Today is Canada Day and I celebrated by going for a nice long bike ride. I rode my bike downtown and took in some of the festivities at Princess Island Park. They were giving out free flags and as you can see they make quite the fashion statement. I must.
Topics: Calgary

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I enjoy a good burger as much as the next guy and so the other day I decided to head down to Calgary’s Peters’ Drive-In. Peter’s has been in business since 1962 and I don’t think its changed much since then either. In fact, some...
Topics: Calgary

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submit_url = "http://www.michaelmckinlay.com/2009/06/22/surfing-in-shimoda-shizuoka-japan/"; I’ve been to Japan 6 times now. 3 times were for work(teaching English in various schools) and 3 times for vacation. The last time I was there...
Topics: Crazy Japan, Sports

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So this past Sunday night I saw the Killers play the Saddledome. I wasn’t planning to go but since I had nothing else on I thought I’d go see if I could get a cheap ticket.Tickets for the show were running around $55 after TicketMaster...
Topics: Music you should listen to, the killers

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I’m 12 posts into my series on Hawaii and as much as fun as that’s been I thought I’d mix it up on my blog and feature the French band, Phoenix. I first saw them play on Saturday Night Live on April 4th, 2009. Since then I’ve not..
Topics: Music you should listen to

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