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How I Saved 15 Bucks At The Calgary Airport
If you’ve taken an airplane anywhere in the last 6 or 7 years, then you know all about the new security measures. I remember the first time I saw airport security confiscating all the make-up, lotion and lighters from unsuspecting travelers and throwing it all into huge rubbermaid bins. Pretty funny. Shortly after that fiasco, someone decided that it would be just as secure to give everyone a zipl

Things Are Different Now. But Are They Better?
Remember way back a long, long time ago? Me too. The first time I drove through Calgary was so long ago that I can’t remember anything about it except the Pink Elephant popcorn. I blew through there again in the mid eighties and it was a very small shithole of a city. The only thing going for it was the zoo. Things pretty much stayed that way for years. Then Calgary grew, and it became more and more annoying to me every time I dro

I Wanna Go Out And Do Something Fun and I Don’t Mean Walking Along Some Silly Nature Trail
With every passing day, Downtown Winnipeg gets more and more desolate. The Winnipeg version of progress is truly sucking ass. It seems to me that while we were all home nurturing our children, the boring, anti-fun league took over the city. It must be that the current generation of 20 somethings don’t like to go out in public if they can avo

Gulf War Syndrome Is Still Better Than Dying; Isn’t It?
After much thoughtful consideration I decided to cave and get the H1N1 vaccine for the kids and myself. Turns out that I would prefer vomiting, diminished consciousness and gulf war syndrome to any kind of death. Feeling greatly relieved and smug about my decision making skills, I spoke to the family. The one sister is definitely getting it and the sisters in law are all going along with her. All the nurse friends and whatnot are getting it too. My kids agree with me and are adamantly against dying as well. Then I told the husband. He’s dead set against it. Great. Why? He’s positive that the vaccine is more dangerous than t

What’s A Kiddie Pack?
So the other day, Stephen Harper announced that his government intends to “crack down” on tobacco marketing aimed at youth. Um… OK. Buddy, there is no tobacco marketing anymore. The only people talking about smoking on TV are the ones in those anti-smoking commercials. Maybe those guys