79 days to go – Syrup Suckers Unite!

I am behind the times… I probably should have written about Stephen Colbert’s callout of Canada a while ago, but hey, it’s been fun listening to the slagging and counter-attacks since it all started on November 5th.  If you are not sure what I’m talking about, American comedian Stephen Colbert has recently challenged his followers to support the American Speed Skating team after the team lost its sponsorship funding.  And he’s succeeding!  However, he’s also claiming that Canada is not allowing fair access for American speed skaters to the Richmond Olympic Oval!  You can watch his callout here (scroll forward to the 4 minute mark), and our “Chief Syrup Sucker’s” return challenge here.

Stephen Colbert - pushing Canada's buttons!

I hope that he does come up during the Olympics and take up the post of Olympic Ombudsman to prevent discrimination against American athletes (complete with uniform – a pink toque) as offered by our “Chief Syrup Sucker” Ted Townsend, the Senior Manager of Corporate Communications for the City of Richmond.

So far, it has been fun watching everyone get riled up!  Heck, I’m even riled up!  I’m no Saskatche-whiner!  Well, the mittens are down, we’ll just have to wait and see where it goes from here!

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Have you entered someone for my latest pin contest yet??  I’m giving away a great Visa Mascot pin and all you have to do is get a friend to comment on a post this week with your name and the answer to the following question:

What are the names of the Mascots from the Montreal 1976 and the Calgary 1988 Olympics?

If you would like more than one entry to win this pin then make sure to tell more than one friend about 2010vanfan.ca!!  And don’t forget to enter your friend’s name too!  But get your entries in before the evening of Sunday, November 29th!

Win this pin for a friend!

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It’s hard to believe that we’re less than 80 days away from the beginning of the Vancouver 2010 Olympics (and only 30 days from Christmas!)!  Where does the time go?  Anyhow, I’m always keen on finding out what people would like to see on this site, and on Saturday my very good friend Elspeth asked for videos!  I would love to host them here, and may in the future, but for now I’m playing with adding them to my 2010vanfan group page on Facebook and including links to there.  So here is my first experiment.  Let me know if it works, or if you have other ideas how I can accomplish this task!  And while you’re there, join the group for 2010vanfan updates!

The GE Plaza opened at Robson Square yesterday!  Here is a little video clip of the Vancouver 2010 Mascots skating during the opening.  I particularly like Quatchi playing tag with Miga!

Thank you merci!