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Its election time in Alberta again … the King is dead, long live the King. For those completely unfamiliar with Alberta provincial politics, I wrote a primer on the subject here on View from the Edge last year, whose title I stole for my opening line above …
Its been too long since I wrote something for Geeks Are Sexy. I’ve been in a fairly non-geek period of my life recently, focusing on my stand-up comedy side rather than my techie side. In that spirit, I thought I might combine the two sides a bit with some (hopefully humourous) recollections of my life […]
The Youtube video posted recently of a protest rally in Montebello, Que raises some pretty big questions about the role of SQ and/or RCMP officers in violent protest …
More accurately, I suppose I should say “The Famous Richardson’s Ground Squirrel.” Ever have one of those days that just make you smile? For most aspects of my life, today was a pretty normal day …
If there was any doubt that Dickens Pub was the place to be for Comedy in Calgary on Monday nights, the Aug 13, 2007 version of Comedy Monday Night should squash it like a bug. The thing about Monday at Dickens is that you never really know who’s going to walk through the door and wander up on stage. Its always a great lineup for Comedy Monday no matter what the date
Once again, Steph and I will be off to Calgary tomorrow to do the Monday night show at Dickens. I don’t really know what she has planned for the show, but I’ve been writing material like crazy lately, and I’ve got some new stuff to try out …
I’ve just gotten word from Steph Foley over at Dewdrop Entertainment about a youth talent show in Medicine Hat this week, Friday afternoon in Kin Coulee Park, put on by Medicine Hat Youth Action. If you’ve ever seen the TV show “America’s Got Talent” then you’ve already got a basic idea of the format …
It seems that Wednesday nights at the Cecil is becoming something of a regular thing for me. I’ve been down the past couple of weeks to watch the comedians …
Looking for something to do on a Wednesday night in Medicine Hat? Wondering where you can see a good show with very reasonable pitcher of beer? Check out the Cecil Hotel in Medicine Hat every Wednesday this summer for comedy from some of Canada’s top comedians …
We all have incidents in our lives, I think, that scare us a little as we look back on them, cases where we came far closer than we’d like to very bad things happening, even closer than we realized at the time. Its remarkable how funny these incidents can seem from hindsight …
