Hi everyone! Well, it has been one interesting week here in the Nation’s Capital. For the first time, as far as I can remember, in my 39 years of living in Eastern Ontario, we had a tornado touch down and cause significant damage to the area. And it wasn’t just one tornado either, but rather six that blew through the area. I had actually fired off my last site update just a few minutes before leaving the office around 5 o’clock. On the highway on my way home, I couldn’t understand how there were so many fire trucks speeding West towards the outskirts of town. I left work thinking, “oh, that’s interesting, we’re getting a little wind, and a few drops of rain; big deal…” Little did I know what was actually going on thanks to our crack team of meteorologists here in Ottawa who just happened to forget that a weather event just short of the apocalypse was about to terrorize over one million citizens. Also got no reminders from the Canadian government, which has started sending out creepy (and loud!) cell phone warnings when major weather events threaten to turn homes into rubble. Reminds me of the time I was driving down the 417 (that’s a four-lane highway that basically connects Ottawa to Montreal) to visit my parents in nearby Cornwall and they closed the damn road from Ottawa to the Quebec border because snow squalls had caused dozens of cars to plummet into the ditch at the side of the road. Of course, there wasn’t a single weather report anywhere to explain, you know, the fact that a four-lane highway had been completely shut down. Even when I arrived back home three hours later, the Internet mentioned nothing about a 100 kilometer stretch of four-lane highway being shut down. Uh, weather people… sometimes I wonder if they just lick their fingers and stick them out the window to predict the weather.

Anyway, I digress… I’m happy to say that we were very lucky in my neighborhood last weekend. Sure, the tornadoes caused parts of the city to lose power for several days, we only went 22 hours without the Simpsons, Internet and Keurig coffee. Compared to a lot of other people, we got off pretty damn lucky. No injuries, no damage to the house or yard. The kitties are all ok and continuing to be terrible at aiming their poop for the litter box. We didn’t even lose the ice cream that was in our freezer, nor did we have to throw out our coffee cream. That being said, I lost a few days of website prep time due to the fact we had no internet for the better part of the weekend, and the fact work was ridiculously busy, so just a small update this week, but I think you’ll like what I’ve added.

In the photos section, I’ve added some beautiful action shots of the Seals taking on the Toronto Maple Leafs, featuring a few Hall-of-Famers and Seals legends. These great photos all come from the archives of the Toronto Star.

I’ve also added a new article about the time Charlie Finley cut ticket prices in half. That happened back in 1972-73, when it became pretty obvious by mid-November or so that the Seals were definitely not going to be challenging for a playoff spot.

Until next time, stay gold!