Rollin'
I actually got to take in a Pens game this weekend, as their game against the Caps yesterday was on TV. The Pens topped the Devils, who lead the Atlantic Division on Friday night and then beat the Caps yesterday to extend their win streak to 6 straight and have now earned at least 1 point in their last 16 straight games, going 14-0-2 over that stretch. For anyone not familiar with the inner workings of the sport - that's nuts-o hot.
They'll have a chance to extend the streak tonight as they take on the Islanders. The Islanders are a playoff bubble team, right now and the Pens are going to have to deal with back-to-back games against a team that's had a day to rest. Should be a great game. Naturally, I won't get to watch it. Rather, the televised game of the night will be Philly/Boston - neither of which can even smell the playoffs from where they sit.
In their first 42 games of the season, the Pens went 18-17-7, earning 43 of a possible 84 points. In their last 16, they've earned 30 of 32 possible points. Simply put, no one has been as hot as the Pens since the start of the new year (16-2-3). They hold in 4th place in the East, for the time being. They have more points than any division leaders (and actually more points than one of the division leaders), but they can't get higher than 4th unless they overtake the division leading Devils, who are currently 5 points ahead and have been, in their own right, quite hot since the start of the year, going 14-4-3 on their own. Of course, the win by the Pens over the Devils on Friday brings 'em a bit closer. They'll face each other just twice more over the final 7 weeks of the season.
Beauty, eh?
Aside from the rare chance to take in a Pens game, this weekend was a 50/50 split. Saturday, I spent the day hanging out with a handful of my friends. Sunday was housework day. Our toilet was running constantly last week so I had to do some work on it. No worries, I figured - I know how to fix that. Of course, I opened the tank to have a look and found that the hardware was old, broken, and looked like nothing I had ever seen before. The handle was currently attached to the rest of the machinery with a rusted twist-tie. Awesome.
So, what I had originally expected to be a 10 minutes project turned into a 3 hour project that involved taking the whole dang thing apart and replacing everything. Huzzah for that. In the world of people, there are those that are handy around the house and there are those that are not. I am clearly in the latter group. Frankly, I suspect I'm far too proud of the fact that I managed to get it all back together and don't have water all over the floor of my bathroom. Nonetheless, it works. Hopefully, I'll never have to deal with it again.
They'll have a chance to extend the streak tonight as they take on the Islanders. The Islanders are a playoff bubble team, right now and the Pens are going to have to deal with back-to-back games against a team that's had a day to rest. Should be a great game. Naturally, I won't get to watch it. Rather, the televised game of the night will be Philly/Boston - neither of which can even smell the playoffs from where they sit.
In their first 42 games of the season, the Pens went 18-17-7, earning 43 of a possible 84 points. In their last 16, they've earned 30 of 32 possible points. Simply put, no one has been as hot as the Pens since the start of the new year (16-2-3). They hold in 4th place in the East, for the time being. They have more points than any division leaders (and actually more points than one of the division leaders), but they can't get higher than 4th unless they overtake the division leading Devils, who are currently 5 points ahead and have been, in their own right, quite hot since the start of the year, going 14-4-3 on their own. Of course, the win by the Pens over the Devils on Friday brings 'em a bit closer. They'll face each other just twice more over the final 7 weeks of the season.
Beauty, eh?
Aside from the rare chance to take in a Pens game, this weekend was a 50/50 split. Saturday, I spent the day hanging out with a handful of my friends. Sunday was housework day. Our toilet was running constantly last week so I had to do some work on it. No worries, I figured - I know how to fix that. Of course, I opened the tank to have a look and found that the hardware was old, broken, and looked like nothing I had ever seen before. The handle was currently attached to the rest of the machinery with a rusted twist-tie. Awesome.
So, what I had originally expected to be a 10 minutes project turned into a 3 hour project that involved taking the whole dang thing apart and replacing everything. Huzzah for that. In the world of people, there are those that are handy around the house and there are those that are not. I am clearly in the latter group. Frankly, I suspect I'm far too proud of the fact that I managed to get it all back together and don't have water all over the floor of my bathroom. Nonetheless, it works. Hopefully, I'll never have to deal with it again.
posted by MC at
Monday, February 19, 2007
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