Brouwer and Ovi pose for me.
It’s always fun covering autograph signings with the Caps. Recently, I was there for an Alex Ovechkin and Troy Brouwer signing (which was very rare, considering it was Ovi’s first in three years), and a not-rare John Carlson and Karl Alzner signing. Fans often ask me for the photos I took, and I’m happy to give them. And I always get an article or two.
This is a small, but fantastic statue from WETA. I wish I could get the larger version – Smaug the Terrible – but it’s super expensive, takes up way too much room and looks highly breakable. This guy will have to do.
Recently, I got to interview the Caps’ Jay Beagle for The Post. This is one of my favorite articles I got to write, alongside the article I wrote about Bruce Boudreau.
It’s vindicating for me to see the death of the Away Network. I hadn’t even been there two weeks in 2005 before realizing I was working with so many incompetent people. While I stayed there, miserably, for more than four years before I was unceremoniously dismissed, the constant disfunction and poor management, not to mention foolishness by the parent company, ultimately led to its closure a few years ago.
The advantages of working there? I made a living, though I was perfectly capable of working elsewhere. I followed in the footsteps of my colleagues who mooched free trips off of PR agencies and traveled the world (little did those agencies know just how little influence our website actually had). I learned some new systems, got some different work experiences. For that, I can’t say my time there was a total waste, though it was by far the darkest, most painful period of my life.
RIH, Away.
Here are a few photos of me skating at Nats Park on Jan. 3 before they tore everything down after the Winter Classic. (More photos on Caps Outsider) 
