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Category Archives: Sports

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: ,

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 […]

Posted 27 April 2016 § Pace § Sasha ‡ Comments (0) °

My Stanley Cup Picks

I usually post this at the start of the playoffs but forgot to do so this year. But I did honestly make these picks before the playoff began – I’ve got a patron who I often chat about hockey with.  He asked who I was picking so this is what I told him… Bold is […]

Posted 26 April 2016 § Canada § List § United States ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: ,

Saturday Snap – Maybe At Assassin School Though?

I don’t think “Hiding in small places after class” is something he learned at parkour…  

Posted 09 April 2016 § Family § Pace § Photo § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) °

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:

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: ,

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: ,

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: , ,

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

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