To my friend, Captain Chris Maclean. To my cousin, Leading Seaman Rob Robley:
Thank you for your service to our country. You have chosen to shoulder the mantle of responsibility that most of us have avoided.
I remember the fallen, but I think it is important to praise you who serve now.
Thank you.
This one's for you Chris.
Saturday, November 10, 2007
We Will Always Adore Her, Our Old Alma Mater
I have to admit that Morris Dalla Costa got it right:
"No one can really put a finger on the moment the team of desperation became the team of destiny.
No one really cares.
All anyone really cares about is the end result.
Tomorrow, the Western Mustangs are striving to bring something back to London that a month ago would have been as improbable as finding the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow or capturing a leprechaun and forcing him to give up his treasure.
The Mustangs can bring home the Yates Cup, the Ontario university football championship.
How many would have thought that was possible when the Mustangs were 0-4?
This is going to be a Yates Cup like no other in recent memory. Remarkable is the word that springs to mind.
The Mustangs have played their part. It's remarkable they've survived six sudden-death games to get here.
It's remarkable the Guelph Gryphons are here. They finished just one spot ahead of the Mustangs in the regular season. Before the season began, they were given even less of a chance to win a Yates Cup than Western.
Usually the Yates Cup game features at least one of the top four teams in Ontario. None made it.
...
New head coach Greg Marshall arrived with much fanfare. Great expectations were heaped on a team that over the previous few years had not played all that well. The Mustangs lost their first four and while they weren't blown away, the mistakes they were making were the kind made by bad teams, not unlucky teams.
...
Many teams would have shut it down. They would have accepted their fate and gotten ready for next year.
...
Kudos to the coaching staff. No matter what happens tomorrow in Guelph, the coaches have earned their stripes. They've made adjustments, changed systems, attempted to fit square pieces of the puzzle in round holes and were successful doing it.
...
Even though the defence will ultimately decide the team's fate, the offence is better-prepared to win.
They have the ability to control the ball and keep it out of Gryphon quarterback Justin Dunk's hands.
..."
In a tight game, marred by dumb (or questionable) penalties by Guelph, Western's veterans executed when it counted most and won their first Yates Cup since 1998.
Western now has the honour of being crushed by Manitoba. I am purple and proud, but watching the Hardy Cup made me fear for my alma mater. And with McAuley, Clayton, and a few other starters hurting or out (I would tell you their names, but the coverage is piss poor and I failed to take notes during the game, thinking that reporters would do that for me), I am not optimistic about their chances in the Mitchell Bowl. For a full report on the game, go to the CIAU website. But I am guessing you don't give a rat's ass. Which is perfectly fine by me. It's just a game. Until you lose.
"No one can really put a finger on the moment the team of desperation became the team of destiny.
No one really cares.
All anyone really cares about is the end result.
Tomorrow, the Western Mustangs are striving to bring something back to London that a month ago would have been as improbable as finding the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow or capturing a leprechaun and forcing him to give up his treasure.
The Mustangs can bring home the Yates Cup, the Ontario university football championship.
How many would have thought that was possible when the Mustangs were 0-4?
This is going to be a Yates Cup like no other in recent memory. Remarkable is the word that springs to mind.
The Mustangs have played their part. It's remarkable they've survived six sudden-death games to get here.
It's remarkable the Guelph Gryphons are here. They finished just one spot ahead of the Mustangs in the regular season. Before the season began, they were given even less of a chance to win a Yates Cup than Western.
Usually the Yates Cup game features at least one of the top four teams in Ontario. None made it.
...
New head coach Greg Marshall arrived with much fanfare. Great expectations were heaped on a team that over the previous few years had not played all that well. The Mustangs lost their first four and while they weren't blown away, the mistakes they were making were the kind made by bad teams, not unlucky teams.
...
Many teams would have shut it down. They would have accepted their fate and gotten ready for next year.
...
Kudos to the coaching staff. No matter what happens tomorrow in Guelph, the coaches have earned their stripes. They've made adjustments, changed systems, attempted to fit square pieces of the puzzle in round holes and were successful doing it.
...
Even though the defence will ultimately decide the team's fate, the offence is better-prepared to win.
They have the ability to control the ball and keep it out of Gryphon quarterback Justin Dunk's hands.
..."
In a tight game, marred by dumb (or questionable) penalties by Guelph, Western's veterans executed when it counted most and won their first Yates Cup since 1998.
Western now has the honour of being crushed by Manitoba. I am purple and proud, but watching the Hardy Cup made me fear for my alma mater. And with McAuley, Clayton, and a few other starters hurting or out (I would tell you their names, but the coverage is piss poor and I failed to take notes during the game, thinking that reporters would do that for me), I am not optimistic about their chances in the Mitchell Bowl. For a full report on the game, go to the CIAU website. But I am guessing you don't give a rat's ass. Which is perfectly fine by me. It's just a game. Until you lose.
Thursday, November 08, 2007
Diet Coke Please, I'm On A Diet
From The Sydney Morning Herald:
Disneyland in California has announced it will close its most popular ride, It's A Small World, for renovations due to increased wear and tear caused by super-sized riders. The ride features small boats that wend their way along canals while small robots sing in several languages. But since the ride opened in 1964 the average American has become 11 kilograms heavier, and now the boats in the ride are scraping the bottom and stopping midstream, causing extensive delays.
Disneyland in California has announced it will close its most popular ride, It's A Small World, for renovations due to increased wear and tear caused by super-sized riders. The ride features small boats that wend their way along canals while small robots sing in several languages. But since the ride opened in 1964 the average American has become 11 kilograms heavier, and now the boats in the ride are scraping the bottom and stopping midstream, causing extensive delays.
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