I was browsing around Flickr today and found some pictures from our friends that are pretty neat.
Some of our Ultimate Frisbee team via Matt
And Chris and Sue were at our place this last weekend for the U2 concert and took some amazing pictures (I can’t believe the seats they got, well, not seats really at all!).
and more of our house and surroundings than we probably have 
YVR > SJC - kind of a zany concept but it works relatively well, not a great boxing movie but not too bad.
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This movie came well recommended to me and it was a good, strange and profanity laced comedy. The main character was profound, confusing and yet remarkably consistent and believable. Some good lines in there and a nice change of pace from an action movie loaded with action to this one which seems to try to avoid it at every turn.
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When a movie with a plot as benign as MLB drafting and trading using statistics instead of scouting intuition is this entertaining, you know they did something right. Great story that had both Heidi and I riveted to a sport that we really know and care very little about.
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MSP > YVR - Solid acting in this action-drama, decent story, pretty good fight scenes and sympathetic characters. All in all, nicely done.
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Ugh, this Christian movie was not worth watching. While it followed the plot of the Prodigal Son story closely, it seemed to lack all the great details that we had been learning about in the Prodigal God book study that we were going through. The acting was poor, most of the characters were poorly developed and the dialog was very local (to Texas) and didn't sound very natural to my Canadian ears.
0.3On Sunday I had the really challenging task of taping the football game and trying hard over the course of the night to not find out who had won the game. I did manage to get home without knowing the outcome so the game was very entertaining. To Montreal’s demise I was actually cheering for them in this one, which makes it seem as though the teams I cheer for don’t do so well.
First was
Hamilton who is my favorite team and therefore didn’t even make the playoffs
So, in the playoffs, I picked my next favorite team
Saskatchewan who promptly lost to MTL in the first round.
I didn’t really care who won from there but in the finals I was cheering for MTL because I wanted Tom and Rob to get another victory, sadly, I was shut down again. Crazy Edmonton coming out of nowhere – now, for the Huskies in the Vanier Cup on Sunday – that’ll be a good one!
Oh, and a mennoboy success story! The guy that we met from Sask at the football game from Quebec City (pictured in the nook of Sacha right arm – in green) is actually a friend of ours from Saskatoon’s brother – top that one!
My friend made me an intensely detailed map of TO for our visit there
Well, since the RoughRiders can’t get it done I’m so glad to see that my old college team, the Huskies, are making their way to the final again! It was a great semi-final game against the Rouge et Or and Heidi and I were happy to let our MTL friends know that our team beat theirs this time.
Heidi and I are getting ready to make our hard apple cider tomorrow – we have all of the ingredients that we need and equipment, just not the expertise! So, I’m scouring the net for really simple things to do so I don’t get in over my head – I think I’ve got it!
from http://www.sallys-place.com/beverages/beer/hard_cider.htm
Cidermaking is easy and fun. Here is a basic recipe for a Farmhouse Style cider (ingredients for five gallons):
5 gallons of fresh pressed sweet apple juice (known today as apple cider)
5 cups of sugar
1 package of Wyeast liquid lager brewers yeast (available at homebrew supply stores)Transfer the juice and sugar using a sanitized funnel or food grade plastic hose into a sanitized glass or stainless-steel container at room temperature. Allow the sugar to dissolve and then pitch the lager yeast and affix a fermentation lock atop the carboy. It will soon begin to bubble away releasing carbon dioxide as the yeast converts the sugars into alcohol. Allow the cider to ferment and mellow for at least two months before transferring it with your sanitized food grade hose into bottles, a keg, or any vessel you prefer. Then enjoy. Any homebrew supply shop can get you started with the proper advice and equipment.
DID YOU KNOW?
The average worker bee makes 1/12 of a teaspoon of honey in her lifetime.
Heidi and I were lucky enough to be able to attend the Sask vs. MTL playoff game this evening and were sorely disappointed to see Sask lose ugly. The three very bright spots of our otherwise dismal game were:
1) finding out that our friend, Sacha, was coincidentally sitting right behind us
2) getting a sympathy beer from the MTL fans when they were up 21-0 (mennonite dilemma!)
3) yelling at Rob Brown and actually getting his attention
Well, good times were had, maybe next year either my TiCats or the Roughriders will make it further…
Oh, and it was also pretty cool to meet a Sask fan about 6 rows back that also had gone to U of S and now teaches at a school in Quebec City! I love Saskatchewan!
This sucks so much but it looks like Arrested Development is still not hitting their stride with viewers and are therefore about to get re-canned. so unfortunate.
On the much brighter note, I hear that fellow mennoboy Chris is going to be coming to MTL for a U2 concert in about 2 weeks. We’re so excited to see those dudes again!
Oh, and Heidi and I are going to the Sask vs MTL football game on sunday to cheer on those roughriders! What fun news!
