Archive for July, 2007
Barley Monopoly Again
A judge has struck down the federal government’s proposal to eliminate the monopoly of the Canadian Wheat Board on barley exports. The current system has all barley exports brokered through the board on their pricing schedule. You cannot determine the price through normal market discovery, you must be a [...]
Nickelback Rocks The Dome!
I am in shock. The concert last night at the dome was one of the top 3 concerts out of at least a 100 that I have attended in my life! Nickelback rocked the house and played a stellar show with all the best songs back to their roots. [...]
What Happened To Mad Mag Guy?
Little bit off color, but a funny one none the same:)
Power Plant Lake!
Most people go to the lake and it is one that has been around forever! Not my lake! It is man made and used in the process of generating power from the local coal plant. That is why it is a great lake because the water temperature [...]
All Heart - Wendel Clark Tribute
I grew up in Canada. I grew up with hockey. It is a passion of mine and part of shaping who I am today. One player that I always loved growing up was Wendel Clark as he was one of the hardest working players in the league. [...]
Wicked Storm Last Night!
We had one of the strongest storms that I have ever witnessed last night including 1/2 inch of rain in 15 minutes with ping pong ball sized hail and strong winds! I have a couple of photos of my place after the 1st of 2 storms that hit and some other photos [...]
Friend Of Mine is #4 in Indie 500
No, I am not talking about cars here folks, but independent music. A friend of mine, Jody Schneider has a song in the Indie 500 at #4! We are all so proud of her and wish her the best! Heck, we know a star that will continue [...]
Daft Hands
Very funny stuff via Matt! I never would have imagined it would be as great as it is! Make sure you watch it here or Matt’s site!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2cYWfq–Nw
Site Will Be Offline
At some point here, my site will be offline while my host performs an upgrade to php5, so when it happens, don’t be surprised! I am wanting to play around with a bunch of applications that this requires php5 and I hope that it doesn’t destroy all the programs that I am currently running.
Wish me [...]
Kananaskis Trip
We decided that we needed to get away for a couple of days, so we head back out to K Country! There is something about camping out in the mountains that can’t be beat. Scary stuff when you are warned many times over about the bears, but that [...]