I'm with you, Mooh. I can't say that I favor either side in this issue. I love hockey -- even though it's south of the Mason-Dixon line down here, Padre -- and I can't even make my 'hockey night supper' (red hot chili with fresh, hot corn tortillas on the side) without crying anymore!

Damn you, Lockout!!!

Oh well, I guess I'll just have to make my Stars t-shirts last one more year . . . sniff, sniff ;( But, on the up side, my Guinness drinking has been cut to nearly nil, and I've lost 25 pounds. ;-)

Here's to this October and a resolution to the 'no puck' problem.

All the best, Áine

(P.S. Hey Padre, the Chicago Blackhawks had a farm team in Dallas 30 years ago -- we've been on the ice down south for some time, darlin')