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I've become sympathetically pregnant. I can't sleep for more than an hour or two at a time, i find myself getting up twice during the night to visit the bathroom, even when making it a point to not drink before bed. I'm also significantly less tolerant of others than usual.

Fortunately, this should end within seven weeks or so.

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In today's hockey news, the Boston Bruins did what the Detroit Red Wings will need to try to do tomorrow- stave off elimination. Boston moved away from playing dump and chase and started carrying the puck through the neutral zone and getting concerted pressure on New Jersey Devils goaltender Martin Brodeur, and the results were visible on the scoreboard, as the Bruins prevented the Devils from sweeping their playoff series with an impressive 5-1 victory.

In Washington, the Tampa Bay Lightning managed to do something they hadn't done in their last fourteen games against the Capitals at the MCI Center- emerge with a win. It took the Bolts an extra frame to top Washington, but Vincent Lecavalier's goal on the 5-on-3 advantage gave the Southeast Division winners their first win of the series with the fourth game of the series tomorrow night, as his wrist shot from the low slot eluded Caps' goalie Olaf Kolzig with Jaromir Jagr and Ken Klee of Washington both serving penalties.

On the strength of a pair of third period tallies, the Dallas Stars evened their series with the Edmonton Oilers at two games apiece. Tommy Salo of Edmonton was the victim of soft goals scored by Dallas' Stu Barnes and Niko Kapanen in an eighteen second span four minutes after the Oilers' Shawn Horcoff scored unassisted to level the game at one apiece after a successful forecheck caused Stars blueliner Daryl Sydor to turn over the puck, allowing Horcoff a one-on-one opportunity on the Stars' Marty Turco.

In tomorrow's games, look for the Detroit Red Wings to attempt to show the form that won them the championship last season, facing elimination at the hands of the Anaheim Mighty Ducks. A Wings loss tomorrow sends them to a rematch of last year's Stanley Cup Finals with the Carolina Hurricanes, but on the golf course rather than on the ice. In other games, Ottawa looks to take a 3-1 series edge against the New York Islanders; the Philadelphia Flyers will attempt to even their series with the Toronto Maple Leafs in Toronto; the Minnesota Wild look to prove before a home crowd that their series-opening victory against Colorado was no fluke; and the St. Louis Blues try to continue their stranglehold on the Canucks' top line and take a 3-1 advantage back to Vancouver for game five.

Yes, Jon, permission granted to repost to the hockey PF at MS.