I finally did something I swore I would do weeks ago: I finished putting up all of the posts that were eaten or lost when I upgraded my blog site, and then decided that I was going to tackle the problem of cached links to the old site. When I first started using [...]
Archive of entries posted on April 2008
Putting the “D” in Draft
While all eyes are focused on the NFL draft in New York’s Radio City Music Hall today, I’m looking forward to the NHL draft in Ottawa that’s a few weeks out.
Of the thirty expected first-round picks, half of them are defensemen. Last year everyone marveled at the selection of Americans at the top [...]
Passover as the First Eco Event
We’re deep in the throes of the Jewish holiday of Passover, a celebration of the Exodus from Egypt, of freedom from slavery, and of the rebirth of spring. Capping the narrative of the Israelites’ escape is the chronology of the ten plagues, a series of disasters including rivers of blood, wild beasts, hail, [...]
Jon Armstrong’s “Grey”
I finished Jon Armstrong’s sci-fi novel Grey last night and all I can say is “Wow.” I can see why it was nominated for the 2007 Philip K. Dick Award, and at times it reminded me of Cory Doctorow’s Eastern Standard Tribe, William Gibon’s Idoru and Pattern Recognition, the Fake Steve Jobs [...]
Season Recap
I find it’s good to live life with the same 24-hour rule we ask parents to obey in youth hockey: if something upsets you, give it 24 hours to settle before reacting publicly, loudly and permanently to it. This season upset me, not because the Devils didn’t make a serious run at the [...]
Off-Season: Books!!
The hockey off-season brings a surfeit of warm-weather activities: golf, baseball, rollerblading, and my favorite, reading. I don’t find it at all incongrous to read hockey books when it’s 90 degrees and humid. To help share the warmth, I collected my list of favorite hockey books in a sidebar page, and I’ll [...]
Blogger Props
Several years ago, the NHL decided to make a push for “non traditional media” coverage, given that it was barely registering fifth in a four-sport nation (NFL, MLB, NBA and the NHL being the “top four”, although NASCAR generates more of an audience in the top four spots). Since then, the use of video [...]
It’s Over
My streak of Devils wins at games I’ve attended ground to a halt tonight, as the season ended with a bang, a whimper, and fans mumbling about the free agency season on the way to their cars. There’s no word for what happened on the ice tonight — and indeed, for good stretches of [...]
Failure to Clear
How man times do the Devils fail to clear the puck, turning the puck over, and allow the Rangers to score? I’m boggled by the number of times the puck is along the half boards, and instead of finding neutral ice it’s held along the blue line, or pushed toward center instead [...]
April Anarchy
If the college hoops world can have March Madness then the Stanley Cup quarterfinals (AKA the “first round”) can be April Anarchy. After the Devils found themselves down 2-0, I decided to step back and just enjoy the playoffs. With both the Mets and Yankees finding ways to leave the bases [...]
