Wednesday Morning Musings, St. Patrick's Over The Hump Edition

Good day sirs and madams.


Happy St. Patrick’s Day. If you’re Irish, celebrate. If you’re not, pretend that you are and celebrate.

Big lovin’ to E-ve as she is already on the road and on her way for her mini-vacay. I kinda sorta miss her already. Lame I know.

Huge win for the Habs last night over the Rangers. It puts les Canadiens on a 6 game winning streak at the best time of year for a streak. We’re starting to see some separation from the bottom of the play-off ladder and might even be able to climb a little bit. Awesome.

The sun is shining again in the city today and they say that we can expect a high of 17 degrees. That’s pretty friggin’ hot since it’s technically still winter. Crazy.

I just wiki’d DC animated movies and found that the next planned flick is Batman: Under the Red Hood. I can handle that. With a cast that IMDB.com reports will include Neil Patrick Harris, Jensen Ackles, Jason Isaacs and Bruce Greenwood it could be very good. I’m excited. IMDB also reports a July 27th release this year. Yay!

A quick request, if you’re drinking tonight please don’t drive. And if you’re in a big city, please be careful when you’re walking in and around traffic. The last thing anybody wants to worry about is an accident in the middle of a happy time. Thank you.

I won a coffee! That’s right. I have now won 2 coffees from Tim Hortons in the Roll up the Rim contest.

With Friday and Saturday off this week and not a whole lot of money to play with I think I will sit myself down and drown in NCAA basketball. Heck yes!

The parking cops are out in full force now that the weather is better. Be careful friends. Nobody needs a ticket for not paying attention.

Mmm shawarma.

It’s day 9 of 10. And it’s a 10 hour day. So, if you love me, pray for my sanity and ability to stay awake.

I think that’s it today friends. Happy hump day. Happy St. Pat’s.

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Wednesday Morning Musings, Kobe Did It, I'm Sorry Edition

Good morning mes amis.


I hope that you are all smiling. I know it’s only Wednesday, but that’s not a bad thing. Look at the bright side, it’s not Tuesday.

Big loving to E-ve, she agreed with my statement about her oozing awesome. It wasn’t literal by the way. I love her, but that would be weird and a little gross.

Big ups to her also for coming up with some great ideas for upcoming hang out dates and menu ideas and such. She’s a smart one. I’m a lucky dude. She will probably agree with that too.

I would like to take this time to apologize to Toronto Raptors fans. Yesterday I said that I would take Kobe if it came down to one last game winning shot. And last night he proved me right. With 1.9 seconds left Bean/ Mamba/ Kobe rose up and hit a jumper with 2 dudes in his eye and the Lakers won 109-107. The only thing I can say is wow. And the only thing I can hope is that the Raps use their strong performance as motivation moving forward on the road trip.

I still haven’t won anything in Roll up the Rim.

Do a friend a solid and check out http://www.thereviewsarein.wordpress.com/ if you have a chance. That Joshua guy is pretty alright.

The CIBC is reporting that the Loonie could reach parity with the American dollar this summer. Be ready for complaints that things are still more expensive north of the border.

The weather is nice again today, but they say that the rain is coming. I suppose that I should be ready for it, it’s that time of year. But I’m not excited. Rain is nice to look at and listen to, but I don’t want to be out in it.

Day 2 today… only 8 more to go.

Big win for the Habs last night against the Lightning. As I’ve said, every game is huge from now til the end of the season.

I love music. Sometimes I forget that, but I love what a good song can do and where it can take you.

I think that’s about it for today kiddies. I hope that you all have a good hump day.

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Sunday Morning Musings, I Forgot How To Work Edition

Good day friendlies.


I hope that you’re all enjoying the remarkable weather today.

E-ve and I had a great date at home yesterday with Inglorious Basterds and some chicken nuggets and jalapeno poppers and garlic bread. It was a great date after too many days in a row without one.

Speaking of too many days in a row… I have an unexpected day off tomorrow and then start 10 days in a row at the store. Yikes.

Tonight is Oscar night, so make sure that you have your fancy clothes and popcorn ready. It’ll be a long show, but hopefully there will be some funny to keep it moving along. Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin will either sink or swim, like all the other hosts before them. I’m hoping that they swim.

I’ve already picked up 2 points in the hockey pool this afternoon. And that’s a good thing since I forgot to update my line-up and have the same guys as last week. And I only got 1 point last night. It sucks.

I’ve been all over the Batman lately, re-reading things from the shelf since E-ve picked up my birthday present. This morning I dove back into Hush and am glad I did. It’s a good story. I like it. Two thumbs up.

The Raptors are playing on the HD right now in the store. I’m hoping for a win over the 76ers. It’s badly needed. Momentum down the stretch is a must, especially with a west coast road trip coming up.

I saw something on the ticker this morning that made me feel very proud to be Canadian. Tim Horton’s is planning on opening 900 new outlets. That’s a lot of new coffee shops. And, I’m no expert, but it seems to me that it’s pretty good news for the economy. That’s a bunch of every day jobs, a bunch of construction contracts and a bunch of hot coffee. Everybody wins.

Side note: I still haven’t won with Roll up the Rim.

Side note II: I have enjoyed 2 free coffees from McDonalds.

Planning on going snacky for lunch today with some granola bars and crackers and stuff. I think it’s a good plan, and then I’ll eat real food for dinner.

I like being dressed in a shirt and tie and all, but wearing jeans was pretty awesome for 3 days.

I think that’s all for today y’all. I hope that you have a great rest of Sunday.

Tally whoa!

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Friday Morning Musings, Roll Up The National Anthem To Win Edition

Good day my friends.



I apologize for my lack of being here lately. I've been trying to keep the Twitter feed updated a little, but other stuff has been in the way.



Big love to my biggest fan E-ve who reminded me that I've been slipping. She's also a pretty awesome person with some homemade oatmeal raisin cookies waiting ready for her breakfast this morning. Xoxo.



- Habs lost in San Jose after a great game by Carey Price and a stupid cheap shot hit by Max LaPierre. Not impressed Max, probable suspension coming from the NHL today.



- Blue Jays won! That's right. The Blue Jays, my boys of summer, are now playing their exhibition schedule and knocked off the Tigers 9-7 yesterday afternoon.



- Last work day before the Oscars. Make sure that you get your picks in for the office pool. Good luck.



- Cyndi Lauper has been announced as the headlining act for 2010's Toronto Gay Pride Festival. She will be playing a free concert during the week and represents a new addition to the already huge and amazing week that Toronto and the Pride committee put together every year.



- The weather is getting warmer in Toronto my friends. They are calling for a high of 4 today, 8 tomorrow and 9 on Sunday. And it's only the 1st week of March. Maybe this summer won't be so blah as last year.



- Roll up the Rim is indeed now back and I'm sure that you already knew that. But here's what I want to mention. There has to be a better way. Tim Hortons needs to become greener. I know that to most of us in Canada see Tim's as an institution and may be more adverse to change with them than we are about the national anthem (more on that later) but change is needed. I have a reusable mug and so does E-ve but if you use it you don't get to be 1 of the lucky few who roll after finishing their coffee and hope to win. Le sigh. I wrote about this last year too. Maybe I'll dust that piece off.



- The government has started debating whether or not the lyrics to Oh Canada should be changed to become gender neutral. Now, if this were the USA we would just have a prop amendment on an election ballot and that would be it. But here it's all up to the folks representing us in the House. If you think it's crazy, maybe send a quick email to your member to let them know it's fine the way it is.



- I need to buy lottery tickets and win a jackpot. Just saying.



- Slept better than Wednesday night, but still not enough. Perhaps a mid-morning nap before I tackle my day.



- Keep smiling and high fiving and being great out there kids.



I think that's all for today.



Have a good one.



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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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