So this week marks the second time in my life that I’ve been living in a city that’s enjoying a run to the championship by a local professional sports team (the Blue Jays’ World Series victories in 1992 & 1993, though memorable, didn’t quite feel the same.) In 2004, Shea and I were in Calgary […]
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Some Useful #GreyCup Resources #yqr #riders #riderville #gc101
Welcome to Regina for anyone from outside the province who happens upon this post. Here’s some useful info about the week to come… Official 101st Grey Cup Festival web site CFL.ca TSN Grey Cup Centre Regina Leader Post Grey Cup Micro-Site RiderFans Message Board Twitter Feeds for #greycup101, #riders, #yqr 101st Grey Cup on YouTube 101st Grey Cup […]
Music Monday – “Everywhere I go/People know this place/The pride that we all show/Is visible from space” #riders #clf #greycup
Well, that didn’t take long… Somebody already has a photo slideshow up on YouTube in tribute to the Riders winning the Western Final yesterday against the Stamps, set to the song “Paint The Whole World Green” by Jason Plumb and the Willing. Leading up to the Grey Cup game next Sunday, this town is going to […]
Spoiler Alert! (Hint: Green Is Going Grey) #riders #greycup #yqr
I had to work today so had set the PVR to record the Riders vs. Stamps Western Final CFL game. I also strategized how to not accidentally hear the score before I got home – no glimpses at Facebook on my smartphone, no checking Twitter at my break, only trying to make the most generic […]
Saturday Snap – Button, Button, Who’s Got The Button?
Regina Public Library does! And if you stop by to see me at Regent Place Library between 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. tomorrow afternoon before the big game, you too can have a Rider/Grey Cup-themed button of your own. Here’s what the table in my office looked like while I was practicing with the button making […]
High School Was A Long Time Ago
Yesterday, the Indian Head Broncs football team won the Provincial Football Championship. I played for the team in the late 1980’s/early 1990’s. The program died out a few years later but was resurrected about three years ago (and has already had more success than any of the years I played!) 😉 Then tonight, I had […]
RIP Lou Reed (And A List of My Top Five Concerts – Which Doesn’t Include The Lou Reed Show I Saw in Toronto Unfortunately)
The first Velvet Underground album only sold 10,000 copies, but everyone who bought it formed a band. – Brian Eno Growing up and living most of my life on the bald Saskatchewan prairie, my opportunities to see certified rock legends have been extremely limited. Luckily, in June 2000, I was in Toronto for a publishing […]
To End Poverty in #Canada, Guarantee Everyone $20,000/year (But Are You Willing to Trust the Poor?)
This is not a new idea to Canada (or to this blog). But this article is timely in light of a recent post that came across my Facebook News Feed about how “We all pay taxes so the government can give it to someone who doesn’t work as hard as you do.” That misperception that […]
Saturday Snap – A Day in Saskatoon #yxe
Had to go to Saskatoon today for a board meeting for one of the organizations I’m involved with. I arrived in Toon Town early so took a quick tour around, not having been there since March. (Big advantage – no massive hangover today like the last time I was in Saskatoon!) 😉 I took my usual […]