On Roughriders!

What a crazy night. The rain was so heavy and all I had to protect me was a thin garbage bag that I grabbed from Lori's. That game will go down in the Rider history books, that's for sure. The worst part of the night was the city police and rent-a-cops taking it upon themselves to tell us that the game was cancelled and that we had to leave. Ben, Lori and I had sat in our water puddles for about a half-hour after the delay began waiting for it to start up again, but we figured that if the police are going around kicking us out then it must actually be cancelled. I guess what the black folk say is true - You can't trust the po-po.

Luckily I caught the end of the game on CBC at Lori's. I still would have rather been there because, as you can see from the picture, it was a crazy atmosphere after the delay was over. After the game, the Riders were coming up into the stands and shaking hands with all the crazy fans that waited out the delay.

The game itself was nuts! A great back-and-forth shootout. When all was said and done, THE RIDERS WERE LEFT ALONE, FIRST IN THE LEAGUE. I'm still soaking it up, this team is for real. The two week break comes at the perfect time because we are really hurting with all the injuries we've been dealing with. Can't wait till the labour day classic, that's going to be a crazy time.

On my way...

Well, today I packed up and moved out of Leeds residence. It was nice enough (especially the air conditioning!) but campus is a bit too isolated for me. Not really anything nearby for food or coffee. I will miss the squirrels, chipmunks, groundhogs and my new friends the raccoons. I won't miss the Iraqis who practically lived in the TV room and didn't let anybody else use it.

I leave for Montreal in about two hours. I've only heard bad things about driving around in Montreal so I don't really plan on leaving campus unless it's by bus. The conference runs until Saturday and then I'm driving home. I'm planning on stopping in Sault Ste. Marie and Kenora on the 3000 km trip. Since listening to music for 30 hours didn't work too well on the way over here, I downloaded a series of CDs for learning french. I've actually spent a lot of my life learning our second language but it never sticks with me because I never get a chance to use it.

I don't know if I'll get a chance to log on before I get home so if not, I'll see ya when I see ya.

Holy Crap

High school in San Antonio, Texas. Wow. Here's a snippet of their curriculum:

CALCULUS
Students will examine the nature of God as they progress in their understanding of mathematics. Students will understand the absolute consistency of mathematical principles and know that God was the inventor of that consistency. Mathematical study will result in a greater appreciation of God and His works in creation. The students will understand the basic ideas of both differential and integral calculus and its importance and historical applications. The students will recognize that God created our minds to be able to see that the universe can be calculated by mental methods.

To read more about what you could learn going to high school in Texas, check this out.