Canadian Election Debate

Recently I have been drawn into the interesting election Canada is in the middle of. Although I didn't care about elections the past couple of times Canada went to the polls, I'm drawn to this one beacuse of the platforms policies, drama, and the interesting things Canadians are saying about the different parties.

I was also drawn to the second round of English debates. I didn't catch the first round, but the second one was facinating to watch as the leaders traded thoughts, opinions, and barbs at each other. One guy really drew me to watch and that was the NPD leader and his strategy in this debate (and also as a campaign). This guy is smart (strategy wise) as he knows he won't win this election, but is preparing for the next. It will be interesting to see what happens January 23rd, 2006. Go vote! Go Canada!

Happy New Year!

2006! Happy New Year! So, every year I go to a conference in Toronto and ring in the New Year with worship, prayer, and dance party with hundreds of other people from Eastern Canada. It is great fun! This year, the NYE party theme was the 80s... and it was quite eye opening! The 80s, I have decided, was not a pretty decade, but it did bring some great memories including GI Joe, Transformers, Ghostbusters (see pic below), and other notable shows (yes, I was a kid in the decade). What did you do for New Year's?

The sound and physical arrangment team as Ghostbusters!

The Ghostbusters blasting some Pac-Man ghosts

Grezky and the Oilers - definately the 80s...

Kelley, Deborah and I - scary!

LAN games - the ice breaker for men

Over the past 4 years, I have participated the forming of the LAN game on Sunday nights at our pastor's house. What started with only 3 guys has grown to a regular time of bonding for 12 guys (peaked at 16). What I found that it was a great way to meet guys who other wise you would have never spoken to.

I believe that men have this inability to connect with other men right away whereas women seem to be best friends after an initial meeting. Men need something to break that ice. Often times, that is games - any type of competitive event. Sports, board games, video games, a challenge or some sort of job that requires team work and/or competition.

On the other hand, women have told me that even though ladies can hit it off right away, it is usually based on more superficial topics and you really need to take initiative to have deeper and more meaningful conversations. True, but at least you have it easier in the context to take that initiative to go deeper.

Anyways, what are some other ways do you find that men can connect? are there things outside of competition and games?

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Trying profile pic again

House Hunting

Ah, house hunting. I never thought I would think about buying a house so soon. But then again, it was always at the back of my mind. Deb and I went for the first time to visit a real estate agent yesterday and we looked at some houses. We have been praying for a long time over this and God led us to this really neat house on Springvale (Fairmount) that fits our budget.

So friends and family, please join us as we pray to see if God will provide this house for us! Then we can finally invite the people we have been putting off to invite because we will now have room! All you outoftowners will now have a place to stay.

So what do you think? (Yeah, I know, the outside looks kinda plain, but wait until you see the inside... and I guess that will happen if we get the house). If you live in Halifax, where do you want to live if you could choose where to live? I gotta admit, house hunting is kind of fun...

Scrabble!

So Deb and I are pretty big Scrabble fans after our friends Ian and Rebecca hooked us into playing with them a few years ago. Above is a shot of our most recent game where Deb beat me pretty good. In one turn, she got 105 points! Crazy...

Pictures of my team!

I wanted to post this long ago, (hence the older time stamp, but yet I put this post up after the Scrabble one...)

Here is a pic of my co-workers on campus at Halifax! I think this is my favourite one so far!


Here is a couple of shots of us at the universities!