DL: Do you come across many hockey fans playing Major League Baseball?
JM: There are quite a few, but it’s mostly the Canadian guys. I’ll talk hockey with [Jason] Bay or [Matt] Stairs, and there are some guys from the Michigan and Minnesota areas that know the game, and what‘s going on. I try to convert as many guys as I can into becoming hockey fans.
While the American players get busy with fantasy football as the baseball season draws to a close, Canucks will talk hockey anywhere any time.
Fascinating blog by an American in Ladakh in the northern Indian state of Jammu & Kashmir in the Himalayas. The Hockey Volunteer! I’m still reading through the part about Adam Sherlip acclimatizing to culture and hockey in the Himalayas. But he goes on to coach the Indian national team in their first international competition, the recently held Challenge Cup of Asia in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
Apparently Don Quixote the downmarket 24 hour everything store is collaborating with X-Japan (the number of languages available in Wikipedia is amazing) the visual-kei rock band in a line of products, but I only spotted this curry bread at the cash register so I decided to pick it up to give it a try.
Turns out, the curry bread was just a normal curry bread despite its “Spicy” name, ah well.
Lotte the confectionary company is holding a dance contest on YouTube as part of its Fit’s gum campaign. Here are the original Lotte commercials which hooks you in even if it’s annoying.
And here’s a real neat contest entry by high school girls (google hits here they come 😛 )