From the “MCHL Season XIII – Menj el Orbán!” Dept:
A new season is upon us and not just in terms of Ironclad hockey! :)
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14 Apr 2026
From the “When Will These Dingleberries Ever Take A Bloody Hint?!?” Dept:
Just when you thought you'd found the biggest dingleberry amongst the door-to-door irritants, along comes one whose technique truly beggars belief. But I'll at least admit that I was impressed he was willing to use the word "nincompoop" in the 21st Century... ;)
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11 Apr 2026
From the “MCHL Season XIII – Artemis II Splashdown!” Dept:
We continue our tribute to the brave men and woman aboard Artemis II and their historic lap round the moon as they will be splashing down in the Pacific Ocean about one hour prior to puck drop for the first game...
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10 Apr 2026
From the “MCHL Season XIII – Artemis II Is Heading Home!” Dept:
What else could we possibly do to kick off the 13th season of Ironclad but honour the most amazing story in the news this week. And no, it's not all of the silliness in the Middle East... :)
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07 Apr 2026
From the “MCHL Season XII – Congratulations Manticore and Hydras!” Dept:
Manticore captures the Phoenix Cup and Hydras win the Solara Cup to finish off a wonderful Season XII of Ironclad Hockey! :)
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03 Apr 2026
From the “MCHL Season XII – Feel That Summer Breeze…” Dept:
The playoffs continue with seeding in the finals at stake! But first, we say goodbye to Dash Crofts, a 1970's soft rock icon who left us a couple of days earlier...
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27 Mar 2026
From the “MCHL Season XII – Pump Up The Jam!” Dept:
We're into the home stretch of the playoffs and these playlists are designed to ramp up the power going into the team warm-up period!
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24 Mar 2026
From the “I Think I’ve Figured Out Who The HOA Management Company’s Accountant Is…” Dept:
There's a reason why the relationship between me and the HOA's pet management company works best when I don't have to deal with them other than firing off an annual check in their general direction once a year and then hoping they'll leave me the hell alone to live in peace. Sadly, their dodgy accounting ensured this would not be one of those years... :(
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24 Mar 2026
From the “MCHL Season XII – Éirinn go Brách!” Dept:
Éirinn go Brách! Were that my luck as good as the Irish as the speakers being off at the rink rather buggered the set on St Patrick's Day. But no worries, the set went off without a hitch on the Friday following... :)
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17 Mar 2026
From the “MCHL Season XII – In The White Room…” Dept:
Eric Clapton leaves The Yardbirds on this date in 1965 over creative differences. I think it's safe to say he's done all right since then... :)
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13 Mar 2026
From the “MCHL Season XII – Don’t Look Back!” Dept:
Boston may be a rather dirty word to diehard fans of the Carolina Hurricanes (former Hartford Whalers who were stuck between the Tri-State area and Boston!) but in the world of music, there are very few rock bands that could ever match their talent.
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10 Mar 2026
From the “MCHL Season XII – All Good Things…” Dept:
The "Let It Be" single drops on this date 56 years ago ahead of Paul McCartney announcing that he'd be leaving The Beatles...
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06 Mar 2026
From the “The Voting Algorithm Strikes Again!” Dept:
Even when I'm trying to flunk the test with a perfect zero percent, my voting algorithm has a quite different idea... ;)
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04 Mar 2026
From the “MCHL Season XII – I’ll See You…” Dept:
Remember how I said picking the theme was occasionally a real hard task like last Friday's? Yeah, well tonight's theme was the exact opposite... ;)
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03 Mar 2026
From the “Indecision 2026 Is Upon Us!” Dept:
Welcome to the start of the midterms in the land of the most egregious hyper-partisan gerrymander in the most purple state in the entire country! The carpet bombing of our post boxes and TVs has already been in full swing...
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03 Mar 2026
From the “Maybe It Should Be Harassing Owners Association…” Dept:
The HOA's management company seems to love trying to assess bogus late fees as part of their reign of terror. Perhaps they might consider being far less evil and condescending and just do the job we pay a princely sum for them to do...correctly!
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03 Mar 2026
From the “MCHL Season XII – The 22nd Annual Grammy Awards!” Dept:
What do Michael McDonald, Kenny Loggins, and Billy Joel have in common? The theme for tonight's playlist! The bit of revenge and the ballistic trajectory of some Kit Kats were a very happy bonus... :)
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27 Feb 2026
From the “The Timeless Wisdom Of Maya Angelou” Dept:
There were more than a few who showed us what their character truly is during that rather boorish celebration of the US men's hockey team winning the country's first gold since 1980. And it's not a pretty picture at all...
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24 Feb 2026
From the “MCHL Season XII – Kickstart My Playlist…” Dept:
It started with a requested song from a member of the Wendigos of the Helios division which led to a slightly disturbing discovery...
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24 Feb 2026
From the “MCHL Season XII – Domo Arigato Mr Roboto!” Dept:
What better way to celebrate being opposed to censorship than a playlist inspired by Styx's "Kilroy Was Here" album on the 43rd anniversary of it's release? :)
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23 Feb 2026
From the “MCHL Season XII – USA! USA! USA!” Dept:
It's a golden playlist in honour of the US Women's hockey team winning gold in the Olympics in Milano!
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20 Feb 2026
From the “Worst. Birthday. Present. Ever!” Dept:
You've got to hand it to Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor as his 66th birthday certainly was celebrated in a rather unique and memorable way. Somehow I doubt "custody suite chic" was what he had in mind, though...
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19 Feb 2026
From the “MCHL Season XII – Gotta Cut Footloose!” Dept:
We actually had a choice between two movies for tonight's theme. But there was really only one choice we could have made...
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17 Feb 2026
From the “MCHL Season XII – We Love Our Request Line!” Dept:
Requests on the hits line bring the spice to the set and one of the three requested tracks most certainly did that! :)
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16 Feb 2026
From the “MCHL Season XII – Happy Pucking Valentine’s Day!” Dept:
Three guesses and the first two don't count as to what tonight's theme might be about... ;)
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13 Feb 2026