I am now a Mac person. I’ve been a Mac person for about six days and I think that’s why I haven’t upated the blog, either. Not because I couldn’t for technical reasons (all you Vista evangelistas), this is the Web, after all, but because I’ve spent so much time going through all the amazing stuff that comes with a MacBook.
Today is Wayne Gretzky’s birthday. Have a great one!
And my blog on nhl.com has been updated. More after the jump.
We do define ourselves through our work, don’t we? I’ve been thinking about this quite a bit in the last weeks as I’ve encountered the phrase, “it’s my job” in movies and in real life.
For about five years (that’d be seven minus the two I lived in Finland) I’ve played rinkbandy with a bunch of guys north of Stockholm. It’s a nice recreational league of something I consider to be a recreational sport; something that’s a pleasure to play, but not enough to try to make a career in.
FADE IN:
INT. SAUNA AT THE GYM – NIGHT
Two naked men, JANNE and TOMAS, sit high up on the sauna bench. They stare ahead. Both are silent.
Nausea invaded my stomach and my knees went weak. I could see Coach Williams walking towards me with his arms open wide.
“Holy shit, kid! I never thought I’d see this day,” he yelled. Coach Williams was a big man, and when he hugged me, you couldn’t basically see me at all. I simply disappeared in Coach’s embrace.
“The Finnish journalist reveals his favorite hockey movie. You might be surprised…”
More after the jump.
Weird Al gone bad. Well, no, he did “Bad” a long time ago. Here he is, white and nerdy.
Lyrics after the jump.
My wife asked me the other day, “Are all your sentences going to start with ‘I heard a great podcast today’?” The way things are going, yes, that’s about right.
I know it sounds a little fishy. In fact, somebody said that to me a few months ago. He said, “I’ve never heard anyone use a podcast as a reference before.”
Stockholm is a beautiful city. I just walked through Kungsträdgården in downtown Stockholm. Kids were skating around, screaming and having fun – with helmets on, naturally – in the sun, and it just made me want to jump in, and maybe do a lutz or an axel.
Like this guy. And yes, he is skating in Kungsträdgården in Stockholm.
It was much colder this time last year.