Abandoned Stuff by Saskboy

If you’re looking for some fine snacks and to rub shoulders with the mucky mucks of Regina (including me if I end up going), check out the Levee at Government House on Dewdney Ave. January 1, 2008. Last year the Mayor was serving drinks, and this year the Grey Cup is making an appearance.

Admission is free, and the dress is semi-formal to formal. Come and go is the attendance style.
1:30 - 4:00 PM
A tour of Government House is interesting the first time, and the food is always good if you like wine and cheese affairs.

UPDATE: The Grey Cup didn’t last long. I showed up with Ashley around 3, and it had already departed. The Tex Pistols were playing in the hallway, and some people were dancing.

- CBC’s Sheila Coles was greeting people here before the Mayor, Pat Fiacco.

We visited with Fraser and Nancy. Last year Fraser worked on weather reports for the fellow who motorbiked from Regina to Tuktoyaktuk to raise awareness for autism.

The odometer on my bike reads:
777.6km
in the last 32:44 minutes , 9.43km, 17.3km/h, 35.8km/h max, 134.1 Cal burned

The odometer is accumulative from 2006 (if I recall correctly).

This is what the Internet is up against:

“it’s hard to avoid the conclusion that the Telecom Trotskyites have scored another victory for the left over a Conservative government that is too scared and nervous to do the right thing.” -Terence Corcoran, Financial Post Published: Thursday, December 20, 2007

The freedom and communication digital freedom fosters, has enemies in the Main Stream Media. They seek to shut blogs down, block Facebook access, require repurchasing of music and movies to shift devices, and make even fair use copy/paste for the purpose of critique, illegal or questionable in the eyes of our law.

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- Cyclamens are hard to keep happy, OK?

The sign is courtesy of Ashley.

While reading through some of the interesting bits and bytes of the 21st century at CBC’s Test the Nation trivia page, I noticed this gem:

On August 7, 2007, Barry Bonds hit his 756th home run, breaking Hank Aaron’s all-time Major League Baseball record of 755. The ball was eventually purchased on an online auction by fashion designer Marc Ecko for $752,467. Ecko then branded the ball with an asterisk — a mark that suggests Bonds’ record is tainted by alleged steroid use — before giving it to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Bonds called Ecko “an idiot.”

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Star Wreck old episodes are available online, finally.

In the final days of the year, it’s usual for the web to get really introspective and navel gaze better than a pop star with an exposed midriff. And in that spirit of looking back (or looking down at ones’ belly button lint), here are some amusing lists to read through.

The most disappointing gadgets of 2007. I’m actually considering buying one of these, can you guess which one based on the categories I put this post into? And in mind bending hypocrisy, the Wired list has some devices on the Worst List, also on the Best List.

Worst employees according to CNN.

Personal sustainability. Does anyone know where in Canada we can have our Compact Fluorescent bulbs recycled, since they contain the toxic metal mercury?

Jon Swift’s 2007 roundup.

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Hat tip to The Galloping Beaver, and Miss Cellania.

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I find it too funny that I have the first, and as I write this only published, comment on Ezra’s new, moderated, blog. Where will his blog be at the end of 2008?

I’m posting a re-run blog post this hour. Enjoy!

Notice that the world is mourning the death of a different former leader this year, Pakistan’s Bhutto. And the Mint still hasn’t eliminated the penny or dime, even though we could be using the American coins by the same name (and which are produced at a bargain value due to the devaluation of the Greenback).

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Back from the ‘Peg ; President is dead
Friday, December 29th, 2006

I got back from Winnipeg today. I took photos in plenty of places, including the Mint, where I learned that since 2001 they’ve been Plating the coins so that even pennies cost just a fraction of a cent to produce. On the way back along the Yellowhead highway I took photos in Gladstone, Binscarth, and Russel to name a few. Bredenbury’s light display was still running so I saw that award winning display for the first time, and they have an FM station with Christmas music even.

I was surprised to hear Saddam was hanged already in the past day, and underneath I saw typical liberal CBC with the “fair and balanced” take on the story:

Family mourns former president at private service

Oh, then I noticed that it was actually President Ford who had died and was being mourned. Ha, fooled you too?
Certainly not God’s best choice of President to have keel over this year.

Here’s the Mint in Winnipeg:

It might be a good idea not to steer quite so much when you’re trying to cross a picket line.

Sadly, the truck was from Saskatchewan.