Thursday, December 1, 2011

Back on the Right Course



Every morning is a chance to fall in love with New York again. It's an opportunity to see the place in the fresh light of day, a moment to forget what the city did to yesterday, the transgressions that had you trending somewhere between the rising rage of Travis Bickle and the defeated, yet refusing to settle posture of Ratso Rizzo.

A good night's sleep is a good start. Having your hockey team win the late game out West also does a man right. But add to those two a good cup of coffee and a pastrami, egg and cheese on a roll for $4 ($3 if you want to skip the Joe, but why would you?) at the cart on 2nd Avenue and 68th Street, and you're in love again.

The town's getting crowded for the tree lighting? Let them light 100; I'm feeling good. The President is in town to raise some money? Here's a buck. Get some Joe, will ya?

I'm feeling good and refuse to make the same mistakes again. I skipped the Penguins-Rangers game on Tuesday night because I wanted to see Dale Hunter's first game as coach of the Capitals. Yep, traded what turned out to be an exciting game for the right to see the Caps and Blues wax the aisles of a supermarket. Up and down, up and down, up and down. I felt as if I had been robbed.

Not tonight, though. Penguins and Capitals (7 Eastern, NHL Network) will get DVR treatment as I focus on the Rangers' visit to Carolina Hurricanes. It's an opportunity to see Kirk Muller behind the bench for the struggling Storm Warnings. That's at 7 Eastern on MSG here on the Big Screen in the Lounge.

I'll have the old Jets visiting the new Jets (8:30 Eastern, Center Ice) on the medium screen, but I promise to switch it to the big screen if someone in Winnipeg brings that big portrait of the Queen to the rink to pose with Phoenix's Shane Doan.

The iPhone gets Columbus at Calgary (9 Eastern, GameCenter Live) because I can. Live look-ins on the iPhone for Ottawa-Dallas (8:30 Eastern), Nashville-Vancouver (10 Eastern) and Montreal-San Jose (10:30 Eastern). Once the Rangers-Hurricanes finish, the big screen gets my almost full attention for the Panthers-Kings at 10:30 Eastern (Center Ice.)




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