as teamtomko watches the ice which we cursed all season melt away as the seasons change a sense of 'i can't believe we spent over $3000 and only won $100' washes over us. a smarter team would have put the money in the bank and spent the time learning to play the tuba so at least they could say they learned something. teamtomko has always relied on brute force solutions and so next year we will throw three times as much money at the manitoba curling tour and hope for the best.

hey it's my 23rd birthday today! i'll be taking photos all day long so make sure you check out the bday23 picture set coming soon. i can remember every moment of the past 30.2 million seconds of my life.. 20-25 million were some good times. (btw, that's me playing the piano background music.. i do weddings and asian birthday parties also)

john rycroft gets the party started

if you guys cam email me some tasteless birthday pictures, jokes, or pumpkins that would be great.

the winnipeg inter-club championships recently came to an explosive but non violent climax as kuran captured a much needed crown as the best club team in the city, otherwise known as the 'best of the worst' award.. this came as no surprise to teamtomko having played kurn before and knowing what they are capable of... just check out this shot and listen to the eerie calm in krun's voice. if i was playing him in that final i would have dropped a stone on my neck to force a medical timeout and perhaps a stalemate.. it is a small price to pay to be able to say 'i didn't lose to kuran!'.

curling has been getting a lot of play in the usa thanks to salt lake city and bismark, hopefully this will bring more americans into the game like bob labonte to kick some stones around (seen here .. check out orest shooting with a cigarette in his mouth and bob monkey-jumping with a smoke as well .. ah, those were the good days)

btw.. good shot colleen!

as a last straw they didn't even pick the best (and most sexy) female curler in canada to be on the womens team! i speak only of the extraordinary stefanie richard of pei. (who, by the way, has filed several lawsuits against me for using her image on this website) for shame tsn... for shame

in other news it seems that our new friend pablo is really a cross-dresser named kelly.. don't be afraid to be yourself k! but always clean up afterwards.
btw.. could you all head over here and give me a high rating .. thanks :)

i've added more hibbing pics latly so check them out here.. whoops, i mean here

1. fire alarms in rez at 2am (thanks first year punks!)
2. working on 3 assignments, 2 labs, 1 essay, and studying for 5 mid-terms at once
3. non english speaking professors
4. the smell from the arts building
5. buying textbooks for $150 each, and never opening them

however i will miss the endless supply of green tea from the rez cafeteria, and the oodles of girls on campus.
how does any of this relate to curling? well this weekend teamtomko is hitting the mixed spiel at the fort garry with a stacked team. i just wouldn't feel right ending the season on my last stone in hibbing which lost us the game, albeit thorough an insane fluke.

our success this year is due in large part to the mystical powers of several gods. i would like to thank my exgirlfriend (pic 1) for giving me the all-powerful chinese lucky bear which i still use each game to curry favor from the powers that be. i would also like to thank my lead (pic 2) for the free drinks he gets us at our home curling club.. which i turn around and sell the to homeless for 100% profit. The money from those sales is used to purchase sacrificial (and ornamental) 7-11 employees which the curling gods seem to enjoy the most (perhaps due to their high blood-slurpee content). finally, i would like to thank my own hard work (pic 3) for putting together a team with the same unnatural drive to win as me.