Hamertime('s up)!

Hey all,

Just a couple thoughts now that the season's over. I'd submit them to the Hammerblog, but I haven't been able to post this year. I guess it's Aaron's passive/aggressive way of giving himself full creative control, much like he's passively engineered the makeup of the team as he saw fit via his (somewhat) subtle recruiting methods [ed -- the promise of fame and fortune only goes so far!].

Congrats on a great year. I have a great time with all y'all and hope you can say the same.

The playoffs were awesome in spite of the 1-2 record. Everyone played great. Our losses were competitive, our opposition was generally likeable and the win against the Fist Pumps was the perfect way to end the season. We ran into only one douchebag all day (and his own team didn't like him either) and had a blast running around in the sun for a few hours. Good times.

Aaron & Chris, hope Ottawa was great. Would've been a better tourney had you attended. We'd also have more pics. I think Erin has a couple post-tourney pictures from our venture to the Armview. Maybe we can Hammerblog the fuck out of those?

I guess the only bit of business remaining is the end-of-year party. I've previously cajoled Derek into hosting, but Michelle has offered to do the same. Derek has a lake, Michelle has a dance floor. Maybe they can leg wrestle for the honour of hosting.

Either way looking forward to seeing everyone before I hide in a cave over the winter...

Word up!
Timmy

The Penultimate

Not much to write about tonight - she was a cautious and tentative game, with both teams (or at least us) playing out of obligation, saving some energy for the weekend and trying not to roll our ankles (or worse) on the slippery Dartmouth turf. There were still some flashes of Hammers greatness - Dan saving a wayward toss, Aimee and Erin's tenacious D, big runs from Matt and Michelle, Becky taking the opposition's unsolicited (and potentially wrong) rule tutorials in stride, etc. The Ship Victory "Aaron's Victory Fries" (C) player of the game goes to Derek for his spirited, well-timed, everyone-was-thinking-it call from the sidelines to end the game. You may have saved us from pneumonia, or at the very least, a mild sniffle.

Blessed be.

Speaking of the weekend - I are truly bummed I cannot be there to run with y'all. May you have a great day, a show those Fist Pumps what is the what. Best of luck!

Motivation:

I can't wait to hear how it went.

Godspeed!
-AA

Aboot Last Night

Er, I'll get to it tonight after the kids are in bed.

In the meantime, the following was in my inbox last night when I got home as a gift for Derek et al. from Maria, whom we should all thank for her part in helping us out this season...

Thanks, yo!

Epic Collapse (Redux)

To summarize: epic start, epic throws from Derek, epic catches by Becky... cue epic collapse, epic exhaustion, epic sighs... then epic beer, okay pizza, and epic(?) boy band sing-alongs. The less said about that game the better. So, following that a picture is worth a thousand words, here are 16,000 words re: Bag Of Hammers 2011.

Also, see a few more years of Hammer action here.

See y'all next week. Rest up, my pretties.
-AA