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Bruce

@bpeter.bsky.social

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e.g. Artist, dog-lover, and avid reader.

Bruce @bpeter.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

RIP Lyle Odelein. I’ll never forget the time you were suddenly in my family’s kitchen when I was an 11 year old Habs fan. I wrote this in 2012 for @habseyesontheprize.com on how I became a Habs fan: www.habseyesontheprize.com/the-canadien...

That's the day Lyle Odelein sat at my family's kitchen table. I was stunned, and didn't know what to do at all. I was introduced, then slowly embarrassingly retreated to my room. What the heck was I supposed to do? I had gotten autographs before from hockey players. The previous year, we went to a Canada Cup game in Saskatoon, and got autographs from players like Bill Ranford by walking up to him where he was sitting. Now, a hockey player, FROM THE MONTREAL CANADIENS, was chatting with my parents and sitting at the table I refuse to eat my peas at. Before he left, I made sure he signed whatever Canadiens stuff I could find, but I was too shy to really look or talk to him. Needless to say, whatever I had to say about the Canadiens the last

And then the Canadiens won the Stanley Cup. I didn't see Game 5, but I had saw pretty much everything leading up to it. I was playing baseball when they won, having snuck beside a car that had a radio broadcast of the game during our team's at bat to confirm that yes, they had won.
When one of my Pittsburgh loving friends came around from home I was the first to greet him in celebration, which was over the top exuberant as I simultaneously broke the news of my team's victory to him just a year after he lorded the Penguins' superiority over me. My sister had taped the celebrations, which I watched when I got home. My favourite player won the Conn Smythe. The guy I wanted to emulate as a player accepted the Stanley Cup at centre ice. And the guy who last summer was in my house was now skating around with the Stanley Cup, and there would be a day with the Cup in a couple of weeks in my town.

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Bruce @bpeter.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

My weather app had the feels like in Etobicoke at 31… just a massive difference, how should we view this humidex “feels like” number if it has so wildly reported differences? It doesn’t feel like India right now from my experience. But I am staying in the shade.

Weather app screenshop showing the temperature “feels like 31”, just two degrees celsius more than the listed temperature. Plus other weather info not relevant to the point I was making in the reply post.

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Bruce @bpeter.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

Bike lane path map of South Etobicoke, we got this map from our local library. Circled is what caused the provincial government to put in leg to tear up municipal bike lanes across the province. As you can see, many alternatives for cyclists in that area!

City map of the fairly small amount of bike lanes/shared pedestrian paths in South Etobicoke, a vast area in the west end of Toronto. One single bike lane on Bloor Street is circled, the only east-west lanes for miles, as the provincial government blamed it for increased traffic into downtown Toronto and passed legislation to remove it.

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Bruce @bpeter.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

This seems to be implying that the users of Windows tend to have the ability to fly.

Screenshot from Windows startup screen tells us today is World Penguin Day, and implores us to “celebrate the funny ways of our flightless friends”. You can then click on the prompt from the login startup screen to learn more about penguins. Also has a photo of two penguins making out.

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Bruce @bpeter.bsky.social · 30/10/2024

Did Jacques Plante end up wearing a mask because of a shot aimed for the middle of the net?

Instagram post screenshot of Montreal Canadiens and New York Rangers game from 1957, with goalie Jacques Plante hunched over and his unmasked face looking out at the middle of the net height.

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Bruce @bpeter.bsky.social · 31/08/2024

This is a man who drinks and drives and also rage drives. We all see these guys on pretty much any random drive we take on major roads as well. As a society, we fund these drivers with our insurance rates as well.

Excerpt from Columbus Dispatch article: “Court records also show numerous traffic violations against Higgins, including operating under the influence of liquor or drugs, reckless driving, consuming alcoholic beverages in a motor vehicle, having an open alcoholic beverage in a vehicle, improper passing, and executing an unsafe lane change.”

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Bruce @bpeter.bsky.social · 23/11/2023

This feels like a hate crime.

Screenshot from New York Times’ Spelling Bee game claiming “Donair” is not a word.

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Bruce @bpeter.bsky.social · 24/07/2023

The grammar police battle in this men’s bathroom is greats.

Sign saying “Please don’t put paper towel(s) in toilet” with grammatical corrections, plus corrections on the corrections.

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Bruce @bpeter.bsky.social · 17/07/2023

It is triggering to see Pitchfork review Brad Wall’s son.

Pitchfork tweet promoting Brad Wall’s son’s new album.

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Bruce @bpeter.bsky.social · 08/07/2023

Wow. A place I can post. How marvellous! Are we allowed to post jokes here? If so, I’m out.

Photo from Arrested Development of man painted completely blue saying “I’m afraid I just blue myself.”

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