Florida Men Did you know that, as of yesterday, Florida accounts for 1.5% of global COVID cases? 1.78 millions cases have been reported in Florida, out of 107m cases in the whole world. The population of Florida is 21.48 million, by the way, which is about 0.25% of the population of the world. https://twitter.com/RealStamkos91/status/1358615825477992448?s=20 Why … Continue reading The Chirp: 09/02/2021
Once, I fell asleep on a flight from London to Boston and dreamed that the plane was in distress. It was an incredibly vivid dream, in which the plane suddenly veered to the left and then straightened out, and the dream passengers murmured with relief, before they cried out as the plane veered to the … Continue reading A Year Since Normal
Week 3 of The Chirp, my so-far-weekly post about the goings-on in hockey and, wow, have there been some goings-on. For example, in women's hockey, the Girl Boss of a Particular Media Company took affront that fans of the league might not like players to be associated with a toxic brand. I highly recommend reading … Continue reading The Chirp: 31/01/2021
Week 2 of The Chirp, a weekly-ish series about what's happening in hockey o1. Rule Breakers This week, the Washington Capitals were fined $100, 000 for breaching Coronavirus regulations and the four Russians (Ovechkin, Kuznetsov, Orlov and Samsonov) have been placed on the COVID-19 absent list for at least four games. So, what happened? When … Continue reading The Chirp: 24/01/2021
After the year that was 2020, I'm not sure I have a very solid grasp on the passage of time. It felt like a very, very long year. How often did someone bring up a news story or a meme, only for someone else to respond that was this year??? 2021 has all the hallmarks … Continue reading It’s not Chronophobia
The first of my weekly-ish blog post on the soap opera that is hockey. o1. Hockey is Back So. The NHL is back for a truncated 56-game season. In attempt to mitigate the danger of COVID-19, divisions have been reconfigured to limit travel. They are kind of geographical, in that all the Canadian teams are … Continue reading The Chirp: 17/01/2021
One for the money, two for the show “This can’t be happening,” said Frank. “Can this be happening? Do we have to forfeit?” “Calm down,” said Alix, not looking up from her phone. “How the fuck am I supposed to calm down, Al? We have no goalie! Warm-ups are in ten minutes and our starter … Continue reading Maryland Vikings
It's late on a Wednesday evening, and it's a Wednesday that feels like a Thursday, which is always the worst kind of Wednesday. I'm sitting on my couch, wearing a t-shirt that says alex debrincat is good at hockey and watching the first NHL game of 2021. I don't know how safe it is for … Continue reading begin again
whelmed.blog 