Oh Me Nerves!

Help Find Donna O’Reilly

Steve — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:03:22 +0000

On Friday February 26 at 8 pm, Donna O’Reilly, 54, disappeared as she was leaving her job in Highfield Square in Moncton. She was seen leaving the building but never made it to her car just a few metres from the door.

Donna, a native of Isle aux Morts, Newfoundland, is five-foot-three, 130 pounds, and has green eyes and shoulder length hair. According to CBC.ca, her family believes the only possible explanation for her disappearance is abduction.

The family is trying to get the word out as far and wide as possible in an effort to be reunited with their wife, mother, and grandmother. If she was indeed abducted, she could be anywhere right now. Please help spread the word… and if you become aware of any information, regardless of how small, please call the RCMP on the number provided on the flyer above.

Crowds Panic, Floods Threaten Nfld

Steve — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 03:51:00 +0000

(Thanks Cindy!)

The Senility Prayer

Steve — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 22:09:45 +0000

Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked anyway, the good fortune to run into the ones I do, and the eyesight to tell the difference.

(Thanks Nelly)

Sideways

Steve — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 04:14:13 +0000

World’s Oldest Muscles

Steve — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 02:09:00 +0000

“A group of British and Canadian paleontologists have found fossils that show the earliest evidence of animal locomotion,” CBC reported today. The fossils were found at Mistaken Point, 150 kilometres south of St. John’s.

The fossilized trails, each about 17 centimetres in length, are about 565 million years old.

In the meantime across the continent, Arnold Schwarzenegger is still hopeful he can beat both records.

Technology, for Country Folk

Steve — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 21:58:00 +0000

Thanks Kevin!

Heralding the Past

Steve — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:38:19 +0000

A couple of weeks ago, a colleague of mine from work, also a Newfoundlander, came across a collection of old Newfoundland Herald magazines in one of his storage boxes. He brought me in a copy of the 1982 Christmas edition of the famous Newfoundland entertainment and television magazine. Browsing through the pages was quite an entertaining experience. Checking out the shows of the day, Quincy, One Day At A Time, That’s Incredible, Little House On The Prairie was almost like entering a time machine. (I could provide links for you guys, but, hey, you have Google… use it!)

I scanned a few pages… it was hard not to scan the whole magazine, but these few jumped out at me for some reason.

In the Letters section, there was a letter from a reader updating the world on some of the latest regarding Shannon Tweed’s Newfoundland roots. Then there’s a Christmas message from the Premier, Brian Peckford, the light-hearted comedy of Clyde, Christmas wishes from Captain Newfoundland (no, not Danny Williams), an update on the world of local darts (Go, Baxter Brown!), and a sample of the TV listings. Click on the pages below and give the articles a read through… go on, b’y! You’ll enjoy it!

It was a cool experience browsing through this little paper time capsule. I hope ye all enjoys da stroll down mem’ry lane too b’y.

T’anks a lot dere Allan buddy. Yer a wunnerful grand young feller.

Frisbee Inventor Dies at 90

Steve — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 22:08:00 +0000

According to CBC.ca, Walter Fredrick Morrison, the man accredited with inventing the Frisbee has died at age 90.

In honour of him, or more honestly an excuse to push a post up on my blog, I’ll share with you a quote from a very funny Canadian, Stewart Francis.

Goodbye Walter, and thanks Stewart!

Rum and Coke?

Steve — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 22:22:00 +0000

A priest was seated next to a Newfoundlander on a flight to St. John’s. After the plane was airborne, drink orders were taken. The Newfoundlander asked for a rum and coke, which was brought and placed before him.

Then the flight attendant asked the priest if he would like drink as well. Disgusted, he replied, “I’d rather be savagely raped by a dozen whores than let liquor touch my lips!”

The Newfoundlander quickly passed his drink back to the attendant, “Me too, me darlin’, I didn’t know we had a choice.”

(Thanks Donna!)

Puppy Surfing

Steve — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 21:22:00 +0000