24 hours till I'll be playing mario kart and counting

All right, while I'm putting stuff off, more amazing links:




1. Say hello to this fine specimen of salmon. Described by Ramsay Johnson as follows: "Once I got it in the boat, we just stared in disbelief — it was so ugly but we couldn’t understand why." Yummy!


2. Next, for those who want to hurt their brains with the wonders of quantum mechanics, Quantum Teleportation!!


3. Finally, and this is truly amazing, The Picture of Everything. In order to truly appreciate this, zoom in a few times. When you click enough, it will open a new window that identifies everything there. They have Spacely's Sprockets on this picture! Need I say more?! Go! Go Now! I'm running out of exclamation points! Hurry!

<s> is for strikethrough! (And that flew over more heads than there were groans during the Matrix Revolutions at the statement "Love is just a word")

So... in conclusion I reiterate that beavers are bad fuckin' news.

After stating something I had 'heard', I gave it some thought and looked into it... (funny how the first thing you 'hear' is what you are inclined to believe). In any event, mostly from the Bank of Canada web site, here is something of interest. Basically its the value of the Canadian dollar in US funds, with some historic bits in there.

- 1853 - 1914 = Candian dollar ~ on par with US (1.0008 export, 0.9992 inport)
- 1862 Americans issue 'Greenback' which drops to $1 Can = $2.65 US by 1864, but 'Greenback' recovered by 1865 to be on par till WW1
- Confederation 1867 one US gold eagle coin worth $10 Can. Canada issued $4 dollar notes, later changed to $5.
- 1920 ~ 0.84 US
- 1931 ~ 0.80 US
- 1932 ~ 0.90 US
- 1934 ~ 'on par'
- 1939 ~ 0.90 US
- 1946 - revalued to be 0.999 US
- 1949 ~ 0.90 down to 0.88
- 1950 - Korean War
- 1950 ~ 0.95 US
- 1952 ~ 0.95 US
- 1952 to 1960 - 1.02 ~ 1.06 peaking in 1957
- 1960 - Start of Vietnam War
- 1961 ~ 0.96 US
- 1962 ~ 0.92 US
- 1963 - FLQ bombings, Pearson elected with minority govt
- 1968 - Trudeau elected
- 1970 - FLQ kidnappings
- 1970 ~ 0.95 US
- 1971 ~ 0.98 to 0.99 US
- 1974 ~ 1.04 US
- 1975 - Beaver becomes symbol of Canadas Sovereignty
- 1976 ~ 1.03 US
- 1976 - Parti Québécois government elected in Quebec
- 1978 ~ 0.84 US
- 1979 - Joe Clarks minority govt
- 1979 ~ 0.87 US
- 1980 - the federal government introduced the National Energy Program
- 1984 - Tredeau retires, Turner succeeded as prime minister, Mulroney elected Prime Minister later that year
- 1986 ~ 0.69 US record low
- 1987 - Edmonton tornado
- 1990 ~ 0.86 US
- 1991 - GST, Gulf War 1 Canada sends troops
- 1991 ~ 0.89 US
- 1992 - NAFTA
- 1992 ~ 0.78 US
- 1993 - Mulroney retires Kim Campbell takes over, huge land-slide Victory for Crietien later that year.
- 1995 - Quebec referendum
- 1995 to 1996 ~ 0.73 US
- 1996 - Maple leaf becomes official Canadian Emblem
- 1998 ~ 0.63 new record low
- 2001 ~ 0.62 another new low...
- 2002 ~ 0.61 yet another...
- 2003 - Gulf War 2 Canada does not send troops
- Current = 0.77 US

Awwww shucks Ed...
I just like take it one game at a time, ya know... like give it my all. I like to give 110% in every game and, ya know, it's not just a me thing, ya know, like I couldn't have done it without my teammates and, ya know, our great coaching staff. A big shout out to my mom, my friends and family, and ya know, like Jesus.
I love like, curling, ya know?

Happy Birthday Andrew!!!
Yep that is all for now...

Yes, tonight was the first night of the Regular Season for our Home Team, with the stands filled with an unprecedented record crowd in attendance. Boosted by the support from the fans the stage was set for quite the match up.

The game began with a stunningly brutal start. It seemed as if the very ice itself was attempting to ruin the optimistic play of our team. But it wasnt till the 3rd end that Beck lead the team onto the scoreboard. Using a patented reverse-counter-turn maneuver, Beck Alfred Hitchcock was able to dazzle both team-mates and opponents alike. After breaking the nervous stalemate, Beck Mike Comrie capitalised off of his opponents inability to follow through. And it was Beck Olver North's magnanimous efforts that kept our heros in to till the end with the final score being a close 5-4.

Collecting the first, second, and third stars of the game, Beck Jack Bauer definately showed his command, expertise and dare I say mastery on the ice. With the next game set for Dec.6 our team hopes to steam-roll further competition and see more astounding appearances from Beck Paras (tee hee!).

Eskimos beat the Alouettes! 34-22! Woo Hoo!

... Beck, were you watching??

Beck should click on the picture of the Dalek.