Chris Colson

Husband Father Teacher Coach Living the dream! Lego Master Educator My Tweets are my own.

[Chris Colson @MisterColson]

@TimHughes1644 Welcome to Friartown!

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@MarkDivver @FutureBlueIce Good for you. You have earned it! Thanks for all you do!

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@CollegePuckNXT @JMZygmunt11 @JD_Jerbear @CHHoodlum @IvanIvanlvan @CollegePucksC2C @venividiveech @CFBHome @AlexMicheletti @MNHockeyStar @ClankoMedia Boston and Minnesota can go away for a while. Tampa, Vegas, Nashville, Phoenix, Dallas.

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@joeeachus_ I’ve seen a Rhode Island School of Design jersey .

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Horcroft Fisher @Buccigross #bucciovertimechallenge

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@Kitkat_1216 The AMP home of the Providence Bruins

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@DStarmanHockey Price. If you want full arenas make it affordable for families.

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@DannyDrinksWine @kaycolsonn @colsonsarah12 good quote for your dancers!

[Chris Colson @MisterColson]

Wise words

[Clint Hurdle @ClintHurdle13]

During one of the worst losing streaks of my career, our team president walked into my office.

Keli McGregor. One of the best men I've ever known.

He could have come to vent. To question my decisions. To ask hard questions.

Instead, he said: "Cut to the chase, Clint. What's next?"

I looked him in the eye and gave him two words: "Shower well."

The Colorado Rockies were struggling badly that year.

Pregame preparation was solid. Scout meetings, early work, attention to detail. All of it was there.

But at game time, the tires were flat.

I told Keli: the game did everything it could to us today. We just couldn't meet its demands.

Now it was time to reset.

"Shower well" means exactly this:
• Watch the frustration circle down the drain
• Shampoo, rinse, repeat and get the grime of today completely off your mind
• Walk out clean, go home, and actually rest

Leave it at the ballpark. The game is over. There's nothing left to solve tonight.

Keli nodded. Asked if he could share it with the whole organization.

I said sure. And then it hit me. This isn't just for baseball.

Bad day at the office. Grumpy boss. Missed deadline. Traffic on the way home.

You can carry all of that through your front door.

Or you can shower well.

I've never seen a single problem get better because someone dragged it home with them.

The reset is a discipline. Same as preparation. Same as showing up.

Either we win. Or we learn.

The only real loss? When you don't take a single thing out of a hard day.

So tonight, whatever kind of day it was, shower well.

Tomorrow is a new at-bat.

What does your reset look like? I'd love to hear it.

[Chris Colson @MisterColson]

@DavidCGoucher Well done Dave!!

[Jay Pinsonnault @JayPinceSMG]

.@SpldngAthletics head coach Jamie Ferullo wins third boys hockey state title, his first as coach. Al Pike has the story from Championship Saturday for the Red Raiders.
https://t.co/Ef0CaruSEf

[WMUR TV @WMUR9]

Spaulding Claims Division II Boys’ Hockey Title | Click on the image to read the full story https://t.co/qmgdjTj0f1

[Chris Colson @MisterColson]

Great call last night @NickCoit You make a difference in RI HS sports!

[Nick Coit @NickCoit]

We witnessed one of the most amazing moments you'll ever see at a high school event tonight at Schneider Arena.

Colin Dorgan, who lost his mother, brother & grandfather in the Lynch Arena shooting last month, scores a 2OT game-winner to send his team to the @RIIL_sports D-II championship game.

Incredible resilience from this young man & this BVS team.

Fortunate to call this emotional moment with Marty Crowley tonight on the NFHS Network.

@SRASaints @PCDAthletics @Fic27

[Jeff @MNTwinsZealot]

The final seconds of the Miracle on Ice…the gold medal was theirs on this date in 1980. 🇺🇸

[Joe Pompliano @JoePompliano]

Jared C. Tilton (@tiltoncreative) captured both of these iconic photos, but the backstory of how he did it might be even cooler than the photos themselves.

Rather than having a photographer up in the catwalk during all Olympic events — at all the different venues — Jared and his team at Getty Images mounted robotic cameras in the ceiling.

Planning began more than a year ago, with installation taking place four weeks before this year's Olympics.

But these cameras didn't take photographs on their own.

Using proprietary software, Jared sent a live feed to his laptop, which he then used as a first-person POV to snap photos himself.

The software worked whether Jared was inside the venue or several miles away at the media center.

And here's the best part...

Jared operated the entire system with a PlayStation controller.

[Chris Colson @MisterColson]

@shannon_colson fun story about your dad.

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Everybody Knows Dave...

Dave was bragging to his boss one day, "You know, I know everyone there is to know. Just name someone, anyone, and I know them."

Tired of his boasting, his boss called his bluff, "OK, Dave, how about Tom Cruise?"

"No dramas boss, Tom and I are old friends, and I can prove it."

So Dave and his boss fly out to Hollywood and knock on Tom Cruise's door, and Tom Cruise shouts,

"Dave! What's happening? Great to see you! Come on in for a beer!"

Although impressed, Dave's boss is still sceptical.

After they leave Cruise's house, he tells Dave that he thinks Dave's knowing Cruise was just lucky.

"No, no, just name anyone else," Dave says.

"Ex-President Obama," his boss quickly retorts.

"Yup," Dave says, "Old buddies, let's fly out to Washington," and off they go.

Obama spots Dave in Washington and motions him and his boss over, saying, "Dave, what a surprise, I was just on my way to a meeting, but you and your friend come on in and let's have a beer first and catch up."

Well, the boss is very shaken by now, but still not totally convinced.

After they leave Washington, he expresses his doubts to Dave, who again implores him to name anyone else.

"Pope Francis," his boss replies.

"Sure!" says Dave. "I've known the Pope for years." So off they fly to Rome.

Dave and his boss are assembled with the masses at the Vatican's St. Peter's Square when Dave says, "This will never work. I can't catch the Pope's eye among all these people. Tell you what, I know all the guards, so let me just go upstairs and I'll come out on the balcony with the Pope."

He disappears into the crowd, headed towards the Vatican.

Sure enough, half an hour later, Dave emerges with the Pope on the balcony, but by the time Dave returns, he finds that his boss has had a heart attack and is surrounded by paramedics.

Making his way to his boss's side, Dave asks him, "What happened?"

His boss looks up and says, "It was the final straw... You and the Pope came out onto the balcony, and the man next to me said, 'Who the fuck is that on the balcony with Dave?'

[Brendan McGair @BWMcGair03]

My colleague @Branden_Mello recounts an afternoon at #Pawtucket's Lynch Arena that started beautifully
https://t.co/CEbl34CXwV via @WoonsocketCall

[Russ Macias @rustymac26]

This is also one of the best photos I've ever seen from a hockey game.

What a still of Pastrnak's goal mid-flight. #NHLBruins

Courtesy of Geoff Burke of Imagn Images.

[Chris Colson @MisterColson]

I call customer support and speak to Steven (sure) and he says he can’t tell me why this happened and can’t get me tickets. But I can by them on your site later for resale.

[Chris Colson @MisterColson]

Well done @Ticketmaster I spend 30 minutes getting ready to purchase tickets I get in the cue and I am right in and select my tickets and hit purchase and get a message that says my device cannot be used. I then lose the tickets get back in on my Mac and I am 410k in line.