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Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Candy Cane Cast (November 2009)

Sometimes I forget how popular the online photo sharing site, Flickr used to be in the day (it was Instgram before Instagram, kids!) But the other day, someone “Favourited” this pic on the site and getting that notification reminded me how Flickr was my “go to” for looking at/sharing online photos for many years and […]

Posted 16 December 2021 § Humour § Internet § MemoryLane § Photo § Randomness § ThrowbackThursday § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Friday Fun Link – Flames’ Amazing Five Game Road Trip Win Record

A week ago, I was noting that the Flames’ first victory should be celebrated as I didn’t know how these chronic underachievers that I support would fare through the rest of the year. A week later, I (and many in Flames fandom) are stunned at an almost unprecedented road trip run…   Whether that level […]

Posted 29 October 2021 § FridayFunLink § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Friday Fun Link – Flames Win Their First Game of the Year

I feel like this is worth acknowledging…hopefully not because it’s a rarity this year!

Posted 22 October 2021 § FridayFunLink § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Friday Fun Link – Regina Company Releases Virtual Reality Hockey Game

My wife is really excited to know I’m going to be wearing something over my eyes while swinging a hockey stick around in our living room – welcome to the future! 😉  

Posted 15 October 2021 § FridayFunLink § Humour § Saskatchewan § Sports § Technology § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Flames vs. Oilers in Pre-Season Hockey

Hard to believe hockey’s starting up again…

Posted 26 September 2021 § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Calgary Flames Fans Debate Vaccine Requirements

This thread may be the biggest shit show in the history of CalgaryPuck, a Calgary Flames fan site/message board I’ve been reading since 2001. What starts as a discussion of the Jets announcing they’ll require proof of vaccination devolves as a series of antivaxxers keep popping up to make all sorts of logically and factually […]

Posted 24 August 2021 § Internet § MemoryLane § News § Politics § PopCulture § Technology § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , ,

It. Was. In.

Posted 07 July 2021 § MemoryLane § Sports § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Music Monday – “Walking through town is quite scary/It’s not very sensible either/A friend of a friend he got beaten/He looked the wrong way at a policeman”

This song has been going through my head all day for some reason.  (In completely unrelated news, Go Habs Go!)   “I Predict A Riot” – Kaiser Chiefs

Posted 05 July 2021 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Sports § UK § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Music Monday – “Whereas some of us weren’t always fair/To the Native kid on borrowed skates/Chippy Goolies and Ukrainians/In the corners with our elbows up”

Goolie was originally a derogatory term referring to people of Icelandic descent who settled in Manitoba. The derivation of the word remains a mystery. The most plausible origin I encountered while researching When Falcons Fly was that the first Icelandic settlers had thick Norse accents and pronounced the word “goalie” as “goolie.” Interestingly, the word […]

Posted 14 June 2021 § Internet § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Legends of Hockey: The New York Islanders

When I started following hockey as a young kid around the age seven or eight, the Islanders were the best team in the league. (Interestingly, I clearly remember friends who cheered for Boston, Toronto, Montreal, Chicago, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Philadephia but no one else seemed to have latched on to the Islanders which is another reason […]

Posted 09 June 2021 § MemoryLane § News § Saskatchewan § Sports § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: