by Mike Browne
on February 21, 2004
It’s Hockey Day In Canada today. I’ll be watching games all day.
At 7p.m. Eastern our injusry ridden Canucks play. Hopefully they’ll play with a little more oomph than they did on Thursday night against the Wild. They took a large sized spanking losing 6-2. Cloutier was pulled after allowing 4 goals on only 10 shots. The game got downright ugly. The Canucks are sorely missing some stars. Naslund, Jovanovski (who’s calling radio shows at home), Arvedson and Lindgren are all out with injuries and the team has had to rely on players called up from the Maintoba Moose just to get enough bodies on the bench.
The team seems to be losing heart. They’re doing okay in the standings, but to watch them play of late is like watching the downtrodden. The high paid ‘stars’ aren’t producing, nor are they leading the team as they should. Perhaps a trade to show them that not everyone is secure is in order. That or bench the non-producers.
Maybe this sign got to Bertuzzi:
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by Mike Browne
on February 20, 2004
Jackson sent me this link.
It was just a matter of time before we were to see a story like this. I’ve spotted young Asian males with more than one LCD screen embedded into the seats of their cars here in the Lower Mainland. Often I’ve seen them watching bizarre music videos or kung fu DVD’s whilst yimmering on their tiny cell phones and driving like cats with their asses on fire down Lougheed Highway.
Multi-taskers can be very valuable to an employer but how many hands did the guy in the story in this video have?
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by Mike Browne
on February 20, 2004
Things overheard at the STD clinic
My favourite: “My pee smells like ham.”
Thanks to Amadou for the link
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by Mike Browne
on February 20, 2004
Ping Pong anyone? Thanks Jackson, but GD it I suck.
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by Mike Browne
on February 20, 2004
You can change the screensaver on this link to say what you would like it to. Thanks to matt for the link.
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by Mike Browne
on February 20, 2004
My friend Ken sent me a link to some NS snow storm photos that he took around his yard this morning. It looks like snow accumulated over a winter but this is from one day! His message was “Teresa and I had to tunnel our way to the front door. Still waiting for the main road to be plowed, then I’ll see if I can get my truck dug out.”
I’m amazed at the amount of snow they received in one day. The news said that some parts of Nova Scotia received 90cm (3 feet) of snow in a 24 hour period. The weather looks better today. Now it’s time to dig themselves out.
I spoke with Mom and Dad last evening as well. They said that for the first in the history of the 911 system in NS, Nova Scotia’s Emergency Health Services had declared a “Code Black” for the whole province. “Code Black” means ambulances, accompanied by snow plows, are responding to people with life-threatening injuries or illnesses first. Doctors and paramedics are screening 911 calls to determine whether or not people should actually wait to get medical attention. Yikes! Mom held the phone out the front door so I could hear the wind blowing up the street.
UPDATE (13:51 Pacific): Big Al Mac sent me this link with pictures of Bridgewater taken yesterday morning before another full day of snow. Al and I grew up there and my folks and his dad still live there. Paulins Corner store mentioned in story on the link is the store where as a kid I used to go and spend my allowance on candy and other junk. Apparently Nova Scotia is dues for another 15 to 25 cm of snow on the weekend.
More Pictures from a Haligonian’s blog. Some more right here and here and here.
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by Mike Browne
on February 19, 2004
Prenant woman taken to hospital in Bridgewater NS (my former hometown) with the help of snowplows. I just heard about this story on CKNW the radio station I listen to here in Vancouver.
I was just talking to my friend Ken who lives back there. He said there’s 6 to 7 feet of drifted snow around his yard and his truck is buried. He won’t be able to get out unless someone comes by with a backhoe to help him. he said he would take some photos tomorrow when the sun comes up and email them to me. I hope he does.
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by Mike Browne
on February 19, 2004
By the looks of this I quit smoking 6 years too early. Maybe not. It doesn’t mention anything about emphysema. I can’t help it. Even after this long without a single cigarette my head instantly goes to a place where at the slightest inkling of my being able to get away with it smoking appears to be a good idea again. Ugh!
Like I want to pay 8 bucks a pack for the 1 and a half packs I smoked everyday. Not to mention the whole smelling like and ashtray and being addicted to something so badly it ruled my life.
“No I can’t eat/work/live there because I am unable to smoke.” Yuck!
No thanks. Smoke free is good for me. That’s the truth.
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by Mike Browne
on February 19, 2004
Storm shuts down Nova Scotia
Just when I need a reminder about why I need to stay in BC and not move back to Nova Scotia one of these stories hits. Yikes! My friend Ken sent me a weather radar picture yesterday in which you could see the storm approaching. It doesn’t look much better right now. I think 50 cm of snow in one night would really suck. My guess is that Dad has the snow blower out today. I’ll have to call him tonight.
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by Mike Browne
on February 19, 2004
The Breast Cancer Site : Fund Mammograms for Free.
James Chan sent me the site this morning with this message:
“This will take one moment of your time & it is very much worth it.
Please tell ten friends to tell ten today. The Breast Cancer site is having trouble getting enough people to click on it daily to meet their quota of donating at least one free mammogram a day to an underprivileged woman. It takes less than a minute to go to their site and click on “donating a mammogram” for free (pink window in the middle). This doesn’t cost you a thing. Their corporate sponsors/advertisers use the number of daily visits to donate a mammogram in exchange for advertising. Here’s the web site!
Please pass it along to 10 people you know.”
So, rather than email ten people I know at least a few of the at least 20 people who read my drivel daily will click.
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