Goofball Of The Month: Ben Roethlisberger

Instead of going after a politician (which is soo easy). This month's goofball is Ben Roethlisberger; the Quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers.

He earns this honour for his motorcycle accident June 12th in which he smashed his face into a car, breaking his nose and his jaw. The big thing is he wasn't wearing a helmet. Nice one Ben. He's lucky to be alive if not severely brain damaged or even paralysed.

From now on he should leave his football helmet on when he goes out in the public. Just to be safe, OK Ben.-----franks and beans, franks and beans------

Congrats Ben, you're the Goofball of the month for June 2006!

Flames Trade Leopold for Tanguay

The Calgary Flames have traded defenceman Jordan Leopold and a second-round pick in the 2006 NHL draft to the Colorado Avalanche in exchange for Alex Tanguay. The Avalanche also get a conditional second-round pick in either the 2007 or 2008 entry draft.

Tanguay, 26, is a restricted free agent and his qualifying offer will have to be $3.23 million US.
The six-foot, 190-pound left-winger from Ste.-Justine, Que., was second behind Joe Sakic in points for the Avs with 29 goals and 49 assists in 71 games during the 2005-06 regular season.
Colorado took him 12th overall in the 1998 draft and played in the 2004 NHL all-star game.

Leopold, 25, had two goals and 18 assists and had a plus-minus of plus-6 in 74 games for the Flames. He averaged 22 minutes per game. He also played for the U.S. at the Olympics in February and had a goal in six games. Leopold was a second-round pick of Anaheim in 1999 and was dealt to Calgary at the 2001 NHL draft.

This is another suprising move from Darryl Sutter. Who said he was going to leave the team the way it was. But with Dion Phanuef anchoring the powerplay, Leopold was expendable. Here's hoping Tanguay can stay healthy for a full season and give the Flames that extra scoring punch, besides Jarome Iginla.

On The Move

Well, these prior 3 months I've been looking to buy a house on some property in or around the Calgary area. I'm happy to say that as of June 1st, 2006 I'm the proud owner of a manufactured home in the Village of Hussar. Which is located 50 minutes East of the City of Calgary. It's a nice place, of course it's not my dream home but it's a start.
I has originally intended to purchase something in Calgary. But during my 2 month search the house prices in Calgary out priced themselves for me and my financal situation. FYI: Calgary home prices rise $500 a day. It's frickin' unbelievable.
I commute to work everyday from Hussar. It takes me an hour each way. Let me tell you a few little things about this Village ( yes it's considered a village) of Hussar, AKA: "middle of butt-fuck nowhere". It's almost exactly 30 minutes direct east of Strathmore and 30 minutes direct South of Drumheller. Hussar is located in the Wheatland County. I'm sure there's gotta be a boss hog, but I'm yet to meet him. It's a quiet farming community. Not alot of noise, except for the local kids riding their motorbike's all around town. Population is 182, it was 181 but since I moved here it's now 182. The only real drawback, besides the distance from Calgary, is that there's no high-speed internet. Dial up works, but's it's slow. I never realized how easier high speed was. Oh, all the talk around town is of their upcoming rodeo on June 18th-19th. they say they like to party, but I don't know.
Anyways I still have alot of unpacking to do. I'll keep I touch.
CYA