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Posted in calgary on Sep 28th, 2008
The hockey season has started and this year my team, the Crunch, is playing in division 7 (out of 11) of the HNA Calgary league. We’ll be facing some of the same teams as last year plus some new faces. So far we’ve played 3 games including two against the Walrus, a team from last [...]
Posted in good times, rugged outdoor manliness on Sep 26th, 2008
Waterton Lakes National Park, tucked down in the SW corner of Alberta right on the border with Montana, was the only one of the mountain parks I hadn’t visited so far in my time out here. With autumn hastening on I was able to put that to rights last weekend at the inaugural ThoughtWalker weekender. [...]
Posted in good times on Sep 17th, 2008
Last weekend I had my excellent friend Helen Morris come and visit from Ottawa. It was pretty much the perfect Calgary weekend for me - some hiking, some brunching and quite a lot of mooching around drinking coffee. It was even the first hockey game of the season and we won! However the highlight had [...]
Posted in good times on Sep 6th, 2008
Attentive readers may remember that after the Folk Festival I was so inspired to make music I went out and bought a guitar on eBay. It arrived a few weeks later and here it is: my axe! To be honest I haven’t got much beyond trying to tune the thing and haphazardly plucking at the [...]
Posted in sticking it to the man on Sep 4th, 2008
and if you are a conservative commentator in the US, double standards are doubly good. Just check out this video from the Daily Show last night.
Here’s a slightly longer clip of the same segment featuring a lovely dig at Karl Rove. Not sure if it will work outside Canada but have at it. If not [...]
Posted in rugged outdoor manliness on Sep 3rd, 2008
Last weekend was the Labour Day long weekend which was an ideal opportunity to head a bit further afield. I took Friday off too so I could enjoy a leisurely drive up the amazing Icefields Parkway and spend the weekend in Jasper. Last time I was in those parts was back in 1989 but it [...]