Friday Morning Musings, Up To E-ve, Down To Duke Edition

Hola amigos.


It’s Friday. Enjoy it.

I just turned NCAA basketball on the TV here at work. I’m getting into it. I must have been wrong yesterday, underestimated myself.

Big lovin’ to E-ve today while she rocks the lunch shift. Be nice and smile big and I promise she’ll return the favour.

Also, getting more excited every day as we get closer to a Saturday date. Yay!

Big win for the Maple Leafs last night in overtime. People are saying that the game winner was Phil Kessel’s biggest goal in a Leaf uniform. If it is, he hasn’t done much.

Bigger win for the Habs last night against the Oilers in the shootout. It shouldn’t have gone that far, Halak was shaky, the killer instinct wasn’t there when it needed to be, but 2 points go up on the board and they are sorely needed at this point in the season.

Congrats to Vanman444 in the CBC.ca fantasy hockey pool. Dude is leading the way this week with 70 points so far and has 4 Habs on the roster. I haven’t been that brave all season.

Little Big Town is putting a push on to have their new single “Little White Church” become #1 on iTunes. I haven’t heard it yet, but I love these guys. If you have a chance I say check it out and then tell me what you think.

I’m thinking that I should stop by the myspace today and see how things are going. Maybe it’s not dead after all.

Neither msn.ca or yahoo.ca are inspiring me to look at their links and stories today. Thumbs down to them.

As I said on Twitter today, Thumbs up to Roberto Luongo for carrying the Paralympic torch in his return to Vancouver with the Canucks. That’s a classy move from a dude that I’m sure has a lot going on.

The rain started this morning but has stopped, for now. I have my raincoat at the ready.

High fives to everyone today, I’m just handing them out. You’re welcome.

I hate Duke University basketball and I don’t care who knows it.

I also love my E-ve more than I hate Duke University basketball. And that’s a lot.

I think that’s all for this work week kiddies. Check the Twitter and maybe even the myspace for something new later.

Have a good one.

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Saturday Morning Musings, Happy Hockey Day In Canada Edition

Hey there campers.


Welcome to the weekend. If you’re not at work like me I’m not sure why you’re awake, but good morning to you.

Big love to E-ve on a day off hopefully filled with warmth and relaxation before a bday party for an old friend tonight. It’s gonna be chilly, so I’ll be reminding her to bundle up.

I got final Jeopardy last night, and the bonus round puzzle on Wheel of Fortune. That’s right, I’m the man.

I saw something pretty crazy on the TV this morning. The news showed my old apartment building with the fire crews out front as they put out some kind of blaze last night. I’m not uber surprised that there was a fire to be honest. But I am happy that nobody was hurt.

Msn.ca is reporting that Lindsay Lohan is going to go topless in her next flick. I’m not sure what she’s trying to accomplish in her career, but it’s a new step for her I suppose.

In other entertainment news, Melissa Joan Hart and Joey Lawrence have been handed a new ABC series. The last thing I remember Melissa Joan Hart from is Britney Spears’ Crazy video and that movie that it went with. And the only thing I remember of Joey is “Whoa”.

The 52nd Grammy Awards go tomorrow night. I’m not sure who is going to win what, but I’ll probably check it out to see some of the performances and winners. I love music in most of its forms so this is a good chance to see a bunch of them at once.

Congrats to Speed Skater Clara Hughes as she has been named Canada’s flag bearer at the Olympic Opening Ceremonies. Hughes is Canada’s only multiple medalist at both the Summer and Olympic games. That’s a pretty amazing accomplishment.

We’re rocking to Slacker Radio here in the store right now. It’s a pretty okay free internet radio site that you can get for your BlackBerry as well. I tried it on the BB but I took it off. It’s worth a free shot though if you’re looking for streaming radio.

It’s Hockey Day in Canada mes amis. A little earlier in the year than 2009 because of the Olympics, but still pretty cool. I hope that you enjoy the action all day long on the CBC.

Big ups to Jake at rehearsal today. Knock ‘em dead.

I think that’s all for now kids.

Have a great Saturday.

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Saturday Morning Musings, Hockey Picks And Grocery List Edition

Good morning friends.



Welcome to your Saturday. I hope that you’ve all started it with your eyes open and coffee available.


High hopes that E-ve has a good day doing errands and such on her day off. The weather should be good and hopefully the crowds aren’t so bad. Smile big.


It was a great night to be me in the sports viewing world last night. My Habs had a big win in New Jersey against Martin Brodeur and the Devils. We never win there, we never beat Brodeur, and we needed that win, big time.


The Raptors also had a big home win against the Bucks in a game they needed to win to get back to .500. I was happy with effort that the boys put forth. It was gutsy and a welcome sight.


I even got up off of my arse last night and cooked dinner. It was chicken breasts and cream of celery soup with a bunch of salt and pepper and garlic seasoning all in pan in the oven. Thank you to E-ve for the tips via text as I had never cooked with soup before.


And to top it all off I did dishes. Well to be honest I almost did dishes, I put super hot water and soap in the sink and soaked a bunch of dishes.


Pee-wee Herman is hilarious. We’re watching his spot on Conan from this week.


I finished my CBC hockey pool picks this morning. And now I’m hoping for big weeks from Eric Staal, Mike Green, Martin Brodeur and Jose Theodore.


Happy to see that Romeo has his second post up on the http://www.semi-dailyplanet.blogspot.com/ it looks like he’s enjoying himself.


The plan is to do some awesome grocery shopping this week. I’ve got plans for chicken, sausage, ground beef, pork chops, onions, peppers, mushrooms, pasta, soy, peas, potatoes, etc.


I know that it’s only Saturday, but I’m excited for Chuck already. Stone Cold Steve Austin is going to be on this week and I think that Kristin Kreuk is also making her first of 4 scheduled appearances on the show this season.


Time keeps ticking by and customers keep coming in, so I’m going to call this a finished product for today. Have a goodie.


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Thursday Morning Musings, At Work Not At Home Edition

Hola amigos.



Welcome to an at work Thursday. They are rare, but it happens. What can ya do?



Big ups and good luck to E-ve on Wing Night at the restaurant. Everybody that goes tonight is entitled to a free pound of mild, medium, hot or honey garlic wings. It could be busy if they've advertised well. I might even go after work for some dinner.



Bad break to end the hockey game last night as the Habs lost to the Blues in overtime. Ty Conklin robbed Markov and then the bad guys went the other way to score the winner. The bleu, blanc et rouge didn't play particularly well until the last 10 minutes but they made it interesting by scoring in the last minute of the 3rd to tie it up. I'll take the overtime point, but a win at home would have been nice.



The Raptors also lost last night, I thought they had a chance at the end but missed opportunities did them in. Here's hoping that they can get a home win tomorrow against the same Bucks team to get back to .500.



It's the start of the 1 month countdown to my birthday.



There will be 3 hours of Haiti relief TV tomorrow night as CTV, CBC and Global come together to air a 1 hour special to be aired on all 3 networks before the 2 hour George Clooney extravaganza. There will be a lot of press and a lot of ways to donate and support the relief efforts. Good luck to them.



Vancouver has made the decision to bring in snow by the truck load for the Olympic ski hills. The weather hasn't cooperated lately and while colder temperatures are supposed to be on the way you can't be taking chances in this situation.



Nice people are the awesome. Keep that in mind when you're deciding what kind of person you are going to be today.



I think that's all for today my friends. Writing on the BB isn't all that it's cracked up to be.



Have a groovy day.



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Friday Morning Musings, Found One! Edition

Good day to all of my friends, family, foes and fans.



I hope you're all having what's shaping up to be a great Friday.



Thursday was a pretty awesome day for today to compete with. E-ve had a pretty good birthday and I was happy to be part of it.



Her mum did a great job getting some M&M steaks for their dinner and then it was karaoke time. She did a great job singing Out Tonight from RENT and also Love Will Keep Us Together. Hearing her sing makes me smile. We also got to hang with a few of her friends from the restaurant. Everyone had big smiles, chips and salsa and laughs. Good times.



P.S. Thank you to the TTC street car and bus drivers for making a pretty sweet exception and getting her home quicker, warmer and safer than what could have been. Much appreciated.



We also got to share a few funny moments as some of the patrons would have fit perfectly at a bar we used to sing at in Ottawa.



I had a good time trying 2 songs that I had never sung before as well. The 1st was Use Somebody by the Kings of Leon. I felt pitchy to start but was happy with it overall. The 2nd was Chicken Fried by the Zac Brown Band. I had some trouble with the flow of some of it. But the chorus and I got along just fine and I dig that song. It's still in my head.



The cable is being dumb. Digital radio is all I have access to.



Tomorrow marks the start of the 2nd half of the CBC fantasy hockey season. It also means that if I get my stuff together and make good picks I might be able to make a run at the KIA they are giving away. Wish a dude luck.



I was very confused by the whole colour thing in all the girls statuses on FB yesterday. I did figure it out. And I am made to understand that it's in support of Breast Cancer awareness. As long as everyone knows what it's about I think it was probably wide reaching enough to spread some serious awareness.



Does anyone else remember when Heroes was worth waiting for every Monday night?



In other Monday night entertainment news: Chuck is "this close" to being back. There is a 2 episode shot for your viewing pleasure on Sunday night, followed by another episode on Monday night. IMDB is showing 12 episodes for this season which means a quarter of their season is coming up in the next 4 days.



I hope everyone is finding a way to stay warm on this chilly day.



I think that's all for now mes amis.



Have a great day. Happy Friday!



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