Live Entertainment at LEV2L Sports Bar | Casino Niagara

Thank you to everyone who has followed this series or voted for it's creation. I'm glad you've enjoyed it and I'm always happy to spread the important history of the amusement industry, especially pertaining to the place that inspired me to go into the industry. For parts 1-4 scroll back in this sub or click my profile.
In 1989, Welland Securities, who owned the entire south-west side of the Hill, would develop the final portion of unused land on Clifton Hill. They would become HOCO (Harry Oakes Company) and gain ownership of almost all the attractions on land they leased out. This included Movieland, The Space Spiral Tower and the Cliffside Motel. The only attractions that would continue being leased were Ripley's and Circus World, meaning HOCO not only owned all the land on the South-West side of the hill, they now ran everything between Circus World and Ripley's, as well as the Fudge Factory (in its original spot) and an ice cream stand immediately down the hill from Circus World. They planned to keep everything that was on the hill but build on it.
Movieland was remodeled and the outside was given a more noticeable Egyptian theme to match the lobby. This meant large lion statues and Costello's talking pharaoh. The lobby was remodeled as well. Rather than a cameraman and a director filming Elizabeth Taylor in Cleopatra, they would now be filming Costello's Indiana Jones figure, who lowered up and down on a rope above a fogging pit with a cobra rising out of it. Many of the early talkie-era stars in the hall immediately after the entrance (along with Elizabeth Taylor) were moved to 2 large display cases in the middle of the attraction with multiple figures, instead of each one having their own scene. In their original spot just inside the entrance an intentionally scary scene was created to match the popular Indiana Jones series. Many of the figures Costello had added since he became the museum's artist were slightly frightening, like a lunging alligator or a startling Joker scene with a machine gun sound effect. The museum had been expanded at the end, and a large horror section had been added, with many figures like the mummy being from the same mold as the House of Frankenstein/Castle Dracula mummys. Unlike when it would move to it's current location in 2005, the old location's chicken exit was placed before the horror section rather than the haunted house portion. In fact, there was no haunted house section, many of the figures that would end up in the haunted house section of the new location were simply scattered throughout the museum. Many of the figures in the horror section of the original museum were actually less scary and less animated than the Jurassic park scene or the alligator encountered earlier in the museum. To prevent unsuspecting parents who had no clue what kind of attraction this was dragging their children in and expecting static figures of washed-up movie stars, getting the living daylights scared out of them, then end ending up filing complaints with HOCO's customer service department, an intentionally scary scene was put at the beginning. This let people know what they were walking in to, an experience rather than a museum. Costello designed figures behind plexiglass such as a man upside down in a cocoon thrashing around, a skull that popped up from the floorboards in a scene full of snakes, a man on a bed of spikes that fell towards you, and a scene with spiders on fishing line "jumping" all over a rotting corpse.
The Cliffside Motel was amalgamated into a wing of the Quality Inn, and the driveway into it off the hill was removed as it was no longer necessary because it could be accessed from the Quality Inn parking lot. In the driveway's place was now a large empty space between Circus World and Movieland, with the Space Spiral Tower (with a relatively small footprint) stuck in the middle. HOCO called upon attraction design and layout firm White Hutchison Leisure Learning Group (WHLLG) to design an attraction around the Space Spiral that would use the final undeveloped land on Clifton Hill. And so WHLLG designed Dazzleland Family Fun Centre. Dazzleland was a courtyard of buildings arranged in roughly the same layout as the Great Canadian Midway (for reasons we'll get to later) that sits on the land now. The buildings around the outside of the courtyard were long and narrow, picture a courtyard of carnival game trailers but permanent, appealing buildings. These buildings included a Skee-ball building, a sports game building (basketball games, football toss etc.), a racing game building, a pinball building, a funnel cake shop, and the prize counter. In the back corner, roughly where the XD Theatre now is in the midway, was a larger building: an arcade housing video games and more pinball machines. In the middle of the courtyard was a small carousel, and a small building housing games that dispensed their own prizes (claw machines, prize egg games, etc.) and coin-op kiddie rides.
The Space Spiral was incorporated into Dazzleland, still being accessible directly off the hill. As mentioned in part 3, the tower was exactly where the Fudge Factory now is, as the circular store was once the loading area for the tower. At this time the snack bars beside the tower right on the hill were constructed: a pretzel/hotdog stand and an ice cream stand, both of which are still there. The Wendy's was built on top of Circus World, replacing the mini golf that had formerly been on the attraction's roof. Across the entrance to Dazzleland's courtyard from Wendy's was a Domino's Pizza, roughly where the photo booth just to your right is when entering the Great Canadian Midway now. Between the Space Spiral and the Dominos was a fortune teller machine built right into the wall: "Ask the Brain". The brain still lives on inside Movieland, except now he wants a loonie instead of a quarter. Just up the hill from the Space Spiral, on top of the hot dog and ice cream stand, a small sports bar was built. Very little is known about this sports bar, but obvious remnants of it still exists. The area of Boston Pizza closest to the hill (the back corner near the kitchen, the bar area, and the raised dining area) was the originally the sports bar. It featured a small coin-op bowling lane, arcade games, and food. The stairs in the Midway up to Boston Pizza beside Ghostblasters is the original stairs up from Dazzleland to the sports bar. Additionally, the Boston Pizza entrance closer to the hill (not the one with the big bowling pin, other one) was the main entrance to the sports bar. Little is known about the bar, including it's name. It may not have had one, simply being part of the Dazzleland complex. Many of the areas in Dazzleland didn't have a name, simply having signs heralding "Arcade", "Sports Games", "Skeeball" rather than naming the areas like the "Game Factory", "Sports Zone" or "Strike! Rock 'n Bowl" like in the Midway. For this reason, the bar may have been nameless, simply being part of the Dazzleland complex, but it's unlikely a dining establishment geared at adult nightlife wouldn't have a name.
Because the mini golf on Circus World's roof had been operated by the Cliffside Motel operators, HOCO acquired all the assets from it when they stopped leasing the land out. When the aforementioned Wendy's was built, the mini golf was moved just up the hill from the sports bar. It's entrance was right on the hill, but the course wrapped around the sports bar and ran back behind Dazzleland, between the back of Dazzleland and the parking lot of the Quality Inn. It would now be dinosaur themed and heavily landscaped. WHLLG designed the course and HOCO contracted Costello to build all the fiberglass dinosaurs. It's unknown what it's original name was, but in the early 90s, with the smash hit of Jurassic Park, it was renamed Dinosaur Park and given a similar logo. Up until the 2018 remodel, Boston Pizza had a patio. This patio was the exact location of the entrance to the mini golf, and the reason the restaurant's building curved in such a bizarre way surrounding the patio was originally to accommodate the course. Underneath the sports bar and mini golf and was an underground building accessible from a back corner of Dazzleland's courtyard. This area housed all of Dazzleland's miscellaneous ticket redemption games and 2 shooting galleries. The low-ceiling area of the Midway called the "Game Factory" is this original building. The Bonanaza Company shooting gallery is still there albeit heavily remodeled, but Blasteroids, an early project by arcade game company Lazer-Tron, was removed in 2016. Interestingly, the chase lights along the back wall of the Game Factory are Dazzleland holdovers. Between the shooting gallery and where what's left of the racing games now are is a bank of maintenance doors. If you get lucky and see them open, you'll see a stairs that was originally an entrance to Dazzleland from further up the street, beside Dinosaur Park. This now lets out somewhere in Boston Pizza's arcade (although I haven't been able to figure out where) and is used by staff to get from "a" to "b" faster.
Dazzleland has been the hardest to dig up information on in my research on Clifton Hill. Although I now know what was in each of the buildings around the outside of this "courtyard", I haven't been able to find which one was where. The only things I've confirmed is where the video game building was, what was in the building in the middle, and confirmed that the Game Factory was originally part of Dazzleland. The rest is beyond me and my memories of it have long faded. If anyone worked here or visited it frequently and has any answers, they would be greatly appreciated. Additionally there was a small pool near the front with a Costello dragon figure in it that spit water out it's mouth. I've heard conflicting reports that this was just a fountain, and others saying it was a small bumper boat or RC boat attraction, but my guess is it was just a fountain as it seems like a pretty small pool. The same year, fiberglass dragon waterslides were added to the Quality Inn pool. Although bearing striking resemblance to Costello's dinosaurs and Dazzleland dragon, at least one more of each of the dragon slides exist, all the way down in Texas. It was originally thought this Texas waterpark bought them off HOCO when Quality Inn closed, but one of the Quality Inn dragons appeared on an episode of shipping wars going to Kansas and the other was recently found abandoned on a private residential property in Niagara, proving they are in fact not the ones at the Texas waterpark. This is evidence they may have been mass produced.
By the time Dazzleland opened in 1989, it was the 8th arcade on the hill (after Circus World, Q-Balls Billiards Pub in Quality Inn, the arcade in Ripley's, the arcade in the Foxhead, the arcade in Castle Dracula, Funland in the basement of the House of Frankenstein, and an arcade that had recently opened in the Pilgrim Motel in their gift shop.) These were just the large-scale, dedicated arcades right on the hill. Many others could be found nearby in Maple Leaf Village, the Skylon, the Seagram, Pyramid Place and the Imperial Hotel as well as many mini golf courses and family fun centres along Lundy's Ln. and the QEW. Also, virtually every gift shop on Clifton Hill and Victoria Ave. had a game or 2.
The mix of arcades, haunted houses, fast food, nightlife and stores selling t-shirts and posters had started a well-known rock culture in Niagara Falls among Southern Ontario youth. The epicenter of this was "Rock World", a rock-themed gift shop that had opened in 1983 on Centre St. (the street Clifton Hill becomes just above Victoria Ave.) They would later add a second story and build Rock Legends Wax Museum above it, with all the figures sculpted by the store's owner Pasquale Rammuno. In 1996, Maple Leaf Village was replaced by Casino Niagara, and many of the attractions found new homes on Victoria Ave., including Screamers and Nightmares. The Elvis Museum, Antique Auto Museum, 50s diner nightclub, and arcade all moved to Pyramid Place adjacent to the IMAX pyramid. Screamers prospered on Victoria Ave., and 2 "sequel attractions" were built in the early 2000s: Creatures of the Night on Victoria Ave. and Horror Manothe Zombie Zoo Nightclub on Centre St. Another attraction, Alien Encounter, would open at the corner of Victoria Ave. and Clifton Hill beside the Criminals Hall of Fame. This slightly thematically darker "north of the hill" area with the Screamers chain, the Criminals Hall of Fame, Rock Legends, Nightmares and Alien Encounter became a "main strip" all in it's own.
As mentioned before, since the cabin courts were all town down in the early 50s, nothing had been torn down on Clifton Hill. The only exception was the Houdini Hall of Fame that burnt to ash in 1996. Some of Houdini's Last Words were claiming that anything revealing his secrets would perish in flame, and even though the fire completely leveled the museum, the plywood and fiberglass paneled House of Frankenstein only separated from it by a 2-foot wide alley was completely untouched, leading a lot of Houdini's fans to believe he was conducting some kind of post-mortem practical joke. The metal objects like handcuffs and the water tank could be saved, and were bought by David Copperfield. Ripley's Moving Theatre was built in it's place. Over the 30 years from Tussaud's opening in 1959 to Dazzleland in 1989, Clifton Hill had expanded and filled up the land. However that didn't mean it was time to tear things down. Things were simply moved around or remodeled to keep them fresh, not out of an unwillingness to change, but because these things had become ingrained in the landscape. Examples of this were Tussaud's moving to its current home in the old building of a restaurant that had since moved on Victoria Ave., rather than the attraction shutting down, or the Adventure Dome Theatre oepneing in part of the Honeymoon City's gift shop. In Tussaud's old place was built the MGM walkthrough/store, Pink Panther ride and 4D Ride in 2002. The beer garden beside it was replaced with the WWE building and the Piledriver ride, but the beer area was moved to between the 2 attractions. In 2004 the Foxhead's arcade was expanded and re-themed into the Marvel Superheros Adventure City.
Another great example of re-freshing an existing attraction was Dazzleland. A simple realization was made, more games = more money and higher guest enjoyment. The outdoor courtyard style with it's room for walkways between the buildings was re-designed, and HOCO again called upon WHLLG. WHLLG designed not only a remodel of Dazzleland, but an incredible 5-step plan that would have made Clifton Hill financially on par with a major theme park. Steps 1-3 came to fruition. Step 1 was remodeling Dazzleland into the Great Canadian Midway in 2002. The level, concrete foundation Dazzleland was built on was kept as the foundation of the Midway, hence why it has the same layout. The former video game building at the back became the FX Ride Theatre (now XD Theatre/Wild West Coaster) in the Midway. The funnel cake shop was kept where it was in Dazzleland except now it was in the Midway, between the FX Ride and the Prize Counter. The area housing Dazzleland's ticket redemption games became the Game Factory. The middle building housing the claw games and kiddie rides was demolished, as it was no longer needed because the Midway was fully indoors and there was now a massive space to put games. The sports bar was expanded and became Boston Pizza, so Dinosaur Park was moved to in front of the Comfort Inn. Under the expanded Boston Pizza, Sally Corp. was hired to build the interactive Ghostblasters dark ride. All of Dazzleland's old games made the transition into the Midway, however very few are still around.
With the Midway making serious buck, HOCO went ahead with phase 2 of WHLLG's plan. Movieland was moved to Circus World's former location in 2005, and Circus World's owners moved the attraction to what was then the popular Victoria Ave. area. In Movieland's old home, Cosmic Golf, a blacklight golf was temporarily set up. 2 years later in 2007, the golf moved to it's permanent home in the basement becoming Galaxy Golf and the gift shop that had been formerly in the basement was moved upstairs. Movieland retained all the figures and sets they had at the time of the move, moving them all into the new space. All the scary elements were put in the new "House of Horrors", a small optional haunted house at the end of the attraction.
Phase 3 involved beginning to demolish the only thing that WHLLG's 5 phase plan would have torn down: Quality Inn. In it's place an amusement park would have been built, anchored by Canada's largest ferris wheel. The wheel would be phase 3 and the amusement park phase 4. Though both WHLLG and HOCO recognized the historical value of the hotel, it had reasons to go. The hotel may have been full of your usual hazardous mid-century building materials (however Comfort Inn built by the same firm the same year was found to have no hazardous materials when it was torn down in 2015, so who knows) but the main issue was elevators and the amount of space it took up. Comfort Inn only had 2 wings, one on each side of the lobby, and only 2 elevators would have needed to be installed. This wasn't legally necessary, as no law states that buildings of age absolutely have to be 100% accessible, it was more something HOCO wanted to do. Quality Inn had multiple wings that weren't accessible from one another, so an elevator would need to be installed in each wing. In addition to the elevator issue, Comfort Inn was chosen as the hotel to keep because the building was integrated with Kelsey's, Rumors Nightclub, Ripley's, and Dinosaur Park, all of which wouldn't have been touched in WHLLG's 5 phase plan. Finally, Comfort Inn's land wasn't big enough for an amusement park whereas Quality Inn's was. 2 things would justify the demolition of Quality Inn. One, it's sister hotel, Comfort Inn, would have been kept. The other reason justifying the demolition would be phase 5: a skyscraper hotel and indoooutdoor waterpark in the field between Clifton Hill and the Skylon Tower. The dragon figures from Quality Inn's pool were kept in HOCO's storage for a time for this waterpark. The final vision can be seen here.
Phase 3 would go ahead in 2006, with the lobby, Golden Griddle and Q-Balls Billiard pub of Quality Inn being torn down and the Skywheel built in it's place. For the last year Quality Inn was open, you would need to register at Comfort Inn's lobby. The same year, the Space Spiral was torn down, as 2 observation attractions wouldn't be needed on the hill. However, a new spiral tower would have been constructed during phase 4 in the theme park. The reason the tower would be demolished rather than moved was because a tower manufactured by the same company in Wildwood, NJ, had begun to sway a few years earlier, resulting in it needing to be removed entirely for safety reasons. Phase 4 was set to go ahead in 2010, so in 2009 the remainder of Quality Inn was demolished. It seemed as though everything would fall into place, and with the exception of Quality Inn making it's sacrifice, everything on Clifton Hill that had been there for 20-60 years would be there forever, just greatly expanded on.
Unfortunately, this came at a turning point for Clifton Hill, when the recession was in full swing and tourism had declined since 9/11. Changing technology and interests, but no real nostalgia trend yet, created a perfect storm, and the idea was scrapped. Especially now that there would be no amusement park, a lot of area attractions closed. HOCO now needed to find a new design company to completely re-design the project. The problem was, Quality Inn was already torn down to make way for the amusement park. HOCO reluctantly found a new design company who had no projects under their belt yet, IDS. HOCO was hopeful the Canadian company could help give them a similar vision to their previous 5 stage plan, that would help them re-use many of the already implemented stages and despite scrapping the amusement park, would simply scale down and redesign the hotel. This was done in hopes that the city would be much more likely to approve just another high rise hotel than an amusement park as well. IDS' new plan was much different than what HOCO was looking for. It featured tearing down Ripley's, Comfort Inn, Kelsey's, and Rumours Nightclub and building a Titanic Museum shaped like the boat. It also featured building a large mall within the hotel rather than a waterpark and relocating and expanding Dinosaur Park into Dinosaur Adventure Golf on Quality Inn's old land. While HOCO thankfully chose not to go ahead with the mall and Titanic Museum, they would build Dinosaur Adventure Golf and work with IDS to make a more feasible plan that better suited Clifton Hill.
The new plan featured Dinosaur Adventure Golf and Strike! Rock 'n Bowl as phase 1. It also included removing a lot of the thematic brand identity elements WHLLG had implemented to coincide with their final amusement park vision and replacing Galaxy Golf with Wizard's Golf as phase 2. Phase 3 would feature tearing down Comfort Inn (that never got it's elevators due to it no longer being planned to be kept), building Niagara Speedway in it's place, and removing Rumors Nightclub to accommodate the new Kelsey's bathrooms and Zombie Attack. Phase 4 would feature remodelling Wendy's, Boston Pizza and Kelsey's. Phase 5 would feature a mall (no hotel) in the field between Dinosaur Adventure Golf and the Skylon, but this final phase will likely never come to fruition.
Multiple attractions have closed since the late 2000's, such as the entire Screamers chain, Circus World, The Criminals Hall of Fame, Funland Arcade and Alien Encounter. The Hilltop Motel became the current home of the Upside Down House, and the Pilgrim Motel became Captain Jack's. Ironically, the only part of the building that's not part of the entertainment centre is a Mini Mart at the back that was the original arcade in the Pilgrim. Virtually everything in the Falls. Ave. complex other than Rainforest Cafe and the 4D theatre is gone. Marvel Superheroes Adventure City lost its license after Disney bought Marvel, and it simply became Adventure City. The Hulk Mini Golf became jungle themed, Spider-Man references were (poorly) removed from the dark ride, and X-men referenced were (also poorly) removed from the bumper cars. References to Marvel can still be found in the arcade, such as Spider-Man's face on a tree that was only covered up a few years ago. The WWE Store, after being abandoned since 2012, was turned into the Niagara Brewery Beer Store in 2016, fitting considering the land's history as a beer garden. Planet Hollywood on Falls Ave. closed around 2014, and is still abandoned. The MGM walkthrough was abandoned for over 10 years before becoming a barbecue restaurant in 2019.
The changes in the Falls Ave. complex are an example of good change, replacing abandoned attractions with ones that if anything are closer to what used to be there, such as Adventure City becoming an unthemed arcade again or the Beer Store being where the Beer Garden once was. Another example of this good change would be the long abandoned (and burnt) Adventure Dome that had briefly held a Lego attraction being turned into the Amazing Big Top Mirror and Lazer Maze in 2017. However a perfect example of negative change is the Rock Legends Wax Museum being forced out of business because a YouTube video of the museum was flagged for copyrighted music by YouTube's algorithms. This lead Sony Music to investigate the museum and shut it down last year if it wouldn't pay ridiculous licensing fees, which it couldn't afford.
Another example is IDS' redevelopment plan. HOCO is now locked in a contract with them, even though they obviously have very different ideas on the direction of Clifton Hill. Phase 1 was implemented in 2011, with Boston Pizza expanding their arcade to include Strike! Rock 'n Bowl and Dinosaur Park moving to where Quality Inn was and being renamed Dinosaur Adventure Golf. All of Costello's original dinosaurs (with the exception of the original Pterodactyl) would "migrate" to the new location where they would be joined by dozens of new mass-produced dinosaurs. Interestingly, foundations were built back in 2011 for the original 2 Brontosaurs to appear as if they were coming out of the ponds, but they wouldn't show up until 2019 when they were brought back out of storage to be installed, only to lay on the ground for a few months before going back into storage. Although it didn't use new hand-made figures, this attraction was a change that fits the spirit of Clifton Hill and was a good replacement for the empty plot of land that had once housed Quality Inn, even if an amusement park would have been better. The same cannot be said about the rest of IDS' plan. Many thematic elements installed throughout the hill by WHLLG (especially in Movieland and the Midway) were removed in phase 2 in 2013 simply to fit with IDS's image better, costing HOCO a lot of money. Phase 3 went ahead in 2015, and the 60 year old Comfort Inn was demolished, along with the old HOCO offices in it that if you remember from part 1, was the original nearly 200 year old stable building for the Zimmerman estate. Niagara Speedway was built in it's place, and if you look at the prices to drive it, then watch how many people do, you realize just how much they're making off it. Rumors Nightclub, originally the Queen's Door Nightclub in 1956, was gutted and turned into Zombie Attack and the new Kelsey's bathrooms, as the old ones had been in the Comfort Inn building. Phase 4 in 2018 extensively remodeled Wendy's as well as Boston Pizza, removing the patio.
Ghostblasters is now the final untouched WHLLG era attraction on the land. This is made even more troubling by the fact the signs for it were just removed and replaced with temporary ones, as I said in the post that started the entire discussion on whether or not I should do this series. If the attraction does go, we can only hope that a new interactive dark ride utilizing artistry, dimensional scenes and props much like Ghostblasters does is built, however that likely won't be the case. Triotech is the lead designer of ride through shooting games, that feature a dark ride car that travels through a hallway with screens on each side of it rather than real props. Triotech has dealt with HOCO before, building both the Wild West Coaster and Zombie Attack, so all signs point to one of these attractions replacing Ghostblasters if it closes.
There is still hope that Clifton Hill can retain it's spirit, but it stands at a crossroads. The House of Frankenstein for example, while retaining many original scenes, has had many removed and replaced with nothing, and many areas of the museum taken out entirely. Castle Dracula on the other hand hasn't updated a thing, but hasn't cared for the original scenes either, leaving them to fall into disrepair and only having 7 or 8 of the original 70 still lit, and none of them still functional. There are 2 directions Clifton Hill can go. With many attractions like the ones on HOCO's side being demolished to make way for whatever is trendy and lucrative, and many hanging on by a thread like Castle Dracula or Ghostblasters, the Hill is in real danger of becoming an endlessly overturning and developing area. However, with money recently being poured back into attractions like the Haunted House, Ripley's, and Guinness and attractions being redeveloped like the Falls Ave. complex or the Big Top Mirror maze, there is hope. If people, including the companies that own them, can recognise the historical value of attractions like Castle Dracula, The House of Frankenstien, Movieland, Tussaud's, etc., this can be promoted and the recent nostalgia boom can create large profits if this is played up. Additionally, future developments can still be more in the vein of what WHLLG envisioned for Clifton Hill, or what the Burlands recently did with the well done Big Top Mirror Maze. This is both profitable and economically sensible, as repeat customers that make memories and come to the area for generations with occasional new updates/re-themings (like what Clifton Hill did from the 50s-2010s), is far more profitable than a constantly turning over wave of new developments that cost millions to build that changes with each generation.
Thank you to everyone who has followed this series. Sorry for the length of this, but I promised this would be the last installment, so it has to be longer. If you have any information pertaining to Dazzleland or anything you know that I didn't cover in this series, let me know. Additionally, if you would like me to dig up photos on anything that I mentioned in the series, let me know, as unless it's the Dazzleland dragon, I probably have a photo of it. I will likely post many of them here anyway in time. Thanks again.

Happy Victoria Day everyone! Here's our usual list of events to kick off your week. We also post things to do ideas on our app (iOS, Android, Website) and Instagram
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Monday May 20th
Catch the Victoria Day Fireworks @ Various Locations
Snoop Dogg & Friends @ REBEL | 8 PM
The Strokes @ Budweiser Stage | 7 PM
Toronto Blue Jays vs. Boston Red Sox @ Rogers Centre | 1 PM
Armin Van Buuren @ Cabana Pool Bar | 1 PM
Emotional Oranges @ Mod Club Theatre | 8 PM
Artfest Toronto @ Distillery District | 11 AM
Tuesday May 21st
Toronto Blue Jays vs. Boston Red Sox @ Rogers Centre | 7 PM
Raptors vs. Bucks Game 4 @ Scotiabank Arena | 8 PM
MaRS at Collision 2019 @ Enercare Centre | 9 AM
LANY @ REBEL | 7 PM
Toronto Marlies 2019 Playoffs v Charlotte Checkers- Rd 3 Hm Gm 1 @ Coca-Cola Coliseum | 7 PM
Raptors vs. Bucks Tailgate @ Maple Leafs Square | 6:30 PM
Wednesday May 22nd
Toronto Blue Jays vs. Boston Red Sox @ Rogers Centre | 7 PM
Enrique Iglesias @ Fallsview Casino | 8 PM
Hemmingways Anniversary Party - 39 Years @ Hemingway's | 5 PM
Architects: Holy Hell North America @ The Danforth Music Hall | 6 PM
Thursday May 23rd
Toronto Blue Jays vs. Boston Red Sox @ Rogers Centre | 12 PM
Billy Raffoul @ The Drake Hotel | 8 PM
Toronto Marlies 2019 Playoffs v Charlotte Checkers- Rd 3 Hm Gm 2 @ Coca-Cola Coliseum | 7 PM
Raptors vs. Bucks Tailgate @ Maple Leafs Square | 6:30 PM
Friday May 24th
Gerry Dee - 20th Anniversary Tour @ Sony Centre for the Performing Arts | 8 PM
Toronto Blue Jays vs. San Diego Padres @ Rogers Centre | 7 PM
Toronto Poutine Fest 2019 @ Yonge-Dundas Square | 11 AM
Lolo Zouai: High Highs To Low Lows Tour with Jean Deaux @ Velvet Underground | 8 PM
Toronto Marlies 2019 Playoffs - Rd 3 Hm Gm 3 If Necessary @ Coca-Cola Coliseum | 7 PM
Fast in the 6 @ Nathan Phillips Square | 7 PM
Toronto Poutine Fest 2019 @ Yonge-Dundas Square | 11 AM
Saturday May 25th
Hypnotist Jason Cyrus LIVE @ Lyric Theatre at the Toronto Centre for the Arts | 8 PM
Iliza: Elder Millennial @ Sony Centre for the Performing Arts | 7 PM
Toronto Blue Jays vs. San Diego Padres @ Rogers Centre | 3 PM
CBC Music Festival @ RBC Echo Beach | 1 PM
East Conf. Finals Gm 6: Bucks at Raptors Rd 3 Hm Gm CIf Necessary @ Scotiabank Arena | 8 PM
Sunnery James & Ryan Marciano @ Noir | 10 PM
Juice WRLD Death Race For Lovetour @ Coca-Cola Coliseum | 8 PM
Raptors vs. Bucks Tailgate @ Maple Leafs Square | 6:30 PM
Toronto Poutine Fest 2019 @ Yonge-Dundas Square | 11 AM
Sunday May 26th
The Distillers @ The Phoenix Concert Theatre | 8 PM
Toronto Blue Jays vs. San Diego Padres @ Rogers Centre | 1 PM
Toronto FC vs. San Jose Earthquakes @ BMO Field | 7 PM
Florence and the Machine: The High as Hope Tour 2019 @ Budweiser Stage | 7 PM
Orchestra Toronto: Primavera @ George Weston Recital Hall at the Toronto Centre for the Arts | 3 PM
Toronto Poutine Fest 2019 @ Yonge-Dundas Square | 11 AM ​
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Ongoing Events
CONTACT Photography Festival @ Various Venues | on until May 31st
Museum Of Illusions: Various Events @ Museum of Illusions
Films @ Bell Lightbox @ TIFF Bell Lightbox | Various Movies! Purchase tickets ahead of time!
The Moon: A voyage through time @ Aga Khan Museum | on until Aug 19
Ai Weiwei: Unbroken @ Gardiner Museum | on until Jun 9
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Weekly Freebies & Discounts
ROM, free admission for post-secondary students @ The ROM | Every Tues
Gardiner Museum, free admission for post-secondary students @ Gardiner Museum | Every Tues 4-9PM
Aga Khan Museum, free admission @ Aga Khan Museum | Every Wed 4-8PM
Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO), free admission @ AGO | Every Wed 6-9PM
Bata Shoe Museum, pay what you can @ Bata Shoe Museum | Every Thurs 5-8PM
Gardiner Museum, half price @ Gardiner Museum | Every Fri 4-9PM
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​Fun Ideas
Board game cafes & bars | Where you can get your board game on
Cheap Date Ideas | Awesome dates don't have to cost a fortune
Spring Getaway Idea | If you like to spend time in nature
Spa Escapes | 10 ideas for spa escapes

What are you most looking forward to in the month of July? First comment has more events.
Please include links to the event info if possible.

• Monday July 1
  • 12 PM – 6 PM Pure Salon of Olean Grand Opening
  • 3 PM – 4 PM Cuba Circulating Library Go Go Garden Club
  • 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM Neighborhood School of Dance Summer on TAP
  • 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM Pfeiffer Nature Center Summer Yoga at Pfeiffer Lillibridge!
  • 6 PM Bradner Stadium Take in an Olean Oilers Home Game!
  • 6 PM – 9 PM Pitt-Bradford Kessel Athletic Complex St Marys vs Bradford
  • 6:30 PM – 8 PM Olean Public Library Craft Class: Making Wool Dryer Balls
  • 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM The Palmer Patriotic Wine & Design
  • 7 PM – 9 PM Balloons Restaurant & Nightclub Victor Wainwright & The Train BIG BAND Live in Ellicottville, NY
  • 7:30 PM – 9 PM Togi's Playhouse Improv Auditions!
• Tuesday July 2
  • 2 PM – 3 PM Bradford Area Public Library Jeffini's Reading Blastoff Magic Show
  • 4 PM – 6 PM Salamanca City Central School District Board of Education Re-organization Meeting
  • 6 PM – 8 PM Painting w/Shelby Art Party Studio & Customized painting, glassware & Art Art& Stencil @Shelby's Buy One get Your Next Class For $20!
  • 7 PM – 9 PM The Palmer Team Trivia Nght
• Wednesday July 3
  • 6 PM – 10 PM Allegany State Park Celebrate Independence Day at Allegany State Park
  • 7 PM – 8 PM Olean Public Library Author Series: Elaine Snyder
  • 7 PM – 9 PM Bradford Alliance Church 2nd Annual Freedom Fest
  • 8 PM – 11 PM Union Whiskey 2 Year Anniversary Party w/ Diggin Roots Band July 3rd 8PM
  • 9 PM Ellicottville Distillery Fireworks
  • 10 PM – 1 AM Hickey Tavern Open Mic With Johnny Mac
• Thursday July 4
  • 10 AM – 4 PM Portville Historical and Preservation Society We're OPEN!
  • 10 AM – 10 PM Allegheny Adventures Fourth of July On The River
  • 11 AM Forness Park 4th Of July Harvest Field Picnic
  • 12 PM – 1 PM Fuller's Handmade Furniture & Decor Fullers Handmade Live Raffle
  • 5 PM – 11 PM Tony's Napoli July 4th party
  • 5:30 PM Bradner Stadium July 4th, The Burro-Works
  • 5:30pm - 10:30pm Bradner Stadium Olean's Fireworks 2019
  • 6:30pm - 8:30pm Lincoln Park Gazebo 2019 Olean Concert In The Park Series
  • 7 PM – Jul 7 Ellicottville Rodeo Ellicottville Rodeo
  • 7:30 PM – 10:30 PM Cattaraugus County Fair Demolition Derby (Day 1 of Freedom Daze)
  • 9 PM – 2 AM Players Downtown Karaoke & 4th of July!
• Friday July 5
  • 4 PM – 7 PM Union Whiskey Dan Roche acoustic @ Union whiskey July 5th from 4-7
  • 5 PM – 8 PM Allegheny Adventures Olean Oilers Home Run River Rally
  • 5 PM – 8 PM Ellicottville, New York Stroll the Streets in Ellicottville
  • 5 PM – 9 PM Grand Slam Games & Comics Friday Night Magic - Modern
  • 5:30 PM – 2 AM Seneca Allegany Resort & Casino Friday Night Live Music at The River Bar
  • 6 PM Bradner Stadium Take in an Olean Oilers Home Game!
  • 6 PM Willow Bay Recreation Area Darkwater Duo /Boat Party at Cornplanter Cove, 6pm
  • 6 PM The Woods at Bear Creek Chillin with the Chillbillys WNY
  • 6 PM – 8 PM Four Mile Brewing Olean Oilers 4MB Night At The Park
  • 7 PM Finnerty's Tap Room Wide Right At FTR! Summer Music Fest!
  • 7 PM – 10 PM Cattaraugus County Fair Empire State Pullers Tractor Pull (Day 2 of Freedom Daze)
  • 7 PM – 10 PM Portville American Legion Post 814 Class of 2009 Reunion
  • 7 PM – 10:30 PM Balloons Restaurant & Nightclub Cats on Holiday
  • 8 PM Madigan's Ellicottville NY Summer Music Festival Kickoff Party w/ XOXO
  • 9:30 PM – 10:30 PM Seneca Allegany Resort & Casino Spectacular Fireworks Display
  • 10 PM – 1 AM Balloons Restaurant & Nightclub Abadon Faluz
  • 10 PM – 2 AM Hickey Tavern Rockabilly Steve And BR3 Return To The Hickey Tavern!
• Saturday July 6
  • 7:30 AM – 2 AM Pine Acres Country Club 4th Annual Golf "Fore" Heroes
  • 8 AM – 1 PM REAP Olean Farmers' Market Market Day
  • 8:30 AM – 10 AM Point Break Farm Friesians Horse Yoga
  • 9:30 AM – 2:30 PM Tracy Ridge Hiking Trail - Allegheny National Forest Saturday Hike - Tracy Ridge
  • 11 AM – 1 PM Allegany State Park Summit Fire Tower Talk
  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM Four Mile Brewing Yoga On Tap
  • 1 PM – 6 PM Grand Slam Games & Comics Core Set 202 Prerelease
  • 3 PM – 6 PM Finnerty's Tap Room Sara Elizabeth (and crew) at Finnerty’s
  • 3 PM – 6 PM E-Ville Spirits and Wines Free Wine Tasting
  • 3:30 PM – 12:30 AM Seneca Allegany Resort & Casino Saturday Music at The River Bar
  • 4 PM Ellicottville Brewing Company Summer Music Fest at EBC
  • 7 PM – 9 PM William O. Smith Recreation Center Tips and Tricks with EMRD
  • 8 PM Lake Lane Campground Tropical Weekend Live Entertainment!
  • 9 PM – 11 PM Ellicottville, New York Ellicottville's Summer Music Festival
  • 9 PM – 12 AM Union Whiskey An Evening With Jeff Fetterman Band Union Whiskey 7/6/19 9PM
  • 9 PM – 2 AM The City Line Karaoke Night at the City Line
  • 9:30 PM – 1:30 AM Madigan's Ellicottville NY Dandylionz Live @ Madigans (Downstairs)
  • 10 PM – 1 AM Balloons Restaurant & Nightclub Qwister at Balloons Back Bar // July 6 // Ellicottville, NY
• Sunday July 7
  • 10 AM – 11 AM Lavender Lotus Yoga Sunday Yoga with Bre
  • 11 AM – 12:30 PM Allegany State Park Stone Tower Talk
  • 1:30 PM – 5:30 PM Seneca Allegany Resort & Casino Sunday Music at The River Bar
  • 8 PM – 11 PM Holiday Valley Resort The Buffalo Philharmonic at the Ellicottville Music Festival
• Monday July 8
  • 10:30 AM – 12 PM Salamanca Public Library Free “Mom and Me” (or Dad, Grandma, Grandpa) Summer Cooking Camp
  • 1 PM Bradner Stadium Take in an Olean Oilers Home Game!
  • 4 PM Bradner Stadium Take in an Olean Oilers Home Game!
  • 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM Olean Public Library Summer Programs Sign-up Party
  • 3 PM – 4 PM Cuba Circulating Library Dungeons & Dragons
  • 3 PM – 4 PM Cuba Circulating Library Go Go Garden Club
  • 4 PM – 5 PM Salamanca Public Library STEAM Club
  • 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM Pfeiffer Nature Center Yoga Club!
  • 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM Bradford Area Public Library Adult Arts with Courtney: DIY Journals
  • 6 PM – 7:30 PM The Palmer Live Music On The Lawn
  • 6:30 PM – 8 PM Olean Public Library Craft Class: Making Lip Balm
• Tuesday July 9
  • 10 AM – 2 PM The Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts at St. Bonaventure University 2019 Summer Camp - Experiential Art Camp
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM Olean Public Library Tai Chi and Qigong for Youth
  • 4 PM – 5 PM Neighborhood School of Dance Tiny Tot Dance-n-Summer
• Wednesday July 10
  • 9 AM Elkdale Country Club The New Central Lanes
  • 10 AM – 12 PM Bradford Area Public Library PBS KIDS Buddy Library Visits
  • 10 AM – 2 PM The Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts at St. Bonaventure University 2019 Summer Camp - Experiential Art Camp
  • 11 AM – 1 PM 3121 W State St, Olean, NY 14760, United States Olean Donation Center Ribbon Cutting and Open House
  • 12 PM – 1 PM 830 Broad St, Salamanca, NY 14779-1378, United States DEC Info Session-Seneca Nation of Indians Library
  • 1 PM – 2 PM The Palmer The Great Space Caper
  • 5 PM – 8 PM Allegany State Park The Allegany State Park Classic Car Cruise-In
  • 6 PM Seneca-Iroquois National Museum Free Concert 's in Museum's Amphitheatre
  • 6:00pm - 7:30pm Canticle Farm Fermentation Club at Canticle Farm
  • 7 PM – 8:15 PM Lavender Lotus Yoga Ashtanga Flow
  • 7 PM – 9 PM Olean Public Library Author Series: Helen Ruggieri
  • 7 PM – 10 PM Cuba Circulating Library Immigration, Ellis Island, & the Statue of Liberty
  • 8 PM – 10 PM Union Whiskey Uncle Ben's Remedy at Union Whiskey Wednesday, July 10th 8:00PM
  • 10 PM – 1 AM Hickey Tavern Open Mic With Johnny Mac
• Thursday July 11
  • 9 AM – 3 PM Seneca Allegany Resort & Casino WNY & PA- Collaboration & The Highly Engaged Inclusive Classroom
  • 9 AM – 3 PM Allegany State Park Allegany State Park Volunteer Trail Work Days
  • 10 AM – 1:30 PM Jamestown Community College Cattaraugus County Campus Register for Accepted Student Days - Cattaraugus County Campus
  • 10 AM – 2 PM The Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts at St. Bonaventure University 2019 Summer Camp - Experiential Art Camp
  • 10 AM – 4 PM Portville Historical and Preservation Society We're OPEN!
  • 1 PM – 6 PM Cuba First Baptist Church Blood Drive in Cuba July 11th at First Baptist Church
  • 3 PM – 5 PM Cattaraugus Community Action, Inc. CCA Summer Fun Fest
  • 4 PM – 5 PM Neighborhood School of Dance Tiny Tot Dance-n-Summer
  • 5 PM Bradner Stadium Master Mason Night at The Olean Oilers
  • 5 PM – 7 PM 89 Main St, Bradford, PA 16701-2019, United States Business After Hours- Bradford Travel- Niagara Scenic Tours
  • 5:15 PM – 7:15 PM Tony's Napoli Olean Area Young Professionals July 2019 Networking Event
  • 6 PM – 7 PM Four Mile Brewing Politics of Science by Dr. Mary Rose Kubal
  • 6 PM – 9 PM Steelbound Brewery & Distillery Premier BIKE NIGHT at Steelbound in Ellicottville
  • 6 PM – 9:30 PM Balloons Restaurant & Nightclub The Strangers
  • 6:30 PM – 8 PM Cuba Circulating Library Drawing Class
  • 6:30pm - 8:30pm Lincoln Park Gazebo 2019 Olean Concert In The Park Series
  • 7 PM – 8 PM Lavender Lotus Yoga Prenatal Yoga!
  • 7 PM – 9 PM The City Line Dems and Drinks
  • 7 PM – 10 PM The Beefeaters Restaurant Champagne Sunday at Beefeaters
  • 7:30 PM – 10:30 PM The Palmer WPIG Nashville LIVE Concert Series and SPCA Night
  • 8 PM Bradner Stadium Take in an Olean Oilers Home Game!
• Friday July 12
  • 9 AM – 5 PM The Pennhills Club Kessel Klassic Golf Outing
  • 10 AM – 2 PM The Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts at St. Bonaventure University 2019 Summer Camp - Experiential Art Camp
  • 1:30 PM – 3 PM Olean Public Library Free Film: Spiderman: Into the Spider-Verse
  • 2 PM – 3 PM Olean Public Library Birds of Prey Presentation
  • 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM Tower Church- First United Methodist Pins and Pizza
  • 5:30 PM – 9 PM Oak Hill Park The Needham's in Concert
  • 5:30 PM – 2 AM Seneca Allegany Resort & Casino Friday Night Live Music at The River Bar
  • 6 PM Angees Angees Chillin' under the Olean Sky!
  • 6 PM – 7 PM Cuba Circulating Library Escape Room
  • 6 PM – 9 PM Four Mile Brewing Nick Kody & the Creek Road Band live at Four Mile Brewing
  • 6:30 PM – 10 PM Student Veterans of St. Bonaventure University Comedy For A Cause
  • 7 PM – 10:30 PM Balloons Restaurant & Nightclub Tommy Z
  • 7:30pm Portville Central School Auditorium Olean Community Theatre presents "Titanic, the Musical"
  • 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM Cuba Circulating Library Escape Room
  • 9 PM – 12 AM The Gin Mill, Ellicottville NY The Gin Mill
  • 10 PM – 12 AM Seneca Allegany Resort & Casino Tompkins Drive at Seneca Allegany Resort & Casino
  • 10 PM – 1 AM Balloons Restaurant & Nightclub Jamie Smith/ Back Bar
• Saturday July 13
  • 8 AM – 1 PM REAP Olean Farmers' Market Market Day
  • 10 AM – 3:50 PM Portville, New York Raffle At Portville Flea Market
  • 10:00am - 5:00pm Portville Pioneer Park Portville Heritage Day 2019
  • 11 AM – 1 PM Allegany State Park Summit Fire Tower Talk
  • 11 AM – 5 PM Salamanca, New York Celebrate Salamanca
  • 11 AM – 7 PM Franchot Field Make Olean Strange Block Party!!! (Urban Biosphere Fundraiser)
  • 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM Marilyn Horne Museum and Exhibit Center A Star-Spangled Celebration
  • 12:30 PM – 4:30 PM Walmart Olean Teacher Appreciation Event
  • 1 PM – 2 PM Cuba Circulating Library Book Binding
  • 1 PM – 4 PM Seneca-Iroquois National Museum Arrowheads and Artifacts
  • 1 PM – 4 PM Cuba Lake Yacht Club Olean Area Young Professionals Sailing Excursion
  • 1 PM – 6 PM Grand Slam Games & Comics Core Set 202 Launch Party Booster Draft
  • 2 PM – 5 PM Four Mile Brewing Enchanted Mountain Brewfest 2019
  • 3:30 PM – 7:30 PM Seneca Allegany Resort & Casino Saturday Night Music at The River Bar
  • 6 PM – 9:30 PM Balloons Restaurant & Nightclub Frank Bang & the Secret Stash
  • 6 PM – 10 PM Madigan's Ellicottville NY The Knight Crew at Madigan's in Ellicottville
  • 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM Enchanted Mountain Roller Derby EMRD vs Two Rivers Roller Derby
  • 7 PM – 9 PM Triple R Camping Resort and Trailer Sales Triple R Wine Tasting
  • 7:30pm Portville Central School Auditorium Olean Community Theatre presents "Titanic, the Musical"
  • 9 PM – 11 PM The Beefeaters Restaurant Beefeaters Comedy Night - Downstairs in Afterwords Club
  • 9 PM – 2 AM The City Line Karaoke Night at the City Line
  • 10 PM – 1 AM Balloons Restaurant & Nightclub Marshmellow Overcoat/ Balloons Back Bar
• Sunday July 14
  • 10 AM – 11 AM Lavender Lotus Yoga Sunday Yoga with Bre
  • 11 AM – 12:30 PM Allegany State Park Stone Tower Talk
  • 1 PM Bradner Stadium Take in an Olean Oilers Home Game!
  • 1:30 PM – 5:30 PM Seneca Allegany Resort & Casino Sunday Live Music at The River Bar
  • 2 PM – 7 PM Players Downtown Seafood Buffet & Sunday Funday
• Monday July 15
  • 9 AM – Jul 17 Painting w/Shelby Art Party Studio & Customized painting, glassware & Art Shelby's Annual Its Summer Kids Art Camp! July 15, 16th, & 17th
  • 10:30 AM – 12 PM Salamanca Public Library Free “Mom and Me” (or Dad, Grandma, Grandpa) Summer Cooking Camp
  • 12 PM – 7 PM Bartlett Country Club Chamber Golf Classic
  • 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM Olean Public Library Pokemon Club
  • 3 PM – 4 PM Cuba Circulating Library Go Go Garden Club
  • 4 PM – 5 PM Salamanca Public Library STEAM Club
  • 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM Neighborhood School of Dance Summer on TAP
  • 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM Pfeiffer Nature Center Yoga Club!
  • 6 PM – 7:30 PM The Palmer Live Music On The Lawn
  • 6:30 PM – 8 PM Olean Public Library Craft Class: Making Lotion Bars
• Tuesday July 16
  • 11 AM – 12 PM Portville Free Library 2019 Summer Library Program - Portville Free Library
  • 12:30 PM – 2 PM Olean Public Library Brown Bag Book Club
  • 2 PM – 3 PM Ellicottville Memorial Library 2019 Summer Library Program - Ellicottville Memorial Library
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM Olean Public Library Tai Chi and Qigong for Youth
  • 4 PM – 5 PM Neighborhood School of Dance Tiny Tot Dance-n-Summer
  • 4 PM – 5 PM Bradford Area Public Library Glow in the Dark Yoga
  • 4 PM – 6 PM Skin Tight Studio and Salon Keto life Mixer
  • 6 PM – 7:30 PM Cuba Circulating Library One Stroke Painting
  • 6 PM – 9 PM The Palmer Musicians Circle
  • 7:30 PM – 10 PM BCPAC King Creole: A Tribute to Elvis Presley
• Wednesday July 17
  • 12 PM – 1 PM Bradford Area Chamber of Commerce BACC Lunch & Learn
  • 1 PM – 7 PM Holiday Valley Resort Double Black Diamond Assistant Professional Invitational
  • 2 PM – 3 PM Cuba Circulating Library Science Tellers
  • 3:45 PM – 5 PM Olean Public Library Rainbow Alliance
  • 6 PM – 7 PM Nannen Arboretum Society Nickel City Reptiles & Exotics
  • 6 PM – 7:30 PM Bradford Area Public Library Building Your Personal Brand
  • 6 PM – 9 PM The Beefeaters Restaurant Paint Night with Michelle Chapman
  • 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM Cuba Circulating Library Sci Fi Trivia
  • 6:30 PM – 8 PM Olean Public Library Shelf Space Book Club- The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
  • 7 PM – 8:15 PM Lavender Lotus Yoga Ashtanga Flow
  • 10 PM – 1 AM Hickey Tavern Open Mic With Johnny Mac
• Thursday July 18
  • 10 AM – 4 PM Portville Historical and Preservation Society We're OPEN!
  • 12 PM – 1 PM Salamanca Public Library 2019 Summer Library Program - Salamanca Public Library
  • 2 PM – 3 PM Olean Public Library Moon Landing Party for Kids
  • 4 PM – 5 PM Neighborhood School of Dance Tiny Tot Dance-n-Summer
  • 5:30pm - 7:30pm Challenger Learning Center 50th Anniversary of the Moon Landing with Challenger Learning Center
  • 6 PM Bradner Stadium Take in an Olean Oilers Home Game!
  • 6 PM – 8 PM Ellicottville Brewing Company Buffalo Boss Babes Networking Event
  • 6:30 PM – 8 PM Cuba Circulating Library Drawing Class
  • 6:30pm - 8:30pm Lincoln Park Gazebo 2019 Olean Concert In The Park Series
  • 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM Olean Public Library Introduction to Ancestry.com Library Edition
  • 7 PM – 8 PM Lavender Lotus Yoga Prenatal Yoga!
  • 7 PM – 9 PM The Palmer Summer Lovin' II
  • 7 PM – 10 PM The Beefeaters Restaurant Afterwords Club Live Music - The Chillbillys
• Friday July 19
  • 10 AM – Jul 21 Seneca Veterans Powwow Marvin Joe Curry Veterans Powwow
  • 1:30 PM – 3 PM Olean Public Library Free Film: A Wrinkle in Time
  • 2 PM – 3 PM Olean Public Library Mousetronaut
  • 5 PM – 7 PM Eade Fitness 24/7 Pump & Run
  • 5 PM – 8 PM Ellicottville, New York Stroll the Streets in Ellicottville
  • 5 PM – Jul 21 Island Park The Great Wellsville Balloon Rally 2019
  • 5:30 PM – 7 PM Lavender Lotus Yoga Restorative Yoga and Massage
  • 5:30 PM – 2 AM Seneca Allegany Resort & Casino Friday Night Live Music at The River Bar
  • 6 PM – 8 PM Tri-County Arts Council 2019 Members Exhibition
  • 6 PM – 9 PM 23 E Washington St, Bradford, PA 16701-1232, United States Paint and Pysanky Open Studio
  • 7 PM – 10 PM Tony's Napoli Vermin Supreme in Olean — Guest Performer: Dredneks
  • 7 PM – 10:30 PM Balloons Restaurant & Nightclub 3 of A Kind
  • 10 PM – 1 AM Balloons Restaurant & Nightclub Family Soup / Balloons Back Bar
• Saturday July 20
  • 8 AM – 1 PM REAP Olean Farmers' Market Market Day
  • 8 AM – 5 PM University of Pittsburgh at Bradford Bradford United Soccer 3 v 3 Soccer Tournament
  • 8:30 AM – 11:30 AM Portville Central School District McGreevy Run for our Heroes
  • 9 AM – 11 AM Callahan Park Chasin' Bacon Challenge
  • 11 AM – 1 PM Allegany State Park Summit Fire Tower Talk
  • 11 AM – 2 PM Triple R Camping Resort and Trailer Sales First Annual Triple R Golf Outing
  • 12:00pm - 11:00pm St. John's Church 2019 St. John's Church Festival
  • 1 PM – 2 PM Cuba Circulating Library Book Binding
  • 4 PM – 10 PM Masonic Center Temple Swig & Swine
  • 6 PM Bradner Stadium Take in an Olean Oilers Home Game!
  • 6 PM – 9:30 PM Balloons Restaurant & Nightclub Lauren Mitchell
  • 7 PM Seneca Allegany Resort & Casino LANCO with Special Guest Chase Bryant
  • 7:38 PM – 11:38 PM St John's Roman Cath Church NERDS GONE WILD at St. Johns Festival in Olean 7:38pm
  • 8 PM – Jul 21 The Hinsdale House Restoration Project Hinsdale Overnight Lockdown
  • 9 PM – 1 AM Players Downtown Rockmaninov!
  • 9 PM – 2 AM The City Line Karaoke Night at the City Line
• Sunday July 21
  • 10 AM – 11 AM Lavender Lotus Yoga Sunday Yoga with Bre
  • 11 AM – 12:30 PM Allegany State Park Stone Tower Talk
  • 1 PM – 5 PM Madigan's Ellicottville NY Christmas In July Fundraiser
  • 1:30 PM – 5:30 PM Seneca Allegany Resort & Casino Sunday Live Music at The River Bar
• Monday July 22
  • 10:30 AM – 12 PM Salamanca Public Library Free “Mom and Me” (or Dad, Grandma, Grandpa) Summer Cooking Camp
  • 1 PM – 3 PM Allegany Public Library 2019 Summer Library Program - Allegany Public Library
  • 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM Olean Public Library Slime Crafternoon
  • 3 PM – 4 PM Cuba Circulating Library Go Go Garden Club
  • 4 PM – 5 PM Salamanca Public Library STEAM Club
  • 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM Neighborhood School of Dance Summer on TAP
  • 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM Pfeiffer Nature Center Yoga Club!
  • 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM 39 E Main St, Cuba, NY 14727-1207, United States DEC Info Session-Cuba Circulating Library
  • 6 PM – 7:30 PM The Palmer Live Music On The Lawn
  • 6:30 PM – 8 PM Olean Public Library Craft Class: Hand Sewn Quilt Patch Pouch
• Tuesday July 23
  • 10 AM – 2 PM The Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts at St. Bonaventure University 2019 Summer Camp - World Cultures Camp
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM Olean Public Library Tai Chi and Qigong for Youth
  • 4 PM – 5 PM Neighborhood School of Dance Tiny Tot Dance-n-Summer
  • 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM Salamanca Public Library Radical Reads Book Club
  • 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM BCPAC Bradford Creative & Performing Arts Center (BCPAC)
• Wednesday July 24
  • 10 AM – 1:30 PM Jamestown Community College Cattaraugus County Campus Register for Accepted Student Days - Cattaraugus County Campus
  • 10 AM – 2 PM The Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts at St. Bonaventure University 2019 Summer Camp - World Cultures Camp
  • 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM Canticle Farm Kids Yoga at the Farm
  • 7 PM – 8:15 PM Lavender Lotus Yoga Ashtanga Flow
  • 7 PM – 9 PM Olean Public Library Author Series: Wade Robertson
  • 10 PM – 1 AM Hickey Tavern Open Mic With Johnny Mac
• Thursday July 25
  • 10 AM – 2 PM The Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts at St. Bonaventure University 2019 Summer Camp - World Cultures Camp
  • 10 AM – 4 PM Portville Historical and Preservation Society We're OPEN!
  • 12 PM – 12:30 PM Salamanca Public Library The Bibliophile’s Book Club
  • 2 PM – 3 PM Olean Public Library 2019 Summer Library Program - Olean Public Library
  • 4 PM – 5 PM Neighborhood School of Dance Tiny Tot Dance-n-Summer
  • 6 PM – 7 PM Cuba Circulating Library Books & Brews
  • 6:30 PM – 8 PM Cuba Circulating Library Drawing Class
  • 6:30pm - 8:30pm Lincoln Park Gazebo 2019 Olean Concert In The Park Series
  • 7 PM – 8 PM Lavender Lotus Yoga Prenatal Yoga!
  • 7 PM – 10 PM The Beefeaters Restaurant Afterwords Live Music - Tyler Calkins & Dave Verbocy
• Friday July 26
  • 10 AM – 2 PM The Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts at St. Bonaventure University 2019 Summer Camp - World Cultures Camp
  • 1:30 PM – 3 PM Olean Public Library Free Film: Wall-E
  • 5:30 PM – 9:30 PM Seneca Allegany Resort & Casino Friday Night Music at The RIver Bar
  • 5:30 PM – 10 PM St. Stephen's Club Rally For A Cause, Swizzy's Cause!
  • 7 PM – 9 PM The Palmer Music Theater Camp
  • 7 PM – 10:30 PM Balloons Restaurant & Nightclub Hayden Fogle
  • 8 PM – 11 PM Granny's Verona The Hootz Rock'n Granny's Verona
  • 8:30 PM – 11:30 PM Villaggio Nick Kody & the Creek Road Band live at Villaggio
• Saturday July 27
  • 8 AM – 1 PM REAP Olean Farmers' Market Market Day
  • 11 AM – 1 PM Allegany State Park Summit Fire Tower Talk
  • 11 AM – 3 PM Whistle Stop Feed Shop, LLC Summer Clean Out Yard Sale And Chicken BBQ
  • 12 PM – 3 PM Bradford Township Volunteer Fire Department BTVFD CASH BASH
  • 12 PM – 5:30 PM Storm Athletics All-Star Cheerleading 2019 Stunt Clinic
  • 1 PM – 2 PM Cuba Circulating Library Book Binding
  • 2 PM – 9:30 PM Enchanted Mountains OnoFest 2019
  • 3 PM – 6 PM E-Ville Spirits and Wines Free Jack Daniels Liquor Tasting
  • 3:00pm - 10:00pm Allegany Fireman's Park 2019 Southern Tier Wounded Warrior Benefit Concert, hosted by MAJ Patrick Miller
  • 3:30 PM – 12 AM Seneca Allegany Resort & Casino Saturday Night Live Music at The River Bar
  • 6 PM – 9:30 PM Balloons Restaurant & Nightclub B.D. Lenz Trio - EVL Jazz Weekend!
  • 7 PM – 10 PM The Palmer Jack Ellis- Keepin' It Country
  • 8 PM – 12 AM Seneca Allegany Resort & Casino Seneca Allegany Casino Presents Tailor Made
  • 9 PM – 2 AM The City Line Karaoke Night at the City Line
  • 9:30 PM – 1 AM The Gin Mill, Ellicottville NY The Big Sauce Trio At The Gin Mill
• Sunday July 28
  • 11 AM – 12:30 PM Allegany State Park Stone Tower Talk
  • 11 AM – 5 PM War Veterans Park Taste of Olean / Art in the Park
  • 2 PM – 4 PM Boundless Connections, LLC Unleashed Game Time
  • 2 PM – 4 PM Boundless Connections, LLC VP Connect

Here is MY story:
It was the year 2010: -2nd half of Senior Year of H-S (My best time socially & academically)

4th and final year in AVID... 

-Choosing a college and applying (Columbia College Hollywood - private film school - B.A. in Screenwriting & acting for fun)
-Planning for big trip to Europe & more during this time...
-(May) Iron Man 2 & NOES Remake in theaters, Eagles Concert (Long Road Out of Eden Tour)
-(June) Class trip to Six Flags, Graduation at baseball stadium, Grad Nite at Disneyland...
-Leaving on trip to Europe, turning 18 during first Red Eye flight (Ontario CA to Atlanta), followed by ATL to New York JFK, JFK to Washington Dulles, Red Eye flight - Wash DC to London Heathrow...
-Europe Trip (London, Stoke-on-Trent, Paris, Frankfurt, Munich, Castle that inspired Disney, Zermatt/Swiss Alps, Matterhorn Mountain, Barcelona, Marseilles, Nice, Monaco, Genova, Rome, Napoli...
-Continuation of trip (Return to New York/Long Island to see family there, Hershey-park, Pittsburgh for 4th of July, Detroit, Windsor, Toronto, Niagara Falls, down thru Ohio, Kings Island, Louisville, South Indiana to see family there, Return home to SoCal...
-(August) Road trip to AZ and back, seeing family there (Mesa, Phoenix, Show Low, Meteor Crater, Winslow)
-Packing/preparing to move for college, moving into apartment in Tarzana/northwest of Hollywood
-(September thru December) Start of Smallville season 10, Getting comfortable, CCH orientation, class trip to Warner Bros/VIP Tour, first quarter of classes (pretty good academically, not so good socially)
-So it begins (My journey into the world of YouTube FULL time, as a viewer and career with my own channel)
-During this time, I discovered FilmMasterAdam, Erod the Blockbuster Buster, Doug WalkeNostalgia Critic, Blowshimselfupdude (this guy named Eric, talks about comics & movies)
-AANNNDD....of course.....GEEKVOLUTION!! (Superhero Rewind of Batman Forever. Hmmm, what's this?? Who are these guys, "Captain Logan" & his friend "Vince", talking on camera together about superheroes?? I think I really like this, I want to see more!! Subscribed!!) Plus these other guys, by association: the Real Manos, Dan Torrey, Shades at Knight...
(2011 and beyond) - Finding lots of interesting stuff and posting it on Geekvolution Facebook page...
-Counting Kryptofreaks begins...
-Charlie Sheen's mental breakdown and ranting on camera & "Friday" by Rebecca Black...

My YouTube exploration also includes politics, news, real events at this time, but interest dies down by the end of the year... 

-Series Finale of Smallville, ends 10 year run...
(Summer) - MCU kicks into high gear with Thor & CA F-A...

(December '11) Bob Seger Concert at Staples Center in L.A. 

(Summer 2012) -Thunderbird's Air Show...
^ Avengers, Amazing Spider-Man, Dark Knight Rises, Prometheus in theaters...
Trip up to San Francisco, includes Alcatraz Island & Six Flags Discovery Kingdom...
(March 2013) - Befriended by Cap (Jaymes Logan Williamson) on Facebook...
(June) -21st birthday!! -Man of Steel arrives, the big "Superman doesn't kill" arguments/in-fighting begin...
(SummeFall 2013) - Anti-social, nearly depressed, My attendance and work input at CCH severely declined. Both roommates in a row were pot smokers and made a mess, made me sick. Needed a change, had no choice but to drop out and move back home to Lake Elsinore.
(January 2014) - Start attending MSJC (Mt San Jacinto Community College in Menifee)
(Summer 2014 & Summer 2015) - Support Captain Logan and Co on their documentary 'Midwest In Panels', receive my Kickstarter package in mail, open it on camera...
(2016) - B v S happens, the big "Superman & DCEU vs MCU" arguments/in-fighting begin...
A Wikipedia page for Geekvolution is created, I join and add to it. I have become the only person who edits and updates the page. I've tried to share it often and make people aware.

(October '16) Alice Cooper Halloween Concert at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio... (November & beyond) Interest in politics, news, real events peaks again. More than ever before, in fact. In time for the brutal, contentious presidential election and aftermath. Voted for Trump, not a decision I took lightly. Had to stop Clinton at any cost. Proud of that! 

(2017) - Final class/semester (Intermediate Acting) at MSJC. I'm so done, so don't care anymore! -(June) Moody Blues Concert at Pala Casino Starlight Theater, 25th Birthday!!
-(Today) That's all folks!! Geekvolution Road ends here and now for me. I will make final updates to the Wiki page, watch a few more things and maybe share them around, for the final time. I'm stepping back, and unplugging from everything. I'm to the point of total exhaustion, intolerance, and annoyance with the whole scene. -Entertainment and fake news alike, all politicized garbage & propaganda. It's so hard to escape from it. But I did, I awoke to reality, completely. I will no longer be indoctrinated or engulfed in the mass brainwashing of Cultural Marxism & Fascist censorship.
No more financial support or attention paid to the Hollywood system, Comic Industry, Video Games, and celebrities. Nor the retarded, zombified audiences married to their electronic devises, living in virtual world's, who would never survive a day in nature. I can't be associated with all the sheep still asleep. Instead, I must join the population with which I can have an intelligent conversation about what is really going on. Yes!! I was NEVER a "card carrying Geek", just had mild interests in certain areas. Now, I'm Out!! Thanks everyone, it was okay yet frustrating while it lasted!!
-Major Transition In Progress (2018 & Beyond): Finally move the hell out of COMMIE-Fornia, over to Arizona. To live much happier and healthier. I'll prepare and train for the coming crisis (Economic Crash, Civil War, World War 3) and aftermath. -Stock up on Guns & Ammo, Gold, Food, Medicine, Communications. Learn to stand up for myself, take control, fight to support our President and the agenda. I'm stronger than ever, a patriot, about to help take our country back. If the empire falls, then it can be remade great again.
Goodbye!! End Transmission....

The favourite countries of the Western part of the world are the US and Canada. Undoubtedly these nations are multiculturally diverse. People are friendly, love travelling to destinations and are fun loving. A great ecological balance is maintained with discipline all the time by these nations. Niagara Falls Day Tour From Toronto is one of the best fun-filled tours.
Niagara Falls, Canada Side:
People travelling from Toronto to Niagara Falls get loads of entertainment when compared to the travel from the US end. The Niagara Falls divides the US and Canada and is one of the most beautiful borders in the world. It is always nice to start the Niagara Falls Tour from Toronto with day tours.
Why most people visit the Niagara Falls?
Niagara Falls always has beautiful, magnificent and breath-taking views, which makes a visit to it memorable for all in their lifetime. It is for this reason, many people visit the Niagara Falls from many parts of the world. Niagara Falls is an interesting destination for tourism. No visit to Canada is complete without a visit to the Niagara Falls From Toronto.
How Does the Day Tour Start From Toronto?
The Niagara Falls Day Tour from Toronto starts with personalized pickups from various notified destinations. The pickup points can be from the traveller’s destination, hotels, highway points or from points where the tour operator specifies. The pickups are done through the tour operator’s fleet of vehicles. These vehicles include four and eight-seat cars, or SUVs, limos and other luxury vehicles, minivans, minibuses, and large bus coaches. It takes just an hour and a half time of travel by road to reach Niagara Falls from Toronto.
Check Travellers Reviews On The Internet:
If you have a debate on which side is good for entertainment with colourful picturesque, you better browse through the Internet. Check with the keyword, Niagara Falls Day Tour from Toronto, you can find many reviews on the Internet about which end of the Niagara Falls is the best. Most people who visited from both ends, that is the, US and Canada ends, would rate Niagara Falls Tours From Toronto high. This tour has given them the best tour experience to the Niagara Falls region to and fro.
Tour Guides Double Your Entertainment:
The presence of tour guides makes the to and fro journey more interesting along with all other entertainments the travellers enjoy. The tour guides are all licensed and fully professional making the trip lively and more entertaining. Tour guides speak multiple International languages which makes the journey more interesting for any traveller.
Entertainment Places At The Niagara Falls:
After reaching the Niagara Falls area, the entertainment starts with: 1) Journey Behind The Falls. 2) Casino Niagara. 3) Skylon Tower. 4) Wineries in the Niagara region. 5) The Floral Clock. 6) Whirlpool Aero Car. 7) Nightmares Fear Factory. 8) Niagara White Water Walk. 9) Kurtz Orchards Farm and Marketplace. 10) Great Canadian Midway. 11) Reg’s Candy Kitchen. 12) House of Frankenstein. 13) The Tower Hotel. 14) Dufferin Islands. 15) Marineland of Canada 16) The Bird Kingdom.
The Exciting Hornblower Cruise:
In the Niagara Falls Day Tours From Toronto, apart from the above-mentioned places, one can also try the Hornblower cruise. The Hornblower is a great experience where one can see the Niagara Falls from close quarters by taking a ride in the boat. This is called the Niagara Falls Boat Tour or the Hornblower Cruise ride. The Hornblower boat easily accommodates around 350 people with a meal and seating arrangements. Overall, this is a great boat ride that gives everyone a great and thrilling experience coupled with fun.

Here is MY story:
It was the year 2010: -2nd half of Senior Year of H-S (My best time socially & academically)

• ^4th and final year in AVID...

-Choosing a college and applying (Columbia College Hollywood - private film school - B.A. in Screenwriting & acting for fun)
-Planning for big trip to Europe & more during this time...
-(May) Iron Man 2 & NOES Remake in theaters, Eagles Concert (Long Road Out of Eden Tour)
-(June) Class trip to Six Flags, Graduation at baseball stadium, Grad Nite at Disneyland...
-^Leaving on trip to Europe, turning 18 during first Red Eye flight (Ontario CA to Atlanta), followed by ATL to New York JFK, JFK to Washington Dulles, Red Eye flight - Wash DC to London Heathrow...
-Europe Trip (London, Stoke-on-Trent, Paris, Frankfurt, Munich, Castle that inspired Disney, Zermatt/Swiss Alps, Matterhorn Mountain, Barcelona, Marseilles, Nice, Monaco, Genova, Rome, Napoli...
-^Continuation of trip (Return to New York/Long Island to see family there, Hershey-park, Pittsburgh for 4th of July, Detroit, Windsor, Toronto, Niagara Falls, down thru Ohio, Kings Island, Louisville, South Indiana to see family there, Return home to SoCal...
-(August) Road trip to AZ and back, seeing family there (Mesa, Phoenix, Show Low, Meteor Crater, Winslow)
-^{Packing/preparing} to move for college, moving into apartment in Tarzana/northwest of Hollywood
-(September thru December) Start of Smallville season 10, Getting comfortable, CCH orientation, class trip to Warner Bros/VIP Tour, first quarter of classes (pretty good academically, not so good socially)
-^So it begins (My journey into the world of YouTube FULL time, as a viewer and career with my own channel)
-During this time, I discovered FilmMasterAdam, Erod the Blockbuster Buster, Doug WalkeNostalgia Critic, Blowshimselfupdude (this guy named Eric, talks about comics & movies)
-^{AANNNDD....of} course.....GEEKVOLUTION!! (Superhero Rewind of Batman Forever. Hmmm, what's this?? Who are these guys, "Captain Logan" & his friend "Vince", talking on camera together about superheroes?? I think I really like this, I want to see more!! Subscribed!!) Plus these other guys, by association: the Real Manos, Dan Torrey, Shades at Knight...
(2011 and beyond) - Finding lots of interesting stuff and posting it on Geekvolution Facebook page...
-Counting Kryptofreaks begins...
-Charlie Sheen's mental breakdown and ranting on camera & "Friday" by Rebecca Black...

• My YouTube exploration also includes politics, news, real events at this time, but interest dies down by the end of the year...

-Series Finale of Smallville, ends 10 year run...
(Summer) - MCU kicks into high gear with Thor & CA F-A...

• (December '11) Bob Seger Concert at Staples Center in L.A.

(Summer 2012) -Thunderbird's Air Show...
^ Avengers, Amazing Spider-Man, Dark Knight Rises, Prometheus in theaters...
^Trip up to San Francisco, includes Alcatraz Island & Six Flags Discovery Kingdom...
(March 2013) - Befriended by Cap (Jaymes Logan Williamson) on Facebook...
(June) -21st birthday!! -Man of Steel arrives, the big "Superman doesn't kill" arguments/in-fighting begin...
(SummeFall 2013) - Anti-social, nearly depressed, My attendance and work input at CCH severely declined. Both roommates in a row were pot smokers and made a mess, made me sick. Needed a change, had no choice but to drop out and move back home to Lake Elsinore.
(January 2014) - Start attending MSJC (Mt San Jacinto Community College in Menifee)
(Summer 2014 & Summer 2015) - Support Captain Logan and Co on their documentary 'Midwest In Panels', receive my Kickstarter package in mail, open it on camera...
(2016) - B v S happens, the big "Superman & DCEU vs MCU" arguments/in-fighting begin...
^A Wikipedia page for Geekvolution is created, I join and add to it. I have become the only person who edits and updates the page. I've tried to share it often and make people aware.

• (October '16) Alice Cooper Halloween Concert at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio...
  
• (November & beyond) Interest in politics, news, real events peaks again. More than ever before, in fact. In time for the brutal, contentious presidential election and aftermath. Voted for Trump, not a decision I took lightly. Had to stop Clinton at any cost. Proud of that!
  

(2017) - Final class/semester (Intermediate Acting) at MSJC. I'm so done, so don't care anymore! -(June) Moody Blues Concert at Pala Casino Starlight Theater, 25th Birthday!!
-(Today) That's all folks!! Geekvolution Road ends here and now for me. I will make final updates to the Wiki page, watch a few more things and maybe share them around, for the final time. I'm stepping back, and unplugging from everything. I'm to the point of total exhaustion, intolerance, and annoyance with the whole scene. -Entertainment and fake news alike, all politicized garbage & propaganda. It's so hard to escape from it. But I did, I awoke to reality, completely. I will no longer be indoctrinated or engulfed in the mass brainwashing of Cultural Marxism & Fascist censorship.
^No more financial support or attention paid to the Hollywood system, Comic Industry, Video Games, and celebrities. Nor the retarded, zombified audiences married to their electronic devises, living in virtual world's, who would never survive a day in nature. I can't be associated with all the sheep still asleep. Instead, I must join the population with which I can have an intelligent conversation about what is really going on. Yes!! I was NEVER a "card carrying Geek", just had mild interests in certain areas. Now, I'm Out!! Thanks everyone, it was okay yet frustrating while it lasted!!
-Major Transition In Progress (2018 & Beyond): Finally move the hell out of COMMIE-Fornia, over to Arizona. To live much happier and healthier. I'll prepare and train for the coming crisis (Economic Crash, Civil War, World War 3) and aftermath. -Stock up on Guns & Ammo, Gold, Food, Medicine, Communications. Learn to stand up for myself, take control, fight to support our President and the agenda. I'm stronger than ever, a patriot, about to help take our country back. If the empire falls, then it can be remade great again.
Goodbye!! End Transmission....

Here is MY story:
It was the year 2010: -2nd half of Senior Year of H-S (My best time socially & academically)

4th and final year in AVID... 

-Choosing a college and applying (Columbia College Hollywood - private film school - B.A. in Screenwriting & acting for fun)
-Planning for big trip to Europe & more during this time...
-(May) Iron Man 2 & NOES Remake in theaters, Eagles Concert (Long Road Out of Eden Tour)
-(June) Class trip to Six Flags, Graduation at baseball stadium, Grad Nite at Disneyland...
-Leaving on trip to Europe, turning 18 during first Red Eye flight (Ontario CA to Atlanta), followed by ATL to New York JFK, JFK to Washington Dulles, Red Eye flight - Wash DC to London Heathrow...
-Europe Trip (London, Stoke-on-Trent, Paris, Frankfurt, Munich, Castle that inspired Disney, Zermatt/Swiss Alps, Matterhorn Mountain, Barcelona, Marseilles, Nice, Monaco, Genova, Rome, Napoli...
-Continuation of trip (Return to New York/Long Island to see family there, Hershey-park, Pittsburgh for 4th of July, Detroit, Windsor, Toronto, Niagara Falls, down thru Ohio, Kings Island, Louisville, South Indiana to see family there, Return home to SoCal...
-(August) Road trip to AZ and back, seeing family there (Mesa, Phoenix, Show Low, Meteor Crater, Winslow)
-Packing/preparing to move for college, moving into apartment in Tarzana/northwest of Hollywood
-(September thru December) Start of Smallville season 10, Getting comfortable, CCH orientation, class trip to Warner Bros/VIP Tour, first quarter of classes (pretty good academically, not so good socially)
-So it begins (My journey into the world of YouTube FULL time, as a viewer and career with my own channel)
-During this time, I discovered FilmMasterAdam, Erod the Blockbuster Buster, Doug WalkeNostalgia Critic, Blowshimselfupdude (this guy named Eric, talks about comics & movies)
-AANNNDD....of course.....GEEKVOLUTION!! (Superhero Rewind of Batman Forever. Hmmm, what's this?? Who are these guys, "Captain Logan" & his friend "Vince", talking on camera together about superheroes?? I think I really like this, I want to see more!! Subscribed!!) Plus these other guys, by association: the Real Manos, Dan Torrey, Shades at Knight...
(2011 and beyond) - Finding lots of interesting stuff and posting it on Geekvolution Facebook page...
-Counting Kryptofreaks begins...
-Charlie Sheen's mental breakdown and ranting on camera & "Friday" by Rebecca Black...

My YouTube exploration also includes politics, news, real events at this time, but interest dies down by the end of the year... 

-Series Finale of Smallville, ends 10 year run...
(Summer) - MCU kicks into high gear with Thor & CA F-A...

(December '11) Bob Seger Concert at Staples Center in L.A. 

(Summer 2012) -Thunderbird's Air Show...
^ Avengers, Amazing Spider-Man, Dark Knight Rises, Prometheus in theaters...
Trip up to San Francisco, includes Alcatraz Island & Six Flags Discovery Kingdom...
(March 2013) - Befriended by Cap (Jaymes Logan Williamson) on Facebook...
(June) -21st birthday!! -Man of Steel arrives, the big "Superman doesn't kill" arguments/in-fighting begin...
(SummeFall 2013) - Anti-social, nearly depressed, My attendance and work input at CCH severely declined. Both roommates in a row were pot smokers and made a mess, made me sick. Needed a change, had no choice but to drop out and move back home to Lake Elsinore.
(January 2014) - Start attending MSJC (Mt San Jacinto Community College in Menifee)
(Summer 2014 & Summer 2015) - Support Captain Logan and Co on their documentary 'Midwest In Panels', receive my Kickstarter package in mail, open it on camera...
(2016) - B v S happens, the big "Superman & DCEU vs MCU" arguments/in-fighting begin...
A Wikipedia page for Geekvolution is created, I join and add to it. I have become the only person who edits and updates the page. I've tried to share it often and make people aware.

(October '16) Alice Cooper Halloween Concert at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio... (November & beyond) Interest in politics, news, real events peaks again. More than ever before, in fact. In time for the brutal, contentious presidential election and aftermath. Voted for Trump, not a decision I took lightly. Had to stop Clinton at any cost. Proud of that! 

(2017) - Final class/semester (Intermediate Acting) at MSJC. I'm so done, so don't care anymore! -(June) Moody Blues Concert at Pala Casino Starlight Theater, 25th Birthday!!
-(Today) That's all folks!! Geekvolution Road ends here and now for me. I will make final updates to the Wiki page, watch a few more things and maybe share them around, for the final time. I'm stepping back, and unplugging from everything. I'm to the point of total exhaustion, intolerance, and annoyance with the whole scene. -Entertainment and fake news alike, all politicized garbage & propaganda. It's so hard to escape from it. But I did, I awoke to reality, completely. I will no longer be indoctrinated or engulfed in the mass brainwashing of Cultural Marxism & Fascist censorship.
No more financial support or attention paid to the Hollywood system, Comic Industry, Video Games, and celebrities. Nor the retarded, zombified audiences married to their electronic devises, living in virtual world's, who would never survive a day in nature. I can't be associated with all the sheep still asleep. Instead, I must join the population with which I can have an intelligent conversation about what is really going on. Yes!! I was NEVER a "card carrying Geek", just had mild interests in certain areas. Now, I'm Out!! Thanks everyone, it was okay yet frustrating while it lasted!!
-Major Transition In Progress (2018 & Beyond): Finally move the hell out of COMMIE-Fornia, over to Arizona. To live much happier and healthier. I'll prepare and train for the coming crisis (Economic Crash, Civil War, World War 3) and aftermath. -Stock up on Guns & Ammo, Gold, Food, Medicine, Communications. Learn to stand up for myself, take control, fight to support our President and the agenda. I'm stronger than ever, a patriot, about to help take our country back. If the empire falls, then it can be remade great again.
Goodbye!! End Transmission....

Here is MY story:
It was the year 2010: -2nd half of Senior Year of H-S (My best time socially & academically)

4th and final year in AVID... 

-Choosing a college and applying (Columbia College Hollywood - private film school - B.A. in Screenwriting & acting for fun)
-Planning for big trip to Europe & more during this time...
-(May) Iron Man 2 & NOES Remake in theaters, Eagles Concert (Long Road Out of Eden Tour)
-(June) Class trip to Six Flags, Graduation at baseball stadium, Grad Nite at Disneyland...
-Leaving on trip to Europe, turning 18 during first Red Eye flight (Ontario CA to Atlanta), followed by ATL to New York JFK, JFK to Washington Dulles, Red Eye flight - Wash DC to London Heathrow...
-Europe Trip (London, Stoke-on-Trent, Paris, Frankfurt, Munich, Castle that inspired Disney, Zermatt/Swiss Alps, Matterhorn Mountain, Barcelona, Marseilles, Nice, Monaco, Genova, Rome, Napoli...
-Continuation of trip (Return to New York/Long Island to see family there, Hershey-park, Pittsburgh for 4th of July, Detroit, Windsor, Toronto, Niagara Falls, down thru Ohio, Kings Island, Louisville, South Indiana to see family there, Return home to SoCal...
-(August) Road trip to AZ and back, seeing family there (Mesa, Phoenix, Show Low, Meteor Crater, Winslow)
-Packing/preparing to move for college, moving into apartment in Tarzana/northwest of Hollywood
-(September thru December) Start of Smallville season 10, Getting comfortable, CCH orientation, class trip to Warner Bros/VIP Tour, first quarter of classes (pretty good academically, not so good socially)
-So it begins (My journey into the world of YouTube FULL time, as a viewer and career with my own channel)
-During this time, I discovered FilmMasterAdam, Erod the Blockbuster Buster, Doug WalkeNostalgia Critic, Blowshimselfupdude (this guy named Eric, talks about comics & movies)
-AANNNDD....of course.....GEEKVOLUTION!! (Superhero Rewind of Batman Forever. Hmmm, what's this?? Who are these guys, "Captain Logan" & his friend "Vince", talking on camera together about superheroes?? I think I really like this, I want to see more!! Subscribed!!) Plus these other guys, by association: the Real Manos, Dan Torrey, Shades at Knight...
(2011 and beyond) - Finding lots of interesting stuff and posting it on Geekvolution Facebook page...
-Counting Kryptofreaks begins...
-Charlie Sheen's mental breakdown and ranting on camera & "Friday" by Rebecca Black...

My YouTube exploration also includes politics, news, real events at this time, but interest dies down by the end of the year... 

-Series Finale of Smallville, ends 10 year run...
(Summer) - MCU kicks into high gear with Thor & CA F-A...

(December '11) Bob Seger Concert at Staples Center in L.A. 

(Summer 2012) -Thunderbird's Air Show...
^ Avengers, Amazing Spider-Man, Dark Knight Rises, Prometheus in theaters...
Trip up to San Francisco, includes Alcatraz Island & Six Flags Discovery Kingdom...
(March 2013) - Befriended by Cap (Jaymes Logan Williamson) on Facebook...
(June) -21st birthday!! -Man of Steel arrives, the big "Superman doesn't kill" arguments/in-fighting begin...
(SummeFall 2013) - Anti-social, nearly depressed, My attendance and work input at CCH severely declined. Both roommates in a row were pot smokers and made a mess, made me sick. Needed a change, had no choice but to drop out and move back home to Lake Elsinore.
(January 2014) - Start attending MSJC (Mt San Jacinto Community College in Menifee)
(Summer 2014 & Summer 2015) - Support Captain Logan and Co on their documentary 'Midwest In Panels', receive my Kickstarter package in mail, open it on camera...
(2016) - B v S happens, the big "Superman & DCEU vs MCU" arguments/in-fighting begin...
A Wikipedia page for Geekvolution is created, I join and add to it. I have become the only person who edits and updates the page. I've tried to share it often and make people aware.

(October '16) Alice Cooper Halloween Concert at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio... (November & beyond) Interest in politics, news, real events peaks again. More than ever before, in fact. In time for the brutal, contentious presidential election and aftermath. Voted for Trump, not a decision I took lightly. Had to stop Clinton at any cost. Proud of that! 

(2017) - Final class/semester (Intermediate Acting) at MSJC. I'm so done, so don't care anymore! -(June) Moody Blues Concert at Pala Casino Starlight Theater, 25th Birthday!!
-(Today) That's all folks!! Geekvolution Road ends here and now for me. I will make final updates to the Wiki page, watch a few more things and maybe share them around, for the final time. I'm stepping back, and unplugging from everything. I'm to the point of total exhaustion, intolerance, and annoyance with the whole scene. -Entertainment and fake news alike, all politicized garbage & propaganda. It's so hard to escape from it. But I did, I awoke to reality, completely. I will no longer be indoctrinated or engulfed in the mass brainwashing of Cultural Marxism & Fascist censorship.
No more financial support or attention paid to the Hollywood system, Comic Industry, Video Games, and celebrities. Nor the retarded, zombified audiences married to their electronic devises, living in virtual world's, who would never survive a day in nature. I can't be associated with all the sheep still asleep. Instead, I must join the population with which I can have an intelligent conversation about what is really going on. Yes!! I was NEVER a "card carrying Geek", just had mild interests in certain areas. Now, I'm Out!! Thanks everyone, it was okay yet frustrating while it lasted!!
-Major Transition In Progress (2018 & Beyond): Finally move the hell out of COMMIE-Fornia, over to Arizona. To live much happier and healthier. I'll prepare and train for the coming crisis (Economic Crash, Civil War, World War 3) and aftermath. -Stock up on Guns & Ammo, Gold, Food, Medicine, Communications. Learn to stand up for myself, take control, fight to support our President and the agenda. I'm stronger than ever, a patriot, about to help take our country back. If the empire falls, then it can be remade great again.
Goodbye!! End Transmission....

Disclaimer : This isn't an orignal work. It was lifted entirely from a Middleeasy article. I just put it in text format because, if you click the link, you'll realise that it's completely messed up. The headliners & the text following them are a mismatch. Also, some links are broken. Just wanted to make it easier for the readers.

Somewhere deep within an ashram in Tibet, a corner of a room has been sectioned off to pay homage to a handful of truly unique MMA fighters. We’re not talking about the obvious here. Guys like Anderson Silva, BJ Penn, Georges St. Pierre and Fedor already have their respective cult following. They no longer need our spiritual guidance. This section of the room in this undisclosed ashram is dedicated to a group of guys (and girls) that took the MMA world by the scrotum, gave it a firm yank and then raided our fridge as we all rolled around our living room floor in excruciating pain.
Only a select few deserve their own effigy constructed out of spare plywood, leftover Christmas decorations and half-empty cans of spray paint. I present to you ‘The Top Ten MMA Fighters You Should Build A Shrine To’ only at MiddleEasy.com – Because MMA is everything.
Michelle Waterson
Whatever you do, try not to let your girlfriend know Michelle Waterson exists. If you have bikini photos of her, don’t hide them in a folder on your desktop called ‘Work’. If you do have a potpourri of Michelle Waterson pics under a folder on your desktop called ‘Work’, don’t hand over your laptop to your girlfriend and disclose your Windows login password. If your girlfriend finds these photos, she will threaten to smash your laptop against a hampster cage and kick you out of her apartment. You will then have to hop on the nearest train and book a hotel for the rest of the night (everything about that story is true).
We can all agree that Michelle Waterson is beyond hot. That’s already an established fact humanity has come to accept like…the Lakers are the most dominate team in the NBA history or Kimbo Slice is already a UFC champion. It’s not even debatable. The only thing the world needs to see is more of Michelle ‘The Karate Hottie (that’s her real nickname)’ Waterson. She holds a record of 6-3 and she trains out of Greg Jackson’s camp, the same guy responsible for the equally hot Julie Kedzie (yum) and Georges St. Pierre (hot only if you’re a chick…or a Mets fan). Her last fight, she chalked up an ‘L’ to Elena Reid last April which inevitably turned out to be the hottest fight in MMA history. Before that, Waterson grabbed a ‘W’ against Tyra Parker (she’s cute too, they’re all cute).
I woke up in a frenzy this morning thinking about Michelle Waterson. If aliens landed on the White House lawn right now it still wouldn’t be as exciting as knowing that Michelle Waterson mounts other chicks in the cage…with hot pants on. If you’re still not convinced that you should raid your local Home Depot to build a shrine to Waterson, just Google her and make sure your girlfriend isn’t standing over your shoulder (double check just to make sure, trust me).
Here’s a little blueprint to get your shrine started. No, that wasn’t some sexual innuendo.

Beau Taylor
Ah man, the story of OMA. If you were alive on July 21st 2009, you probably remember waking up to the news that Kimo Leopaldo died of a heart attack in Costa Rica. TMZ picked up on the report and the New York Post quickly followed. Within a couple of hours, the entire MMA world gave their condolences to the Leopaldo family in a variety of blog posts, news articles and guys that still proclaim if Royce Gracie fought Kimo again, Royce would lose. It took Kevin Iole of Yahoo! Sports several tries to eventually get a hold of Kimo Leopaldo on the phone in which he replied with:

‘I knew I wasn’t dead, so when I was reading this I wondered if I was jinxed or something was going to happen
‘It was really strange. I was surprised at how nasty it was. I guess it wasn’t a good thing. I’ve always had strange things written about me but nothing this bizarre. I couldn’t believe it when I searched for my name and I wrote in ‘Kimo Leopoldo’ and it added the word ‘death.’’

His publicist press released a statement that Kimo was in fact not dead, but just sleeping. The next day, dude even held his very own ‘Look people, I’m alive’ press conference.
And the guy behind it? Undefeated mixed martial artist Beau ‘One Man Army ™’ Taylor. Hold up, it gets even more bizarre.
Shortly after the incident happened, Beau Taylor spoke with TheSmokingGun.com about how he duped the entire MMA world. Everyone needs to read this TSG report in its entirety because it will be the funniest thing you will read today (regardless of current time or location).

JULY 22–The fabricated claim yesterday about the purported death of a former Ultimate Fighting Championship star was the handiwork of a self-described “Internet troll” with a “weird mind.” Beau Taylor, a 31-year-old Oklahoma man, created a thread on a popular mixed martial arts (MMA) web site reporting that Kimo Leopoldo had died in Costa Rica of a heart attack. Taylor told TSG that he selected Leopoldo as the subject of the hoax in light of the fighter’s arrest earlier this year on drug charges. “I thought it would be a good fit,” said Taylor. The fabricated account of Leopoldo’s death leapt beyond MMA web sites and bulletin boards when TMZ.com reported yesterday afternoon that it had “confirmed” the 41-year-old athlete’s demise (this confirmation was presumably delivered by one of the gossip site’s paid sources). The erroneous story was later yanked from the site, which is now batting .500 on recent death exclusives. For his part, Taylor’s eventful week has also included a public intoxication arrest. He was busted early Sunday morning after security officers at a shopping center found him passed out in his car with the engine running, with “an open container of beer in the center console,” according to a Tulsa Police Department report. Cops noted that Taylor reeked of alcohol and had difficulty standing. “Taylor said that he had left his house intoxicated in order to buy cigarettes,” noted cops, who reported that Taylor said he had consumed three glasses of wine and six beers. Asked about his beaming mug shot, seen below, Taylor spoke of trying to strike the right booking photo balance: “You know, I didn’t want to look like Nick Nolte,” he said. “Or that I was too happy to be arrested.”

For his antics, Beau Taylor was banned from The UG (the forum in which he created the hoax) but his account was later reinstated just for the sheer rawesomeness of his trolling ability. OMA even created a parody of Kimo Leopaldo’s press conference where he claimed Kimo was still deceased and the previous Kimo press conference was just a hoax. Besides becoming an internet legend over night, OMA also claims he is the World Champion of the American Southwest (dude does have a belt) and is currently recovering from an injury that has sidelined him for much of 2009. You can find Oma/Beau Taylor still doing his thing on The UG to this day. Have fun with that.

Din Thomas
Raise your hand if you’ve operated an unsanctioned, underground fight club entirely in your gym in Palm Springs, Florida. If your name isn’t Din Thomas then you should slap yourself in the face and give me everything in your kitchen (including that six-pack you bought for this weekend). Din Thomas is the friggin man. I know that expression is used more than ‘Machida is elusive’, but it’s true. Din Thomas is the friggin man. Who else has a DVD where they teach you 1,001 submissions in a 52 volume set. I bet you didn’t even know the human body was capable of 1,001 submissions (it’s cool, I didn’t either). When Chris Brown was accused of assaulting Rhianna earlier this year, Din Thomas got on the mic after his win over Gabe Lemey and called out Chris Brown. Dude announced in front of an audience of drunk fans that it was wrong to beat chicks and if Rhianna ever needed his assistance, he would readily be available. See, I told you Din Thomas is truly the friggin man.
We ran into Din when we covered The Ultimate Chaos, we even took pictures of him in his undies. His opponent was supposed to be Javier Vasquez but due to some incompetent confusion, he wasn’t allowed to fight (matter of fact, no one really knows exactly what happened). But let’s get back to the underground fight club Din Thomas operated in his gym in Florida…
Din Thomas constructed a full size UFC octagon at his American Top Team gym and charged admission to a crowd of over 150 heads. Din Thomas was later arrested and managed to post a $10,000 bail to be released from prison.
Shine Fights has signed Din Thomas to an exclusive contract along with the former WBC and WBA welterweight champion, Ricardo Mayorga. When Din got word of Mayorga’s signing he issued the following statement:

”Ricardo Mayorga just signed to fight in Shine. I think he is afraid of me. If he does accept the fight I will put him into retirement and send him back to his fruit stand in Nicaragua. He will be wearing a straw hat, smoking cigarettes, and selling bananas once and for all. This is MMA and I will beat him standing or on the ground. I will let him pick how he wants to lose his first MMA fight.”

Dude got his wish. Shine Fights has slated Ricardo Mayorga’s first MMA bout to be against the same guy who defeated Clay Guida, Matt Serra, Rich Clementi and Jens Pulver. Good luck Ricardo.

Koji Oishi
Out of the many people that have crossed Nick Diaz’s path (in or out of a hospital in Las Vegas), Koji Oishi definitely gets the award for being the most desperately inventive. Dude had a plan unlike any MMA fighter out there. He was a visionary. Koji Oishi was ahead of his time. If we went back 300 million years, Koji Oishi would be that one fish who tried to walk on the beach but failed miserably and died of suffocation. Charles Darwin would have been proud of Koji Oishi. To avoid getting punched in the face, most MMA fighters would either dodge or block with their forearms. Not Koji Oishi. In fact, if Oishi got a hold of your gameplan he would urinate on it and right hook it into the ground.
Koji Oishi gave the saying ‘a good defense is a strong offensive’ an entirely new meaning. On June 4th 2005, Oishi’s trainer convinced him to execute the most awkward and impossible defense in UFC history. Instead of blocking and dodging strikes, Koji Oishi was instructed to intercept Nick Diaz’s fist with his own. Koji Oishi believed that if he were to punch Nick Diaz’s fist as Diaz threw a strike at him, he would create enough force to break Diaz’s hand. We’re serious.

Bobby Green
On January 24th 2009, the world was introduced to a guy from Riverside Submission Camacho MMA team that had an impressive record of 7-1 (with all eight fights occurring in 2008). On two weeks notice he made his PPV debut on one the biggest cards of 2009: ‘Affliction: Day of Reckoning” (RIP). While you were contracting a staph infection from training your Brazilian jiu-jitsu, Bobby Green was busy thwarting gang turf wars with his fighting style. The fact that Bobby Green’s fighting style is categorized as: “Hood” should be enough for you to sacrifice a few goats in his honor.
Just before Bobby Green walked out to the ring, dude was so preoccupied with jumping in the stands and dancing amongst the crowd that he missed his walk-out cue. Affliction ended up announcing his name before his intro video was shown on the monitors at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. Bobby hopped down from the stands, ran back-stage to redo his entrance but it was too late. Everyone was going nuts and Bobby Green had already premature ejaculated his entrance. It’s ok, we’ve all done it before.
Once Bobby Green’s bout with Dan Lauzon ensued, we all realized what fighting style: ‘Hood’ entailed. Essentially it meant kicking a guy in the testicles three times in the first round. Big John wasn’t officiating the fight but he said the first groin shot didn’t even land but the other two were fair game. After the first testicle punt, Bobby Green rested on the ropes, looked at the crowd and the camera caught Green saying ‘Oh sh__ it’s Oscar De La Hoya…and Donald Trump’.
Unfortunately ‘Hood’ couldn’t keep Bobby from being submitted by Joe Lauzon’s brother. With five seconds left in the first round, Bobby was caught with a rear-naked-choke that forced him to tapout. Bummer. Dude still pocketed a cool $4,000 which he probably used to further improve his ‘hood technique’ (compared to Andrei Arlovski who made $1,500,000 for not listening to Freddie Roach’s gameplan).

Charles 'Krazy Horse' Bennett
Krazy Horse is better than your favorite MMA fighter. Alright, maybe not better but astronomically more entertaining. If the entire MMA world were condensed to Marvel comic cliches, dude would undoubtedly be Deadpool. Damn, that was pretty friggin nerdy. I hope that chick I met at [insert name of Gentleman’s club I was too drunk too remember] didn’t just read that. If a place is called a ‘Gentleman’s Club’, it really just means that you’re going to be searched at the door and charged $15 for a Bud Light. Watching Krazy Horse’s old Pride Bushido fights is stuff of legends. Dude plays to the camera, loves his audience and is known to never train prior to any MMA match. 21 of his 40 fights have occurred at King of the Cage so it’s safe to say he’s like a demigod over there. His knockout of KJ Noons (and subsequent freakishly high back-flip) at EliteXC earned him a spot on CagePotato’s Eight Most Insane Victory Celebrations of All Time. In an interview with MMAJunkie (via Fightlinker), Krazy Horse says that he had to change his name to ‘Kid Khaos’ in order to calm his image and be a role model.

Long known as one of the more unusual – and, at times, skilled – fighters in MMA, Bennett is looking to reinvent his character. He’s a father now, he says, so he needs to be a role model.
He’s training, committing himself to the sport, cleaning up his image and hopefully heading into the best part of his career….That includes a move from Krazy Horse (and all that character entails) to Kid Khaos, who, despite the name, is meant to be calmer and more controlled than his former incarnation.

Yeah, we didn’t think it made sense either which, of course, makes it exponentially better. If Krazy Horse isn’t one of your favorite fighters, then you’re just lying to yourself.
Looking up Krazy Horse’s arrest record is like opening up one of those little Russian Matryoshka dolls. Every account of Krazy Horse being arrested usually has ‘again’ in the title. As of June 27th 2007, Krazy Horse has amassed a collection of twenty separate mugshots. We’re not sure whether Krazy Horse immediately stopped doing illegal activity in 2007 or perhaps he just stopped getting caught. Maybe this Kid Khaos transformation is working after all. But before you start building your shrine to Krazy Horse, you need to check out this video of him rushing Cristiano Marcello, a member of the Chutebox Academy, after an entire evening of ragging on Wanderlei Silva. Dude gets some good blows in but Marcello eventually triangle chokes Krazy Horse into the next dimension.

Harold Howard
Harold Howard lived in a different time. If this were the 1400s, dude would be pillaging villages and sloppily drinking wine from the skulls of lions. The general population just couldn’t fully understand Harold Howard. He was too raw for his own good. On December 22th 2009, Harold Howard intentionally drove his flatbed truck directly through the entrance of the Fallsview Casino in Niagara Falls, Canada. Police have now charged Harold with two counts of attempted murder, two counts of assault with a weapon, attempted break and enter, fail to remain, flight from police, dangerous operation of a motor vehicle, mischief and two counts of breach of recognizance. Dude racked up 11 charges in one nutty vehicular escapade (luckily nobody was severely injured or killed).
People shouldn’t be surprised at this behavior. Back in 1994, Harold Howard issued a general warning to anyone that dare venture in his vicinity: ‘If you’re coming on, then come on!‘ (but be sure to take off your sunglasses before you do).
But let’s get to the meat of exactly why Harold Howard is ranked number four on our Top Ten MMA Fighters You Should Build A Shrine To. It’s not his 2-3 career MMA record and it’s not the fact that he was ‘technically’ the first person to beat Royce Gracie. It’s because of the friggin scissor kick that refuses to go away after over 15 years of endlessly being replayed. In the UFC 3 finals, a fresh Steve Jennum replaced the worn and highly discouraged Ken Shamrock. Apparently Ken wanted to avenge his UFC 1 loss to Royce but upon hearing the news that Royce’s corner actually threw in the towel at the beginning of his Harold Howard bout (due to exhaustion from fighting Kimo Leopaldo), Ken Shamrock decided to drop out of the UFC 3 tournament.
To open up his final UFC 3 match against Scott Jennum, Harold decided to do something that has still puzzled virtually everyone who has ever watched the footage. In short, Harold does a scissor kick that completely misses his opponent. Realistically, if he would have landed the kick, the damage would have been minimal and left Howard vulnerable on his back. Maybe he was just in the moment or just ecstatic that he made it so far in the tournament. Whatever inspired Harold to execute this infamous scissor kick has inspired a new generation to basically bite and perfect Harold’s style.
And of course Tom Lawlor’s UFC Fight Night 20 weigh-in entrance where he pulled off the scissor kick garbed in authentic Harold Howard regalia.

Lee Murray
Jason Statham is like a substitute teacher version of Lightning Lee Murray. In 2006, dude kidnapped a bank manager and forced his way into what was supposed to be a high-security bank. Not like Bank of America or Well’s Fargo…we’re talking about the ones that have red lasers everywhere and can only be penetrated by Catherine Zeta Jones doing backflips in tight spandex. This bank was like one of those you would see in a cartoon with a 600lb diamond guarded by Elmer Fudd. Apparently, they hired Warner Bros security because Murray, along with a few of his buds robbed the bank of $96,000,000.00. $96,000,000.00! The dude must have been drinking whatever Bernard Madoff had that morning. It was the biggest bank heist in history. After knocking off the bank, the dude fled to Morocco and claimed citizenship because his father was born there. Authorities couldn’t do a single thing about it. Dude just masterminded and got away with just about enough money to satisfy my ex-girlfriend. He was enjoying a ballerish lifestyle until the police arrested him for having bricks of cocaine in his pad which (probably) broke local laws. Note to anyone stealing $96,000,000.00…try not to give a reason for the police to arrest you and take your loot. Don’t trespass, look both ways when you cross the street and try not to litter. The cops recovered all but $50,000,000.00 of his bank heist profits (which is practically like not recovering any) and threw him in jail. Lee Murray was somehow was released from prison on the claims that he was ‘a citizen of Morrocco’. What? That makes about as much sense as Clay Guida pretending to be human. We’re assuming the dude threw some cash their way and, as you read this, he’s sipping dirty martinis on a bear skin rug in his villa. War Lee Murary.
Now the director of Pi, Requiem for a Dream, The Fountain and The Wrestler is slated to direct a movie based on Lee Murray’s life. Besides the above mentioned rawesomeness, Murrary also had open heart surgery that took seven hours to complete. Dude had no heart for seven hours. Of course this was due to a knife puncturing his left lung, coming out the other side and lodging right into his heart. Oh, and on top of all that…he was knifed twice in the head on a separate incident and survived. Breaking news, the role of Lee Murray is going to be played by Shia Labeouf. Just kidding, let’s not let ‘suck’ enter this movie.

Walid Ismail
You can’t call yourself a true MMA fan if you’re not familiar with Wallid Ismail and his beef with Ryan Gracie which has perhaps given the MMA world the greatest sound bite ever. In a time when the Gracies were running things in the jiu-jitsu game, Wallid Ismail stepped up and defeated Royce Gracie, Ralph Gracie and Renzo Gracie. Then in 1999, the feud began. In November of 1999, Ryan Gracie agreed to fight Wallid Ismail in WEC on Janurary 2000 so he moved to New York to train with Renzo Gracie. Wallid Ismail had to pull out of the fight because he was on the verge of signing off on another fight with Pride FC sometime early in 2000. The Pride FC contract fell through and Wallid signed on to the WEC fight with only six weeks notice but Ryan Gracie suddenly dropped out of their bout. In December of 1999, both fighters unexpectedly met at PePe beach and nearly scrapped on the sand and a few days later Ryan came to Wallid Ismail’s gym to confront him. Dude constantly reached into his fanny pack (yeah, 10 years ago people still rocked fanny packs) and threatened to pull a gun on Wallid (later it was discovered dude didn’t have a gun in his fanny pack). Wallid Ismail backed down and Ryan Gracie eventually left the gym.
On October 2000, Wallid Ismail and Ryan Gracie crossed paths at the after party for the Bad Boy fashion show in Brazil. The reports are a little cloudy, but the general consensus is that Ryan Gracie and a few dudes snuck up on Wallid Ismail and caught him off guard. Wallid’s boys eventually jumped in and the fight ended with Wallid Ismail guillotine choking Ryan Gracie.
The next year, Wallid Ismail and Ryan Gracie agreed to fight on a WEC card that was planned for April 2001. Everything was good until Ryan Gracie was arrested after stabbing a man in a bar fight in February, needless to say…he dropped out again from the Wallid Ismail fight. Unfortunately, Ryan Gracie died in a jail cell in Brazil from an apparent overdose so the MMA world will never get to see an official Wallid Ismail vs. Ryan Gracie showdown (one that didn’t happen in a bar at least).
However, we are blessed with two of the greatest interviews of all time…both of which belong to Wallid Ismail. If you’re drinking milk, be warned that it will immediately eject out of your nose after listening to these interviews.
If your neck hasn’t exploded in laughter at the previous interview, check out Stephen Quadros bringing up the one name that is guaranteed to get Ismail heated. Got to love it.

Genki Sudo
However cool you think you are, Genki Sudo has exceeded everything you’ve ever accomplished in your life and he did it with a synchronized team of Japanese dancers riding shotgun. Genki Sudo is the living embodiment of everything you’ve ever wanted to accomplish in your life manifested in the body of a 16-4-1 fighter. Genki has only been stopped once in his career and it was by the stand-up of Kid Yamamoto. That was back when Kid was pound for pound the best in MMA, since he left his wife…dude can’t get a win.
Genki Sudo retired at the age of twenty-seven solely because he wanted to transition to the 4th dimension. Genki said that he was finished fighting in the 3rd dimension and his next ‘fight’ would take place on a mental/spiritual plane in the 4th dimension. However, Genki stated that he would have to reside in the 3.5th dimension in order to effectively get his message across. His message is simply: We are all one.
It’s actually not as simple as you may think. In his documentary, Genki Sudo breaks down his message and says that we all exist in exactly the same moment. The perception of past and future is merely an illusion. If one makes too many plans in the future, a portion of their present ‘self’ is lost in an unobtainable moment. Of course, if one chooses to focus on their past ‘self’, their present ‘self’ will never be fully realized. Genki stresses living in the moment and to rely as little as possible on material objects. In fact, the physical world prevents Genki Sudo from fully transitioning into the 4th dimension.
Genki has said his greatest accomplishment in MMA was his K-1 – Premium Dynamite!! submission of Butterbean back in 2003. Despite being outweighed by 260lbs, Genki managed to dive in Butterbean’s general direction and grab a heel hook only forty-one seconds in the second round.
Call him the ‘Neo-Samurai’ or the the ‘Transforming Trickster’, Genki Sudo is by far the most shrine worthy person who has ever graced the MMA world. He’s the author of eight philosophy books and even manages his own amateur baseball league for players over thirty. Genki Sudo also has a role in the pseudo sci-fi film entitled ‘The R246 Story‘ and that is why you should raid your garage for spare materials to construct a shrine for Genki Sudo.
Check out the first part of Genki Sudo’s documentary just because I love all of you so much. We are truly one.

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Questions	Answers
Are you hiring? I'd love to move to Canada.	Absolutely, We are looking for several positions and if you are sincerely looking for a job, message me :)
Does being a Casino Manager makes you keep your distance from gambling?	AMAZING question, It actually makes it worse. I had never gambled a day in my life until I took that position. It is the same across the board. Never met another manager that doesnt gamble.
Will you quit this job if you had given the choice?	I could not ask for a better job. Excitement every single day. Learing to control personal demons such as gambling and alcohol is always a fighting battle given the situation.
You are 100% right. U of Waterloo in Ontario conducted a study and they concluded that "casino employees exhibited rates of problem gambling that were over three times greater than rates that past studies have found in Ontario’s general population." -Link to uwspace.uwaterloo.ca.	I know my stuff ;). It's a weird feeling.
What do you play, and wht stakes do you play ? Also.. Does your entire salary go straight back to the casino after payday?	I like to play 1$ slots and blackjack for the most part. On blackjack my average bet is probably 60-75$. My salary does go back, but a portion of it does. I am pretty good at controlling myself, gets better by the year.
How is your daily routine in the casino?Do you get any perks?	They pay my cell phone bill. I get paid any expenses you could imagine. I get free tickets and merchandise all the time. Golf passes dinners etc.
Have you ever caught someone counting in blackjack?	Several times. With the security features we use, shuffle machines and cutting off 2-3 decks from the back, it's nearly impossible. Hell we will even teach you how to do it if you'll stay a while ;)
How did you get into the Casino business?	I applied to become a dealer, years ago. I just worked my way up. Its an amazing business.
Ever had somebody die on your floor? Or at least horribly injured?	Yes 2 people have died, one from a massive stroke, and another from a heart attack. We have had at least 25 heart attacks since I have worked there.
Do heart attacks happen more often when people win big or lose big?	There has never been a direct correlation between winning/losing big and our patrons having heart attacks.
Interesting. Thanks for the response.	Anytime :) I cant believe the responses already!
Statistically, you have the best chance of surviving a heart attack in a casino. The average response time drops from like 15 minutes in your home to something absurd like 30 seconds.	We are very quick to react. This and we have first aid training as well as AED on site.
What the highest single bet you have witnessed?	Here in Alberta, the maximum per spot on blackjack is 1000. I did witness a total table wager( by one player) Of 15,000. This was after he split 6 times and doubled once. He won evry wager on that hand.
Whats the luckiest person/win streak you have seen? (Not just 1 win but someone winning for a while or doing something crazy and it working)	I watched someone win 24,000 on a slot machine. I reset his machine and he won 24,000 the next spin. I had the machine investigated by AGLC and all was well. He was 80 so I don't think he could cheat. Lol.
Do Casino's pump high levels of oxygen into the gambling areas, if so is that allowed? Have you ever caught anyone having sex or masturbating in the Casino? Do the Slot Machines ever get tampered with by cheaters? What is the penalty for tampering with slot machines?	No we do not pump oxygen into the casino, It is not allowed. I had to fire an employee for masturbating in the customer bathrooms. Slots are rarely successfully tampered with, but it does happen quite often. The penalty is a fine and up to jail time. You can get in a LOT of trouble for trying something that is nearly impossible, like cheating a slot machine No problem :)
How...did you catch the guy spanking it? I fear to know yet I must ask for I can't think of a logical, sane way you caught the dude.	I walked in to the washroom to check on the status of the last cleaning, and I caught him beating it with the stall door open... he forgot to lock it. was very obvious and he didnt even try to deny it.
Nobody forgets to lock the door when they are wanging it.	He was off shift in 45 mins too... just couldnt wait.
It isn't illegal, what can the casinos do?	We reserve the right to remove any patron at any time for any reason.
Do you still have to cash their chips if you kick them out?	If they did not steal them, then Absolutely.
What is the best and worst part of your job?	The best is seeing a person win big. The worst is seeing someone leaving in tears and me knowing they are broke and have kids.
Have you ever cut someone a break?	Several times.
You've seen everything, have you seen Casino with Robert DeNiro in it and how accurate is that film?	I have seen it, and I have yet to see a movie that ACTUALLY portrays a real casino whatsoever.
Most movies don't portray anything realistically.	Good point. Casinos seem to be reallly far off though.
What about Croupier with Clive Owen.. good film..	Cant say ive seen it. Will watch.
What's the most desperate attempt to cheat in a casino you have ever seen?	A guy in the middle of a hand, did not agree with the way a dealer "flipped" their hole card so he took his bets off the table (approx 1400$) and tried to pocket them before we could count what he had bet. He then tried to replace his bets after we asked with about 800$. It was very very easy to catch the amount that was originally on there. Cameras/pit boss/dealer all agreed to the exact amount. He was later found trying to cash out $600 in chips (after losing) lol.
That actually sounds pretty clever. He should have just gone for a smaller amount though.	It wasnt bad. But he was on a high limit table with a lot of people watching
Any pranks you or your employees pulled?	Yup, I am known as the prankster. I like to send new employees looking for left handed roulette balls or polish for the blackjack shoes. After they waste an hour or so I tell them. And they are laughed at by patrons and employees. Its all in good fun. Never had a complaint.
What happens to a cheater once you found them out? Is it just a case of the cops getting called straight away?	I review the situation, and If I deem it cheating, a review is sent to AGLC and the patrons information gathered along with a police investigation. They will be prosecuted.
Do you catch cheaters? What were some cleveinvolved cheating schemes?	I have caught cheaters, almost always at blackjack and threecard poker. The most common way they cheat is called "pressing". Having a partner distract the dealer for a second while they use slight of hand to add chips. Some people are very good at this, so good its tough to see on camera even.
To be clear.. what they do is when they have a good hand, someone distracts the dealer and the guy with the good hand attempts to increase his bet? What do you do when you catch something like that?	We ban them Immediately. And other casinos recieve the memo an do the same.
Have you ever caught prostitution going on in the casino? What is the process of banning someone? Do they get put into a system? Do you have a banned wall?	Yes we catch dirty prostitutes all the time. The ban process is easy. We take what info we have on them, take a recent photo from a surveillance screenshot and then post it to the banned wall :)
How is the security in the casino? Edit: no i'm not planning a robbery...	The guards are pretty well trained. Also we have over 200 cameras. You are on camera within 1 KM of the casino. Also, all doors locked with special proxy cards that only have access to certain rooms, depending on position.
ONE KILOMETER? Are you kidding me? This is very secure, oh my.	Cant tell if sarcasm. Detector is broken.
No sarcasm. This blows my mind. I always thought you guys have over the top security, but such a radius around your casino is mind blowing :). Great AMA btw, thanks for your time!	I love the response im getting! This is awesome!
What is the process in working your way up from dealer to casino manager? How long did it take, what kind of background did you have prior to becoming a dealer? Also did you have to take any classes or anything like that either at an outside school or a company school to teach you all the ins and outs of the job? Did you ever think you'd be doing this or just sort of fall into it? What kind of responsibilities do you hold? I saw in your other posts that you mention throwing out people masturbating on the clock, helping people with gambling addictions and catching cheaters, but what is an everyday entail for you? I imagine you have to be a man with many hats (VIP guest liaison, worker ally, eyes for the bosses etc) Also last question I swear, what do you think of organized cheaters and the exposure they are getting such as Bringing Down the House/21 or the History Channel show on Breaking Vegas?	It took me 4 years to get where I am. Went from dealer to pit boss to pit supervisor to games manager. I haven't taken any special courses really. Some training sessions but that's about it. You need to have the gift they say. As for responsibilities. I am in charge of running every department when I am on shift. And I am in charge of all the money. The movies have not done anything except make us money. People come in all the time thinking they will count cards and win, and we smash them.
In my expeirence, the 'Summon Technician' button rarely works. Thoughts?	In my casino, it is attended to immediately. We are the only casino that I am aware of that does this.
Are employees allowed to gamble in the casino where they work? Or is just the manager that is allowed - I noticed you say you gamble off the clock. I live in England and am sure this is against nearly all casino policy.	Only waitresses and guest services may gamble in our casino. No gaming worker is allowed to gamble in their own casino in alberta.
Any moral qualms sometimes?	Never, Its a persons choice on what the wish to gamble.
Give it a few more years.	I've got over that a long time ago. During my dealing days.
a follow up, sorry for that.. How do your co-workers react to yout gambling, does this make it awkward in any way?	Actually, I tend to go to different casinos with my co-workers, awkwardness is never an issue.
Since you know a lot about security and cheating, do you know any loopholes in your or any other casino?	Our casino is very secure. Some of the other casinos on the other hand..
For example?	That I can't really disclose. Although. It's quite funny which one is the worst. I will leave it at that. I'm sure that comment alone will help some people.
Many years ago my mom had a gambling addiction. We werent sure how severe it was, we just thought she would go to the casino and have some fun and risk $200 or so. The casino hooked her in with the whole VIP treatment and rewards as an incentive to come back. One weekend she lost all her life savings ($300,000) It impacted our family a lot, as we were pretty much broke after she lost all our money. Even to this day we havent recovered, i missed out on college to work instead and been on my own since. My mom whos supposed to be close to retirement age is still working to support herself. I know casinos are for entertainment, but more often than not stories like this happen. How do you feel when a family is affected deeply because of gambling problems?	Honestly that is the only hard part of the job. But after the years, I've become mostly desensitized to it.
Have you ever seen Ocean's Eleven? Did you just laugh and laugh and laugh?	Not a fan of those movies :(
Have you ever been to Montecarlo? Do you think there are many differences between the european casino scene and the US/Canadian scene?	Never been to Montecarlo, but from everything I have learned about it, It is very similar to our casinos in Canada (barring a few different table games). They have a lot of the same slot machines and their security is VERY high.
So, do you get hookers?	Not once in my life.
Is there a certain amount of time that people are allowed to gamble before some sort of intervention takes place? (e.g. can't gamble for more than 24 hours straight, etc.)	Our casino is only open for 17 hours at a time maximum. That is the law in this province. But under certain circumstances, we do offer help to people we notice becoming chronic gamblers.
What Kind of help do you offer out of interest? I get that the human factor is probably the reason its offered as the business side must actually like chronic gamblers.	We offer councelling (not directly, but sources) and different programs such as VSE. VSE= Voluntary Self Exclusion. You will be excluded from gaming in ALL of Alberta. If caught in gaming facilities you can be arrested.
Favorite Ice cream flavor?	Vanilla for the most part. Although I do like neopalitan.
Have you ever caught your employees stealing chips? Edit: i cant spell.	I try to hire employees that I trust with the chips so that I dont have to worry about them. It has never happened to my knowledge.
You mentioned that you try to hire employees that are trustworthy with the chips etc. Do you have to run any criminal history checks, bankruptcy checks etc before you hire people? Do you use continuous shuffle machines to deal blackjack or do you deal from a shoe? If from a shoe, how many decks? How do you combat card counters? What is the food chain like? Here we have Dealers < Floor managers < Pit Bosses < Duty managers < Casino manager. Where do you fit in? How do the high rollers rooms work? Can someone walk in and flash cash to get in or do you need to gamble a certain amount first? What perks do high rollers get?	Yes background checks and credit checks are run on ALL employees. We offer both continuous shuffles and shoes We use 8 decks and cut 3 off the back, as well as use a shoe cover. Very hard to count cards like that. In our casino I would be considered 2nd in line. High rollers are treated very well. Comped tabs etc. free trips to shows and all that jazz.
Have you ever seen a man eat his own head?	Nope!
Ever seen a card cheat get his hand smashed by a ballpeen hammer ?	Never had to use violence for a cheating patron. Drunk patrons on the other hand....
Great AMA! You answer almost everything!	Thanks! I try to answer everything, I know i miss stuff but you guys comments lots! hard to keep up!
Here's my question: How do your responsibilities differ from a Pit Boss? Are you in charge of the food and alcohol people, too? How much time per shift do you spend on the floor and how much time do you spend interacting with individual guests?	I am in charge of all departments when I am on shift. Pit boss is strictly in charge of the pit. I am always on the gaming floor interacting with guests. Its the best part of my job :)
Any suicides? I live near Niagara Falls and we hear stories all the time of people who blow it all in the casinos and take a dive over the falls.	Yes unfortunately. :(
Are you from Edmonton by chance? If so care to comment why CH is still allowed to play in the poker rooms after being caught ripping off casinos with his bad beat scam?	Not from edmonton, but I do know who you are talking about. It is the discretion of the casinos. He should be banned but they have failed to file charges.
They are still aware of what he did and as a pretty frequent player it sort of sucks having to sit at a table with someone you know was using dealers to set up bad beats....	You play at yellowhead?
How does the casino decide what background music to play? do you hate those songs now?	I ususally pick it. I pick it depending on the majority of the crowd. (old people = classic rock, young people = new music.) We have lots of playlists it doesnt really get too bad.
I notice a lot of times my favorite slot machines are removed from the floor and never to be seen again. Do you guys store them in a basement or sell them to other casinos? Recycle them for parts?	Machines are regulated by AGLC, they send us new ones and take old every week.
How long does training for croupier last? Are there opportunities for college students?	Training is usually a month long. Its easier to get a job as a dealer if you are young. Young people seem to learn a lot easier.
What is the longest you've seen a customer play a machine? Any 24-hour slot machine marathons?	Open to close 4 days in a row. (17 hours a day)
What is your coin-in on an average Saturday night? Biggest New Year's Eve coin-in you can remember? What's the average toke rate?	Over 1.5 million. Best tip rate for a week was 30 ish.
How much do you make? What's your educational background? Edit: saw that you can't answer how much you make. So how'd you get into the job?	I walked in an applied for dealer. They loved my attitude and hired me on the spot.
So you were hired as a dealer and then moved up in the ranks? Sounds like a sweet job and a managerial position involving actual job duties.	Absolutely.
Just curious (and maybe you don't know)-- how exactly is the software sold for the newer digital games? Order "Three of Game A, three of game B" and remain stuck with it? Order them configured one way, but the software can be replaced for a token sum? If so, is it an in-house operation, or a "vendor service has to be called? They can load any firmware specced as compatible with the box? I notice there's always one or two machines in a bank of (physically) equivalent units which have an unpopular game (like the one which starts belting out Dean Martin songs at 600 decibels in attract mode) so they sit relatively unused, but they never change them. Is it laziness, cost, or technical limits?	I dont deal with the digital games sorry!
The Ontario Lottery Corporation is in the process of rolling out an online casino. From an industry persepective, what are your views on online casinos? Is the software designed to give you gains but take back once you win-loss ratio is too high?	Online casinos (legit ones) Run by pretty much the same stats as a real casino. Same odds of winning almost exactly.
Can you see why kids love Cinnamon Toast Crunch?	Its magically delicious, or wait.. damn lucky charms
What's a good starting job to get at a casino that will eventually get you into a managing position?	Dealer is the absolute best.
Thanks for the swift response.	No problem.
Just in case you are still answering at all...what's te stupidest/seemingly impossible thing you've seen/heard of a dealer doing? Most awesome/badass?	I had a dealer deal a full table of blackjack entirely fucking backwards. I almost pissed myself no joke.
If some patron is winning a lot of money, would you kick them out? Say for instance a guy is playing Blackjack and went from 1000 dollars to 100000 dollars and wants to continue playing. He is literally just owning the table winning 9/10 hands. Would you kick this guy out or let him keep playing?	Nope, its good in house advertising to have big winners :)
Not sure if this was asked already, but is there really oxygen pumped into the casinos like people say there is? Or is it just the shiny lights and excitement that will keep you going all night?	No oxygen pumped in. Its the lights and atmosphere.
What was the most someone won in one night?	1.1 million dollars.
If I were looking to move to Vegas, how difficult do you think it'd be to get a decent paying job working in the casinos? I have a friend who moved there and is looking for a roommate, but I'm nervous about taking the step without a job lined up.	As long as you have a good head on your shoulders and the motivation, its pretty easy to get into the business.
What''s your salary roughly?	Thats actually the only thing im not willing to disclose. Sorry pal.
Who is your favorite porn star?	Hootie McBoob.
Do casinos usually offer part-time jobs as croupiers?	Always have part time positions open. Especially for weekends.
I saw that you didn't like Ocean's Eleven, but how did the guys get all those hooker flyers into the vault?	Lol your guess is as good as mine ;)
1) How's the pay? 2) You already mentioned that you worked your way up from a dealer. Is there much higher that you can go? 3) How has the economic downturn affected business?	The pay is great You can go to managing a whole casino, given time Business has actually gone up. Alberta isnt very effected by it.
How often do you feel like De Niro?	Every day.
Are there or have there been times when you know someone is cheating or doing something "unethical" but you just can't get the evidence? If so, do they still frequent the casino? do you feel like they do it on purpose to piss you (the casino) off because they know that you know?	I dont need evidence, if someone is suspected of cheating they are gone. AGLC backs us 100%
I live in vegas and recently a guy robbed a casino and stole like 100k of chips, whats the process of making sure he isnt able to cash those chips in. (He was wearing a mask) So does the casinos like remake all new chips or what?	We track our 100$ chips very carefully. when people cashout 100 or more, we know about it. If we dont see them playing, we watch that person closely.
What is the best way to get a room comped for a weekend (I always seem to get Sun-Thur offers)? What is the average bet / hours required of play (assuming black jack)? Is it true you should expect 30% of your losses returned in the form of comps?	I wouldnt count on getting 30%, maybe 5-10%. Average bet should be about 50-60$
Lots of questions have come up about players cheating, but what about the house? I know people who have seen casinos get busted for rigging games. I have certainly played at blackjack tables where the dealers seemed to have an uncanny ability to predict hands, I even once had a dealer reveal a blackjack without using the little peek thing. Dealt, asked for insurance (with great intensity), told us we should have taken the hint and flipper her card. Have you seen any cheating by the house or have any reason to think it happens?	Never have I seen cheating by the house. I guarantee it doesnt happen in any legit casino in Canada. There are inspectors at all times. I truly believe that it doesnt happen. As a dealer myself I could "predict" my handsquite often. Because you do it so many times in one day you are bound to get it right.
How many bones have you witnessed being broken? or families ruined because of gambling everything away? a lot or a ton?	Maybe 5 broken bones, probably 50 families :(
Have you ever felt the need to tell some poor old folks: "Take your welfare checks home." ?	Nope, they usually play small just to pass the time. They are very nice.
How prevalent is patron on patron theft? For example, leaning over and grabbing a few of someone else's chips while they're not looking, or tapping their stack with a drink (which happens to have tape on the bottom) or things like that?	Doesn't happen very often chip wise. But it does happen if people leave credits in a machine, drop money on the ground, or leave money in an ATM. We will hunt the patron down and force them to pay back the money.
Why do Asians gamble so much and where the hell do they get all of that money?	I dont want to speculate where they get it..
What would be the best way to go about robbing a casino?	Not trying ;). No one gets away.
What do you do with underage kids or kids with fake IDs? do they ever show up?	Kick them out and file a report. If they have fake ID, file it with the police.
I went to the casino for my first time last week. Slots are boring as shit. Do you recommend a black jack guide to get the hang of things? Thanks.	Always good to go in knowing basic strategy. check out wizardofodds.com.
How much do you earn on average yearly?	Cant disclose that :(
What's your take on Scorsese's 1995 "Casino"? :D:D.	Would watch again.
Did you read the novels by Mario Puzo about the inner workings of a casino? Would you say that they are accurate?	Not yet, in process.
What's your favorite Canadian province besides Alberta?	Ontario.
My question is why did you use a combination of Photoshop and real-life obfuscation for your badge? Carefully torn and placed pieces of pink and black tape, then some kind of 1990s-era Photoshop airbrushing around the perimeter...	I was looking for something quick. And I never really used a site like this. I know, I suck.
What are your thoughts on the Martingale method of gambling on Red/Black in Roulette? I have had moderate success waiting for a run of 4 of one colour, then betting $25 on the opposite colour, then doubling each time until I win.	Its a very bad system for the most part. you risk a lot to win a little.
How often do customers claim the dealer misheard/misinterpreted what they said to do? E.g.. the customer was playing blackjack, didn't want to hit, but the dealer misheard them and dealed them a card, which caused them to bust.	5 times a day at least. I usually give them the benefit of the doubt.
Are there any games that people can beat long run other than bj?	You can't beat BJ in the long run. There is no way to make money.
Since Counting cards isn't illegal, if you catch someone do you still black ball them and tell all the other casinos?	No. Unless they actually cheat, they aren't black balled.
What is the craziest thing you've seen?	I answered this a little further down bud.
Have you ever seen a guy eat his own head?	Hasn't happened to date..
Have you seen a live unicorn?	Nope, it was dead.
What's the largest sum of money you've seen someone lose in one day?	100K on blackjack.
So you admit that you are a liar? EDIT: I do believe this means you have to forfeit your casino to me.	Rules are rules I guess :(
Have you ever seen a queen in her damned undies, as the feller says?	Once back in 06.

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