I find myself chuckling at the fact the Gallagher Centre has been forced to take extra measures to ensure folks are not 'cheating' the facility by using the walking/running track at the Flexi-Hall without paying. It's too bad we live in a world where folks can't be bothered to pay $2 at the kiosk. If you are a regular, it works out to less than $1 if you buy a package.
Parking never ceases to amaze me either when it comes to the Gallagher Centre. People will park in a line from the south to the north. They'll park so far north that they may as well have parked across the street. But, I guess since they are close to the building, they figure they are 'close' to the door. Instead, it would be better to start a new row. But, not three deep please! I think extra revenue could be garnered for the Gallagher Centre if there were clear parking signs or barriers in the large lot. After all, the general public continues to ignore the 'No Parking' sign in front of the pool. A few times a day, someone could walk out and issue $10 tickets and the cash intake would soon add up!
If you are going to Terrier games, you should try to also go a little early and have supper in the BMO Curling Lounge. It's well worth the $10 or so.
Dustin Paxton is about to go on trial for the infamous torture of his roommate last year. The courts have insulted the general public by banning the use of the victim's name, even though the victim's name has been in the news steady for the last year. The courts are also putting a publication ban on the evidence, citing Twitter and Facebook as reasons because, in the case of Twitter, it's believed a lot of misinformation is released due to the 140 character limit of a posting. I have a problem with this. I don't like the shroud of secrecy in which the case seems to be settling into.
Apparently, you cannot torture someone in Canada unless you are an official officer (army or police). It's one of those laws that needs to be tweaked, but for some reason nobody is really bothering to look into it.
If you want to see change to our justice system, the best thing to do is keep talking about cases where it's extremely puzzling how alleged criminals are let off the hook or given a slap on the wrist for something that requires much more.
I wish someone would just ban all-star games in every sport at every level. I'm not sure if the Pro Bowl or the NHL All-Star Game was worth watching because I just have no interest in it. I don't know the score of the Pro Bowl and the 11-10 result of the NHL game tells me it wasn't really hockey. Bob McCown said it best when he suggested the NHL simply hold an All-Star Dinner for the players and sell tickets for people to come sit at the arena and watch them go up and down the buffet line.
What's with all the sympathy for poor Phil Kessel, who was the last player chosen in the 'pick sides' format for the NHL All-Star Game? Do a survey and see how many of us ordinary folk would change places and pay cheques with Kessel. I, for one, would handle being the last player chosen if it meant several million dollars a year in salary. Also, he was the last all-star chosen. It's not like he was the last man on Earth.
The attention given to the last pick for the NHL All-Star Game is another reason why I can't watch TSN and it's overkill coverage anymore. All I got was little snippets here and there, so I can't imagine what it was like to watch for 2-3 hours straight.
Nice person mentions to Jeff Bahrey, Alex Giannoulis, Phil Decker, and Todd Holmquist.
