Ken Shamrock Versus Kimbo Slice.

Come on.

Seriously, Bellator, what the hell were you guys thinking?  Shamrock is too old, and Slice never lived up to the hype once he hit the MMA circuit.  And the fight was pretty awful, as I'd expected  Please, rethink your strategy.

Gas In Saskatoon, June 19, 2015.

A bit of relief at the pumps this week.  Gas in Saskatoon is now 113.9 cents a litre at most locations.  Now you 'll have a bit extra to buy that chocolate bar you wanted.

Reality Asserts Itself.

There are times when  I think it would be cool to be an umpire.  Then I see one get hit by a ball, or a bat, and realise I'm too much of a chicken to stand behind the plate for nine innings.  I'd spend more time worrying about getting whacked than umpiring properly.

Gas In Saskatoon, June 12, 1015.

Another pingpong week, and in a bad way.  At the start of the week gas dropped to 105.9 cents a litre.  Unfortunately things went up quite a bit Thursday.  Gas is now 117.9 cents a litre at most locations. 

All Hail The Royal!

I'm in the middle of playing a sit and go on PokerStars.  And for the first time in who knows how long I had a Royal Flush.  I was playing JK clubs, and flopped an ace high flush.  A player ahead of me went all in with pocket aces, and of course I called. The third player in the hand folded.  A 10 of clubs came on fourth street, and the Queen of clubs on the river, giving me the Royal.

Visitor Caution.

I had a hit this morning from Saudi Arabia.  I'm not sure if I've had one before, but they're definitely rare if I have.  In any case the visitor came via the "next blog" link on a blog featuring what the author describes as dirty jokes in Hindi and Punjabi.  That made me wonder about the advisability of reading that blog in Saudi Arabia, a notoriously controlling place.  At least they're not in Arabic, and presumably any sort of Saudi censorship group wouldn't have a Hindi or Punjabi speaker on call to read random blogs.  I doubt the Saudi government would think much of this blog either.  That's fair, since I don't think much of religion distorted dictatorships.

The Streak Ends.

Alas, my streak has come to an end.  I got a hit on one of my Where's Willy marked bills this morning, and it came from Saskatoon.  This ended a streak of ten consecutive bills that had a hit from outside Saskatoon.  On the other hand this was hit 896(and bill hit 750), so I've got only 4 more hits to reach 900 hits.

Even There.

A bit ago I was, unfortunately, thinking about the Duggar mess again.  And that made me wonder if there was Duggar related material on the popular art site Deviantart.  I was unsurprised to see that there was.  There's not much, and in fact a lot of it isn't favourable to them.  I would imagine there's also Duggar fanfiction, pro or con, out there, as pretty much anything that can be considered a fandom generates fanfic.  You'll forgive me if I don't do any research on whether there's Duggar porn, especially now.

Gas In Saskatoon, June 5, 2015.

Another pingpong week to report.  Gas prices jumped to 111.9 cents a litre to start the week.  However midweek they dropped back down to 107.9 cents a litre at most locations.  Fortunately for me I put in gas after the price drop.

It Wasn't Woody.

But I did see a woodpecker on my lawn a few minutes ago.  Specifically a Northern Flicker, who seemed to be finding something good to eat.  For some reason I find these birds quite appealing, even if the amount of time they're visible here each year is small. 

Did You Sea The King?

Hopefully you'll forgive the pun title to this one. 

I swear I saw a Sea King helicopter fly over Saskatoon this morning.  Did anyone else see a chopper they thought was a Sea King?  If so I wonder who it belongs to.  I doubt the Canadian Forces would be using any of theirs over Saskatchewan at the moment.  It could be a civilian version of the Sea King, an S61, flown by a private operator.

Dry.

Last night's forecast called for rain.  We got a few spots for about a minute, then nothing.  Looks like I'll be watering the lawn and garden, which I didn't want to do.  I also didn't get to see any cool lightning.  Everything seemed to pass to the north and south of Saskatoon.

Goodbye, May.

Yeah, a meaningless post, but I wanted to get one more in this month.

A Sad Lack Of Patience.

So sad.  I'm currently playing a sit and go on PokerStars.  One of the players at my table ended up being the bubble boy, and there was no need for it.  He had a good stack, and a sitter was about to get blinded and anted off.  But apparently this guy wasn't paying attention to the other table where the sitter was, because he decided to go all in with AQ, only to be beaten by another player with AK.  There was absolutely no need for it, all he had to do was wait a couple of hands.  Instead he ended up with nothing.

Hello, Calabogie, Ontario.

You're the site of my latest Where's Willy hit.  Living out west I'd never heard of Calabogie before.  This is also the ninth consecutive hit I've had that's been from a location outside of Saskatoon.  As you can probably imagine I'm most likely to see a bill get a hit in Saskatoon than outside it.  And this latest hit is hit 894, putting me a step closer to my 900th hit.

Today's Plans Aren't Working.

Fortunately they weren't the "best laid plans," so no real loss.

Video On Demand Is Evil.

Playing around with it this morning led to an expensive mistake.  At least it was a mistake involving something I actually watch when it's free.

Saskatoon, 4:30 AM.

What is Saskatoon like that early on a Saturday morning?  Quiet.  Saskatoon is not yet a 24 hour a day place like some other places.  There are a few oases of activity, like Macs and 7/11 stores, Burger King and McDonalds, and the ubiquitous Tim Hortons.  Not to mention the places you don't want to be, like hospital emergency rooms.  But generally the streets are pretty much empty.  I can't imagine that changing much anytime soon.  There just aren't enough night shift workers and other night owls to make say opening am all night grocery store or Walmart worth the outlay.

Up Too Early.

Who wants to get up at quarter to 4 on a Saturday?  My parents have a flight early this morning to Newfoundland, so they need a driver.  I hate to think what a taxi cab out there would cost these days.

Gas In Saskatoon, May 29. 2015.

Down is always better than up, but it would be nice to see a bigger down that this.  Gas in Saskatoon is now 102.9 cents a litre at most locations.