So, on the way home from catching The Watchmen (verdict: read the book), we stopped by a previously-sworn-off bar because beer and chips seemed like the sensible thing to do at 10p.\u00c2\u00a0 It’s a sports bar, with lots of hockey (apparently in playoffs?) on the screens.\u00c2\u00a0 After some time, it became clear that the majority of the screens (and all of the sound) were tuned to the Pittsburgh-Philadelphia game.\u00c2\u00a0 A 3-0 game, which – as I understand it – is something of a blowout in hockey.\u00c2\u00a0 And on another, smaller, screen – the DC team (Capitals) v. someone else I can’t recall, 3-3.\u00c2\u00a0 DC teams – can’t even get love in their own city.\u00c2\u00a0 The icing?\u00c2\u00a0 We were five floors below the Capitals actual home\/practice rink.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
So, on the way home from catching The Watchmen (verdict: read the book), we stopped by a previously-sworn-off bar because beer and chips seemed like the sensible thing to do at 10p.\u00c2\u00a0 It’s a sports bar, with lots of hockey (apparently in playoffs?) on the screens.\u00c2\u00a0 After some time, it became clear that the majority […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":4,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dc","category-personal"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t