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Best Wrestling Promo Ever

Posted 21 September 2022 § Humour § Jobs § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

A Day On The Farm With Darryl Sutter

I went from thinking I might not watch hockey this year after Johnny Gaudreau walked for nothing to barely being able to wait for the season to start after the Flames made a blockbuster trade for Matthew Tkachuk and signed highly coveted free agent Nazim Kadri. Darryl Sutter is also a huge part of my […]

Posted 14 September 2022 § ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Saturday Snap – Skater Boy

I’ve used this post title before but when your kid loves skateboarding, it’s inevitable you’ll use it again…  

Posted 25 June 2022 § Pace § Photo § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) °

Friday Fun Link – Stanley Cup Winning Goals (1933-2019)

This video isn’t as relevant tonight as I’d hoped it would be.  But oh well, the Avs will hopefully add their own contribution to this montage on Sunday!

Posted 24 June 2022 § FridayFunLink § MemoryLane § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Stoll-ley Cup? (August 2012)

As the Stanley Cup Finals are coming to an end (Go Avs!), it makes me think how I have very tangential connections to a handful of NHLers. Though he was a couple years older than me, my main “connection” was growing up on the same street as Dave Karpa (who regularly used my testicles for […]

Posted 23 June 2022 § Family § Humour § MemoryLane § Photo § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Stanley Cup Champions Over The Years

 

Posted 08 June 2022 § Infographic § News ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Secular Sunday – Tampa Bay Players Refuse To Wear Gay Pride Logo On Their Uniforms Saying Their Religion Forbids It

I always chuckle as how selective (some) Christians are about which “rules” they follow and even how they decide that these rules exist in a book that was written thousands of years ago. Tampa Bay Rays players refused to wear the Gay Pride logo on their uniforms this weekend — saying their religious beliefs wouldn't […]

Posted 05 June 2022 § Jobs § News § Politics § SecularSunday § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Friday Fun Link – Stanley Cupple

Another Wordle variant, Cupple is one by the NHL where you try to guess a player by narrowing down various facts, stats and categories (division, position, nation, points, goals and Stanley Cup wins.) Requires a fairly encyclopedic knowledge of current NHL players which means that 10-year old Jason would likely blow nearly-50 year old Jason […]

Posted 03 June 2022 § FridayFunLink ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Brian Burke Explains Controversial Carolina Goal

Unlike the Flames’ controversial “kicking motion” goal that seemed to go against numerous previous rulings in similar situations, the Colorado “off-site-that-wasn’t” *has* happened before with a similar ruling…  

Posted 01 June 2022 § ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Go Avalanche Go!

Good Regular Season Goals: https://twitter.com/6aba9ool/status/1530085055057563648   Not A Good Goal in the Playoffs: Now that a few days have passed since the Flames lost to the Oilers in the first Battle of Alberta since 1991 and I’ve read a lot of commentary about the game and series, I can share some of my own thoughts… […]

Posted 31 May 2022 § Canada § Sad § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,