Welcome to my blog.
This is my creative outlet that could include my thoughts on anything from current affairs, my weight loss quest and things that just make me need to voice an opinion.
While enjoying some time away from the job lately I was able to grab my camera and take some photos. As I'm sure many of you know, photography is a bit of a passion for me and something I do to relax.
I've been a photographer for quite some time and even spent some time as a freelance photojournalist (mostly sports and news) many years ago but lost interest in the art.
However, the advent of digital photography helped to bring back my interest and get a camera back in my hands and now I really enjoy seeing what my efforts will produce.
It can be an expensive hobby and the new camera I'd like to purchase is about $2000 but unless someone wants to donate to the cause, I'll have to make due with what I have for some time to come.
Here are a few of my latest efforts.
I have also published a couple of photography books featuring my own work. It's a nice way to be able to view the photos other than having them printed or by looking at them on a computer screen.
I was sitting outside tonight around the campfire at my parent's trailer next to Lake Ontario and it was an amazingly clear night. There was no moon and the stars were as plentiful as you can imagine.
But as insignificant as you feel gazing skyward and looking at the endless supply of twinkling lights in the heavens, what you're about to see might just put into perspective and make you realize that it's just a tiny fraction of what's really out there.
As a photographer, I would have had a hard time being convinced that the very first photograph ever taken wasn't the most important photo in history. However, the photo taken by the Hubble Telescope you see in this video is quite possibly the most impressive thing I have ever seen. Yes, it's even better than a photo of a naked Angelina Jolie.
So have a look at this short video and prepare to be amazed.
It's time once again for me to let my hormones do the talking as I present my choices for the Top 15 Sexiest Female Athletes today. Sorry ladies but no matter how much begging and pleading you do, there will never be a similar list of the opposite sex for you to enjoy. It's not that I'm homophobic but I only know what I like...and it ain't guys.
There's nothing scientific about this list. A poll was never conducted or phone survey taken. Quite simply after a recent conversation around a campfire about this very subject, I decided to give it a little thought and came up with this list.
It may or may not have some of your choices on it but in the end I think you'll agree that besides having amazing talent in their chosen sports...these women can be sexy as hell. So without any further ado, lets run down the list.
Bundy's Top 15 Sexiest Female Athletes
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Number 15 - Amanda Beard Sport: SwimmingCountry: U.S.Age: 27
Number 14 - Alexandra Orlando Sport: Rhythmic GymnasticsCountry: CanadaAge: 22
Number 13 - Heather Mitts Sport: SoccerCountry: U.S.Age: 31
Number 12 - Jelena Dokic Sport: Tennis Country: YugoslaviaAge: 26
Number 11 - Elena Dementieva Sport: TennisCountry: RussiaAge: 37
Number 10 - Danica Patrick Sport: Auto RacingCountry: U.S.Age: 27 Number 9 - Sarah Burke Sport: Freestyle Skier Country: Canada Age: 27
Number 8 - Lokelani McMichael Sport: TriathlonCountry: U.S.Age: 32
Number 7 - Ashley Harkleroad Sport: Tennis Country: U.S.Age: 24
Number 6 - Alona Bondarenko Sport: TennisCountry: UkraineAge: 25
Anyone who is around my age is probably feeling a little stunned and sad after learning of the sudden passing of John Hughes at the age of 59.
Hughes was the writer and director of some of the most memorable and influential movies of my youth. Heck, the Twist and Shout scene from Ferris Bueller's Day Off was directly responsible for the skit and song performance of Twist and Sheppard in my 1986 Grade 13 Christmas assembly.
Some of my other favourite movies that Hughes either wrote, directed or produced included Uncle Buck, Planes, Trains and Automobiles, The Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles, Some Kind of Wonderful, Pretty in Pink and Weird Science...to name only a few.
I found this well produced video montage of John Hughes films set to the music of Baba O'Riley by The Who that I thought others might enjoy.
Two more Canadian soldiers, killed over the weekend in Afghanistan returned home to Canada on Tuesday at a sombre repatriation ceremony in Trenton, Ont.
Sapper Mathieu Allard, 21, and Cpl. Christian Bobbitt, 23, died in a roadside bomb attack in the Zhari district, west of Kandahar, on Saturday.
The plane carrying their flag-draped coffins touched down at CFB Trenton just after 2 p.m. ET Tuesday. Gov. Gen. Michaëlle Jean and Defence Minister Peter MacKay were among the dignitaries on the tarmac.
My mother had never been to a repatriation even though she lives so close to the base. I couldn't take her down to the base this time as I had her out doing some shopping, so we decided to stop along the Highway of Heroes (Hwy 401 - Canada's busiest) at Brighton to pay our respects and watch as the bodies and families passed by on the way to to Toronto.
The bridge over the highway and every other bridge between Trenton and Toronto was packed with people waving Canadian flags and showing their support. Some people were crying and like the others I've watched in the past, the emotions are always visible.
While I wish our men and women could all come home to Canada and be safe, I understand why they are there and even more so, I know they believe in what they're doing and I support them. I just hope we don't have to watch anymore hearse's make the long journey down the Highway of Heroes.
In this photo you can see my mother with her Canadian flag in hand waiting for the procession to go by.
