Good evening to you!

I do realize that the BFC/Litre rotation is way out of whack. It’s all on me.

I was just away for 6 blissful evenings with my own hotel room. It was lovely.

I was in Ottawa for 4 evenings due to work meetings which I must say didn’t completely want me to play in traffic. Finally our company isn’t just talking about the environment, they are legit doing something about it. If you are on the East coast you may notice a slight haze, or bonfire like existence now. I gave a fair warning 3 weeks ago that shit wasn’t normal, it was too hot and not the good wet. Well, here we are. NYC air quality was worse than India.

Back to the travels. I was in Ottawa eagerly looking forward to a meetup with The Maestro, but alas I had a wicked head cold, and had to network in the evenings. Plus he was getting over Covid. That being said, Ottawa is way nicer in the summer even if it was unseasonable hot with way more humidity that my brittle skin is used to.

During the week it was RIBFEST!!!! They line Lisa Sparxx street with yuge bbq rigs. The day prior to the assembly we were walking down Lisa Sparxx street and I saw two big rigs. Immediately I thought, “Not the fuck again.” So we have learned that I have convoy PTSD.

I was out with some colleagues where we got stupid amounts of BBQ and one of the crew said let’s go eat this on the Parliament grounds. I was totally in as it’s a beautiful spot, the truckers were gone and they had opened up the street in front of it.

Little did I know there would be a Disney style light show with narration in both languages presented on the building!

For something I didn’t know was going to happen, it was awesome. They didn’t gloss over the bad stuff (land theft, Chinese head tax), and acknowledged it. The show very much shared the indigenoUs story as well as the immigration that made our country what it is.

After my meetings I did nae come home I flew straight to Vancouver. The flight was 5.5 hours, and usually when you are on one that long you end up in Don T’s neighboUrhood. Landed in Vancouver, went to hotel at 10 am to drop my bag off and the gentleman behind the desk said I could have a room! I wanted to kiss him, and as I was in the West End of Van it would have been accepted.

I had a date at 3pm across from a safe injection site! This would be our second date. The first date, he and I with my buddy Chuckles fucking dominated music trivia as we were all born in different decades. In fact where we were to meet was a mere few blocks from our triumph.

I arrive at 3:02 as I stopped at a metal bar for a pint and some Iron Maiden.

There he is! I am not joking when I say that he parked directly in front of the safe use site so there were folks in various states around him. Beerguyrob. Fuckin beauty.

“GET IN THE CAR.”

“Ok. Where we going?”

“BREWERIES”

As someone who has travelled much and hosted a bunch I always think that knowing your audience can make any time a great time. BGR brought me to a brewery/urban winery. Brilliant move. I like beer but prefer wine so this clearly also was a perfect stop for he and WineWife.

For those who don’t know, BGR is a beer vendor by hobby, and a teacher by trade. HIS VOICE SHOWS IT.

We tour around the industrial park stopping at varioUs breweries on a delightful Friday afternoon. He stated we would hang for a few hours and then he would drop me off out front of the arena for The Cure. As we were leaving the neighboUrhood which I want to say was Strathcona he hung a hard right like he was on a mission.

“BEFORE THE SHOW! WE ARE GOING TO THIS GELATO PLACE”

It indeed had the most varieties in the world. Impressive.

We were on an overpass with the arena in sight and traffic was dead. I wanted to smoke a J before entry so I jumped out. I walked at a normal pace and we raced across to see who would get there first. Picture from the winner below;

The concert itself was absolutely amazing. Incredible what guys who have been playing together for decades can do and how tight they sound. I was very drunk by the end of it and had 2 futbol matches to attend the next day. I did manage to go to both with a hangover I would give an 8 out of 10.

Sports tonight:

Futbol is basically over.

It is 30 degrees here and I could give 2 fux about ice football.

Hoops was last night.

Lots of beisbol I presume. Do we all still hate BFIB?

We are in the doldrums. I found out about the Raiders doing something smart and being able to opt out of the Jimmy G contract due to foot. I predict that they cut him and Brady plays. Book it.

I thought that the Cowboys fired McCarthy. I really did.