Hey! Did anyone else watch that movie that played on TBS tonight? That black and white movie where some kid ends up with a crazy remote control? I missed the title, but it was a great movie. I probably have plenty of work to do, but it was just a damn good movie. Who would have known? I blab, but it sure raised the spirits.

Holy shit, ADAM OATES??? I just found out. Sadly, amongst the grey cup, and the Heritage Classic game, it got thirty seconds on the news, but Holy Shit!!! That is fucking sweet. Now, how the hell did we afford that?

Oh yeah, 21.5 hours till Mario Kart

I've been walking around my house saying "Holy Crap!" for like the last half hour since hearing thaton the radio. Adam Oates?!? Holy Crap!

HOLY CRAP!! The Oilers signed Adam Oates, instantly doubling the average age of the team! So reports TSN.ca.
Oiler?!?!

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?