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Best Overall Team in Regular Season, Tampa Bay Lightning, Swept In First Round of Playoffs

I occasionally do a post with my picks at the start of the NHL playoffs. I forgot to do so this year but it’s probably not worth it as quite a few series aren’t going the way I’d expected – my Calgary Flames are struggling after winning the Western Conference title in the regular season, […]

¶ Posted 16 April 2019 § News § Politics § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: alberta, hockey

Music Monday – “There’s the progress we have found (when the rain)/A way to talk around the problem (when the children reign)/Building towered foresight (keep your conscience in the dark)/Isn’t anything at all (melt the statues in the park)/Buy the sky and sell the sky and bleed the sky and tell the sky”

This song is usually interpreted as being about acid rain but on the day Saskatchewan (and three other provinces) has a federal carbon tax enacted, I thought it was appropriate… “Fall On Me” – R.E.M.

¶ Posted 01 April 2019 § MusicMonday § News § Politics § PopCulture § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, education, health, history, language, saskatchewan, weather

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 […]