Roll Call Thread

[rt]

The way he writes about himself, I thought he'd be fat, if he is, his face does not show it!

I was a little hungry when I snapped the pic. Pre-dinner and a long way from snack.

 

[Coyotedroppings]

I was a little hungry when I snapped the pic. Pre-dinner and a long way from snack.

So that pic was hangry, as opposed to serious?

 

[Summer Rose]

I don't post much anymore since getting married last year, but here goes.

Name: Tricia
Age: 34
Height/Weight/Build: 5'11", 153, slender/average
Occupation: Occupational purgatory as my husband is currently between jobs
Currently residing in: Gainesville, Florida
Hometown: Tempe, Arizona
Pets: Lucy, recently departed 13-year-old Brittany dog
Kids: None
Number of HFers met IRL: ck26, awfulwaffle, HowlOfRevel, IPreferPi, 0point1, EchoesoftheEighties, probably some more I forgot

Coyotes fan since: 2002
Favorite All-Time Coyote: Anyone who doesn't answer Shane Doan should be banned
Favorite Current Coyote: Tough one. I'm going to say Christian Dvorak today, but if you ask me tomorrow I might have a different answer.
Favorite Non-Coyote: Also a tough one. I'll say Roberto Luongo if retired players count, and Marc-André Fleury if they don't.
Other Sports: I watch the NFL (Cardinals and Buccaneers) because it's easy to follow, and my husband makes me watch Tampa Bay Rays games with him, which I enjoy, but neither as much as hockey. I also keep up somewhat with international rugby, international cricket, and major tennis tournaments.

Favorite Cuisine/Restaurant/Dish: Szechuan, Hunan, Jiangsu, Fujian, Punjabi, Italian... I just like a wide variety I guess. I love to cook, though not necessarily to eat (if I'm preparing food for only myself I rarely bother putting much effort into cooking). If I'm feeling uncreative I can never go wrong with pizza and wings. If I'm feeling creative I'll put something together like steamed dumplings, baked buns, some kind of noodle/pasta dish, rice balls, or butter chicken. I also prefer to cook from scratch, although some major shortcuts I take are canned ingredients and store bought dough, noodles, and dumpling wrappers. Half of what I cook tends to be dishes from (or influenced by) various regions in southern China (I'm of partial Chinese descent).
Favorite Beverage: V8 juice, jasmine tea (non-alcoholic), sweet rosé wine (alcoholic)
Favorite Shows: Breaking Bad, Psych, Better Call Saul, The Crown, The Man in the High Castle, Parks and Recreation, Firefly
Favorite Movies: Anything Monty Python, Frozen, Spaceballs, Hero, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Ip Man, Ong Bak
Favorite Books: Hitchhiker's Guide, Dirk Gently, Good Omens, anything Terry Pratchett in general
Favorite Music: I rarely listen to much music since I've spent most of my life performing it instead, but my favorite composers for various categories are Frederic Chopin (piano), John Rutter (choral), Richard Wagner (opera), Steven Reineke (concert band), and I also enjoy listening to Pentatonix's arrangement of songs.
Favorite Games: I like open-world sandbox games like Factorio (currently binging it), Cities: Skylines, OpenTTD, as well as some sports games. I don't upgrade versions every year so I've ended up with Super Mega Baseball 3, Madden 09, NHL 09, and Tiger Woods 07 as my go-to games when I'm feeling playing that particular sport. I also don't do consoles at all.
Preferred vehicle: Anything with a manual transmission and rear-wheel drive is good in my book.

Selfie: I look terrible right now but here's one I dug up:

 

[Tom Polakis]

Name: Tom
Age: 59 (same as Gretzky)
Height/Weight/Build: 6’1", 175 lb (same as Gretzky)

Occupation: former engineer in aircraft engine industry (Honewell near Sky Harbor). Retired at 54, which I highly recommend. Soon to report to work part-time as Observer/Research Assistant at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff.

Currently residing in: Tempe, AZ

Hometown: Muskegon, MI (same as Bob Heethuis)

Pets: One dog (Story) and two cats [Milo and Sparkle (named by a 3-year-old, not me)]

Kids: Three stepdaughters, all adults but not grown up, six (!) grandkids ages 2 to 17

Coyotes fan since: the move from Winnipeg
Favorite All-Time Coyote: Shane Doan (who else?)
Favorite Current Coyote: Conor Garland
Favorite Non-Coyote: currently Nathan MacKinnon, all-time Wayne Gretzky
Other Sports teams: in order, D-Backs, Cards, maybe I'll try to follow the Suns now that they're good again
Other sports played: still playing inline hockey in Peoria, fanatic ultimate frisbee player through age 49

Favorite Cuisine/Restaurant/Dish: Pizza (Nello's and others)

Favorite Beverage: Beer - Stella Artois or Four Peaks Kiltlifter

Favorite Shows: Better Call Saul, Bojack Horseman

Favorite Movies: The Shawshank Redemption, Being There (Peter Sellers's best)

Favorite Books: I really only read non-fiction.

What vehicle type do you prefer? Have a Pilot and an Accord. Have begun looking into frivolously purchasing a Tesla Model Y.

 

[The Feckless Puck]

Name: Brad
Age: 35
Height/Weight/Build: Stout
Occupation: EdTech
Currently residing in: Tempe, AZ
Hometown: Tempe, AZ
Pets: Brain the cat
Kids: 0

Coyotes fan since: 1996-2002, then again from 2009 and on.
Favorite All-Time Coyote: Yandle (reason why I got back into them after missing most of the Gretzky years)
Favorite Current Coyote: Garland and Dvo
Favorite Non-Coyote: Austin Matthews, Hedman, Svechnikov is getting up there too
Other Sports: Football (pro or college)

Favorite Cuisine/Restaurant/Dish: I'll eat just about anything. Been loving Northern Thai food since going to Night Market in L.A. Glai Baan is an excellent version of this in Phoenix. Bread Fruit is some great fancy Jamaican food with a great rum bar. A good pizza is a thing of beauty as well and have been enjoying them from Nellos since they opened.
Favorite Beverage: Adult: Two Hearted, Coors Light or whiskey (would love suggestions) Non-adult: Water and coffee

Favorite Shows: Twin Peaks (see avatar), most shows on HBO but Leftovers was a stand out from a couple years ago. Cheers or Last Man Standing if I need a comedy.

Favorite Movies: One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest, There Will Be Blood, Adaptation, Heredity, Mulholland Drive

Favorite Books: last book I read was Mutations: The Many Strange Faces of Hardcore Punk ha. Need to branch out more from music based books but also really enjoyed The Devil in the White City.

Favorite Bands/Musicians: All time - Brian Eno, Talking Heads, Big Star, Fugazi, Townes van Zandt. Current: Pharaoh Sanders, Necrot, Avo Part, Philip Glass, Undergang. I surprisingly do not listen to the artist Grimes all that much, but it is where my username came from. I just so happened to have her on while making my account not thinking she would ever get popular or, you know, marry Elon Musk.

In person HF'er count: 2 (rt and maydaymayday)

Brian Eno's score for For All Mankind - the original 1989 movie, not the new streaming series - is one of my all-time favorites.

 

[MIGs Dog]

Name: Brad
Age: 35
Height/Weight/Build: Stout
Occupation: EdTech
Currently residing in: Tempe, AZ
Hometown: Tempe, AZ
Pets: Brain the cat
Kids: 0

Coyotes fan since: 1996-2002, then again from 2009 and on.
Favorite All-Time Coyote: Yandle (reason why I got back into them after missing most of the Gretzky years)
Favorite Current Coyote: Garland and Dvo
Favorite Non-Coyote: Austin Matthews, Hedman, Svechnikov is getting up there too
Other Sports: Football (pro or college)

Favorite Cuisine/Restaurant/Dish: I'll eat just about anything. Been loving Northern Thai food since going to Night Market in L.A. Glai Baan is an excellent version of this in Phoenix. Bread Fruit is some great fancy Jamaican food with a great rum bar. A good pizza is a thing of beauty as well and have been enjoying them from Nellos since they opened.
Favorite Beverage: Adult: Two Hearted, Coors Light or whiskey (would love suggestions) Non-adult: Water and coffee

Favorite Shows: Twin Peaks (see avatar), most shows on HBO but Leftovers was a stand out from a couple years ago. Cheers or Last Man Standing if I need a comedy.

Favorite Movies: One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest, There Will Be Blood, Adaptation, Heredity, Mulholland Drive

Favorite Books: last book I read was Mutations: The Many Strange Faces of Hardcore Punk ha. Need to branch out more from music based books but also really enjoyed The Devil in the White City.

Favorite Bands/Musicians: All time - Brian Eno, Talking Heads, Big Star, Fugazi, Townes van Zandt. Current: Pharaoh Sanders, Necrot, Avo Part, Philip Glass, Undergang. I surprisingly do not listen to the artist Grimes all that much, but it is where my username came from. I just so happened to have her on while making my account not thinking she would ever get popular or, you know, marry Elon Musk.

In person HF'er count: 2 (rt and maydaymayday)

If you liked Devil in the White City, In the Garden of Beasts by the same author is excellent.

 

[rt]

So that pic was hangry, as opposed to serious?

I was trying to be goofy and give the people’s eyebrow.

 

[YotesFan47]

I feel like I’ve been pretty straightforward about being a soft bitch? Lol.

hahaha , there's no reason for you being a biker in my head, in fact you look how you speak here IMO.

 

[rt]

hahaha , there's no reason for you being a biker in my head, in fact you look how you speak here IMO.

General Issue Suburban Dad. The base model.

 

[Dirty Old Man]

fanatic ultimate frisbee player through age 49

*that's* where you seem familiar from - I think we have a mutual friend on facebook, yet another RT. I worked with him in the 90s and saw him start his ultimate career (the same co-worker of ours got us into it - I quit after 2 summers). Every time I see people playing that I wonder if he still plays.

 

[RABBIT]

Name: Kenny
Age: 28
Height/Weight/Build: 5’10, 175 lbs.
Occupation: Product Specialist/Sales/Real Estate
Currently residing in: Frisco, CO
Hometown: Torrance, CA/Mesa, AZ
Pets: 2 dogs, Great Dane Mix named Skylar (boy) and a Pit Bull named Angel (girl)
Kids: 1 boy (Kane)

Coyotes fan since: 90’s
Favorite All-Time Coyote: Shane Doan/Cujo
Favorite Current Coyote: Conor Garland, Chych and Kells
Favorite Non-Coyote: Nate MacKinnon
Other Sports: Football (Cardinals) Baseball (Dodgers) UFC, NASCAR (Brad Keselowski)

Favorite Cuisine/Restaurant/Dish: Italian and German. Ein Prosit (local place in CO)
Favorite Beverage: Mountain Time Lager is my current, but I like to try different beers as much as possible. Bourbon Whiskey & Tequila are my go to for spirits.

Favorite Shows: Breaking Bad, Dexter, The Office, Crime shows like Snapped and Forensic Files are always good, too. One underrated show I just finished was Dave on Hulu. Basically a bio-pic style show on Lil Dicky that I thought would be dumb that actually turned out to be a really well made show. The guys a genius, and the acting in the show is great. One season on Hulu and short episodes so I would say give it a shot.

Favorite Movies: Jurassic Park (classic, rewatchabilty factor) The Revenant, anything by Quentin Tarantino. I’m missing more, but those are the most notable.

Favorite Bands/Artists: Rebelution, 2Pac, NWA, George Strait, Russ, Morgan Wallen, Stick Figure, Killswitch Engage. My music taste is pretty eclectic.

Favorite Books: Grit by Angela Duckworth. Wish I read more books.

What vehicle type do you prefer?: Pickup for everyday, but I like anything fast or fun to drive.
Guilty pleasure: I watch the Bachelor with my wife. No shame. Not a fast food guy but I love carbs so Italian food speaks to me more often than I’m comfortable with. HFboards. Go-Kart racing. Any kind of racing really.

Post a selfie:

 

[YotesFan47]

General Issue Suburban Dad. The base model.

I look like a 30yo that wants to be 5 years younger so I have zero room to say a word to anyone about their appearance. I'm a German Irish dude dad (not sure if you've seen his videos) with a beard.

 

[Gwyddbwyll]

Name: Stephen
Age: 43
Height/Weight/Build: 6-1 200
Occupation: Insurance premium algorithms
Currently residing in: England (south coast)
Hometown: London
Pets: none sadly (other half is allergic)
Kids: none

Hockey fan since: playing NHL 93/94 on the Genesis with Roenick. Moved to Phoenix and Roenick was playing for the Coyotes.
Favorite All-Time Coyote: Teppo Numminen
Favorite Current Coyote: Jakob Chychrun these days but could be replaced by Jan Jenik
Favorite Non-Coyote: Jere Lehtinen back in the day
Other Sports: soccer, rugby, cricket, athletics, tennis, squash, baseball, cycling, and pretty much anything that turns up in the Olympics as well.

Favorite Cuisine: anything with spice (Chinese, Indian, Thai)
Favorite Beverage: cider or whisky
Favorite Shows: Battlestar Galactica (the remake)
Favorite Movies: Alien series
Favorite Books: Have stopped reading, maybe when i retire.
Favorite Ride: I drive old bangers - Nissan Micra, Rover 400, Ford Mustang, VW Golf.

Appearance: probably Phil Kessel lite (and more hair)

 

[RABBIT]

Added favorite band/artists to mine. Hope to see it added to others, like to see what people are listening to

 

[MIGs Dog]

Added favorite band/artists to mine. Hope to see it added to others, like to see what people are listening to

Too many to list, but here goes: Rush, AC/DC, Real Big Fish, Death, Tool, The Clash, The Ramones, The GoGos (ha!, Live in Central Park is REALLY good), The Killers, Collective Soul, No Doubt, The Cars, Chicago, Springsteen, Def Leppard, Grace Potter, Samantha Fish, Portugal the Man, Queen, Pink Floyd, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Telekinesis, Iron Maiden, Megadeth, Metalica, Thievery Corporation, The Police, Echo and the Bunnymen, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Bob Marley, The Specials, Rancid, Goldfinger, aaaaannnnddd Sublime.

 

[MIGs Dog]

Name: Kenny
Age: 28
Height/Weight/Build: 5’10, 175 lbs.
Occupation: Product Specialist/Sales/Real Estate
Currently residing in: Frisco, CO
Hometown: Torrance, CA/Mesa, AZ
Pets: 2 dogs, Great Dane Mix named Skylar (boy) and a Pit Bull named Angel (girl)
Kids: 1 boy (Kane)

Coyotes fan since: 90’s
Favorite All-Time Coyote: Shane Doan/Cujo
Favorite Current Coyote: Conor Garland, Chych and Kells
Favorite Non-Coyote: Nate MacKinnon
Other Sports: Football (Cardinals) Baseball (Dodgers) UFC, NASCAR (Brad Keselowski)

Favorite Cuisine/Restaurant/Dish: Italian and German. Ein Prosit (local place in CO)
Favorite Beverage: Mountain Time Lager is my current, but I like to try different beers as much as possible. Bourbon Whiskey & Tequila are my go to for spirits.

Favorite Shows: Breaking Bad, Dexter, The Office, Crime shows like Snapped and Forensic Files are always good, too. One underrated show I just finished was Dave on Hulu. Basically a bio-pic style show on Lil Dicky that I thought would be dumb that actually turned out to be a really well made show. The guys a genius, and the acting in the show is great. One season on Hulu and short episodes so I would say give it a shot.

Favorite Movies: Jurassic Park (classic, rewatchabilty factor) The Revenant, anything by Quentin Tarantino. I’m missing more, but those are the most notable.

Favorite Bands/Artists: Rebelution, 2Pac, NWA, George Strait, Russ, Morgan Wallen, Stick Figure, Killswitch Engage. My music taste is pretty eclectic.

Favorite Books: Grit by Angela Duckworth. Wish I read more books.

What vehicle type do you prefer?: Pickup for everyday, but I like anything fast or fun to drive.
Guilty pleasure: I watch the Bachelor with my wife. No shame. Not a fast food guy but I love carbs so Italian food speaks to me more often than I’m comfortable with. HFboards. Go-Kart racing. Any kind of racing really.

Post a selfie:
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That's a good photo...except for the hat.

 

[rt]

Added favorite band/artists to mine. Hope to see it added to others, like to see what people are listening to

I listen to music so rarely, now. Usually audiobooks and podcasts. Half the time I just listen to the local public classical station. When I'm trying to get pumped up I usually listen to Wu-Tang Clan. Most often, I listen to A Tribe Called Quest, Sam Cooke, or Leon Bridges, or kinda mellow stuff like that. Or sometimes I listen to really bad pop music, like The Weeknd, or Kanye. Or really, really bad pop music like Halsey or Ariana Grande or something truly awful like that. Or sometimes really old but really bad hip hop like Young Jeezy or Cam'Ron. I also like older, calmer modal jazz. Like Herbie Hancock's first album or Dave Brubeck or Bill Evans. But I'd say when I'm listening to something in the car or in my airpods, it's music less that 5% of the time.

 

[BUX7PHX]

I was trying to be goofy and give the people’s eyebrow.

I was actually going to suggest that your face is the one right after you look at someone's ridiculous post (like mine), and your brows slightly furl into a, "Who and what the f*** is this person suggesting?" You want to say something out loud, and yet your mouth can't open and say it out loud....

 

[YotesFan47]

Added favorite band/artists to mine. Hope to see it added to others, like to see what people are listening to

I've been a rock guy going back a very young age listening to artist ranging from the 70's to new stuff but in the last 2 years I've made a hard left and taken to techno/house/whatever you want to call it. I used to make fun of the style until watching a youtube video with a song I really dug. That one song sent me on a journey and it's become my go to genre. I will say I can't enjoy full albums with techo like I can with rock. I've also picked up some more obscure pop during this transition. Some of my favorites are TheFatRat, Fox Stevenson, Getsix, Pegboard Nerds, Panda Eyes, Tokyo Machine and Rob Gasser.

If you're looking for something with a new age, poppy Elvis feel, check out Curio - Ten Feet. I can listen to that song on repeat. Anyone who does, let me know who you'd relate the song to, Elvis was the closest person I could think of but it's not really accurate?

 

[AZviaNJ]

Name: Pat
Age: Just turned 60, 5 and 18 days younger than Gretzky and Messier, respectively.
Height/Weight/Build: 6-4 225
Occupation: Procurement for a Fortune 100 company, previously sales and account management for different Fortune 100 company. 2-3 more years of full-time work
Currently residing in: Queen Creek, AZ (55+ community), also have a place in St Pete, FL
Hometown: Long Island, NY and Parsippany, NJ
Pets: a dachshund
Kids: 2 biological (27 and 24) and 2 step (28 and 26)

H ockey fan since: Islander fan since their first horrific season in 1972, Devil fan since, and was at the game Gretzky, called them a Mickey Mouse org. Then saw 7 Cups between the 2 teams…..I’m telling you there’s hope! Coyote fan since 1998. Attach to my local teams.
Favorite All-Time Coyote: After Doan, probably Yandle…we knew he was the funniest guy in the NHL before the rest of the world did.
Favorite Current Coyote: Garland
Favorite Non-Coyote: Bryan Trottier (retired), Anders Lee or Brayden Point (current)
Other Sports: sport geek, NFL (49ers), CFB (Notre Dame), UFC, PGA, CBB and MLB every once in a while.

Favorite Cuisine: Italian, sweet tooth, love to eat…my height hides a lot.
Favorite Beverage: craft beer guy, love wine, occasionally bourbon and given 3 grandparents born in Ireland a shot or 2 of Jameson’s every March 17.
Favorite Shows: Dateline-type murder mystery shows, Schitts, even The Bachelor (happy wife/happy life)
Favorite Movies: Meh, not a huge movie guy. Probably Goodfellas and A Bronx Tale
Favorite Books: anything by Robin Sharma and Mitch Albom. The Secret Letters of the Monk who sold his
Favorite Ride: sports car, currently a Caddy XT4 SUV so I can drive my 85 year old mom
Music: Springsteen (seen him 38 times), Tedeschi Trucks Bank, Allman Brothers, Billy Joel (same hometown), Buddy Guy, Widespread Panic, Seger, Gary Clark Jr, Van Morrison

 

[MIGs Dog]

I've been a rock guy going back a very young age listening to artist ranging from the 70's to new stuff but in the last 2 years I've made a hard left and taken to techno/house/whatever you want to call it. I used to make fun of the style until watching a youtube video with a song I really dug. That one song sent me on a journey and it's become my go to genre. I will say I can't enjoy full albums with techo like I can with rock. I've also picked up some more obscure pop during this transition. Some of my favorites are TheFatRat, Fox Stevenson, Getsix, Pegboard Nerds, Panda Eyes, Tokyo Machine and Rob Gasser.

If you're looking for something with a new age, poppy Elvis feel, check out Curio - Ten Feet. I can listen to that song on repeat. Anyone who does, let me know who you'd relate the song to, Elvis was the closest person I could think of but it's not really accurate?

What was the one song that sent you in a new direction...Ten Feet?

 

[Mangosteen]

Name: Darrell
Age: 48
Height/Weight/Build: 5'11", 190
Occupation: Retired Mucky muck now own a reforestation project Tree-Haven.c0m
Currently residing in: Calgary Alberta / Platanillo Costa Rica
Hometown: Calgary
Pets: Pretty Much a Zoo
Kids: 4

Coyotes fan since: 1980
Favorite All-Time Coyote: Tempo or Selanne
Favorite Current Coyote: Garland or Dvorak today
Favorite Non-Coyote: Doughty or Brown lol just kidding. Mainly follow Yotes
Other Sports: Too busy planting trees and herpatology

Favorite Cuisine/Restaurant/Dish: Hot wings Gallo pinto
Favorite Beverage: Great Coffee
Favorite Everything: Being back in nature, watching old pasture land returning to the jungle. Just an old hippy

 

[87turbobuick]

62
Retired
Born: Edmonton
Current: The valley since 90 except for a year in Costa Mesa.
Favorite past Coyote: Tkachuk
Now: Garland
Most hated Coyotes: Mike Smith, Boedker.
Sports: 1 NHL 2 PGA 3 NFL.
Car: Turbo Buick

Movies: Science Fiction.
TV: Letterkenny, reminds me of home.
Music: 70's and 90's, the 80's was disco and mostly forgettable.

 

[lanky]

@87turbobuick nice call with Letterkenny. That show is always good for a laugh.

 

[Dirty Old Man]

@87turbobuick nice call with Letterkenny. That show is always good for a laugh.

My co-worker from Louisiana, who could care less about hockey and almost all sports, was the one who got me into that show finally (I had heard of it, but never spent the free trial on Hulu)...he comes into my office gushing about it, describing it, how the "hockey guys say things like 'wheelie dingle dangle'"

"You mean 'wheel dangle snipe celly'?"

"YES!! You guys really talk like that!?"

(and as you may have noticed above, my name coincides with one of the semi-main characters - he started exclusively pronouncing it like one of the other characters does)