When I resigned from the Salvation Army, I didn’t really have a plan or a job to go to so I’ll let you read into that all you want. It was a pretty sudden decision but it was time to move to something else. After years of being on call 24.7, I wasn’t sleeping well [...]
Calgary Flames
Ken Dryden on Hockey Violence
In today’s Globe and Mail I wonder what will make people say that about us 50 years from now. What are the big things we might be getting really wrong? Chemicals in our foods? Genetic modifications gone wrong? Climate change? In sports, I think, the haunting question will be about head injuries. It wasn’t until [...]
Christmas with Reimers
We spent an early Christmas dinner with the Reimers and Kristy before the the Reimers head south to California for Christmas with their kids. It’s our family Christmas dinner and it is a really nice evening. The food is always good and during dinner I was having my second helping of a bean and mushroom [...]
The Scandal of Two Tier Health Care in Canada
So the Calgary Flames jumped to the head of the line when it came to H1N1 vaccinations. Are we surprised? It’s long been a practice in Canada where professional and semi-pro athletes get preferential medical treatment. They get a MRI within hours while the rest of us wait months. Elective surgery comes within days while [...]
Being a Habs fan counts for something
I have known several die hard Montreal Canadiens fans over the years. They are obnoxious and arrogant and when the Habs are winning, they can be impossible to be around. The same can be said for Toronto Maple Leaf fans. They are also obnoxious, arrogant and the occasional times when the Buds are winning, they [...]
