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On Rioting
(image source: yfrog/ niamhsays) The building on the right is the Queen Elizabeth Theater. I was lucky enough to work there for five weeks last summer. It didn’t have burning cars and rioters outside when I was there. Wicked the musical is playing there now. Here is an account of what it was like for a…
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Game 7: Over and Out
My feelings about game 7 are a little bit tempered by the rioting that went on in Vancouver. I will put up a separate post about that later. For now, my thoughts are with my friends in Vancouver, like @ryanclassic, @alixiswright, and @alanah1. I feel bad that they can’t celebrate a Cup win, and that…
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Up Here
On this flight, there is no sign of the tension below. Thousands of feet above the world, the only sports represented here are the University of Wyoming wrestling team, and my lacrosse jersey. You wouldn’t know that the greatest trophy in sports was going to be handed out tonight. I’m on an Air Canada flight…
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Game 6: Can I Get a Hey Now
My plans for the night were initially to watch game six with an aquaintance here in Toronto. I wasn’t looking forward to watching the game in Canada, as I figured it would be fraught with the classic signs of the Canucks fans already tasting silver: the call of the Lou for every save made, complaining…
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Why Milbury Has A Job
Last night, I got home from work and turned on the Tony Awards. Yes, that’s right. I rarely watch the Tonys, but there was no hockey on, basketball holds no interest for me, and I am a theater person. It also helped that Neil Patrick Harris was hosting, and Sutton Foster was nominated for Best…