Recent content by RedFred

This does not seem accurate. Not really fair to hit him with an anti-LGBT label for a speech 20 years ago. Not anti-abortion, terribly soft on climate change but they do not deny it. They are not muzzling gov't scientists and as they are not the current federal government they would have no...

I can help you a bit with the anthem. All I have time for today. Oh Canada is a French song. The English translation has changed throughout the years, but I doubt that the French version has changed. "Anglosphere" may not fully capture the essence of Canada.

Spot on. +10 in Vancouver today, +20 in Sochi. Memo to IOC - if it has palm trees, then perhaps not an optimal spot for a Winter Olympics.

I think my favourite events are curling and short track. Curling involves strategy as well as skill so sometimes you see a team outwit their opponents instead of curling at a higher percentage. Went to a few games four years back. Short track is great too, especially the relay event; it can...

Thanks for that 80s flashback. ;) I had another one a couple months was biking up a steep hill in Kitsilano. I passed some kid with a fancy biking outfit which a prominent logo which read "DEVO". I was about to make a comment to him, but stopped myself, realizing that he was far too young...

The US authorities had a situation. There were many options for addressing the situation. The option they picked was not a good one. I was in India for the last two weeks of December. This issue was headline news the whole time. The Khobragade arrest and strip search was seen as an...

Not fighting at all is sometimes an option. Just completed a lower level (Emporer) game, large maps, vanilla, in which I maintained the peace throughout the entire game. I was playing Nappy, half looking for the Muskateer achievement, but I never got into any conflicts. Early...

I felt it. And the building sway lasted about 30 seconds. But I was up on the 20th floor of the BC Gas/Teresin/Fortis/Whichamacallit building.

Both Radium and Fairmont Hot Springs are overdeveloped in my opinion. Not much different than a big heated pool. Even Nakusp has really changed. The the hot spring "caves" & pool in Ainsworth are my personal favourite of places you can easily get to. If you take the Crowsnest pass across...

I have lived in Edmonton and Nelson and hiked extensively in the Rockies and Kootenays. The multi-day hikes are better than day trips in my opinion. Skyline in Jasper Park, Rockwall in Kootenay Park west of Banff Park, Great Divide hike which goes through several parks/wilderness areas. The...

It feels ten times crazier than 1994. The crowds hitting the streets are bigger than in the Olympics. No doubt we are leading the nation in beverage consumption right now. Coming in to work on Friday morning it looked like one third to half of the office workers were sporting Canucks jerseys...

Okay things are getting silly here. In round three a sports bar chain called The Shark Club temporarily renamed themselves the Vancouver Club. Now in the finals Boston Pizza (a second rate pizza chain) has renamed themselves Vancouver Pizza for a couple weeks.

Man! What a party! And the men's hockey gold to finish! Best time EVER!

Another great day!! Men's short track comes through with some medals. Canada is now ahead in the medal standings measured the European way - but I am not sure that is fair either. I think a better way is how Canada used to rank them: 3 points for Gold, 2 for Silver & one for Bronze. My...

Sweden takes the women's curling gold. Drat! Was hoping that the cardiac kids could pull off another 10th or 11th end victory... :( Surprised that they never got called for too many men on the ice when they put their spare player into an earlier game. Only the third pregnant woman to...