I occasionally get birthday cards from fans. But it's often the same message: They hope it's my last.

The proposed zone is nothing more than a giveaway exception for developers waving the magic biotech flag for monetary gain. Biotech companies are also chemical companies. Chemical companies and their support operations are now restricted to industrial zones. That is where they belong.

[Milton Hope led the singing of] Happy Birthday ... He would say, 'Keep it sweet and short and don't try to be funny.'

I have had fans make me the big picture collages of the photo books; I have had fans send me birthday cakes... sing to me on my voicemail. I have had fans flash me. I have had older fans give me their bras and underwear onstage.

It was really incidental. It wasn't even a distraction for either team. Maybe the fans and everyone else got excited, but for us, for the most part, it really didn't have any impact on the game at all.

If we're competitive, we have great fans here. Calgary is a wealthy city, and Alberta is a wealthy province. The problem isn't the small market -- our problem is for seven years, we haven't got into the playoffs. We have to make the playoffs and show all the people. If we come up and make the playoffs this year, this franchise could take off big time.