The Devil's Bartender

Cuba, Hell Yea!

In a word, it was Paradise. Beautiful beaches, water, good food, lots of booze and fine coffee and cigars- yes, it's all a man could ask for. A week wasn't long enough so next winter I think I'll have to make ammends...

Check out the picture of Shazzy in the pictures section. Revenge for the picture she posted of me on her blog!!!
http://thedevilsbartender.typepad.com/photos/cuba_2006/

Strategic Voting part 2

We're back to this familiar point in pre-election rhetoric where the phrase 'strategic voting' is being talked about like 'blowback' or some other necessary evil by voters and promoted like a savior by the Liberals.  This time around I am adamently opposed to it.  The main reason being that it will only push us towards an American style two party system (or split one party system).  If you can't vote for who you want to vote for than democracy is dead.

So this election I'm either voting NDP or for the Green Party to get some left leaning ideas put on the agenda.  Click here for more info on the NDP and here for the Green Party.

And get out there and VOTE!!!

ps- For some info on the NDP perspective on strategic voting you can check out this article in Rabble.ca sent to me by the author, Greg Dwulit (thanks Greg!).

Cuba bound un otra vez!

One of the highlights of this past week was a blamy +2 C day that allowed me to ride by bike.  It's been, as Hemingway would put it, cold and wet. Wet and gray.  Gray and cold.  And that's why i've finally snapped and bought a ticket for Cuba!

Yes, the lovely Miss Coucke and I are leaving tomorrow for a week of sun, sand, and seemingly free booze.  I'm normally not a package tour kinda guy but I'm really looking forward to this.  Hasta la proxima vez, adios chicos!

Happy New Year!

Yes, It's been a long time since I rock and rolled on this blog but that's a good thing because it means I've been busy.  So...

The Red Velvet Revolution played a rare gig at the end of November and even though it was a quiet weeknight (I was the designated driver for God's sakes!) it's probably the most fun I've had at a show in ages.  We had a good groove on stage and a good time with the folks who came out after.

Christmas came and went with a few blissful, blurry, and memorable if I could remember them, drinking sessions with friends and family.  I avoided b.s. like the plague and it seems to have paid off.  This was definitely one of the more enjoyable holidays. 

And now the New Year is upon us like a torrent of opportunity, like a swath of potential prosperity, like absolutely nothing out of the ordinary is going to happen because some years are just kinda like that.  Yes, it's time for a New Year's resolution that won't be kept:  I promise, with all my heart and soul and hair and teeth, that I will, without fail or exception, write a post of some sort each and every day of this magnificent new year.....