Archive for July, 2009

Went out for a decent ride yesterday with Ryan and on the way home I needed some food bad.  I had my cell phone with me and made the call.....Bella Roma Pizza and Steakhouse, if you're from Lakeview you know what i am talking about.   The best recovery pizza in Canada hands down... oh and come chocolate Milk to... »

Check out http://nyvelocity.com/ and read a few of the 'As The Toto Turns' comics.  They are a... »

Heard this on the Zane Lowe show and loved the drums.  The band is called The White Rabbits and they are starting to make it big in the UK.  I think they have a Coldplay/Kings of Leon feel... and i dig it. This is the music video for White Rabbits "Percussion Gun" from "It's Frightening" out May 19th on... »

Some facts to ponder.  Put together by JCB. In the developing world, people who climb out of poverty change their diet from grains and beans to pork and beef. Since 1950, per capita consumption of meat worldwide more than doubled. In the 70’s, people in the US ate 90 lbs. of red meat... »

Spent the last few days putting in some big miles on the bike.  Since I have been back in Calgary I think I have biked more than I managed to all summer out in Halifax.... its been nice.  So with nice new jersey tan lines and a some solid miles in the saddle its time to start racing. This weekend is... »

If you have been watching the Tour de France you will have heard some of the commentators talk about prize money.  Whether it's a sprint point, a KOM (King Of the Mountians) point, or a stage finish there is  always some coin that's on the line.  How much?  A lot! The big cash prizes are for the overall winners of each... »

Its hard to do, if your photographing a road race you have to find the right position, have the right camera, and take the picture at just the right second as they fly by.  If you miss it your pretty much out of luck unless you can get ahead of the pack somehow.  Its damn hard to do... at least... »

Just because I am working (or supposed to be) while all the action is happening in the Tour de France, and I don't have a TV at home, doesn't mean that I have to miss all the action.  I did a little search on the 'interweb' and found out that Versus has a live online feed of the race.  Not... »

I took my Diana camera down to New York with me and just got the pictures back.  They are all in black & white (i managed to get all B&W film by mistake), and a few of them turned out really cool.  The Diana camera, for those of you who don't know, it is a plastic camera that takes film... »

Tour starts tomorrow and Lance heads off the at 4:17pm Euro... »