Out With the Old, In With the New Year & New Coach

This is my 48th blog post of the year. I guess it's just a coincidence that I'm 48 years old...This is my 7th blog post this month, which is a monthly high this year. This was my 7th year of doing voiceover work full-time and ten days ago I reached a new yearly high for voiceover income. Thank you to my clients, friends and family for all your support! This prompted Santa to get me a new and improved wallet for the New Year! I already told you about my new phone on my last blog post:)

Black Monday has arrived with a vengeance in the NFL as the regular season ended yesterday.

I wish you a Happy New Year in 2013 - on and off the ice and in and out of the voiceover booth!

Friday Phone Fun!

I received a new cell phone for Christmas: an LG-E617g. Actually got it December 8th because texts were not arriving on time with my old one! We got a new home phone as well - a Motorola L802. I gave my wife a tutorial a little earlier:)

Santa sharing the ICY headlines...

with Kelowna's top junior hockey team

and an ice water swimmer! Congratulations Paul!

Great ice water battle at the end of the latest James Bond movie too: "Skyfall." Saw that last night with my wife. Don't tell her - but Santa is getting her some swimming items for Christmas:)

From our house to yours, take the joy of Christmas with you every day. I hope some special memories await you and yours!

Happy 19th & 400th blog post!

It's December 19th and day 95 of the NHL lockout...

I had a photo finally developed for my mom today at Walmart. It was a family friend, Fred Welke, turning 90 in the summer!

This is my daughter turning 19 two years ago and her brother below turning 19 this past June. I won't embarrass my kids by mentioning their names....

I will be spending this evening watching my 17-year old, Jordan, play basketball.

By the way, five players have worn number 95 in the NHL. Click here for the details.

Happy Birthday tomorrow to one of the nicest guys in voiceover, Bob Souer. Just add a couple of 19's together and you should have his correct age, right Bob?

Hockey numbers & helping the Food Bank

It's December 18 and you are invited to watch #18 and the Kelowna Chiefs take on the North Okanagan Knights tonight at Rutland Arena.

Nick Josephs has 16 goals and 23 assists in only 21 games! I snapped this photo at Saturday's game against the Princeton Posse. Notice Posse coach Dale Hladun wearing his Santa hat in the background.

Please bring a non-perishable food donation to tonight's game for the Kelowna Community Food Bank. A silent auction will also be happening with gifts, services and hockey memorabilia up for grabs including a Frisbee toss for $100 gifts cards from Cooper's Foods and Tim Hortons.*sponsors updated and corrected at 9:50 pm*

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It's day 94 of the NHL lockout so here is footage of a famous #94 - the Edmonton Oilers' Ryan Smyth, who had 93 points in the last two NHL seasons while not missing a single game.

Score this a TouchDown from Terry Daniel!

The Minnesota Vikings fan produced this enjoyable 18:47 second Voice Talent Holiday Greeting production featuring voice talents from all over the globe! I am sandwiched between some Santas and a Ron and a Rose at the 11:48 mark:) 

Enjoy the creativity from my voiceover colleagues as Christmas approaches! Thanks again for your extra efforts Terry!

Numbers don't lie and something fishy...

12/12/12 is the last repetitive date we will ever see.
— Alyssa Milano (@Alyssa_Milano) December 3, 2012

23 points scored 23 days before Christmas yesterday in the NFL by five teams. Is it a coincidence or a conspiracy?

There was something "fishy" about our bill at the Kettle Valley Station Pub this weekend...

NHL hockey? Didn't see that...
Promoting a blog? I like that marketing approach!

Money cau$e$ problem$ in the NHL

The Powerball jackpot last night brought to mind ­Rush's "The Big Money" on 1985's "Power Windows." Winning tickets for the $579 million Powerball jackpot were bought in Arizona and Missouri.

Dear NHL owners and players, I tried the lockout approach for 6 days and my client in Calgary couriered a voiceover check overnight! Invoices had piled up since May...now your turn to fix your lockout me$$...I would have really enjoyed the game below...

#NHL lockout has saved us all 2 days of Cody vs Zack discussion. #Canucks would have been in Buffalo tonight #silverlining
— Jeff Paterson (@patersonjeff) November 29, 2012

It's okay though NHL...I'll be taking in a great junior hockey game next Wednesday! The WHL actually cares about it's fans...

Black Friday = Black Cars?

Black Friday reminds me I have a black 2002 Saturn SC1 - preceded in 1986 by a black Nissan Pulsar NX. Anyway, enjoy 1985's "Black Cars":



Little black pucks will be around for your enjoyment tonight at Rutland Arena as the Kelowna Chiefs host the Sicamous Eagles at 7 pm. Great memories from the playoffs last year as we beat them in round three!

Nice PR (and PA) if I do say (NOT sing) so myself

Saturday night the Kelowna Chiefs host Creston before a 2-week break on home ice. Let there be hockey! Maybe even one day again in the NHL...

Happy Thanksgiving in the US!

Thanksgiving advice for Americans celebrating Thanksgiving today:

Enjoy the video game references in the movie above and enjoy the football games below today!

I have nine game promos to begin work on for Shaw TV and their WHL hockey broadcasts airing in December and January! Let there be hockey! Maybe even one day again in the NHL...