So, I saw my first news article on the upcoming 138th St. Andrew’s Day, Nov 30th. Imagine my surprise when it was in my ex-local rag… The Winnipeg Free Press! How did that happen?
Turns out we will be flying the Saltire, Scotland’s national flag above Winnipeg City Hall to celebrate the country’s patron saint, St. [...]

While Cher is on the topic of Scotland and Glasgow I felt this was an great opener for me to dive in an let you know that before Cher and I go on our annual looong trip to PubCon Vegas, we are seizing an opportunity to visit a local but huge global event.
This is not [...]

The Venetian is holding court in the moan throan tonight! As we are attending the PurposeInc Poker Tournament, graciously hosted at the Venetian, we were required to sign up for the club membership in order to play.
Reasonable request, until the form presented us with a drop down to choose the country we live in…. [...]

There are a lot of scary places in Scotland and I don’t mean the subway after an Old Firm game! I’m talking about the real deal… ghosts, hauntings, castles, battle grounds, and the like.  Read at own risk….
1. The Hidden Valley of Glencoe - Where the MacDonald’s hid the stolen cattle and where one of the [...]

Note: what you are about to read has been massively dramatised for full impact, oh and names have been removed, your lucky eh.
On IM today I was chatting with one of my internet acquaintances, you know who you are….
Anyway we were just, you know, talking a lot of nothin, and then I mentioned I had [...]