THN.com Blog: Bruins set up nicely for now, fantastic for future

They’ve stumbled a little this season after growing so much last year, but don’t kid yourself: Boston is a force to be reckoned with.

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 BFF recap: good news/bad news

This month I have: not blogged once (aside from this post) turned off Google Alerts cut down Goodreads email updates by at least 50% stopped posting star-ratings to the books I’ve read on Goodreads pared down blogs I follow by 30% abandoned daily visits to two of my three favorite message boards (mostly) stopped reading Facebook updates of people who aren’t personal friends or family stopped checking my Amazon ranks(!) ignored my blog traffic stats decreed that widget-peeks and web browsing sessions may commence only between the hour and the quarter (how long those sessions last is another matter, however) Discoveries: Networking and blogging and all the rest aren’t so much about keeping in touch as about keeping up. And up, and up, and UP. Blargh.

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 THN.com Blog: Ovechkin shoving incident a suspendable act

After losing to Canada Wednesday night, Alex Ovechkin shoved a camera-person, an incident in the ballpark with Sean Avery’s notorious comments

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 High End Corporate gift

www.corporategiftsboston.com Ready to wow that special Corporate client? Need some thing different that you don’t find every day. Look no further we have created this superb two tier Gourmet gift that will have them coming back for more! Under the Tuscan Sun is a wine themed gourmet gift on a metal feligree 2 tier stand, dripping with Baccus style grapes and ivy

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 THN.com Blog: Ranking the Olympic jerseys

This past summer THN put out a greatest jerseys magazine and ran a tournament on THN.com ranking the best NHL sweaters. But there are some good and not so good Olympic entries in Vancouver

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 THN.com Blog: Retirement turns Kolzig from monster to Mr. Mom

After 17 seasons in the NHL, ‘Olie the Goalie’ is spending this year with his kids and enjoying some retirement time in the sun. – Known for his fiery disposition and temper on the ice during his 17-season NHL career, it’s hard to imagine ‘Godzilla’ as a patient full-time parent; getting the kids ready for the day and trekking them around town to gymnastics and other outings

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 Valentines gift to Germany or Europe

www.corporategiftsboston.com Send a gift from the heart this Valentines to Germany and Europe. Kir Apple and blackcurrant wine and delicate chocolates make this a perfect gift

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 THN.com Blog: Devils surprise everyone in Kovalchuk trade

Through all the rumors, few, if any, expected the Devils to take away the biggest prize. But now that it’s done, the Thrashers will be in tough to replace the superstar

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 State of the TBR pile

Finished: The Story of the Ingalls , by William Anderson The Walnut Grove Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder , by William Anderson Larger-than-life Lara , by Dandi Daley Mackall Laura Ingalls Wilder: The Iowa Story , by William Anderson The Ingalls Family Album , by William Anderson See you all in March!

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 THN.com Blog: Loser point has run its course

It doesn’t end games quicker, it doesn’t help playoff races and it doesn’t alter the standings very much, so why does the NHL still have a loser point?

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 My dumbest thrill yet

Mucho bonus points if you can name either of the two famous tushes who’ve also occupied this uber-ugly seat: (Closeup of the vehicle in question here .) I rang the bell and everything. Twice. Thanks to Barbara O’Connor for making a movie-dweeb’s whole morning.

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 Gifts to Germany and Europe

www.corporategiftsboston.com Welcome to the newest country and region on our site! We are delighted to introduce this range of high quality gifts to our line up for Germany and Europe and know they will be a great success. The diversity of the produce, wines and chocolates will make you long to try some yourself, only in Europe can all these tastes come together as a tribute to culinary success

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 Send cakes to Kuwait

www.corporategiftsboston.com We are now adding the newer range of cakes and basket gifts from our Kuwait agent to our site. Exciting new flavors and mixtures to enhance the range that we now offer

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 THN.com Blog: USA B-OK ? American non-Olympians an impressive squad

It’s common knowledge Team Canada could ice a very competitive second Olympic team, but the American second team wouldn’t be a slouch, either

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 Editing with Uncle Walt

Among the goodies under my Christmas tree: the latest fluffed up re-release of Bedknobs and Broomsticks . Popped the DVD into my computer the other night to discover there are 20-some minutes of “restored” footage incorporated into the feature. Well

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 A year of book-gathering

All the books that have in one way or another found their way into my collection in 2009. And in order of acquisition, because I’ve been adding to this post for the last 365 days: A Time of Angels , by Karen Hesse Trouble Don’t Last , by Shelley Pearsall The Tenderness of Wolves , by Stef Penney The Red Tree , by Shaun Tan Pis’ma Tsarskoi Sem’i iz Zatocheniia , by E.E. Alfer’ev Hour of Gold, Hour of Lead , by Anne Morrow Lindbergh Faberge: Easter Gifts , by T.N.

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 De-updating my website

I regret to inform you (actually, I don’t, but it sounds more polite than squeeing) that as of the first of the year, I’m no longer adding to my online reading journal . When I launched my website, Halfway Down the Stairs was singing its swan song, and I hated the thought of losing the opportunity to accost strangers with booktalk. So I dreamed up the inline reading journal as an alternative place to sound off about what I was reading.

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 THE WAGER, by Donna Jo Napoli

THE WAGER by Donna Jo Napoli (Henry Holt/Macmillan) Quick and dirty (ha!) summary: After a catastrophe leaves him penniless, playboy Don Giovanni makes a bargain with the devil — in exchange for limitless wealth, he will not wash, cut his hair, or change his clothes for three years, three months, and three days. If you know Donna Jo Napoli, you know she doesn’t flinch

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 Bests, faves, and so forth: 2009

Most intense: Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson Most mind-bending: Liar by Justine Larbalestier Favorite adult read: Stitches by David Small Favorite audios: The Grapes of Wrath , by John Steinbeck (performed by Dylan Baker) Book of a Thousand Days , by Shannon Hale (Full Cast Audio) Provoked the most plot-envy: When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead Best voice: Marcelo in the Real World by Francisco X. Stork Best sequel: A Season of Gifts by Richard Peck Best non-fiction/ FINALLY knocked off my TBR list: A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson Best biography: Beyond the Miracle Worker by Kim E

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 THN.com Blog: Ducks still plucky despite drowning in the West

Even though they sit dead last in their conference, the Anaheim Ducks still have the right pieces to turn their season around. – Through the first 40 minutes of their Tuesday tilt against the Stars, the Anaheim Ducks looked like a team destined to remain at the bottom of the conference standings

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