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Saturday Snap – Trampoline Air

Here’s a few action shots of Pace at his trampoline class…

¶ Posted 19 March 2016 § Family § Pace § Photo § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) °

Friday Fun Link – Combat Juggling

This is pretty crazy…

¶ Posted 19 February 2016 § FridayFunLink § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool

Music Monday – “Buddy’s real talent was beating people up/His heart wasn’t in it but the crowd ate it up”

Following up on yesterday’s post, John Scott capped an amazing run that, if it was a movie script, would be rejected as too unbelievable – starting as a joke write-in candidate for the NHL all-star game, getting traded and demoted, his all-star berth in doubt, fighting back against the powers that be, both directly and with […]

¶ Posted 01 February 2016 § Canada § Family § Jobs § News § PopCulture ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: education, music

The Strange Saga of #JohnScott and the 2016 NHL #AllStarGame

People can stomp their feet and claim “it’s embarrassing to the league and the All-Star Game” all they want. But, the game features a Velveeta cheese fountain, celebrity coaches no one has heard of, and most importantly it’s an exhibition game. [Scott] has become the saviour of the All-Star Game, and legions of people have become […]

¶ Posted 31 January 2016 § Internet § Jobs § Meme § News § Wisdom ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: education, hockey

The 10 Most Unique Experiences In My Life

Shea and I have reached that point in our lives where we tend to buy most Christmas gifts for ourselves and then label them as if they were from each other. But we do usually try to get at least one original “surprise” gift as well – for example, this year I bought her some […]

¶ Posted 24 January 2016 § Baby § Family § Humour § Internet § List § MemoryLane § News § Sasha § Shea § Travel § UK § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, parents, travel

“This Is Awesome!” – 2015’s Best Wrestling Moves

¶ Posted 12 January 2016 § List § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: sports, wrestling

Bryan Trottier: A Letter To My Younger Self

This is a great article by one of my favourite NHL players of all-time on one of my two favourite teams – from the anecdotes about not just playing pond hockey in rural Saskatchewan but his dad clearing a beaver dam to make it happen to the leadership lessons of “Badger” Bob Johnson with his relentless […]

¶ Posted 24 November 2015 § Canada § Humour § Jobs § MemoryLane § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: hockey, orgdevl, saskatchewan

Awesome Parkour

Pace thought I should take a break from my election posts to share this awesome parkour video…

¶ Posted 09 October 2015 § Pace § Randomness § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, education, health, youtube

Stitching the Gimmick: A Short Documentary

The unsung behind-the-scenes people (music composers, video editors, etc.) help make pro wrestling what it is. Here is a documentary about a seamstress who makes some of the wrestlers’ elaborate costumes… Stitching The Gimmick | Documentary Short from Taylor Ellis on Vimeo.