What do you do when your father-in-law sends you a meme and challenges you to tell Seven Truths about yourself?
That’s right. Keep reading.
Seven dwarfs
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Risto, myself, and I
My daughter keeps referring to herself in the third person. At what age is that just annoying? Risto wants to know.
Peter Forsberg skates and talks
Modo published an interview with Peter Forsberg, who’s practicing with the club’s junior team his old team. He says that…
Free breakfast
There’s no such thing as free lunch? Maybe. But there sure are free breakfasts, I just came back to the office from one. Not only did I get breakfast, I also got material for Scanorama’s Web & Tech, a soccer ball for my kids, and a calculator for my wife.
Gotta love Canon and their wonderful EOS 450D camera, recommended price of just 900 euro, including the 18-55 mm IS lens!
(There, now we’re all happy).
He shoots scores
I’m off to play another game of rink bandy. Missed our last game, due to “scheduling problems.” I came there an hour too late.
Anyway, below you’ll find an nhl.com column about the sport and the team. And if you like that one, I’ve got a whole book – Off The Post – of columns for you.
Grease is the word
My cousins are wizards with cars, just like their father, my uncle, who shares the name with a famous Finnish rally driver. When I was out shooting pucks and throwing a ball, my cousins were in the garage, fixing their mopeds and helping their dad.
So I was surprised when the younger one of them told me, years ago, that he was going to be a chef.
NHL.com: Son of a goon
This just out: “The Finnish journalist calls for a more civilized version of hockey where goons have no part in the game.”
When I was ten years old, I had a classmate who was a little hyperactive. He was an annoying little guy, always teasing others. Me, as well, although we were pretty good of friends.
Once, he banged my head against a brick wall.
Life’s a pitch
A freelancer is always pitching stories or he’ll be out of business. Or, he’ll slide into a business he really doesn’t want to be in.
Pitching stories is actually a lot of fun. It can be stimulating on many levels. One part Sherlock Holmes, one part Stephen King, two parts Home Shopping Network spokesperson.
First you need the idea.
Stuck on you
The Hockey News has identified the “glue guys” in each NHL team. You know, the guys that may not be the biggest stars, but who are important to the team and hold it together. Two of the thirty glue guys were Finns.
Jere Lehtinen was the other one.
Dusting off archives: Kekäläinen
Whoah! I went deep into the archives, and see what I found! This profile on Jarmo Kekäläinen, St. Louis Blues’ assistant GM.
Here’s a pdf but that’s mostly just for looks. 
Click below to get to the story without the photos. (Although, Susanne’s photos are pretty sweet).