BANISHING BOREDOM

Bloggery on music, books, films, travel, wildlife and dark matters.
Swan Song for Jon

Swan Song for Jon

I originally wrote this as a tribute to Jon McDonald on Facebook shortly after his untimely passing in early 2019. I’m posting it here as a tribute to the enduring influence of a man who continues to mean so much to so many of us.   During my early years of...

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Bringing the Stanley Cup back to Edmonton

Bringing the Stanley Cup back to Edmonton

Jim Algie reminisces about the last time he saw the Stanley Cup celebrations in person and how they stacked up against the bedlam in Barcelona after a football victory by Barca against their chief nemeses from Real Madrid.  The Oilers’ overtime winner to...

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5 Canadian Teams Make the NHL Playoffs

5 Canadian Teams Make the NHL Playoffs

It’s great to see five Canadian teams make the NHL playoffs this year, but nostalgic or sentimental allegiances can make it the thorny task of untangling the winners from the losers and the roses from the pricks all the more difficult, writes Jim Algie. ...

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