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Saturday Snap – Hanging Around at Final Parkour Class

Pace had his final parkour class for this session last Wednesday. Just another day hanging from the rafters…

¶ Posted 28 October 2017 § Pace § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: sports

Vegas Golden Knights Inexplicably Just Keep Winning

Although they had a better lot than previous expansion teams, no one would’ve predicted it at the start of the season. But after not quite a month of NHL hockey, the league’s latest expansion team, The Vegas Golden Knights, have the highest winning percentage in the league. It’s probably not sustainable but then again, nobody thought […]

¶ Posted 25 October 2017 § Canada ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: economics, hockey

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 […]