A lot of people, really. And the week isn’t even half finished. But here are some folks who’ve had it especially rough so far.
Shirley Sherrod. The former employee of the US Department of Agriculture was forced to resign after a misleading video of her was posted on a rather ironically-named website, and later picked up [...]
Archive of posts filed under the hockey category.
The Montreal Canadiens: Canada’s team?
Well, now that the looting and pillaging is done, perhaps we can speak calmly and rationally about the Habs’ progression into the Eastern Conference finals?
God dammit! Someone beat these bastards and shut their smug fans up!
Ahem. Okay, so, it’s the Habs. Calm rationality might be off the table. So let’s just briefly address the question [...]
Hockey without head shots is like…
I’ll finish that thought in a moment. But first, let me say: I’m not a “hockey guy”.
That’s not to say I’m not a fan of the game. I love the game. I love watching it. I loved playing street hockey as a kid. And though its status in our national consciousness is usually quite overblown, [...]
When a goal is more than a goal
Let’s make one thing clear, lest we all get swept up in the cacophony of jingoistic noise being churned out by the mainstream media in order to justify its own expenditures on covering the Olympic Games: Sidney Crosby’s gold-medal-winning goal in overtime yesterday was, in fact, not the greatest moment in Canadian history.
I can’t tell [...]
No one remembers a shaky start if you finish strong
Delayed events, shitty weather, a dead athlete before the opening ceremonies even took place. Not to mention the looming specter of Canadian athletes never having won a gold medal on home soil in two previous attempts.
Yeah, things didn’t start well for the Canadian hosts of these Olympics.
Giving A Shit: February 27, 2010
Like you, there are plenty of things that I can’t help caring about, even if they’re largely inconsequential to my own life… and on the flip side, plenty of things about which I ostensibly should care but about which I’m simply incapable of giving a shit.
Ergo, I present to you, Giving A Shit for this fine [...]
So we lost. How come the sky isn’t falling?
Well, that sucked.
Need I say more?
I will anyway. Canada’s 5-3 loss to the USA in a round-robin game last night is — as if this preposterous statement needs reaffirmation — not the end of the world, either for the team or the nation in general.
I know, you’d think that there’d be riots and looting after [...]
Eh, oh, Canada no.
You knew it had to end that way.
You knew that a two-goal cushion, established by the Americans quickly to start the third period, wasn’t going to be enough… especially considering the events of New Year’s Eve. Even as the Americans played tight, shutdown defence and the young Canucks seemed to be wilting under the pressure [...]
In terms of massacres, forget St. Valentine's Day… Boxing Day is where it's at
Some people are scared of venturing within 100 feet of a shopping mall on Boxing Day. Not me. I find it a worthwhile exercise in self-restraint to wade through the gaggles of foot-dragging nimrods and endure the aural assault of underpaid teenagers listlessly yelling about BOGO deals. The ability to stop oneself from strangling a [...]