Nice Job, Steve, and Thanks, Everybody

I would like to thank Stephen T. Watson of the Buffalo News for taking the time, interest and effort to write his article on how us Buffalo Sabres fanatics are using the Internet as part of our following the Sabres through the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs, as you can read here.
I also want to thank Robert Kirkham for taking about 30 minutes out of his schedule to take the photograph that accompanied the story, and appreared with it on the front page of the Sunday, April 29, 2007, Buffalo News. Kirkham, Val and I talked about music, Austin, Texas, and hockey while he was at our house.
I also can't forget to thank Kevin and Mark at Bfloblog for starting and hosting the live Sabres' game threads on their blog, not just so Val and I could be interviewed, but for providing us with an opportunity to enjoy the Sabres and professional hockey in a new and interesting community. It was also nice of Jaquandor, Jennifer, Buffalo Pundit and others to mention Val and I and to link to the story and photo.
As happens frequently in Buffalo, this whole story ends with a round of "It's a Small World After All." Watson called me at the office Tuesday morning and left a message; when I called him back, I told him thanks for the story in general and for interviewing Val and I and assigning a photgrapher to come to our house. He said thanks, but that this call was more family/personal. He said his mother called him to tell him she enjoyed the story, then asked to relay her greetings and name to me. It turns out that my parents, Ed and Sheila Hosey, lived next door to Watson's mother and parents on the West Side of Buffalo for years, and her parents, Watson's maternal grandparents, are my sister Heather's godparents.
Val and I will be glued to the television watching tomorrow's Game 5 of the Sabres-Rangers series, being played here at the HSBC Arena, writing away with our fellow bloggers, and not going to the Loomer show at the Sportsmen's Tavern until the game ends.