The Dog Came Back

After all the time it took to stick stamps all over the dog the post office wouldn't accept him. Oh well, I guess we're stuck with the little bastard.

Or are we?

(Evil Laugh)

Prince George: Treasure Trove Casino

Shawn and I were going out of our minds with boredum this evening so we decided to head out for a bit. We went to the mall, wandered around aimlessly and then on our way back home made a quick detour to the Treasure Trove Casino.

I withdrew a $50 from the ATM which had a ridiculous service fee of $1.75 and we proceeded to wander around. Honestly we weren't there to be gamblers, we were just bored and neither of us had stepped foot in the place before.

So we played a cheap slots and both of us were down. After about 30-40 minutes and down about 30-40 dollars we were on our way out the door when I decided to throw my last $10 in to a $0.25 machine. I kept hitting max bet which was $0.75 per play and on the second last hit before I would have lost it all I got three full bars across.

So 45 minutes in the Casino left me down $2.75 (most of which was the ATM service fee).

The Casino in general is nothing special, it's mainly slot machines with two texas hold'em tables and a variety of other table games (about 12-15 tables in total).

The Thing With Canada

I'll tell you something that really "grinds my gears" (Peter Griffin) is the fact I can go on to eBay and purchase an AC Power Adapter for my laptop from Hong Kong, including shipping for $26 but I cannot buy it in my own country for less than $100-130.

Is it greed?

I am buying the exact same OEM part, new for 1/5th of the price I can get it in Canada. There is something seriously wrong with this picture.

Bengie The Dog Gets A Haircut

Bengie The Dog
Originally uploaded by kden604.

So you might recall seeing pictures of this dog previously on the blog, or perhaps back at my flickr page.

He's a scruffy annoying dog who doesn't listen well and frequently forgets that outside is where the bathroom is found.

Yesterday he went in to Total Pet and got his hair clipped and I have to admit that despite the huge looking forehead he now has, he looks pretty darn good. You might almost say cute.

Prince George: Vaisakhi

Vaisakhi - Parade
Originally uploaded by kden604.

Today I attended the parade and festival celebrating Vaisakhi for the Sikh faith. I've posted more pictures on my flickr page with the parade pictures.

Despite the recent cold snap in weather there were several hundred parade participants who braved the -10C to celebrate Vaisakhi. Everyone gathered after the parade at the CN Centre parking lot where lots of food and hot beverages were served out.

There was quite a few public speakers and a really excellent explanation of what exactly Vaisakhi is and a summary of the creation of Khalsa.

I had the opportunity to speak to several of the local Sikh gentlemen who not only expanded on the speech but told me a great deal about politics in regards to the temples.

Down south in Surrey you might have heard about how some Sikh members had photographs displayed in an idolizing manner to some men allegedly connected with the Air India bombing. This has caused some strained relations between some political figures who want to disassociate themselves with that aspect of the festival.

If you speak to the average Sikh however I think you will find that there is no support of violence or malice held to anyone and that any true Sikh who takes their spirituality and religion to heart wouldn't be a part of any violent act against any person.

I had a really enjoyable time at the festival and despite the cold weather it was quite a good turn out of people though I thought that there was an under representation of non-Sikh's at the festivities.

I think these type of events are good to help people understand other religions and help build that multicultural family that is Canada.