Category: Vancouver
There was a meeting on the weekend for players in the Longest Game of Hockey for CF. With the game less than 50 days away (Ack!), many of the details are starting to come together and the committee wanted to update us on them. I won’t bore you with all the mundane details, but I […]
There is a fundraiser pub night being held for the Longest Hockey Game for Cystic Fibrosis and you are invited! What’s In It For You? For the low, low price of only $20, you get: burger & fries a beer ticket for door prizes, including A FLAT SCREEN TV the warm fuzzy feeling of knowing […]
In keeping with my trending of stealing marathon-related blog posting titles from Dr. Dan, I’m writing this second Scotiabank Half Marathon-related posting. First of all, stuff I meant to write about in the previous posting, but forgot to mention – probably due to half marathon-induced delirium: Props to my co-worker Raj who ran her first […]
I’m taking a page out of the Dr. Dan book of blogging by titling this blog posting about my race using the best sign that I saw along the route. In addition to the sign that said, “Worst. Parade. Ever.” my favourite signs that I saw along the half marathon route today included: Your legs […]
Oh, but one more thing before I go to bed ((I was reminded that I wanted to blog about this because I noticed that I still had the Wikipedia article open in a tab in Chrome. And yes, I realize that I’m waaay late, as usual, talking about such things. Thank the FSM no one […]
I’m wary of saying too much, because, like Erika & Paul, I’m afraid of saying/doing/not doing anything that could be a jinx right now. Instead, here are some photos from the celebrations downtown after last night’s game: Here’s an overhead shot of downtown: And here’s the sound of the city after the goal: Also, Maxim […]
So, we all know that Boston Pizza has changed its name to Vancouver Pizza, the Boston Cream donut is now known as the Vancouver Cream donut and even the town of Boston Bar is going by the moniker Vancouver Bar. But I think this one takes the cake – a teacher who changed her name […]
Many years ago, I read about a study in which the researchers measured the heart rate ((And other cardiac measures.)) of recreational hockey players. And I’ve always thought it would be fun to do a similar study on hockey *fans*. Going through the first three rounds of the playoffs and the first two games of […]
Things are crazy awesome in this city right now. Cars are covered in Vancouver Canucks flags. Every second person you pass on the street is wearing a Canucks jersey. On game days, the energy across the city is palpable! It’s like the Olympics all over again! This is my lunch room at work: After every […]
Updated on May 30, 2011: Because there is now a YouTube video to embed. And I have new things to say. So the other day, Lisa Johnson ((Coincidentally, Lisa moderated the panel of science bloggers that I was on at Northern Voice. Note to self: weren’t you going to blog about that?)) from the CBC […]