Be Ferocious: a recipe for the Canucks in Game 7

Below is an inspiring image for the Canucks tonight. Scott Stevens is taking a solid hit against a guy carrying the puck. Vancouver needs to do more of this sort of thing against Dallas tonight.


It is good to see the results of being ferocious against an enemy; this is what we need to see more of in the game tonight: discheveled Dallas defenders. Eric Lindros had his bell rung by Scott Stevens; note the 'get me out of here' look peering out from under the helmut? Well, we want to replicate that look among the Dallas Stars tonight.





And lastly, for still more inspiration and to show the Canucks what must be done tonight, here are Scott Steven's Top 10 hits:>

Visiting face to face...

Behave or we will come over to clean your windows.

Luongo, the PK and a sad Turco

The Vancouver Canucks are now one win away from moving on to the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoff. I think being 3-1 up in a best of seven series with Luongo in net bodes well. The Canucks must maintain their intensity against Dallas, however. I recall the Canucks being up 3-1 in games against the Wild in 2003, and losing game 5 at home and then succumbing in the series. No such loosening of the reins this time: as a fan I want to see some more of this:>



And, to be sure, the fans would like to see more of this; as much as the Canucks can produce:>



Do not have tears for Turco, as he is accustomed to failure in playoff situations. This will be just another walk in the playoffs for this sad, very rich goalie.

The Q and the wildManlyman do Pascha!

No words needed here, the joy of paschal feasting is clearly evident! I wish a joyous Bright Week to the few and courageous who check out my blog!

As an aside: what is enjoyed most during Bright Week? Is it drink, is it the meat, the cheese, the chocolate? Or is it the festive company? Think about that. There are some interesting implications in how we answer.

Tomorrow I am going to start preparing to spend Thomas Sunday up at Hemlock, feasting and smoking the paschal pipe. I am looking forward to doing a whole lot of nothing in particular.

The trampling of death

So tonight I will celebrate the desolation of death, the trampling down of death. This is so good that it surpasses words, but being a non-artistic man I have no alternative way to express myself other than through my limited words. The image I have chosen concerns a battle with a demon, in this case Gandalf's enemy from the ancient realm, a balrog. I think Christ going down to hell and vanquishing it would have been even more harsh than Gandalf's battle; just think how cool that will be to learn about in the coming life! Christ's victory over death allows us to smile at our demons and twig their noses. Christ's victory allows me to point out that even death has no sting for those holding to Christ's very great promise.

Yes tonight even I will sing of Christ's glorious resurrection; where He tramples down death by His own death, hoodwinking the demons and mocking the sting of hell. O what else matters?

The processional hymn we sing gives the clue:

Your Resurrection, O Christ our Saviour,
The angels in heaven sing,
Enable us on earth to glorify You
In purity of heart.

Thus the answer to what matters: to give God His due. Note: no mention is made about how agreeable this will be for us; there is merely an indication that we must glorify Him, and that His trampling of death affords us an opportunity to do this with a pure heart. This is useful to know, for the beating those demonic forces received must have been incredible and smashing. So the time now is a sort of clean up battleground where the skirmishes are part of that ungodly fallout. Thus tonight I will go to Church keeping in my mind that I must continue to fight my own balrog.

Ah, balrog, you haven't learned the futility of kicking against the goads of God! For He is Risen indeed!