Why I love the CFL
Recently I’ve had a number of conversations on twitter and out in the real world about the CFL and how it’s seen to be bush league or second tier. First off...
Cheerleader etiquitte
Okay this post is a week overdue. Sorry about that but I wanted to make sure I wasn’t overreacting to the situation. Last weekend I went to the opening game ...
Stupid Driver Tricks
I may not be the best driver in the world. Occasionally I speed. I have been known to get impatient with other drivers when they cut me off. I have also b...
The Good, the Bad, and the Argos
I’m not going to play armchair GM at 2 am the morning after a loss. Especially after a home game where I didn’t see all of the game because I was playing in...
Random thoughts on a CFL standard
I know a lot of CFL teams have at least one “football 101” day for women to learn about football. Today, as I was explaining some of the basics of the game ...
Sponsorship Questions
I’ve been invited to attend the She’s Connected Conference in Toronto in September. I’m really excited to go because I want to learn how to make my blog and...
Swimming with beavers
This post got eaten. I’m going to blame the beaver at the cottage. Maybe he’s shy and didn’t want the notoriety that being on my blog would bring. I’m not...
Bye Week
So it’s the bye week for my team the Toronto Argos - I’m going through withdrawal even though there were 2 very good teams playing football this week. The B...
Cottage
I love heading to the cottage. Not the drive but just the act of actively getting away from it all. It’s not that I don’t love life in Kitchener but I feel...
Only Children…
Some recent news articles have made me think about my status as an only child. My mum, asked me a few months ago whether I felt left out because I was an o...
Wordless wednesday - The train
Found in the lake 30 or more years after it was left on a beach
Venturing into Enemy Territory
Every fan of a CFL team needs to go on a road trip with their team at least once in their lifetime. It may not be feasible to go and see your team in every ...
Sexism and the CFL
Look, I’m not new here. I get that football is a male dominated sport and that some teams like Toronto and Hamilton have an amazing rivalry going. I get th...
Why I love the CFL
I am a football fan. I like pretty much any football - Canadian, American, college, junior, heck even midget and pee-wee. I love the strategy and tactics o...
Frustrations
In addition to his full-time job, dad runs a consulting business. I help out with IT and some other stuff as needed. One of these “as needed” things was to...
On injuries and life in the CFL
This has not been a good week for CFL players. Two of the nicest guys in the game have gone down with season-ending injuries. Fred Stamps of the Edmonton E...
Unfair
Life is unfair sometimes. I am an adult and I get that concept. What I don’t understand is why my friend Mishi is being dealt such a crap hand by the unive...
Let Me Introduce Myself.
So I’m super-inspired by all my blogging friends - I want to have a blog that people read and that makes them think twice about their preconceived notions - ...
Stupidity
Driving home from a meeting tonight I saw some shining examples of stupidity that prove that while Kitchener-Waterloo may be one of the most intelligent comm...
A question
Why do smoke alarm batteries always die and start chirping in the middle of the night? Mine started at 3:04 (or at least that’s when it woke me up). the ...
exhaustion
the past week has been exhausting both mentally and physically - how does my body choose to react to the stress? By making sure I get less than 5 hours of s...
Daddy’s Little Girl
I am my father’s daughter and I’m damn proud of it. My dad never shied away from teaching me about sports because of my gender, in fact it became something ...
on women and football
Okay this has been a few days in the writing. Earlier this week I had the unfortunate experience of being talked down to by a misogynist asshole. He told m...
on the loss of a friend
I lost a friend tonight. Not just a friend but an ally. She took her own life because she couldn’t see the light at the end of the tunnel. Now here’s where I...
Hello world!
I never thought I’d blog.. but sometimes I need to get my thoughts down in some sort of organized manner. This seemed worth a try. so welcome to my mind.