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The Crazy Canucks – Episode #23

by Rebecca Bollwitt

9sharesI’m back for an episode of win-streak snappage and trade deadline frenzies. Dave was a healthy scratch for this episode, but the rest of us gather to take on the past three games against L.A.(W), Dallas(OTL), and St. Louis(L). Also, we dive into the excitement of the NHL trade deadline, look at what the Canucks […]

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Is There Anything They Can't Do?

Comments 12 by Rebecca Bollwitt

29sharesI just stopped on a channel showing a movie that’s pretty dear to me: The Wedding Singer. It’s made to be 80s, it’s hokey and I used to watch it with my sister (over and over again) before she got married, cause it made us giggle. There’s a part where they briefly show a television […]

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Podcasting, Beer and Marriage

Comments 10 by Rebecca Bollwitt

20sharesAfter spending the weekend at Northern Voice, Sunday night we went to a podcast meetup in Coal Harbor. This was convened by Mark Blevis from the Canadian Podcast Buffet. I have to say, podcasters are really down to earth, they don’t have blogs and they all wear glasses. At least these were my impressions based […]

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New Canucks Uniforms

Comments 46 by Rebecca Bollwitt

59shares Scroll down to view all the rumoured jerseys and the OFFICIAL new jersey launched today, August 29, 2007 (view my Flickr photos tagged: newcanucksuniforms. Feb 24, 2007: The Vancouver Canucks logo has been the topic of much debate recently. This is evident when I’m browsing my stats and see that “Johnny Canuck Logo” is […]

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Happy Birthday, Dad

Comments 4 by Rebecca Bollwitt

18sharesCouple things my dad helped me learn: Milk actually used to be delivered by a man with a horse-drawn carriage. In the winter it was a sleigh and the horse’s droppings (road apples) made for excellent hockey pucks. Never underestimate the power of a hot water bottle at the foot of your bed on a […]

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The New Fozzy Bear

Comments 1 by Rebecca Bollwitt

15sharesDid it ever screw you up as a kid when voices of cartoon characters would change up? Most recently this happens when you watch season one episodes of Family Guy [wiki], which feature a different actress doing Meg’s voice. We were watching it today [Episode Wiki] and Stewie said the following: “Jim Henson had a […]

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Almost to the Top, Reaching for Self Esteem

Comments 13 by Rebecca Bollwitt

25sharesA staple of Canadian television when I was growing up were those short Body Break spots featuring Hal Johnson and Joanne McLeod – brought to us by ParticipACTION. The catchy little Body Break tune would chime in and you’d see Hal and Joanne eating right, power walking and telling us what we can do to […]

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