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My Hockey Sh!t List

jarret — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 17:38:00 +0000

My Hockey Sh!t List Anyone who knows me knows that I'm one of those hockey junkies that needs it to live, like blood, or oxygen. I have some great loves in hockey and some all-time favorites; Gretzky will always be my favorite player ever. The Detroit Red Wings will always be my favorite team. I'm totally immersed in the return and rebirth of our own Winnipeg Jets. But, as I have some great favorites, I have some things in hockey that I depise with as much passion as the things I really love ...continue reading

GO JETS GO!

jarret — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 07:00:45 +0000

FINALLY.... I HAVE GONE BACK... TO AN NHL GAME! It's been 16 years since I've last seen a live, regular season NHL game. Sure, I went to one of the exhibition games when the Phoenix Coyotes played the Edmonton Oilers here in town a few years ago, but that was exhibition. Not since October 15, 1995, when the Detroit Red Wings came to down and played to a 5-5 OT draw had I seen a regular season game. Tonight, November 17th, 2011, that all changed. The Winnipeg Jets made their return to the ...continue reading

Changing My Tune

jarret — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 05:04:11 +0000

When it comes to sports, and especially hockey, I've always been pretty opinionated. I've followed the NHL as far back as I can possibly remember. I used to have hockey cards pinned up on the kitchen wall. I used to know the name of every player in the league, what team they played on, and their stats for the last several years. As a hockey fan, I've always been a Wayne Gretzky, Detroit Red Wings, and Edmonton Oilers fan. Maybe you've heard the buzz around Winnipeg lately, you might have figured ...continue reading

Me? On iTunes? You Bet!

jarret — Fri, 20 May 2011 05:43:47 +0000

Alright everyone, I need to make an announcement. *stands up and addresses the crowd* My name is Jarret, and I'm a pro wrestling fan. I have been for an awful long time. I watch wrestling on television. I've participated in fantasy wrestling federations where we role-play as wrestling characters and developed our own wrestling tv shows. I've been to many live professional wrestling events, and for a while, I wanted to BE a pro wrestler, and even started training to do just that. ...continue reading

Life In The Center of The Universe

jarret — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:50:05 +0000

Or, "Our Quick Excursion to Toronto". I used the phrase "Center of the Universe" to describe Toronto because that's the way most of us in the West of this great country feel about Toronto; they get everything, the government caters to them, we've been assaulted with FAR too many Maple Leaf games on CBC... everything in this country seems to revolve around Toronto, or at least, that's the way it feels sometimes. Didn't feel like that when we traveled there, though. Stephanie and I went to ...continue reading

Practice makes perfect…

jarret — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 07:51:00 +0000

Or in this case, a lot of practice makes you a bit better. Nah… just some fun video of my puppies (and Stephanie) navigating the agility course. Enjoy! ...continue reading

Here We Go Around…

jarret — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 03:13:00 +0000

Run, run around, yeah… Ah, good old Van Halen. But that’s not what I’m talking about today. I use the “around” word literally here. For those of you that know our dog, Kira, you know that she likes to run around in circles when she gets excited. You know, like she’s herding something. We long thought Kira had herding instinct in here. When she was younger, she used to circle around Cola in the backyard and lie down in the grass, waiting for her moment to spring forward. Or, she’d ...continue reading

Greatest Jerome Iginla Song EVAR

jarret — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 18:32:00 +0000

I was going to entitle this "The Greatest Thing Ever", but then I'd have to keep reusing that title as the next awesome thing I'd find on the internet would become the Greatest Thing Ever, and you, my faithful blog reader, deserve a little more variety in my post titles than that. Anyhoo... my buddy Ryan posted this on his Facebook, and this indeed rivals the Ukranian Katy Perry polka. I'm not the biggest Flames fan ever, but I DO like Jerome Iginla, which makes this video all the more ...continue reading

Dinner With The Great One

jarret — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 18:23:00 +0000

What's with me and misleading post titles lately? No, I didn't have dinner with The Rock - although that would be incredibly freaking cool. Nor did I actually have dinner with Wayne Gretzky - I'd probably faint before I ever even touched my fork - but it sure felt like I did when I got to go to Wayne Gretzky's restaurant (clicky) in Toronto last week while I was on course for work. All pictures can be clicked on for a bigger version. We roll up to the restuarant, and they have a tremendous sign ...continue reading

Not In The Cards

jarret — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 20:11:00 +0000

Subtitled: Nice Guys Sometimes DO Finish FirstWell, I guess it just wasn't meant to be. Our Oilers fell to the Hurricanes last night, and there went the Stanley Cup along with it.Buck up, boys. You were an 8th seeded team that took one of the best teams in the league to seven games. Come on back and do it all again next year.In my last post, I talked a little about traffic in Winnipeg. Today, let me talk about the assholes.So, I'm driving home yesterday, and I need to change lanes due to some heavy ...continue reading