Redneck Bar & Grill

Swedish company Ikea has a new product on the market. BoKlok (pronounced boo-klook), the “flat-pack” house, is now being exported to the UK. These blocky looking residences have been around for for some time in Sweden; however Ikea, along with construction company Skanska, has decided to branch out […]

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     It is absolutely obvious that young people have very little knowledge of personal finance.  I know I probably didn’t when I was young (but that was so long ago I can barely recall what sort of wacky ideas I used to embrace).
I got to talking with my young nephew, Booker, the other day.  I’m […]

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Dear Ernie,
What are you talking about?
Curious in Condor
Dear Condorious,
I’m taking about rainbows!
Dear Ernie,
I am a former courier mistress. I was wondering if you and I could have an investment and confidant relationship. All I need is for you to assist me in claiming some funds I concealed in a metallic trunk box in […]

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Early last Friday morning Delores Armstrong of Eckville, Alberta; reported seeing a, “great big fireball”.  Armstrong said she is not certain what exactly it was however, “It was lighting up the whole town. It was unreal.”  The fireball did not appear to be moving and there was no streak of light trailing behind it as […]

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Well, I usually leave the celebrity news gossip up to Gerri at Absolutely True; however a newspaper article caught my eye (and you know how painful that can be). Keifer Sutherland was released from jail today after serving 48 days for drunk-driving.
As I read the article I sort of mis-remembered a few things. I had […]

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As I was out sufing today; I ran across this (allegedly) real advertisement:

You can see the 10 Creepiest Old Ads here.

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Not that long ago, someone pointed out that we don’t have the Blue Beaver Beer logo up anywhere. It’s kinda like Superman’s chest symbol, we figured. Everyone’s seen it, it’s plastered on all those beer cans and in those Superbowl ads that its imprinted on the subconscious mind of anyone in North America. It’s what […]

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Ernie and I started a new site this week, called the Red Deer Digest. This will be a place to talk about local news in the Central Alberta area, where we both live. Yeah, I know, the Redneck Bar and Grill is in the Horseguard Valley. That just happens to be on the edge of […]

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Dear Ernie,
     This is SO obviously some kind of paid post - sad really. Who’s paying you off beer guy? The Redneck? Is that it? Sad really.
          Guy With Canuck All Over His Head in Canada
Dear Canuckle-Head,
     I would like to state for the record that I have never accepted any sort of kick-backs for […]

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A man went into the Agro Center in a Eckville and bought 100 baby chicks. He smiled and said thanks, then he left in his Dodge truck.
Next week, the the same guy was back. “I need 100 more chicks. That last batch died, soon after I got them home,” he said with a sad look […]

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