u/DieMensch-Maschine

Someone is finally showing some balls.

I grew up behind the Iron Curtain; my father was political activist in 1980s Poland. After he was released from prison, we started to contemplate emigrating; Canada being our first choice. Montreal became frequently mentioned. As a kid, I started reading into all things Montreal and learned about this hockey team called "Les Canadiens" which was around forever and won all these championships, kind of like a Canadian Central Red Army in the Soviet Elite League. Hell, they even played against the Central Red Army, so it was a no-brainer whom to cheer for. That was my starting point as a Habs fan.

We ended up moving to Boston, and that was hard.

Just how big is the Habs' global fandom?

I grew up left-handed, but for ahem “cultural reasons” I was forced to become right handed. When I started to play billiards I quickly realized I am comfortable shooting both right and left handed, though I lean toward left-handed shots. When available, I use powder for a smoother follow-through, but that availability is by no means universal at pool halls. What do I do about a glove if I am ambidextrous?

I am desperate to find the guitar chords for this song and would be grateful for any help.

I can cook and bake, so I always "bring it" to a potluck. Baked goods, roasted vegetables - everything I bring is always put together with fresh ingredients and made with love. That said, since the new year, we've had like four of these things in my workplace and it's starting to get really annoying. First, there's the realization that my workplace is too cheap to spring for catering, so, hey, let's have employees bring shit in, made on their own dime, on their own time. Second is the fact that the potlucks are always organized mid-week. I get home from work and have to run to the supermarket to get ingredients and then devote my evening to making the dish itself. Then there's the co-workers who basically phone it in. You bring a nice dish; they bring in some store-bought slop that, most of the time, no one even touches: store-bought cookies, prepackaged potato salad, some other shit you can't even identify. The worst part is that there's no real way of avoiding a workplace potluck without tacitly making yourself look like not a "team player." Workplace potlucks are starting to feel like a giant grift and other than calling in sick, there's really no way to avoid them in my workplace. The intent may be to "bring everyone at work together" but for me, it's something I'm really starting to resent.

What are your thoughts?