Today is Monday, November 26th of the year 2007. On this day in 1966, my mother came kicking and screaming into this world, and the Ottawa Renegades left kicking and screaming from the Grey Cup. The Price is Right aired for the first time (1956), and Johnny Cash debuted "Cry, cry, cry" (1955). Greece declared war on Germany (1916), and French king Louis XIV declared war on the Netherlands (1688).
How's that for some food for thought?
Well, it's a balmy MINUS 35 DEGREES outside today. I was complaining of the cold weather in the office today, only to be laughed at by some of the staff. "It's not that cold! You need to spend more time outside. It's not like it's minus 40!" they said. Little did they know that the temperature would drop BEYOND COMPREHENSION (for the end of November, at least).
I think it's come as a shock to almost everyone. But, as cold as it may be, it hasn't extinguished the enthusiasm of all Riders fans. Flags are flying high, and horns could be heard shouting well into the night. The Riders were welcomed by a staggering amount of people who dared to brave the elements a stone's throw away from our house. 18 years of losing was redeemed last night! I was told that the last time they won, bonfires were lit in the streets of Regina. Well, I sure didn't see any fires, but there is an electrifying air in the province.
You know, all my life I've been ridiculed for being a Riders fan. Why is it that being a Riders fan carries such a negative connotation? We are Canada's team (these are the words of news broadcasters, not mine), and we've finally brought the cup to a place that will benefit from it.
This is a new time for Saskatchewan! We've got a new government (which was almost as big as winning the Grey Cup), a winning team. I've never in my life seen so much enthusiasm come out of a place that is the brunt of every joke. I think that's what makes this province so special--we have shows like Corner Gas and we carry the Rider Pride long after it should have died. I don't care what anybody says, but it's good to be from Saskatchewan.
We have Falcon Beach,
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"2030 CE" (2002): Get Victor TV Episode
"2030 CE" (2002) TV Series 8.1/10 (21 votes)
"Adventures of Shirley Holmes, The" (1996) TV Series 7.2/10 (32 votes)
"Along for the Ride" (2005) TV Series
"Applause, Applause" (1974) TV Series
"AWE Overload" (2006) TV Series
"Canada à la carte" (2002) TV Series
"Canadian Idol 2" (2004) TV Series 2.2/10 (23 votes)
"Canadian Idol 3" (2005) TV Series 1.8/10 (27 votes)
"Canadian Idol" (2003) TV Series 2.7/10 (66 votes)
"CBC Winnipeg Comedy Festival" (2002) TV Series
"Country Canada" (1955) TV Series
"Destinations Manitoba" (1998) TV Series
"Falcon Beach" (2006) TV Series 5.5/10 (167 votes)
"Fred Penner's Place" (1987) TV Series 7.8/10 (19 votes)
"Guinea Pig" (2007) TV Series
"Herbal Primer" (1997) TV Series
"Hit the Spot" (1999) TV Series
"Hockey Night in Canada" (1952) TV Series
"House Party" (2008) TV Series
"In the Wild" (1993): Ewan McGregor TV Episode
"It's a Living" (1989) TV Series
"Kink" (2001) TV Series 7.9/10 (12 votes)
"Kitchen Crimes" (2005) TV Series
"Let's Go" (1976) TV Series
"Lost Tales of the Brothers Grimm" (2006) TV Series
"Magnificent Obsessions" (2002) TV Series
"Murdoch Mysteries, The" (2004) TV Series 7.8/10 (14 votes)
"My Life as a Dog" (1996) TV Series 4.5/10 (9 votes)
"O Canada" (1997) TV Series 7.7/10 (14 votes)
"Open Wide" (1996) TV Series
"Pioneer Quest: A Year in the Real West" (2000) TV Series
"Quest for the Bay" (2002) TV Series 8.0/10 (7 votes)
"Reach for the Top" (1965) TV Series 8.2/10 (6 votes)
"Retail" (2007) TV Series
"Road Hockey Rumble" (2007) TV Series
"Rockets, The" (1989) TV Series
"Rose Red" (2002) (mini) TV Series 6.3/10 (5440 votes)
...aka "Stephen King's Rose Red" (2002) (mini) (USA: complete title)
"SexTV" (1998): A Key to Curing HIV?/Tête-à-Tête/A Moment with... Dita Von Teese TV Episode
"SexTV" (1998): Dian Hanson/Finger in the Dyke/Bound and Gagged TV Episode
"Sharing Circle, The" (1991) TV Series
"Shields Stories, The" (2004) TV Series
...aka "Dolls, Dolls, Dolls, Dolls" (2004) (Canada: English title)
"Storm of the Century" (1999) (mini) TV Series 7.1/10 (4560 votes)
...aka "Stephen King's Storm of the Century" (1999) (mini) (USA: complete title)
...aka "Tempête du siècle, La" (1999) (mini) (Canada: French title)
"Tell Me You Love Me" (2007) TV Series
"Tipi Tales" (2002) TV Series
"Toy Castle, The" (2000) TV Series 7.0/10 (6 votes)
...aka "Château magique, Le" (2000) (Canada: French title)
"Unique au monde" (2000) TV Series
"Wawatay Kids TV" (2002) TV Series
...aka "Wawatay Kids" (2002) (Canada: English title: short title)
"World's Greatest Spas, The" (2000) TV Series
...Life Happens (2005)
1919 (1997) 6.2/10 (14 votes)
1st Annual Spaceys (2003) (TV) 5.0/10 (36 votes)
49th Parallel (1941) 7.5/10 (1202 votes)
...aka Invaders, The (1942) (USA)
Aboriginal People's Choice Music Awards (2007) (TV)
Aboriginal People's Choice Music Awards 1 (2006) (TV)
Acceptable Risk (2001) (TV) 4.1/10 (203 votes)
...aka Robin Cook's 'Acceptable Risk' (2001) (TV) (USA: complete title)
Across the Universe (2007) 7.9/10 (8830 votes)
Addiction Is Murder (2006)
After the Big One: Nuclear War on the Prairies (1983)
Alien: Resurrection (1997) 6.0/10 (42213 votes)
...aka Alien 4 (1997)
And So to Bed (1999)
Another Day (2001) (TV) 5.5/10 (208 votes)
...aka Passion impossible (2001) (TV) (Canada: French title)
Appassionata: The Extraordinary Life & Music of Sonia Eckhardt-Gramatté (2006)
Archangel (1990) 7.2/10 (249 votes)
Arrow, The (1997) (TV) 7.2/10 (333 votes)
...aka Projet arrow (1997) (TV) (Canada: French title)
Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, The (2007) 8.2/10 (4709 votes)
...aka Assassination of Jesse James, The (2007) (USA: short title)
Attack of the 50 Foot Chihuahua from Outer Space (1998) 6.8/10 (17 votes)
...aka Attack of the 50 Foot Chihuahuas from Outer Space (1998) (Canada: English title)
Autumn Born (1979) 4.0/10 (54 votes)
AWE: Larger Than Life Volume 1 (2005) (TV)
AWE: Larger Than Life Volume 2 (2005) (TV)
Balgonie Birdman, The (1991) 7.8/10 (17 votes)
...aka Homme volant de Balgonie, L' (1991) (Canada: French title)
BBB (1989)
Be Your Own Boss (2005) 1.9/10 (9 votes)
Bear Named Winnie, A (2004) (TV) 7.1/10 (124 votes)
Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of 'Three's Company' (2003) (TV) 5.9/10 (241 votes)
Behind the Mascot (2004) 9.6/10 (18 votes)
Behind the Scenes of 'Seven Times Lucky' (2005) (V)
Big Empty, The (2005) 6.3/10 (114 votes)
Big Snit, The (1985) 8.0/10 (351 votes)
...aka P'tit chaos, Le (1985) (Canada: French title)
Big White, The (2005) 6.5/10 (3697 votes)
Black as Hell, Strong as Death, Sweet as Love (1998) 4.8/10 (11 votes)
Black Ice (1992) 4.3/10 (98 votes)
...aka Passion for Murder, A (1992) (UK)
Blow Me (2005) 7.5/10 (8 votes)
Blowhard (1978) 5.5/10 (7 votes)
Blue State (2007) 8.0/10 (68 votes)
Bordertown Cafe (1993) 5.9/10 (17 votes)
Box Collector, The (2008)
Brotherhood III: Young Demons, The (2002) (V) 1.9/10 (201 votes)
Buenos Aires Souvenir (2001)
Building a Palace on the Prairie (2003) (TV)
Building an Icon: The Story of the Provencher Bridge (2005) (TV)
Bush Pilot: Reflections on a Canadian Myth (1980)
Canada Vignettes: Flin Flon (1978)
Canada Vignettes: Fort Prince of Wales (1978) 8.3/10 (14 votes)
Canada Vignettes: Lady Frances Simpson (1978) 7.9/10 (10 votes)
...aka Canada vignettes: le premier piano des prairies (1978) (Canada: French title)
Canada Vignettes: Spence's Republic (1978) 8.7/10 (11 votes)
Canada Vignettes: The Move (1985)
Canada Vignettes: The Performer (1980)
...aka Performer, The (1980) (Canada: English title: short title)
Canadian Ballet: Striptease Dancers of the North (1998) 3.6/10 (16 votes)
Canadian Idol 2: Best and Worst (2004) (TV) 2.0/10 (21 votes)
Canadian Idol: Best and Worst (2003) (TV) 2.4/10 (25 votes)
Cannibalism: A New Taste in Style (2004) 7.2/10 (8 votes)
CanSpell (2005) (TV)
Capote (2005) 7.7/10 (26270 votes)
Careful (1992) 7.4/10 (492 votes)
Carousel (2003) 8.2/10 (8 votes)
Carpet Cleaners (2002) 8.5/10 (12 votes)
Carried Away (1985) 5.7/10 (8 votes)
Casual Fridays (2006)
Cat Came Back, The (1988) 7.9/10 (487 votes)
...aka Chat colla, Le (1988)
Category 6: Day of Destruction (2004) (TV) 4.8/10 (676 votes)
Category 7: The End of the World (2005) (TV) 4.3/10 (677 votes)
Catwoman (2004) 3.2/10 (20731 votes)
Cemetery Love Story (2002) 6.9/10 (9 votes)
Challengers, The (1989) (TV) 6.2/10 (113 votes)
...aka Défi de Marie, Le (1989) (TV) (Canada: French title)
...aka Défis de Marie, Le (1989) (TV) (Canada: French title)
Chasing Hamilton's Ghost (2007) (TV)
Chasing the Eclipse (1979)
Children of My Heart (2000) (TV) 5.9/10 (83 votes)
Chilled in Miami (2009)
Christmas Orange, The (2003) (TV)
Christmas Rush (2002) (TV) 4.9/10 (296 votes)
...aka Breakaway (2002) (TV) (USA: video title)
Chumscrubber, The (2005) 7.1/10 (5725 votes)
...aka Glück in kleinen Dosen (2006) (Germany)
Clown at Midnight, The (1998) 4.0/10 (436 votes)
Cock Crew, The (1998)
Cold Journey (1975)
Comedy Night in Canada (2003) (TV) 4.6/10 (35 votes)
Concertante: Arnold Spohr and the Royal Winnipeg Ballet (1984)
Conditional Love (2008)
Constant Gardener, The (2005) 7.7/10 (32235 votes)
...aka Ewige Gärtner, Der (2006) (Germany)
Cord (2000) 5.5/10 (738 votes)
...aka Hide and Seek (2000/I) (UK: video title) (USA: video title)
...aka Jeu mortel (2000) (Canada: French title)
Core, The (2003) 5.3/10 (16266 votes)
...aka Core (2003) (USA: poster title)
Cowards Bend the Knee (2003) 6.8/10 (324 votes)
...aka Blue Hands, The (2003) (Canada: English title: subtitle)
Cowboys and Indians: The J.J. Harper Story (2003) (TV) 5.6/10 (50 votes)
Crime Wave (1985) 8.1/10 (127 votes)
...aka Big Crime Wave, The (1985) (video title)
Crimson Pie (1999) (V)
Crooked E: The Unshredded Truth About Enron, The (2003) (TV) 5.9/10 (251 votes)
Cursed (2005) 4.8/10 (9095 votes)
...aka Verflucht (2005) (Germany)
...aka Wes Craven's Cursed (2005) (USA: complete title)
Dakota Exile (1996)
Daughters of the Country: 'Ikwe' (1987) (TV) 7.4/10 (14 votes)
...aka Ikwe (1987) (TV) (short title)
Dead Father, The (1986) 6.1/10 (113 votes)
Defender, The (1990) 7.1/10 (9 votes)
Defending Our Kids: The Julie Posey Story (2003) (TV) 5.4/10 (103 votes)
Defile in Veil (2003) 3.6/10 (5 votes)
Demons of Bars and Tone (2001)
Desire (2000) 5.4/10 (56 votes)
...aka Begierde (2000) (Germany: TV title)
...aka Fatale Sehnsucht (2000) (Germany)
Director's Cut, The (2006)
Diviners, The (1993) (TV) 4.9/10 (64 votes)
Dog Stories (1992)
Doomsday at Bikini Beach (1999)
Downtime (1985) 6.4/10 (10 votes)
Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary (2002) 7.0/10 (570 votes)
Dream House (1998) (TV) 3.7/10 (131 votes)
Dumb Angel (2005) 6.8/10 (17 votes)
Earthling (2005) 4.4/10 (44 votes)
...aka Changing Hands (2005) (USA: recut version)
East of Euclid (2004) 4.4/10 (21 votes)
Edge of Madness (2002) 6.2/10 (242 votes)
...aka Station sauvage (2002) (Canada: French title)
Elijah (2007) (TV)
Embowered (2002)
Emend (1998)
Endings (2003) 6.8/10 (9 votes)
Epiphany Rules (1998)
Escape from Mars (1999) (TV) 4.5/10 (254 votes)
Every Night the Same Thing (2002)
Everybody's Doing It (2002) (TV) 4.7/10 (91 votes)
Everyone's Business (1982)
Exiles (1999)
Exquisite Corpse, The (1992)
Eye of the Beast (2007) (TV) 4.7/10 (27 votes)
Falcon Beach (2005) (TV) 7.0/10 (154 votes)
Family Lost, A (2007) (TV) 3.7/10 (19 votes)
Fancy, Fancy Being Rich (2002) (TV) 7.4/10 (20 votes)
Fat Chance (1994)
Fear X (2003) 5.7/10 (1563 votes)
Fever of the Western Nile, The (2003) 3.8/10 (5 votes)
Film(dzama) (2001) 7.3/10 (25 votes)
Film(lode) (2000) 5.2/10 (8 votes)
...aka Lode (2000) (short title)
Film(luster) (1998)
Fleshpots of Antiquity (2000)
For Angela (1994) 7.6/10 (9 votes)
For Keeps? (1988) 4.9/10 (979 votes)
For the Moment (1993) 6.4/10 (394 votes)
...aka Un temps pour aimer (1993) (Canada: French title)
For Those Who Hunt the Wounded Down (1996) (TV) 6.9/10 (43 votes)
Framed (2002) (TV) 5.6/10 (318 votes)
Frostbite: Manitoba and the Cold War (2006) (TV)
Full of It (2007) 5.5/10 (507 votes)
...aka Big Liar on Campus (2007) (USA: TV title)
Genius of Lenny Breau, The (1999) 5.4/10 (40 votes)
Gentle Sinners (1983) 6.4/10 (7 votes)
Get a Job (1985) 6.8/10 (51 votes)
Getting Started (1979) 6.7/10 (84 votes)
...aka Faut se grouiller (1979) (Canada: French title)
God's Crucible (1921)
God's Dominion: By the Word of God (1993)
Good Life, The (2007) 6.1/10 (251 votes)
Gorilla Trap (2007) (TV)
Great Canadian Centerfold Search, The (1994) (V)
...aka Playgirl Magazine Presents: The Great Canadian Centerfold Search (1994) (V) (USA: complete title)
Green Green Water (2006)
Grizzly Rage (2007) (TV) 2.4/10 (124 votes)
...aka Off Road (2007) (TV) (Canada: English title)
Guy Maddin: Waiting for Twilight (1997) 6.7/10 (66 votes)
Hand (1998) 6.4/10 (5 votes)
Hands of Ida, The (1995) 4.2/10 (5 votes)
Hangman's Curse (2003) 4.8/10 (937 votes)
...aka Veritas Project: Hangman's Curse, The (2003) (USA)
The point is that we're not afraid to make fun of ourselves.
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