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The NHL Season Begins Tonight!

First overall draft pick, Auston Matthews has already had a memorable debut, setting a modern day record with four goals in his first game and yet, the futile Toronto Maple Leafs still lose 5-4 to the Ottawa Senators. And Regina isn’t the only city celebrating a new sports arena. But as another NHL season kicks off, I’m […]

¶ Posted 12 October 2016 § Canada § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, hockey, saskatchewan

Sights & Sounds from the New #MosaicStadium Test Game #yqr

Here’s a follow-up to yesterday’s post about the new Mosaic Stadium with some video footage of the day from CJME NewsTalk 980…

¶ Posted 02 October 2016 § Saskatchewan § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, food, saskatchewan

“Liminal” by Rodney Mullen, Inventor of the “Ollie” Trick That Most Skateboarding Tricks Are Based On

Pace is getting into skateboarding which means that I’m getting into skateboarding. 😉 But I came across this article and video recently and did want to share because it’s *very* cool – the guy who invented “the ollie” (flat ground version) on which most modern skateboarding tricks are based who is now 49 years old […]

¶ Posted 04 September 2016 § Family § Meme § Pace § PopCulture § Technology § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, sports

Comparing The Top NHL Players Across All Eras

A Redditor spent the summer creating a massive spreadsheet to assist in comparing the NHL’s best players across the decades. He goes into incredible detail about his methodology in his post and for the most part, it’s solid although some people point out that a team like the 1980 Oilers actually get punished for their success […]

¶ Posted 28 August 2016 § MemoryLane § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, hockey

This Is Not A Column About Ryan Lochte

Although the disgraced Olympic swimmer makes a good ink blot for society. For some, the 12-time Olympic medalist and his teammates epitomize the height of white privilege, while for others this whole mess is just a couple of kids getting a bit too drunk and bit too rambunctious one night in Rio de Janeiro.

¶ Posted 24 August 2016 § News § Politics § PopCulture § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, history

Flipping Out at Get Air Trampoline Park in #yqr

My son not only did all the stunts in this video but stitched them together in iMovie. He’s going to be the world’s first combination stuntman/film editor! 😉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G19bCFKidRM

¶ Posted 17 August 2016 § Family § Jobs § Pace § PopCulture § Saskatchewan § Technology § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, saskatchewan

Music Monday – “I can’t sleep tonight/Everybody saying everything’s alright/Still I can’t close my eyes/I’m seeing a tunnel at the end of all these lights”

This is a very fitting song for the United Kingdom in a week that saw the population unexpectedly vote to leave the European Union via a very narrow margin in the “Brexit” referendum and then another upset as England is knocked out of the Euro Football Championships by Iceland of all places (cue jokes about England not being […]