Oh Those Friday Night Blues

They get in your shoes and they work to bring you down.

1) 3 of 6 my Sam Adams Octoberfests have been drank. Tomorrow, I may break open the Brooklyn Pilsners...

2) I may need theose beers to get through another Rangers game tomorrow afternoon. Seriously, how can John Tortorella put Erik Christensen on the top line centering Marian Gaborik? EC makes under $1 million and will definitely be gone in a year. Meanwhile, Brad Richards gets signed for 9 years, almost $7 million per season on average, and he gets demoted to the second line. So the top line is Gabby, EC, and Wojtek Wolski. That is without a doubt the softest top line in the history of top lines.

3) Marc Staal, where ae you?

4) I keep digging Jamey Johnson's music. It is very raw, very simple, thought-provoking, and I love that almost every song has some pedal steel! I hope he comes to Chicago soon.

5) Got some trips to research: San Diego, Los Angeles, and New Orleans.

6) I'm very disappointed in Blueshirt Underground holding their next viewing party on December 28th, a Wednesday night between Christmas and New Year's. Flights will be brutal to get and I'm already taking 6 days off of work right before that. That timing just sucks.

7) Mom is off in Destin, Florida for the next week. And this is as quiet as a weekend as I can remember. Nothing too exciting planned for Saturday. Jets off, Bears off, Giants with a likely cupcake against Miami. And the final Come Thirsty Sunday morning lesson. There's something else that sucks.

8) Speaking of the Jets, I think these next four games will determine what kind of season can really have. At Buffalo, New England, at Denver, Buffalo. If they are to have a real shot at the AFC East, they really need to win all three of the division games. Now their bye is this week and most teams have been losing when they have been coming off their bye this season. Furthermore, the Jets have been getting off to terribly slow starts in almost all of their games. So Rex needs to figure out a way to have this team coming out ready to play hard in a hostile environment.

9) Smithtown, Beirut, Denver, Middle Village, there seems to be a pattern with certain people who live in these respective places. Maybe it's just safer for me when the girl is far away.

10) Dang, it's already 1:15 in the morning. better get back to the gym tomorrow after three days away. Maybe I'll even go on Sunday afternoon for a change.

It's been at least six months since I've done this...

Song pick: "Another Lonely Song" Tammy Wynette

The demise of Sunday morning

So in 2 weeks, Come Thirsty will no longer meet on Sunday mornings. It is very bittersweet for me. I have been attending this young adult singles group at First Baptist Church of Geneva since November of 2006. And between attendance becoming sporadic, people's circumstances changing, and the shift with the leadership at Aboveground, the powers that be felt a change was best. At least our mid-week groups are not going away. I really hope this will necessitate the increase in social events; we've only had two since April.

Fringe/Social event attenders
Vanessa
Brooke
Laura E

Moved
The ex
Fish
Jacquie
Nathan
Chuck (Still does Wednesday nights)

Quit
Matt/Christine
Emily
Lisa

Guy issues
Amanda

Engaged
Chris/Meghan (though they do come on Sundays)
Alex/Amy

Married
Becky
Laura M, not C
Jackie
Ben/Vickie
Theresa
Court/Christine
Stephanie/Daniel
Allison/Chris

Active
A-Bar
Matt
J-Schu
Keith

NHL Predictions

Atlantic Division
2. Pittsburgh
4. Philadelphia
7. NY Rangers
New Jersey
NY Islanders

Northeast Division
3. Boston
6. Buffalo
8. Montreal
Toronto
Ottawa

Southeast Division
1. Washington
5. Tampa Bay
Carolina
Winnipeg
Florida

Central Division
2. Chicago
5. Detroit
7. Nashville
Columbus
St. Louis

Northwest Division
1. Vancouver
8. Calgary
Minnesota
Colorado
Edmonton

Pacific Division
3. San Jose
4. Anaheim
6. Los Angeles
Phoenix
Dallas

Eastern Conference Finals
Washington over Buffalo

Western Conference Finals
Chicago over San Jose

Stanley Cup Finals
Washington over Chicago