Logging in

Sometimes, I have problem logging in to my blog. The Blogger page, where I have my blog, claims that I would already be logged in under a different identity. i have now discovered why. When Daniel logs in to his Youtube account, he gets logged in to Blogger as well, despite not having a Blogger account with the same user identity. I do not know why this is, but we can do something about it. I have, thus, now told Daniel always to log out from Youtube, when he has been using that site. I hope he will follow my advice, it would make my life a little easier.

Tigers Lack Genetic Diversity

The wild tigers of India lack genetic diversity. They are also divided into small populations isolated in different part of the huge country. This poses a huge risk for the long time survival of the species.

I believe dog breeders could help. Many experienced dog breeders have made tremendous efforts to preserve and bring small dog breeds back to viable populations. The experience and knowledge of these dog breeders should be able to help not only the tiger, but many endangered species. I hope biologists realise this.

Macaronies

I had had food, but when Paula offered me some macaronies, who am I to turn them down? That would be rude, wouldn't it? Consequently, I had some macaronies as a later supper tonight.macaronies are tasty. If there would also have been meatballs, it would have been perfect, but I have no reason to complain.

Gold!

Yes! Sweden won the gold in the ice hockey world championship.

One has to congratulate the Swiss as well. Given the normal status of the Swiss national team, it is a greater effort of them to win silver than it is of the Swedes to win gold.

The USA Won Bronze

Mum is happier today. The USA, her home country, beat Finland and won bronze in the ice hockey world championship. Congratulations, Mum!

The game was tied after full time, and it went on to be determined on penalties. Thus, Finland did not do a bad game, but either of the team has to win. This time it was the USA that was a little better in the penalty shootout.

Now we hope that Sweden will beat Switzerland and win gold. If this happens, it will be the first time since 1986 that a country hosting the championship also wins the whole tournament.

Mum Was Disappointed

Mum was disappointed yesterday.

We were up late to watch the Eurovision Song Contest, and it was not over until midnight. This is why I had no time to write any blog entry yesterday.

Mum was disappointed for two reasons.

First, her home country America lost to Switzerland in one of the semi final games of the IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship. Sweden won the other earlier yesterday, and we had all hoped for a decisive gold medal game between Sweden and the USA. This will not happen. The USA have to fight Finland to get bronze.

Second, Mum's official name, beside her many dog show titles and kennel prefix, is Total Eclips of the HRT. This name is from a hit song by British singer Bonnie Tyler. In the Eurovision Song Contest yesterday, Bonnie Tyler sang for the UK, and Mum was naturally hoping that the woman behind her own name would win the competition. However, Bonnie Tyler did not do very well, despite having a great song. She ended up far away from victory. I guess Paula was right, saying that Bonnie Tyler's song was not modern enough. The contestants are surely mostly competing about the votes of young people, so the song needs to feel modern.

We hope for American bronze and Swedish gold today.

Barbecue

We took the grill out of the winter storage today and had a barbecue. Mia and her boyfriend Stefan came by and it was a noce evening. I got two pieced of chicken filet. More evenings could be like this.

Semi Finals

It could not have been a better result in the quarter finals of the Ice Hockey World Championship. Mum's home country America beat Russia 8-3. Switzerland continued its winning streak by beating the Czechs. Our neighbour Finland beat Slovakia. Then, in the last quarter final, Sweden beat Canada.

The USA will play Switzerland in one of the semi finals. This is good, because it means that either of these countries will be in the final. For as long as the current format of the tournament has been played, with a true final game, neither the USA, nor Switzerland, has reached that game. The USA last won a bronze in the 2004 championship, and before that in 1996, while Switzerland has not won any medal since 1953, when they won bronze.

Most of us hope that Sweden will win the gold, but Mum has her hope up for America. That would also be nice. America has not won the World Championship since 1960, when it was the same tournament as the Olympics, and has not won the separate World Championship since 1933. By comparison, there was a short time since Sweden's latest gold in 2006 or time without a gold between 1962 and 1987.

Go, Sweden!

No Competitions Today

The first semi final in the European Song Contest was yesterday, the second is tomorrow. The final is Saturday.

The groups in the Ice Hockey World Championship were finished yesterday, the quarter finals are played tomorrow.

There are never dog shows in the middle of the week, neither Formula 1 races.

All in all, among all of the competitions going on, nothing really happened today, that I am aware of. Some days seems a little more dull than others. This was one of them. It will be better tomorrow.