mayhem (and other fun stuff with pictures too)

OMG OMG OMG  the internet was down yesterday.  Both Comcast and Verizon failed around 6:30 AM and didn't return until about 1PM.  No internet, no IP phones, no TV.  But really no internet.  No blogging, no trading, no texting, no communication. 

It's kinda amazing how vital the internet has become.  Take it away for a couple of hours and see what happens (namely no work or at least no work from home).  But you do see people walking around town without staring at their phones.   Ironically the day we had no internet was the first day in weeks we actually had rain, so I was stuck inside unable to do much of anything.  Crazy.

Other fun stuff.

A must do is visit Aspen during the fall.  Watching the aspen leaves turn, especially when contrasted against the dark green pine is pretty amazing.  It was a great two weeks of walking the dogs and enjoying the breathtaking views.

This past weekend was all about charity for the local hockey organization.  The crown jewel was the 98 women's gold medal winning hockey team playing the CU women's team.  Things I learned watching that game included:

1.  playing at altitude is tuff for a bunch of 40 + year old women from the east coast
2.  the 98 team gets no respect--this was the first time they had played together since winning the medal
3.  women play hard----even in a charity exhibition game.  There were broken sticks, penalties, pulled goaltenders and hard checks into the boards---stuff you don't see when the old time NHL guys get together
4.   these women appreciated everything we did for them, from drinks and food in the locker room to an expense paid weekend in Aspen
5.  Which reminds me of a quote from my daughter 'how come women don't get paid to play team sports?'  Good question.  I guess the honest answer is fans don't want to pay to watch women play team sports.  How big is the discrepancy.? In pro basketball women get paid about 1/100th of what the men get paid, and in hockey about 1/200th.  However, in golf the average pro woman gets paid about 1/4 th of what the average man makes.  Clearly I need to get my daughter to drop the hockey stick and pick up a tennis racquet or golf club.

Last but not least for those long time friends you might remember my wife and I  are approaching our anniversary.  Are we heading to New Orleans to listen to some zydeco music? or atleast going out to dinner?  Nope.  As parents of a certain age our anniversary involves my wife driving our son and team mate to park city for the weekend for a regatta while I am doing a day trip to Crested Butte for my daughter's soccer game.  For those of you not on the western slope and wondering about those distances it's about a 6 hour drive each way for the wife, while my Crested Butte trip is ---well it all depends on how fast I drive but 2-3 hours each way (ironically it's also only a 13 mile hike but distances in the mountains are very different than elsewhere.)

Enjoy the fall, and your internet service.