I travel quite a bit for my day job, and I’ve developed certain hotel preferences over time. In the course of managing my son’s hockey team, I’ve also booked large blocks of rooms for tournaments and have seen the entire range of customer service. In the past week, I’ve lived at both [...]
Archive of entries posted on February 2006
Over and Out From Torino
Olympic hockey has been anything but predictable. The early favorites have early exits, the early disappointments have Turined up the heat, and more than a few people are left scratching their heads.
Chalk it up to global growth and interest. Chalk it up to blatant nationalism that the Canadians and Americans [...]
Injured Elias Leaving Torino
Elias is on his way out of Torino. The good news is he’ll have a solid 10 days to let the ribs heal up before the knock’em sock’em Eastern Conference schedule resumes; the bad news is that he went through a lot of travel and personal wear and tear to play [...]
Czech In The Ribs
Patrik Elias took a hard hit to the ribs in the Czech Olympic team’s opener, and sat out last night’s game versus Switzerland. We should have surmised something was up when Patty didn’t get a shot off after the first period of the opener, and at first I attributed his omissions from [...]
Angela, Protector
Just how cool is Angela Ruggiero? Talk about picking a good time to score a goal in the Olympics. What she did today — picking up the puck at the goal line, skating coast to coast, finding a seam in the defense and snapping a shot to put the US ahead [...]
The Book Has Structure And Love
I’m almost afraid to admit it, but 8 Days, 8 Nights has a full outline. 23 chapters worth, not counting front matter and a potential epilogue. I like to find stupid omens in whatever I can, and I’ll take “23″ as a good sign, for it’s Scott Gomez’s jersey number (and Gomer has [...]
Home Cellular Site
Each week I discover something new about living in a flat-roofed, stucco house with an office in the basement. Stucco houses have wire mesh supporting the outer skin of the house, creating a reasonably effective Faraday cage and wreaking havoc on cell phone reception in the house. The problem is [...]
Locomotive Cheer for Michelle Kwan
The locomotive cheer is one of the oldest college cheers. dervied from a pre-Civil War Army cheer. It’s forever ingrained in my Princeton experience, not just from four years on campus but through countless reunions and sporting events, in which a locomotive signals a job well done, a sign of respect, and conveys [...]
Kwan-Dry: You Read It Here First
You read it here first, people.
Michelle Kwan might punt on the Olympics. After she arrived Torino. After she marched in the opening ceremony and got way too much TV attention (hello, NBC, how about the women’s ice hockey team?)
Here’s a suggestion for Michelle: Set an example for all of the young skaters who worship you [...]
Princeton, Forward
Looking forward: Princeton’s men’s hockey team is making a run for an ECAC post-season berth. With 6 games to go, the Tigers are only 5 points out of a playoff spot. It’s mathematically possible, and certainly within the realm of possibility as well. The Tigers have reeled off four straight conference [...]
