Fun city

This was SO MUCH fun.

There are few things in this world that make me feel like a kid. You know, that period of time before the BARS (Bitter, Angry, Resentful, Sullen) set in.

Covering hockey makes me feel that way.

For some, it's all about the graft and the food, and not in that order. I'm not that comfortable eating in a press room, so I don't bother. As far as media guides go, hell, I'll never say no to one of them.

It still stings some that when I wrote for The Associated Press, it's as a stringer as opposed to a byline. Then again, just that it's out there takes some of the ill will away.

This is what I love doing ... writing about my favorite sport.