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Well you have all read my rant about Mike Wise’s Washington Post article regarding the Flyers. Well we now have some more information. In case you forgot, Mike likes to make wild accusations based on no factual evidence whatsoever. Basically, he is a jackass know-nothing. Just one more quote from Mike:

It’s almost impossible to fathom, but the Capitals took the ice in front of a building as loud as Verizon Center last Friday. The fans wore orange instead of the Capitals’ red, and many of the women and children looked as if they could work security for Megadeth.

Hey Mikey, metal god Dave Mustaine had a response for you:

“Hey Flyer fans, we’re Megadeth, and I read what they said in the Washington Post about you, and you can work security for us anytime! Now kick ass! It’s time to crush ‘em!

That’s right, Megadeth in Flyers jerseys. After that, Mike then went on Washington Post Live and stated that he just reserected Megadeth’s career and boosted record sales, and that they now may finally sell more albums then Journey.

Heh. Mike is a real toolbag. Someone needs to play “Symphony Of Destruction” or “Sweating Bullets” for Mike’s candy ass…

Come on A-Rod, don’t be such a wuss! For those of you whom only read headlines, here it is:

Wife: Rodriguez fainted during first daughter’s birth.

Too funny.

Yeah yeah I am a bit slow to respond, but time is not really something I have a whole lot of these days. Anyway. The Flyers did beat “Canada’s Team,” the Montreal Canadiens in only 5 games. Really, it should have been 4, but I won’t complain. I never thought the Orange And Black would ever get this far. It has to be one of the greatest seasonal turnarounds in NHL history. Remember, the Flyers finished DEAD LAST last season by a very large margin. Anyway, I think everyone needs to give the Flyguys a bit of respect.

So when things don’t go your way and you lose to the Philadelphia Flyers in five games, you’re probably going to blame yourself more than you’re going to lionize the other squad. Which is basically what Montreal Canadiens Coach Guy Carbonneau did when he said, “The Flyers seemed to take advantage of every bounce and break they got.”

Heh. Figures. Carbonneau can bite me. I think Flyers center (not centre you crazy Canadians) says it best:

“I was a little disappointed with the quotes I saw” from the Canadiens after the series victory over Montreal, Flyers center Danny Briere said yesterday. “When you win a series in five games, at some point you had to do something well. But that’s the way it has been for us all year.”

Sure we (I do mean we, us hard core fans do bleed orange) did get some lucky bounces to go our way. But really, did we get 4 straight wins (2 on the road mind you) lucky? Come on, give them a little credit. Such is life when you are called the Broad Street Bullies.

Keep your eyes glued to the TV folks. This Eastern Conference Championship series has for the first time turned into the battle of Pennsylvania. To say “it will be good” has to be the understatement of the year.

11:01am on Friday morning, Emily Grace came into the world. She was 8 pounds, 12 ounces and was 22 inches long. You can check out the pictures here.

I never liked sleep anyway!

Thank you Joffrey Lupul!
At least I finally found out what a heart attack feels like. This game 7 was seriously brutal on my nerves and blood pressure. That was ten fold when the game went into overtime.

Glad to see the Flyers pull it out with 13 minutes left in the first OT. I would have never bet that they were win, mostly because they were getting physically manhandled the entire 3rd period. Oh well, all that matters is the score at the end, and we are on to the next round.

Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton on WWE. Read that again, the democrats fighting for votes on the WWE. John McCain talks about keeping up with the war and showing “Osama Bin Laden who the Undertaker is.” Can you smell what the Mac is cooking? This wonderful war is killing our kids, our brothers and sisters, our mothers and fathers, and these people are appearing on FRIGGING WRESTING.

Current President George W. Bush on Deal Or No Deal.

Seriously. This is the end of the country as we know it. The apocalypse is upon us. We are so screwed and I don’t see a way out.

I hate to be rude. I usually don’t like to curse, but sometimes you just have to. Mike Wise, you are a jerkoff. If you don’t know, Mike wrote an “article” for the Washington post regarding the recent Flyers/Capitals playoff series. Let me quote:

Midway through the third period of this demoralizing 6-3 loss at Wachovia Center, 20,000 people in fluorescent orange howled for their World Extreme Cagefighters, and a crowd in the upper bowl chanted vulgarities at Ovechkin that went beyond the bounds of loutish fan behavior. As the frothing masses left the arena, they felt good about the bull being struck and killed — checking the multi-generational Russian wizards Ovechkin and Sergei Fedorov into humility as much as the boards.

Let us analyze. What Mikey here is saying is that he apparently this was his first time attending, watching, or even hearing about a playoff game. The fans cheered for their home team and like animals boo-ed the opposition? Wow, that is a shocker. This is Philly pal. Remember when the fans pelted Santa Clause with snowballs? We take our sports very seriously, and that is only amplified when the playoffs come around.

“We want to make it physical between the whistles,” Flyers Coach John Stevens said. “I think it’s important for no other reason then it’s the best tool we have to defend, to be honest with you. I think it’s very important that we move our feet and finish our checks and get people pushed off the puck.”

Translation: “We will keep punking the Caps until the NHL commissioner tells us not to.”

What a dickbag. Hockey is about physicality. If you don’t like that, I suggest you find something better to suit you. Hey Mike, I have an idea. Why not attend The World Chess Championships and write about that. It seems to be more your speed.

The Caps’ postseason slogan: “Rock The Red.” The Flyers? “Vengeance Now,” which comes across as less of a slogan and more of a sequel to Charles Bronson’s “Death Wish.”

I am about finished with Mike and his stupid opinions. Just in case we all forgot, the Flyers season last year was their worst in their 40+ year existence in the league. They finished dead last, and they did so by a large margin. So I think Vengeance is a very appropriate word.

On I-95 entering town there is a billboard of Riley Cote, a stumpy rogue who engaged in 24 fights this season, twice as many as Capitals tough guy Donald Brashear. Cote’s wild-man eyes and his quick fists are the only features shown of the Flyers’ player.

Heh. Yeah, because good old Brash is a real lamp lighter. He has 8 points for the season. Cote has 4. Having a tough guy is part of the game. Google Georges Laraque sometime (he has 13 points). I’m about done quoting Mike, because he just ends the article talking about Scott Hartnell. There are plenty of teams that have a guy like Hartnell. Learn how to use Google and so some searching for the term “nudge.”

I think its fair to give Mike here the cockbite of the year award…

Let’s just say that I am probably one of the most superstitious Philly fans out there. If we are blessed enough to actually make it to the playoffs in any Philly sport, I rarely talk about it much. As soon as I give praise or show even a glimmer of hope, the bottom falls out and we get smoked.

That’s why I will probably regret this. I just had to post the picture. Flyers goalie Marty Biron giving Washington Capitals (and ex Flyers tough guy) Donald Brashear a smack to the dead with the old goalie catcher. You have to love that.

Anyway, game 3 is tonight, 7PM.

Some time ago I watched a few shows of Metalocalypse on Adult Swim. In short, it is a cartoon about Dethklok, a death metal band. It was kind of funny, but I hadn’t really watched many of the episodes. I pretty much forgot about it completely, until I came upon the Dethklok Wikipedia page. It’s a funny read actually. I was surprised, the album is really good. I’m not a super fan of the death and/or extreme metal genres. I can stand some of it, but the usual “death growls” that come along with the music really turns me off. However, I found myself listening to this album quite a few times. It’s decent metal music, and the lyrics aren’t really that bad. I had to immediately add it to my MythTV recording queue to catch more of the show.

I would suggest that if you are NOT a fan of death metal, you ignore said album. Trust me.

Enough is enough. The Flyers have been booted out of the playoffs again this year. We have two games to go, but honestly, I say why bother. The time has come. We Philly fans can only take so much abuse before we crack. Good riddance.

It still rips out another chunk of my soul. Just a little chunk. I am a Philly fan. I have so many more soul chunks to give. It’s what we do.