Gosh, I wanted to love this. I really did -- a documentary on the Soviet Red Army hockey team with Slava Fetisov as the main focus. If you know anything about the sport, what could be better?

( A lot, sadly. )

* The baseball team is near the end of its misery for 2014, Young Master deGrom's chances at Rookie of the Year notwithstanding. Thankfully, NHL training camps begin this week, leading to 82 chances for frustration and then a playoff season of inevitable heartbreak. I love sports ( Read more... )

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I am looking forward to this a lot. I've been a die-hard fan of the game for thirty years and am old enough to remember the reaction to the Miracle on Ice and when folks like Slava Fetisov were Them before they became 'them' (1994's Matteau!Matteau!Matteau! doesn't happen without Fetisov on the Devils) and, with the mighty Detroit Red Wings, ( Read more... )

* Olympics! I am watching next to nothing of them, partially by choice -- I hate the format of 25 minutes of talking heads and sob stories, 15 minutes of competition, and 20 minutes of commercials per hour -- and mostly because I get no television reception. I have gotten to see some of the hockey games, although not the starts of most of them ( Read more... )

And over in Afghanistan, the reaction to Team USA's TJ Oshie's shootout winner over the Russians:


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* The newest trailer for Star Trek: Into Darkness looks good. It also looks like it was edited by Freddie Krueger to amp up urgency without giving away plot details (or, why Kirk starts a sentence wearing one shirt and finishes it in another). But it should be fun.

* I am somewhat less fond of the new promo material for Iron Man 3, though. Mostly ( Read more... )

A list of no order or importance ( Read more... )

Games lost due to labor strike/lockout since 1992 by sport NFL: 0, NBA: 504, MLB: 938, NHL: 1,698

The NHL will add to that total in two weeks' time. Happy 2012 Lockout, everyone....

I love this sport more than any other, but jesus effing christ, is its management cankered.

Things that are not Freezer Burn:

* I have been podficced for the very first time! arwen_lune has performed "The Legend of Smedley Duckler, the Fighting Quacker" and uploaded it to AO3.

* On a related note, I uploaded the text version of the story in preparation/anticipation of that and then "The Care and Feeding of a CO" because ileliberte wanted an e-reader- ( Read more... )

* Longmire: I'm on board. ( A textbook case of showing and not telling )