Playoffs

 "PLAYOFFS?!  Don't talk about - playoffs?  You kidding me?  Playoffs!?!"

A quote that I suspect most people outside the US have absolutely no clue about.  And although the quote was from (American) football, it applies right now.  Because this weekend both the NBA (basketball) and NHL (ice hockey) playoffs started.  I don't watch much of either sport during the regular season, but I do during the playoffs - the stakes are raised, the quality of play is raised, and the drama is raised (for example, two basketball games today had classic endings).  Sadly, no Seattle representation.  The Kraken didn't make the playoffs, and Seattle still doesn't have a basketball team (there's been lots of talk about the NBA expanding and Seattle is near the top of the list of candidates for getting a team again - it's probably between us and Vegas - but who knows if or when that might happen).