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Hockey Night in Canada’s Gord Downie Tribute

The Hip were closely linked to hockey so it’s only fitting that HNIC has a tribute that focuses on that aspect of their impact on Canada…

¶ Posted 22 October 2017 § Canada § MemoryLane § News § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: hockey, television

Alex Ovechkin On Pace for 287 Goals, 0 Assists This Season

After a hat trick in his first game and four goals in his second game (two hat tricks in the first two games hasn’t been done in the NHL for 100 years!)… …Alexander Ovechkin is on pace to score 287 goals this season. (I hope I’ve got him in my hockey pool!)

¶ Posted 08 October 2017 § Canada ‡ Comments (0) °

The NHL Season Begins Tonight! (Moves Like Jagr)

He wasn’t in the lineup for the Flames opening night loss to the Oilers (well, to Connor McDavid who had a hat trick in a 3-0 victory). But I’m pretty excited to see Jaromir Jagr in a Flames jersey! Watch this first if you don’t know why I’m excited… Then watch this to have a […]

¶ Posted 04 October 2017 § Canada § Humour ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: economics, hockey

Trump Loves NASCAR

¶ Posted 26 September 2017 § Humour § Meme § News § Politics § PopCulture § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: language, unitedstates

Trump On Protesters

Trump supporters on protests (and what’s offensive)…

¶ Posted 24 September 2017 § Humour § Meme § News § Photo § Politics § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: history, unitedstates

Saturday Snap – Ramping Up The Friendships

Pace set up a bike ramp in front of our campsite and suddenly six kids showed up to ride on it with him (I managed to catch four of them in this photo.)

¶ Posted 22 July 2017 § Family § Pace § Photo § Saskatchewan § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: camping, holiday

Why Pro Wrestling Is A Perfect Metaphor For Trump’s Presidency (And Ten Things Donald Trump Learned From ‘rasslin)

Trump continues to do things that no President has ever done before. As a lifelong fan of wrestling, I agree with much of what this commentator says (and have said it myself as well – scroll down to “American Idol” in this post from right after he won the Presidency.) Basically, in my view, Trump is […]

¶ Posted 02 July 2017 § List § News § Politics § United States § Wisdom § Wrestling ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, television

End of Year Track Meet

One of the things that seems like a downside of my current job at a branch is that I have to do some evening and weekend work. But sometimes that turns out to be an advantage. Because I worked this past weekend, I had Monday and Tuesday off. And so I was able to go […]

¶ Posted 27 June 2017 § Family § Humour § Pace § Photo § Sasha § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, health

Saturday Snap – The Exact Opposite of Us Pulling an rPod With A Minivan?

Pulling a giant fifth wheel RV with a semi – something I’ve never seen before! The family happened to be around when I snapped this pic so I stopped and chatted for a minute – the dad said they had their big rig to pull a semi trailer that had been customized as living quarters […]

¶ Posted 24 June 2017 § Humour § Photo § SaturdaySnap § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: camping, travel

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Sk8r Boi (April 2012)

Pace is really into skateboarding now so it was interesting to come across this picture from when he was five which is probably the first time he ever tried out a skateboard. This was taken in the backyard of one of Shea’s friends whose husband is also really into skateboarding and other extreme sports.