The Frozen Tundra Of Hussar

Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

A Cool CD

Lately I've been listening to this CD, by the Bloodhound Gang, One Fierce Beer Coaster. The music is unique and I love the lyrics in the tracks. They make me laugh. My favourite tracks are #1. Kiss Me Where It Smells Funny; #3. Fire Water Burn; #4. I Wish I Was Queer So I Could Get Chicks; #5. Why's Everybody Always Pickin' On Me?; #6. It's Tricky; #10. Boom; and #11 Going Nowhere Slow.

The Bloodhound Gang first big hit was with it's song "The Bad Touch" on it's "Hooray For Boobies" CD. But I think there's way better songs on that album. My favourites were, I Hope You Die; Yummy Down On This; The Ballad Of Chasey Lain; Magna Cum Nada; and Along Comes Mary.

Of course it's definately parental advisory, so it's not something to listen to if the wee-wan's are around. But I highly recommend it if you're into the hip-hop/rock/alternative stuff. Like I said they've got a unique sound. Check out the link to your right if you're interested. As the Bloodhound Gang states:

"If you find the content of these lyrics offensive, you're not cool"

Superstar Of The Month: Jonathan Toews

WHAT'S UP DOC?

A new feature for 2007 is gonna be something called; Superstar Of The Month. Last year was a little too negative. So we're gonna keep things positive for 2007. This time rewarding people for their good contributions. Instead of dwelling on their idiotic contributions.

With our further delay the Superstar of the month for January 2007 is Jonathan Toews (pronounced TAYVZ). He wins this award for his outstanding job at the 2007 World Junior Hockey Tournament. But more esspecially for his brilliant moves during the shootout against the American team goaltender. In which he scored 3 consecutive times. All with 3 different moves, one goal in a different corner everytime. He picked the corner on all of them perfectly, too. It was a beautiful thing to watch. Team Canada won the game 2-1, thanks to Toews. This of course got Canada into the Gold medal round in which they easily dispatched of the Russians.

Jonathan Toews was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba and was selected 3rd overall in the 2006 entry draft by the Chicago Blackhawks. He's currently playing for the University of North Dakota.

Jonathan Toews you are the Superstar for January 2007.

Home Sweet Home

Wow it's been over 2 weeks and I haven't posted in 2007 yet. So for my very first post of 2007 I thought I'd post some pics of my house in the Village of Hussar.

Here she is. It's a manufactured home, which means no basement. I'm slowly getting used to no basement. It's pretty solid too. It can get frickin' windy out here. It's also warmer then I thought it would be. The windows must be good quality.
Here's my backyard. It's pretty much bald ass prairie except for on the horizon, there are some hills. Which is the beginning of the foothills area. Also, just behind those red things in the photo is a farmers field. I can remember around Oct.-Nov. hearing this great jesus noise coming from outside. So I walked around back and there's this combine going through the farmers field, 200 metres from my house. Now that was a little shock, coming from a city kid. Not that I haven't seen a combine before. But I've never been so close to one, as to actually here it working. Living out here away from the hustle and bustle of high priced Calgary. I'm liking it more and more as each day passes. Although I don't know if I'll live in Hussar forever. But I'm really liking Drumheller and the area. I could definately see myself living in Drumheller. But who knows anythings possible. There's not much to do in Hussar. They've got 1 lounge/bar. But it's mostly just farmers and the regular town folk. The store closes at 5 pm everyday, except Sunday for when it's not open at all. The only thing that Hussar is missing, is high-speed internet. Which means no xbox live, yet. The best I can do is high-speed satellite. It's not as fast as cable or DSL, but it's way better then dial-up. I would like to get a job closer to home if I could. But I'm making such good money working in Calgary and commutting in. That I'm not quite ready to stop. Although I'm not going to work nights forever. One bonus of living out here is the stars and night sky is beautiful. You can see so many more stars then you could living in the city. In the fall it was a nightly occurance to see the Aurora Borealis. Which was beautiful and cool everytime. One of the other little quirky things about here is that it gets pretty foggy from time to time. It's probably because were close to the badlands. She can get pretty thick.

Anyways, stay tuned. You never know what's going to show up.

Peace.

Goofball Of The Month: Myriam Bedard

This month's goofball is Myriam Bedard; for allegedly violating a child custody agreement with her ex-husband, the child's biological father.

Canada swore out an arrest warrant against Bedard on Dec. 8 after her former husband alleged she had taken their daughter away from Quebec City without his permission, violating a joint custody agreement. Police have so far refused to divulge any details of their investigation, which started in October after an initial complaint from Paquet (ex-husband).
Bedard, a native of Loretteville, near Quebec City, is no stranger to controversy despite winning the hearts of Canadians with her gold-medal wins in the biathlon at the Lillehammer, Norway, Winter Olympics in 1994, and a bronze medal at the 1992 games in Albertville, France.
She sued, and settled out of court, when Wrigley Canada Inc. ran an ad featuring an altered photo of her that she said made her look masculine. Bedard tussled with Biathlon Canada over training and endorsements. But she started really raising eyebrows with charges during the federal sponsorship scandal. Bedard said she was forced from her Via Rail job because of questions she raised about inflated payments to Quebec ad firms.

Now everyone's presumed innocent until proven guilty. But that doesn't mean you're not a goofball.

Congratulations Myriam Bedard you're the Goofball of the Month for December 2006.




P.S. I don't know if the goofball of the month will continue in 2007. I have other things in mind. So stay tuned. Peace.

Alberta's new Premier

I guess they call him honest Ed Stelmach. He's the new Alberta Premier. He replaces Ralph Klein's length reign. I'm actually pretty happy it was Ed Stelmach who beat out front runners Jim Dinning and Ted Morton. Jim Dinning I didn't like it how he would switch from working in the public to working in the private sectors. Always moving in and out when it would serve his purpose. I feared Ted Morton would get power. First he's American born, secondly he a hardcore reform party type.
In related news, I'm actually pleased Stephane Dion won the federal Liberal Party race. He was my first choice. If one of those guys was going to be Prime Minister, I'm glad it's him.

The political scene is going to be very interesting in 2007. As two parties who have had power for eons, have new leaders.

Goofball Of The Month: City of Calgary Government

The Goofball Of The Month for November is not just one person but the entire City Council for Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Including Mayor Dave Bronconnier, aka Bronco, and most notably Alderman Craig Burrows. For his motion and council's almost unanimous support for the "Bad Behavior Bylaw". Which gives city bylaw officers the right to ticket/fine people in the city, for certain actions which violate this bylaw.
Here we go.

Defacating and/or urinating in public. $300 fine.
-I can understand the shitting in public. That's gross. But I don't have a problem with taking a pee in a bush or on a tree. Because when you gotta go; you gotta go. Not to mention this gives the city free reign on the homeless. but also gives calls for public facilities.

Fighting. $250 fine.
-If a group of people are brawlin' no problem. But if 2 guys wish to settle their differences one on one with some fisti' cuffs. No need to step in here.

Spitting. $100 fine.
- Exsqueeze me, I beg your powder. What do you mean I can't spit on the sidewalk? Sorry buddy, but if I cough up a lougy. I'm spitting it out right there and now. Sorry. But it's part of being a 'free' society. I won't run from the cops. But I would definately think about splitting from a bylaw officer if he was coming at me for that.

Loitering and Obstructing. $250 fine.
- Again, pushing the homeless around. If one Alderman, Madeleine King, had her way she'd bus all the homeless outta town. Put them in some type of homeless camp. I don't like her, never have.

Standing or putting your feet on a table/bench/planter/sculpture. $50 fine.
- So if I put my foot on a bench to tie my shoelace. I could potentially get fined for that. Or if I kick back in a public place and put my "dry" feet, on the coffee table... yeah, right. Gimme' a break. That's garbage.

Carry a visible knife in public. $50 fine.
- Does my pen knife on my key chain count. It can be a visible knife when opened and used in a dangerous manner if need be.


Now the chance of this happening is low. But it will still happen to people. Some guy's going to get busted for spitting and the homeless. Look out. There's lots of working homeless in Calgary. They're now going to have to work extra to pay off all these fines. I think this is an absolute joke. There's already a law for most of this shit, it's called mischief. People get charged with it all the time.


Take a bow City Council. You're the Goofballs Of The Month for November 2006.