Today Oilers fans received the news that they've been dreading for months: Khabibulin is going to jail.
For anyone not up to date, Edmonton Oilers goaltender Nikolai Khabibulin was pulled over on February 8 near his home in Scottsdale, Arizona. His blood alcohol level was found to be 0.164. That's over twice the legal limit and probably enough to kill a small animal. I won't even bother making the stereotypical drunk Russian joke. Today he was found guilty and could face between 30 days and 6 months in jail.
This is a huge hit to Oilers fans. Khabibulin was supposed to be the big goaltender that was going to bear the weight of a shaky team. After his back injury last November, the Oilers struggled to find a way to win, ending up a very distant last in the NHL by the end of the 2009/10 season. For the sake of the younger and more impressionable hockey fans in Edmonton, I hope he does serve most of his jail term if only to show that no one can getaway with a DUI. But of course the hockey fan in me just wants to see him back between the pipes in an Oilers jersey.
I think the whole affair is best summed up by Oilers GM Steve Tambellini's post on Twitter today: "Nikolai Khabibulin - the aging goalie I signed longterm for $3.75M per year - is going to jail. No punchline needed here folks."
Friday, August 27, 2010
Fertility Tourism?!
How can this be a thing people do?
Jaunted, one of my favourite travel blogs has a post today about how Spain has surpassed India as the hotspot for couples trying to get pregnant. Apparently Spain has a large surplus of donor eggs (because they pay their donors around €900) while the UK has an 18-24 month wait time.
If I was ever having that trouble trying to have children, I think I'd consider adoption first...
Original article was from The Guardian.
Jaunted, one of my favourite travel blogs has a post today about how Spain has surpassed India as the hotspot for couples trying to get pregnant. Apparently Spain has a large surplus of donor eggs (because they pay their donors around €900) while the UK has an 18-24 month wait time.
If I was ever having that trouble trying to have children, I think I'd consider adoption first...
Original article was from The Guardian.
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Only in Canada - I
Let me start this post by saying outright that I am a proud Canadian and I love this country.
Now that I've said that, there are events and things reported in the news that could only possibly come from the Great White North. This is a country with major newspapers that often devote more space to hockey than world events. I'm not complaining or saying that's a problem, but it's a fact.
I've labelled this post with a roman numeral because I'm quite sure there will be a large quantity of items filed under "Only in Canada"...
Anyway, on to the irrelevant news.
A herd of bison escaped from their pen near Camrose on Aug 24. Not a huge deal right?
As you can see here, here, here, and here, this has been fairly major/headline/front page news in Edmonton for two full days. I expect it to last at least another three. Now, I do admit that a herd of fairly large, wild, and potentially dangerous animals roaming around places like local golf courses is definitely something to let the public know about.
Still, I can't help but muse that Only in Canada would this still be the top story on the news after 3 days...
Now that I've said that, there are events and things reported in the news that could only possibly come from the Great White North. This is a country with major newspapers that often devote more space to hockey than world events. I'm not complaining or saying that's a problem, but it's a fact.
I've labelled this post with a roman numeral because I'm quite sure there will be a large quantity of items filed under "Only in Canada"...
Anyway, on to the irrelevant news.
A herd of bison escaped from their pen near Camrose on Aug 24. Not a huge deal right?
As you can see here, here, here, and here, this has been fairly major/headline/front page news in Edmonton for two full days. I expect it to last at least another three. Now, I do admit that a herd of fairly large, wild, and potentially dangerous animals roaming around places like local golf courses is definitely something to let the public know about.
Still, I can't help but muse that Only in Canada would this still be the top story on the news after 3 days...
Obama vs Harper
In general, world leaders are not seen as fun people; But some are definitely more serious than others.
Let us take, for example, recent events with American President Barack Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper. An hilarious picture has been circulating around the internet (from the White House's official Flickr page) of President Obama pranking Trip Director Marvin Nicholson on a trip to the University of Texas in Austin. Meanwhile in Inuvik NWT, Prime Minister Harper was filmed dancing (if you can call it that) with traditional Inuvialuit dancers.
Both of these are very likely pre-scripted photo ops. But I really do have to give credit to Obama. Personally, I think a good leader needs to be personable and actually have a personality. Obama seems like a guy you could just sit down and have a beer with. Harper seems more of a wine-and-cheese night type of person.
However, I will concede a point to Harper. I would likely look as awkward and out of place in the same situation. I don't think "traditional native dance" falls into the skill set of the average western Canadian white male. But, I do think he just need to stick to playing the piano...
Let us take, for example, recent events with American President Barack Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper. An hilarious picture has been circulating around the internet (from the White House's official Flickr page) of President Obama pranking Trip Director Marvin Nicholson on a trip to the University of Texas in Austin. Meanwhile in Inuvik NWT, Prime Minister Harper was filmed dancing (if you can call it that) with traditional Inuvialuit dancers.
Both of these are very likely pre-scripted photo ops. But I really do have to give credit to Obama. Personally, I think a good leader needs to be personable and actually have a personality. Obama seems like a guy you could just sit down and have a beer with. Harper seems more of a wine-and-cheese night type of person.
However, I will concede a point to Harper. I would likely look as awkward and out of place in the same situation. I don't think "traditional native dance" falls into the skill set of the average western Canadian white male. But, I do think he just need to stick to playing the piano...
An Inauspicious Beginning
So I've decided to start blogging again.
Why? Who knows and who cares.
I'm going to use this space to share the random tidbits of the internet and the rest of the world that I somehow manage to find. To be honest, I don't really have a target audience for all of this information. I just think that I manage to locate a reasonable amount of interesting/irreverent/irrelevant stuff and I figure the rest of the world need to see it...for some reason.
You can expect to see posts on everything from tech to music, hockey to world travel. I'm good at diversifying.
Anyway, on to something interesting...
Why? Who knows and who cares.
I'm going to use this space to share the random tidbits of the internet and the rest of the world that I somehow manage to find. To be honest, I don't really have a target audience for all of this information. I just think that I manage to locate a reasonable amount of interesting/irreverent/irrelevant stuff and I figure the rest of the world need to see it...for some reason.
You can expect to see posts on everything from tech to music, hockey to world travel. I'm good at diversifying.
Anyway, on to something interesting...
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