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20th Anniversary

Image taken July 23, 2007
Originally uploaded by ‘Scratch’

It’s the 20th anniversary of Black Friday. July 31, 1987. 27 people lost their lives in Edmonton when an F3-F4 Tornado passed through the eastern edge of the city.
Luckily - the storm chose a path through a less populated rural and industrial area. […]

I’m gonna be a big boy soon!

Photo by Daddy.

Short post, real simple. We’re crawling. It’s cool.

Out the window

Out the window
Originally uploaded by ‘Scratch’
Storms amaze me. A smoking hot day followed by a cold front almost guarantees fireworks. Yesterday was a HOT day. The fireworks were beyond our expectations.
The slow moving (50km/h) storm spewed lightning for almost 2 hours, with thousands of bolts through the clouds and hundreds […]

Big bag of stupid

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Originally uploaded by ‘Scratch’

Yep. I’m a 74% water filled bag of Dumbass.
Those who have seen me recently are aware of my escapades with rusted steel - but many of you - particularly those at great distances have not yet been exposed to my […]

Why I get out of bed…

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Originally uploaded by ‘Scratch’

Why do I get out of bed? To make sure this monster has the things he needs to be happy, healthy, and challenged every day.
I get out of bed to check on him and every day I wonder how we could […]

Your contributions will be remembered.

July 4th, 2007 Canada suffered the loss of 6 comrades.  Those who have died in the service of our country, and the ideals that make us who we are should be celebrated, and remembered.
Cdn. Casualties In Afghanistan
2007
July 4: Capt. Matthew Dawe, Cpl. Jordan Anderson, Pte. Lane Watkins and Pte. Cole Bartsch of the 3rd Battalion, […]

All that really matters…

Yes… there was a post here… but the internet farted and it’s now gone… sorry.

Canada Day Fun!

This was Ben’s first Canada Day, and I have to say, as far as days go, it was pretty darn near perfect.
We first got up a little late had breakfast, played, all our usual morning stuff. Then we packed up a small picnic lunch and went off for a day of geocaching. We […]