oh, for goodness' sake. really. "a cultural wasteland that fun forgot" puh-leeze. do we not have the largest Fringe festival outside of Edinburgh? do we not have a rather enormous collection of theatre and art galleries as compared to our population? are we not a major stop on most concert tours? i'm sorry the Toronto Sports Network has failed to notice. just one more example of the inability of TO folks to notice things that happen outside their little bubble.

I know, that's unfair, but given the experiences i've had with our own torontonian in the lab, i'm starting to feel that the stereotypes might actually - in part - be true. everything's him him him, he's even whined about the lack of help he's gotten on his project, even though he's not a grad student yet, and he's supposed to be a lab monkey working on others' projects at whim, like me. yet, (not) surprisingly, that's not the part that ticks me off the most... it's the fact that he doesn't talk to me, he talks solely to my breasts. if you want to earn the respect of any female, do not do that. not that i think any of you guys need that advice, you're all socially aware and capable enough to know not to do that. i'm really getting to the verge of violence with him. because how, exactly do you broach that subject other than outright saying it?

actually, that's a good thing to ask advice on, how do you get someone to realise that what they're doing is incredibly insulting? and/or how do you make them stop staring at your boobs every time they see you? ... without slapping them?

No one ever prized the Canadian Press on subtlety:

The playoff run has been a tonic for a city that is now bursting with petro-dollars and on track to become a world-class centre for medicine, but has traditionally endured snide asides as a cultural wasteland that fun forgot and one that couldn't quit Wayne Gretzky long after he rode off to Los Angeles.

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you know what really makes people stop and stare at you? showing up at a BP's in Regina with all three of your dining partners wearing Oilers hockey jerseys, while you are wearing one as well. I think it was pretty much a no-brainer for the manager to make sure that cbc was on for us... even if we were the only ones in the restaurant cheering when Peca scored.

and... actually, the further west we drove today, the more oliers mania we saw... there must be some sort of oilerfan radius around edmonton.

dude, my hockey pool is going fairly well too. i'm third of six and i have the most players heading in to the division finals with 7 (if Connolly isn't horribly injured). And my favourite and my new favourite Oilers are doing quite well for me ... (Horcoff and Stoll, respectively) woo! wish i could've joined y'all on whyte, even if it was a little, uh, dull. hell, how can impromptu games of street hockey be dull?

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Yeah we saw the riot cops get dropped off and do that walk-while-beating-your-shield thing. That's actually pretty intimidating. Anyways... next round - here come the Oilers.

I believe this is what Jsese was talking about:

" bar-drawn picture of Shawn Horcoff from fucking memory! (Nose is too big, not enough forehead)"

Yeah Oilers! Even my dad has stopped watching the Chinese channel to watch hockey! I don't think any of you realize how big that is.