The word for February 28th is “Gadzooks”.
Pronounciation: (gad-zooks).
Meaning: An expression of surprise, shock etc. Used as a mild or ironic oath. A term of surprise. Usually used in intense exclamatory situations.
GADZOOKS! The Edmonton Oilers traded the heart and soul of their team, Ryan Smyth.
The word was first used back in the 17th century and was [...]

Pregame Notes: Obviously Ryan Smyth is not in the line-up for the Oilers as are not Georges Laraque, Oleg Saprykin and Yanic Perreault for the Coyotes as all 4 players are on their way to their new teams. The Smyth trade has put a damper on the Messier pregame celebration tonight. It appears that with [...]

Today at the trade deadline the Edmonton Oilers did something that I thought was impossible. They traded the face of the franchise when they sent Ryan Smyth to the Islanders for 2 prospects and a draft pick. When I first heard the deal just after 1:00pm I was very upset, in fact as a die [...]

Last Tuesday Mack, Tom and I went to McDonalds for supper. This quote is one that needs to be posted at the location we went to.

“Quality in a product or service is not what the supplier puts in. It is what the customer gets out and is willing to pay for. A product is not [...]

Here are my thoughts and recollections for the past week:

I spent all week in Edmonton. I stayed at Mack’s place. The ZENworks 7 Desktop Management course was great. What a powerful tool it is and we just went through the basics. I can hardly wait to start working with it in real time.
Patti and I celebrated [...]

 
The Eclecticblogs “Blog of the Week” is Myblahg. Posters Robert McClelland and Paladiea do a great job of picking out current events that they think their readers are interested in. Much of it is political in nature but there are other topics that are covered such as religion, history, hockey, humor and world events. They also post on a [...]

Pregame Notes: Oilers are going with almost the same line-up that beat Detroit on Friday. The only exception is that Zach Stortini is back in this afternoon and JF Jacques was sent back to the farm team. This is only the 4th of 8 games between Edmonton and Minnesota. Dwayne Roloson and Niklas Backstrom are [...]

Pregame Notes: Fulham are starting with a 4–1–4–1 formation with American Brian McBride the lone striker. Wes Brown is in for Gary Neville today. Giggs will wear the Captains arm band with Neville on the bench today. Rooney and Larsson will start up front for the Red Devils. The Cottagers have only beaten United once [...]

Pregame Notes: Starting goalies tonight are Dwayne Roloson and Fredrick Norrena. Zach Stortini is back in tonight and Brad Winchester rides the pine in the press box. Pisani was in Columbus skating today but he won’t be playing tonight.
First Period: 2 minutes in and Nash gets a breakaway and Roloson comes up with a huge save. [...]

The word for February 21st is “Flagitious”.
Pronounciation: (fluh-JISH-uhs).
Meaning: Disgracefully or shamefully criminal; grossly wicked; scandalous. Characterized by extremely brutal or cruel crimes; vicious.
With the Robert Pickton trial all over the news everyday I thought this word was appropriate. His crimes are some of the most flagitious that most of us have ever heard about. They are so [...]