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Category Archives: Sports

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

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.

¶ Posted 15 September 2015 § Jobs § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: wrestling

Saturday Snap – Parkour Lesson @FluxRegina #yqr

Pace went for a trial parkour lesson at Flux School of Human Movement today. Here’s a series of photos of one of the moves they learned – the Lache.

¶ Posted 05 September 2015 § Pace § Photo § Saskatchewan § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, health, sports

Saturday Snap – This Looked More Dangerous Than It Was…

Honest!

¶ Posted 29 August 2015 § Photo § Sasha § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) °

Friday Fun Link – Climbing Shelves in a Children’s Library

A Mexican public library uses shelving that doubles as climbing structures. I can hear the lawsuits coming from a mile away if a library tried to do this in Canada but personally I love the idea!

¶ Posted 21 August 2015 § FridayFunLink § Library § Photo § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cute, health, sports

Awesome Bike Jumps in Slow Motion

As mentioned in Sunday’s post about our recent camping highlights, here’s a video clip Pace basically compiled himself after I showed him the basics of using iMovie. This includes adding sound effects, visual effects, trimming some of the clips, duplicating others and more. If you happen to have a Google/YouTube account, feel free to “Like” […]