Potty like it's 1999

This is how they do it in a"4-Star" Russian hotel.  A private double-stall special right off the marble floor lobby. Imagine the possibilities. Saved money on the metal walls I guess.

15 below (F) with the sun going down at 3:30 in the afternoon....cheeks get numb I tell you...face glowing super red...TSN had wonderful Christmas Eve party, honored every staff member who had spent 5 or more Christmas/New Year's away from family in some corner of the world covering hockey. Thought they should have acknowledged all the ex-wives across North America as a result...By the way, Ufa won't celebrate Christmas until January 6, 7 due to their Russian Orthodox church...Younger citizens of UFA have been delightful, really trying to speak English to their strange visitors.  They do not get a lot of westerners here... USA Hockey being very cryptic about injury status of unnamed defenseman (?Connor Murphy?), calling it a "medical condition.". So now they have 21 skaters but can only register 20, so someone gets sent home soon from Russia, hockey dreams temporarily shattered, and will have no family Christmas to be consoled by family.  Appears poorly managed, but will know more in the next 48 hours... USA opens against Germany pre-dawn ET Thursday, December 27.  Coach Housley was assistant coach in 2007 when Team USA,--one of the most talented WJC squad ever featuring Jack and Erik Johnson and Patrick Kane--lost to Germany in their WJC opener, nearly crippling their medal hopes.  Housley will mention that more than once to this squad...Merry Christmas hockey fans.