http://www.thekua.com/rant Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:53:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Last weekend, Calgary hosted the four day annual Sled Island Festival. This year it expanded to include arts, movies and plenty of live music events, many dotted around downtown bars and pubs. It culminated in a two day epic down at the Mewata Barracks with a perfect set up of ... http://www.thekua.com/rant/2008/07/01/sled-island-festival/ I don't normally go out to cinemas to see mainstream movies, and when someone asked me along to see, Heavy Metal In Baghdad as part of the Sled Island Festival, it sounded pretty interesting. The synopsis is pretty simple: What's it like as a heavy metal band trying to get ... http://www.thekua.com/rant/2008/06/30/festival-movie-heavy-metal-in-baghdad/ "A long time ago, according to one legend, the people were driving buffalo over these sandstone cliffs. A young brave wanted to watch the buffalo tumbling past. Standing under the shelter of a ledge, as if behind a waterfall, he watched the great beasts fall. The hunt was unusually good ... http://www.thekua.com/rant/2008/06/27/head-smashed-in-buffalo-jump/ This weekend, I had signed up to help out Virgin Unite, a charity organisation who were in town for the Virgin Festival. Being the first time Calgary hosted the festival, they wanted a couple of people to help man their tent, signing people up for their quarterly newsletter. What ... http://www.thekua.com/rant/2008/06/23/good-things-come-to-those-who-volunteer/ Here's a brief summary of what happened last week: Arrived back Sunday to catch up with Ajit and Luca at one of my favourite gastro pubs, conveniently located about three blocks away, The Dovetail. Surprisingly unbusy on the Sunday evening, we had some wonderful burgers washed down by some even better ... http://www.thekua.com/rant/2008/06/17/quick-recap/ I'm completing Gerrod's challenge on a rather jetlagged brain. I don't think it's too bad either What do you think? Came back to London last week Enough for great weather to peak  To drink some fine grain  And get on a planeFor limerick in order to speak I promise I'll get around to writing ... http://www.thekua.com/rant/2008/06/15/limericks-limerick/ Arrived back in London today for a short visit before heading back to Calgary. Something is completely wrong with the picture below being the photo taken outside of my window, and the complete opposite (torrential rain, grey skies) what I left behind in Calgary. This is not the world I ... http://www.thekua.com/rant/2008/06/08/back-in-london-4/ Seen in Drumheller... http://www.thekua.com/rant/2008/06/05/books/ This weekend, a bunch of us visiting Calgary from overseas including Megan, Chris and JJ, decided to head out to Drumheller (also known as Dinosaur Valley), located in the Badlands, an area north of the city holding vastly different terrain from the flat, generally brown prairie land that surrounds Calgary. ... http://www.thekua.com/rant/2008/06/03/a-visit-to-the-badlands/ A couple of weekends ago, Eileen and KP graciously took Reshmi and myself up to Banff for afternoon tea at The Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel. Looking very much like a castle nestled amongst the pine trees, the hotel has a weird mix of old and new to please everyone. Much ... http://www.thekua.com/rant/2008/06/02/afternoon-tea-at-banff/