It's all in the Karma Man!
November 6, 2002

Well here we are in November and I have packed up the clubs and have been surfing the net looking for snow for the past couple of weeks.

Its that time of year when that chill in the air gets you thinking about what is to come.

I woke up last Sat. to about an inch in the back yard and the feeling that it is going to be a good year came over me.

Then while chatting with a couple of the "old boys" (those almanac types) that can seem to tell from the amount of pinecones on the trees or the height of a squirrel nest say big snow season ahead.

The hot dry summer that the country experienced will hopefully bring a long moist winter.

My good bud Dave has already experienced a few turns on Mt. Hood in Oregon in late October. When we recently got together with Mick, Keith and 40000 friends of theirs all we could talk about was when are we going to see our little chubby friend Warren in Rossland for some epic sliding and several rounds of ale.

A few days later I was back in the concert mode to check out Rush. I have caught every tour since '75 and they did not disappoint. A highlight (outside of the Professor behind the drum kit) was the encore selection, By-Tor and the Snow Dog. Again all I could think about was snow, snow, snow!

At this point, the karma around the upcoming season started to feel very good.

The good karma continued when my lovely powder hound wife, Wendy (see KK April 10th, 2002) called me at work and suggested we go on a date, sans rug rats. Sounded good to me and I asked what she had in mind, to which she replied, the new Warren Miller flick. Not once in the twenty years that we have known each other has this ever been offered up by her!

To top things off, let me share my view of, "things that happened over the summer":

My job sucks (more than it did before).
The economy still sucks.
The US is going to war with everyone.
Canada is falling apart politically.
Everyone in the corporate world is a criminal.
Martha f*&%ing Stewart is criminal.
My handicap improved
My hairline hasn't.
Detroit won the Stanley Cup
Brazil won the World Cup (go figure)
Anaheim won the World Series
The Jays won nothing
Tiger won just about everything.
They caught the sniper.
They caught the pig farmer.
They caught Wynnona.
Osama is still on the lama.
Kyoto not ratified.
Ford, GM and Chrysler all ratified.
New glades on Red (from what
I hear its rockin').
Same owners at Red.

The above are but a few!

However you slice it though, putting things into perspective, it's hard to argue with what we've got, no matter how ya feel.

I played my drums, played lots of golf, played at the cottage, played with the kids, played with my wife, played with my friends, I have my health (as do those I love) and to top it all off - as I look out the window, its puking again!

Yippee Ky Eh!

Now that's good karma! man!

Rock on!

- Sall

PS, thought I would put a shot of yours truly shooting through Maggies to get ya all thinking about what's in store!

Tell us bout your good karma for the coming season.