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  1. Report: Unconfirmed sources say Rasmus Andersson has been traded to the Boston Bruins

    Everyone in Flames land was on high alert the last few days on the upcoming Rasmus Andersson trade.…
    #NewsBeep #News #Headlines #Boston #BostonBruins #bruins #CA #CalgaryFlames #calgaryflamestrade #Canada #masonlohrei #matthewpoitras #rasmusandersson #Trade
    newsbeep.com/363306/

  2. Shipping

    It’s weird but I actually have two packages that have been shipped out by me over the last couple of days. One is a passport renewal form that went out via Fed Ex last night and the other is seven rolls of 35mm film* that I sent out via USPS on Saturday. Which will arrive at its destination first? The race is on! In this post-pandemic era of online shopping it’s common to be following packages that are on their way to you, but less common to have to follow packages that are on their way from you. Maybe not. I don’t know. I have to write about something.

    Apparently you can spend six months in Scotland without a visa. Who knew? Ireland only lets you stay for three months. England and Wales are also six months, so is that a UK thing in general? What about Australia? I’ve recently watched two television shows that took place in Australia so I feel like I practically live there already. Duck Duck Go (fuck you, Google) says you need to obtain an Australian visa before you arrive. Well that’s no fun. Kevin Garvey, Jr and Nora Durst must have already had a visa when they left Miracle, TX on The Leftovers. Kevin Garvey, Sr… well who knows that that whack job was doing. He sure as hell didn’t.

    The Bruins season ended last night on another painful loss. Some teams still have a game left to play, but my team is done. Mercifully. The best they can finish is tied with Philly for last place in the Eastern Conference. The worst they can do is finish in last all by their lonesome. Unfortunately for the draft lottery, there are 4-5 teams out west that will finish with worse records. Not that we have a General Manager who knows how to draft for shit though. In other Boston sports news, the Red Sox actually won a game last night after getting humiliated on Monday night. Fun.

    I’m in the office today and tomorrow so the pickin’s for photo a day will be slim. Not that it matters. They are all just pictures of cats anyway. This one for today made use of the iPhone’s low light feature. It works well.

    https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54455674076/in/datetaken/

    *35mm film refers to the size of the negative… I think. 120 film does not refer to the size of the negative. I read somewhere that it refers to an old Kodak catalog product code. Mentioning 35mm and 120 film in the same sentence makes my ass itch. It’s like doing your physics homework and mixing up your units of measure. It’s like referring to velocity (measured in meters/seconds) and acceleration (measured in meters/seconds squared) as if they were the same thing. I believe the product code for 35mm is actually 135 (not too confusing there, Kodak) but I don’t know what the negative size for 120 film is. I can’t bring myself to call 35mm 135 so I guess I will continue to mix units and have an itchy ass. I could say medium format instead of 120 but that just feels like taking it all a step too far. I don’t know.

    #120Film #35mmFilm #365 #365Challenge #365Project #Baseball #BostonBruins #BostonRedSox #Bruins #Cat #donTMixYourUnits #filmPhotography #Hockey #iphoneography #Kitty #measurements #mediumFormatFilm #mixedUnits #photoADay #photoADayChallenge #photoADayProject #photography #physics #RedSox #robin #shipping #shippingAndReceiving #shippingReceiving #Sports #unitsOfMeasure

  3. It’s December 25. Who has most goals today in the NHL? Majority of those who voted got it right.

    Check #HNOMpoll for my most recent pro hockey question…

    #hockey #nhl #hnom #nhljets #oilers #nhlleafs #bruins #nhlwild #nhlpanthers #habs #nhlavs #tblightning
    @hnom

  4. 🏒🥅 Hottest goalies since Dec 1 🔥
    Is your guy here? Things are changing as the season matures, as teams either gel or fumble their way towards the year end, mid-season.

    ps. As I said earlier, I’m a fan of goalies. I have a too-thin skin when fans (& pundits) talk “soft goals” and “trade the goalie.”

    #nhl #hnom #nhlpanthers #nhlstars #sens #habs #bruins #canucks #nhlJets #NHL #goalies @hnom

    nhl.com/stats

  5. Monty Got the Sack

    The Bruins fired Jim Montgomery today, relieving him of his coaching duties. Raise your hand if you’re surprised by this move. I’ll wait…

    Waiting…

    No one on Earth has raised their hand…

    That’s what I thought.

    The interim coach will be Joe Sacco. Let me rephrase that statement just a bit… The interim coach will be FORMER LOWELL LOCK MONSTERS HEAD COACH Joe Sacco. Yeah, you read that right. Lock Monster Hockey, it’s alive. Well… not alive per se… more like (briefly) not forgotten.

    We will see how the team responds. I mean, it can’t really get any worse, can it?

    Can it?

    #AHL #BostonBruins #Bruins #fired #headCoach #Hockey #jimMontgomery #joeSacco #LockMonsters #lowellLockMonsters #NHL #relievedOfHisCoachingDuties

  6. The Gibson Theodore… a lot of people hate it. I… I guess I… I guess I don’t hate it. I sure don’t love it, but I don’t think I hate it. I almost think it’s cool.

    I’ll embed a video below that goes into depth, but the deal is that a few years ago Gibson unearthed a guitar design that was unused back in the golden era of the 1950’s and did a short, very expensive, run out of their custom shop. Recently they released a standard production model that is also grossly expensive, but a whole lot less expensive than the original version.

    Yeah the body shape is kinda dumb. I liked the custom shop’s use of P90 pickups rather than the USA version’s use of humbuckers. I like the four knobs on the custom shop over the two master controls on the USA. I very much greatly prefer the bridge on the USA version.

    I don’t know. Like I said, I don’t love it but I don’t really hate it. Weird, huh?

    Change of subject: unrelated, both the Bruins and the Red Sox won today. The Red Sox snapped a really ugly four game losing streak. The Bruins… I think… clinched the Atlantic Division title… I think… didn’t they? No… did they? I knew they needed a win over Pittsburgh tonight, but I can’t remember if it was a win OR a Florida Panthers loss would clinch things, or was it a win AND a Panthers loss? Also, did the Panthers need to lose, or lose in regulation? I don’t remember. The Bruins won in regulation and the Panthers won in overtime. I guess I’ll find out the answer to this question in the morning. Whatevs, both of my teams won today. Happiness.

    Back to the main topic. Where does the Theodore sit on my Gibson Guitar I-Want-One list?

    • Les Paul Junior
    • Les Paul Standard 50’s with P90 pickups
    • Firebird, but not a studio. I want the Firebird mini-humbuckers, not standard humbuckers
    • Les Paul Deluxe
    • Insert the Theodore here? Maybe.
    • Les Paul Special, or SG Special, or SG Junior
    • ES-330

    Damn… that’s a long list. It’s also an insanely expensive list. Come on, Gibson USA. Help a brother out. Bring those prices down. I don’t want to start thinking about Epiphones. I’m a Gibson snob after all.

    https://robertjames1971.blog/2024/04/13/i-dont-hate-it/

    #Baseball #Bruins #Firebird #firebirdPickups #Gibson #gibsonFirebird #GibsonGuitars #GibsonLesPaul #gibsonSg #gibsonTheodore #Guitar #Hockey #humbuckers #NHL #p90Pickups #RedSox #Sports #theodore