Got my mind on hockey and hockey on my mind

It figures that I'm suddenly busy again. Apologies for avoiding my bloggerly duties and responsibilities.

Just one quick note. As a diehard hockey fan, it is REALLY HARD to keep my mind on my work at the moment. Free agency season in the post-lockout NHL opened on Monday and it's been a feeding frenzy of player movement and blockbuster trades. A puck orgy, if you will. Every few minutes, I get an email telling me that another superstar hockey player has signed with a new team, and every time my Eudora tells me I have new mail, I wonder if my favorite team has signed someone new. And with every signing or trade - even if it's an insignificant "Gubash Lorvendorker, RW, who scored 0 goals in 820 games in the East Manitoba Beer League" - I have to run and log onto all the hockey boards, read the fan reactions to the signing, make fun of the Toronto Maple Leaf fans, and think admiring thoughts of TSN's Bob McKenzie - greatest McKenzie to ever come out of Canada. All of which put me even further behind in my work.

I can tell I'm boring the non-hockey watching public (which is nearly everybody), so I'll get back to work. Wish me luck, eh?