Indy Day 2

It was bumper cars today at the 25th Honda Indy.

Dario Franchitti smashed his way to his 3rd Toronto Indy win, congratulations! Will Power is upset. Read about it here.

The weather was perfect, fighter jets overhead, it was a fantastic weekend, thanks again, Honda!

This is the first video I’ve uploaded to Google+

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Under the bleachers on the way out.

Here’s the editing file….. did you think there’d be that many cuts?? Exactly.  Smirk.

Here’s to a good and productive start to your week!!

A Once-in-a-Lifetime PhotoShoot

It was for this photo shoot on Trenton Air Base with my bff Suzy.  Still can’t believe she pulled this off.

Beautiful, eh?!  It’s Trash Couture [site plays music].  It’s heavier than you think.

We had a _lot_ of laughs on this project.

I turned the photos into a video.

Then the photos ended up on the walls of here.

Neither of us have made photo albums of the photos, bad, I know. Click here for a couple collages, that’s it.

It was by far, the most expensive thing I’ve ever worn, almost 5 digits.  Second most expensive dress.

 

How to Enjoy a Complimentary Stella Sample in 4 Steps

Step 1 – Follow this Twitter account: @StellaArtoisCan Go where it tells you. Look for this

Step 2 – Follow them, they will eventually stop somewhere…

Step 3 – … and hand you, with a smile, a bottle of Stella Artois Legere

Step 4 – Chill and enjoy.  It’s quite nice with chicken.

The Stella team is really nice, and genuinely funny, you’ll see!

I had a great time with them last week.

(sorry about the harsh audio there)

Mark August 13 on your calendar, and go vote for ‘Downtown’ here on Facebook.  Do it soon please!  Contest closes July 13.

Right now we have a good sized lead, but let’s make it bigger, leave nothing to chance! The party belongs downtown.

I’ll soon have some tickets to give away, stay tuned.

Lastly, real quick, I’d video blogged recently about the state of being a paid blogger, and full disclosure – I’m being paid to promote Stella, and this contest.

And here’s to you, Stella for being one of the first to the dance floor, and paying us bloggers… that’s classy.

Now THAT was a Canada Day Weekend

My first one off since 3 years! I’ve worked them all because… I was The Canadian Explorer.

And not gonna lie, the lack of pressure this weekend was fantastic.  I used to explain it like – this is likely how Santa feels on the 25th.

This weekend I did very Canadian things… I went to a BBQ, drank beer and laughed my guts out, watched the fireworks, spent time out of a city in nature, designed my weekend around traffic times, and put my feet up Sunday night on my porch.

Speaking of traffic, get THIS – I heard the traffic Sunday night into Toronto was backed up to…. Napanee O M G (that’s 200km-ish).

Did you know our Coat of Arms has a unicorn?! A UNICORN!

That’s our motto at the bottom, in Latin: A mari usque ad mare – From Sea to Sea

Of course I own one of these.

And lots of things like this:

I went to Ottawa in 2008.

A decade before I was also in Ottawa for Canada Day.

I’d borrowed this guy’s bike to get downtown, but he’d lost his bike lock key, and I had to drag it through the dense crowds.

So if you had your shins taken out by a pedal around this time, that would’ve been me and sorry about that.

To be clear, Episode #80 is … still undone.  Oh I know.  Guarenteed it bugs me more than it bugs you, it’s like this lead ball that hangs back left over my head always.  But.  It’s just……

I’ve sat down one thousand times to edit it, and I physically cannot. It’s my swan song.  It’s summing up 3 years of my life into 8 minutes.  It’s re-editing footage I’ve already spent tens of hours looking at.

I could use an editing helper.  I have it completely storyboarded, look.  My website needs a serious overhaul too, it’s just… to properly close up my show is a couple hundred hours I don’t have right now, it’s so daunting when I think about it.

Leave it with me, it WILL get done.  And I have a little celebration party coming together in my head for when it’s done, and you’re invited.

Viva las KeriCDN and The Canadian Explorer!

I Hope You Know General Hillier

He’s Canada’s best ever General, and former Chief of Defence Staff – the Canadian Forces highest rank.

I’m not fangirling here, that’s his repuation.  Ask a soldier, that’s how you know.

And given it was Canada Day Weekend, this seems fitting.

I was invited to the Art Of Leadership conference, see the full set of speakers here, you’ll know some. I’ve said before – they’re quality conferences.

I’ve attended many conferences over the years, one time I went to Internet World 1999.  Imagine something called that happening today?  Ha.

Not surprising is whom I worked my day around, having only time to see one speaker ;)

Meet General Rick Hillier at his website here, and watch him on The Hour here.  Read a good article about his accomplishments and mode of operation here.

He spoke about leadership, and enamoured the crowd.  You’d be too, he is magnetic.

Know what’s weird?  I took copious notes throughout… and they’re gone.  I’d emailed them to myself, I don’t even know how that’s possible.

‘Leadership’ by General Rick Hillier

Thanks for having me, Art of Leadership!

I’ll leave you with this:

Thank you Canadian Forces, for doing a job I could not, so I’m free and safe to skip around Canada having a blog and making videos and doing as I please.