Sofi and very likely the CFL MVP for this year (and potential Grey Cup champion) in the Calgary airport yesterday.

He was really nice - he told me he "wanted to experience what you guys experienced last year". Good for him - I wished him luck in the game and Sofi thanked him for beating B.C. in the playoffs. I'm still going to boo him when he comes to Taylor Field ;)

RIP 1968 - 2008

I am pretty much the epitome of someone who should vote Conservative. I have even been referred to as a crazy neo-con. I am incredibly fiscally conservative and in my old age am fast becoming a libertarian (read: not socialist). However, once again, I will not be voting for the Conservative Party of Canada in this election.

I could literally go on and on, but here are a number of complete and utter lies they are responsible for ...

From their own election platform:

• "Stop the Liberal attack on retirement savings and preserve income trusts by not imposing any new taxes on them."

• "Work to achieve with the provinces permanent changes to the equalization formula which would ensure that non-renewable natural resource revenue is removed from the equalization formula to encourage economic growth."

• "Introduce legislation modeled on the BC and Ontario laws requiring fixed election dates every four years, except when a government loses the confidence of the House (in which case an election would be held immediately, and the subsequent election would follow four years later)."

In their own words:

• "We've consistently stated that if we are elected into government we will be revising the equalization formula to remove the non-renewable natural resources which would result of course in Saskatchewan retaining 100 per cent of its oil and gas revenues among other things," said Lukiwski. "I think it's fair to say if we make those changes under current circumstances with current prices Saskatchewan would be $2 to $2.5 billion wealthier each and every year, so its a very significant program for Saskatchewan."

  - Saskatchewan Conservative incumbent MP Tom Lukiwski

• "Fixed election dates prevent governments from calling snap elections for short-term political advantage. Fixed election dates stop leaders from trying to manipulate the calendar. They level the playing field for all parties. The rules are clear for everybody."

  - PM Stephen Harper and Conservative Party Leader

Notice I haven't even mentioned the Prime Minister being caught on tape admitting to offering bribes, the "in and out" election scandal, not offering a clear choice in the Wheat Board referendums when it's obvious nobody wants it around anymore anyways, Gerry Ritz making jokes about members of my family almost dying, and those God-damned illegal leaflets I get in the mail from MPs I've never even heard of. I literally could go on and on ...

Anyone who votes for the CPC (note, not someone who is conservative - the distinction is marked and pronounced) must have a hole in their head.

P.S. - I am voting Liberal because I live in Ralph Goodale's riding. Makes it easy ;)

For Better or For Worse ended it's 29-year run this past weekend.

I didn't know the strip was coming to an end until I caught up with the strips I missed while I was out of town and was completely shocked. The strip has been around for as long as I have and, as such, has been a part of my entire life. My folks have subscribed to the local paper since forever, so I usually read it every day. When I moved out I didn't subscribe to the paper but thanks to the miracle of feeds have been able to follow it pretty regularly the last few years in particular.

I searched the web to find out what the word on the street was with regard to its ending and found a great quote from an editorial from the Peoria Journal Star:

However, with this weekend's finale, I know there will come an emptiness — the emptiness of a friend going away. It embarrasses me to admit it, but I blinked back tears as Rose gazed wistfully into the empty drawing room of 165 Eaton Place in 'Upstairs, Downstairs' and I did the same thing when Hawkeye Pierce choppered out of the hospital compound for the last time in 'M*A*S*H.'

(the one on the right)

Mockery in any form, or for any purpose or directed at anyone, especially those least able to defend themselves, is neither funny nor acceptable.

In the spirit of Seth and Amy, really? No form of mockery is funny or acceptable? Why wait for Big Brother or some Islamic terrorists to take away all our freedoms, when morons like him are willing to have us voluntarily give them up.

As my high school English teacher used to say, I would classify the entirety of Mr. Shriver's editorial above as a completely retarded act.

I've been getting thousands of pieces of trackback spam per day and nobody from the Pebble mailing list wants to help me with it so I've just turned them off.

I'm too busy to get my website in order at the moment, so this is the only thing I could think of. I can't stand fucking spammers. It's bad enough I get so much spam on my cellphone, but my wonderful (read: worst company in the world) cell phone provider also says there is nothing they can do about it.