Big Snow Blast

As I’m sure many of you have noticed, it snowed here in Calgary yesterday.  What does this mean?  More skiing and snowboarding!  So for you snow-enthusiasts out there, you better mark this date down… February 27, 2010!  The 3rd Annual Big Snow Blast will be taking place at Canada Olympic Park from 6pm to 9pm.…

Losses Loom Larger Than Gains

In the 1970s, two Israeli psychologists at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Amos Tversky and Daniel Kahneman, performed an experiment by asking sets of two slightly differently worded hypothetical questions to large sample groups. Their most famous set of questions goes like this: The United States is preparing for the outbreak of an unusual Asian…

Day One: An Olympic Wait

A few days ago, I packed up everything (including a sewing machine? That one confuses me too..) and headed over to Vancouver with my sister to take on the Olympics first hand. Now, not only am I very excited for the Olympics, but this is the first time I have ever been to Vancouver.  We…