2010 Top 10 Lists

Top 10 lists are kind of fun actually, like sneaking the last Toblerone triangle out of the package when no-one is looking.

Technically we won’t start the next decade of the millenium for another year but 2010 seems like a great place to start making lists for the years ahead. Hopefully not like the Soviet 5 year plans or Lee Iacocca’s list of the best things about K-Cars.

Here are my lists for the next year / years (Leafs fans take heart, I am sure you will win at least one Stanley Cup this millenium).

Top 10 Sports Wishes (in no particular order):

• 1 Team willing to take Vernon Wells off our hands.
• 2 CBC announcers who can actually pronounce B-I-E-K-S-A (extra points if they can spell Bouwmeester as well).
• 3 decent centres for the Leafs (can we give you Wellwood back?).
• 4 Solid starters for the Toronto Blue Jays.
• 5 Gold Medals – (Men’s & Women’s Olympic Gold in Hockey, Junior World Championship in Hockey & Men’s and Women’s Olympic Curling Gold Medals)
• 6 Game winning streak in April for the Leafs to ensure that Boston DOESN’T get the first pick from the Kessel trade.
• 7 CANADIAN NHL Teams (Heck they could even rotate them through Hamilton, Winnipeg & Quebec City if they like).
• 8 Game winning streak for the Canucks in April, which in the West is what it will probably take to MAKE the playoffs!
• 9 Blue Jay wins against either the Red Sox or Yankees (winning record for the year…).
• 10 Solid CFL franchises so we can truly call this our NATIONAL football league (Hello Halifax and Quebec City!).

Top 10 Environment Wishes (again no particular order):

• Our leaders pulling their heads out of the tar-sands and being world leaders in reducing carbon emissions.
• Viable non-fossil fuel transportation systems (Go Mag-Lev!)
• A comprehensive world strategy for reducing carbon emissions that doesn’t just pay lip service to the third world
• A ‘Eureka!’ moment for the ENTIRE world where people realize that Green Business makes economic sense!
• Better Eco-friendly agricultural support products that ease world hunger without taking such a toll on the environment (and farmers!).
• A paper-less world saving the 5 million trees a year we cut down in Canada to make… Post-it Notes? (see How Much Paper?)
• Imagine if Canada had a ‘green’ party in power? (I am not officially endorsing the Green Party by the way…)
• A better bio-fuel than corn.It just seems odd to me that we are burning food in our cars when people are going hungry.
• More trains please! especially here in southwestern Ontario where they make sense vs. a lot of single occupant cars.
• More recyclable products. It sure seems that I am tossing more in the bag for the dump than I should be.

Top 10 Local Wishes:

• At least 3 more generations service from the renovated Teeswater Library
• The new lift in the Town Hall so we can ALL enjoy the Christmas Concert in the theatre next year.
• That all those people rocketing up Highway 4 realize Teeswater is an EXCELLENT place to stop.
• Honey garlic sausages in the River Village Coop when I need them (strike that – Sandy has that one covered – Thanks!)
• A hat-trick for every member of the Teeswater Bantam LL team and a shutout for Craig – against Wingham (betcha thought I would say Mildmay eh?)!
• Time that could miraculously slow down on the weekend at 10 a.m. precisely so I can make the Breakfast Special at Laneys
• A reliable map to ALL the local farmer’s markets and roadside stands in South Bruce – sure would save me a lot of time!
• Drivers would remember there is a school zone on Hillcrest – gee that is scary sometimes
• Walkers that remember there is a sidewalk on Janet – especially in the winter when it is a lil difficult to stop quickly
• And last but not least – more sand, less salt please – these roads are nasty at minus 8.

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