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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…