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“It Smells Like Piss Water and the Starch From Noodles Boiling”

So after a month or so of pretty heavy holiday season indulgence with a variety of delicious craft beers, I’ve switched to this delightful “dad beer” for the foreseeable future. Yum?

¶ Posted 16 January 2019 § Humour § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: food, holiday, xmas

10 Reasons Mexico Is Safer For Tourists Than You Think

One of the most common questions I hear when we tell people we’ve gone to Mexico multiple times over the years (and are going again this year) is, “Is it safe?” It seems there are daily news stories about drug cartels’ influence on the highest levels of government and horror stories of mass shootings with these […]

¶ Posted 15 January 2019 § Canada § List § News § Travel § Wisdom ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: allinclusive, economics, history, holiday, travel

Beer Me – Advent Beer Calendar Edition

Beer Me! is a YouTube series where a couple hipsters from BC drink half a dozen of a certain kind of beer (they claim in an hour) rating each on things like artwork, taste, reliability, etc. while getting progressively more wasted. (They also occasionally do a bottle of hard stuff.) There have been some funny […]

¶ Posted 09 January 2019 § Humour § MemoryLane § Video § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: holiday, xmas

The Mathematics of Weight Loss

More useful info for your new year…

¶ Posted 02 January 2019 § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: education, science

Five Books That Explain Why The World Is Fucked (Uhm, Happy New Year?!?)

Let’s start the New Year off right – with a list of Five Books That Explain Why The World Is Fucked. (via Reddit) (Happy New Year?!?)

¶ Posted 01 January 2019 § Humour § List § News § Politics § PopCulture § Sad § Technology § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: history, science, weather

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – “We Don’t Know Joy Without Experiencing Sadness” – Some Thoughts on a Tough Year

There’s no two ways about it – this has been one of the toughest years of our lives. Shea and I have dealt with a family member being diagnosed with, treated for, and living with all the fallout from a fairly serious form of cancer, numerous deaths of people who were connected to us – […]

¶ Posted 20 December 2018 § Family § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § Sasha § Shea § ThrowbackThursday § Work ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: parents

RIP Dynamite Kid

The Dynamite Kid is the reason I’m a wrestling fan. I was fortunate to grow up in Western Canada during the heyday of Stampede Wrestling and I remember coming across this strange “ring-a-ding-dong dandy” spectacle on the TV when I was 7 or 8 years old. Many of the wrestlers had interesting names and personas […]

¶ Posted 05 December 2018 § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Sad § Sports § Wrestling ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: alberta, television

“The reality is…my real name is Joe and I’ve been living with leukemia for eleven years. And unfortunately, it’s back.”

Pretty shocking development in the fake/real world of WWE, not only that top star Roman Reigns dropped his persona during the opening promo of RAW to announce he had leukemia, but also the revelation that he first battled leukemia *eleven years ago* and this wasn’t public knowledge and/or exploited by the WWE who have exploited pretty much everything […]