Posts of the year.

As the year comes to a close I thought that it would be helpful for my blog, and for the readers, to sort things and give them a chance to read some of the better posts from the past 12 months.

So if you want to read up on the past year in blog form, then take a look at the links.  (mouse over each one to click and view.)

The Contact Lens epidemic.  The back story is that a lot of Chinese women have started to wear the most ridiculous contact lenses I have ever seen as a fashion statement.

The medium is the message.  Thoughts taken from a book by Shane Hipps.

Sport quotes that don't make any sense.

Jeremy Lin pun fun.

China things.

Grandpa Jack.

Sci Fi thoughts.

Shoe garden.

The dissection of a Hercules cartoon.

Back in Canada realization of shame.

That's about it.  These were some of the ones that I tend to like reading over again.  Take a look at one our two if you want.

Happy New Year from all of us here at my blog.

Sports quotes that don't make any sense

Some things to think about the next time you tie up the laces, strap on the cup, or pick up the curling broom.  


If someone shouts out a cheer as you are participating in a sport you love, more often then not, they are flat out lying to you and should be immediately ejected.


Hopefully Tom Brady and Eli Manning are listening.


1. "Give 110%"


I tried this and it doesn't work.


2. "Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing."


I played in a basketball game once and lost.  That was something.  'Cleats' are also things.


3. "When I go out on the ice, I just think about my skating. I forget it is a competition."

Katarina Witt

I knew a guy who forgot it was a competition once because he got hit on the head with a bowling ball.  He never played competitively again.

4. "I'll let the racket do the talking."

John McEnroe

If his racket was talking then he was definitely cheating.  I also argue the fact that he did, in fact, do a lot of talking himself.

5. "My thoughts before a big race are usually pretty simple. I tell myself: Get out of the blocks, run your race, stay relaxed. If you run your race, you'll win... channel your energy. Focus."

Carl Lewis

I ran my race many times and still lost because the other guys were much faster and skinnier than me.

6. "In the end, the game comes down to one thing: man against man. May the best man win."
-- Sam Huff

This guy was an obvious chauvinist.

7. "Victory belongs to the most persevering."
-- Napoleon

This guy, whoever he was, never played a game of 'heads up 7 up'.  Those things are over quick, especially with a small group of people.

8. "Good guys are a dime a dozen, but an aggressive leader is priceless."
-- Red Blaik

The average pro sports team costs the owner 56 million dollars annually.  How would they know what an aggressive leader was if they could never be able to afford one?  It's all hearsay and supposeds.  There is no room in the game for that nonsense. 

9. "If you are going to be a champion, you must be willing to pay a greater price."
-- Bud Wilkinson

The Yankees play a greater price every year and yet they lose more often than they win.

10. "Of all your troubles, great and small, the greatest are the ones that don't happen at all."
-- Thomas Carlyle

If troubles don't happen... you win!