Saturday, and the Vanier Cup has been awarded. With one point more than the opposition, a crucial kick was knocked down in the final few minutes. Keep the game close and in your favour, and the trophy will follow. Until next season…
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Let’s get it out of the way, quickly. This is a big day in university football. The Carabins beat the Bisons, in a reasonably close/balanced match. Entertaining, even if the Rouge et Or were conspicuously absent. On to part two of the afternoon, which didn’t make the TV scheduling cut. Thankfully, Twitter follows everything in the world (no matter how trivial), and the game between Mt.A and McMaster is almost over. The sacks against the Mt. A quarterback were enough that several twits pointed out that the team resides in Sackville. Enough.
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Another playoff round is underway, in Canadian university football. Laval whupped one of the lesser pretendants to the crown this afternoon, while another moved into the forecourt. Next week, things get serious.
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Oh, the things we imagine… watching the celebrations on the Hill, for Canada Day. On the news cutaway, a tornado warning for the area just to the north of the city. Me wondering where all those folk are going to hide, should a twister wander their way. Really wondering if the main Cheese would show any excitement, or his hair would ruffle in the breeze. Guess I’ll never know.
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Since this blog is part of my life record, let me add another detail. In response to my carefully worded letter from two mornings back, the HR director sent me a carefully worded letter thanking me for my long years of service and wishing me the best in my future. That’s how it works. My retirement is now a question of weeks and paperwork.
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What happens if you put some dedicated people together, and then task them with moving some stones. A lot of stones.
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Wow! An evening as a spectator, with lots of conflict going on. I’m not much of a TV sports fan, but sometimes you have to indulge.
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It’s over. The best poster I’ve spotted mentions that all-Canadian term ‘Double Double’. And now we can return to regularly scheduled broadcasts.
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Join me in a cheer for Island Gold! Ms Moyse and her teammate “drove ‘er”, at speeds approaching 130km around and up and down a serpentine, and the goal became golden. If only for one moment, the Olympics belong to the rest of us who share a love for place.
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Sorry, I don’t know that individual. My new phrase to respond to the cheering section at work, who lean into the cubicle to tell me how so and so just won a medal. Really. I haven’t paid attention to people falling down hills, or skating in circles, or any of the other “winter sports”. My attention is fixed on getting me through another winter, without injury. A gold medal for my effort would be fun, probably; I just don’t expect one.
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