1,000 pelts…

Just in case you’re still coming down off that Battle of the Blades high we’ve all been on for the last two months,

and you’re wallowing in a my hockey team has never brought home the Stanley Cup Schmanley Cup,

please know that this is a city of champions…

The last time I heard this band play was in September 2007 at my convocation ceremony up on the hill…

I’m not Scottish,

as far as I can tell,

but the bagpipes are generous in their appeal…

They speak to the bones…

I don’t give a rat’s ass what Danny Bhoy says about them,

when played along with side,

tenor,

and bass drums,

by men in kilts,

a Hendrick’s and tonic is in order…

Apparently the Okanagan Valley is a hot spot for pipebands…

Book your summer holidays for 2010 at Silver Star Mountain,

for the two week long,

Piping Hot Summer Drummer Scottish arts summer school…

And book this Saturday for the 4th Annual Louis Riel celebration at the Roundhouse…

Louis Riel is a complex individual in the history of this homeland we call Canada…

And he has been VERY clear in his communication with me…

He told me to tell you,

Beware of gurus…

AND

Do your own research…

To sleep with Pocahontas and find out how she felt...