Month: <span>June 2012</span>

Hairshirt!

I completed the Hairshirt today.  It is a 322km (200 mile) ride from Square One in Mississauga around Hamilton, through Niagara Falls and back again.   I burned 7,120 calories and finished it in 12 hours and 16 minutes with Michael, Scott, and Wallace.  

How do charges against Lance help cycling?

Recently the USADA (Anti-Doping Agency) announced Lance was back under investigation, faces sanctions and is banned from competing in triathlons.  This just after Federal Prosecutors announced they were dropping changes. Armstrong responded, “I have been notified that USADA, an organization largely funded by taxpayer dollars but governed only by self-written rules, …

Record industry charges for dancing and Canada allows it

The Copyright board of Canada has certified new tariffs that apply to music at events; like weddings.  It is called “Re:Sound”  Now I am getting married soon so I am keenly aware of the rubbish that SOCAN (Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada) already pull.  Apparently though …