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Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Go #Flames Go (December 2007)

My son has been a Flames fan since his first Christmas in 2007. I’ve been a fan a bit longer – I’m not sure when I switched from the Islanders being my favourite team to the Flames (mid-90’s?) but my fandom definitely clicked into overdrive in 2001 when Shea and I moved to Calgary and […]

¶ Posted 06 December 2018 § Baby § Pace § Photo § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: alberta, cute, hockey

RIP Dynamite Kid

The Dynamite Kid is the reason I’m a wrestling fan. I was fortunate to grow up in Western Canada during the heyday of Stampede Wrestling and I remember coming across this strange “ring-a-ding-dong dandy” spectacle on the TV when I was 7 or 8 years old. Many of the wrestlers had interesting names and personas […]

¶ Posted 05 December 2018 § PopCulture § Sad § Sports § Wrestling ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: alberta, health, television

My 10 Favourite Christmas Songs

I’ve posted a lot of Christmas songs over the years, mostly as Music Monday posts, but I don’t think I’ve ever tried to make a list of my favourite Xmas songs, at least until now. So what makes a great Christmas song in my mind? Weirdly with how joyful the season is, my favourites mostly […]

¶ Posted 02 December 2018 § Family § List § PopCulture § UK § Video § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: holiday, music, xmas

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – What Could Go Wrong? (August 2013)

¶ Posted 29 November 2018 § Family § Humour § Pace § Photo § Sasha § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cute

Throwback Thursday – I Feel A Bit Guilty About This Photo Knowing Shea Was 8 1/2 Months Pregnant… (March 2013)

…but I think it was her choice to do this, thinking it might help hasten Sasha’s arrival! 😉

¶ Posted 22 November 2018 § Baby § Canada § Family § Humour § Photo § Sasha § Saskatchewan § Shea § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: saskatchewan, weather

Old Time Hockey!

One of the best games I’ve seen this year – felt like watching a game in the 80’s *and* the “Cardiac Kid” Calgary Flames once again staged a third period come back to win 4-2 after being down 2-0 for much of the game.

¶ Posted 18 November 2018 § Canada § Jobs § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: alberta, hockey

Throwback Thursday – A Different Kind of Church (April 2007)

In my first librarian job, my boss and I had the opportunity to oversee the move of a crowded small town library into a soon-to-be-vacated nearby church. This photo was during our first visit to the church to see if it would be a workable space once all the pews and other church holdings were […]

¶ Posted 15 November 2018 § Library § LibrarySchool § Photo § Saskatchewan § SecularSunday § ThrowbackThursday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: atheism, economics, education, saskatchewan

Comparing Some Swedish Guy’s 7 Year (7000 Hour) Guitar Progress To My Own 22 (!) Year, Didn’t Count The Hours Guitar Journey

I bought my first guitar after coming back from a University exchange to England in 1995. It cost me $60 and I still have it. It’s an El Degas model which is Spanish for “cheap crap”. 🙂 (Wow, Google tells me these guitars were actually made in Japan and mostly exported to Canada in the […]

¶ Posted 14 November 2018 § PopCulture § Travel § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: music

Every Stan Lee Cameo Ever

It’s not surprising when you learn that a 95-year old real-life superhero has passed away but it’s still sad. Millions of kids (including me) were influenced by Stan Lee over the years – in making us into readers, in making us think about good and evil, in making us into dreamers – but in his […]