Last night we took advantage of the firm’s skybox at Rexall Place to watch the Oilers get soundly trounced by the Minnesota Wild. Not the best hockey I’ve ever watched, and the first time in ten years that I’ve been to a live game. I was quite surprised by the level of ‘commercialization’ at the game: the car and boat that were driven onto the ice between periods; the almost non-stop games and competitions (random draw to move two fans to a position immediately behind the home team bench, trivia, on-ice dash not unlike musical chairs, roulette wheel); the video … Continue reading Just stuff…