the mad sports man

a supposed warm up i guess the weather forecast is saying a warm up by the beginning of the work week. after seeing teperatures of -18 for tomorrow, -15 for sunday, -9 and snow for monday and -4 and a little more snow for tuesday, i say i'll believe it when i see it. until then, we'll see.

brrrr just came in from outside. its -19 out with wind gusts up to 50 km/hour. come tomorrow morning it'll be major windy and major snowing. with the gusts up to 50 km there will definitely be blizzard like conditions and a -45 wind chill. good thing i don't have to work tomorrow. sleep in toasty bed.

nfl playoffs day 2 indianapolis beat denver 49-24 and minnesota beat green bay 31-17 and advanced to the divisonal playoff. in the divional, indianapolis plays new england, n.y.jets play pittsburgh, minnesota plays philadelphia, and st.louis plays atlanta. for mors stats go to www.nfl.com .

nfl playoffs the nfl playoffs have begun. just finished watching the n.y.jets beat san diego 20-17 in overtime. earlier the st.louis rams won in seattle 27-20. more nfl wild card games tomorrow. denver @ indianapolis at 11 am and minnesota @ green bay at 2:30. division finals next weekend.

398 days to torino winter olympics holy cow. cant believe it's just over a year to the beginning of the torino winter olympics. check out www.olympics.org to get more info. the website even has all the logos, mascots and torches that i have on my walls (that reminds me, i haven't posted the mascots. the pics from one of my blogs in september doesn't have the mascots). even www.aldaver.com has all the posters, emblems and mascots of the olympics and world cup of soccer and other soccer events. 6 months to the announcement of the 2012 summer olympics. the five cities: london, madrid, moscow, new york and paris. the announcement to be made july 6.

the slow end of christmas yep, all the christmas stuff is coming down bit by bit at the mall. 3 of the trees are down and gone (good thing they're artificial) plus the giant one in phase 1 which also pased as santaville. at least on the stage in front of the bay that is. plus most of the christmas stuff is gone in my room too. it'll all be down by tomorrow here. who knows at the mall. there is still stiff hanging on the ceiling on both floors. before we all know it, there will be nothing left but just a normal mall in the midst of a cold snap. welcome to the freezer.

the gold is coming home canada has just won the gold medal. they have defeated russia 6-1 and dominated the tournament outscoring the opposition 41-5 in six games, winning all 6 games. this is canada's first tournament gold since 1997. WE'RE #1.

canada for gold and nfl playoffs canada is in the gold medal game. russia and u.s. is currently playing the other semi final. updates on www.tsn.ca and look up the world jr hockey part. the final regular season games are done and the playoff picture is decided. the playoff picture - denver at indianapolis, minnesota at green bay, n.y.jets at san diego and st.louis at seattle. all the results on www.nfl.com . dallas @ n.y.giants is now on.

more world junior hockey canada plays the czech republic tomorrow in semi final game after the czech republic beat finland 3-0 this afternoon in quarter final action. meanwhile the u.s. just beat sweden 8-2 in the other q.f. game and now plays russia tomorrow in the other semi-final game. the winners of the semi-final games play for gold on tuesday, while the losers play for bronze. finland and sweden will play for 5th on monday.

HAPPY NEW YEAR HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL. hope its a good one. fireworks were pretty cool. this starts the year long birthday party for alberta as the province turns 100 this year. officialy it turns 100 on september 1. saskatchewan also became a province on sept. 1, 1905 so it turns 100 as well. anyways happy 2005 to all.

new years eve excitement less than 5 and a half hours to 2005 and im excited already. going to churchill square in downtown edmonton to watch the fireworks. i havent seen the renovations yet. hopefully i'll be imressed with the fireworks more. it may be -20 with a possible windchill, but there will be a few hearty edmontonians that will show up downtown. meanwhile at the world waterpark at w.e.m. there will be a new years party there with fireworks as well. i rather freeze outside than spend new years inside sweating like a pig. maybe thats just me.

canada vs finland canada defeated finland 8-1 and got an automatic bye into the semi finals. who they will play is still to come.

more world jr hockey canada has just defeated germany 9-0. next game is thursday against finland. a win there gives them first place in the division and a bye into the semi finals.

world jr. hockey championships canada has already played two games in the tournament and won them both. they beat slovakia 7-3 on christmas day and won 8-1 over sweden today. next game is tomorrow against germany. GO CANADA GO!

boxing day madness i hate boxing day. well, working it anyways. mass wall to wall shoppers looking for bargains. the kind of day that would make anyone working go mad. (hence how i got my mad man moniker. the sports part is my hobby). if i ever get a boxing day off (the rule for boxing day - everyone HAS to work), there is no way i'll ever visit a mall. i'd hide. just happy to survive it.

happy holidays merry christmas to all this weekend. may it be a wonderful one.

a chilly walk just got back from a nice, but a little cold walk. not complaining though. a clear night, snow on the ground, the crunching of my footsteps on the snowy sidewalks - at least i heard them in between songs on my mp3 player, listening to trooper, and thinking this is the perfect christmas scenery. strange thinking that and listening to trooper. somewhere along the way i thought back to my childhood at christmas time and it was the same for me then too. it was an enjoyable walk tonight

a christmas classic i am watching a christmas classic. i am watching "a christmas carol" starring alastir sim as scrooge from 1951. cbc is airing the movie in color. i have this very movie taped when global (formely itv) aired in 1996 in black and white. (thanks darren for taping it for me). anyways, its a classic and i always make a point of watching it every christmas.

typical alberta weather we went from one extreme to another the last dayand a bit. heading to work yesterday morning, it was gorgeous. by the time i left west edmonton mall (where i work) it was blustery big time. even a few of the glass window in the pyramid roof of city hall was found cracked or completely blown out. city hall was obviously closed. plus we got a bit of snow and cold air overnight. it was windy and it had already quit snowing when i left for work this morning. the wind died down this afternoon. it was +8 yesterday. its around -15 now with a low of -17. drastic change in the weather.

the apprentice kelly perdew has just been hired by donald trump as the apprentice. he gets to pick one of two projects mr. trump has in mind. a luxury suite highrise in las vegas and trump place in new york. that project has a stretch of several buildings stretching down the hudson river. when they are done it would cover 13 million square feet. he has decided to go to new york. i thinke he'll do well.