: About Me

Greetings.

I am young-ish Canadian male currently living and working for Oxford University Press in Toronto. I was living and teaching English in the Czech Republic for three years, from 2005 to 2008, but I moved back home to Canada in June 2008 and now live with my lovely girlfriend, Nikola.

I love reading, writing, playing music, listening to music, and watching music concerts. I also love hockey. I play golf in the summers, when I can.

If I had to choose a favourite book, it would be Life of Pi, by Yann Martel. It's one of the rare books that I can read over and over again and enjoy equally each time.

I don't write nearly as much as I should, but I'm hoping a Helium addiction can help rectify that.

My passion is ...

Life

I know too much about ...

Not enough.

My parents always told me ...

To be polite.

My childhood ambition ...

Too many to list!

My favorite memory ...

Sauble Beach in the summers

Why I write ...

There seems something immortal about it

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Les Miserables, by Victor Hugo

My first job ...

Movie theatre

My best moment ...

So far, my high school graduation, where I received many honours.

My inspiration ...

Honesty and Truth

Sports & Recreation > Hockey Fighting in the game of hockey

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When the subject of fighting in hockey is brought up, North America and the big, bad National Hockey League (NHL) often have the finger pointed toward them. North American leagues are the only leagues in the world that actually allow for fighting within their respective rulebooks. A player who fights in the NHL usually receives a five-minute major penalty, and nothing more. International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) leagues, and IIHF-governed international tournaments such as the Olympics and World Championships, will hand out five-minute majors, game misconducts, and subsequent suspension...

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