Thoughts by OddChick

Honeymoon Suite

For all of you who are old enough to even
know who Honeymoon Suite is, (http://www.honeymoonsuite.com/)
they played on Canada Day, in a field in Leduc. It was
great weather and they had a large turnout for such
a small town. Here is some live footage.

http://www.medicinefilms.com/pill/195019

http://www.medicinefilms.com/pill/195018

http://www.medicinefilms.com/pill/195015

http://www.medicinefilms.com/pill/195016

http://www.medicinefilms.com/pill/195017

"Bad Attitude"
Misheard Lyrics:
That's me on your toast
Original Lyrics:
Best be on your toes.

"Feel It Again"
Misheard Lyrics:
Defeated again
Original Lyrics:
Feel it again.

"Burning In Love"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm still a lonely man burning alive.
Original Lyrics:
I'm still a lonely man burning in love.

"Stay In The Light"
Misheard Lyrics:
Keep your talking inside.
Original Lyrics:
Keep your target inside.

3 years to the day

Yesterday was 3 years to the day since we moved
from Nova Scotia. There was a tornado watch in
Lacombe, not far from us

http://edmonton.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20090704/EDM_funnelcloud_090704/20090705/?hub=EdmontonHome and funnel clouds were spotted.

Here in Leduc, we had some wicked rain.
Here are a few videos from our deck....

Here it comes out of nowhere....
http://www.medicinefilms.com/pill/195008

http://www.medicinefilms.com/pill/195009

We are only about 1 or 2 mins into the storm,

check out how much the water has built up already,

especially around the drain near the sidewalk

http://www.medicinefilms.com/pill/195010

http://www.medicinefilms.com/pill/195011

Here is the drain, about 2 mins or 3 later

http://www.medicinefilms.com/pill/195012

http://www.medicinefilms.com/pill/195013

And about 2 mins more, all is quiet

http://www.medicinefilms.com/pill/195014

and then it's all over.

Top 10 Of Everything

Hoppy Easter

Now here is a chocolate Easter bunny....

It's at a store called Fassbender & Rausch in Berlin.
It's made up of 11320 smaller bunnies.

And did you know the world's largest Easter egg is
right here in Alberta

It is located in Vegreville, Alberta (Canada)
It weighs 5000 lbs and measures 18.3 ft high
by 25.7 feet wide. It was constructed in 1975
to welcome Ukrainians settling in the area.

And again from Berlin, we have to world's largest bunny

Herman weighs 22 lbs and eats 2kg a day, mostly lettuce.
Herman is 3 ft long, his ears alone are 21 cm long.

An Easter egg hunt to keep the kids busy for a while.

510,000 Easter eggs were hidden in Cypress Gardens,
a theme park in Florida. 1000 of the eggs held special
prizes including scholarships.

We all love those little marshmallow peeps. Now you
can savour the taste all day long

For the devout kid on your list

Didn't you just hate all that leftover fluffy stuff
in your basket. You had to dig through it to
find the few remaining candies. Now you can
eat your way to the bottom

I love mini eggs, but I'm not sure about
mini eggs filled with pop rocks

Some weird traditions from around the world...

In Germany, they burn all of their leftover Christmas
trees on Easter day. This is to encourage a sunny Spring.

The Easter Bunny may be the symbol of Easter

here, but not in Australia, it's the Bilby. Rabbits

have destroyed much of the crops in Australia and

are not a favoured species!

In Hungerford, Berkshire (Britain), a policeman blows

a horn, summoning all of the men to the town hall.

The men then roam the streets giving oranges to

women in exchange for a kiss.

In Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia women believe

they can keep their youth by being spanked. On Easter

Monday, it is tradition for men to throw water on women

and then spank them with handmade whips of willow.

Ouch.

And finally when you take your kids to visit the

Easter Bunny, don't visit this one

Odd Christmas Gifts

Sorry it's been so long.

In the spirit of the holidays, here are
some odd Christmas gift ideas.

For the Darth Vader Fan

Jumping Santa

Inflatable Fruitcake

Christmas Themed Toilet Paper

Charlie Brown Tree

Shot Glass Wreath

Pop Rocks - Candy Cane Style

USB Musical Santa - Kinda neat

Inflatable Christmas Tree - For the very lazy

Bake Those Cookies

Remember Your Monitor At Christmas Time

Hoo Doo U Think U Are?

Our trip to the Hoodoos started on Thursday,
with the purchase of camping gear. This
took awhile since we kept forgetting things
we needed, and had to keep returning to
Canadian Tire. Anyway, some several
hours and hundreds of dollars later, we
had all of our camping gear. We think.

So on Friday, off to the Badlands we go. It was
a waaay longer drive than we thought it would be. No
comment on that subject. However, it was well
worth it.

On Saturday, we start out by going to Drumheller to see the
world's largest Dinosaur - an 86 foot tall plastic
dinosaur. You are welcome to climb the 106
stairs to the top for $3. We just took pictures.

and bought some cool fossils.

It's not super clear, but here's what you get:

We also bought wood and bones:

and a fossilized escaping bug

The entire trip was filled with fields of Canola flowers.

We then headed for the HooDoo Trail. HooDoo Trail
is part of the Badlands. The HooDoo rock formations
are fascinating.

Hoodoos take millions of years to form and stand 5 to 7 metres tall. Each hoodoo is a sandstone pillar resting on a thick base of shale that is capped by a large stone. Hoodoos are very fragile and can erode completely if their capstone is dislodged (in other words, no climbing allowed).

The name "Hoodoo" comes from the word "voodoo" and was given to these geological formations by the Europeans. In the Blackfoot and Cree traditions, however, the Hoodoos are believed to be petrified giants who come alive at night to hurl rocks at intruders.

It is illegal to climb certain areas or deface the rocks.
Sadly though, there is some graffiti carved into the rocks.

We could not believe the people climbing these rocks!
The slope was very steep and covered in fine sand.
There were some people climbing in flip flops!
Crazy. I was surprised at the kids allowed up there.

Next we checked out the Rosedale suspension bridge.
The sign said a maximum of 20 people on the bridge
at any one time. There were way more than that, which
made us nervous. But we went for it anyway. It was
very windy and the bridge was swinging back and forth.
We met an old fellow on the way back who looked terrified.
The bridge is 117 metres high and felt it.

Further on our travels, we saw this tiny little church on
the side of the road. It was small en0ugh that it almost
looked like an ornament. Turns out it was a real church.
This 7'11" Church seats 6.

The last stop on our trails is Horse Thief Canyon.
This canyon is reputed to have 'stolen' many horses.

Horses would disappear into the canyons of Red Deer River

and later re-appear wearing a different brand.

You are very high up. With no fences. And prairie

dog holes lining the edge of the viewing area. You have
to be very careful when walking around the edges.

We are on our way back to the camp site, and spot this cute little ferry.
It operates on a pulley system, you ring a bell to get
service. We were pretty tired at that point so didn't
do the ferry adventure. The hill leading to the Ferry

was very steep.

It was a great experience and we saw lots of interesting things.
Our campsite was very nice and wooden, and we were
visited regularly by bunnies and friendly old men.

Who didn't like their pictures taken.

The bunnies, not the old men. We didn't try

to take their pictures.

Floating Priest

I'm back. Sorry for the delay. I just didn't have
any blog worthy material for awhile. Sometimes
you feel like a blog sometimes you don't.

Anyway, here is an odd story out of Brazil.
Reverend Adelir Antonio de Carli wanted to
raise some money for his church, God bless
him.

The world record for time spent
in the air floating by balloons was 19 hours.
By God, he was going to beat that record.

So the only obvious choice was to
tie hundreds of helium balloons to himself,
strap on a helmet and thermal suit and float
away. He also brought lots of cereal bars
and water. The cereal choice was rather
smart I thought.

After about 8 hours of balloon time,
ground control unfortunatley lost contact with him.
He has not been heard from since. He has
been balloon floating for 5 days now.

Although this story comes with a flavour
of humor, you can't help but feel bad for the guy.
But, if he does not make it back to earth he likely
has a good chance of making it to his final chosen
destination.