Some of TundraTalk Nation is under siege...

As most of you know, North Dakota (particularly Fargo) is in big trouble. They have had a few problems with some flooding, then a blizzard, then some thunder and rain, then more snow. The map above says it all. Alot of TT nation is in North Dakota. Ivy, Nick Chase, Shannon Just, Todd Holdman, are in the Fargo/Moorhead area. I know Shannon has been spending his days filling sand bags but I am unsure how the other guys are doing. Drop TT nation a note when you get dried out and let us know what happened?

I really wish I could get down there and do some good but work is keeping me here in Regina. The pic to the right was taken by Todd Holdman. I am unsure if this is in his backyard or what, but that shit is crazy. Keep fighting it Todd. I got your back. Oh and if there is anything any of you fine people in Fargo need that I can help you with, let me know.

Maybe I will write another award winning screenplay about your fight. Of course my first great screenplay was about the flood of 97 in Grand Forks starring everyones hero Tony Mutzenberger. I am unsure if he was deployed this time to Fargo. If he was we all know that he will kick that floods ass.

Hazen had its share of flooding last week also. I am not sure if this has ever happened in the past but man oh man is this crazy. Look at that photo. That is east of town near the golf course. My parents condo is a the bottom of the picture. That little row of trees at the top was the Knife River. Small little river that rose up and kicked some major ass this spring.

As for the flood in Hazen, Jody Murschel said that the river has receded a bit and all will be okay if the snow that they got while the flood was in progress melts at a normal rate. Good luck Hazen. The pic to the right is a shot from south of Main street Hazen. This of course is the home set and studio for WhiteHot productions earliest films. You remember those, Communist Uprising in Middle America, Star Trek Wars, Dakota Vice, and the cult classic Bonanza '87. Hazen was the center of the film universe for me back in the '80s.

Good luck to all of you in North Dakota I am thinking of you.

NEXT: I guess you are wondering why I have a pic of some random guy in line. Well that is the view of the line up for Saskatchewan Riders season tickets. I stood in line last week to see if I could get some for the upcoming season. Well TT Nation, I was successful and have two seats to every game this season. So if any of you ND geeks want to come up and see Weston Dressler light it up in Rider Green, come on up. I have got you covered.

Just jump on Riderville dot com and check the schedule. If you want to come on up and stay at the Peterson stronghold you are certainly welcome here. I can take you to a CFL game, buy you a Pilsner Beer, and we can cheer on the best team in the CFL. Sounds good to me.

NEXT: I went to see the Doodlebops with the kids the other day and man did it suck. I of course have plenty to say about a kids show, see the post about the Dora the Explorer show I took McKenna to. Oh and no one can forget the unedited rant about the Blues Clues show. I will post my opinions on the Doodlebops next week sometime. Yes I was the guy in the crowd yelling Freebird the whole time. Look out cause it is gonna be good.



FINALLY: In the 'It's about time you bastard" column, I will be interviewing Mitch Davis, of the Regina Brother In Law Davis', tomorrow for his Entourage audition. I will get it edited as soon as possible and up for you to listen to. Marty Frey will be up right after that.

Have a good weekend and Fargo stay dry okay?

The Unofficial, Official, Blues Clues Unedited Rant....

First of all check out this link to a game that is way tooo funny Daily Show Game

So the tourney is done and I am exhausted. It takes a lot of work to put on THE sporting event in the upper northern western Canada Edmonton Area. Above you can see a pic of me and my haircut. I went all out this year and went as my favorite character from the Trailer Park Boys. Ricky. I had the sweatpants, the shirt, the retractable lighter, good F'n pepperoni, and the cig. Even though I don't exactly know how to use it. It was a huge success and we are not sure how we are going to out do ourselves next year on our 5th anniversary. I am sure we will find a way. We raised a ton of food for the food bank and a good wad of cash. More than tripled our donation on both counts from last year. Not bad. Thanks to all those who helped out. Especially Donna who put up with a lot of me being absent in the last few months.


Here is Donna taking care of the Chili Cook off. Donna Rules!


Okay so lets go back a few weeks and discuss the Blues Clues live thing again. I have had a few requests for the "Unofficial, Official Blues Clues Rant" and I thought it would be okay to post it here. For those of you who have kids and have seen the show this may be very funny to you, but for those of you who have not had the 'privelidge' to see the TV show aimed at toddlers it make take you a viewing on Nick Jr. to get some of the jokes. Venckus knows all about this show and has expressed his opinion on it to me in the past. He also holds Dora in high regard. I will add some hints here and there just so you can keep up.

Here goes.

I thought if I wasn't there with McKenna, which why in the hell would I be there with out her, it would be fun to sit up front and do a bit of heckling. As I noticed at the show the security was a bit lacking. It would probably take about 10 minutes for them to locate me and drag me out. Unless I did a bit of stick and move. I wonder if you could use the excuse that I and many use when we pay for a sporting event that "I paid for the ducket, I have a right to spew some of my opinion at the players." In this case the players would be that idiot 'playing' Joe, or that mensa candidate in the dog suit (Blue is a dog). How does that look on your resume, "Played Blue in the off broadway production of 'Blues Clues Live'." That will get you the lead in Miss Saigon, or Seasame Street on Ice, that is, only if you can skate. My first target would be 'Joe'.

"Hey Joe, you son of a B**ch. You are not even the real Joe. You are impersonating a guy, a stupid guy, who really is impersonating Steve(Steve was the original host who left for 'college' and Joe took over). My three year old calls you Steve. She can't even tell the difference. That is how pathetic you are you green striped shirt wearing loser."

"How stupid are you that you can't see those dumb ass paw prints on the clues (the kids look for paw prints on clues). My three year old knows where they are before they are even there, you schmuck. Oh and on that same topic, what kind of grown man talks to a Blue dog and plays mind games with it? You stupd Fu**er. The only job you are really qualified for is to say 'do you want fries with that?' And even then that is pushing it."

To get really specific I would refer to certain episodes. Go medivial on his ass. Oh also about this time I would have to move to a new section in the stadium to aviod the geriatric security.

"Hey jerk off, while you are discussing the important issues like going to the sh**ter with your dog, the proper way to flush, and dinner table manners, while singng stupid songs about it no less, do you ever think how pathetic your life is? What kind of drugs are you on that makes you think you can 'ski-doo' into a picture? (Blue Ski-doo is when Joe jumps into a picture) The Beatles wrote brilliant songs while they were stoned but you? What do you do? You 'ski-doo' into pictures with stick people and a blue dog. YOU SUCK!! Dude, you really need some new drugs. Stupid a**."

"Oh and do you actually think that ANYONE sends you a letter(Joe reads letters from his friends every show), let alone calling themsleves your FRIEND? I think not. Hey Joe you schmuck, (singing that annoying rhyme) I don't just got a letter for you, I have eight!
F - U - C - K - Y - O - U. And you know exactly who it's from." I would lob the bird at him also, just for effect.

Then I would turn my aim at the dog and his cast of "Friends"...of course moving first...

"Hey, you. Idiot in the dog suit. Yeah, you, I know you can hear me, dogs are supposed to have really good hearing. Can you hear this? (yelling) 'Screw off!' All of you in any type of costume! Do you think your parents are proud of you? Do you think they call all their friends and tell them that you are in Edmonton touring with the world wide hit Blues Clues Live. HELL NO! They lie and tell everyone that you are touring with a REAL production like, The Wiggles. When their friends ask to see pics they play thier own version of Blues Clues and change the subject. "

"Hey guy in the unnaturally tight cat suit. Your mom called, she said you suck! Stupid A-hole. There are kids here and we are supposed to see you in that suit and be able see all that you have got? Here is a buck go do Bob Barker, and all of us, a favor and get your self spayed or neutered."

I figure that about this time I am in hand cuffs and being led out of an arena that is full of kids AND bad actors on stage crying. I would leave them with one more bit of advise...Singing to the tune of the Blues Clues theme song..

"We put all this together and we find that all of you have noooo Cluuuuue, no Cluueeeee. If you use your mind, (if you have one) and take a step at a time(away from the idiots in costume), you can do any-thing, that you want to do. Like not spend your parents money on crap like this."

Back to yelling...

"Hey kids I got something for you to put in your note book (kids write the clues in their notebook), don't grow up to be a loser like all those idiots on the stage. Read a book, turn off the TV, and then get a life."

And then at this point I would be leaving the arena and I would see an ad for "Dora the Explorer Live Pirate Adventure" and I would get an idea.

So there it is. I really legitimately had a good time with McKenna at this show so I really would not do any of this stuff for that reason. Or would I?

Have a nice day, and GET BACK TO WORK!!!!!

Blues Clues Live is...well, interesting?

Next week I will have some good stuff for you. On monday we are going to do some interviews with WWF wrestlers so I will have some good pics. Plus I got freebies to Smackdown which is in Edmonton on Tuesday. I know I retired, but as far as I am concerned if the tickets are free I am not violating the Retirement Pledge. Even if I did ask for them.


Here is the stage for Blues Clues Live

Well, last week I went from one night going to Green Day Live to two days later going to Blues Clues Live. What a diverse individual I am. Well I can tell you the age group between the two shows is not THAT far off. On of McKenna's birthday presents was tickets to go and see Blues Clues Live, or, Blues Clues Alive as she calls it. She counted down the sleeps to the show. She was about as geeked as a little girl can be about seeing a stuffed mascot replica of the cartoon that she sees on the TV. Mom and Dad were happy to see her excited but a bit worried about how much this was going to cost them because they heard a parent talk about seeing the Wiggles live the month before (sold out show, go figure) and how it was one booth after the next as soon as you walk in. Selling everything from glow sticks to CD's. Adam Cook said he dropped over a hundred bones before he even found his seats. They really know how to get you. Sell to the kid, the kid throws a "I want it" at you and to avoid the scene the cash is out of your pockets.



Above is McKenna running into Rexall Place for the show. As you can tell she was pretty excited to be there. To my suprise when we got inside there was not much to buy. On a side note Donna and I had a bet as to what would happen first. McKenna asking for something or Me offering her something. I was determined to win this bet. So as we walked in I slowly walked McKenna past the concessions booth. She did not even blink. No asks or anything. I was really suprised. I had my work cut out for me. All they were selling was $20 Happy Birthday Blue t-shirts and $10 stuffed Blue dolls. McKenna saw someone with popcorn and she requested some, so we obliged. Food did not count in the bet. We then went to find our seats.


My girls waiting paitently for the show to start. I ordered the tickets back last year. When I ordered the guy told me that there were no floor seats left. So I bought up high as you can see in the pic up at the top. Well either scalpers had all the tickets or the guy was lying to me because there were about half of the seats open. The seats we had were the same price as the floor. $45 cdn a piece. We had three. I really love my kid.


McKenna loves Blue. Notice all the empty seats over her shoulder


Complimentary "Handy Dandy Notebooks" that were handed to all the kids who entered.


Joe and all the gang singing and dancing on stage. McKenna sang and played along and had a great time. By the way the guy in the Perriwinkle suit (second from right) really creeped me and Donna out with his obvious, how can say this, errrrr, area. I really think for my sake and the kids sake they should cast this character as a girl. Next.

Well I think I had a really good rant about this show that I ran at Trev that same day and it was funny but since McKenna had such a good time at the show I will not put it here. If you want me to drop the rant, send me a note and I will consider it. If you know the show Blues Clues you will laugh your ass off. Otherwise, I lost the bet. I did not offer her any junk but she never asked for it so I guess we are doing something right.

Have a good day and GET BACK TO WORK!!!!