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As far as I know, I'm the only one who does the beads. I had originally thought about numbers, but when I went to Walmart, they didn't have any, so I bought letters. As far as running out- well, last year Johan Franzen had me running out to Walmart in the middle of the night 3 times! I ended up with 5 bags of beads. Fortunately, they were only about $3 each. I have saved them for re-use. I do the hearts for the clinching game in each playoff series because the hearts came with the letters and I thought it was a shame to waste them, especially since they were red hearts on white beads. The colour scheme demanded their use. I went with first and last initials since there are a lot of guys who share letters. How does one know, for example, if an H is Hossa, Holmstrom, Hudler, Helm, Hank, or even Howard, if- heaven forbid- we should we see him in action. My sister said I should put a little gold bead or something between the initials, but I have enough trouble putting the bigger beads on. (I'm sure I will once again be finding random letters under furniture well into July.) My greatest wish right now is for a housemate with opposable thumbs. Perhaps, someday when this is established, someone will publish an official "how to" post, or something, but as it is, I kind of like the freedom to play with it. As long as it is "red for win; white for loss", we're all on the same page. Wiki=good call. Maybe someone should do that.

My sister has a fanatical devotion to Kariya. She told me that Blues fans seemed to be split on whether they want him back for the playoffs or not, citing "chemistry" issues. Now that they really need the wins, I don't think chemistry is as much of an issue as they had thought. It's good to have chemistry, and I can see not wanting to mess that up, but things aren't working, it's a secondary issue. They need goals and wins. I think Kariya can provide these things for them.

I had all kinds of people asking me about them last year. It was quite cool. It gave me an excuse to go on about the Wings. Maybe people know not to get me started now... Last year there was a game where Pasha scored 2 goals, and no one else scored. My bracelet said PDPD. One of my friends looked at it and asked, "Who's Popo?" EDIT: Shoreline: What the Sam Hill are you talking about?

The colour is kind of wonky on this one, but you can see (I hope) that there is a CO at the end of the second one. That's Ozzie's reward for getting the shutout. Can you believe that no one has asked me what these are for yet?

Desperately. Although being back to work feels like I've won it- I just have to work for it. (Mental note to self: buy tickets.) The person below me has played a tambourine.

The guys' expressions are priceless! Love the hand coming out of the jacket too. Yeah, I'm a woman of Hitchcockian proportions, but to be honest, weight is an issue that is so highly visual that people will make fun of it. It's the easiest target, and sometimes it can be funny. You just have to learn to laugh at yourself. Sometimes that fat jokes are stupid because all they're doing is saying you're fat. Other times they are truly good jokes that just happen to involve weight. This was good.

Flomax?

WAAAAAY too much time. Sometimes I get so bored I pop into puck bunny-type sites just to get pics of the guys and to laugh at the stupid chicks. The person below me just sneezed.

Off to meet relatives for supper. The Wings seem to have this one in control. 20 more minutes of solid hockey is all we need.

Mason has been a wall. Good to see them tear it down. Way to go, Zata!!!!!

Yes! Dr. Rahmani is proud. You should be too.

Despite the fact that Stu, Leb, and Rig are playing well, I wish I could have seen how Lilja would have done in the playoffs considering the season he was having. Andreas: Wish you were here.

Honestly, mindfly. Do you look for people to offend? Your actual hockey point is valid. If we play a team that shuts down our first 2 lines, the third will beat them. If they try to shut down the third, at least one of the other 2 will be left to score. Depth is good.

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!! That's the way, uh huh, uh huh, I like it!

But at least he's not lazy.

Must be a misprint. The ticker says there was a penalty called on Peca. For Detroit? Not possible. Let's make the most of this, boys!

I don't know why, but "two minutes for wrangling" struck me as funny.

Not the start we wanted, but we shall overcome.

AARGH! Totally forgot I had relatives passing through on the way home from Halifax and I was supposed to meet them for supper. Will miss the 3rd period, but I'm sure the Wings will have the game in hand by then. GO WINGS!

No, but I've scaled a fish. Call me a sissy if you wish. The person below me thinks we'll win the series vs CBJ.

Wings get 95.3% of the faceoffs and 100% of the goals. Sammy: off Mason's chest, off Nash's helmet, off the glass, off the line judge, off Nash's rump. Nothing but net. Ericsson: a puck bounces off his stick from a failed clearing attempt, making him the most prolific goal scorer to date in the playoffs for the Wings. Draper: ENG Let's Go Wings!

The smile is cute, but the old one was charming. I have to wonder if Dr. Rahmani had any idea this would make the Rahmani Eye Institute a pop-culture phenomenon.

I can't photoshop to save my life, but I'm trying! I guess it's too small to read. Johan is saying "I'm glad I'm a Wing for life. I could have ended up in Columbus." Murph is saying, "No kidding, Mule. No one wants to be a Blue Jackass."

The closest team is the Wild, and they're not playing (judging from your info, we're in the same boat). Not that I could afford it anyway. The person below me is wearing something yellow.

Rockin' the beads!