After my “Grey Cup Aftermath” posting yesterday, I wrote a line towards the end that said essentially “Calgary could use a riot”. Well, that got me to thinking, what if Calgary did have a riot? What could cause it first of all?
Flames losing the Stanley Cup? No, fans remained peaceful when they lost in 2004.
Okay, [...]
What if there was a riot in Calgary?
December 1st, 2009 · Comments
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Grey Cup Aftermath Online
November 29th, 2009 · Comments
The 2009 edition of the Grey Cup has come and gone through the City of Calgary and history has been written for the 97th time. Hey, not a bad opening line there, I could write for Sports Illustrated or something really big like that
Anyways, as the dust settles on the gridiron of McMahon [...]
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It’s Grey Cup Fever in Calgary
November 26th, 2009 · Comments
The Canadian Football League is handing out it’s big prize this weekend, the Grey Cup in Calgary this weekend.
It’s like our Superbowl, only not nearly as big. And with that, the amount of people in our city has grown, mostly due to an influx of Saskatchewan Roughriders fans visiting the city.
My only concern is getting [...]
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Calgary has more Starbucks locations than H1N1 clinics
October 30th, 2009 · Comments
Just an observation I had…
Winnipeg has 12 H1N1 clinics for 700,000 people while Calgary has 5 clinics for 1 Million People. No disrespect to Winnipeg, they seem to have their shit together.
In contrast, Winnipeg has 44 Starbucks locations while Calgary has 105.
Well, I guess Calgary is covered for Tazo Tea for those that get [...]
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“We were overwhelmed”
October 28th, 2009 · Comments
I’m usually left of centre in the political spectrum but usually I get tired of hearing the Alberta Liberals shoot down ANYTHING the PC’s in Alberta do.
The PC’s could say “good morning” and they’ll counteract with “why didn’t you say Pleasant Morning?”
But for once I agree with their criticism (maybe I’m not such a good [...]
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