Beer is the Reason: BLUE MOUNTAIN 5X7!! WooT!

Blue Mountain.
5 day weekday lift pass, 7 day night lift pass.

Helmet: check
Goggles: check
Gloves: check
Jacket: check
Snowboard boots: check
Snowboard: check
Snow pants: ??? not check.

I've been emphatically been told that I MUST buy windproof, waterproof snowboard pants. I suggested jeans with nylon cover, like I normally wear when skiing, but was shot down. MUST. BUY. SNOWBOARD. PANTS.

Beer is the Reason: Frankenstein ain't far behind

Adult stem cell research looks to be giving a new lease on life for cancer patients. Using the techniques as described in the linked article, the procedure makes sense. Instead of having major invasive surgery to remove a lung, doctors prepped a bronchile tube seeded with stem cells from the patient and replaced that small offending part instead. Now she has both working lungs and is on her way to full recovery.

Next on the agenda is the realization of the three breasted(or was it six breasted) woman from that Arnold movie about mutants on Mars.

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/081119/health/health_disease_stemcells_lungs_transplant_4

Beer is the Reason: SNOWBOARD!!! IT'S IN THE GAME.

For many years winters have come and gone and I didn't really pick up on any of the sports....until this year. I watch ice hockey, I enjoy analyzing ice hockey but I don't play ice hockey. Maybe because of the fact I don't go ice skating often, averaging about once a year, but I signed up for ice hockey school in the summer and I now play in an adult(beer) league. I may be the crappiest skater out there since I can skate forward, turn and somewhat stop....which is limiting for someone playing D. The other teams probably hate it when I'm on the ice since I also play dirty (hooks, stick lifting) push them around under the pretense of going for the puck and I will level an opposing player if they're skating towards me with their heads down. Averaging about 2 hits a game and the refs can't call me since they're "clean" accidental hits. Suffice it to say I really like playing hockey and I should have started earlier.


The second winter sport actually I can't blame on anyone but myself. I did go snowboarding a few years back and I liked it. I even bought the helmet then because I was intending to take it up. Well I procrastinated and filled that void in by playing SSX, SSX Tricky, SSX3, snowboarding video games. A few years later and you know what I said to hell with it and bought a board and boots. After that I joined the group Torontosnow.com, a dedicated group of people who ski and snowboard and are looking to just have fun. No more excuses, time to hit the slopes and carve it up. I'm hyped and excited.


And I might meet some sno bunnies. :p