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NHL Center Ice Package: I’m Sold
November 06 2009
I broke down and ordered the NHL Center Ice package tonight. It was actually a Facebook conversation with a co-worker that convinced me it was worth the $172 for the next six months, or as he put it, less than the cost of going to two games. My interest started… read moreFirst of the Year for the Stache
November 06 2009
Snowman favorite George Parros picked up his first of the year, ending a 21-game stretch without a goal that extended into last spring. It was a weird night, including a goal that Joffrey Lupul put in off of the glass stanchion near the blue line. read moreNovember 05 2009
Sports fans most definitely mark time by sports seasons, and clearly associate events staggeringly good or bad with particular slices of our life. The 1969 Mets are what I remember from 1st grade; the 1972 Pirates-Reds National League Championship Series marked the beginning of understanding sadness in sports; the Devils… read moreOctober 28 2009
It’s time for the Fall Classic, and this year it tramples the Garden State in multiple ways. Growing up in Freehold, NJ, I had the benefit of being located as close to the centroid of the state as you could be. We lived only a few miles from the boundary… read moreOctober 27 2009
Trailers for The Blind Side are running along with a steady stream of TV spots. I think it’s the required viewing holiday movie for this year, because Michael Lewis captured so much of what can be good in sports. To top it off, he discovered the story accidentally, while looking… read moreOctober 26 2009
I’m finally getting around to adding some header graphics to the blog featuring images that are more advanced than a 2nd grader’s failed art project. I never much made it past stick figures (and my attempt at business graphics clearly demonstrates this), however, I have friends who are starving artists… read moreOctober 26 2009
There’s a disturbing trend of parents pushing their kids into sports thinking far too long term. Elementary schoolers toting half-sized golf bags around the driving range are the next Tiger Woods. Pop Warner football players are Heisman material as soon as the other 8-year olds have trouble catching them on… read moreOctober 15 2009
WordPress is one of the most widely adopted, easily modified and customized blogging and content management platforms available. It’s what powers the Snowman as well as some larger sites (oh, like CNN’s blogs); WordPress blogs are read by some tens of millions of users a day. Cool? Not as cool… read moreOctober 15 2009
After a few years of complete and utter futility on the golf course, I decided it was time to take a few lessons and figure out what was wrong. The symptoms are strange and possibly inconsistent – I’m hitting my driver 150 yards long but 75 yards right, I can’t… read moreStan Mikita Hates My Golf Game
October 15 2009
I had the pleasure of playing in the NHL Charity Golf Event in July 2003, in a foursome with (at that time) Stanley Cup Champion and New Jersey Devil Scott Gomez. That shot is from the Medina Country Club, after we had once again dug divots in the fairway deep… read moreOctober 15 2009
Bubba and I attended the Devils’ opening night game at the Rock, and we’re willing to take the blame for the humiliation personally. We left our Elias jerseys at home (in honor of Patrik’s rehab) and rocked it old school red. Our bad. We’ll skip the Carvel during a future… read moreSeptember 24 2009
OK, my French is horrendous, my high school French teacher wants to rescind the award that she gave me upon graduation for “excellence in studies” and L’Academie Francaise is going to put a contract out on my tongue. Quelle frommage. I don’t get the hockey writer’s negative sentiment about the… read moreThe Kids Are Alright (I Think…I Hope)
September 24 2009
It’s been progressively harder to get ready for Devils hockey each year. Training camp became a mystery to be revealed by proper beat writers, rather than open to the public as it was at South Mountain Arena. While other teams play exhibition games daily, the Devils haven’t played in a… read moreSeptember 23 2009
Much is written about equity, capital and networking, particularly when prefaced with "social" to ascribe some value to sites such as Facebook, Yahoo or Twitter. Conflating these terms reduces their utility in describing the problem space. Equity is a measure of value. Tells you how much something is worth, net net of… read moreCarrie Fisher Tells It Like It Is
September 19 2009
I stumbled on Carrie Fisher’s blog following a pointer from the ever-popular Squeech. She is hilarious. She is the show-business equivalent of Howard Cosell for her ability to tell it like it is. And her blog is WordPress-powered, so nerds have yet another reason to like her. read moreAlso find Hal on:
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