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A Nation Mourns

As I drove out of the parking lot, I was trying not to cry. As I drove towards Albert St, the tears started rolling.

The Alouettes missed their field goal and with no time left on the clock the entire crowd jumped up, cheered, hugged, high-fived, overcome with joy knowing that it was meant to be. Slowly the crowd grew quiet and we realised there was a flag called on the play. Hundreds of people silenced by the words "Too many men on the field". We watched in horror as the Als got a second chance at the field goal and made it. Final score: Montreal Alouettes - 28 Saskatchewan Roughriders - 27 There was no reason to stick around, so we just left.

Don't tell me that it does it matter. Don't tell me it is just a game. There is a reason why Rider fans are so passionate. The Roughriders are Saskatchewan's only professional sports team. It binds together generations forced to leave the province they love so dearly to be able a make a living. When I lived in Calgary, cheering for the Riders made me feel connected to the home I left.

Remember it is OK if you're sad, you've been through a lot today. Maybe watching the Babies trailer again will make you feel better.

Rider Pride

Forwarded to me from a friend:

After living a full life, Doug Berry, the (once) Winnipeg Blue Bomber coach, died. When he got to heaven, God was showing him around.

They came to a modest little house with a faded Blue Bomber flag in the window. "This house is yours for eternity," said God. "This is very special; not everyone gets a house up here."

Doug felt special, indeed, and walked up to his house.

On his way up the porch, he noticed another house just around the corner. It was a gorgeous white and green three-story mansion with a 50-foot tall flagpole with an enormous Saskatchewan Roughrider flag, and in every window, he could see Saskatchewan fans.

Doug looked at God and said, "God, I'm not trying to be ungrateful, but I have a question. I was a good coach, ran a clean program, took the Bombers to the Grey Cup, and came close to winning a national championship."

God said, "So what do you want to know, Doug?"

Doug asked: "Well, why does Ken Miller, the Saskatchewan coach, get a better house than me?"

God chuckled and said, "Doug, that's not Ken's house; that's mine."

Nonsensical

"Two batsmen scored centuries yesterday"

That's just crazy talk.

Best Joke I've Heard in Awhile

Did you guys hear about that big fire on that golf course in Calgary? Flames everywhere.

Hahahahahaha, sigh.

True in More Ways Than Just Hockey

"I don't think you can handle the Sharks for 60 minutes." - Joe Thornton, San Jose Sharks Center
Sharks were too much for Bruins in third period, Dan Rosen - NHL.com Staff Writer, Tuesday, 02.10.2009 / 11:49 PM / NHL Insider

Roger would be glad to hear it...

Cavaliers Declared NBA Champions As Basketball Knocks Off Early

NEW YORK—A happy, triumphant, and visibly relieved LeBron James accepted the 2009 NBA Championship trophy from commissioner David Stern at a small ceremony in New York Wednesday, just hours after the NBA announced that it would be canceling the remainder of the 2008–2009 season to give itself, and sports fans, a much-needed break.

Source: The Onion, November 13, 2008

Grinning from Ear to Ear

My Habs are in first place in the East. The start a four game western road trip that should only extend their lead. It has been a very long time since they have been in this position so it is a little surreal right now.
For the past several years they start off strong, have a mid-season slump then pull it together to barely make the playoffs. Last season they started out strong but were hit hard by the flu that lasted about 3 weeks before everyone was back. Almost the entire team was dreadfully ill. They never were able to pull it together enough at the end to make it. (Didn't help that Toronto eliminated themselves and Montreal, stupid Maple Leafs).
Earlier in the week they traded Cristobal Huet, their goalie. I was livid. Former coach Jaques Demers said* that Montreal will not win the Stanley Cup without Huet and I tend to agree. Their go-to goalie, Carey Price, is very young and inexperienced**, you can see he has talent but I worry about the pressures of the playoffs. He has been doing well so far, time will only tell.
16 games to go...

*My French isn't the best and I was watching RDS. I think that is what he said.
**CBC news story about the Huet trade, will open up as a CBC video player.

SuperBowl Ads

Since when are Super Bowl games exciting? Apparently exciting enough to take me away from my mounds of homework and watch it. I'm usually meh towards the NFL. It isn't that I don't like football, I just don't have a team that I'm passionate about. Whether you like football or not, you need to check out The Only Super Bowl Ads Worth Watching.

Spilling a Secret...

Bronwyn likes football.

Making Me a Little Weepy

Everton players' tribute to Rhys

I don't know if anyone has been following this story but me. It has caused a huge roar in the UK.

I am a powerful person

I organized people in my Facebook group to complain to CBC about their coverage of the Riders game last night. Guess what?
CBC to broadcast Roughriders-Eskimos finish
I'd like to think I played a small part in it. Honey, nobody messes with my Riders and gets away with it.

In other news....

I got a Flickr account (you can scroll down for my badge).

I have "Funky Cold Medina" stuck in my head. Don't know why. I'm not sure if it is better than "Tragedy" by the Bee Gees that I had stuck in my head yesterday.

I could have seen the Stanley Cup today but my desire to stay in my air-conditioned car in 35C heat (45C with humidity, that's 95F and 113F with humidity for you Roger types) was too great.

The most understanding wife, ever

Life in a Cage: Baby Sleeps, Mom Cooks, Dad Bats
By LEE JENKINS
For three years, Angels outfielder Reggie Willits has chosen to live with his family in an indoor batting cage.

Queasy Canadiens can’t wait to put pesky flu bug behind them

My beloved Habs are on a 3 game losing streak due to the flu. Poor guys. Against the Capitals they had guys puking between periods.
Is there a doctor in the house?

Strange Bowling Coincidences

This afternoon I made plans to see a friend from high school. It is very difficult to make plans with him for several reasons:
- He is an insomniac and has to keep to a very strict evening routine so he does not "socialize" in the evening.
- He lives very, very far away so I rarely see him.
- He is about 3 millimetres away from becoming a hermit.
- He is a germaphobe.
- He takes over twenty minutes to brush his teeth (see previous point).
Originally I had planned we should go for a walk. He likes going for walks especially since there are very few people and he can keep his gloves on (for fear of germs). Today was much colder than it has been the last couple days so that was out.
My next suggestion was bowling. Yikes! From the dirty look I got you would think I had suggested an assassination. He was leery about the rented shoes touching bowling balls that other people had used. Fortunately I have the ability to convince him to do things he normally would not do. First, I convinced him just to drive to the bowling alley. I wasn't even sure if the place even would be open in the middle of the afternoon on a week day. When we saw people leaving the building we knew it was open and he seemed incredibly disappointed. I promised him that he can wash his hands and his socks. He told me he might have to throw out his socks (I thought he was joking but he was not).
After about his fourth strike in a row, he admitted to me he used to be in a bowling league. Upon further investigation I found out he had been in a youth bowling league for several years during the same time that I bowled. We even bowled at the same time but did not met until 10 years later. (Our high school was very big and we did not met until the last day of grade 11).
We had lots of fun and once we started bowling he didn't even freak out about anything.

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Let's Do the Time Warp Again

Ok, ok, I realize that the last time I posted the internet had just been invented. Shoot me, I've nothing to talk about. All I do is work. This is what my blog would look like if I had posted:
Oct 23
Went home from work, watched TV, prepared chemistry lessons then when to bed early.
Oct 24
Went home from work, watched TV, prepared chemistry lessons then when to bed early.
Oct 25
Went home from work, watched TV, prepared chemistry lessons then when to bed early.
....
You get the point. My life is repetitively boring.

This past weekend I went to a Halloween party. I dressed up again as a swing kid but this time it was even more historically accurate. I drew lines up the back of my legs just like they did back in the day when there were no nylons. I was super cute.

After supper and games, we went 5-pin bowling. I was so excited. I love bowling with all my heart and soul. At first I wasn't doing that well since I was bowling in a dress. I lost my sympathy after bowled 4 strikes in a row.

Because we are not allowed to dress up in costumes at my school so we had a pajama day instead. I wore my Super Girl jammies. You'd think any day where you wear Super Girl jammies to school would be super awesome but it wasn't. It is Halloween and the boys were more stupid than normal. (Boys ages 12 - 17 are significantly more stupid then any other age range, it's science).

World Cup Sadness

I wanted Italy to win (mostly for the sake of my fantasy football team) but I feel so bad for Austraila's goalkeeper. He looks so sad because he knows with only seconds left in the game there is no way they can win.

Stanley Cup Fun

I was at a wedding this evening so I missed tonight's hockey game. I got home I was checking out NHL.com for the recap when a link caught my eye...Stanley Cup having lunch with Kurt Russell

That is Not Natural

Nothing says World Cup like a romance between a lion and a soccer ball.

Two hearts as one? Sweet berry princess! What is wrong with the Germans (host of the World Cup)?