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Track and Field Day

Managed to pop over to see a bit of Sasha’s year-end track and field meet during my lunch hour today.  My folks were in so they were also able to swing by then even got to give Sasha a ride home after. Great day!

Posted 30 May 2023 § Family § Photo § Sasha § Sports § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Biggest Challenge: “We’re a small city with a relatively big stadium.”

Yes.  This is quite the challenge we face here in our little prairie city that’s run by people who want to pretend we’re a much bigger city like Calgary or Edmonton or Winnipeg so they push to build giant state-of-the art arenas.  And ball stadiums.  And the best football stadium in the country while showing […]

Posted 16 May 2023 § MemoryLane § News § Politics § Sad § Saskatchewan § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Friday Fun Link – Top 10 Wrestlers Getting Others To Break Character

Posted 05 May 2023 § FridayFunLink § Humour § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Sports § Video § Wrestling ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Friday Fun Link – Stanley Cupple

Another Wordle variant, Cupple is one by the NHL where you try to guess a player by narrowing down various facts, stats and categories (division, position, nation, points, goals and Stanley Cup wins.) Requires a fairly encyclopedic knowledge of current NHL players which means that 10-year old Jason would likely blow nearly-50 year old Jason […]

Posted 03 June 2022 § FridayFunLink § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Friday Fun Link – The Role of the Crowd in Pro Wrestling

Love the way the crowd is an active participant in these two recent clips from AEW.  Even if you don’t know the wrestlers or the storylines and back story to these clips, you can’t help but feel the energy… CM Punk Debuts After Seven Years Away From Wrestling: Bryan Danielson Challenges Kenny Omega:

Posted 17 September 2021 § FridayFunLink § Jobs § PopCulture § Sports § Wrestling ‡ 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: ,

Friday Fun Link – Know Rivalry

Know Rivalry is a research project from an American university where you can enter your thoughts and impressions about whoever you feel your favourite sports team(s) greatest rivals are then see results from other fans of the same team *and* your rivals’ team to see if they feel the same way about your team.

Posted 14 May 2021 § FridayFunLink § Infographic § Internet § PopCulture § Sports ‡ Comments (2) ° Also tagged: ,

Happy 60th Birthday to Wayne Gretzky

Not a fan of his politics but the man is the best hockey player of all-time and probably the most accomplished athlete out of any major sport ever! Hard to believe he’s 60… We've got 60 facts for Wayne Gretzky's 60th birthday ?? Think you know everything about The Great One? @robpizzo begs to differ […]

Posted 26 January 2021 § Canada § Jobs § MemoryLane § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Saturday Snap – Sledding

Posted 28 November 2020 § Family § Pace § Photo § Sasha § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Saturday Snap – ElevateBoarding

At a time when people should be minimizing any activities that may result in a preventable trip to the hospital, Shea and I have mixed feelings about seeing Pace get his skateboard out now that spring seems to be here. Honestly, he’s pretty skilled and safe (notwithstanding how it looks due to the timely snap […]

Posted 28 March 2020 § Family § Humour § Pace § Photo § SaturdaySnap § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,