So it turns out the smartest person in Canada is an offensive lineman for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.According to a two-hour CBC reality/game show that tested "six areas of the Theory of Multiple Intelligences: linguistic, logical/mathematical, visual/spatial, bodily/kinesthetic, musical and interpersonal ( Read more... )

...but I am beginning to think I mostly just like the Canadian Football League because it's small and has no money. (No, really, the last time I checked my salary was significantly higher than the CFL average ( Read more... )

This past weekend was Canadian Thanksgiving. Normally I go to my parents' place for the weekend, but the rest of the family is out west at my brother's place for the holiday. It's not a time of year when I can get days off, and BC is a long way to go for dinner. However, a friend from library school (one of the Harry Potter movie gang) had to come ( Read more... )

I've actually watched most of the finals this year, but haven't been saying much about it in public. The reason for this is, I find myself conflicted: my dearest friend is a Vancouverite and therefore I want her Canucks to win. But my brother-in-law is a lifelong Bruins fan so I also kind of want his Bruins to win. But the Canucks are a team based ( Read more... )

Edmonton Oilers' forward Gilbert Brule and his girlfriend stop for hitchhikers in Vancouver. One of them is Bono.

Bono's comment on the incident later that night:

"I like ice hockey because people who play ice hockey are the kind of people who pick up hitchhikers."

And there you go.

For me, the playoffs are over. I actually tuned in last night for a second at the exact moment PK Subban scored the goal to send it to overtime, but I didn't have the nerve to watch. (Also, I really needed to get to bed ( Read more... )

Woke up this morning to the strains of "The Russian Easter Overture," the only classical piece I unreservedly like. (Thanks, Dad ( Read more... )

Some discussion of whether rules changes are needed, or whether the problem is a lack of consistency in enforcement ( Read more... )

So with the windchill, it feels like minus-21 today. And will be colder tomorrow ( Read more... )

The World Jr hockey championships end tonight--it's Canada vs Russia for the gold, which I always think is the classic matchup.

However, having a cough but no cable, I will just drink my NeoCitran, finish watching this Ravi Shankar concert video, and go to bed. I'm not as dazed as I was earlier today but I think it's to bed early for me.