Something that has attracted more than a couple of abrupt head turns for me here in Calgary has been black squirrels. At first, I thought I was losing my mind, but after several sightings, it is now entirely conceivable to me that some squirrels in Alberta are black.

I went online yesterday, and if you Google “black squirrel” you will find that they exist, are rare, and that the United States blames Canada for introducing them down there. I can’t say for sure that the U.S. is “down there”, but I do know for sure that they aren’t “up there”…

So, these rare little critters have several websites (some with interesting spellings…didn’t look to see what part of the South the sites originated from) dedicated to them. I didn’t get close enough to see what sort of temperament the little acorn-biters have, so I can’t say if they are anywhere near as vicious as those found in say…parts of Manitoba. Those squirrels can be territorial, and on occasion have shown a fondness for human blood.

At least that’s what the legends say…

On to other matters:
1) Why is it that saxophone players, by and large, are usually husky??
2) We haven’t seen that recurring pink facecloth here in the suite lately. Should we just be glad, or worry about what may have become of it??
3) Air Supply rocked the concert hall here last night. I can’t believe that they were probably the best of the three recent concerts we’ve seen (I can actually hear a buddy of mine in Winnipeg choking on his coffee), based on crowd reaction. These guys drove the place into a frenzy, the sort of frenzy you might expect from Tom Jones, or Justin Timberlake when he still had a large audience. The sort of frenzy that drove women to shout out to the singers: “take off your pants!” And I’m not making that up… After the show, we could have stuck around to shake the hand of either Air or Supply, but we chose to beat the traffic.
4) Right now, somewhere in the world, a banjo is making beautiful music.

Chow for now!!