‘Snow Warrior’ a gorgeous NFB short


Watching someone slog through blinding snow on a bicycle during heavy traffic is a lesson in anxiety. Realizing that the location is your hometown is a lesson in humility. Written as a ‘love letter to winter’, Snow Warrior is a veritable moment in time for Edmonton bicycle courier Mariah Hoy as she scales the social, …

Somebody Has To Say It All


I was once told that trying to explain canoe trip to people was like trying to cut vegetables with a screwdriver. Here is my attempt. Yesterday sucked. And it was awesome. I had been paddling on the North Saskatchewan River for three days, each day an 8 hour paddle. I had put in at Drayton …

Send a friend some Dicks By Mail


What do you give someone who has everything? If you said a bag of dicks then you've come to the right place. Dicks By Mail is just that, a bag of (gummy) dicks sent anonymously to whomever you want. Be it your ex,  your boss, or just your friends, site owner and Edmontonian Brady Grumpelt thinks …

Extra Life: 24 hours for the Stollery


*Prologue: There is some low level game-speak in this that I don't elaborate on. I think it is funny. This is a thank you message. When I first decided to support the Stolley Children's Hospital by playing 24 hours of World of Warcraft (in cahoots with the Extra Life community) I had no idea how …