"Give me a break. Those officers are 10 times better than this man." ~ Dallas Senior Cpl. Glenn White

Hello..if I had a photo of this beautiful city I would put it here...I love fall! The Rivervalley never fails to impress me. Seriously.

Anyhoo...I put up a photo of Riley instead...he's cute and cuddly and a maniac...crazy dog.

I'm working late and getting geared up for the big day off tomorrow. Looking forward to it. Going to have dinner at Kirny's with OTC and his Special Lady. Vern is ready to pop out her 2nd Boo boo's and just moved..what is it with pregnant ladies always moving in their final month? Can't wait to see her all moved in to her palace on the lake.

Here are my Week 4 NFL Picks:

Atlanta
Dallas – Even with TO self destructing...do the Titans have a CB that can cover Terry Glenn? Maybe this will be a Cocaine Kerry Collins comeback...jebus.
Indianapolis – but I’ll admit it I hope the Jets win but where is the Jets running game?
Miami – if they win they’ll be .500, fingers crossed!
Minnesota
Carolina – will it be the Steve Smith show? Maybe The ‘Aints will shock us all...they are on fire.
San Diego
Kansas City
Detroit --a total toss up as far as I can see...I predict a tie.
Cleveland
Washington
Cincinnati – Bring on the NE blitz...Will Palmer get sacked some more this week or just take apart the secondary if they blitz?
Chicago – This is my Pepto,, Without Alexander and with “Stan” Grossman going long, they might squeak it out...
Philadelphia – with the Packers secondary falling all over themselves I think McNabb will take advantage.

Funtimes.....

"Comebaaaaackkk!..Comebaack..." ~ Official mating call of the drunken whyte ave partyer....

Jebus, it has been a while.
Hello little blog world how goes it? I still do not have a computer at home and have had about 4 months of sporadic contact with the internet world. I miss it and hopefully soon will be able to check my email with some frequency...oh and blog.

I have been busy all summer with work and funtimes...recently went to Cowtown to see some friends and get caught up with everbody's life. I hope to post some pics soon.

Saw a bunch of movies including Snakes on a MF Plane and Beerfest. The latter was much better and more enjoyable in my mind. Last Sunday I went to see Little Miss Sunshine...A gem of a movie that highlights the glaring problems of our "normal" society and all the myths perpetuated by supposed perfect families and the like. Apparently the moral of the tale is if you have a family no matter how non-traditional and dysfunctional you can make it through. Ya, ya...what about those of us without family...are we just screwed or what? It was a good movie and fall down funny dudes.

Here are my picks for Week 3 NFL for those of you who care...

Carolina
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Detroit (hoping GB goes 0-3...tee hee)
Indianapolis
NY Jets
Miami
Washington
Baltimore
Seattle
Philadelphia
St. Louis
New England
Altlanta Vicks

"Welcome Home Joey-Joe!!!"

Soooo...my computer is officially broken until further notice (which means until I have some money to fix it, generally). I also have a new jobbity-job. YAY! I start on Monday and am enjoying my last week of free wheeling-funtimes. Spent last night at Rexall cheering on the Oilers and had the time of my life. Today I have no voice. Living on Whyte Ave has its moments, and with Oilers fans galore taking over, it's both good and bad. Last night was a good night, the High- Fiving, the crazy fans...However, Sunday night I will be cursing the masses because I actually have to get up and go to my new work place and endure the the always fun "orientation"day.

My cousin Joe is also home from Japan!! (Do you like the truly ghetto signs My Cousin made?) We went and picked him up today from the airport and he has that disoriented look of a traveller in his eyes. He's not used to hearing so much English, so fast, so he's super overwhelmed. He's having some weird moments trying to avoid the reverse culture shock he is so obviously suffering from. It is so good to have him home! Even if he is sneaking in Japanese into every conversation. It's all a little confusing.















Song Du Jour: Hands Open ~ Snow Patrol

Oh and a photo of the poopers with their lampshades on, as promised:

"Live from the dead mile..." A-Channel reporter

I shall resist the urge to Woo hoo. I will not say Ha Ha. I will not comment on how much I thrilled at the 3-0 Ducks win over The Flames. I will not do any of those things...no I will not. I will take the high road.
Instead I will point out how odd it is that the "New NHL's" top 4 teams in the east are still playing for The Cup but the top 4 teams in the west are out!?!
Does this make anybody else wonder if the Stanley Cup final will be a blowout 4 game sweep? Thoughts? Predictions? Hail Mary's?

Song Du Jour: We Didn't Start the Fire ~ Billy Joel
(actually not a jab at The Flames, this song is stuck in my head because I am reading a novel and one of the character's sings it and they actually had the lyrics in the book...how ridiculous is it that a book got a song stuck in my head?)

"why does it say paper jam when there is no paper jam? I swear to God, one of these days, I just kick this piece of shit out the window" -Samir

Finding a job sucks. I've just been fighting with my printer (which is currently eating my resume) and it reminded me of Samir in Office Space. What I wouldn't do for a baseball bat right about now. You know how it goes...the resume making, the pavement pounding, the sycophantic interview process. I have to go and watch a video at my first pre-employment interview. That's right...a 2.5 hour video with a test of my comprehension level promised afterwards. And that's just the first step and I don't get paid for it...

All I really want to do is watch hockey playoffs and hang with my friends. Actually that is all I have been doing since my last exam on Friday. How about them Oilers? Watched the 6th game here my cousin's house and we all had a moment of bliss when they scored 4 goals in the third. There was jumping and screaming and general mayhem. This week I am taking care of the boys because the rest of the family is gainfully employed so they needed some jobless wonder to dog-sit. That's me! Murphy and Riley went in for the ole "snip, snip" and to get their back claw removed and now they have to wear their "lampshades" and let me tell you they are rather pissed about it, and I don't blame them. Poor pooches. For them the misery will be over soon however, I think mine has just begun. So pray I get a job soon friends and here's hoping the mandatory pre-employment video is a gooder and lives up to the Elections Canada video they made me watch twice. Woo. Hoo.

















Song Du Jour: Touch It ~ Busta Rhymes (Missy E Remix)
"Touch it- bring it - pay it - watch it -turn it - leave it - stop - format it"

"All that is necessary for evil to triumph, is for good men to do nothing." - Edmund Burke

Do Canadians realize we are at war? It doesn't seem like they do. Recently the discussion here at Hack House has turned to the topic of fallen soldiers and the way our government handles the deaths. First I would like to say that I support our troops in every way and when they are KIA I realize that they are killed because they fight for me and the freedoms I have. I mean them no disrespect.

In recent months the death toll in Afganistan has risen and our PM is taking heat for not lowering the flag to half staff and holding press conferences and having huge public memorials.
About 4 years ago we set a precendence in the way we handle the death of soldiers. 4 Canadians were killed in a friendly fire accident and we had a huge elaborate funeral for them and I thought...uh oh, this war just started and this is how we react when 4 soldiers are killed? What happens, I thought, if hundreds more are killed in Afganistan?
And now I can see that there is fallout from that. Canadians need to brace themselves for worse and we need to remember the reason that this war was started and we must finish our job there. We cannot back down and the media needs to stop wondering *if* Canadians think we should be there or not. We *are* there and will be for some time to come and I think it is a disservice to the memories of those who have fallen to ponder why the PM treats these deaths differently than in the recent past.
Does the Military have a protocol they follow for fallen soldiers? Why was that protocol not followed after the friendly fire incident? Public outcry? Short-sightedness on behalf of the liberals?
Although I try to understand the grief of families who lost their sons and daughters I know I cannot know their pain, but on top of must we subject the families to this pissing match over which soldiers get a fancy funeral and which don't? We've lost sight of the big picture here and I just wonder if we haven't set ourselves up for a huge problem as this war we are embroiled in escalates.

I think I have been watching too much West Wing (crack)....I wonder how much time the White House spends on having President Bush call the families of soldiers KIA.

"I thought you had it...."

During the season the old Telus University Cup was replaced by a bright and shiny new Telus University Cup. Apparently, it was just too tempting for a young man who managed to tuck it under his arm and waltz out of the Armoury with it last Saturday night. Nobody noticed.

The team got together and realized that everybody thought somebody else on the team had it. Can you imagine that conversation? "Hey Stanley you took the cup home with you didn't you?"
No?
"Thompson, did you take it?"
No?
uhhh..
Holy crap.

So if you've seen it...please return it to a very embarrassed Bears team.
Now, I have seen many a trophy abused; I have been at a bar and drank out of the Grey Cup, the Panda's have managed to maim the national trophy many times (don't tell the coach) but losing it? This is a new one.

According to the Journal today they have reviewed the surveillance tapes and a 20-25 year old man carried the cup out the door and got in a cab. I wonder if they saved the old cup?

Song Du Jour: Sorry ~ Madonna

UPDATE: Apparently at about 12:30 am Friday morning the police got a call reporting the cup was spotted in a garbage can in the West End (shocker). They investigated and the cup was returned to the team. Good Times.

UPDATE: So Global reports it was found in a garbage can in the West End and now A-Channel says it was found near a school on the southside. That's impressive. Whatever...they found it and I can't be bothered to find out who's more retarded.

"C'mon down! You're the next contestant..."

If you could be on any game show which one would you choose?

I would probably choose Jeopardy because I love that there is some strategy involved in final Jeopardy. I might have a chance at some sweet cash because I have managed to cram all manner of (somewhat) useless trivia into my wee brain and I might not make a total ass of myself. It's also the one game show that has the potential to pay out oodles of cold hard cash. The Price Is Right holds some serious nostalgia for me but I don't want to go on and win some ugly ass brass bed or a catamaran. I'd love to spin that wheel though. One day I hope to go watch that spectacle in person.

Family feud *would* have been my first pick because I think I would rock at that, unfortunately I just have one problem...I'd need 4 other people related to me and well, I don't have a traditional family so I'd never be able to get on.
So Jeopardy it is, I guess.

Song Du Jour:In a Big Country ~ Big Country
ahhh the 80's! They played the first few bars of this song at the Oil game last night and now it is stuck in my head. Good keyboards.

"Fatherhood is pretending the present you love the most is soap-on-a-rope." Bill Cosby

The miracle of life is amazing in itself but when your drinking buddies become fathers it is something to behold. GT and The Duke are now the proud fathers of healthy baby girls...Apparently The Karma Gods have a sick sense of humour.
Here are some photos of the wee bairns...




above is Kai's beautiful little sister Mika in pink, born last week. The sleeping beauty is sweet, little Kishina born last month. It is official we are now completely out numbered by offspring in my group of friends.

"What's wrong with a little destruction...."

Last night I did something I never thought I would ever do. With fourteen minutes left in the third period of the Oil game I got up and had to walk away. I snapped and had to get up and leave the bleeds and get away from the spectacle. I just couldn't take it any more.

It was completely irrational. I know it. I lost it shortly after yet another bad call put us on the penalty kill, and with a goal called back and screaming Flamers fans surrounding me, I thought I might assault the guy behind me so I got up and walked away. And I am one of those people that shakes my head at people who leave the game early to "beat the traffic" or what have you. I have no idea what I will do if we have play Calgary in the first round of the playoffs. I used to enjoy the rivalry and now I find it unbearable. Is it just me or is The Battle of Alberta turning into some sort of horror movie I must watch huddled in fear under a blanket, my left arm tingling, just hoping to God we don't coil one up and hand the flamers another win?
I hate being a poor loser and that, in sum, is exactly what I am.

Song Du Jour: The Fallen ~ Franz Ferdinand