Lil dude that put up a total of 3 goals in soccer all last year scored 12(!) this evening. I think I may be even more excited than he is! Watching your kid level up is kinda awesome.

Don’t skip! Post you in another country. Barcelona, Spain 2012

Nothing like a fantastic run of songs to bring back the good vibes after the Habs

Helluva season for the Habs. Blew my expectations way out of the water. Ran out of gas & fizzled out at the end, but what a start for this group. Hopefully just the beginning of great things. Bring on October!

And just like that, here's my 20 year workiversary.

8 started back at soccer last evening and I tell ya is he ever pumped about it. He just laid out all his soccer gear and jerseys from over the years on the living room floor to admire, and every conversation he starts is a tale recounting last night's soccer experience. Sorry Habs, soccer's here!

Welllllllp I'm much afraid the clock is striking midnight on this Habs run. Lots of hockey to play yet, but unless something drastically changes they are looking pretty toast. Pretty much a carbon copy of games 2 & 3 struggling to get shots, but this time the score is getting run up on them too.

Disappointed to see some of the AI ads in nyc completely defaced. It should be all of them.

3 teams left and the Habs are one of them. Shocked! Shocked I tell ya!

Bolduc didn't get it deep. Young player error. Onto the next one.

3rd assembly complete. Still curse free! Holy fuck!

Finally tried Bap & Noods, the new Korean takeout spot on Churchill Blvd. Delicious doesn't even begin to describe it. An absolutely fantastic addition to the area!

Put together 2 ready-to-assemble furniture thingies this evening and didn't even curse once. Living in truly unprecedented times.

Introduce yourself with 10 bands you’ve seen live: Tragically Hip Neil Young Sloan Leonard Cohen Wintersleep Holly McNarland Feist Bruce Cockburn Melissa auf der Maur Metric Keepin' it Canadian!

Well I'd call that a successful multicultural night at 8's school! The cookies we made for the event were the best batch yet, and they disappeared quickly. There was a bunch of other great food from around the world to enjoy there too. I definitely went home stogged right full!

Another new-to-me album really hitting the spot today, care of @1001albumsgen.bsky.social

YES B'Y!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NEWHOOK!!!

Game 7 overtime. I should be a bag of nerves here but somehow I'm not. Maybe just happy to be here? Super pleased with the Habs season no matter what happens, but sure would liked to be even pleaseder!

Officially kicked off my barbecue's 15th year of service when I fired up the grill today. It's definitely not on all its original parts anymore, but still going strong.

If last October when the season started someone told me that the Habs would still be playing on Victoria Day, I'd have a hard time believing it. Hope they take game 7 but even if they don't, this season's been a treat.

With game 7 looming, I'm going to make a radical suggestion for the Habs: Double digit shots. Including ones in the 2nd period!

Well this is fun! Keep it coming b'ys!

Managed to snag parking right in the heart of Water Street in St. Andrews on Paddlefest Saturday. Probably used up a good chunk of the year's good luck right there, but I'll take it.

Hitman Anvil Rocket Bulldog Pillman Jimmy

Forever thankful to @teflonsteve.bsky.social for making me aware of this one. Perfectly suits a Friday heading into a long weekend! youtu.be/ju0J37Jkopo?...

Newhook's so good that even when he doesn't score he scores!

Well Dobeš emerging into the Habs premier agitator sure is fun!

Not my pic, but a beautiful double rainbow over Saint John this evening.

We have a thing in this family where 8 gets easily distracted and we are fairly sure he has ADHD. This was part of tonight's discussion at the supper table: 10: 8 got very distracted by cups. 8: They were bamboo cups! 100% bamboo! Who wouldn't get excited about that?!?

Well Habs were due for a stinker. Better off happening in a game 1 than a game 7, I s'pose. Best not make a habit of it!

439:45 of the 445:22 total time in that Habs vs. Lightning series was played with the score either tied or someone up by just 1

Jakub Dobeš' response to being asked "I'd love to know what you're feeling after all that tonight" after winning the nailbiter game 7 of a crazy tight series where his play was a big reason the Habs won: "Uhh...nothing much. I mean, we played an okay game."

Shots? We don't need no stinkin shots!

remember Bob Cole's "EVERYTHING IS HAPPENING!" call? within a week after that, Kate and William were married, Bin Laden was killed and there was a federal election. He was a prophet.

On this day in 1965, Habs legend Jean Béliveau became the first NHL Conn Smythe winner. Apparently he wasn’t too fond of the trophy nor very keen on taking photos with it initially, since it was a silver replica of Maple Leaf Gardens.

“Jakub, how long did that final minute feel?” Dobeš: “Probably about a minute”

Quote with a photo you've taken of some public art

Looks like the kid can play.

Taco Tuesday at Casa Latina was, without question, the right choice.

Welp the series going at least 6 seemed pretty inevitable, so here we are. Hopefully the Habs can find their way to a little more disciplined play from here on out.

10 just walked into the room and out of nowhere asked "Why are there billionaires though?"

Dry run is a go!

Just finished the Habs game. Overtime every time, eh? As long as they keep winning 2 out of every 3 I can live with that!

The legend of Slafkovsky grows

Interesting interview with the Angine de Poitrine fellers. It's them talking in their real voices, not in character. Covers things about the music of course, but also their anonymity, and navigating the costumes both when playing & traveling. Worth a listen! www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYQq...

If Slafkovsky doesn't make a bad giveaway that led to the tying goal If Hutson's shot off the post in the final minute is just an inch over If Dach doesn't needlessly ice the puck in OT A few mistakes & near misses, and that's the way she goes. It was never gonna be easy. On to the next one!

Juraj Slafkovsky has scored five goals in his first six NHL playoff games. The last NHLer to have more in his first six was a fellow named Mario Lemieux in 1989.

HATS-OFFSKY! 1-0 Habs!