Natasha got me a fantastic birthday gift, but there’s a bit of a backstory behind it.

As a cool work perk, every now and then I get tickets to go see the Senators. The last set that came up were to see Philadelphia visiting, and on the way to the stadium in the car I kept going on and on to Greg how excited I was to see Sidney Crosby. Greg was at least polite about it enough not to say anything while I was puzzled, in our seats already, over why Sidney Crosby wasn’t on the player’s roster, and that’s when I realized… Philadelphia is not the same as Pittsburgh. I knew he played for the Penguins, I just experienced temporary insanity and got my cities mixed up.

Anyhow, it all works out in the end, because Natasha, taking pity on my downhearted retelling of my public sports-knowledge humilation, got me tickets to see Pittsburgh in March. Yay! Sidney Crosby actually plays on that team!