Welcome to Today

Welcome to today. I just walked the kids to school and now I have a little time on my hands. I think I'll change the oil in the cars. They're both due. But in order to accomplish this, I'll need to pick up another case of 5-20 weight oil. Yes. That's right. I change my own oil. It's not that I'm a mechanic-guru or anything. It's just that I actually enjoy changing my oil. My cars are only 5 and 6 years old, I have the tools I need, I like the smell of the oil on my hands and I like seeing my neighbors give me that cock-eyed look that says "What the hell is he doing?"

Today is also game one of the Sharks-Ducks series in the western conference quarterfinal for the Stanley Cup. The Sharks finished the season with the league's best record, winning the President's Trophy. What I need, though, is a good place to watch the game around here. Someplace where the screen is big and in HD. Someplace where my wife and I can yell at the TV with a bunch of other finatics that will high-five with me for every goal and boo with me every time Pronger touches the puck. I'll be wearing my #27 sweater all day today (except when changing my oil) and my daughter wore her #19 T-shirt to school today (good girl). We'll see y'all at the game on Sunday. GO SHARKS.