BagBoy

I've been listening to the Dead South a lot since you mentioned them. They are really good, and definitely have a ton of bluegrass in their DNA. They are from Regina, and while that may not exactly be a bluegrass hot spot, who cares? They are very good at it, however they got there. Here's another unique bluegrass band that I love called the Earl Brothers, from San Francisco (mostly anyways)...

I hate the word lessen. It is a lazy-ass excuse for reduce, diminish, decrease, minimize, etc., and its growth indicates we are headed toward 1984 (the Orwell novel). Perhaps hate is too strong. I am non-plussed with the word lessen. If we continue down this path, inevitably "moren" will become the opposite of lessen. So today's lesson is we need to stop saying lessen or we will then start saying "moren", and by then we will all be morons.

Excellent call Buno! I would call them more Americana than Country, but who's counting? Not me. I got a big kick out of their video "In Hell I'll Be In Good Company" having so much of it filmed in Toronto!

If you get Border Collies, you don't even have to train them. Their herding instincts include exhibiting very predatory-like behavior like crouching low, pursuit that switches quickly from slow and deliberate to full speed and constant locked-in eye contact. Geese don't like this. There are literally hundreds of golf courses around the world that use Border Collies to effectively repel geese, not to mention the National Park Service.

I am 100% rooting for Vegas to win the Cup. If I heard myself saying this 6 months ago, I would have committed myself.

Wow, Smell. You really nailed it for me here on each and every point. So perfectly stated!

Jason Molina's band Magnolia Electric Co. If you like Neil Young there's a decent chance you will like this.

I don't know about that. You can't buy playoff experience like this. This year's playoffs make them so much of a better team entering next season than they were entering this season. Discount them at your own peril.

Christopher Nolan is the writer/director/producer for Dunkirk, Interstellar, 3 Batman/Dark Knight movies, Inception, The Prestige, and Memento. His very first full length effort is a movie called Following, which is about a guy doing exactly what you have described. The character in that movie did NOT have fun. Highly recommended.

Howdy, Neo! Long time. I'm totally with you on the Bolts! I'd love to see them in the Finals again. Out west it's pretty much all good for me, but I spent parts of my youth in Winnipeg, so go Jets! BTW, if the Preds win, Washington DC will be the northernmost city in the semifinals. Would they be the southernmost northernmost team ever in the semifinals?

Killer acid rock guitar solo work from Eddie Hazel of Funkadelic...

I did love Peca before the contract dispute.

My boring pick is #11, but I always loved Don Luce. 2nd or 3rd line center who could generate offense, but was defensively very responsible and great on the PK. Big honorable mention to Lindy Ruff.

You gotta love it when Bruins fans are chanting "Refs you suck!" as loud as they can!

Things over the last few years have been horrible for the Hurricanes, and they're still getting worse. Let's just let them move to Quebec City already!

I'm with Eleven on this one. Bobby Orr. In the top 4 for all players ever, and best D-man ever. I know it sounds cliche, but he redefined what a D-man can be. I don't see McDavid in this club, but who knows?

Very true. It's being used as an adverb in Woody's post, so it should be irregardlessly!

That's far too passive. Let's trade this year's first round pick to get him here now!

To the bolded, no. The news is bad for you. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/apr/12/news-is-bad-rolf-dobelli

Philly fans now throwing everything in sight onto the ice, including full beer cans. animals. They are an embarrassment to the USA, not just the NHL.

Memorial Day weekend

Indeed. I heard she had refused further care a few days ago. She exited the same way she had always lived. Straightforward and no nonsense. I could half-jokingly say she would have made the best president of her immediate family. But in all seriousness, I am damn glad she was 41's wife and 43's mom. The world is a much better place for her having been in it.

Understood and agreed. I just needed an excuse to get Max Afinogenov's name into a conversation about wingers and low hockey IQ's. That guy may have been the dumbest hockey player ever.

LOL. I was gonna say centers are smarter than wingers, but thought it would sound too glib. This post nails it. I will hesitate at the bass player analogy however. John Entwistle was a bass player. Max Afinogenov was a winger.