It’s strange how sometimes a casual comment can evoke memories. On the weekend, I was doing some shopping and I heard a young lady enthusing […]
Allan’s Amblings
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They are the moments in sports where time stands still. In some cases, there is still movement, but there is the realization by those watching […]
Hands up all of those who figured the Spruce Kings would still be playing hockey in the middle of May. About 90 per cent of […]
Regular readers of this column (I know there are a few) will know I have no patience with morons on the road, whether they be […]
Sometimes, it’s easy to tell a driver isn’t really paying attention. A couple of days ago, I was coming up to a red light at […]
I was reminded again this week, as more and more cyclists appear on the roads of the city, why some of them don’t wear helmets. […]
I have always been interested in words, so it’s probably no surprise I have been doing crossword puzzles for more years than I can count […]
April is an interesting month in a few ways. It starts with April Fool’s Day and ends with income tax being due. I’m not sure […]
I discovered last week that walking can be dangerous to your health. Well, more specifically, walking on the sidewalks of Prince George can be dangerous […]
Sometimes it’s the little tragedies in life that go unnoticed. If a world-champion boxer or basketball player was to commit suicide at the age of […]
I was thinking about changes this week. Specifically changes in sports over the years. It came to a point when I was interviewing Jennifer Jones […]
I went to bed early Monday night, woke up shortly after midnight, got back to sleep fairly quickly. Woke up again around 2:30, just drifting […]
Whoever turned the thermostat down a couple of weeks ago, could you please put it back where it belongs? I mean, I know it’s only […]
Baby, it’s cold outside. I don’t care whether some people don’t like the song, that’s the only way to express the weather conditions around Prince […]
There is one of those flip-chart boards at Cafe Voltaire, and it usually has a question on it for guests to answer. The current one […]
I believe I have mentioned before how much I enjoy YouTube ‘surfing’. That’s where you go to YouTube looking for a particular video, find it, […]
I was looking through a collection of the FoxTrot comic strip on the weekend, and found one that struck me as being more truthful than […]
So it’s just after noon on Sunday, and I am listening to my first time as host on Those Old Records, an old-new show on […]
By the middle of the afternoon on Saturday, there was one clear thought in my mind. “The next person I hear singing Let It Snow, […]
I do not play any video games or computer games, but I have found it sort of neat to watch other people do so. I […]
So last week I was debating with myself about whether I should take a certain action. I frequently debate myself, and usually lose, but that’s […]
It’s not often you find an NFL game with a Prince George connection. Yes, there are players in the NHL either from the area or […]
I want to start this week with kind of a follow-up to my column last week, specifically talking about college football rivalry games in the […]
If you are a football fan of virtually any description, this is the week you probably had circled on your calendar as soon as you […]