Captain Canada ---> Gone

Today's a 2 for 1 posting. I'm totally shocked the Edmonton Oilers traded away there main guy, Ryan Smyth, to the New York Islanders for 2 prospects and a draft pick. I guess they've given up any hope of making the playoffs this year. What are Oiler fans thinking? What was Kevin Lowe thinking? All it seemed to be over was like a measely 2-300,000 dollars. Which is nothing in today's NHL. It will be interesting to see where Ryan Smyth signs in the off season.
I guess I should thank Kevin Lowe for trading Ryan Smyth to the east coast. The Flames will be glad to only play him 1 time every 3 years, until the schedule gets corrected, if he stays out east. Miikka Kiprusoff will be very happy. Wouldn't it be funny if Ryan Smyth signs in Calgary during the off-season. Only in my dreams.

Go Flames Go

Superstar Of The Month: Peyton Manning

This month's Superstar is Peyton Manning for leading his team to a Super Bowl victory.

His career-long quest for a championship finally ended Feb. 4 in Miami with an efficient performance against the Chicago Bears that added a Super Bowl MVP award to his long list of achievements. The two-time NFL MVP was 25 of 38 for 247 yards and a touchdown pass, keeping the Bears on their heels with his play calling at the line of scrimmage as he rallied the Indianapolis Colts to a 29-17 victory.

Atta-boy Peyton, you've eliminated yourself from the Dan Marino group. The greatest NFL quarterbacks to never win a championship.

You're the Superstar for February 2007.

And From The Jimmy Cam...

"It's fucking snowed. I can't go outside. God Dammit. Jimmy's getting upset!"

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.