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Go Avalanche Go!

Good Regular Season Goals: https://twitter.com/6aba9ool/status/1530085055057563648 Not A Good Goal in the Playoffs: Now that a few days have passed since the Flames lost to the Oilers in the first Battle of Alberta since 1991 and I’ve read a lot of commentary about the game and series, I can share some of my own thoughts… […]

¶ Posted 31 May 2022 § Canada § Sad § Sports § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: alberta, economics, television

Did Alberta Just Win The “Battle of Alberta”?

https://www.twitter.com/KatyIngraham/status/1527087671700467714 Pretty big news day in Alberta with the first game of the Battle of Alberta in the NHL playoffs… …but way bigger news with the announcement that Jason Kenney is stepping down as Premier and Leader of the You See Pee party of Alberta after barely passing his leadership review with 51.4% support.

¶ Posted 18 May 2022 § News § Politics § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: alberta

Music Monday – “Facing off with gophers/Man it ain’t the same/As being home at the Saddledome/For the Oilers and the Flames”

This song which mentions the Flames vs. Oilers feels appropriate after the Flames heart-stopping OT win in Game 7 versus Dallas which triggers the first playoff Battle of Alberta since 1991… A couple other Oilers/Flames themed songs…

¶ Posted 16 May 2022 § Canada § News § Sports § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: alberta, music

Secular Sunday – I Know I Just Posted This A Couple Weeks Ago…

…but as the Flames are tied in the third period of Game 7, I think a re-post is in order:

¶ Posted 15 May 2022 § Humour § SecularSunday § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: alberta, atheism

RIP Craig Smith (1972-2022)

I heard some shocking news from my parents a couple weeks ago and saw confirmation from his sister on Facebook a few days ago. Craig and I were only a couple grades apart but, in a small town, two years could feel more like twenty. So we weren’t particularly close in school but our parents […]

¶ Posted 10 May 2022 § Family § Library § MemoryLane § Randomness § Sad § Saskatchewan § Sports § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: parents, saskatchewan

My 2022 Stanley Cup Predictions (and hey, @NHL get your shit together!)

Haven’t done this for a couple years but here’s my picks for the Stanley Cup Playoffs… Well, sort of. Unless I’m missing something, the geniuses at the NHL have apparently managed to create a highly touted interactive feature that has a pop-up “Tiebreaker” box that can’t be moved or cancelled (at least on a Macbook […]

¶ Posted 03 May 2022 § News § Sports § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Music Monday – “The last goal he ever scored/Won the Leafs the Cup/They didn’t win another till 1962/The year he was discovered”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkYoGf0pN9o “50 Mission Cap” – The Tragically Hip

¶ Posted 02 May 2022 § Canada § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Sports § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: history

Secular Sunday – …But What Happens If The Flames End Up Playing McJesus?

NHL playoffs start tomorrow!!!

¶ Posted 01 May 2022 § Humour § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: alberta

Friday Sad Link – RIP Mike Bossy (1957-2022)

Sad to hear that my absolute favourite NHL player of all-time, Mike Bossy, passed away today after a lengthy battle with lung cancer (almost unbelievably, one of the greatest goal scorers of all-time was also a heavy smoker, especially early in his career.) How much did I admire Bossy? To this day, I used “22” […]