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NOW: Elite Researcher/writer THEN: NHL Publishing and PR exec; newspaper/magazine editor and writer; book author i drink and i know things

los angeles
Joined September 2011
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feeling better?
What do you call what I’m doing right now? Doom scrolling? Cope scrolling? Just wasting my time scrolling?
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hey i know that guy
Terrific column on @DStarmanHockey, the modern-day Sal Messina! Both amateur goaltenders from NY who then became the @NYRangers radio analyst. Sal worked a “day job” too - selling airplane parts - while becoming a HOF broadcaster. @MSGNetworks @RangersMSGN nhl.com/news/dave-starman-th…
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wisdom of crowds not very wise
What the Best Slot to Play Las Vegas? I posted a poll to an audience of 1.2 million Vegas visitors. Did they get it right? Prompt: “What is the best digital game or slot machine Las Vegas?” Responses: 21,285. How to Participate: Polls post daily & remain live for 24 hours on Instagram Stories. Account name: VegasStarfish NEW POLL LIVE NOW #vegas #vegasstarfish
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maybe not possible to fabricate but -- bands at elbows and knees should have been round to further project roulette image
Replying to @LasVegasLocally
Here's the full uniform 🔥
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k.d. lang, music's 'Angel with a Lariat', is 65 years old today first saw her perform at a private concert in Edmonton the night before the 40th NHL All-Star Game back in 1989 here is her iconic rendition of Hallelujah from 2007 youtube.com/watch?v=P_NpxTWb…
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and a thousand press room/press box laughs condolences to Matt's family
Former #NHL linesman Matt Pavelich, one of 16 on-ice officials in @HockeyHallFame, died today at 92. 23 seasons 1,727 regular season games 245 playoff games Pavelich worked every Stanley Cup Final from 1961 thru 1979, including 13 Cup clinching games. Incredible hockey life.
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once a researcher always a researcher
Packers are 5-3 despite Having the worst rushing offense in 75 years Leading the NFL in penalties Leading the NFL in drops Having a terrible kicker Season ending injuries to Reed, Hargrave & Cooper And 0 snaps with Micah Parsons
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from now on i want you to put an equal amount of blueberries in each muffin
Monday morning query: When is it a biscuit and when is it a scone? 🤔 These are the important things, people. @VestaCoffee @EatTalkRepeat 🧐
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it is the greatest trophy in North American sport and the impact it has on fans -- and even those who know little of the game -- is magical
I've been all across the world with @StanleyCup and have seen joy it brings to those in its company. But, i never understood the full power of the trophy until I watched it visit a First Nation community in Northern Ontario. I hope you read this. It means a lot to me.
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anyone who eats scrambled eggs they can't personally see cracked from the shell deserves everything they get
The scrambled eggs at a hotel breakfast are 19% water, and they're dyed. A lot of hotels and cafeterias pour them from a carton of Papetti's Breakfast Blend. The spec sheet reads whole eggs, 19% water, then under 2% of salt, xanthan gum, citric acid, annatto color and natural butter flavor. Papetti's is part of Michael Foods, one of the biggest egg processors in the country. Every ingredient has a job on a steam table. Xanthan gum holds the added water in the egg so it doesn't weep into the pan. Citric acid keeps the eggs from turning gray or green under a heat lamp. Annatto puts back the yolk color the water washed out. The butter flavor is there because nobody is going to add butter. The carton keeps for 98 days in the cooler. The plain version from the same company is whole eggs, whey, skim milk, xanthan and citric acid, with almost no added water and half the sodium.
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“But Dave’s out, who’s gonna take his place?”
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Beautiful
Here we are. I finally found a photo worth sharing. Daughter is gorgeous! I look good … for me. 😁
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maybe the first player I ever had beers with jeez I’m old
Colorado's rookie defenseman Barry Beck scored the first NHL goal of his NHL career, in a 3-3 Rockies' tie in Chicago. 10.15.77 #HFH
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Sonny Jurgensen Don Meredith Brock Purdy CJ Stroud Bryce Young Tyler Shough Justin Herbert Bo Nix Joe Burrow Geno Smith that's with just 40 seconds worth of thought
Name an NFL quarterback without the letter “A” You can't 💀
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filmed in Johnstown's Point Stadium -- just down the street from the War Memorial, home of the Chiefs from 'Slap Shot'
“All the Right Moves” was based on Mike Ditka’s high school, Aliquippa, in western PA (Ampipe).   Mike’s close friend and HS teammate was coach of the team in the 80s and was an advisor on the film and had a cameo as the coach of Walnut Heights. 6-2 Stack Monster!
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congrats Lou!
I have the honor of walking my darling daughter down the aisle later today. I wish I could bottle this indescribable feeling!
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better keep him away from Buzz Aldrin
Patriots QB Drake Maye reveals he is unsure if United States landed on the moon in 1969 ebx.sh/i4wUwP
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some of my best friends when I worked at the league
Your 1989-90 National Hockey League Referees!
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