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Oilers v. Sharks #ToiletBowl

The Sharks can tie the Oilers in the standings with a regulation win on Thursday. — Mike Gould (@miketgould) November 8, 2023

Posted 07 November 2023 § Humour ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Insane Sub-Two Hour Marathon Run

Eliud Kipchoge’s 1:59:40 marathon run is truly insane when you break down the numbers: ??4:35 per mile pace (the record for one mile is 3:43 and he kept the pace 26x) ??OR 2:50 per KM pace (he did it 42x and each kilometre was within 2:48 to 2:52)??The average men’s marathon… pic.twitter.com/zGJ4LI6rhm — Trung Phan […]

Posted 19 September 2023 § News § Randomness § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Friday Fun Link – Puckdoku

Puckdoku is a hockey version of Suduko.

Posted 11 August 2023 § FridayFunLink ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Vegas Knights Win The 2023 Stanley Cup

Just as I predicted… (But all kidding aside, the Knights showed signs of this potential from the moment they entered the league.) Another NHL season comes to a close where memories were made, stars were born and history was etched into the books. ? pic.twitter.com/RCNAzEJ61p — Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) June 14, 2023  

Posted 14 June 2023 § Canada § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Track and Field Day

Managed to pop over to see a bit of Sasha’s year-end track and field meet during my lunch hour today.  My folks were in so they were also able to swing by then even got to give Sasha a ride home after. Great day!

Posted 30 May 2023 § Family § Photo § Sasha § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Biggest Challenge: “We’re a small city with a relatively big stadium.”

Yes.  This is quite the challenge we face here in our little prairie city that’s run by people who want to pretend we’re a much bigger city like Calgary or Edmonton or Winnipeg so they push to build giant state-of-the art arenas.  And ball stadiums.  And the best football stadium in the country while showing […]

Posted 16 May 2023 § MemoryLane § News § Politics § Sad § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Wine Choices

This chart has nothing to do with the Leafs avoiding the sweep and the Oilers looking like they might have a blow-out shutout (SHUT-OUT!) win tonight.

Posted 10 May 2023 § Humour § Infographic ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Friday Fun Link – Top 10 Wrestlers Getting Others To Break Character

Posted 05 May 2023 § FridayFunLink § Humour § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Video § Wrestling ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Why The Flames Sucked This Year (It’s A Long List)

Now that the playoffs have started and the Flames, who were predicted to be a top team at the start of the season, missed making the playoffs in the final week of the season. That means they end up in their traditional “absolutely middle of the pack” position they usually get in years they suck, […]

Posted 18 April 2023 § List § MemoryLane ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Music Monday – “Clicking sticks three times/Drawing ‘er back to your own line/Top shelf and we’re up by one/Ringing ‘em off the crossbars/Moving our nets for the cars/And all together we’d yell ‘Game on!’/And then our folks would call us in/And we all agreed ‘Next goal wins'”

“More Than A Game” – Mike Plume Band I didn’t put a lot of thought into this (well, except picking whoever was against the Oilers and Leafs!) but here’s my picks for this year’s Stanley Cup Playoffs…

Posted 17 April 2023 § MusicMonday ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged: , ,