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Category Archives: Sports

Health Food for Superb Owl?

Told you I saw some home fries in my future (and in terms of “healthy”, I’m sure one of those puff pastries has some green stuff in it!) 😉 No matter what you’re eating, enjoy the Superb Owl!

¶ Posted 13 February 2022 § Humour § Photo ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: food

Shaq Using Normal-Sized Things While Being A Giant

¶ Posted 09 February 2022 § Humour § Video ‡ Comments (0) °

Music Monday – “And we can still get information/Reading all about inflation/And you’re never gonna be out of reach/There’s a call-box on the beach”

Shea’s folks are in for appointments and staying at a hotel so we popped over for a swim and a visit. For some reason the song below kept running through my head (and that, in turn, bringing back fond memories of season-ending party at my hometown pool where all the lifeguards did a poolside dance […]

¶ Posted 07 February 2022 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § Photo § PopCulture § Sasha § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cute, holiday, parents

Friday Fun Link – Amazing Shootout Goal at NHL All-Star Skills Competition

"If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball" ? @BR_OpenIce Trevor Zegras paying homage to Dodgeball goes BLINDFOLDED in the #NHLAllStar breakaway challenge and pulls off a disgusting move ? pic.twitter.com/udNr01v8AP — Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) February 5, 2022

¶ Posted 04 February 2022 § FridayFunLink ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: hockey

Friday Fun Link – Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Championships 2021

I can’t think of an event that defines America better – the introductions, the crowds, the focus on competition and over consumption (but I’m still going to tag this as “Sports”) 😉

¶ Posted 07 January 2022 § FridayFunLink § Humour § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: food, health, holiday, unitedstates

16 Year Old Connor Bedard Scores Hat Trick Matching Gretzky’s Unique World Junior Record

Then he went on to score a fourth goal to cap off an amazing performance! The last 16-year-old to record a ??? for ?? before Connor Bedard? That would be The Great One himself, Wayne Gretzky, who did it on Christmas Day 1977 against Czechoslovakia.#WorldJuniors | @BCHockey_Source | @WHLPats | #OurGameIsBack pic.twitter.com/Cpxclagh8i — Hockey Canada […]

¶ Posted 28 December 2021 § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: hockey

Friday Fun Link – If Wrestling Is Art, Kenny Omega Is One of Canada’s Greatest Performing Artists

Don’t agree – and this is a good article about the multiple ways pro wrestling appeals to people.

¶ Posted 03 December 2021 § Canada § FridayFunLink § Jobs ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: wrestling

Saturday Snap – Swimming Lessons in the Age of Covid

Sasha missed her first week while we were waiting for a Covid test result (luckily negative!) Then when we arrive for this week, it’s a very different experience than ever before – proof of vaccination to enter a city facility, get a stamp to confirm to any other staff that we were screened by their […]

¶ Posted 06 November 2021 § Family § Humour § Photo § Sasha ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, health, science

Friday Fun Link – Flames’ Amazing Five Game Road Trip Win Record

A week ago, I was noting that the Flames’ first victory should be celebrated as I didn’t know how these chronic underachievers that I support would fare through the rest of the year. A week later, I (and many in Flames fandom) are stunned at an almost unprecedented road trip run… Whether that level […]