Showing posts with label Hockey. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hockey. Show all posts

Thursday, May 31, 2007

The Final

I watched game 2 of the Stanley Cup final last night with some friends. It was a pretty uneventful game for the most part - the only goal came late in the third period. We had a good discussion on who we were cheering for though - Ottawa's the Canadian team so most of us thought our loyalty should lie there, but Anaheim is closer, and has more Canadian players, so we had a good arguement going on who should gain our loyalty.

It was a great night last night - one of those spectacular summer evenings that are best enjoyed on a patio and enjoying a beverage, so I guess we all won, no matter who won the hockey game.

Tuesday, May 08, 2007

From the Tuesday Files...

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I don't know who's worse - us Canadians, who feel the need to discuss hockey in the Parliament,(see my weekend rant) or the US Secret Service, who decided that a special Canadian quarter was some secret attempt at Canadian espionage.

The quarter has a red poppy on the front, in commemoration of veterans, and was Canada's first coin with colour on it. The "red" in the poppy was sealed in with a compound to keep the colour on. Apparently the Secret Service decided that the sealant was "nano-technology" and filed reports on what it might be used for.

I'm a little frustrated today - I ordered a new beadweaving book by Robin Atkins, and some thread that came highly recommended for the weaving. The thread showed up today, but the book (which is coming from Canada) has yet to appear. Hopefully soon! I still have two more pay-it-forwards to make, and I was thinking of incorporating some of the techniques from this book into one or both of them.

Wednesday, May 02, 2007

Far too Canadian...

I'm really curious what the rest of the world must think of Canada right now - tomorrow, the head of Hockey Canada and hockey officials are being summoned to parliament to defend the choice they made for captian of Canada's hockey team. Apparently the current captian made some remarks about French officials a few years back, which got some politicians upset, and so now the whole thing is being taken to parliament.

Mind you, in the last Olympics we let a guy play who'd killed a team-mate in a car accident, and allowed another player who'd just about ended an opponent's career with an illegal punch. But apparently we've run out of things to discuss in parliament, and so we're terribly worried about who's going to be in charge of the hockey team. And so tomorrow, Canada will discuss hockey in parliament.

Sigh....

Tuesday, April 24, 2007

Spring Exchange is Home....


I got word from Autumn that my spring exchange piece arrived! I really liked working on this one, and I hope she likes it as much as I do. The button in the centre is hand-made out of glass, and I realized it matched Vikki Clayton's Meadow thread when I made it. So.... a biscornu was made.

The comission I made for Belinda arrived and she's got a picture over on her blog. I forgot to take a picture before sending it off, but she's posted a picture on her blog. Belinda was also the recipient of my 3rd PIF, which I also forgot to take pictures of.

Our hockey team is out of the playoffs, and that's it for hockey here for another year. The series was only really remarkable for the slash that one of the goalies gave to another player in the closing minutes of game 5. He's their back-up goalie, and only plays when the other goalie isn't doing well or is hurt. I hear the team has some young talent coming up through the ranks, so I suspect that he'll be asked not to play nexr year.

Wednesday, April 11, 2007

It's Hockey Night In Canada

It's that time of year - spring playoff season! The Flames made it into the playoffs this year, and it's a big deal in town. The first game of the series starts tomorrow, and you can already feel the excitement in the air. Of course, I live across the street from the stadium, so sleep is somewhat at a premium this time of year, but it's all for a good cause.