To their credit, our local hockey team has a blog. They were doing all right, getting players to post reports from training camp, and so forth. Unfortunately, lately they’ve had Bill Ranford (former NHL goalie and, I think, Canucks’ goaltending coach) running a gamelog. It’s a somewhat abstract description of the game in realtime with some commentary. I’m not sure who it’s for, but not for anybody watching TV or listening to the radio.
Regardless, I read about Jennifer Good via The Vancouverite and Kitsilano.ca:
I’ve finally decided on the ideal job for myself. Blogger to the Vancouver Canucks. What I would do is follow them around, watch every single game and then blog about it–but the twist is, it will be from the perspective or point of view of a girly girl. I would lay on the “duh”. Kind of like…hockey is the new black – always in style. Instead of talking actual stats I would create my own. Instead of knowing how many goals they got in a season people will know their astrological signs, birthdays, favorite pick up lines, you get the idea. I will talk about all the puck sluts. I’ll mock the other teams. It’ll be great.
I think I’d vote for the actual stats and analysis. Regardless, Ms. Mrs. Good recognizes that a little skin goes a long way, which might help sway the skeptics. That’s a shoddy Photoshop job on the logo, though.
Mrs. Good, not Ms. She’s married to Matthew Good, after all.
I just object to this idea on the grounds that she’s going to make all female hockey fans look bad. Congratulations to her for not being a puckslut, but I’d honestly rather have the real stats and analysis, not some dumbed down “female” version.
The mere fact of marriage does not indicate the use of Mrs, unless the woman has indicated a preference for the title.
Andrea: I wondered how long it would take somebody to point that out. If you do a Google search for ‘Mrs.’ compared to ‘Ms.’, you’ll see that I’m very consistent on the usage of the latter.
I just changed it as a bit of a lark. It’s a pity that this is still a subject one can’t joke about.
No worries, Darren. I was needling Ms. Gillian, not you.
Also, I got another bank statement for “Miss Andrea” today. When I was 10, I know I checked “Ms”, not “Miss”. I’ve asked tellers to change it. I’ve written to the bank. No luck. The statement bugs me every time it arrives! Curse you, Scottish bank!