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That Giant Sucking Sound from Edmonton
That sound you heard at the end of each period in the US-Canada gold medal game was the giant sucking sound of a multitude of potties being flushed at the ... -
Canadian Hockey, Sex, and My Golf Game
Related to Skip's post, how much happiness was generated in Canada by Sunday's hockey victory? "Thousands on street" in Vancouver (maybe 150,000), Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal and all over the country. ... -
Olympic post-mortem
Personally, less viewing was more fun. It was a shame though, to see "home-cooking" in the Men's 500m short-track race, where a Canadian judge made a marginal call to disqualify ... -
Support for Olympic Curlers (and other athletes?)
As I have watched the curling from the 2010 Olympics, I have heard several of the commentators tell us that so-and-so from such-and-such country is a full-time curler. S/he is ... -
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow
The Room for Debate blog at the New York Times runs a series of short opinion pieces today about the lack of snow in Vancouver at the opening of the ... -
"Own the Podium"? Why bother?
The 2010Winter Olympics will soon begin in Vancouvre, BC, and environs. In the media build-up that is taking place in Canada, we are beginning to hear more about a programme ...
