04 Oct 08 CTV W5 report on Canadian National Sledge Hockey team - a lesson for Tristan and all junior hockey players

CTV W-5 (W-Five) had yet another most interesting piece on tonight. This episode was covering the Canadian National Sledge Hockey team at the Paralympics to try and defend their Gold medal title in sledge hockey after a stupendous win at the games in Torino – or Turin depending on which language you prefer.

Canadian National Sledge Hockey team goalie making a save

The team went on to win gold in the World Championship in Marlborough, MA as well as gold in the World Sledge Hockey Challenge held in Kelowna, BC.

It covers the usual locker room coaching and rallying the players, but it’s even more touching when you realize these people have to overcome both the physical and emotional demons that come with living with a serious disability and going on to practice a sport.
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29 Sep 08 Recovering from nasty cold / flu / throat infection after great weekend with kids & Oma

Well, those of you who are following my updates on Twitter will no doubt have noticed that it was a crappy end to a spectacular weekend with the boys; after celebrating Zachary and his 6 years, football, swimming, a trip for Zachary and Tristan with their stepfather to see the Alouettes pound Saskatoon (woohoo) …. the subsequent nasty phlegm and fever and restless sleep was a big downer.

Alas, c’est la vie. The irony is that I’m getting the work-sponsered flu vaccine once again this year in just 7 days.

oh, and a date for my vascular surgery!

Woohoo! ZachaWii !

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15 Aug 08 Tristan (and black jerseys) win the St-Basile-le-Grand U8 soccer semi-final game! Bravo!

Tristan (with his black jersey teammates) won the St-Basile-le-Grand soccer U8 semi-finals!

Well it was perfect weather; sunny and about 22 Celsius… the field was pretty much dry and the two U8 teams were VERY closely matched with only one goal being scored by the black jerseys well into the 2nd half of the match. There was plenty of action at both ends of the field, both offensively and of course Tristan did a great job on defense.

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25 Jul 08 RIP Randy Pausch - Professor of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon was the smallest achievement…

RIP, Randy Pausch passed away today… this clip of his famous and inspiring last lecture (on dying) at CMU was actually a message to his kids and ultimately… a message for all of us: