This blog began with a hockey story in Philadelphia. If you’re here, you’ve probably read it. I’ve referenced it many times on the site. If not, please give it a read, won’t you? It was a day that Ryan proclaimed the greatest of his life. He had never said anything like that before, nor had […]
Read more "All Great Hockey Stories Happen in Philadelphia"It was a weekend full of Olympic disappointment. After the magic of last Saturday’s U.S. win over Russia, which we experienced together, and Ryan’s excitement over Team USA’s berth in the semifinals against Canada on Friday, well, things didn’t exactly go as planned. Ryan made it through school Friday without learning of the USA-Canada result […]
Read more "I’m Still Learning"What are my North American readers doing at noon ET today? You do know the U.S. plays Canada in the men’s Olympic hockey semifinal, right? Winner gets a berth in the gold medal game Sunday morning. I mean everyone is planning to watch, right? Right? Let me do my part to grow the game of […]
Read more "A Prescription for Hockey"I woke up this morning to find Ryan watching engaged in an Olympic hockey game on the DVR. The Slovenia-Sweden quarterfinal match started at 3 a.m. ET, but Ryan skipped his normal morning routine of checking scores first thing in favor of watching the recorded game. When I left for work he was watching a […]
Read more "Olympic Spirit"I had a birthday the other day. Not a milestone one, but rather a run-of-the-mill, another-year-older-and-slower one. I was thrilled when Veronica and the kids “surprised” me at the train station after work and took me to dinner at the local diner. It was a perfect cap to a low-key day — a meal with […]
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Pucks and Puzzle Pieces 