I am personfully foregoing all Gabby-related puns here.

[mrissa]

Awwwwwww yeah. That's right.

Just a little hockey joy; the rest of you go about your business. Oh, oh: the other night when I went past Lake of the Isles, people were skating on it, and people were playing pond hockey on it. Lake of the Isles is the best lake, and I love this place so much.

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[writingortyping.livejournal.com]

Lake of the Isles is *definitely* the best lake. I always found its windiness and sheltered bits very comforting. There's something about open prairie that can make a New Englander (or at least, this New Englander) nervous...

[1crowdedhour.livejournal.com]

I feel the same way when I see people playing pond hockey at night. Sheer joy at living here. A kind of future nostalgia?

Which is strange, given that I have no skating memories of my own. I just like seeing it in the wild.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

Whereas it's hills that make me nervous. You never know what they're going to sneak up and do.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

I've never skated outside. But this is not the year for it, for me. Sigh.

[swan-tower.livejournal.com]

Lake of the Isles is the best lake. My great-aunt and -uncle used to live in one of the big houses that fronts onto it across the boulevard, a two- (or three-?)story antique with a furnished basement and window seats and huge trees in the front yard you could string a hammock between and then drink lemonade while reading, when you weren't canoeing with your dad.

I got two weeks of the Platonic Childhood Summer there when I was about ten. It makes me deeply sad that my cousins will probably have to sell the house in the near future, if they haven't already.

[writingortyping.livejournal.com]

It's California* where you have to watch out for the hills moving.

*And Julie Andrews movies - those hills are alive, you know.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

If for some reason they feel like selling it cheap, I would totally let you drink lemonade and canoe with your dad.

[swan-tower.livejournal.com]

Alas, in its current state (which, I'm told, is one in dire need of repair), it's still probably worth half a million without breaking a sweat.

Their parents owned it outright, so it isn't like there's a mortgage to pay, but the property taxes are ludicrous.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

Oh, lordy, yes. I've looked into that, and uff da.

[profrobert.livejournal.com]

Wow, the hockey strike is over? Who knew?

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

Minnesotans knew.

Also Canadians.

I really can't answer for the rest of your priorities.

[profrobert.livejournal.com]

My big recollection about the hockey strike was that, in the middle of it, Canada legalized gay marriage. Explains a lot.

(That said, Yay for Canada for doing that.)

[mkille.livejournal.com]

Semi-random hockey question:

Would 6'6", 375-lb Aaron Gibson (http://cbs.sportsline.com/nfl/players/playerpage/133294) be able to block the entire net if he played goalie?

[timprov.livejournal.com]

Height is generally a disadvantage, dunno about 375 lbs. The goal is 6' by 4'. So a 4'8" 375-pounder might have a shot, but probably not 6'6".

[mkille.livejournal.com]

He's probably not 4' wide lying down, either...