Can't stop playing on the computer....

I stumbled upon this article on the interweb somewhere. Amazing! I can just see it now.

Boy: "Dad, how was your fishing trip?"

Dad: "Got myslef a 165 lb dying suicidal guy"

Boy: "You got one of those?"

Dad: "Yeah, I sure did. But, the one you had on the line last spring was much bigger"

Or something like that....

Fisherman hooks drowning man, reels him in

By The Associated PressFriday, July 18, 2008 - Bangor Daily News

HALLOWELL, Maine — A Maine angler used his fishing rod to reel in a man who survived a jump from a bridge and was drowning in the Kennebec River.
Bob Greene of Hallowell says he heard what he thought was a cormorant making noise in the distance 4:30 a.m. Thursday as he was having his coffee and reading his newspaper. He says about 20 minutes passed before he realized there was a man bobbing down the river.
Greene says his first instinct was to jump in but a 911 dispatcher told him to throw something to the man. So he snagged the man’s shirt with a fishing lure and reeled him in. The man was in critical condition at Maine Medical Center in Portland.

Wonder which bridge? There are a million of themin Portland. I just get a feeling it might've been the one Devyn and me had to cross after a few drinks in Portland last month. I'll include a picture of me drinking one Portland's finest microbrews. Actually it was like a Big Bear. Yup.

Pembina River Night's 2008

A fantastic time this year! The music was much better than last year, and the weather was perfect. Last year was a little too hot, but we had wonderful weather this time around.

Jeff Stuart and his 6 piece band. They were really,really rockin this time around. I loved it.

Here's Dev fooling around in the farmer's field. Cody is looking for a needle in there.

I was pondering a joke from Fred Eaglesmith, and Carly clearly got it before I did.

Andrea and Carly figured we would cue the cheesy '80's theme song music about four crazy pals at a folk music festival. Left is Michelle, Dev's boss at O'Mailles. And Cody in front. A fellow Lombard Crescent resident from years ago.

Here was are with wheat sticking out of our teeth like real country-folk. What a great time this year. Can't wait for the next excuse to go to Rangeton Park.

July 4th, 2008 Craig and Fiona

Craig Roberge and Fiona got married two weeks after Craig and Jen.

They were married at the Whitemud Creek Community Hall. Really nice location on the far south west side of Edmonton. And it was a smokin hot day too. Poor guys in their suits.

Craig and his mama.

I had a lot of fun with Craig's dad at both of the weddings. And at the stag. What goes on behind the blue gates, stays behind the blue gates. You got it Clark!

Devyn and Craig. And a giant bottle of tequila.Here's Fiona and Alana with me and Craig.

Summer at my place

I've neglected to put up any shots of my place for quite a while. Here are a few of the summer downtown.

Dev having a cold one out on the patio.

My Lily a couple of weeks ago. It is growing like a weed.

Dink is rolled up in that Mexican blanket. He had a little too much fun.

Jason's 30th was the reason we were gathered when Kev had a few too many.

And here's Dev's fish from the other week. Started out like it would be a good day. Then as quickly as they started biting..... they stopped. I think we had 6 in total that day.

A few more.

As luck would have it, the camera was dead, so I've relied on Andrea's pictures. Thanks!

Jeff and Trevor. Trev was a last-minute addition who doubled as a drink ticket salesperson.

Me and Craig digging in for some more food.

That's Trevor and Fiona. Fiona was married to Craig two weeks after this party. That was another good time.

Here are the boys a little later on during the night.

And of course, Craig's mom. I love her! His parents have always been really close with all of us.

Where does the time go?

Now that I've finished posting holiday pictures, I will add a couple from Craig and Jen's wedding. June 14th, 2008.

Here's Jen getting ready for the toss.As the party came in, I was told to introduce each of them while they were passing out drinks to the guests. Most of you know already seeing as the wedding was more than a month ago, but I was emcee for the first time in my life, and what a great time it was.

This was during second supper. There was a strong contingent of us stationed around the food. Jeff, Trevor Tchir, Craig R, Dan, me and Dev, Mark and Alana. With that crowd, you can be assured there was lots of laughter. See below.

It truly was the most fun I've had at a wedding. This growing up thing ain't so bad!Mark Moran and Devyn.

That's it, that's all.

Here's Clara posing with her belly after Marty took us for too much lunch.
You can't see the Canada goose that Clara and Dev are trying to fight.
The Spanish Banks or some beach in Vancouver.
Marty having a smoke and playing guitar. Unusual sight.
And here's some sheep outside Japser. We kind of rushed from Van all the way to Edson. But we saw ton of wildlife. What a great trip!

Vancouver

Some more Vancity.Some cars in Marty's parkade. I know Alvin likes these fancy cars.

Here's a little park, or community garden right across the street from Marty's pad.How about those pink shoes?

Let's finish this already!

Candra and Marty and Pat and Clara and myself. Devo was the responsible one who documented this meeting for Sarah.











Here's the tail end of the trip. I think everyone's seen the pics already, but some of you want to see.





Alouette Lake, just an hour out of Vancouver. We didn't get very good weather. And we were a little crammed in Marty's inflatable boat. Pearl.