Shoot De Puck!!

A new time killer today.. Watched the much-hyped Canada/USA Hockey gold medal game. I was ready to make some snide comments since I am not a hockey fan - too many fights, can't follow the puck..I have to say it was pretty exciting and at least it IS a sport - something the Olympics needs more of.. More hockey - less curling

Hockey is a strange sport to me.. so many haphazard shots and passes. How the hell does anything get into the net. About 5 years ago - when I worked - I got a call from a famous hockey player who was working with a local printer in a sales capacity. This was Rod Gilbert and he offered to meet me down at Madison Square Garden to watch the NY Rangers workout. I had no interest as I didn't need the printer and worse I had no real idea who Rod Gilbert was. I looked him up on the Internet and realized he was like the Willie Mays of hockey and I blew him off like he was a schmendrick. I was polite though. "No thanks, Rod". He kept calling me and leaving voice messages that went something like this -- "hey, come on down to the Garden..we can talk business and score some goals together" (read that with a French/Canadian accent)..he eventually stopped but I have seen him a number of times since on sports shows and now I realize what a hockey hero he was..

So I have to say the hockey game was a fairly entertaining way to kill some time today. Either team could have won. This was also income tax day for me. I won't reveal specifics but rest assured I would have rather watched the Rangers practice with Rod. Cool times, eh?