- A huge toast goes out to the members of the organizing committee for the Grey Cup Festival and their community partners for creating what looks to be the best Grey Cup ever.
Raj Sherman has done Albertans a public service by taking a position shared by many citizens. Now he should resign so the Alberta Tories can test their support in his riding.
- Sure, there are those who only clear a tiny peephole of snow off the windshield before driving and others with magic tires that allow them to speed on ice. However, the other 98 per cent of drivers I have encountered over the past few days have been responsible, safe and courteous.
- - Our politicians should be at the Grey Cup. Someone has to go get me a dog and a beer.
- I wonder what Pat Quinn is up to these days as senior adviser of hockey operations for the Oilers.
Let’s hope Britons don’t reactivate the Royal Yacht Britannia for Kate and Wills. The Britannia hosted four royal honeymoons — and each marriage ended in divorce.
- My teenage son came up with a suitable name for the charge under the new distracted-driving law: DUiPod.
- Welcome back, Venting. My wife was worried I might have to be rushed to emergency to treat my withdrawal symptoms.
Does the headline in The Journal that reads, “Michael Jackson is the highest earning dead celebrity” mean you can take it with you?
- I've got nothing to say. In other words, going forward, at the end of the day, it is what it is.
A toast to the farmers in the Leduc area who pitched in to produce a Harvest of Hope, combining crops that will help feed starving people overseas. What a wonderful way to mark the Thanksgiving time of year.
- - I wanted to purchase an emergency preparedness kit. I was told they were out of stock.
— I saw an ad on TV for the new ATVs and quads, stating they were built with groundbreaking technology. Well, they got the groundbreaking part right.
I always thought Randy Quaid was an actor who could act crazy as well as anyone. Who knew art was imitating life?
- My mom asked if I was going to go to Europe alone. "Yes, mom," I said. "I'm 43 years old."
- Why is playing the Edmonton Oilers the solution to every other team's slump?
- I wish Kim Krushell was my councillor. I hope she accomplishes her goal of reforming campaign financing in civic elections to eliminate campaigns by well-heeled special interest groups like Envision Edmonton.
- A toast goes to all of the volun-teers who helped with Monday's civic election. Without their hard work and dedication, democracy as we know it might not be as strong. Volunteering for an election should be one of the most appreciated acts any individual can perform.
Why does my cellphone read 8:32 a.m., my TV 8:29 a.m., my computer 8:28 a.m., and my land line 8:26 a.m. — and I can’t reset any of them?
- Now that the civic election is over, local media are again relatively safe from politicians' mangled metaphors, hyperbole and flights of rhetorical fancy -- at least until Parliament resumes.
There was no local election night coverage on Global, Citytv or the CBC and only an hour on CTV — and that was over before most of the results came in. Local TV in Edmonton is a myth.
- A huge toast to all the people involved in the rescue of the Chilean miners after 69 days underground. Due credit in particular to the Edmonton drilling firm, Precision Drilling, that drilled the large escape hole through half-a-mile of solid rock. As I watched, I had the same feelings of anticipation I did when I watched the first moon landing in 1969. I stood up and clapped at my TV.
Why haven’t the candidates made more of the refusal by the worst mayor and council ever to clean the snow off our streets last winter? I was just one of the people who was in an accident because of their stubbornness.
- The water drainage fee on my utilities bill is way more than my water consumption fee. Shouldn't they be the same?
- -Is the downtown airport debate all about diverting attention from the new arena?
- Eddie Pola and George Wyle, the composers of It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year, weren't talking about Christmas. They were referring to October, what with the start to the MLB playoffs, the NHL and NFL seasons underway, and the NBA in training camps.
- Oh, the irony. You're wearing a reflective safety vest and texting while driving.
- The most heartfelt toast goes to the firefighters who rescued the kitten trapped under a planter at 99th Street and 102nd Avenue. It also goes to all the kind souls who called it in.
- Do you really think I would buy a car from your dealership just because you're having some bogus contest with another dealer for first place in the country?
- Stephen Mandel called last night to ask for my support. I live in Westlock. Just what ward would that be in?
It is a train wreck that won't stop. The lead engine is lying in a smouldering heap, unmoving, but the cars keep slamming into the wreckage, victims of their own inertia. Just when you think it ouldn't get any worse, another car smashes into the pileup.