Category Archives: petshark in Russia
One Thing
I was wrong about the Sens. They don’t only interest me because of SenSay. They interest me also because they seem to be chronic under-achievers, apparently even more than the Sharks, and that interests me. I remember something about getting … Continue reading
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SJ Sharks Meet and Greet, Stockholm, 2010
I had never asked anyone for an autograph before I held one of the matryoshka dolls out for Joe Pavelski to sign. I still don’t understand what an autograph signifies, unless it is a legal document. In the case of … Continue reading
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Nesting Sharks
Whatever they thought of it, they didn’t blink when asked to sign it.
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Home Again
October 4, 7pm I am starting to recognize faces in the SKA fan crowd. The travel books are so completely and shamelessly wrong and evil. I will leave the Lonely Planet one behind, my host might find it amusing, or offensive. Not … Continue reading
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Avangard Omsk v. Dynamo Minsk
(still working under the pay by the minute online rule of no time to edit, forgive typos and gibberish) Avangard is very handy. Their goalie looked pretty hot tonight, very elastic, very cat-like. I don’t think Minsk posed much of a challenge … Continue reading
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Box Office, Arena Omsk
A long, well maintained log cabin nestles at the base of 30-50 year old 15 story apartment complex. Between these and the river, a new structure is going up, a 20 something story affair with rudimentary but cheerful details at … Continue reading
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Omsk Ibis Hotel bar, 8 am
Holy Mother of God. Omsk is enormous. As we flew in, I saw it sprawled out, glittering in the pre-dawn blackness. It probably looked bigger that way than it is. I felt a little fear about getting lost. No, a … Continue reading
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