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captainsblogI ended my active workday late this afternoon (as opposed to my picking up after myself workday, which ended about 10 minutes ago) in the office of a friend and fellow attorney who refers me a fair number of bankruptcy cases. She shares an office with another attorney, and while waiting for the new client to arrive, the other lawyer's assistant asked if I wanted to see some cute pictures of the other assistant's grandson.
He was cute and adorable indeed, but he was wearing Pittsburgh Penguins gear. I made an offhand remark about his bad taste in wardrobe.
Oops.
Tara's assistant, it turns out, is the mother of a certain Brooks Orpik, born in Amherst in 1980 and a star defenseman for the Penguins, as well as one of the Team USA members from this past season's Olympics.
Fortunately, I was able to deflect my faux pas by telling her that one of our ministers gets even more ridicule than THAT from our congregation, on account of his being a lifetime Philadelphia Flyers fan. Once we had someone in common to hate even more, Brooks's mom and I were cool again.
At least until the second round. Buffalo just clinched their division title tonight and will likely play Montreal, Boston or Philly in the first round.
He was cute and adorable indeed, but he was wearing Pittsburgh Penguins gear. I made an offhand remark about his bad taste in wardrobe.
Oops.
Tara's assistant, it turns out, is the mother of a certain Brooks Orpik, born in Amherst in 1980 and a star defenseman for the Penguins, as well as one of the Team USA members from this past season's Olympics.
Fortunately, I was able to deflect my faux pas by telling her that one of our ministers gets even more ridicule than THAT from our congregation, on account of his being a lifetime Philadelphia Flyers fan. Once we had someone in common to hate even more, Brooks's mom and I were cool again.
At least until the second round. Buffalo just clinched their division title tonight and will likely play Montreal, Boston or Philly in the first round.