07 Apr
Pregame Notes: With Chelsea winning 1–0 earlier today, the lead at the top has been cut to 3 points and the pressure is on the Red Devils to win and take the lead back to 6 points. Rooney is the lone striker to start the game. Fletcher is back from injury and is in the [...]
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01 Apr
Here are my thoughts and recollections from the last 3 weeks. Yes it has been that long since I did a retrospect.
Today is April Fool’s Day. Were you one of the gullible people to be embarrassed today? If so, let me know your story.
The last 2 weeks were spring break in Yellowknife and a great [...]
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17 Mar
Pregame Notes: First place vs. 5th place in the table. Injuries have United depleted especially up front where Rooney is the only regular striker. Giggs will play up front with Park replacing Giggs on the wing. Kuszczak will again start in goal. Jussi Jaaskelainen will start in goal for Bolton. Bolton have not won any [...]
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11 Mar
Here are my thoughts and recollections for the past week:
We spent today with a friend of ours up from Ontario. We took her around the city and took some pictures down at the Snowking Winter Festival on Great Slave Lake. We also visited the Gallery of the Midnight Sun where we discovered a great place [...]
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04 Mar
Here are my thoughts and recollections for the past week:
-42°C this morning. 0.2° from tying a record for the coldest temperature ever on this day in Yellowknife.
We drove to Dettah this morning on the ice road. It was pleasant but cold. The trip out on the ice road is 6km and the return trip [...]
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03 Mar
Pregame Notes: A win by United today will open up a 12 point lead over Chelsea. Liverpool have not given up a goal at Anfield since October. This is the 700th game for Giggs in a United uniform and the 500th for Scholes. Edwin Van der Sar and Jose Reina are the keepers today. United [...]
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25 Feb
Here are my thoughts and recollections for the past week:
I spent all week in Edmonton. I stayed at Mack’s place. The ZENworks 7 Desktop Management course was great. What a powerful tool it is and we just went through the basics. I can hardly wait to start working with it in real time.
Patti and I celebrated [...]
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24 Feb
Pregame Notes: Fulham are starting with a 4–1–4–1 formation with American Brian McBride the lone striker. Wes Brown is in for Gary Neville today. Giggs will wear the Captains arm band with Neville on the bench today. Rooney and Larsson will start up front for the Red Devils. The Cottagers have only beaten United once [...]
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18 Feb
Here are my thoughts and recollections for the past week:
Budget presentation day was last Thursday. I think it went well and I think the committee understood my vision for the next 3 years.
Patti worked with a few more clients and spent most of the week working on crafts for the SLPs to use.
The Edmonton Oilers [...]
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17 Feb
Pregame Notes: Scholes and Giggs will sit this one out with Fletcher and Park playing in the midfield. Solskjaer and Saha are the starting strikers. Three changes at the back with Brown, Silvestre and Heinze replacing Neville, Ferdinand and Evra. Thomas Kuszczak will make his 3rd straight start in goal with Van der Sar still injured. [...]
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