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There’s Something Special About Watching The #Oilers Lose In Edmonton

Whether it’s the crowd being silenced live at Rogers Place or studiously staring into their nachoes at a sports bar in the West Edmonton Mall, watching the Oilers lose while on a holiday in Edmonton feels so much better than watching from a distance. And former Flame, Mike Smith, is a huge part of the […]

¶ Posted 23 February 2022 § Humour § Sports § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: economics, hockey

Music Monday – “And night after night we stay out drinking under the streetlights/It’s forty below oh but I don’t mind cause you’re right there to hold me tight/Cause I’m drinking in Edmonton with you/I’m drinking in Edmonton with you”

“Drinking in Edmonton” – The Worst Guy

¶ Posted 21 February 2022 § MusicMonday § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: music, travel

Secular Sunday – A Rare Atheist Prayer

We’re in Edmonton on holidays. The downtown is like a war-zone due to all the construction. Through the mists of concrete dust in the air, you can see the beautiful Rogers Place. By all accounts, Rogers is the nirvana of NHL arenas. The Oilers are on a five-game winning streak after getting a new coach. […]

¶ Posted 20 February 2022 § Family § Humour § Photo § SecularSunday § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: hockey

Friday Fun Link – Off To Edmonton

Would love to be heading to Mexico or Cuba but instead, we’re off to Edmonton for a “hot” holiday for a week. I may or may not post through the week.

¶ Posted 18 February 2022 § Family § FridayFunLink § MemoryLane § Pace § Sasha § Shea § Travel § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: holiday

Instant Analysis: Who Won The Tyler Toffoli Trade – The Flames or The Habs?

¶ Posted 15 February 2022 § Canada § News § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: hockey

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Fantasyland Hotel (February 2014)

With international travel still a bit uncertain (especially if you ended up having to extend your stay due to a positive test at the destination or isolate when you got home), we’ve decided to book a trip to Edmonton where we haven’t been since 2014. We leave in a week and are getting pretty excited…

¶ Posted 10 February 2022 § Family § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § Sasha § Shea § ThrowbackThursday § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: holiday, travel

Friday Fun Link – Flames’ Amazing Five Game Road Trip Win Record

A week ago, I was noting that the Flames’ first victory should be celebrated as I didn’t know how these chronic underachievers that I support would fare through the rest of the year. A week later, I (and many in Flames fandom) are stunned at an almost unprecedented road trip run… Whether that level […]

¶ Posted 29 October 2021 § FridayFunLink § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: history, hockey

Powerful Tweet By An Albertan About Ongoing Minimization of Covid Deaths

https://twitter.com/moirarvane/status/1448491589962067969

¶ Posted 13 October 2021 § News § Politics § Sad ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: Covid, health

Flames vs. Oilers in Pre-Season Hockey

Hard to believe hockey’s starting up again…

¶ Posted 26 September 2021 § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: hockey

Calgary Flames Fans Debate Vaccine Requirements

This thread may be the biggest shit show in the history of CalgaryPuck, a Calgary Flames fan site/message board I’ve been reading since 2001. What starts as a discussion of the Jets announcing they’ll require proof of vaccination devolves as a series of antivaxxers keep popping up to make all sorts of logically and factually […]