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Grit & Glory: Celebrating 40 Years of the Edmonton Oilers

I saw this book in my library today and had a good chuckle. I mean, the Oilers sucked for the first couple years of their existence, they sucked for the last decade plus and they have as many sub-.500% seasons as ones where they’ve won more than they’ve lost. So, at best, it’s maybe 20 […]

¶ Posted 10 April 2019 § Humour § Library § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: book

Regina’s Heritage Classic Tickets Confirmed! #GoFlamesGo

¶ Posted 02 April 2019 § Saskatchewan § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: economics

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 § Canada § FridayFunLink § Humour § Jobs § News § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: alberta, economics, language

The Homophobic Version of “Laurel” or “Yanny”?

There was lots of controversy on Twitter (but when isn’t there?) a couple days ago when Leafs defenseman, Morgan Rielly, was accused of yelling a homophobic slur on the ice. There were conflicting opinions with some people thinking the on-ice mics caught him yelling “Fucking faggot” (which wouldn’t be the first time this has happened […]

¶ Posted 13 March 2019 § Censorship § Meme § News § PopCulture § Sports § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: language

Oilers Are A Team That Performs Like They Expect To Lose

The only thing making the Calgary Flames’ amazing season even more enjoyable is how absolutely terrible the Oilers have been…

¶ Posted 06 March 2019 § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: alberta

Behind the Scenes in the Calgary Flames A/V Room

Not to turn this blog into “all Flames all the time” (er, suck it, Chiarelli) but came across this video and found it very interesting, especially the behind-the-scenes of switching the Kiss Cam! 😉

¶ Posted 23 January 2019 § News § Sports § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

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 § Canada § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Sports § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: alberta

Saturday Snap – A bit of a winter storm tonight meant…

…we basically had the rink to ourselves for public skating. Pretty fun!

¶ Posted 19 January 2019 § Family § Pace § Photo § Sasha § Saskatchewan § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: cute, health, saskatchewan

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 […]