No, I’m not a traitor to my country. I am proud to be Canadian and normally I would cheer for a Canadian team to win the Stanley Cup. Now, I know those jerks who started all the nonsense last night, are not how most Vancouver citizens behave, but I remember first hand how unsportsman-like some Vancouver fans can be.

You see, I lived in Vancouver from 1975 to 1977. Vancouver was, and probably still is, I believe, a very transient city. Many eastern Canadians travel to Vancouver. The lure of the mountains and the ocean beckons all of us at one point in our lives.

Well, while I lived there, Vancouver-ites weren’t too friendly to the “Easterners”. And, unfortunately for me, I was, and still am, a Montreal Canadiens fan. Oh, the horror! Yeah, I’m the target of much abuse during hockey season as my son and most of my friends hate the “Habs”. But I digress…

Back in the 70′s, I attended a live hockey game between Vancouver and Montreal. Some of the fans were horrid and prone to violence then, too. For my own safety, I was escorted out of the game there for the simple reason that I was cheering for my beloved Habs, albeit a bit too loudly – just being a bold twenty-something passionate hockey fan – and someone wanted to kill me. Seriously!

So folks, no, not every Vancouver citizen acts like those who caused the riots last night, but there are certainly some who are really poor sports and that is why last night I cheered for Boston, one of the original 6 hockey teams, who, in my opinion, deserved to win. Congrats, Boston Bruins!

I’d love to know what you think, so please feel free to join in the discussion. Were you happy or upset about last night’s game results and what do you think about the riots in Vancouver?

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I don’t have to tell you how great WordPress is. Most of you already know about it and use it. Perhaps you’re building a blog network of sites all making money and perhaps you’d like to cut some corners, and save on development time and money.

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I have created 50 backgrounds for Open Office Impress out of royalty-free graphics, free graphics, or from my own graphics creations. These backgrounds can also be used in Microsoft Powerpoint, or you can use them for backdrops for your own video creations.

Here’s what the Impress backgrounds look like and below the gallery, you can click a link to download the complete package for free.

Click here to download the Impress/Video Backgrounds

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