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Back on semi-solid Canadian soil
 Posted 3/5/2010 8:29:00 AM
Well I am finally back on my native soil and solid ground although you wouldn’t know it to see me.
After 14 days at sea on my cruise to Antarctica I am still staggering around like, well, like a drunken sailor.
Don’t quite have the old land legs back yet.
I didn’t have any trouble getting my legs at sea perhaps due to long practice at being a bit wobbly to begin with.
It was an amazing adventure to the other side of the world.
In addition to the Falklands (BTW do not refer to them as the Falklands in Argentina, you are asking for trouble; say the Malvinas instead) Antarctica and then the southern tips of Argentina and Chile, we headed up to Puerto Madryn in the Patagonia region, a community founded by Welsh settlers who were trying to preserve their culture from English influences. Nearby was the Tomba ...
Update 2 from Shane's cruise
Posted 2/22/2010 11:06:00 AM
It the end of the world as we know it and I feel... hungover. On my two-week cruise to Antartica and have hit the wall. In an effort to get my money's worth out of my $500 beer package I think I have actually reached the point where I don't want any more beer. Ever. We've already been to the Falkland Islands and a couple cruising stops in Antartica and are now in beautiful Ushuaia, Argentina, the southernmost city in the world, I am told, majestically nestled in the mountains of Tierra Del Fuego. We are so fortunate. None of the cruises that came down here two weeks ago were able to go anywhere near Antarctica because of the storms while it has been as clear as glass for us. We are told that may change a bit when we round Cape Horn, Chile tomorrow. I can't imagine travelling all ...
An update from my cruise
Posted 2/19/2010 11:40:00 AM
I knew I had made a mistake booking my cruise when I was personally welcomed aboard by Rosie O'Donnel.
Just kidding.
I am now on day six of a 14-day cruise to Antarctica. It's been a fantastic voyage to this point. However in typical Jones fashion I have already managed to piss off the captain. I've made myself a bit of a friend here, a 30-year-old very attractive and very nuts Ecuadorian woman who may or may not be the wife of a Columbian drug lord. Nothing bad could happen in that scenario, right?
She was glued to me at the late night disco on the second day of the excursion and as everyone else on this boat appears to have also sailed on Noah's arc, attracted the attention of our Greek captain. He joined us for a while and then apparently asked her up to the captains cabin for ...
Guinea Pig’s Day
Posted 2/3/2010 3:44:00 PM
Wiarton Willy from Ontario, Shubenacadie Sam and Punxsutawney Phil in Pennsylvania all saw their shadows on Groundhog’s Day, predicting six more weeks of winter.
However, Balzac Billy from Balzac, Alberta did not see his shadow, meaning we could be in for a break from winter in Wild Rose Country.
That is the rest of you Albertans.
We have no idea what to expect here in Sherwood Park.
You see, the Park tried to get into the prognosticating picture a few years back, introducing Sherwood Park Sherman.
Unfortunately Sherman was AWOL this year from the usual ceremony held at the Country Cottage senior’s residence, “due to unforeseen circumstances beyond their control.”
The mysterious undertones behind that release aside, I’m really not sure how qualified this Sherman guy is anyways.
Shouldn’t Groundhog’s Day be performed by an actual groundhog?
Sherwood Park Sherman is a guinea pig.
Perhaps it can predict the weather ...
Last dance with Mary Jane
Posted 1/28/2010 3:32:00 PM
Someone had a real buzz kill in Strathcona County on Monday evening.
A structure fire on a property near Highway 15 and Range Road 205 led responders to take a look around on the property for other hot spots and lo and behold... what did they find?
A whack of wacky-tabacky.
About 15 yards away from where fire had fully engulfed one of the property’s accessory structures, about1,800 marijuana plants were found growing in a separate dome building. Not only that but RCMP also found five improperly-stored long-barreled firearms and $100,000 worth in cultivation equipment.
The interesting thing about this is that it appears the property was vacant and cops are currently looking for people who live on the property to determine what role, if any, they had in the marijuana growing operation. The RCMP are also trying to determine who owns the five firearms located at the property and ...
Rise of the Renegades
Posted 1/22/2010 7:00:00 AM
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, Sherwood Park is a football town.
From a minor football association that just a few years ago had more teams than all of Edmonton, to the perennial provincial success of the bantam Rams, to the high school ranks where it seems that a provincial final appearance is made every year by one or two of the Bev Facey Falcons, Salisbury Sabres, ABJ Scots and Ardrossan Bisons, Sherwood Park has proven to be an incredible football town.
So when it comes to the hopes of adding an adult senior football team from Sherwood Park into the Alberta Football League ranks, the main question isn’t whether or not it would succeed, but why didn’t someone do this a long time ago?
Enter Jonathan Delnea, president of the Sherwood Park Renegades, who are hoping to get final approval on their plans to join the ...
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