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Movember Update
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Here is a latest picture of the soup strainer, as Ned Flanders would call it. Any donations would be much appreciated - I'm being outdonated by my other team members!
http://ca.movember.com/mospace/903760
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12:03 PM
Movember
It is November and it has been deemed internationally that men are allowed to grow moustaches without the mean, base comments and wives/girlfriends are not allowed to tell you to shave it off.
Ahhh, Movember. I missed it last year. El Matador Gigante and I were at Stella's one afternoon partaking in some nourishment and we noticed the oddest thing. There were a heck of a lot of men walking around with moustaches... At first we were puzzled, at times impressed, with the aplomb that some of the men were carrying their moustaches around - some of them looked good, the bartender at Stella's had a pretty sweet one. We later realized it was November and the moustaches were the pink ribbons to bring awareness to prostate cancer.
Our ladies are probably more concerned about the prostate cancer than us - we're mostly happy that we can legitimately grow moustaches...no matter how pathetic or creepy looking they are! This is why I do it - to keep the ladies happy that I am taking care of my health!
Check me out at http://ca.movember.com/mospace/903760/ and if you feel inclined to give me a donation that would be awesome - should be tax deductible.
To my male friends out there, let's grow out the moustaches. If you need a donation to legitimize it, I'm willing to throw some money your way to get those naysayers off your back!! I appreciate El Matador Gigante's donation to my cause (Movember-wise and mortgage-wise..) - Jenn appreciates it too!
Friends: 99% of you can grow a moustache that kicks mine's ass! No excuses such as "But it's when I'm allowed to grow my winter beard! (waa waa waa)" (please use a whiny voice when you are reading that last bit - if you didn't go read it again). At the end of November I'm sure Dug will make a composite group picture of us all together with our fine fine 'staches (he has a lot of time on his hands).
Ahhh, Movember. I missed it last year. El Matador Gigante and I were at Stella's one afternoon partaking in some nourishment and we noticed the oddest thing. There were a heck of a lot of men walking around with moustaches... At first we were puzzled, at times impressed, with the aplomb that some of the men were carrying their moustaches around - some of them looked good, the bartender at Stella's had a pretty sweet one. We later realized it was November and the moustaches were the pink ribbons to bring awareness to prostate cancer.
Check me out at http://ca.movember.com/mospace/903760/ and if you feel inclined to give me a donation that would be awesome - should be tax deductible.
To my male friends out there, let's grow out the moustaches. If you need a donation to legitimize it, I'm willing to throw some money your way to get those naysayers off your back!! I appreciate El Matador Gigante's donation to my cause (Movember-wise and mortgage-wise..) - Jenn appreciates it too!
Friends: 99% of you can grow a moustache that kicks mine's ass! No excuses such as "But it's when I'm allowed to grow my winter beard! (waa waa waa)" (please use a whiny voice when you are reading that last bit - if you didn't go read it again). At the end of November I'm sure Dug will make a composite group picture of us all together with our fine fine 'staches (he has a lot of time on his hands).
10:53 PM
July 4th: They like their fireworks...
I am following up on my previous post, and that is regarding July 4th. I will say this: Americans certainly love their independence day. It is quite astounding to see the spectacle that is currently going on as I type. I did not walk down to the beach to watch the fireworks as the weather was looking rather suspect. So, I decided to see what I could from our living room window. I actually forgot about it until I heard this muted popping sound while I was reading. It didn't take long for me to then remember the 4th of July fireworks that must be occurring.
Now, when I looked out the window, I looked between the houses to the shores across the bay and saw many lights. At first I was not accustomed to what I was seeing - there are a lot of red lights slowly blinking on high towers to warn aircraft. But then I started to see the fireworks - they were going off EVERYWHERE. There were big, professional-looking ones further inland and another at the point on the other side of the bay, and there were what must have been personal fireworks that people had bought (they definitely are able to purchase way better fireworks than we do here in Canada) going off all along the shore across the bay too. No matter where I looked I could see fireworks exploding of various size and form. The personal bought ones were definitely way better than the bottle rockets we seem to always see on our side of the border. And, this went on for at least 45 minutes. Next time I'm going down with a video camera so that I have proof!
I do regret now not grabbing my headlamp and heading down to the beach to have an unobstructed 180+ degree view. I thought that I was over the whole fireworks thing. Michael and I got to watch fireworks every night that Stampede was on when we had our house in Calgary. We'd sit on our deck and watch the fireworks go off for half an hour. That's a lot of fireworks for the 4-5 years we lived in that house...
I wonder if anyone has calculated how much money is spent on fireworks in the USA for the 4th of July? It would be interesting to see. I bet that it is quite a significant amount. I guess it's better for them to spend it on that rather than make sure that everyone in their society is in good health...
Now, when I looked out the window, I looked between the houses to the shores across the bay and saw many lights. At first I was not accustomed to what I was seeing - there are a lot of red lights slowly blinking on high towers to warn aircraft. But then I started to see the fireworks - they were going off EVERYWHERE. There were big, professional-looking ones further inland and another at the point on the other side of the bay, and there were what must have been personal fireworks that people had bought (they definitely are able to purchase way better fireworks than we do here in Canada) going off all along the shore across the bay too. No matter where I looked I could see fireworks exploding of various size and form. The personal bought ones were definitely way better than the bottle rockets we seem to always see on our side of the border. And, this went on for at least 45 minutes. Next time I'm going down with a video camera so that I have proof!
I do regret now not grabbing my headlamp and heading down to the beach to have an unobstructed 180+ degree view. I thought that I was over the whole fireworks thing. Michael and I got to watch fireworks every night that Stampede was on when we had our house in Calgary. We'd sit on our deck and watch the fireworks go off for half an hour. That's a lot of fireworks for the 4-5 years we lived in that house...
I wonder if anyone has calculated how much money is spent on fireworks in the USA for the 4th of July? It would be interesting to see. I bet that it is quite a significant amount. I guess it's better for them to spend it on that rather than make sure that everyone in their society is in good health...
9:03 AM
For the Lethbridgians... Lethbridgites... LOMAHians!
I see that the Stanley Cup had made it's way to Lethbridge. Just thought I'd share a video where the Lethbridge Bridge is in the background, including some sort of shiny, silver wagon wheel - what's that about?? The good parts are at the very end.
And even though none of the Staal brothers won the cup it's still going to make it to T-Bay!
12:00 AM
Canada Day & July 4th
We had Janet, Afra & El Matador Gigante over for dinner on Canada Day. El M. Gigante had the idea to have seared ahi tuna. So we bought some big yellowfin tuna steaks, encrusted them with Montreal steak spice and threw them on a very hot BBQ. Unfortunately our goal of a rare tuna steak was not achieved as we followed the instructions we read on various recipes instead of trusting what we saw. Oh well, there's always next time (mind you, ahi tuna is quite expensive...). Either way, we had mostly medium-rare to medium steaks and they were fantastic. We are looking forward to the next time when they will be rare...Mmmmmm.
After dinner we walked down to the beach to go see the fireworks. The town of White Rock was firing them off of the pier or close by over Semiahmoo Bay. We did not go to the pier but down a set of stairs that are about 2 blocks away from our place. We wandered a little ways down the beach (distancing ourselves from the teens) and found a nice driftwood log to watch the fireworks. The fireworks went on for quite a long time, but they weren't very well timed. It was pretty much one firework at a time with a few fired at once for the finale, which didn't last long. They could have shortened the length of the show to have created a greater spectacle as opposed to drawn out one. It ended up that we were quite a distance away since the light-sound difference was quite large.
White Rock is right on the border and we can see Blaine, WA across the Bay. (Michael and I went to Blaine to pick up a trailer for him and that took 15 mins, not including the border wait) Blaine also has the fireworks over the Bay so I think I'll wander down to the beach and take a look those. Jenn says that the people have said they are better than the White Rock fireworks. I'm not sure if Gigante will come over as it is on Sunday and he works the next day - it would make it a late night for him.
After dinner we walked down to the beach to go see the fireworks. The town of White Rock was firing them off of the pier or close by over Semiahmoo Bay. We did not go to the pier but down a set of stairs that are about 2 blocks away from our place. We wandered a little ways down the beach (distancing ourselves from the teens) and found a nice driftwood log to watch the fireworks. The fireworks went on for quite a long time, but they weren't very well timed. It was pretty much one firework at a time with a few fired at once for the finale, which didn't last long. They could have shortened the length of the show to have created a greater spectacle as opposed to drawn out one. It ended up that we were quite a distance away since the light-sound difference was quite large.
White Rock is right on the border and we can see Blaine, WA across the Bay. (Michael and I went to Blaine to pick up a trailer for him and that took 15 mins, not including the border wait) Blaine also has the fireworks over the Bay so I think I'll wander down to the beach and take a look those. Jenn says that the people have said they are better than the White Rock fireworks. I'm not sure if Gigante will come over as it is on Sunday and he works the next day - it would make it a late night for him.
8:53 PM
The New White Meat
I'm sure that many of you have heard this already but it is just so darn funny...
You MUST listen to it - it's about 5 mins or so. Give it a listen. Go to 16:30 in this CBC podcast: http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/asithappens_20100622_34329.mp3
(For those of you who have read my blog before, well, Think Geek also sells the Tauntaun sleeping bag...)
Mmmmmm, sparkly meat...
You MUST listen to it - it's about 5 mins or so. Give it a listen. Go to 16:30 in this CBC podcast: http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/asithappens_20100622_34329.mp3
(For those of you who have read my blog before, well, Think Geek also sells the Tauntaun sleeping bag...)
Mmmmmm, sparkly meat...
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