Fascinating Fact #1…..Kyla Bremner, a woman wrestler competing for Australia in this year’s Beijing Olympics, is a native of my town, Powell River, BC. She’s on the Australian team because her mother is Australian. But make no mistake, she’s a Powell Riverite.
Fascinating Fact #2……I recently saw a documentary on Russian Czar Peter the Great. Peter [...]

Bill Bryson wrote a great book about growing up in the 1950’s, called The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid. I read it and realized he and I have a couple of things in common.
 
We both lived in towns with great main streets. We both wore Davy Crockett coonskin hats, we practiced our quick [...]

I miss the Expos.
 
I miss Warren Cromartie and Tim Raines and Tim Wallach and Steve Rogers.
 
During the 198o’s, I almost followed every pitch. The Expos were one of baseball’s best teams, and for a nice stretch during these times, they were always in the thick of it come September.
 
I listened to Dave Van Horne and [...]

Is it possible this could be a dream series after all?
Is it possible that one team, although badly outshot in the series, down three games to one, with one young star, Evgeny Malkin, asleep at the wheel, and the other young star, Sidney Crosby, not behaving like the new Wayne Gretzky, can now make this a real [...]