Heading northwest from the Red Rocks in Waterton Lakes National Park is one of my friend’s favourite hikes. Chris has done this hike six times and will likely do it several more times. Our family sets out late morning on July 7 with Chris and Christie for a 7 km hike (with an elevation gain … [Read more…]
I was interested to see what rebuttals to such accusatory statements about Christianity like Christianity is against science Christianity supports slavery Hitler was a Christian Christianity is anti-intellectual Christianity resists progress Jesus never existed Christians are overly concerned about abortions There are ten chapters each addressing one of these lies. I personally did not take any issue … [Read more…]
2.5 months after running the Calgary Marathon, I decide to run the Victoria Marathon over Thanksgiving weekend in October. This gives me a mere 8 weeks to train, but since I was already somewhat conditioned from the spring I figure this won’t be an issue. I had 17 weeks to train for my first marathon … [Read more…]
Spruce Meadows is the premiere equestrian sport venue in Canada and it is just 30 minutes from where I live. If you saw Ian Miller compete on Big Ben in the 80s and 90s on TV, it was probably at Spruce Meadows. When Amber told me I had the morning to myself during my first … [Read more…]
Easily my best beer so far. I combined a couple Brew House IPA kits with a hop-hacked little 1 gallon grain Grapefruit IPA kit from Brooklyn BrewShop. I used 6 oz of cascade, columbus, and falconers flight hops at various stages of the boil of the wort (and kept a little for dry hopping). I … [Read more…]
My second foray into brewing happened back in December. I wanted to try the syrup kit rather than the slightly concentrated kits I tried the first time. I picked up 2 kits of Muntons: Bitter and Pale Ale (they were out of IPA). I picked up some amarillo, chinook, and cascade hops to add to … [Read more…]
June 20, eight Man Scouts from New Hope Church drove out to Silver Willow Sporting Club near Carstairs for an evening of shooting sporting clays with shotguns. Few things can compare to the sheer manliness of shooting a shotgun – maybe growing a beard? Anyway, we split into a couple teams and ran through the beginner/intermediate … [Read more…]
Yesterday I was able to assist the swearing in of 84 new Canadians under the supervision of Judge Lei here in Calgary. It was my first of such ceremonies, though I have heard from various people and radio stories that they are dramatic and moving, so I was prepared. Most notable however was the reason … [Read more…]
Ever since having finished my first marathon in May 2012, I have been longing to replicate the experience. It was one of the most exhilarating times of my life. So, in early February I casually mentioned to Heather, one of my housemates, that I should run the Calgary marathon on June 1st. She said if … [Read more…]
In January, my grade 12 math students wrote their diploma exam, a provincial requirement and a university placement helper. They did superbly! I have to brag a little since I had a class of 24 with wide ranging skills and because of a schoolwide scheduling change 15% less instructional time to deliver the course than … [Read more…]