The Calgary Flames have been using a Calgary Fire Department helmet for players to pick the “unsung hero of the game” after each victory for the past couple seasons. I don’t have a picture of Pace wearing a CFD helmet but I do have a pic of him checking out a fire truck courtesy of my […]
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Monthly Archives April 2015
First Ever Major League Ball Game Played With No Fans Present Due to Baltimore Riots
I considered doing a post with some random thoughts about the Baltimore riots but then I realised there’s nothing I can say that others haven’t said better already – about the riots and about the first ever Major League Baseball “empty game”.
How Popular Are The Various Netflix Original Series?
On the recommendation of a co-worker, Shea and I are working through “The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”, a Netflix original series. (That link will go to Wikiwand.com – a site I recently discovered that presents Wikipedia pages in a more visually appealing, readable format.) Watching that series led me to this article which discusses how a company that’s […]
Music Monday – “My boy’s gonna play in the big league/My boy’s gonna turn some heads/My boy’s gonna play in the big league/My boy’s gonna knock ’em dead.”
Important Blog announcement: Hockey themed posts shall continue as long as the Flames are in the playoffs. One of the greatest hockey songs of all-time… (Hmm, maybe that could be my theme for Music Mondays until the Flames win the Cup in June?) 😉 Based on a true story… “Big League” – Tom Cochrane
Yeah Baby! #Flames Eliminate The Canucks to Move To Round Two of #StanleyCup Playoffs
In 2004, I attended the Alberta Book Awards on the same evening as game six of the Canucks-Flames first round playoff series. As one of the event organizers, I kept providing updates on the score to the MC who relayed them to the partisan crowd (oh, those not-that-long-ago days before everyone had a smartphone in […]
#Flames vs. #Canucks – Bringing Back Old Time Hockey To The #NHL
And giving us the best first round series in the process… Let’s run down the checklist. We’ve already seen two late-game instigator penalties that have led to automatic suspensions, both of which were subsequently rescinded because suspensions due to instigator penalties are always rescinded. We’ve seen a player stretchered out of practice with a mystery […]
Music Monday – “And I want to know your breathing/And everything that you feel”
New Hawksley Workman album “Old Cheetah” will be released on June 2… “Don’t Take Yourself Away (Instant Nostalgia)” – Hawksley Workman