Sometimes I get messages from people who think I’m Gary Roberts the hockey player. Today I got one from a coach for the Pittsburgh Penguins! See screenshot:
Category Archive: Humour
Jan 01 2012
The Bubbly Virgin
Last night, New Year’s Eve, sitting at the bar in our local pub with a friend and the bartender… “Get a good grip. That’s it.” “Like this?” “Yeah, now move it gently. Gently! That’s it, keep going. Pull it slowly.” “I hope I’m doing this right.” “Mm, you got it. Nice. I can see it coming. The trick is not to make …
Dec 16 2011
Kids sometimes get bad presents
When my little nephew Robert was around 5 or 6 years old, he told me to buy him a toy truck for Christmas. He had a specific truck in mind and even told me where I could buy it. I remember telling him that when we were kids my family didn’t have much money and that our …
Dec 10 2011
Skating at the Harbourfront
For the record, I am not a good skater. I’m actually pretty crap at it, but I will give it a try every now and then. Today El Franco went down to the lake shore’s Harbourfront Centre Natrel Rink for a practice session—he’s taking hockey lessons right now—and I tagged along for the ride, skates in hand. …
Dec 03 2011
You know you’re getting old when…
…a new Loblaws supermarket opens in the ‘hood and you can’t wait to get there with the rest of the keeners, to check it out. You start to feel there’s a party happening as you go up the escalator and you hear the sounds of an ‘opening day’ band playing on the second floor, right …
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I was born in England, spent part of my childhood in Zambia and eventually immigrated to Canada. This is a blog about the news and events in my life, my interests in politics, religion, human rights, science, reason, and the odd post here and there about my cats.
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