Fine, turn around when I give up on you, be that way

I threw my hands up in disgust at the Bruins last night. I wasn't quite reaching for the remote, but honestly. Being down 2-0 in the second period is far from insurmountable, and getting a power play is a good time to turn it around, so when they instead gave up a shorthanded goal, argh! I was doing some very loud muttering (does that still count as muttering?) about what was was wrong with them, and how they aren't going to make the playoffs, and they don't deserve to! In the symphony of inconsistency that has been their season, this was a particularly sour note.

I was nervous enough about watching this game, and perhaps jinxing them, after they beat Detroit, in Detroit, when I wasn't looking on Sunday, but I thought perhaps if I snuck glances while doing laundry (can't be out of long underwear with a snowstorm coming), that would be safe enough, and this is my reward, this utter mediocrity. (Why yes, I do take my hockey seriously, thank you for noticing. Summer is my off-season, I rest then.) How can they beat the good teams and not the bad ones? Why, oh why?

Then they scored on the power play.

And twice more, again on the power play, before the end of the game, so it went to overtime, and then the shootout, and Bergeron scored in the shootout, and so did Ovechkin for Washington of course, but then the kid Phil Kessel, who they're starting to call "the closer" (pretty sappy, but better than "special k", which is the other thing the announcer tried out), scored his fourth shootout-clinching goal of the season, and the Bruins won. Would that the world worked this way more often.

They're just so up and down. Between the New Jersey and Detroit games, those two great games, were three stinkers in which they scored a total of two goals. Two goals in three games and then six on Sunday. Couldn't score on the power play for the longest time and then whoops! They remembered how. The coaches must be batshit trying to figure them out. Oh well, they drive me crazy too, and I do it for free.

In other news, here's the driest lead-in I ever saw to what has to be one heck of a story:

Ambassador recalled for conduct unbecoming
Mon Mar 12, 2007 1:25 PM ET

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel has recalled its ambassador in El Salvador after he was found drunk and naked with sex toys lying nearby in the yard of his official residence, Israeli media reports said on Monday.

Then there's the photo of a protester in London, outside Parliament, holding a sign saying, "Nuclear Weapons are Naughty and Horrid".

I love the British. You can't argue with that, can you? American protesters are so crass by comparison. "Hey, hey, LBJ, how many kids did you kill today?" That's just not ... nice, is it?

Finally, a good movie opened today, if you're looking for a recommendation: The Namesake. I got to see a preview of it recently, and enjoyed it, and the Globe liked it too. It's based on the book, which I'm now reading and also enjoying. So, whether you're looking for something to read or something to go see, I've got you covered! Don't say I never did anything for you. Happy St. Paddy's to you, in case I don't catch you tomorrow.