Definitely something wrong here.

I stole this from John Hutchings, who I used to work with and who worked in marketing for the health industry before that. I'd be interested to talk to him about this one day.

As someone who is an entrepreneur and all about less government and a pro-business environment, it drives me crazy when I see that there isn't a social consciousness within the leaders of these massive companies (I don't know why I would expect it - there's such a huge degree of separation from reality at that point... and really their only job is to deliver results for the shareholders). I am starting to think that big businesses are way worse than government, and in order to protect our civil liberties and allow for more of a free market, you have to have more restrictions on major corporations. I know it is contradictory and will also never happen, but seeing this kind of stuff is just sad.

...to the beat of the music.

So far I haven't done anything like this yet, although I often catch myself humming, whistling, or strutting (ya - that's right) to the iPod music that only I can hear. I suppose it's only a matter of time until the farts follow.

Good Year For the NHL & Why I Love Chicago

It's only a slight coincidence that the NHL is starting to experience a resurgence in the same year that the Chicago Blackhawks win the Cup. After years of suffering under the ownership of Bill Wirtz, the Hawks have climbed back in to the conscience of a hockey-savvy town.

I've been to Chicago many times. It is one of my favorite cities in the world, without question.

I was at Grant Park on Nov 4, 2008 (the night Obama won the presidency) with 500,000 others - it was one of the most interesting, surreal and uplifting experiences I've been a part of. When the Chicago White Sox won the World Series pennant, there was another 500,000 people that showed up for that parade (I wasn't there, but grew up a Frank Thomas and Chicago White Sox fan, so was extremely pleased with that win).

For the Blackhawks' Stanley Cup parade? An estimated 2 million people. Wow!

Chicago is a town definitely knows how to party. If Edmonton won it, there would be 200,000 people lined up on Jasper Avenue and 10% of the attendees would get stabbed in the neck.*

*Disclaimer: I'm an Edmonton Oilers fan and am a proud native Edmontonian so I have the right to say disparaging things