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Mike Boone
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I grew up in Park Extension, within walking distance of Dickie Moore's Dairy Queen on Jean Talon. Moore had a place on L'Acadie Blvd., and we used to see him driving around in his convertible with a Samoyed and a very dishy wife.
While "studying" at McGill University during the 1960s, I used to attend games at the old Montreal Forum. My fellow undergraduate reprobates and I would scramble up the stairs to get centre-ice spots in the top standing room section, where aged ushers didn't know or care what we were smoking.
I stood out in the cold for six hours to get tickets to the 1975 New Year's Eve game between the Canadiens and Central Red Army. With the exception of the birth of my daughter, the 3-3 tie was the greatest event I've ever seen in my life.
The Canada-U.S. Gold medal game comes close .... but I wasn't there.
I've been a professional journalist since 1974, when I joined the Montreal Star sports department. I've covered the 1976 Olympic Games, the 1979 Expos, pop music and MSO tours of Europe and Asia (classical musicians are WAY more fun to drink with than athletes). I wrote a TV & Radio column for 20 years and, since 2000, have written a City column for The Gazette.
The best part of being a Habs Inside/Out contributor is attending games at the Bell Centre. I think it's a great building: noisy, raucous and packed to the rafters with Montrealers and visitors who live for hockey.
And I still get goosebumps every time Michel Lacroix booms out "Accueillons nos Canadiens ..."
Having seen the Boston Red Sox win two World Series and the Pittsburgh Steelers add a couple Super Bowl titles, I suppose I can die happy ... but not before another Stanley Cup parade. And I'd really like my daughter to see a historic New Year's Eve game.
I like all the players. Covering baseball gives me a profound appreciation of pro athletes who aren't jerks.
My weltanschauung was summarized by the late great Bill Hicks when he said "all matter is merely energy condensed to a slow vibration, we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively, there is no such thing as death, life is only a dream and we are the imagination of ourselves."
Have a nice day.
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God bless all men and keep them safe too. Actually most of us aren't killers. How about merely a goddamn Marc Lepine?
thats gotta be the worst coward in canadian history. feel sorry for the families of those bright young women.
If only Marc Lepine were the only man to have ever murdered a woman, that statement would have more validity to it. Unfortunately male violence against women is something that occurs every day. While not all men are violent and not all men hold hatred for women in their hearts, all of us have a responsibility to stand up and condemn violence against women. December 6th is a day for remembrance and action with regards to that subject.
----- "Come on, let's keep a little optimism here." -- Han Solo, Return of the Jedi
thanks
Thank you for this post. God bless all women and keep them safe.
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”Playing goal is like being shot at.”
--Jacques Plante
Good Post. Thank you
Nice to see something like this posted here, Mike. I did a White Ribbon Campaign at my office, and I was really happy to see just about everybody participating and responding positively with their feedback to the information that was provided. If anybody ever doubts why feminism is still needed in society, it is events like those which occurred twenty years ago--and that still happen every day on a smaller scale--in Montreal.
----- "Come on, let's keep a little optimism here." -- Han Solo, Return of the Jedi
Thanks.
i was in view of the incident when it happened that fateful day. I was just up the hill at the UofM for a brass ensemble practice. On a break, I looked out the window and saw all the police cars arriving on the scene. Didn't know what was going on at the time (no cell., no internet, no wifi, no blackberry, etc...), but found out later that night once I arrived home. My girlfriend planned to come listen in on our practice, but decided at the last moment not to come. Thankfully.
What do you play?
trumpet
Thanks for posting this, Mike. Montreal is the kind of place where everyone knows someone whose life was broken that day. My heart goes out to all of them.
RIP
Started watching the movie Polytechnique, and within 10 minutes I had to stop, I was getting too mad.....
____________________________________ Why don't we have a captain ?
And don't forget about this event, either:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halifax_Explosion
Good memory.