I don’t know why, but my mind is a little bit blown by the fact that Justin Trudeau is 40 years old. He just seems younger than that - or my idea of what a 40 year old is isn’t all that accurate.
Anyone watching the Brier? Curling is oddly fascinating - I love trying to figure out the strategy. I’ve never played, but I might like to try it some day.
The CanaDoper Café (2012 edition of The great, ongoing Canadian current events and politics thread.)
I was just coming in to ask if anyone’s following the Briar! I normally watch the round robin games but was too busy this week. I’ m afraid i’m getting a bit bored by the lack of competitiveness - Ontario in the final, Alberta and Manitoba in the semi-final - can’t any of the other provinces field some more competitive teams?
In time, perhaps there will be a Koe in every province…
… anyone else think that Pat Simmons looks a little like the guy on Burn Notice? Close enough that I’d cast one as the other, anyways.
Ever notice that Adam Scott could be Pierre Lapointe’s twin?
Great shot by Fowler for two!
We got to experience some of the Brier in Saskatoon last weekend - it was my mom’s 70th birthday, so we drove over to spend it with her, not realizing that the Brier was being held in Saskatoon, and that we should have booked our hotel weeks ago. :smack:
We went to the Calgary/Edmonton lacrosse game tonight - what a ride! Whoo! A couple of fights, bad refereeing, high scores, a goalie getting put in the penalty box, a penalty shot, and Calgary beating Edmonton by seven goals. I’ve seen hockey live, and I’ve seen lacrosse live, and I gotta say, lacrosse really is the more exciting sport (especially if hockey continues its current trend of completely de-nutting the sport).
Thinking of curling, we here are all looking forward to the Ford World Women’s Curling Championship. Given the state of our local Lethbridge Hurricanes hockey team, it will be nice to see the ice at the Enmax Centre put to a use that doesn’t have to do with another hockey loss.
In amusing news:
Alright you westerners, are you all prudes?
It seems Albertans, followed by Saskatchewanians and Manitobans, along with the Atlantic province denizens are the least likely to have sex in the shower (or, at least, the least likely to admit to it!) - just 41% of Albertans admit to having had shower sex!
Us Québecois are the most likely to admit it, at 58%.
Honestly, I’m surprised it’s that low!
And yes, I have and very likely will again, despite having a shower terribly unsuited to it, and a bad back 
I think you might be doing it wrong.
…or extremely well… 
I much prefer Le Ministre’s version of it… 
Oh for Christ’s sake just nationalize Air Canada already. Or implement Open Skies and be done with it.
Oh, and for those Americans skimming along hoping for curling news - your 2012 Women’s Curling team
I mentioned a while ago that Regina lost Ron Petrie, a columnist with the Leader-Post. Recently came across his 2007 Thanksgiving column, which was read at his funeral: I have lots to be thankful for, when I stop and think about it. It’s rare that a guy gets to write his own eulogy.
[QUOTE=Ron Petrie]
Whether one day of humility makes up for 364 of selfish bellyaching is a question best left to theologians and ethicists. Point of this weekend is to take stock.
So let it be known that I am grateful.
Grateful to be where am I, for starters.
As a younger man, brash and full of swagger, I considered my calling to be Vancouver, Montreal, even New York. Only now do I appreciate that what I actually fancied was merely the idea of my farm boy self destined for the big city; that, in reality, traffic jams, restaurant queues, cutthroat office politics, six-dollar cups of coffee, shoebox apartments and crammed elevators are not for me, and never were.
Where I am is Saskatchewan. Thank goodness. With the possible exception of the Maritimes, nowhere in Canada can be found folks with a keener feel for the absurd, with a more grounded sense of purpose and place, the confidence to enjoy the gift that is a good laugh at one’s own expense. The job description calls me a Saskatchewan humour writer. Hardly. I am a stenographer. I simply take notes.
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We’re going to miss you, Ron.
Just thought this was amusing all things considered - Bill C-33 An Act to provide for the continuation and resumption of air service operations
First Reading
Chamber Sitting: 94
2012-03-12
Second Reading
Chamber Sitting: 95
2012-03-13
Report Stage
Chamber Sitting: 95
2012-03-14
Third Reading
Chamber Sitting: 95
2012-03-14
“I can’t get more power, Captain!”
Yes, we’re gonna have to go right to ludicrous speed.
Curling is very easy to learn but tough to master. Most clubs have a division at virtually every level of competition, from raw rookies to highly competitive, so you can find a place that suits your skill level fairly easily. As a long-time veteran, I highly recommend giving it a go.
Plus, drinking after games is practically in the rulebook! 
Here’s everything you need to know about the strategy: With last rock in an end (the “hammer”), you want to play rocks to the sides of the rings and keep the middle open to allow for an easy draw to the button for your final shot. The goal is to score two or more points. Without last rock, you want to play everything to the middle to make the easy points harder to come by and you want to force the team with the hammer to settle for a single point. So, in theory, a perfectly played 10-end game (such as you’ll see in the Brier or World Championships) should end with a score of 10-5.
And after that, there’s the drinking.
After? :dubious:
I took up curling while in the airforce in part because they opened the bar when they opened the rink at 7am.
Long ago the Scots mastered drinking and competing.
Fore!
Well, you do lose points if you spill your drink while throwing or sweeping.