Not the Write Stuff

Striking Hollywood writers are thankful for the break as it took all their efforts to write the Colorado Rockies fairytale script.

New England coach Bill Belichick was upset over reports of the strike in Hollywood until he realized it was the writers on strike not the cameramen.

The Canadian Toy Testing Council released its picks for the Christmas season and I was surprised to see Mark Bell’s Smash-Up Derby scored so poorly.

The Italian Mafia has been dealt a series of setbacks with the capture of one of their boss of bosses, the infringement of other gangs into their territory and worst of all the failure by the New England Patriots to cover the spread.

If the Canadian Loonie keeps outpacing the US Dollar pretty soon the Toronto Maple Leafs defense will look like a bargain.

Calgary Flames coach Mike Keenan is taking the recent 3 game losing streak in which they have been outscored 12-3 in stride. It must be the high altitude which requires more time to bring things to a boil.

I know it wasn’t a sporting event but who among us were not secretly cheering when the Pakistan Police had a convincing win over a heavily favored group of lawyers.

Mark LaFleur son of former Montreal Canadian great Guy LaFleur was denied bail after breaking terms of his release by staying at a hotel instead of his parents’ house. Guy was outraged by the decision saying “Who doesn’t break curfew?”

The Minnesota Wild publicly are saying centre Wes Walz is unavailable for games due to “personal reasons” but privately they have no idea “Where Walz Go”.

With the comedy writers on strike viewers in search of laughs are demanding more Miami Dolphins and St. Louis Rams games.

You know people in Saskatchewan have their priorities straight when more people tried to get tickets to Sunday’s playoff game than registered to vote in the Provincial election. Here’s a suggestion to increase voter turnout for next election, have a referendum on keeping the Riders in Saskatchewan on the ballot. Chances are while they are there to say yes they might take a chance on picking a candidate as well.

Andy Pettitte has turned down $16 million, Alex Rodriguez turned down $81 million and Joe Torres left after being offered $10 million over 2 years. This trend has been picked up by ABC who are coming out with a new sports quiz show “Who doesn’t want to be a Yankee Millionaire?”

Baseball free agent Jose Guillen is under suspicion for buying human growth hormone and steroids from a Florida Anti-Aging Clinic. In his defense Guillen says in no way were the drugs performance enhancing just something to help with his laugh lines.