Yesterday was the big day at work with the Stanley Cup. I heard it had arrived down on set and went down to check it out. They were rehearsing a scene with it, and the crowd that had gathered just to glimpse it was huge. I haven't seen that many people bother to watch a rehearsal since Sting was on Ally McBeal. I stood there for about 20 minutes, just watching the Cup with everyone else. They wrapped rehearsal, and everyone descended on the Cup. The guy who accompanies the Cup everywhere it goes was there to answer questions, and told us it was OK to touch it. Everyone was around it, looking at all the inscriptions, all those players and teams that have achieved that highest honor in the NHL. It was really amazing to get to be that close to it.

I did get my photo taken with it, but failed in my attempt to get a photo of Wally with it. The Cup Wrangler told me it was fine to bring him down and get a picture, but then the Cup was so occupied shooting scenes and rehearsing that it wasn't available again. Drat! The photo is a little goofy because our Prop guy was sort of sneaking us though and having the professional photographer snap shots while we still had him there. We literally had about 2 seconds in front of the camera, which could explain the goofy look on my face:

Even though Wally didn't get to see the cup, it's still Wally Wednesday. Here he is from last weekend at the Three Dog Bakery Easter Begg Hunt. You should have seen some of the other dogs there. One poor thing was dressed in a bunny outfit its owner had MADE for it! Wally is a lucky boy to have a mom who would never do that to him.


The song of the day is "Dream On" by Aerosmith off their 1973 self-titled debut album. I've never been a huge fan of Aerosmith - Steven Tyler really creeps me out. Even though the song was originally released in 1973, it didn't chart well until its reissue in 1976, following the success of "Sweet Emotion." I have to admit, I even like the Eminem song "Sing For The Moment" which samples this song.