Born outside of Boston, then moved to Chicago, then back to Massachusetts. My dad is a die-hard Boston sports fan, and I’m the son he never had, so like father, like Kelly.

“Leaf Nation” is an awesome name for the Leafs channel. I love that! Way better than NESN.

Me and sports: if something’s on, I’m good, if it’s not, also fine. Which shows that XX chromosomes maybe don’t work as well for producing die-hard sports fans (IMO).

It’s been a wild year to be in Philly, though. Never a dull moment around here.

Must run…

So you’re a Bruin fan too?

Yes, they do have a few hockey channels here, including Leaf Nation and NHL Centre Ice spread over like 12 channels. With the Centre Ice package though, you have to buy the two months of playoffs which is totally not worth it since almost every game is on another channel anyway. Besides, hockey usually gets a veto in our house unless the Bruins are on. That loose guideline would change awful quick if I got all 82 games…

Thanks for the link! The stars are aligned tonight (and they’re shaped like Ursa Major…)

~Graham

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Ah, those were the days. *big nostalgic grin*

I would think an all-hockey-all-day-all-night channel would be under some sort of Canadian mandate, no? Shouldn’t require an inter-domicile vote! Get the PM on the phone!

For you, on creativity and the Bruins, from Seth:

http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2009/01/creativity-and-stretching-the-sweatshirt.html

Until later,

Kelly

No, we don’t get too much in the way of Bruins games. I was going to set up the free satellite thing so I could get the US channels (NESN, for example) but it would just be too much hassle with crashing cards and stuff. Besides, hockey is not the first choice of at least one deciding vote in our family…

Ah well, hopefully they have a team this year that will make it out of the first round when playoff time starts. I’ll watch them then.

~Graham

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As Maurice Chevalier once sang, “I’m glad I’m not young anymore.” Too many Wows for me, if I’d like to make a living at the same time.

It was the “et al” that got me, lol. Happily so.

I’d like to think it’s not that Bruins games have become rare (have I been away so long?) but that they don’t show up on Ontario t.v. too often. Why a Bruins fan?

Later,

Kelly

Great timing on this post — I actually make a conscious effort to stay away from blogs, the news, et al today and get some serious work done. Except for a few interruptions, not a bad day all in all.

I love information, and for me it’s not that there is too much information, just not enough time to get to it all!

But the day’s done now (even got to see a rare Bruins game on TV, and it was a good one) so taking a peek in on a couple of blogs wouldn’t such a bad thing…

~Graham

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I do try to be irresistible. Glad it’s working on you!

*note to self: more posts that are properly clever, for Steph*

Loved your housiversary post. Wherever I lay my hat these days, that’s my home. Wow.

Later,

Kelly

Er – WOW!

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I thought you were unavailable. Thanks for finding your way over here.

Paradise in a comment—Wow!

I’m totally jealous.

Have a lovely time.

Later,

Kelly