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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! 😉

¶ 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 […]

¶ Posted 27 June 2016 § MusicMonday § News § Politics § PopCulture § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, history

Saturday Snap – ‘Rasslin

It’s good when I end up in a controlling position but I live in fear for when I let Pace up! 😉

¶ Posted 25 June 2016 § Family § Pace § Photo § SaturdaySnap § Wrestling ‡ Comments (0) °

Dollars Spent Per Hour of Entertainment

Too bad this site didn’t have a line for “library book/movie/CD”. 😉 (via)

¶ Posted 22 June 2016 § Infographic § Library § List § PopCulture § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) °

One Legged Former Wrestler, Zach Gowen, Kicks Ass on American Ninja Warrior

I remember watching Zach Gowen during his run in the WWE and being as impressed with his mental approach to life as his physical approach. He’s no longer in the WWE but he’s still showing how he can overcome obstacles using a combination of physical and mental toughness. Pretty amazing!

¶ Posted 15 June 2016 § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Randomness § United States § Video § Wrestling ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, health, sports, television, wrestling

Ricochet vs. Will Ospreay Full Match

This match from New Japan Pro Wrestling is getting a lot of attention, positive and negative. Some are saying the match’s focus on the gymnastics and “flippy shit” takes away from the suspension of disbelief at the heart of all pro wrestling matches. Others (including one of the match participants) are defending it as one […]

¶ Posted 31 May 2016 § Meme § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, wrestling

Happy 9th Birthday Pace!

Pace had his (real) birthday last Thursday on May 19 and it’s been a crazy, fun-filled weekend since then. (Speaking of “crazy, fun-filled weekends”, Shea and I live in dread of having a kid who has his birthday on May long weekend when he gets older!) 😉 On his actual birthday, we had a nice […]

¶ Posted 22 May 2016 § Family § Humour § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cute, holiday

Friday Fun Link – The Leicester Miracle

This is a great summary of the incredible season of underdog British football team, Leicester Foxes. Whether you follow international soccer or not, stories like this are what make sport so engaging.

¶ Posted 06 May 2016 § FridayFunLink § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, history

Family Hockey Pool Standings

The first round isn’t quite over but following up on my post about my Stanley Cup predictions from yesterday, I thought I’d post a screen grab of our family hockey pool standings. A few thoughts… Teams I “picked” currently hold 4/6 top positions. (There are a total of ~25-30 teams in the pool picked by various […]