UPDATE:The winner has been announced - thanks to all that entered!
It’s contest time again! This time you won’t have to stand on one foot, pat your head and rub your belly at the same time.

This is the no-linking required contest that couldn’t be more simple to enter (but I mean hey, if you want [...]

Quick mini weather rant since my umbrella post was so well received. What’s with people not turning on their lights when it’s dark and rainy out?

Man I’m glad I’m not a regular driver out on the roads otherwise this would irk me even more.
Now, the weather outside might be absolutely gross but [...]

Coming back from a long weekend and moving sluggishly due to turkey hangovers I’ve decided to bundle up a nice little packet of news for your Tuesday (that feels like a Monday) morning reading. But first, some hockey.
I know I’ve been obsessed with the Vancouver Giants lately but after attending two games in the [...]

Photo credit: Richard Eriksson on Flickr
I’ve been attending more Vancouver Giants games lately. More as in I used to go maybe once a season and now I’ve already been to two and will be going again on Monday.
I love my Vancouver Canucks, I am a born and raised Canucks fan (in case the blogs, [...]

It was quite the exciting night for hockey fans in Vancouver. The Memorial Cup Champions lifted the cup, raised 3 banners and Pat Quinn made an appearance at the Pacific Coliseum.
However it appeared that nothing was working right for the Giants organization off the ice tonight. The blimp ejected all of its prize packs [...]

Dave - the Canucks Outsider - was able to attend the hoopla and joyous festivities over at City Hall yesterday where Sam Sullivan proclaimed Tuesday May 29th “Vancouver Giants Day”. He was sure to record audio for his podcast and with his citizen journalism super skills, interviewed Giants players and owners and ex-coaches.

Topics include [...]

The Vancouver Giants won the Memorial Cup [wiki] this afternoon - it’s fantastic to have a championship hockey team in this city, not to belittle the efforts of the other(s) but man, does this ever feel great. Congratulations guys!
For the first time in franchise history, the Vancouver Giants can be claimed as the top team [...]

We went for a walk the other day and John said, “I miss this smell.” Ocean mist, damp technicolour trees, ribbons of smoke in the air from someone burning leaves in their yard… welcome to Fall.
Today, 24 Hours featured a couple pumpkin patches around Vancouver. I’m glad I made asked Jenny to write her Pumpkin [...]