1.canucks come-from behind wins 2. Canuck of the week, Henrik Sedin 3. best Canuck quote of the week,”yah, I’m not sure I knew who I was passing to”, Mason Raymond commenting on his huge giveaway leading to a Colorado goal.  4. best meal of the week, a rib pasta bowl at WhiteSpot for lunch/or a pot full of Kraft Dinner last night.  5. best TV show of the week, JEOPARDY 6. best movie at the Oscars, Footlocker. Its the story about a guy that works in an athletics store who wins the lottery and buys the franchise where he used to work.  However, the girl fellow worker that he tried to date still wouldn’t go out with him so he joined the army and went to Afganistan just to get away from things for a while.  7. best actress, SandraBullock, she plays the part of America’s first female highschool boys football coach.  After years of second guessing her sons’ football coaches she takes the appropriate courses and becomes a football coach who takes in half the team to live with under her roof.  Most of the movie is based on good times the boys have rooming together and the odd piece of football footage of actual games they played that season.  Inspiring but generally speaking, just another adult movie commenting on what they think about youth issues.  8. best performance at the Oscars, steve martin. 9. best day of the week, last Saturday, wow was it beautiful weather.  and 10. best thing to look forward to, GOLF      

reflections on a great 17 days, 2 visits to Vancouver sites… moving amonst the crowds and sharing in the energy and common enthusiasm, cheering for CANADIAN athletes.  Unlike many who have expressed an intense dislike for big crowds and “why would anyone want to go to the big city with tons of people everywhere”.  I know for a fact that my wife and I weren’t mugged once or had personal belongings stolen or never did we have to stand for hours and wait for a skytrain.  We were so impressed by the ease of travel and the helpful attendants on the loading platforms and the Olympic volunteers were friendly and helpful.  The whole Olympic experience started for me at Christmas when I was given a miniture Inukshuk in our family gift exchange.  It didn’t mean a whole lot at first but the longer it sat in my library the more meaning it took on.  Realizing that it was the world’s smallest Inukshuk, made it an even more unique gift.  Manufactured by a local BC company called TeenyInuk-Kreations it came with an official company guarntee stating its authenticity and its worldwide claim to be the smallest Inukshuk in the world.  Even though I need a magnifying glass to observe the intricate workmanship of this Inukshuk miniture it slowly got me into the olympic mood.  Is it true that Inukshuk was the first aboriginal participant in olympic history? (apparently the front half of a double luge team) Please help me substantiate that this is the case because rerry and myself want to keep our blog as factual as is humanly possible.  I really identified with Inukshuk when I tromped around Vancouver for hours because at fist my feet got really sore and then they turned to stone. I just stood there listening to the incredible Sam Roberts Band from Montreal and my feet didn’t hurt quite as much.  We met an old university friend playing saxophone in a funk band on the Hamiltom walkwaY.  We had’t seen her in at least 20 yrs so that was coincidental at least!    To say the least I was a weary person by the end of each day.  It was a good kind of tired though because I had been a part of something really special and I had enjoyed the experience with the people that are closest to me and 200,000 other Canadians that I got to know albeit in an impersonal way.  The fact that the Olympics ended with SidtheKid’s Golden Goal was the perfect end to a very successful event.  The Russian town of Sushi will have to go along way to top Vancouver/Whistler/Cypress…don’t you think??