have to try it next time I feel peckish

My fiance and I have an unspoken rule in the house, if our cat Maverick is napping on your lap (usually mine) the other is obliged to fetch required items without hesitation, its an awesome rule

Hockey is the sport I’m most fanatical about, baseball doesn’t fill the void during the summer months very well at all

By: minnesotagirl71

minnesotagirl71 — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:47:51 +0000

I often hear “Honey – will you get me a beer? Kirby’s napping and I don’t want to move.” Kirby is a cockatiel (bird – about the size of a cardinal…for you non-bird people). If I’m sitting still the bird is welcome to nap on me but if I need to move then the bird is going to be dislodged.

While I am a hockey fan – I also am a baseball and lacrosse fan. Need something to keep me occupied in the off season!

By: Deirdre

Deirdre — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:51:56 +0000

At least at one point it was an additional penalty if you got into a fight and didn’t remove your helmet when the other guy did…increasing the liklihood of them getting injured. Is that still true? Wouldn’t it apply to goalies just as much?

By: SDC

SDC — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:55:06 +0000

Once you like hockey, is there any real reason to give basketball, baseball, or football a real chance anymore?

I was going to mention Emery in the helmets off goalie fighters, but a few did already. Patrick Roy definitely flipped off his bucket a few times, and i found a Kipper vs Vokoun tilt that they both got their lids off, but didn’t see if that was just collateral damage or not: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwd3mNK01vU&feature=related

dishwasher hat wash for sure!

Sleeping pets on your lap own you until consciousness is reinstated!

By: John

John — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 09:05:55 +0000

Trapped on couch by sleeping cat or sleeping wife many times. Often when I need another beer from the fridge. I propose a channel you can punch up with your remote and, using your remote, request that someone hop on a moped, drive to your house and bring you another beer. Of course this would be a subscription-thing, and you would have to give them a copy of your house keys. But well worth it, I think. Call it the Beer-On-Demand channel.

Never had one in the shower, hell I’ll give it a whirl.

Yes, hockey fans/players do tend to focus on hockey in terms of what they are fans of regarding other sports. But then again, it’s not just a sport, it’s a religion of sorts…isn’t it? . Hockey culture is a very specific culture that you learn at a very young age if you are fortunate enough to start playing as a kid, and it is a great culture.

I started playing at age five, loved playing, and played till senior year in high-school when a major injury side-lined me. While recovering, I discovered something else that I was good at and decided to pursue that. Wait…why does this story sound familiar?…Anyway…CUT TO…twenty-five years later, and I decide to start playing again. It was one of the best decisions I ever made in my life. Been playing again for two years now and love it like crazy. Hockey culture is still hockey culture, thankfully nothing has changed.

What is better than busting your tail in a game, then going out and having a few beers with your boys? Not many things, in my opinion.

By: jtbourne

jtbourne — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 05:33:07 +0000

I’m most excited my loyal readers keep referencing my favourite dogs on the planet (not you, English Bulldog – I haven’t had you as a pet {yet} to rate you), Golden Retrievers. We had a few growing up, and they really are wonderful, wonderful (wonderful) dogs. Arf!

By: Pete L

Pete L — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 05:28:10 +0000

Hope you weren’t driving around Vegas that week.

Never had a bad night that started off with a shower beer. . .and never realized that until reading this, so thank you JT!

Writing this with my 80 pound golden retriever in my lap. She doesn’t appreciate when I move the laptop anywhere near her, so I’m getting muscle spasms as I type. Seems like a lot of your loyal readers feel your pain.

By: jtbourne

jtbourne — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 05:19:31 +0000

Funny, the shower-beer support. Bri was pumped when I brought it up. Apparently a staple of her college experience too (she may comment, I pushed her to). It was two or three weeks ago post-beer-league game when I noticed my whole team, sans conversation, were SB fanatics. Gotta love that team, right?

By: Steve C.

Steve C. — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 05:15:32 +0000

Right on Neil…I’m a go for tomorrow night!