Penguins, Pot & Other Stuff

The Hamilton chapter of the Maltese Canadian Association has a link on their web site where you can look up the family crest & history of common Maltese names.  I knew Aquilina had something to do with an eagle and when I checked, lo and behold, there it was!  Decided it was time for my next tattoo.

 

Went to see Anita at Aardvark Tattoo.  She has become my regular tattoo lady.  Very nice person; from Chile, long dark hair & amenable to the "good stuff".  Anita took a look at the picture I brought and said it would be no problem.  We set a date, I showed up and 45 minutes later-there it was!

 

Check out the picture.

Yes, about one more week and this season will be in full gear.  Many experts give my Canadiens a good chance of representing the East in the Stanley Cup finals.  We’ll see!  All I know is, the start of the hockey season means the start of the hockey pool season.  I must be in 6 or 7 already.

 

Did my annual early ticket shopping for some games.  I don’t really get heavy into hockey until after Christmas.  My Montréal boys only have one game in Toronto after January.  Tickets for that don’t go on sale until the new year.  I’ll be patient.  Was able to pick up a couple of tickets to watch them in Buffalo in February.  Will be going with Brother Joseph.  Go Habs Go!

Took in a Pink Floyd cover band the other evening.  Went with Brother Joseph and his Lady Kathryn.  It was originally scheduled for the Hamilton Convention Center but the number of tickets sold must have been low-on the night of the event it was moved to the Studio Theater at Hamilton Place.

 

All in all a good show.  Unlike the last Pink Floyd cover band I went to see, there was not very much "artistic fluctuation" in the songs.  One problem however: no saxophone player.  Pink Floyd aficionados are well aware of the significance the saxophone plays in many Pink Floyd songs.  Instead, a synthetically created instrument was used.  Not quite right.

 

Over the years I have seen many Pink Floyd cover bands.  By far, the best was the one I went to see a couple of years ago in Niagara Falls.  So good, I went to see them twice.  They had everything-female singers, all the sound effects & a fantastic saxophone player.  Hopefully they’ll be around again soon!