Keith Russell's Journal: Penguin Quickies: 5 Oct 05

Devils 5, Penguins 1, as Martin Brodeur puts a stone cold shutdown on the Pens' power play. Points of interest:

1. It's a shame we opened against the Devils and Brodeur. Between 37 shots, and a power play that rotates Lemieux, Malone, Palffy, Crosby, Recchi, LeClair, Gonchar, Jackman, and Tarnstrom, any lesser goaltender would be curled in his net, whimpering "Make it stop."
2. Thibault's rubber, Brodeur's glue. Rebound control for teh win!
3. Watching Sidney Crosby puck-handle is like watching Jagr in his prime. (Prime = "Before he turned into a sullen, compulsive-gambling headcase who thinks Darius Kasparaitis has mastered the English language.") Strong as an ox, and he still has a few more years to bulk up.
4. Thibault scares me sometimes. Last night, he nonchalantly watched a floater of a wrist shot that he though would sail over the net. It clanked off the front of the crossbar and back into the slot. If you watch the replay closely, you can see his eyeballs pop out through the cage of his mask.
5. Over/under on LeClair's penalty minutes for the season: 300, all of them minors for tripping and holding. Looks like there won't be a place for another Legion Of Doom in the New NHL.

Hey...

[Some Woman]

I just realized that you went to the same college as my cousin. It's just kind of weird, because...you seem so...normal.

Others might say that about me and my choice of college, but hey...

Re:Hey...

[Keith Russell]

Normal as in "no cross-shaped welt on my forehead from all the Bible-thumping"? Or normal as in "has never mentally undressed Ann Coulter"?

Nothing against your cousin (what year, BTW?), but, relative to "normal", most Grove City grads fall on a line between those two points.

Re:Hey...

[Some Woman]

No! To undress her would be absolutely sinful! I remember him being absolutely disgusted at the inappropriate and pornographic nature of The Diary of Anne Frank. I mostly only make idle small talk with him now, because anything more could result in a disapproving glance with snide remark. He graduated in 2002. Some Guy not-so-affectionately refers to that part of my family as the "Religious Nutzoids."

So, I guess what I'm saying is that you seem like a person who happens to be religious, not a religious

Re:Hey...

[Keith Russell]

Yep. I graduated before Monica Lewinsky and Karl Rove, but humorless fundamentalists have been a constant at old GCC. That also stands for God's Concentration Camp, don'tcha know.