The Caps fired their coach, Bruce Boudreau, today. I liked Bruce. In his first year as coach he led a pretty pathetic team into the playoffs. And it was a gritty, fight-to-the-bitter-end, slide in backwards entry into that last playoff spot. In their run to the playoffs, when the team won, there was no one more excited than Boudreau. The sight of ( Read more... )

I'm taking the holiday today. So far no fires to put out so I just might make it. I have to take time off otherwise I'm going to start losing vacation hours. I could take off every Monday from now until the end of the year and still have hours left over. Sad but true.

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Caps unleashed the fury all over the Red Wings! The most amazing part? The Caps went two men down the last minute and a half and still kept Detroit from scoring.

I love Caps hockey!

The Caps were trailing the Pens 3-1 at the end of the 2nd period and came back to win 4-3.

The Red Sox were down 7-0 at the bottom of the 7th and came back to win 8-7. It ain't over til it's over. Yeah, I know a Yankee said it but still...

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I'm off all of this week. I'm calling it my Spring Break because it always irks me that people with kids take off for Spring Break while those of us without kids don't. So I am. It's raining today--one of those perfect spring storms with rolling thunder and thankfully, no cloud to ground lightning. I love it! It's supposed to do this tomorrow ( Read more... )

For 50 days the Washington Capitals were dead last in the Eastern Conference. They fired their coach just before Thanksgiving (I was at his last game and the Caps were awful). Bruce Boudreau took over and turned this team around. Slowly, they fought their way out of the basement. Eight games ago, they got crushed by the Blackhawks. They haven't ( Read more... )

Caps played the Bruins tonight. Final score? 10 to 2, Caps win ( Read more... )

Thank you's to tos_lover for the virtual gift and to mingsmommy for the lovely Christmas card!

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