Masters of Curling

I've been watching the Master's of Curling tournament over at the Waterloo Rec Centre the last two days, and I have to say it's some pretty good curling happening there. There's five games happening simultaneously, so there's always something to watch. I've decided that it's better just to concentrate on two game at once, so you can actually get into them, instead of trying to keep track of everything. I have a ticket for the rest of the days. So far, I've been going by myself, which makes it a bit boring at times. I have a ticket for each of the days left, but unfortunately I can't make the final game on Sunday, as I have to go see an NFL game in Buffalo... bummer. So, I'm offering up my Sunday ticket FREE OF CHARGE to whoever wants it. It's general admission, so you can sit anywhere in the arena, except the ends.

Here's a picture of the players being led in by the Fergus pipe band before the opening game.


Here's a video I took tonight. Kevin Martin and Jean-Michel Ménard went to extra end and this is the final shot where Martin make a tricky take-out for the win.

I Guess I'm Out Of The Family

Well, that's a 0 and 6 start for the good old curling team. Things are not going well. It's most likely because we're one of the only teams that only play once a week. Most of the other teams play on wednesdays too, I think, wednesdays being the main "Men's League".

Wednesday... the longer I look at that word, the weirder it gets. It doesn't look like what it looks like. Anyway...

We get three weeks off to think about what we've done. The curling club is shutting down for a bonspeil this week and the Grand Slam next week. The week after is our bye week (which, happily, counts as an automatic win).

Speaking of the Grand Slam, it's happening next week. I'm going to each of the evening draws, and probably most of the afternoon draws. Check out the website for draw times. It'll cost $16 for a one day ticket. Don't order over the phone as it'll cost an additional $5... just buy at the door. Maybe see you there? It's probably the next best thing to seeing the Briar itself (which is in Hamilton this year, BTW).

Who Are These Guys Again?

Don't forget to vote today, dorks.

And vote for whoever likes roundabouts. Because I know about how it's such a hot button issue.

hehehe... dorks.

So, You People Like Tea, Huh?

I write a post about tea and I get the most replies in a good long while. You people sure know what you like.

Moving on... As I mentioned very breifly in a previous post, curling has started again. Not good so far... not good at all. Officially, we're now 0 for 4. If you count the first week exhibition game, we're 0 for 5. The worst part is that we aren't playing all that poorly. In our game two weeks ago, I was on fire personally. I'm pretty sure I must have curled around 75% (which is pretty good for a once-a-weeker like myself), but we caught a lot of bad breaks (like the opposing team's rock picking at the last second to go right in behind cover, negating 3 possible points for us.

Speaking of curling though, during the last week of November (starting the 29th), the World Curing Tour's Grand Slam of Curling is coming to Waterloo... right across the street from me in the Waterloo Rec Centre! I bought myself a 5-day General Admission pass and plan to go to most of the games. You can buy single game tickets at the door, so if you want to watch some curling with me, I'll be looking for people to go with. C'mon... it'll be fun.