RHCP Edmonton!

As seen on the official RHCP forum at http://forums.redhotchilipeppers.com/index.php?topic=55106.0

Who was there? I had amazing seats. Row nine seat 8.  Lost of singing, dancing, fist pumping, devil's horns, all the big ones, all the classics and a few extras. May have lost my Alberta World Juniors hat.  The Oil Kings Jersey was a nice touch. Buddy thinks he caught Kleidis lip synching! I don't remember for sure though... anyone else?

RHCP concert in Edmonton changed my life! Welcome to Canada boys, stay a while and come back soon! That was the best!

WHY I'M A HEAT FAN

Originally posted to the official Miami Heat forum http://fans.heat.nba.com/community/index.php?/topic/16471-why-im-a-heat-fan/

I'd always hated on basketball, mainly because it's not hockey. Sure, it's fun to play a game of pickup once in a while or shoot 21, but what a wimpy sport, c'mon. Why can't you lay a body check? Where's the slapshots, the goalies? Did I mention the "inventor" of basketball Naismith was Canadian? That's all I knew about the sport. 

Had only ever watched one game live, back when the Vancouver Grizzlies were around. It was just "okay".

Fast forward 15 years, it's 2010. Chris Bosh going to Miami. Okay I've heard of him, he played with the Raptors, right? And what's with this Lebron James character. That name sounds familiar. I guess he's supposed to be pretty good.

So me and my old man happened to be planning a trip to Miami, and decided to catch a Heat game instead of a Florida Panthers hockey game, which would have been our default.  "Dad, I can go watch an Edmonton Oilers game any time I want. Let's try something new."  

So we picked up a pair of tickets in "uptown".  I was fairly impressed with this Lebron's play. 

"Lot's of people have Wade jerseys, who is he?" 

"I dunno, maybe they drafted him?" 

LITTLE DID I KNOW! Never watched another game again that year on TV or live.  Fast forward another year. I'm in Florida again for my holidays. And towards the end I'm looking for stuff to do. There happens to be a three game home-stand.  Okay I'll get tickets.  Went to three games. Haven't missed a SINGLE Heat game since then, in January '12. 

I love the game now. It's still new to me. I've learned so much from watching it, and even applied it to playing defence in hockey! (i'm not the first- it was the USSR hockey teams who first started running picks that they stole from watching B-Ball, so the legend says).  

I love watching a big guy like bosh with his gangly arms having such fancy footwork. It just amazes me. Lebron is one of the most impressive all round athletes out there Imagine if he'd have been a hockey player. Who knows!  Wade is just a beauty to watch too! Then I got to know all the other players too. 

I'll always be a Heat fan. Love the city, love the team, the arena, THE WEATHER, THE BEACH. Even if they are last place every year I'll still be a HEAT fan for life! Even though I'm a hockey fan at heart (nothing beats skating, around with a club in your hand to bash people), the Miami Heat are my favourite pro sports team of all time.

To all you locals, do yourselves a favour and go check out a Panthers game sometime. You may discover a new passion. I've met several "converts" at Panthers games.

Team Canada fan for life since '81

Hockey Fan for life since '81

Basketball fan since '12

HEAT FOR LIFE since '12

Watching the TSN highlights, with interviews from some of the Canadian medal hopefuls. The girls are so nervous and excited, for some of them it's their first show on the world stage of Women's Hockey. But Hayley Wickenheiser (@wick22) stands tall among them.  A spiritual and physical leader and mentor, Hayley can all but hold back her own excitement to play in one of the most high profile tournaments in Women's Hockey this decade!

And what could be taken from the tone that was set by the interviewed players? Only that our talent pool is so deep, and that the youth, excitement, energy and leadership are quite apparent in this years crop of Canadians.

This writer will most certainly induce that a 10th gold medal will be won in Virginia. The birthplace of hockey? The birthplace of a nation's pride. And our nation's hopes on the skills and work ethic of 20 women.

While were on the subject of hockey... hockey is life isn't it. The little dance of a game! Maybe play a quick game of floor hockey tomorrow at the Y! And all signed up and paid up for the summer league!

So looks like I advertise for dating services on my blog now... or is it that my blog is trying to sell me dating services? WTF

So Twitter is where it's at, it seems. Real basement Twitter star here now... just catching up on some  bBB-Ball here now. Watching a repeat of the Boston Celtics-Heat route... sometimes seems these boys are not all they were cracked up to be... but #letsgoheat for life!

Basketball, like any other sport is a war... notice the citation "Celtics-Heat" wars. But hockey, I miss hockey... I could be watching it right now, but seems i'm tripped out with the Heat right now. What a soap opera, a cinderalla story for some, an indellible hoax for others!

I love twitter now. Way more innovative and influential than Facebook.com

1st blog ever

Yeah so I'm at work right now. Really enjoying the sunny weather here 45 minutes south of Fort McMurray Alberta, by bus, although it's still a little cold for comfort.