Okay, it's a bit early, but with the long weekend it feels like a Friday. Apologies to those of you who don't have the day off, I'll be thinking of you on the terrasse.
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Alexandre Bilodeau finally made it home to Rosemère this week. The town put on the dog for the first Canadian to win gold on home turf. In addition to being greeted by the usual suspects, politicians sidling up to the athlete to smirk for the cameras, Bilodeau received huge cheers from local kids. He was also joined by other hometown heroes, Sylvie Bernier and Gaétan Boucher (must be something in the water there). If that weren't enough, he was taken up in a helicopter with Hab's great Guy Lafleur to watch local children form Olympic rings in their schoolyard. He is also having a park named in his honour.
The kid is 22.
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Jesse James meet Tiger Woods, Tiger Woods meet Jesse James.
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For those of you still reeling from the Quebec government's new budget, A.K.A. the giant wallet Hoover, there is some good news. You're still not living in Toronto.
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There is a rumour kicking around that the NHL is considering moving the money-losing Phoenix Coyotes to Winnipeg. That should read: BACK to Winnipeg, because that's where the team was yanked from in the first place. Talk about rising from the ashes.
Fans in the Peg are naturally ecstatic, but no one should get too optimistic. Evidently the Coyotes are in the process of renegotiating the lease with their venue, the unfortunately named Jobing.com arena. The rumour is likely being floated as a tool to get a favourable rate.
Wait a second, I thought the league banned blindside hits.
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Raymond Bachand meet Jesse James, Jesse James meet Raymond Bachand.
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I heard somebody complaining last week about a poster in their apartment building advising residents that the management would be dimming lobby and hallway lights for Earth Hour. The poster requested that residents also turn off lights to mark the occasion. The resident was upset that the building's management was somehow infringing on his rights. He was therefore going to turn on every light and appliance during Earth Hour as a sign of protest.
Maybe this isn't a rights issue, but rather the fact that he's a dick.
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Health researchers revealed in a study this week that high fat foods such as bacon and cheesecake can actually be addictive. Evidently, regular consumption of these foods cause dopamine receptors in the brain to decrease. This creates a demand for larger quantities of the chemical to be released into the body, which occurs when eating the high fat foods.
Or something like that...I stopped paying attention at the thought of bacon cheesecake.
Happy Easter or Passover.
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