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How I Dealt with a Massive Pain the Neck

The information in this post is something I wish I’d read ten years ago…when my neck really started to bother me. And I mean - REALLY BOTHER ME.

This is a post about how I dealt with the pain of a long term sports injury in my neck through exercise, stretching, strengthening and supplementation.

It all started in high school. I was playing rugby on the high school rugby [...]

A Beautiful Wedding In Montreal

I love weddings. This is a post about an incredibly well done wedding of some old friends. We combined the visit to Montreal with some vacation time.
Having been to many weddings and receptions, I must admit that this was probably the most beautiful and romantic wedding I can recall having been to.

Most of the guest list had flown in from western Europe - predominantly Holland, the UK and the Netherlands, since the bride [...]

Background SWAT Officer in i-Robot

At the time, i-Robot was the largest made for film production ever filmed in Canada. 185 million USD was the total budget. Will Smith got $20 million. I got $1,500 for a few scenes with the back of my head and a side profile over 7 days work.
But it was a blast. My agent told me that I am well suited to military and cop-type role roles. (I’m sure the Buzz Lightyear jaw line has something to do with that!).

Actually, there were so many special effects in this film that they were rumored to eat up most of the remaining budget. The [...]

High Intensity Weight Training with Jim Flanagan

On my last trip to Florida, I made a new friend who I’ll never forget. Meet Jim Flanagan. Meet BIG Jim Flanagan.
Here’s how the friendship started, I was dining at a steak house restaurant in Orlando that had been recommended to me by the concierge at the Peabody Hotel. The restaurant was called Del Frisco’s and it is a well known chain of steak restaurants on the East Coast of the USA.

While dining there, a very large, very tall [...]