I hear it still, that voice so sweet.
Beckoning me unto the past
Filling me with joy that my voice would be lifted as well.
I sing and I am overwhelmed,
as the mariner who heeds the sirens song.
The voice is but a wisper on the evening wind
and I cannot keep its beutiful harmony.
I am lost
as is the sailor who forgets his craft.
Unknown Calm - 16 years, 9 months, 22 days ago

Ok. So I was sitting here the other night messing around with this app Thinking about the last couple years of my life. My wife, my kids, my dog. You know.....my life.
I am a humble man (although some who know me would disagree) and I am a man with few wants or needs. I live my life for my family and realize that I am truly blessed when my children can go to school unmolested by the harsh reality that is war or the search for water and food. I have it all.....wait for it......this isnt going where you might think........
I started thinking about my job and all the awsomness that is our world. I work doing geophysical survey. By its very nature, exploration has taken me to some of the most remote country in Canada. Lots of time in the actic. Very remote stuff.
I started thinking about the number of close calls I've had in the bush. Helicopters, bears and giant trout have a way of stacking the odds against you. Anyway, I began to count on my hand the number of "you just orphaned your kids" incidents and guess what?
I ran out of fingers. I counted at least half a dozen very close shaves. 3 with helicopters. 2 to quicksand / muskeg this year alone! 2 to wolves and one to a very big bear by Stony Rappids (damn garbage bears...get huge!). Fell through some Ice but it was near shore and I hit bottom. Think it was a crack and I stepped into it. Oh, yea, the forest fire. That my little pet friends was a pucker factor 10. Hey Joe Rogan, You put your ass 75m directly infront of a 50km long fire front.......scared? Thats a story in itself though suffice it to say that the fire started over 30km away from us and grew that big in less than 4 hrs.
Point is (if one can actualy find a point to these ramblings), I realized at that point that my decision to leave the buisness was the right one. I think........
Unknown Calm - 16 years, 10 months, 5 days ago

I was at the hockey rink the other day watching my girls figure skate and one of the other dad's made the mistake of expressing his oppinion that hockey wasnt for girls and that his daughter WOULD NOT play hockey. I just about pee'd myself laughing because all at once the ladies, who up until this time had been gossiping amongst themselves, all suddenly stopped and turned to look at him. They all had the same look in their eyes. Myself and one of the other dads just looked at eachother and I couldnt help it. I busted a gut laughing. The funniest part was that the harder he tried to first justify and then defend his position the tighter the ladies drew the noose on him. It was great. They totaly ganged up on him and every time he would say somthing another one of the women would take a turn dressing him down and picking apart his rational. Eventualy, after all the other ladies had their turn his wife took hers and buddy just hung his head and didnt say much for the rest of the practice. Every time he even looked up his wife was giving him the dirties. Yup, me and the other dad just looked at eachother and both kind of backed out, physicaly, from that convo all together. Im sure buddy didnt feel to good about me laughing at him while he was taking his lumps but those girls worked him over good.If my daughter plays with even half the deternimation and focus as those women did defending her right too, then she is bound for greatness. Well done ladies.
Unknown Calm - 16 years, 10 months, 11 days ago