4.22.2006

extra innings

The NHL playoffs have started, and who can blame hockey fans for being excited about the first playoffs in nearly two years. With four Canadian teams in the quarterfinals, I guess everyone is happy except Leaf fans and Vancouverites.

It always seems to me that too many teams make the playoffs in hockey, but nobody asked me. Is anyone here heavily invested in the playoffs? Who are we rooting for? I have no hockey team, I might as well be on board for a friend.

While those games were getting underway, I was watching the Red Sox locked in mortal combat with the Blue Jays. What started out as a Red Sox team in cruise control ended up going 12 innings, until the Red Sox ran out of decent pitching and were forced to turn to Rudy Seanez. Sox fans knew that the game was over as soon as he started warming up.

The Red Sox are right down the street and Allan has to work all weekend. That just seems wrong. It happened in New York, too, of course, but in this case, he's working literally blocks away from Sky Dome, and tickets are very available. Ah well, that's what the internet is for, and we'll see games when we get back from Peru.

In other news, another sign that this is truly my home: I got my first credit card offer in the mail.

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