What is a Dynasty?

Officially, "Dynasty" refers to a single ruling family spanning several generations.This is my grandmother's Dynasty Yes, my grandmother drives a 1990 Dodge Dynasty, formerly MY 1990 Dodge Dynasty, and originally my mothers 1990 Dodge Dynasty. So you see, my family really takes the "Dynasty" name seriously. I will pause for a moment for Jimmy and Chris to clean their computer screens after they both likely spewed Coke on them at seeing the "Die-Nasty." This is my Red Wings Dynasty: 1936 1937 1943 1950 1952 1954 1955 1997 1998 2002 2008 What a finish: relieved Red Wings win CupLast night, my beloved Red Wings finally wrapped up their series against the Penguins, and thus the playoffs, finally reclaiming the Stanley Cup.There are some sights I never grow weary of. The winged wheel with Stanley is one of them. Those who know me know that roughly 15 minutes after the above picture was taken, I was in the bathroom, beard trimmer in hand, trying to remove the Playoff Badger that had attached itself to my face over the past couple of weeks. He was a tough sucker, and it took a while to finally pry him off. For the next week or so, parts of my face that haven't gotten sunlight or fresh air for several years will be running around nekkid. (No pictures, please!) I also now need to find myself a new hat. My "Detroit Dynasty" hat with their 10 Cups is so... well, it's so 2002. I loved that hat, and frankly I am not fond of the current selection at shop.nhl.com. Of course the items that went up 8 seconds after the buzzer sounded were the items that were produced almost 2 weeks ago in a top secret sweat shop, and held in the shadows until the game ended, then handed to every player to put on immediately. I suspect if I wait a little while, a better selection and cheaper prices will eventually come available. In fact I have seen a hand full of new items come up on the web site since last night.Summer has now officially begun for me. The title defense begins in September. My goatee and I will be ready.