Friday, October 14, 2011

The Brain Works In Strange Ways

Well, mine does.  Blog-Bud Lou happened to mention today that she really liked the word "onomatopoeia" but there are precious few occasions when one can use it.  So the very FIRST thang that came to my mind?  This:


I swear to The Deity At Hand I hadn't heard that song in at LEAST 11 years (I have the album it's on, but said album is vacationing in Pennsylvania).  But Hey!  How many other songs are there where the chorus is a repeated "Onna, Onna, Onomatopoeia?"  None that I know of...

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In other BIG news... I'd mentioned in passing that I was gonna get a new teevee as my old one, while entirely adequate for the small space that was El Casa Móvil de Pennington,  was underwhelming in my new and larger digs. Like this:


Watching hockey on that tube was OK... but.  Underwhelming.  So it came to pass last evening that SN1 rang me up to tell me granddaughter Monique was downsizing and looking to get rid of her one-year old big-ass teevee at a VERY good price and would I be interested?  "Well, yes," sez I... "lemmee go look at it."  Cutting right to the chase, a little over an hour later Diego and I were drinking beer and watching the Red Wings dominate Vancouver on this monster:


It was Diego's very first hockey game and I may have made a convert.  As for me... watching hockey on a 53-inch 1080p HD teevee is almost as good as bein' there.  Really. 

24 comments:

  1. That's the best upgrade since the 2012 election. Down with the Wings, but good on 'em for keeping the 'nucks down. More room at the top for my 3-1, first place Avs. Poor Craig Anderson got abandoned by his team last night.

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  2. Nice!

    The v-word is chwak. That's about as close to the sound of a puck being hit by a hockey stick as it gets. I'm happy for you that the Wings won... mostly because I'm anti-Vancouver.

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  3. Hey, now you're talking.
    Turn the air down to 55 degrees and you will feel like you're right there in the rink with them!

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  4. Tile floors don't need a vacuum. So drive your Zamboni between periods.

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  5. Uncle Skip - mostly because I'm anti-Vancouver.

    I think you and I could enjoy a few cold ones together.

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  6. Onna, Onna, Onomatopoeia...Yep, it's in my head.

    As I scrolled down from the photo of the little TV to the next, I burst out laughing when I saw that big-ass TV. You will have to turn your head from side to side to keep up with the hockey puck on that TV.

    Notice that I used burst instead of bust - makes me feel dang-near smart.

    VW: mucks - sounds like pucks, or schmucks - maybe to muck out the barn or blog post.

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  7. Awright! Now that's a TV. And it's a pain to admit this, but it's a couple inches bigger than mine. :-(

    Moving on, I've watched hockey before on my set and I still have trouble following the puck. I think part of the problem is that I don't have a history with the game and haven't watched it enough to know (anticipate) where to look if you follow what I'm saying.

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  8. Dapper Dan - We know exactly what you are saying, and the cure for that is practice, practice, practice. Keep watching!

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  9. More room at the top for my 3-1, first place Avs.

    Enjoy that while you CAN. ;-)

    I'm happy for you that the Wings won... mostly because I'm anti-Vancouver.

    I'll take that, even with the qualification.

    Ed: Or leave the windows open in December.

    Inno: It's been my dream for ever and ever to get a Zamboni ride, or be employed as the Zamboni driver at The Joe. My blog-buddy Suldog actually DID get to ride the Zamboni at TD Garden for his birthday one year, and he blogged it.

    You will have to turn your head from side to side to keep up with the hockey puck on that TV.

    That's more true than you know, Lou. Srsly!

    Dan: Here's a tip for following the puck: keep your eyes on which way the players are facing, they ALWAYS know where the puck is. Well, except for some goalies, some of the time. ;-)

    And like Andy sez: practice!!

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  10. Woo Hoo! Now you'll be able to see the B's win their second Cup in a row in style!

    (That's strictly false bravado, considering the start they're off to.)

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  11. Suldog - as an Avs fan, sorry about that start. Sort of. Not really.

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  12. Now you'll be able to see the B's win their second Cup in a row in style! You mean the ones that got beat by the Jets last night?

    Don't sit too close to that big-ass TV Buck, you might get sweat on you!

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  13. Sah-weet! Now this is what is required. We upgraded earlier this year from a 27 inch flat screen to a 55 inch HD 1080p. Took some getting used to and I still think it looks like the mothership has landed in our media room. Still - I do enjoy it.

    Buck, what you need now is surround sound or at the very least a home theater installation. They have wall and ceiling mounted speakers...

    Just sayin'.

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  14. Andy - you will have to do a little more research... but I will help out. I can root for the Wings because I know the Sharks can beat them and they're old NHL. I can also cheer for the Bruins because they're in the Eastern Conference and old NHL. I will not be rooting for the Wings on October 28.
    On the plus side, I'm not nearly as passionate about hockey... or any other indoor sport... as about baseball and football.

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  15. The perks of having a bigger abode are just raining down on you, aren't they? Nice.

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  16. That's a big ass TV.

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  17. I didn't notice if you've got wheels on the bottom of your couch so you can move closer. It'll look bigger then. Like being at the Hockey Drive-In.

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  18. Marc cracks me up...

    That IS a big ass TV!

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  19. The old TV looks so incredibly small when you see that monster sitting there now.

    Sweetness.

    Magic Wordy Thingy: Ovederso
    Hmph, I wonder if that is some kind of reference to the over done factor of biggyness from that small TV to the big one.

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  20. Jim: Your B's have the UCR hangover. But it CAN be beat, see: '97 & '98 Red Wings. ;-)

    Deb: I hear ya. That teevee is just slightly too big for the room it's in.

    Buck, what you need now is surround sound or at the very least a home theater installation.

    Um, no. With all due respect. Remember: I am NOT a movie guy. But I prolly WILL hook up the audio output of the teevee to my preamp.

    I will not be rooting for the Wings on October 28.

    Heh.

    The perks of having a bigger abode are just raining down on you, aren't they?

    Well, yeah. But we're done now. Finis.

    marc: The danged thang is big enough already. Your drive-in analogy had occurred to me, btw.

    Anon(s) & Andy: You're all correct!

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  21. Hot damn! Now you're cooking with gas!

    Plus, I think you'll be able to see the pores on the FOXNews hot news chicks, in addition to getting hockey sweat (ewww) on ya.

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  22. Moogie: The teevee IS an interesting experience.

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  23. Buck/

    1) Yes, hockey is one sport where big-screen tv definitely makes a difference! The puck looks as big as a damn football and the visual following of the puck makes ALL the difference.

    2) Why no respect for my #1 Bayou Bengals? How come, how come, how come? (as if I don't already know :) ) I FULLY expect a scouting report after each game or I'll SERIOUSLY thing about canceling my subscription!

    3) Kid Creole & The Coconuts are one of America's greatest mostly unk treasures! To be devoutly savored!!!

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  24. Virgil: In re: (1) Yup!

    (2) I'm in the middle of a campaign to ignore ALL teams in the Supremely Egotistical Conference. Don't be offended. Much.

    (3) Believe it or don't... I first heard Kid Creole on the Beeb. The band has (or had) quite a cult following in Ol' Blighty in the '80s.

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