Pregame Notes: The Oilers start the game tonight with the same line-up that won on Saturday. Brad Winchester, Petr Nedved and Mathieu Roy will sit in the press box and Jussi Markkanen will start in goal. Edmonton’s penalty killing unit is still ranked #2 in the league. Bryan Berard is playing his first game of [...]

The word for January 31st is “Cacography”.
Pronounciation: (kuh-KOG-ruh-fee).
Meaning: Incorrect spelling or writing; bad writing or bad spelling; poor penmanship; the act of exhibiting these traits.
The word cacography came to be introduced in the late sixteenth century, with the emergence of printing technologies and standard lexicon. Its original meaning was not incorrect spelling but a bad system [...]

Starting on Thursday February 1st I will be starting a new Blog of the Week feature. I read many blogs per week and each Thursday or Friday I will give a blog that I find interesting and entertaining my pick of Blog of the Week. I will look at the way the posts are written and [...]

This weeks quote has to do with an emotion that I think too many people seem to take for granted.

“Plenty of people miss their share of happiness, not because they never found it, but because they didn’t stop to enjoy it. .” – William Feather (1889–1981)

Happiness is one of those emotions that most people just take [...]

Here are my thoughts and recollections of the last week.

Work was good this week. I figured out some FileMaker problems. I spent a good portion of the week working on my budget for the next school year. My accounting background comes in handy on this.
My brother Pete is now in Yellowknife for the next 2–3 [...]

I didn’t do a full blown post on the Oiler game last night as we had company and I thought it would be impolite to be doing a post. So today I do a recap of the game instead.
The Edmonton Oilers beat the Los Angeles Kings 4–3 thanks to Ryan Smyth, Jussin Markkanen, Ales [...]

Pregame Notes: This game is one of 16 games taking place this weekend. Thomas Kuszczak starts in goal with Edwin Van der Sar on the bench. The other big change has Park replacing Ronaldo who had been on vacation in Dubai. He is shown in the bench area signing autographs. He is not dressed for the game. [...]

Pregame Notes: Jarrett Stoll is back in the line-up tonight. San Jose has not gone to a shootout this season and has only gone to overtime once and that was on opening night so chances of tonights game going to OT is pretty much slim to none.
First Period: The first 6 minutes were played with [...]

I am a die hard hockey fan. I really am. The NHL’s All-Star game is on tonight and I am not watching. Twice this week the NHL has screwed up. The All-Star game was the first and the schedule for next year was the second.
Let’s start with the All-Star game. First, how can an All-Star [...]

The word for January 24th is “Bafflegab”.
Pronounciation:(bah-FUL-gab).
Meaning: Professional jargon that confuses more than it clarifies. Writing that sounds impressive while saying nothing. Confusing statements, jargon, political language; language intending to confuse. Gobbledygook.
The term bafflegab was coined in 1952 by Milton A. Smith, assistant general counsel for the American Chamber of Commerce. He won a prize [...]