Release the Hounds III: The Return of the Fling

Okay, so it's been two months since I have last posted something. That's almost as long as the ending to the Lord of the Rings (which was on TBS last weekend). Seriously Frodo, just get on the boat already.

After some oh-so subtle comments (like Pierre: "So, should I just delete the Hounds page from my bookmarks?") I've decided to start up again with the start of the outdoor season. A lot has gone on in the past two months since the last post. In no particular order:

- We're about to start the third Summer of the Hounds.

- The winter season ended on a low note...losing the final two games in the playoffs. We're not there yet.

- Our friend Matt left to be the new best player in Spain. More on that another day.

- Spiderman 3 came out. Too many villians. Michelle can't wait for the next Pirates movie, whereas I am looking forward to the Simpsons movie.

- The Maple Leafs teased us all with a big win over Montreal on the second-last day of the season, only to see some goalie nicknamed "Dubie" knock them out of the playoffs in heart-breaking fashion the day after. And now Ottawa is the favourite to win the Stanley Cup. Excuse me while I smash my face in with a frying pan.

- Hamid, Chris, Dan Thomson defended their Spring Tune Up title with the help of Dan Norman, MC, and a few others as they ran the table as "Stupid Sexy Flanders." After playing 6 games, all we could say was "This is the worst pain ever!"

- Simon Jr. still has not been born yet.

- 24 is almost over, and I hate to say it, but I think it's losing it's magic. It's just too much. I can't miss an episode though.

- The Hounds added Carla, Nadia, Dan and Owen as full-time members of the squad. Best recruiting since Michigan's basketball team when they got the "Fab 5".

- The Raptors choked away their first round series to Vince Carter and the New Jersey Nets. That really pissed me off.

- We're two years of bidding away from having a chance at going to Gender Blender.

- A rag-tag group of Hounds finished 13th at TUF. It was the top finish by a non-Touring team. Rob Camp gives us a 5% chance at making he Nationals.

- Someone won Survivor. Apparently it's still on TV.

- The Blue Jays have gone from "optimistic" to "gong show" with injuries to their closer, set-up man, left fielder/leadoff man, ace starter, third baseman, catcher, bat boy and peanut vender. We're pretty much looking to next year already, and we're not even a third of the way through this season. Wicked.

- Canada won the World Hockey Championships with a perfect record. The House of Commons tried to take credit for their "motivation" of captain Shane Doan.

- We have initially been ranked 14th on Mondays. Time to get to work.

- Chuck Norris found me, which is why I'm back to posting.

All right Choad, you just made the list

Next time, we're bringing one of these.

Besides the score discrepancies, I thought we played a very good game. Playing against a tough opponent, we hung tough. When they got ahead, we kept coming.

On offence, while it is true that there were times where we needed one more person making a cut, I found that our turnovers never really came from those instances, but more from simply missing some throws. Of course, if we ever get to 100% completion of throws in a game, then it's time to take on the Fatties. We had some good movement, solid play-making, some patience (a few endzone plays illustrated this) and just great effort all around. They even switched the force to try to throw us off, but we still played strong.

Defense was again hilited by solid effort by all. Other than the confusion with the zone (which will be remedied next week), we played well, and made smart switches which I loved seeing (we should do that more if the need arises in a game).

Even though in the end they took the win from us, we know the real score. For those who believe in karma, then you're not worried if we face them again. For those who don't believe in karma, then see what happened to my favourite hockey player, Steve Sullivan, a few years ago: