Abandoned Stuff by Saskboy

Went for Bus and Boat tour around city, and saw the islands from the boat. Apparently the city concealed the “clothing optional” beach with weeping willows. One bus the mic didn’t work so they used a megaphone. The guide was at high risk of overhead cable-neck damage.

Went to fringe show called “Big Sexy” with Kelly and Tracy, and had a sub after, similar to lunch. Ate lunch on campus in sci-library cafe which was probably on low gear for the Summer. Got some free Internet time to check the forecast, and hopped on the bus again.

Met CC, Buckets, and some other bloggers and a podcaster after supper. www.godlessradio.ca is the podcast. Bought CC a beer on College St. near the CFI.

Got a free Viva ticket on the way home, woo hoo, and got to bed by 1:00AMish after an evening walk/jog.

This is a hoot, even if it’s not a real play.

And on the topic of things that are fake, I would totally see this My Little Pony movie:

And I love this bat trick, I think I’ll teach it to myself as soon as I get a bat. Maybe I’ll need a softer stick to start with.

Then you could spin it around like mad too.

It is apparently not a joke this time. The king of pop has passed away.

The controversial pop star almost went to jail for alleged molestation of children at his theme park. He was also famous for his health problems. Now he’ll be plastered all over CNN for the next week because he encountered the ultimate health problem: death.

Other than that, he seemed to have his heart in the right place and inspired millions. Weird Al of course was inspired by his music too.

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Apparently Farrah Fawcett has also passed away from her cancer.

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I wrote about this in part because Google loves taking random searchers to blogs to read news about people who have died.

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Theories on Friday that Fawcett’s family is glad to have a “bigger” celebrity die at same time to spare them some of the media spotlight.

Also, MJ has faked his death to make the “comeback tour” an even bigger comeback. Hasn’t been this big for 2000 years.

I didn’t help Ryan win a car. Sorry about that. Well, rather, I tried to help, but my efforts fell short. Sorry about that.

Oh, and the Canucks lost. Sorry about that.

In other news, Rannie won a Hypercube, and so did Kevin Grandia. Spiffy. I wish they’d cubed Ryan too though, his project was nifty.

Jazz up your evening, and check out the music of a fellow blogger and The Skopitones. I bumped into him my accident tonight as I misdirected an email intended for my cousin Brex, and instead sent it to Brem. Easy mistake, right?

Meanwhile, Brex is whipping off a letter to the editor, since the Winnipeg mayor or some knucklehead claimed that it’s not feasible to have bike lanes in Canadian cities. He had me send him some photographic evidence to the contrary from the better city to Winnipeg’s west (It’s Regina, for all you wise guys in Brandon).

My hometown made the front page of the Leader Post today. It’s one of several communities in the south and southwest making history (again) next week as it celebrates the North West Mountain Police trail that protected Canadian sovereignty in the West, during the late 1870s through early 1900s.

Unfortunately I’ll miss the re-enactment, but there’s an event in Regina that leads up to the trek.

For those city residents who can’t make it out to any one of the NWMP Trail festivals, organizers extend an open invitation to a kick-off preview on Thursday, 10 a.m., at the RCMP Heritage Centre in Regina.

Tasha wrote:

wow! today is like the ultimate trinity of holidays: fathers day, the summer solstice and national aboriginal day……… hey we can celebrate all the fathers, the sun, and the holy ghost dance LOL ;)

Throw in a birthday party, and that sums up today. I woke up to Michael Enright talking to Perry Bellegarde and a panel of other political hopefuls. One has the idea of bring in doctors from Cuba to Canada to serve First Nations communities where the Canadian government fails to provide adequate services. There’s also a plan to bring Obama to the North, and have Americans compete for northerner’s resources such as oil, so fair prices are obtained. Confrontational, yes. Effective, maybe, we’ll see I guess.

The 2% education cap was mentioned by Perry, and it’s clearly obscene that our country would deny post secondary education to our quickly growing First Peoples, especially when it was contractually agreed to in many Treaties. Universities are clamoring for higher student enrollment, but they won’t get it if the prospective students don’t have the money to go. Everyone knows that tuition costs have skyrocketed since the time the cap was put in place. The cap is so counter-intuitive to raising the fortunes of First Nations and other Canadians, it can only be institutionalized racism at work in our government that keeps it in place.

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Despite the system that is stacked against them, several young people have done great things. A dozen were honoured.

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Saturday was fun, I played football at Taylor Field, scoring my first reception touchdown, and throwing possibly my first interception on Field Turf.

- Sure there were as many spectators as there were players, but the quality of play was what counted. And after an hour and a half, my thighs were ready to fall off.

A few of us finished the night at Cravings (where Grainfields use to be; yeah it’s confusing, because Crave is on Victoria downtown). If I’d tried to bike home I’d have been caught in the downpour. We saw a car pulled over for driving the wrong way down the Trans Canada on Ring Road beside the UofR.

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The thunder storm left us alone that day, but The Thunder Rolls – Garth.

Saturday at 12:00 I may see you in the park, if you live in or near Regina, that is. It’s the 4th annual Saskblogs BBQ Potluck.

UPDATE: I’ll be out there even if there’s a little rain.

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The Regina Car Share Co-operative is taking members now. You can join by clicking “Join” on the main page, and following the application instructions. When the co-op purchases vehicles this year, then you get to drive them when you book them online.