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	<title>Sweet Tea, Barbecue, and Bodychecks</title>
	<link>http://acidqueen.projectremains.com</link>
	<description>Rants about hockey (chiefly the Carolina Hurricanes) from an Adopted Southerner. Occasionally I also talk about cooking.</description>
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		<title>Tyr&#8217;s left nut, people</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Can&#8217;t I leave you kids alone for five weeks (while I melt my brains playing Star Wars: The Old Republic)?! I go off on a gamer&#8217;s holiday, and when I come back the whole gods-damned Internet is up in arms because Tim Thomas decided to not go visit the President. What. Ever. I try not [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://acidqueen.projectremains.com/2012/01/24/wtf-people/</link>
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		<title>Still alive!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I apologize for being so quiet, friends, but I took an arrow to the knee. Oh wait, wrong game. I&#8217;ve been deep in the embrace of Star Wars: The Old Republic since mid-December. Will be back as soon as I get to 50 with my Imperial Agent.]]></description>
		<link>http://acidqueen.projectremains.com/2012/01/06/still-alive/</link>
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		<title>The Ten Percent Solution</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Andy Sutton gets 8 games for his flagrant charge on Alexei Ponikarovsky And, in a move that came as no surprise to me, the Hurricanes said about a day or two later that Jeff Skinner was out with &#8220;the flu&#8221;&#8211;but almost immediately reversed themselves and said that he had an undisclosed upper-body injury. Gee, I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://acidqueen.projectremains.com/2011/12/12/the-ten-percent-solution/</link>
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		<title>FINALLY.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Muller wins his first as Canes line-dance on Oilers&#8217; bitch asses &#8212; N&#038;O Woohoo! That game was about the same level of effort as Tuesday night, but with a much better result. Shots finally went in, everything finally started clicking, and the frustration pretty much melted away. Yes, it was bound to happen. And it [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://acidqueen.projectremains.com/2011/12/08/finally-2/</link>
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		<title>OK, this is getting ridiculous.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As I write this, the Falmes are schooling the Hurricanes 6-4. It was 6-3 when I started, but The Chosen One just scored. I&#8217;m frustrated and upset, and I can only imagine how the players feel. So, let&#8217;s look at where the team is going wrong: Effort is there. But frustration is setting in, and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://acidqueen.projectremains.com/2011/12/06/ok-this-is-getting-ridiculous/</link>
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		<title>A Couple Days Off</title>
		<description><![CDATA[And gods did this team need it. After a frustrating-as-hell nailbiter on Saturday night, the Hurricanes are in Calgary getting ready to take on the Falmes. In the postgame on Saturday, Jeff Skinner was visibly upset and really trying hard not to let things like missing on a wide-open net get to him. Shit happens&#8211;but [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://acidqueen.projectremains.com/2011/12/05/a-couple-days-off/</link>
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		<title>Four Days On&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[New category for Admiral Kirk. So, it&#8217;s been four days since Mo went for the second time, and Kirk Muller was brought in as his replacement. John Maclean was added as another assistant coach (holy crap this team has a shitload of assistant coaches). What do I think so far? WELL NOW. THE GOOD: There [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://acidqueen.projectremains.com/2011/12/01/four-days-on/</link>
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		<title>O Frabjous Day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Finally, after two years of begging pleading and anger from the fanbase, Chairman Mo has been deposed&#8230;again. In his place comes Kirk Muller&#8211;who, unlike Chairman Mo, has a Cup ring and actual experience as a coach. Like the first time, I&#8217;m thrilled about this. This org really needs to take a good long look at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://acidqueen.projectremains.com/2011/11/28/o-frabjous-day-2/</link>
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		<title>Share the Fantasy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m going to turn this into yet another liveblog tonight, from my husband&#8217;s computer, and this post is a placeholder for that. Caniacs and others, feel free to hop on and participate. Festivities will start at 4:30 with pre-game. I&#8217;ll bring the Rumple Minze. Hurricanes @ Sens, 11/27/2011 Open Liveblog in popup window]]></description>
		<link>http://acidqueen.projectremains.com/2011/11/27/another-day-another-liveblog/</link>
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		<title>I Miss The Days&#8230;.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;when, no matter how asstacularly the Hurricanes were playing that season, they could always be counted on to beat the Thrashers. What in the blue hell was that last night?? Tomas Kaberle, whiffing on AN OPEN FREAKING NET. Really? Really? Anyone who thinks that anyone not named Jeff Skinner, Chad LaRose, Brandon Sutter, or Cam [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://acidqueen.projectremains.com/2011/11/26/i-miss-the-days/</link>
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		<title>It&#8217;s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Now watch, I get like fifty million hits from people googling Monty Python. ANYway. The Hurricanes are riding a two-game winning streak into the RBC Center, where they&#8217;ll be facing off against the Habs (who SUCK&#8230;I&#8217;m just sayin&#8217;!) and prodigal son Erik Cole. Love you Colesy, but you&#8217;re the enemy now. No hard feelings. So&#8211;despite [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://acidqueen.projectremains.com/2011/11/23/mad-world/</link>
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		<title>The Glass Box</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m sitting here watching the Hurricanes try not to collapse?after going up 3-1?(hubby&#8217;s computer has a TV tuner card in it, so I can watch and blog at the same time tonight, and it&#8217;s now 4-2). They get three goals, and immediately go into a defensive shell. Watching?the Hurricanes?reminds me of a tactic that noob [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://acidqueen.projectremains.com/2011/11/21/the-glass-box/</link>
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		<title>Trufax!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I had a big long polemic written, taking potshots at the Sunshine and Unicorns Brigade in the Caniac Nation&#8211;but I deleted it. Really, it&#8217;s not worth it ranting about those stupid-ass people that think that you&#8217;re not a &#8220;real&#8221; fan or that you shouldn&#8217;t be allowed to be a fan if you don&#8217;t blindly support [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://acidqueen.projectremains.com/2011/11/21/trufax/</link>
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		<title>Some sort of liveblog</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m trying out an Android-based blog client tonight, since my computer doesn&#8217;t have good LOS to my TV. Any typos amp;c. will get corrected at intermissions and post-game. So far, the Hurricanes are doing okay. Not great, but okay. Skinner of course showed up, everyone else seems to be going through the motions. Again. Will [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://acidqueen.projectremains.com/2011/11/18/some-sort-of-liveblog/</link>
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		<title>Talk Talk</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This will be kind of a quick-and-dirty post. Another day, another crap game. Last night at the RBC Center, Peter Laviolette showed once again why he is a better coach than Chairman Mo. The team looked like crap, like they forgot everything that worked during the Pittsburgh game&#8230;and Chairman Mo only stood behind the bench [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://acidqueen.projectremains.com/2011/11/15/talk-tal/</link>
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		<title>Day Of Rage</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I can&#8217;t think of a better title for this post, really. We all know what&#8217;s happened: Jerry Sandusky, former assistant coach at Penn State, was popped for raping children. Now it comes out that legendary coach Joe Paterno AND Penn State AD Tim Curley AND, apparently, half the rest of the freaking University, knew about [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://acidqueen.projectremains.com/2011/11/10/day-of-rage/</link>
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		<title>Blind homerism and You</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Every time I see the Hurricanes&#8217; facebook page, especially after a loss, I weep for humanity. Well OK, I really just want to put a paper bag over my head and deny any association with some of the morons that post there. Let me give you an example of some of the scintillating intellects over [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://acidqueen.projectremains.com/2011/11/06/blind-homerism-and-you/</link>
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		<title>Mo Must Go, AGAIN.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[OK, so let&#8217;s get right to the point: Mo Must Go, Again. I&#8217;ve been saying it ever since he came back like a bad rash, I&#8217;ll keep saying it until he&#8217;s gone again. I say it every time I see a promising callup like Zach Boychuk or Zac Dalpe be relegated to the fourth line [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://acidqueen.projectremains.com/2011/10/30/mo-must-go-again/</link>
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		<title>AQ Cooks: Winternights stew</title>
		<description><![CDATA[OK, time to take a short break from hockey for a moment and talk about my second-favourite thing: cooking. (Hey, the blog&#8217;s name does reference sweet tea and barbecue after all) I got a wild hair yesterday when Genghis and I went to the store&#8211;it&#8217;s fall, the weather is getting colder (even here in NC), [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://acidqueen.projectremains.com/2011/10/22/aq-cooks-winternights-stew/</link>
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		<title>Life&#8217;s Too Short To Drink Bad Hooch (Or, how to show your ass instead of your class)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was going to take advantage of today to advocate for the ouster of Chairman Mo (again), and then I got sidetracked by, well, this. As you can see from this picture here (thank you Deadspin), the fans at the TD Gahden threw garbage on the ice when the Bruins were losing to the Hurricanes [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://acidqueen.projectremains.com/2011/10/19/bad-hooch-bruins/</link>
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		<title>Eff Y&#8217;all Haters</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve sat here for the last hour or so, trying to figure out how to start this post. Y&#8217;see, the whole summer I&#8217;ve nursed a sympathetic anger toward a lot of people&#8211;fans mostly, but also a city and an organization. Yeah, I&#8217;m mad that the Thrashers left Atlanta. I&#8217;m even more angry that the fans [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://acidqueen.projectremains.com/2011/10/10/happy-lart-fun-time/</link>
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		<title>Here we go again&#8230;.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[OK, so I started the evening off with a trip to my local ABC store to get a fifth of my favourite schnapps. I figured I would have some fun and play a Tripp Tracy drinking game. A Robert Burns quote about the best-laid plans of mice and men comes to mind right now, but [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://acidqueen.projectremains.com/2011/10/08/here-we-go-again/</link>
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		<title>Shanahan and the Nuclear Option</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So a while back, I chummed the waters on Kukla&#8217;s Korner by quipping that new NHL Disciplinarian Brendan Shanahan would let the Red Wings off easy, because he used to play for them and won Cups with them. Predictably, I got a few of the Juggalos up in a tizzy. Ha ha, very funny, I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://acidqueen.projectremains.com/2011/10/07/shanahan-and-the-nuclear-option/</link>
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