Dave’s Blog

 
February 1  • 

“WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN, BASIL?”

In which Alberta politics starts to look like a bad Austin Powers movie — which is to say, every Austin Powers movie On February 21 in Red Deer,...

December 5  • 

ON JIM PRENTICE’S “BOZO ERUPTION”: WHAT WAS HE THINKING !!???!!

It’s the Friday morning after the Thursday afternoon “pause” as I write this, and shortly, I’ll be leaving for work.  Today, work is anything but....


September 8  • 

MEET THE NEW BOSS, SAME AS THE OLD BOSS…

I’ll tip my hat to the new constitution,  Take a bow for the new revolution, Smile and grin at the change all around, Pick up my guitar and play,...

August 22  • 

TIRED OF WAITING

Did your heart swell with pride this week when The Economist Magazine declared Calgary the fifth most-liveable city on Planet Earth? I’m guessing...


August 6  • 

THE BEST COOKIE I’VE EVER EATEN

  ..And What It Has to Do With Alison Redford’s Resignation   This is the first picture I have ever taken of food and posted online.  (It may not be...

August 4  • 

RELAX — THIS AIN’T THE MAINLAND

Shortly after I posted “Most Kids Have Invisible Friends — And So Does Alison Redford”, a reader tweeted about how she’d heard on NewsTalk 770 that...


July 30  • 

MOST KIDS HAVE INVISIBLE FRIENDS — AND SO DOES ALISON REDFORD

Holy (bleep)! A guy ignores his blog for several months (my bad!) because he’s busy fitting a bunch of projects and volunteer commitments around work...

January 22  • 

OIL MAN, TAKE A LOOK AT MY LIFE..

So, What Are We to Make of Neil Young’s Honour The Treaties Tour? Good question, if I do say so myself.  I’m going to gloss over the rehash of where...


December 27  • 

…AND TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT (AND GOOD YEAR)

A Rant Too Late for Christmas Eve But Not Too Early for New Years Dear Belated Santa, I have been a terribly irregular, undisciplined blogger these...

November 20  • 

JASON KENNEY GOES ROGUE. OR NOT.

A quick rant, and I will elaborate later….the work day beckons. I was surprised, impressed, and bemused yesterday when Jason Kenney apparently went...