Bummer - lost my original post due to a computer issue (wireless sucks sometimes)
Good day at work - calmer.. filled 2 open positions (and quickly) - boss likes that...
Talked to the person who resigned last night - burned out... good luck... glad he gave me 2 weeks
Avalanche lost big tonight to the Red Wing scum... only the Flyers left now to root for (other than anyone playing the Rangers and Red Wings)
Rough/physical indoor soccer game tonight... I'll feel it tomorrow morning for sure... ankle, ribs, legs all sore...
Snowed today - 80 degrees yesterday - 45 w/snow today... gotta love Colorado
Friday looms - gonna make it a good day and a good weekend... Happy Friday!!
Showing posts with label hockey. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hockey. Show all posts
Thursday, May 1, 2008
Thursday, October 4, 2007
Sports Weekend
This is going to be one hell of a weekend for Denver sports...
Rockies home on Saturday to try to sweep their NLDS against Philly
Sunday the Avalanche and the Broncos at home and if the Rockies need game 4, they'll be at it also...
The sports bars are loving this and so am I...
Go Rockies!!!
Rockies home on Saturday to try to sweep their NLDS against Philly
Sunday the Avalanche and the Broncos at home and if the Rockies need game 4, they'll be at it also...
The sports bars are loving this and so am I...
Go Rockies!!!
Friday, August 24, 2007
The Things We Do for Fun...
Everyone has vices... I don't care who you are - everyone has them... booze, drugs, women, fast cars, motorcycles, all of the above... We all have them because it's what helps to define us as individuals and they help us get pleasure out of life...
One of my vices is sport... almost any kind, but in particular soccer.
Growing up on the east coast, I was introduced to soccer late in life (age 13 as a freshman in high school). This is because there were no youth leagues in my town until I was much older (almost 18).
I picked up the game because I wasn't fond of the HS baseball coach and I was big on hockey.. I figured soccer was nothing more than hockey on a bigger field using a ball and you couldn't use your hands... pretty simple (or so I thought)...
I took to the game fairly well although I'm no David Beckham. On Thursday nights I play in an over 30 mens indoor league that can get pretty rough... last week we had one of our team members go down with a torn ACL...
Me, personally, I've broken multiple fingers and dislocated my thumb (tearing the ligaments) along with separating my left shoulder 3 times and busting a couple toes here and there. That's just soccer...
Playing baseball, football, soccer, hockey, lacrosse, softball and others both competetively and recreationally since I was 5 years old, I've had plenty of time to accumulate quite a thick medical folder.
My 12 year old daughter is still amazed when she sees the men play soccer or her old man play shortstop for the softball team ... she can't quite seem to grasp why dad still thinks these things are fun as he limps around the house on Friday and other days of the week...
I would love to play into my 60s - especially since I've seen a 70+ year old soccer player playing in the advanced outdoor league I play in on Sundays...
Whatever the vice - continue as long as you can if it brings you pleasure and doesn't hurt anyone around you...
Keep kicking!
One of my vices is sport... almost any kind, but in particular soccer.
Growing up on the east coast, I was introduced to soccer late in life (age 13 as a freshman in high school). This is because there were no youth leagues in my town until I was much older (almost 18).
I picked up the game because I wasn't fond of the HS baseball coach and I was big on hockey.. I figured soccer was nothing more than hockey on a bigger field using a ball and you couldn't use your hands... pretty simple (or so I thought)...
I took to the game fairly well although I'm no David Beckham. On Thursday nights I play in an over 30 mens indoor league that can get pretty rough... last week we had one of our team members go down with a torn ACL...
Me, personally, I've broken multiple fingers and dislocated my thumb (tearing the ligaments) along with separating my left shoulder 3 times and busting a couple toes here and there. That's just soccer...
Playing baseball, football, soccer, hockey, lacrosse, softball and others both competetively and recreationally since I was 5 years old, I've had plenty of time to accumulate quite a thick medical folder.
My 12 year old daughter is still amazed when she sees the men play soccer or her old man play shortstop for the softball team ... she can't quite seem to grasp why dad still thinks these things are fun as he limps around the house on Friday and other days of the week...
I would love to play into my 60s - especially since I've seen a 70+ year old soccer player playing in the advanced outdoor league I play in on Sundays...
Whatever the vice - continue as long as you can if it brings you pleasure and doesn't hurt anyone around you...
Keep kicking!
Tuesday, July 3, 2007
Good Hockey Blog Found
I'm a hockey fan.
Played since I was 5, remember that Craig McTavish of the Flyers was the last play to play in the NHL without a helmet, remember Patrick Roy's rookie season with the Canadiens and all kinds of other stuff...
When I said that I wanted to play goalie at the age of 10, my older cousin told me to be a center because keepers never get the girls... he was right to a certain degree. I never (or seldom) scored the winning goal, even when I did play center, but as a keeper, I wasn't half bad and had enough shutouts that I did get what I still think was the best looking girl that hung out with us on the team.
Found a good hockey blog and encourage people to check it out...
http://imhockeynutz.blogspot.com/
In the Rocky Mountains, the Avalanche are who everyone follows, but there are plenty of Detroit fans here. A RedWings/Avs match-up is almost as exciting, vocal (and sometimes violent) as a Broncos/Raiders game or even a Devils/Rangers game back east (I was a Devils season ticket holder for 10 years before moving to the mountains) and those were some pretty entertaining nights at the Continental Airlines arena (the hockey wasn't bad either!)
Played since I was 5, remember that Craig McTavish of the Flyers was the last play to play in the NHL without a helmet, remember Patrick Roy's rookie season with the Canadiens and all kinds of other stuff...
When I said that I wanted to play goalie at the age of 10, my older cousin told me to be a center because keepers never get the girls... he was right to a certain degree. I never (or seldom) scored the winning goal, even when I did play center, but as a keeper, I wasn't half bad and had enough shutouts that I did get what I still think was the best looking girl that hung out with us on the team.
Found a good hockey blog and encourage people to check it out...
http://imhockeynutz.blogspot.com/
In the Rocky Mountains, the Avalanche are who everyone follows, but there are plenty of Detroit fans here. A RedWings/Avs match-up is almost as exciting, vocal (and sometimes violent) as a Broncos/Raiders game or even a Devils/Rangers game back east (I was a Devils season ticket holder for 10 years before moving to the mountains) and those were some pretty entertaining nights at the Continental Airlines arena (the hockey wasn't bad either!)
Friday, June 1, 2007
What happened to the simple things??
More random thoughts as I was going through a stack of old pictures...
What happened to the simple things?
Sometimes I feel bad for kids nowadays (mine included) - they are missing out on a lot of shit because of where their parents now choose to live, the psychos in the world and the general state of things.
Not to dis my wife and family, but I've said in the past that if I could, I would sell my soul to be 16 again. No worries other than where my next beer was coming from! There is one condition to this - my entire hockey team from high school has to come with me and ALL the girls that hung out with us! Damn - what a great time! GO BLAZERS!
So many special people from that time of my life - some still with us and some not. So many special people from this time in my life - how lucky I am to have had so much back then and now!
What happened to the simple things?
- Walking to/from school without some psycho jackass trying to do something to you...
- Waking up late in the summer and going to the schoolyard with your friends to play {fill in the blank} ALL fucking day! (for me it was stickball and hockey)
- Hanging out on a neighbors porch with all the kids on the block until midnight (do you even know all the kids on your block now??)
- Riding a bike EVERYWHERE!
Sometimes I feel bad for kids nowadays (mine included) - they are missing out on a lot of shit because of where their parents now choose to live, the psychos in the world and the general state of things.
Not to dis my wife and family, but I've said in the past that if I could, I would sell my soul to be 16 again. No worries other than where my next beer was coming from! There is one condition to this - my entire hockey team from high school has to come with me and ALL the girls that hung out with us! Damn - what a great time! GO BLAZERS!
So many special people from that time of my life - some still with us and some not. So many special people from this time in my life - how lucky I am to have had so much back then and now!
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