Brodeur doing the Scorpion
This…is why I love this man.
Because he’s a magical silver
goaliescorpion who does not give a fuck about your wide open scoring chance. Or physical impossibilities. Those too.Hell, just the fact that he’s forty and can still fold himself in half like a twelve year old circus performer is enough to win my eternal respect.
Mad skills, Brodeur!
Meeting place on Flickr.
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Derweze, also known as the door to hell, is a 70 meter wide hole in the middle of the Karakum desert in Turkmenistan. The hole was formed in 1971 when a team of soviet geologists had their drilling rig collapse when they hit a cavern filled with natural gas. In an attempt to avoid poisonous discharge, they decided to burn it off, thinking that the gas would be depleted in only a few days. Derweze is still burning today
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“Chinese soldiers wonder why they are being inspected by a regional hardware store manager.”
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In his interview with CBC’s “The National” with Peter Mansbridge, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper expressed his concern regarding the push back on the Northern Gateway pipeline, stating that Canada was not a “giant national park” for the USA.
Here’s the thing about national parks— people typically don’t live there, and if they do, it’s in pre-approved areas like Banff or Jasper. In the case of the Northern Gateway pipeline, there are people who live there— indigenous people. It seems risky enough to try to force a pipeline through in an area where indigenous title to land hasn’t been settled; it also would seem reckless to put a pipeline through an ecologically sensitive area, the Great Bear Rainforest.
This leads me to wonder— is the only choice a “national park for Americans” or a “pipeline [and jobs] for Canadians”? Is there not some way that Canadians can have a) a pristine environment, b) respect for indigenous title, and c) jobs?
Just a thought.
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In a week filled with “Best of 2011” I feel the need to add my own list to the mix, for some reason. I’ll list the top 3 highlights, lowlights, and surprises (one personal, one Canadian, one International), as well as the top three of Arts and Culture.
Disclaimer: This list is 100% subjective, so I don’t care if you disagree; instead, make your own list and share it. :)
Highlights:
Lowlights
Surprises:
Films
Albums
Timber Timbre- Creep on Creepin’ On
TV Shows
Community- Remedial Chaos Theory
Parks and Recreation- Pawnee Rangers
Articles/Interviews
New York Tmes Three-Parter on Derek Boogaard
Kermit the Frog interviews by George Stroumboulopoulos and Jian Ghomeshi
Books
Chimps of the Fauna Sanctuary by Andrew Westoll
The Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Monkey Beach by Eden Robinson (not new, but too amazing to not have on this list)
Concerts/Performances
Vanderlyle Crybaby Geeks- The National/Bon Iver on was CBC’s Q
Calgary Folk Fest- Buffy Sainte-Marie: I was shocked to discover that she’s 70; she looks and acts younger*
Calgary Folk Fest- Balkan Beat Box: I had never heard of them before, but they were so energetic and fun*
*I couldn’t find any video of these performances :(
Until 2012…
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Don Cherry’s piano desk helps him emphasize his points; shame that Ron Maclean isn’t allow to use it. ;)
The space where my wanderings meet: physically, metaphysically, or electronically...
Obsession can be good
Classification of fractures (source: Merck Manual)
