Swimming with the Sharks

^ ^ ^ Keep up the good work! In case you need some extra motivation, my weight chart from last year:

I WILL run the Silicon Valley Marathon this November! Last year I had to drop out due to knee injury, then got sidelined over the winter after hernia surgery. But this year I've greatly improved my running mechanics and have made it up to 10 miles pain-free so far. Oh yes, and I'm raising money for autism research again. Thanks to SouthernWingsFan and vladdy16 for donating last year!

That would probably be another $250.

Oh that was scary.

Lilja still on the bench. Blocked a shot off his heel, they said.

Puede ser, pero me gusta la rima, todavía significa "The Train to Punishment."

And Marchant goes right back into the sin bin.

NOS GUSTA EL TREN A PENA!

Have a good game boys! Weather the first ten minutes, then season and roast 'em. BTW: If you have the Versus/Golf combo HD channel, look for the game on MOJO.

I don't know to what extent it's borrowed; it may just be a Mexican borrowing. It does seem that Spanish tends to localize more given how closely the orthography is tied to pronunciation. In English of course we don't care because we know ours is the sausage of the spelling world. By the way, Olga diría: "Adelante las alas rojas."

The Slovak c gives some English speakers trouble, yet most have no problem with other foreign sounds like those in "pizza" or "loch". Look at it another way: In English we have ways of pronouncing letters that are unusual to speakers of other languages. No other language as far as I know associates our long i sound with the letter i -- Spanish pie ("foot") does not sound the same as English "pie". And in cases where the source language is also written with the Latin alphabet, we don't usually Anglicize the spelling when borrowing words or writing out names. Similarly in the other direction, the French borrowing for "weekend" is not spelled *wiquende or *huiquende, nor is the Spanish borrowing for "jeans" spelled *chins. (Of course, there are exceptions: the Spanish word for a long-sleeve knit top is suéter.)

The only thing rarer than a Lilja goal is a Lilja interview. (J/K, we love ya Lils!) NBCSports.com - Facing off with Andreas Lilja Quite personable and has a great attitude toward the game.

That combination Versus/Golf HD channel is just weird. The last thing hockey fans want to be reminded of is golf.

When I first read the title, I thought that maybe Buffalo had stolen the Leafs' playoff song from a few years back. High flying high drama. It's going to be a great series!

It's this time every year I wish my mom would've held out for two more days. Happy birthday, Stevie! :beerbuddy:

Ahh yes, the ol' North/South battle is alive and well in California.

Ah, you mean the Sharks/Canucks and Devils/Rangers matchups.

What a great moment in Wings history. I remember when Patty stood up I was thinking, "What the hell do we have to do to score against this guy?!" then I heard, "The goal counts! The goal counts! The goal counts!" and was jumping out of my chair. Who'd've thought that Floppa's OT winner in Game 5 would be the last goal the Avs would score?

It does look that way from the replay. Even so, one could argue that when Nick hustled back, it forced Grier to hurry the shot and release it before he got his stick all the way around the post. So Dom still owes him that steak dinner.

Welcome, and don't mind the occasional fan that thinks hockey doesn't belong in California. Finally, a WCF (and ECF for that matter) with two high-powered offenses. This will be a great series!

Thanks, Sharks fans. I've known for the past 14 years how classy you guys are since most all my friends are Sharks fans. And you know I would've rooted for the Tiburones if they'd've beaten us, because we can all agree on one thing: Pronger + = :puke:

WINGS WIN!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! That, Mr. Wilson, is how you play lock-down defense.

Good lord, still 9:15 left.

Oh boy, FSN Bay Area is breaking out the teal boas.