Odds & Ends

Lin-Manuel Miranda

January 20, 2022

It’s hard to think of someone who had a better 2021 than Lin-Manuel Miranda! 2021 wasn’t his breakout year, it was the year he just seemed to do it all. Of course, we all know Miranda for being the genius behind the Broadway smash, Hamilton. Years ago Miranda was...

CM Punk

January 20, 2022

Professional Wrestling, Sports Entertainment, whatever you want to call it, coming into 2021 the industry has been pretty stagnant for some time in my opinion. World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) had been without any real competition for a significant period and the...

The Cast and Director of CODA

January 20, 2022

There were many great films at the Sundance Film Festival, heck there were many great films I saw in 2021 but the film that captured my heart was CODA. (Children of Deaf Adults.) The film takes place in Massachusetts where we meet a fishing family. Ruby (Emila Jones)...

Sasha Banks and Bianca Belair

January 18, 2022

Mercedes Justine Kaestner-Varmado and Bianca Blair Crawford made history on April 10, 2021. They may be known better by their in-ring names, Sasha Banks and Bianca Belair. The date was Wrestlemania 37. The annual WWE spectacular was back in front of a live audience...

2019 Summer Bucket List

June 17, 2019

I did this a few years ago and had 40 items and got through most of them. This year I am going with my favourite number......21. Here are the items I plan to get through between now and September 23. Buy a stranger a mealCook a dish I've never made beforeCrash a...

View From the 40 – QB Controversy in Ottawa?

June 3, 2019

View From the 40 – QB Controversy in Ottawa? We haven’t even started the season and their may be a QB controversy in Ottawa. Let’s discuss.Where can you find Witty?

Post 5: Goals

December 14, 2018

This journey is almost two weeks old and I think it’s time to lay out some goals. I am doing well in that I have lost weight and have seen a change in my dietary habits but where are we going? What does success look like? I need goals and I have three. I am going to...

Post 4: Progress Report – Going from a 26 to a 25

December 10, 2018

Happy Monday! Every now and then, I will have a progress report and today is one of those days. I weigh myself every day. My ‘actual weigh in day’ on Weight Watchers is Monday. Last week when I started I was 267 pounds (not something I talk about a lot but I don’t...

Post 3: Man City lost, but I didn’t.

December 8, 2018

I love sports and Manchester City is my favourite football (soccer) team. I adore this team and so far they have had a great season. Going into today they were undefeated in league play. Today they lost. I bring this up for a few reasons. First, I watched the game...

Post 2: Damn You Side Profile!!!!

December 7, 2018

Is there anything more unforgiving than a side profile? Sometimes I get up and look directly in the mirror and I am feeling good about things....but sometimes….maybe when I am walking by a glass building, or a mirror I catch a glimpse of my side profile and then...

Post 1: And So It Begins….

December 6, 2018

How do I start this? Hello, my name is Keith and I need to lose weight? Hi, my name is Keith and welcome to my weight loss journey? Perhaps I need to be more direct, my name is Keith and after making some not great food choices I feel I need to take action for a...

His Name was Brad

December 4, 2018

In 2009 I am embarked on a one of a kind trip. It was dubbed ‘The Ultimate CFL Weekend’. 4 games in 4 days in 4 different cities. Edmonton, Toronto, Winnipeg and Regina. The results of the games are irrelevant, after all, it was 2009. However, I remember the...