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Friday Fun Link – “Any time you win five Stanley Cups, there’s a certain amount of mess that comes on the tail end of that.”

The only thing that’s made the Flames’ amazing season better is watching the ongoing dumpster fire that is their provincial rivals, the Edmonton Oilers, not just this year but over the past ten years. The smugness and arrogance in this clip from Oilers’ Old Boys Club management is an oldie but a goldie (oh, and […]

¶ Posted 22 March 2019 § FridayFunLink § Humour § Jobs § News § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: alberta, economics, hockey, language

Music Monday – “Another summer wasted in the Battlefords/On a banana seat bike with a hockey card in the spokes”

“Battlefords” – Hawksley Workman

¶ Posted 11 March 2019 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: music

List of Flags By Colour Combination (and the Story of One Man Who’s Edited 1/3 of Wikipedia Articles)

This is a pretty interesting Wikipedia article. Also, the news has picked up on the story of one guy who’s apparently edited 1/3 of Wikipedia’s millions of articles and created 35,000 original articles.

¶ Posted 29 January 2019 § Internet § Jobs § List § Technology § UK § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, education, history, unitedstates

Friday Fun Link – Counting to 100 in French With NYC Cabbie

¶ Posted 25 January 2019 § FridayFunLink § Humour ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: language

Calgary Flame’s Unexpected Run To The Top in 2019

Back in October as the NHL season began, I did a post about many of the reasons I was excited for the Flames 2018/2019 season. Coming off a couple very disappointing years (and really, about 15 underwhelming years with only a couple exceptions – unexpected 2003/2004 Cup run, making the second round of playoffs in […]

¶ Posted 22 January 2019 § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Sports § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: alberta, hockey

Friday Fun Link – Moose Jaw Engages In A Battle of the “Meese”

In a province where we take pride in our large roadside attractions, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan has long prided itself on having the world’s largest moose. Except that a few years ago, those dirty bastard Norwegians have raised the ante(lers) by erecting a moose statue that is Max the Moose (by 31 cm) compared to Moose Jaw’s […]

¶ Posted 18 January 2019 § FridayFunLink § Humour § News § Saskatchewan § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: saskatchewan, travel

10 Reasons Mexico Is Safer For Tourists Than You Think

One of the most common questions I hear when we tell people we’ve gone to Mexico multiple times over the years (and are going again this year) is, “Is it safe?” It seems there are daily news stories about drug cartels’ influence on the highest levels of government and horror stories of mass shootings with these […]

¶ Posted 15 January 2019 § List § News § Travel § Wisdom ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: allinclusive, economics, health, history, holiday, travel

Johnny Gaudreau Best Dangles

God, the Flames are so much fun to watch this year, in large part due to this guy who’s now getting consideration for the Hart Trophy! (In completely unrelated news, we went skating at the local outdoor rink today and I got my ass handed to me by a bunch of 12 year olds doing […]

¶ Posted 13 January 2019 § Jobs § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: hockey

WestJet’s 2018 Christmas Ad

I’m always conscious that these videos are as much about marketing as any sort of true holiday sentiment. But they *are* well-done so it’s been a bit of a minor Christmas tradition for me ot post these videos since they are usually pretty heartwarming. Here’s WestJet’s 2018 version…