MISSED OPPORTUNITIES..

 
My life is filled with them.  But before you go for the hankie drawer and commiserate with me I must admit they are not that important..


I used to play ice hockey, still love watching it and from time to time plot an escape from this green and pleasant land (?) and catch an NHL game or three in America.

This would have been an amazing week to have done so.

Montreal Canadiens met Boston Bruins on Wednesday evening and lost (boo hoo! my favourite team) but the match was eventful to say the least - 172 penalty minutes, fights galore, goals galore (final score 8-6)..

Then Thursday night the Canadiens travelled to my other fave team of the NHL, New York Islanders.  Hard to say which I prefer really - Montreal an 'original 6' team of the Hockey League from 100 years ago and loads of amazing history and culture or NY Islanders, a newer upstart that doesn't have as much money, has a scrappy rink relative to the Canadiens and stuck out in a Long Island backwater relative to the other NY team (Rangers) who play at Madison Square Garden.

Islanders beat the Canadiens - battered and bruised from their defeat on Wednesday I guess.

And Friday comes.. Islanders play against the Pittsburgh Penguins tonight, an altogether much more difficult game for them - and NY have launched a load of tickets at only $49 (I usually end up paying around twice that) with a load of offers attached - All You Can Eat Seat, Get Your Gear Seat etc etc

bah! I couldn't have gone.  Too busy with work.  But then I will soon.  Very soon.
 

GOOGLE DOODLE DO.. OR DON'T?

 
Now the warm weather is back with us. Well, warmer weather at least.  The question must be asked.  Are Google running out of ideas?

I don't mean the entire google organisation.  I'm sure they are brimming over with new ideas for us all - Google this and Google that.  I am referring to the people at Google Doodle.  These are the group (or maybe just one person) who Google pay (I'm sure handsomely) to sit and dream up new variations on their logo for the main search pages of the world.

But I have noticed this week that they have been playing around with the Google logo to celbrate Jules Verne's 183rd birthday and today it's the turn of Thomas Edison, who if he had managed to invent a time freeze machine would today have been 164.  Although he wouldn't would he because time would have frozen and I assume he would be as old as he was when he invented the machine? Anyway.. here they are..

Now I love Google Doodle's and think they serve a useful purpose of edutainment, but the point is these are not really valid celebratory events are they?

True I would celebrate if I made it to my 164th birthday.  But my guess is nobody else would care too much?

So, come on Google less is more.  Surprise us, entertain us, amuse us even.  But please don't start changing your logo just because you've found some obscure relevance to the day..