June, 2008

If you weren't listening to Gormley this morning at 8.30am, you missed a hell of a good debate.  (Catch it at your convenience by clicking on the onDemand link above.)

Liberal leader Stephane Dion joined the show to go head to head with John over his controversial new "Green Shift" plan to tax carbon emissions.  Dion admitted yesterday to the fact that Alberta and Saskatchewan are the two provinces that would be impacted the most under his plan, given that they account for about 40 percent of Canada's greenhouse-gas emissions. 

I was working from Regina for a few days this week, which was as always - fabulous.  In part I was working on an upcoming project that we're announcing on July 2nd - so excited, can't wait to spill it!

There's nothing quite as ferocious as a pack of hungry kids mid-afternoon on summer holidays.  They usually come screaming inside around 3 o'clock, looking for something to fuel their adventures until they're hauled inside for supper.

Fabulous mom to two gorgeous kids, domestic goddess and loyal listener Tenille Lafontaine sent me this recipe, I think it sounds sooooo good. 

Mars Bar Rice Krispie Squares - 3 Cups Rice Krispies, 4 Mars Bars & 1/2 cup margarine

Paul Kennedy, Chair of the Commission for Public Complaints Against the RCMP has released his final report on Tasers today.  Everything looked great til I got to the part about no officer with less than five years of experience shall be issued a Taser.  So these officers aren't mature enough for a Taser, but no worries on giving them a gun?  Kennedy joins the show with Gormley tomorrow morning at 8.30am -  I'm interested to hear how he explains this.

With temperatures set to soar this week all over the province, it finally feels like summer. 

I really can't imagine being anywhere else other than in Saskatchewan for the next three months.  

This weekend kicks off with the Sasktel Jazz Festival.  I'm fortunate enough to live close to the entertainment - just far enough away that when I'm not taking it all in in the park, I can still enjoy the strains that float across the river and through my bedroom window.  Oh, and walk home after the various parties. 

Drew Remenda was absolutely outraged on his show last night that the Rider organization has opted to unveil the Grey Cup banner this Friday at half-time. 

This Friday's game is the first of 2008, a preseason game. 

You know exactly what I'm talking about.

Those jacked up 4x4 monsters that roar over the rugged prairie terrain - 8th Street...Ring Road....Idylwyld...

Isn't it magnificent how those great big tires and lifted frames get where they need to go (usually the Wendy's drive-thru) so much faster than you ever will?

All this talk about inches - 34" tires, 18" rims...yet deathly silence about parts with not enough inches. 

This morning I had an epiphany. 

Choking back my regular morning breakfast cup of watery, aspartame-laced fat-free yogurt, I asked myself, "What on earth am I doing?" 

On the now infamous 1991 videotape, an unidentified male refers to Lynda Haverstock as "that hard-headed slut".

Then he goes on to describe the size of the former provincial Liberal leader's "balls".

Haverstock's response when the tape came to light in 2008?

"Whatever."

I'm paraphrasing a bit, but that was her bottom line. There was no injured posturing, demands for an apology or wailing about 'an insult against all women'.