It’s not a buffet if you don’t go back for more. That was the official motto for corporate lunches at a small exploration company where I once worked. Every so often we’d venture from our headquarters to the retail area of a nearby gentrified neighbourhood to enjoy a modest selection all-you-can-eat Chinese buffet. When the […]
Canada’s Appalling Lack of Pride in Restaurant Names
This past summer (2015 for future readers) my wife and I packed up the kids and embarked on one of the great lost family rites of passage from the last century; the cross-country road trip. We spent six weeks on the road with our little camper driving from Alberta to Ontario, touring around the childhood […]
My 7 Favourite Atari 2600 Games
I recently read Ready Player One, the best-selling first novel by author Ernest Cline. This book became somewhat of a phenomenon a few years back, particularly in the geek world. Building on the current coolness of all nerd pop culture thanks to shows like The Big Bang Theory and Community, Ready Player One tapped into […]
Canada Has Lost Pride In Our Beers
Canadians have long taken excessive pride in our beer. It’s a tenuous point of boasting considering the long, hallowed history brewing has in the Old World, not to mention that when Canadians crow about our beer it’s solely in comparison to American beer, a contest arguably on par with the last two finishers in an […]
The Legend of the Schmidtmobile
Each January my news feeds pique my interest with news from the infamous Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale classic car auction. This event has become a must see annual event for car aficionados and ‘shake your head in disbelief at the spending habits of the rich’ addicts alike. Once again the price being paid for antique cars these […]
Geography Lessons From The NHL
I was watching the 2016 NHL All Star Game when I was reminded of a perturbation that’s been eating at me for twenty years now. Actually, that’s not true. My kids were watching the 2016 NHL All Star Game because they are still young enough to find this game fun because they have no understanding […]