Forget the PS3, pass on the Wii, this season's most wanted toy (by single females and confused males).

Bullied student takes interesting approach to solve his problem -- calls mom and sisters to come to his class and protect him. He shouldn't have any problem whatsoever living this down.

Mob of hundreds rush Orlando mall for 16 PS3 consoles. Does anyone see a problem with that? Anyone?

New Zealand to consider lowering its national drinking age from 18 to 3 in an effort to curb crime, as pre-schoolers stage a fire alarm and break into their kindergarten storeroom to consume beer. Left pinky up please.

Things you don't want to hear from your pilot as you're waiting to take off, No. 1: The plane you're sitting in is "a heap of rubbish" and he doesn't think it can make it over the mountain at the end of the runway.

Weatherman fired after nude photo pops up on the web. He contends that it's from his younger, wilder years and he's much better now... now that he's stopped using heroin.

Indiana University researchers come to startling conclusion: The most effective drink to help athletes recover after exercise is... chocolate milk.

Sophia Loren proves she's still sexy at 71. Seriously. With SFW picture goodness.

The Grey Cup -- it's not only an important part of the Canadian identity, but it lets people in the host city drink like fishes for one entire week. Plus, the Calgarians always parade a horse through the swankiest hotel in the city.

Sanfords Fantasy Hockey Pool

Thanks to Brendan Sanford, today was the first posting of the standings in the Sanfords Fantasy Hockey Pool. You will be able to come here weekly to get a look at who's sitting where in the standings. Just click on the "SFHP" link on the top banner.

Yeah!!!!!!!! Hockey has started....

Following human-rights ruling that allows girls to try out for boys' athletic teams, more and more guys want to get on the girls' teams, and not just for the towel fights in the locker rooms.

Here's your chance to prove you're the most hardcore bachelor ever: Make dishwasher-poached salmon.

Now you can drink to your heart's content with this new drug that can repair your liver. Hooray, beer!

Cool photos of the world's biggest hole, and it isn't Courtney Love or Paris Hilton.

University of Toronto prof gets official blessing to smoke pot in his office.

Think you have bad luck? Read this poor guy's obituary and think again.

Photoshop the way out.

First rule of Newfoundland Fight Club: Don't make a website about Newfoundland Fight Club.

Already the end of September...Time flies when having fun. Not much has happened; hockey has started and hockey pools have been filling up. Thanksgiving is almost here. Here is a link to photos from September.

Last weekend of August

Saturday, August 26th, turned out to be a beautiful sunny day. And a great day to be outside at the North Lanark Highland Games. There were many events going on at the same time, so we did not even get photos of the athletes during their competing, as the kids spent a lot of time at competing on their own (check out photos here).

Thanks to the Parker's for the invite out to Glen Mar Golf & Country Club for brunch. We all enjoyed it very much. Happy birthday to Scott, Jayna and Sam!!!

After brunch, it was off to browse and shop, before heading out to Stacey's parents for her mothers' birthday dinner. Yes!!! More food! It was a great Roast, Yorkshire Puddings, and all.

New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin lets fly with this gem: "You guys in New York can't get a hole in the ground fixed, and it's five years later. So let's be fair." You're making friends fast around here, pal.

UK population hits 60 million. That's, like, 94 million teeth.

County lawn workers re-enact "Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome" after one criticizes the other's lawn skills.

The top 10 stupidest As Seen on TV products of all time.

Mystery of legless man who washed ashore 150 years ago now solved. His name was Bob.

Hooters Air, Heinz All-Natural Cleaning Vinegar, Maxim Hair Color for Men, CNN Most Popular Stories: Brand extensions that just don't work.

Who's killed more, Satan or God? With death tally goodness.

August

It's hard to imagine that the summer is almost over. I think the last time a wrote something here, it was at the end of July, and it was one sentence. Well it is now almost September and let me see if I can some up the recent past.....

At the end of July we attended Tristin's 3rd birthday, take a look at some photos here...

The first long weekend of august was supposed to be a trip to the Bruce Peninsula for the Bridge Family Re-Union. I missed it but Len and Todd made the journey (but, did they go?). Maybe they have photos at Len's site, go take a look.....Next year, I plan to book off 5 days (if Sarah is here) to make that trip. Need lots of time to enjoy the country up there!

August 10th, we headed out for 5 days at a family campground at Ivy Lea. That was actually very fun and relaxing. Some pool pics here...

On August 19th, I enjoyed a day of golf at Richmond Centennial Golf Club. It was the first "David Parker Memorial Golf Tournament". It was a great day, with a great turnout (I think around 120 people) , $2600.00 was raised for Amy's education fund and it seems as though everyone had a good time.

And on the evening of the 19th, I headed up to Luskville to a Corn Roast, to meet Stacey's extended family. That was a good time as well and lots of people to meet!

I am sure I am missing more things that we have done, but just can not remember.....I will come back and edit if I remember.

Almonte Highland games to be attended this Saturday August 26th. Then brunch at Glen Mar Golf Course on Sunday August 27th, to celebrate Scott, Jayna and Sam Parker's Birthdays.

One more camping trip is due on the long weekend of September. Up to Voyageur we go.

See ya soon...

New Car

Congratulations to Tod, Cathy and Dylan for getting a new car that, as Tod says, "goes faster uphill than it does downhill".

Mattawa River trip

Last Saturday, July 15th, we were to start our river trip from Trout Lake, down the Mattawa River to the town of Mattawa. We were to take our time and spend 5 to 7 days on the water. One canoe and one kayak.

The first day there we ran into some issues and had to change our plan slightly. So we camped at Samuel De Champlain for the night and started the river on Sunday around noon. Everything went good for about a day and a half. Then mother nature decided to have some fun! Turned on the radio and they said that a Tornado was in our area, three minutes later we saw the storm coming across the lake. We ended up having to leave on the second day as we tried to make it through the tornado warnings. We lost our tent to blown over trees landing on it and after hanging on to something so that we, ourselves, would not blow away, we decided that we probably could not finish 4 more days without or tent. After assessing the damage and starting to freeze from the rain and cold wind, we called for a ride out.


View camping pictures here...


We appreciate Dad and Dale making the four hour drive to come and get us out of the woods. But then we had other problems to deal with. We found out that most of northern Ontario was without power. No power, no gas stations. So we drove down to Marci and Brians (thanks for the use of your cottage!)near Orillia, arrived about 3:30 am and fell asleep and prepared to gather up our thoughts for picking up our cars.

Gassed up and haveing a couple hours of sleep we headed out for the long drive. It was amazing seeing the damage done all the way up Hwy 11 and back down Hwy 17.

We were all safe but lost Len's great tent, his glasses and one cobra. Oh, and Len's camping pillow, where his head would have been laying!!!

For more detailed info on our trip click here...

Read more about the storm here....

The Past Week

Here are some new photos from the past week. Including Sarah's last Spring Soccer game. Summer soccer starts in 12 days.