tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13076139.post-1136251876067590692006-01-02T17:20:00.000-08:002006-01-02T18:52:02.626-08:00<span style="font-family:arial;">Old man swimming nude<br />Out to sea and back again<br />Live for the moment<br /><br />Hey, what’s with the unclad old-timer at the Polar Bear Swim? Has he no shame? With my wife and son, I watched a naked 60-something guy run into Vancouver’s English Bay and enthusiastically do about 50 breath strokes, before returning to terra firma and posing, in all his glory, for numerous photos.<br /><br /><strong>DIAGNOSIS #1</strong><br />He’s nuts.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>DIAGNOSIS #2<br /></strong>He knows how to celebrate life, and doesn’t give a darn what anyone thinks.<br /><br />In any event, I wish I were a little more like him - not much, just a little. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">I'm pleased to report that our dog Shasta jumped in and was rightly awarded a Polar Bear pin.<br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><strong>TODAY’S VANCOUVER HEADLINES</strong><br /><br /><strong>Flying patio umbrella leaves windy West End in the dark</strong><br /><strong></strong><br /><strong>Vancouver</strong> -- Wild winds wreaked havoc on Vancouver Island and the South Coast yesterday as an intense low-pressure system moved across the province. In Vancouver's West End, a flying patio umbrella caused a power outage that affected an estimated 7,500 residents yesterday morning.<br /><br /><strong>Test for sliding Canucks</strong><br /><strong></strong><br /><strong>ST. LOUIS</strong> -- The Blues should be the perfect holiday-hangover tonic for the Canucks.<br /><br />The once-proud St. Louis franchise owns the worst record in the league, with just nine wins. And at the Savvis Centre, which draws about one-third-of-capacity crowds these days, the Blues are a miserable 4-12-3.<br /><br />Overall, they've given up 46 more goals than they've scored. So, the Canucks should be licking their chops. Except the shame-faced Canucks enter tonight's game holding their heads no higher than any of the Blues. </span><br /><br /></span>Ken Gardnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02040739208897433834noreply@blogger.com