Tuesday Morning Musings, Easter's Coming Edition

Good morning one and all.



Welcome to Tuesday. Glad you could make it.



Big love to E-ve. Hoping that she is feeling much better today than she was last night. Also, big thanks to her for the great pancakes that we had for brunch yesterday. The added chocolate that we forgot was here was a fantastic touch.



And a second thank you for being my biggest fan and strongest supporter when times are good or tough.



The Raptors won last night, can you believe it? With only a few minutes left in the game I tweeted that they were close to breaking my heart again and then bam! they finished a game strong and got a much, much needed W.



Here's one of my favourite quotes from the last little while: "Kids who read comic books are reading."



I wonder if you can make pancakes with yogurt in the batter?



New background on my BB is the DC Trinity logo with Batman at the front. I like it.



I need to get back to Romeo, but I have a feeling that we're going to have a test run this Sunday on the podcast. Probably means we should try to come up with some ideas and names and such. Yikes. Please note that the podcast may not be as family friendly as this blog and Romeo's blog... But those warnings will be made when needed, I promise.



If you're not reading Romeo's blog, why not? www.semi-dailyplanet.blogspot.com



Still trying to figure out what my plans are for Easter weekend. Maybe spending some time with Mommy Z.



The Home Cooking Experiment hasn't been as strict as it once was, but I'm glad to report that I am eating much healthier than I used to. I am also cooking with more veggies and creativity which is good for everyone.



Did I mention that E-ve picked Indiana Jones for date night movies the other day? What's not awesome about that?



I totally got Final Jeopardy last night. Just to let you know.



I think that's all I've got for now kids. As always, check the Twitter feed and Facebook for links and other tidbits.



And if you're only here this one day a week... See you next Tuesday.



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Saturday Morning Musings, Fresh Air Through The Window Edition

Hey kiddies.



Welcome to the weekend. I'm sure some of you have already started it already.



Big lovin' to my E-ve who is gonna make her way over for some hanging out later. That deserves a yay!



Yay!



Hi and miss you guys goes out to Jake and Romeo and Heath.



The Home Cooking Experiment had a lunch time attempt today with pasta, oven baked weiners with onion mixed w/ and salsa and bbq sauce. It was pretty good. I'd do it again.



Penguins vs. Stars on my TV right now. Tallboy keeping me company and making it feel like Saturday.



Need/ would like a bigger apartment and a boat load of cash. Call me if you have either to donate.



Took out some garbage already today. More to come. Er, go I mean.



The fresh air coming in through the window is great.



Big thank yous to everyone that has pushed us over 1500 views. And tell your friends so we can boost my ego up with some more.



I think that's all for today friends. Lots to do before I get lazy.



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Tuesday Morning Musings, Evening And Sorry For Being Away Edition

Hello world.

I hope you’re well.

Sorry about the delay in writing. It’s been a long few days.

Big ups to E-ve. She’s pretty awesome and working hard. I’m happy to report that games night was a success (I think) and everyone had a good time. Here’s hoping that they don’t have to wait long to have another.

Lots of love to everyone who is always in my corner.

I am thinking of getting french fries for dinner tonight on the way home. I don’t want to kill the Home Cooking Experiment, but I’ve got a craving and it’s hard to ignore. I also think that since I didn’t eat a real lunch I can use that as an exception.

I’ve been trying to keep the Twitter feed rolling, but since the Olympics have ended there hasn’t been much to say.

I will say this though; the Toronto Raptors are in trouble. They can’t seem to win without Chris Bosh, and he hasn’t been on the floor. You do the math. Sad faces.

Now I don’t want to get on a rant here, (Dennis Miller, anyone remember him?) but I thought we had a chance to catch Boston for the 4th seed in the Eastern Conference. The Celtics look old and tired and we should have been able to catch them in the second half of the season. The guys look weak on defense, sloppy on offense and are letting some really good momentum get away. Sonny Weems can keep throwing down fast break dunks all night, but it’s not going to win us any games. Pull up your socks boys. Both figuratively and literally (it’s a good look, search Keith Van Horn in Google images) and let’s see what happens.

The newest list of competitors has been released for Dancing with the Stars. It includes Pamela Anderson and Kate Gosselin and Chad Ochocinco among others. I don’t watch the show, so we’ll wait and see what the fans and critics think.

It seems as though winter has ended in Toronto now that the Olympics are over. Roll up the Rim has started at Tim Hortons and the weather is getting warmer. Get your flip flops ready my friends.

High fives to everyone who celebrated peacefully after Canada’s win over the USA on Sunday. I am proud of you. It was an emotional event and you showed some true Canadian spirit. As for the rest of you, please remember next time that happy isn’t a reason to wreck stuff. Merci.

I think that’s all for this evening mes amis. Have a good night.

And, as for always, if this is the only day you’re here each week, we’ll see you next Tuesday.

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Wednesday Morning Musings, Pancake Hangover Edition

Hola kiddies.


I hope that everyone is ready for this midweek madness.

I am especially pumped for Wednesday this week because it means that I have plans to see E-ve tonight. And that’s a pretty awesome prospect in my books.

It’s also a special Wednesday for a lot of folks. Ash Wednesday triggers the beginning of the Lent season. I was going to give up pancakes, just to be a smartass following last night’s Pancake Tuesday dinner, but there are so many left over pancakes that it looks like I’ll be eating them for dinner again tonight.

There’s already a picture up on the Twitter feed of the Home Cooking Experiment Pancakes.

Here’s to my E-ve, she had a rough rough night at the restaurant yesterday and I’m hoping that today goes much smoother. Everyone deserves a nice calm day once in a while and E-ve doesn’t get nearly enough of them as far as I’m concerned.

It was a special day at Cyprus Mountain yesterday as Maelle Ricker won a gold medal for Canada in the Ladies Snowboard Cross event. She dominated the final race and picked up the 2nd gold and 4th overall medal for Canada at Cyprus. Congratulations young lady, you’ve done a nation proud.

And big ups to Jamie Campbell who has called 4 medal runs at Cyprus during the Olympics thus far. When he was the play-by-play voice of the Blue Jays Jamie caught a lot of flak from the fans, but I never had a problem with him. And now that he’s been replaced in that job he has had the chance to call the 1st gold medal ever won by a Canadian athlete in Canada as well as 3 other medals. Congratulations Jamie, I think you’re gonna be just fine.

Rumour is that the new Justice League movie may make an appearance in the store today. Let’s keep that between you and me though.

I would probably be remiss if I didn’t mention the fact that the Canadian Men’s Olympic Hockey Team played their first game last night. They looked a little tentative in a scoreless first period against Norway, but soon showed what they are capable of with a final score of 8-0. Well done les gars.

Yesterday I entered an awesome contest that I don’t expect to win, but it would be awesome if I did. The Hour is giving away a complete set of Kevin Smith’s Green Arrow and Batman comic books signed by the dude himself. So I entered to win them in a random draw. Good luck to me.

There’s snow falling this morning in the city. It looks nice, it’s not sticking to the ground, and it’s not too cold. Overall it’s a pretty good winter morning.

I have a feeling that my morning coffee isn’t going to last too long today. Boo!

Big lovin’ to everyone that sends me lovin’.

Have a great day y’all.

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Wednesday Morning Musings, Home Cooking Experiment And Reggie Evans Edition

Bonjour mes amis.

Let’s get to it. Happy Wednesday.

Big ups to E-ve on a day off. I hope that it’s super relaxing and full of nothing.

Monday night we had a great hang out date night after I got home from work. The relaxing and chatting and such was fantastic. E-ve also contributed to the Home Cooking Experiment by whipping up some split pea w/ ham soup and cheesy English muffin garlic bread.

We’re hoping to have another tonight, but I’m not sure what’s on the menu as I forgot to get anything out of the freezer.

Last night’s Home Cooking Experiment saw me put together some taquitos and veggies just like the Super Bowl, but I also made some hashbrowns with cheese on top. It was a good combo with pickles and cheese on the side. I ate a lot of food, but I must have been hungry because I wasn’t guppied or anything after.

Tonight the Raptors and Canadiens are in action. The Habs look to bust up the Washington Capitals win streak which won’t be easy. And the Raptors look to win a game that shouldn’t be an issue against the Philadelphia 76ers.

Word is that Reggie Evans may hit the floor for the first time all season. That would be welcome.

I watched the Toronto disk from An Evening With Kevin Smith 2: Evening Harder last night. I hadn’t watched it in a long time and it was awesome. I laughed out loud a few times, especially at the Jesus jokes.

Let me set something straight here, I love Jesus. He’s gotten me through a lot in my life. But I’m a firm believer in needing to be able to laugh at things so that they don’t become too serious and start to edge towards angry.

The snow is falling in Toronto today. But it’s nothing compared to what some cities in the United States are getting. New York City made the announcement yesterday that they were closing the schools today. And Washington D.C. is getting pounded.

We are only 3 days away from the opening ceremonies for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games. Everyone is getting pretty excited. I’m just hoping that the venues work out and the Canadians are able to put on a good show.

More and more photos from the Home Cooking Experiment are making their way to the Wally Z’s Morning Musings page on Facebook. Check them out to see what I’ve been putting together.

I think that’s all for today folks. I hope that you all have a rocking good time with the rest of your day.

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Monday Morning Musings, Post Super Bowl Edition

Good day y'all.

Congratulations to Saints fans on the Super Bowl win. I'll admit that I made a poor pick yesterday.

Big lovin' to E-ve today. She's pretty awesome even though she also made a poor Super Bowl pick.
I finished both parts 1 and 2 of E-ve's Valentine's Day surprises yesterday and emailed part 2 to her. I know she's getting them out of order, but I think she's okay with it.

Since last night was the Super Bowl it was a junk food edition of the Home Cooking Experiment. I threw some left over McCain pizza in the fridge with a fresh piece of cheese on each slice and then fired some taquitos in a tin pan as well. To appease E-ve and feel like a grown up I chopped up some onion, peppers and baby carrots to go with the meal. And to my surprise the veggies were good.

Yesterday also saw the Raptors win another game at home. Hedu wear a mask and come back from his orbital bone break to contribute nicely.

I don't wanna talk about the Habs game.

High fives to Heath and Jake and Romeo, I can't wait to see them.

Was told yesterday that my celebrity doppleganger should be Jason Schwartzman. Not sure how to take that. I'd rather Dave Grohl.

I think that's all for today folks.

Have a great day.

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Sunday Morning Musings, Snack Like You Mean It Edition

Hey there kids.


It’s Super Bowl Sunday. I hope you have your snacks ready.

Big ups to E-ve who is going to be at the restaurant during the big game. My prediction is that the bar will be full, there will be lots of beer, chicken wings and nachos ordered and the Colts will win by no less than 6 points.

E-ve is willing to give 3 points in the Colts favour. Which was unexpected, but impressive.

Side note: She’s a great story teller.

I’m in a huge Foo Fighters binge right now. To the point that I’m worried that I’ve disrupted the reading of my co-worker.

Last night was another successful night in the Home Cooking Experiment. I didn’t really do much cooking, but I was able to defeat my craving for shawarma and go with a McCain Rising Crust Pizza. I did add some garlic seasoning and black pepper and a heap of cheese on top before I tossed it in the oven though. Pictures soon to come to Twitter and Facebook.

The good people at Monster Energy Drinks stopped by the store today and dropped off a sample tall boy for each of us. I haven’t cracked into mine yet, but I think it will give me something to sip at for the afternoon.

I have very disappointed in the Sedin twins, Sidney Crosby and Ilya Kovalchuk after yesterday’s hockey action. Between the 4 of them only Sid had 1 single point for my pool.

I have finished the leg work for part 1 of E-ve’s Valentine’s Day surprise. Soon it will be ready to hand over to her in a very cute offering of my love.

Also soon is my birthday. Mark your calendars.

While reading Kevin Smith’s Boring Ass Life last night I started missing Daddy Z as Mr. Smith talked about his last night with his pops and offered the eulogy that he gave. I never thought that Kevin Smith would make me feel like I was going to cry, but he came close.

I almost rocked my suspenders at work today but I was wearing the wrong pants.

I’m thinking about a haircut and a shave but I’m worried that my face will look 17 and my temples will look 40. Le sigh.

I’m missing a lot of sports action right now because the TV at work still isn’t working. Boo.

I’ve been cleaning and organizing at the apartment pretty steadily over the last week or so, and it’s starting to look pretty good. I have to come up with a few ideas to keep things a little more contained, but they’ll come soon enough I think.

The youngest brother Z turns 22 tomorrow. I can’t believe that he’s that grown up now. It boggles my mind.

I think that’s all for now mes amis. With the TV out today and no customers as of yet be prepared for some Twitter and Facebook action.

Happy snacking. Go Colts.

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