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Thoughts from a Train Without Wi-Fi

I wrote the following Tuesday morning on the train, but didn’t have internet to post it until Wednesday.

The man in front of me has a Verizon Mi-Fi card. I have been staring at this card and his MacBook for three straight hours, as he command-1-2-3s from Gmail to TweetDeck to Excel, and my iPhone and Mac keeps telling me, “Hey, there’s internet right in front of you – but it’s password protected. Haha!”

Mean, Mi-Fi. Mean, mean, mean Mi-Fi.

I’ve written one article – a piece for the Brookline Patch about the birth of Skating magazine – because all of the sources were hard copy Skating magazines from two years ago, along with one email from Ben Wright (someone I never in my life ever thought would email wanna-be journalist me, but there it was, Sunday morning in my inbox…ask my husband, I fell over in my chair) that I was able to bring up on my phone.

But can I post this piece and assure my editor that it’s done? No, because Amtrak doesn’t offer internet. Greyhound, of all means of transportation, now offers internet, but Amtrak can’t. And because I’m too chicken to ask the man in front of me for access to his Mi-Fi in exchange for five bucks. (Yes, I’m willing to pay at this point.)

There he goes again. Command 1. Command 2. TweetDeck, Excel, GMail. Mean Mi-Fi.

So while he justly hogs his internet, here are some sports related thoughts: Continue reading

Where Have I Been? Well, Writing About Lacrosse, Of Course.

The National Lacrosse League playoffs are in full swing, and the NCAA Championships in Division I men’s and women’s lacrosse are about to start. Thus, I have been busy covering both for Examiner Boston.

Alas, the Boston Blazers were defeated in the first round of the playoffs this weekend, but they still made a great showing for a team in their inaugural season. There is still much college lacrosse to be covered, and the Boston Cannons are currently in training camp and begin their season in two weeks. So there will not be a dearth of lacrosse to watch and cover – in fact, there might be too much!  Keep your eyes peeled on my Examiner page for more lacrosse coverage.

Awww…How Fast They Grow Up

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Lawrence, Higgins and Yip celebrate their first Beanpot in 2006. (Courtsey Jamd.com)

Awwww….

I couldn’t wait for next week’s Beanpot preview to share this photo of Jason Lawrence, Chris Higgins and Brandon Yip with the 2006 Beanpot. The three of them, now seniors for the Terriers, owned that Beanpot.  Most notably, Higgins had a goal so remarkable that it made ESPN’s Sportscenter that evening.

But I’ll talk about that more next week.  I am about to head off to the BU-UNH game at Agganis, but I just had to share that photo.

We may have lagged in our regular programming as of late, but it’s because I’ve been blogging fast and furious over at Examiner Boston about the “Biggest Hit of the Year” in pro lacrosse – Boston Blazers’ Mitch Belisile’s hit on New York Titan Jarret Park last Saturday night. Thanks to my readers from the Examiner for making me one of the top Examiners this week!

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