Beginnings and Endings in (Elias) Style
Bubba and I went to the Devils-Rangers game on Sunday, our first game together since January. Aside from the obvious – Devils beat the Rangers for the first and only time this season, Devils snap a 7-game losing streak against the Blue Meanies, Elias wins the game in fine style – there were a ton [...]
Embracing Change
Sometimes we become so accustomed to the way in which we do something, or the tools used in accomplishing the task, that we forget there are continuous improvements available. Current cell phones are significantly better than the 24-month old flip phone with the marred case and cloudy camera lens that I tote around; new inkjet [...]
Illustrated History of Patrik Elias
Bubba and I modeled some of the international flavors of Patrik Elias at the Kings-Devils game on Saturday night. Bubba has the 2002 Czech Olympic jersey, with a completely English surname (missing the Czech accents that add color, intonation and printing costs). I’m wearing a somewhat official Metallurg Magnitogorsk Russian Super League jersey, with “Elias” [...]
Eco Stickers and Andre the Giant
My recent trip to Grenoble, France had Andre the Giant on my mind (figuratively, of course). The linkage wasn’t due to Andre’s origins in the Alpine region, instead, it was a gentle reminder that Andre the Giant has a posse, as evidenced by de facto street art in the form of stickers on buildings, signs, [...]
Head Inversion for Duffers
Welcome to the newest arena for rants and raves: golf. It’s only appropriate in that it was one of my typically horrendous golf adventures that led to the “snowman” nickname (after carding a series of 8s and picking up my ball, often before even hitting the green). But I like the game; it’s challenging; it [...]
Pasteboard Empire
It started out quite simply: We were going to collect every Patrik Elias hockey card in print. This started after my son received several packs, boxes and piles of hockey cards as gifts for Hanukah and his birthday one year, and accelerated after I re-discovered my love of collecting things. Having eBay as a place [...]
Mixing Water and Electricity
Thanks to Bill Walker I’ve discovered some new toys for my desktop. It’s cool to be a snowman, but I’m merely a monochromatic guy — this USB snowman is a bleedin’ quad-chromatic (to borrow a line from Roger Daltrey). I wonder if it’s an FAA-approved electronic device?
Grandfathers and the NBA
Find a group of people with enough critical mass to start random conversations and you find the random linkages of who knows whom via some path of relatives, friends and former roommates. Playing this game (known as “Jewish Geography” in some of my circles) via the global community of eBay gives even more interesting and [...]