But…I’m Busy…Riiight
So we’ve all heard this line from friends/someone we’re interested in: I’d really like to do something this week but I’m just too busy… And then you hear that over and over again. Well, I call bullshit. Obviously. If someone…
Robert McLeod
It’s That Time of the Year…
When it’s -29 degrees outside…and -13 is a nice, warm day. When you eat far more than you should but you do it because you want to get a taste for everything (cranberry sauce, dressing, turkey, potatoes, peas, corn, beets,…
World Philosophy Day – Four philosophical questions to make you think
As the title alludes to, today is World Philosophy Day. For those of you who know me really well you’ll know that I like those questions that really make your brain hurt. The questions relating to the universe, the What…
John Thomas MacLeod. My grandfather.
This is a notice that was posted in the newspaper when my grandfather, John Thomas MacLeod’s plane was shot down during the 2nd World War: Could you imagine being a parent in the 1930’s with no internet and barely any…
Remembrance Day – Please Take a Moment
Tuesday, November 11 is Remembrance Day in Canada. In case you forget why we take 2 minutes of silence to remember those who have died, watch this video and read the lyrics. The video/song is called A Pittance of Time, by…
Flanders Fields – John McCrae
In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We…
Movember – Help Support a Great Cause!
For the month of November, I will be growing a mustache and raising money for a charity called Movember that promotes the awareness of prostate cancer. Some fast facts about prostate cancer: Every year around 24,700 Canadian men are diagnosed with…
Grains of Sand…Hourglass…Our Life
At the suggestion of a friend, I decided to write about sand. What about sand? Well, I decided to search the internet for some quotes that had a sand theme. Below are 4 of my favourites. They are from the…
Deborah Grace McLeod – October 1, 1955 – May 17, 2001
As I mentioned earlier, today would have been my mom’s 53rd birthday. She passed away 7.5 years ago from a heart attack. I still get messages from friends and family telling me how much they miss mom and how amazing…
Heart…or Head?
I find it interesting that when we follow our heart it can tend to contradict what our head is saying; and vice versa. How do we truly know what is right? I like to think that what our heart says…
Not So Clever Anymore
So my foray into answering some of the stupid questions got old fast. Like after a few days. I just wasn’t interested in answering them anymore and I doubt anyone actually read them. I sometimes wonder, like many do, how…
Snickers and Spare Change
As I normally do, I stopped off at the Shell before practice to grab some energy (i.e. a Snickers bar). Today was not like a normal day however. Oh no, I only had $1.50 in change. Well, I went to…
Who is Dan Rudy?
I have heard this question before and am always happy to answer it. Dan Rudy, or Daniel “Rudy” Ruettiger, was the inspiration for the true life motivational movie, Rudy. It is my favourite movie by far and the movie itself…
Series: More Stupid Questions
Q: Do cemetery workers prefer the graveyard shift? A: They do because at night the temperature is cooler than during the day and it’s less strenuous to work. Q: How come I can pick my ears but not my nose?…
Stupid Questions – Things That Make You Go “hmmm”
I’ve decided to start a series of sorts. Kimmie and I stumbled upon a sweet website called, as the title suggests, “Stupid Questions – Things That Make You Go “hmmm””. After reading quite a few of them back and forth,…
Ugh…My Head Hurts
Setting: A dark and messy room Lights down. Lights up. There is a bed in the middle of the room. The alarm clock has been beeping for an unknown length of time. Clothes are scattered on the floor. A glass…
Freedom
What does freedom mean? Does it relate more to the political definition: “the absence of interference with the sovereignty of an individual by the use of coercion or aggression” Or the philosophical argument: “the idea of being free, is a…
Source of Motivation
I wrote this on my blackberry and sent it to myself while I was at the Tom Petty concert a few weeks ago. I was watching the fans in the floor seats as they watched the show and had some…
Thought On My Mind…Follow Your Heart
So a friend of mind had the following on her msn name: “What makes a man walk away from his mind?” It’s a lyric from the City and Colour song “What Makes a Man”. Since she said to me “Think…
Comedians
So I’ve been listening to a lot of comedy lately on XM and I started to write down the comic’s name when I heard someone really funny. Plus I already had some comedians that I like. So, I will update…
The Awakening
by Sonny Carroll A time comes in your life when you finally get it…when, in the midst of all your fears and insanity, you stop dead in your tracks and somewhere the voice inside your head cries out…ENOUGH! Enough fighting…
A Reminder of Why It Is
So last night, I got home from the Keg Christmas party a bit early. Sarah and Dean were having a great time with their crew and I had to work at 7:30 in the morning, so I busted out. When…
Extreme Respect for Our Military
So a strange thing happened this weekend… I was on a pub crawl for hallowe’en which consisted of 5 bars and many drinks. After the crawl, my buddy Dean and I, and his friend/colleague Tom (owner of the company that…
Favourite Songs
So I listen to a lot of music. I am a huge fan of a lot of different bands that span quite a few genres of music. I thought I’d make a list of my favourite songs. Why? Because it…
Passports Needed for Travel
Yea yeah, I’m sure there are many rants about passports and how it sucks we have to get them and how it sucks how long it takes to get them and how much they cost and yadda yadda yadda. But…
We Didn’t Start the Fire – Billy Joel
In case you haven’t heard this great song by Billy Joel, I recommend listening to it before reading the rest of this post…you can listen here: Just today, while listening to some Billy Joel, I was reintroduced to this great…
California Dreamin’
So in 2 weeks, we’re (Invictus) is headed to Santa Cruz, California for Labor Day Classic; probably the premiere frisbee tournament anywhere in the world (along with ECC). We’re competing against teams like Sockeye, Furious, Rhino, Bravo, Revolver, Jam and…
When You Feel Lost…Reach Waaay Down…Friendly Giant Style
Sometimes we reach a certain period in our lives in which we’ve forgotten our roots. The past few days have felt like such a period. Well don’t fear. I have rediscovered my true self. What is this true self that…
I Eat 33,000 Calories a Day
Dear God, I really thought that I had seen everything. Apparently not. Check this out: On this show, they featured 4 people who were morbidly obese. One guy consumed 36,000 calories in one day. More than a normal man should…
Amazing Trick Shot Using 4 Pool Tables
Check it out: Pool balls and dominoes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GA3ySz4el4&NR
Damn…He Jump High
Check out this dude from the Arizona Cardinals get some height. More specifically, he jumps 66″ with a 3 step start.
Chuck Norris…Ah Yes
Chuck Norris counted to infinity…twice. Chuck Norris speaks braille. I’m sure you’ve all heard great Chuck Norrisisms at some point. But, there’s nothing better than the man himself listing the top 10 Chuck Norris facts:
Google Blurring Sensitive Map Information
Check out this story from Slashdot: link here Apparently Google Maps is blurring out images of sensitive location, such as the 2 locations in the link above (one is a nuclear research facility on a university campus in the States, and…
Election Campaign Monies
So I’m going to keep this short, but here goes: Tonight on Anderson Cooper 360 on CNN, there was a report on the 2008 presidential campaign, and the reporter made a statement to the effect that in order for a…
90 Random Things About Me
1. What is your passion? Disc sports (ultimate frisbee, disc golf, dog disc and overalls) 2. What is your favourite beer: Alexander Keith’s IPA 3. What is your favourite scent? Lilac 4. What is your favourite movie: Rudy 5. Do…
Bob the Bobsledder
So a few months ago at one of our practices, Bob was telling us about this ID camp he went to at Olympic Park for potential lugers and bobsledders. Now, for those who don’t know Bob, think pure athlete. Sheena…
Wapooti 2006
Wapooti 2006 is less than a week away in Canmore, Alberta. We are returning as Sorrow, and as defending tournament champions. As you can see, we looked sweet last year – what will we look like this year? Well, this…