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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Thursday Morning Musings, Happy E-ve's Birthday Edition

Good afternoon friendlies.



First and most importantly, it is E-ve's birthday. She's 1 year older than she was yesterday. But she looks pretty darn good.



Here's hoping that dinner with her mum and dad is great and karaoke with friends is a blast.



Mobile quick fire time.



I'm disappointed that Roberto Alomar did not get voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame yesterday. He was the most exciting player that I ever got to watch.



Congratulations to former Montreal Expo, Andre Dawson who was voted into the HoF. Here's hoping his plaque shows an Expos cap forever in Cooperstown, NY.



And lastly on the baseball front, Randy Johnson retired this week. The Big Unit was amazing both physically and in performance. I saw him pitch one Sunday afternoon from the 2nd row and he wowed me.



The cold snap has ended for now. It's only about -4 today with very little wind chill.



Now that E-ve's birthday is here I have started the countdown to Chuck on Sunday, January 10/ 2010.



I'm almost out of Christmas chocolates. More needed shortly.



My shawarma was so spicy at lunch today that my eyes watered and my sinuses have cleared. Thank you my friends.



You might not believe me when I tell you this, but there are 2 reasons I'm almost excited for work Saturday. Not enough that I'll be happy to get out of bed... But we'll see how it goes.



I'm excited to report that Glee will be on Showcase Diva starting tomorrow.



I love the Batman.



Time to wrap it up I think.



We're inching closer to 300 posts. Exciting.



Have a good night friends, and a happy tomorrow.



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Wednesday Morning Musings, 24 Hour Countdown And Thoughts Of An Android Edtion

Good day folks.

I hope that everyone is having a good start to their Wednesday.

We are now less than 24 hours away from E-ve’s birthday.

She’s got a great day planned tomorrow with family time and friend time all jam packed into 1 Thursday. It’s going to be a good one. I can feel it.

Sad faces were found all over Canada last night as our World Junior team was defeated by the American squad in overtime. It was the first time that the Canadian team lost the Gold Medal game since 2004 when the Americans won their first gold.

I’m thinking that I may be ready to ditch my Blackberry and go to an Android. Thoughts?

Yesterday I watched a lot of Youtube here at work and I was all over the country music. Sugarland really does blow me away. The songs, musicianship and the singing are all tremendous. I fully expect them to be at the top of the country music game for a long time to come.

Apparently my old buddy, and former coach of the Montreal Canadiens, Pat Burns has been telling stories about the Tiger Woods saga. Burns says that his buddies in the police department told him that Tiger lost 2 teeth and had a cut on his cheek from the swing of a golf club.

Side note: My fantasy hockey team has been brutal this week.

Congrats to Jake for finishing a stretch of 8 straight days at work.

Hoping that the Raptors can get another big win tonight. It would be 7 of 8 if they do. I’d be happy with that.

I lurve my E-ve.

Tons of things to do today and not enough time to do them.

Gotta jet for now.

Have a great day mes amis.

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Tuesday Morning Musings, 48 Hour Countdown and Batman VS J.C. Edition

Hola amigos.

Here’s hoping that you’re feeling well.

Happy to report that after a fantastic dinner of homemade baked beans and bread supplied by E-ve last night I slept pretty well and feel like I may be beating this cold thing.

Also, thumbs up to E-ve’s cooking. She doesn’t seem to give herself much credit for a lot of it, but she always does a pretty awesome job. I like it a lot.

And, we are now less than 48 hours away from E-ve’s birthday. It is fast approaching and I am quickly trying to finalize a plan in my head that will translate well to reality.

Team Canada goes for gold tonight against Team USA at the WJC in Saskatchewan. There will be a whole lot of people cheering on the under 19 year olds on the prairies.

It’s snowing again in Toronto. I think we’ve got a little bit of a pattern developing. I’m not sure how I’ll feel about it long term.

Here is my favourite Tweet sequence of the day from @ThatKevinSmith. The question was posed to him by @BMSTK and the answer is straight from the man himself.

“Batman VS Terminator VS Darth Vader VS Jesus VS a pack of Velociraptors. Who wins?” Batman takes out Arnie & Anakin with EMP blasts via Batmobile, & shatters grills of 2 raptors while root-canaling a third with boot-stomp. Since they’re beasts, his moral code doesn’t prevent him from snapping necks- leaving just the Christ. Batman pulls his uppercut to J.C.’s jaw. K.O. Jesus forgives Bats.

We are almost at the 300 post mark here at the Morning Muse… and that’s kinda cool to me.

Snuggie?

I am still having a hard time dealing with the fact that the University of North Carolina Tar Heels lost a basketball game to the College of Charleston Cougars. This is a loss where the Heels shot only 38 percent from the floor and were only 1 for 6 from 3-point range… unacceptable. Arg.

I think that’s about it for now folks. If anything pops into my head I’ll fire it up on the Twitter feed.

And, as per tradition, if you’re only here this one day of the week, we’ll see you next Tuesday.

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Monday Morning Musings, Congrats To CB4 Edition

Good day to you all.

Here’s hoping that your work week has started well so far.

E-ve just fired me a message saying that lunch is crazy slow at the restaurant. So hear this my friends, if you’re hungry and didn’t bring your lunch to work it’s okay to scrape together a few dollars and eat out in January. Just remember to be friendly and tip well.

Big win for the Raptors last night at home against the San Antonio Spurs. I didn’t see that one coming at all. Congrats as well to Chris Bosh who became the all time leading regular season scorer in franchise history. Vince Carter no longer holds the title which is just fine with many Raptors fans. Now everyone is just hoping that this is one more thing that will help to convince CB4 to stay in Toronto after the season is over.

Also in the big win category is Team Canada. The World Junior Championships semi-finals were played yesterday and Canada got a little bit of a lucky break when they got the Swiss instead of Russia after an upset in the quarter-finals. Next up is Team USA in the finals on Tuesday. Canada is gunning for a 6th straight gold medal and the whole country is behind them.

I’m currently fighting off a sore throat, but I haven’t yet run into the cough and congestion that comes with a real cold. I’m hoping that tea and water and such can keep me away from what could come.

E-ve’s birthday is coming this week… so if you see her wish her a happy one even if it is a few days early.

And after we celebrate E-ve’s birthday we get to celebrate Chuck returning to TV. It’s about a thousand clicks down on the planning, excitement and importance meter, but it had to be said.

There is snow on the ground in Toronto after the first real wintery day yesterday. It’s cold again today and has been cold before, but yesterday really felt like winter with the combo of cold and snow.

I think that’s all for now mes amis. My mind kinda went blank for a few minutes.

Have a great day.

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Sunday Morning Musings, Really Random Thoughts Edition

Good day y’all.

I hope that everyone has started their Sunday well.

There’s a trending topic on Twitter “#ToBeHonest I” so I chimed in, as I’m apt to do, with: #ToBeHonest I totally love my E-ve.

Best wishes go out to E-ve’s mom who is feeling under the weather today. Everyone hopes that a speedy recovery is in the cards.

That reminds me, the weather is gross right now. The wind is blowing hard from the north and the snow is almost horizontal as it’s coming down.

Also, after writing “speedy recovery” I have an urge to read a bunch of Green Arrow stuff.

And that made me think of Jake who just got Lego Rock Band which reminded me of a terrible and funny from when the commercials for the game first came on TV. At one point there is a rock song playing and the drummer loses an arm… and all I could think was how awesome it would be for the music to blend in to Pour Some Sugar On Me.

I feel a little bad for making the Irish girl at work listen to country music with me, but only a little.

Thumbs down to everyone that I picked for the hockey pool this week. I had the worst Saturday night of the entire season. 3 friggin’ points is all I picked up from a roster of 10 skaters and 2 goalies.

Thumbs are also down to the Toronto Raptors. I love those guys, but losing in Boston last night was bad. We had the chances, man power and momentum on our side and we blew it. Now we have to play the Spurs tonight, a good team, and hope for a miracle.

I think I have my Hallowe’en costume picked out for this year.

The rent is late and needs to be paid today. It’s in my pocket. I need to stop on the way home. Please remind me.

Big ups to E-ve for watching Superman/ Batman: Public Enemies with me last night. It’s the 3rd time I’ve watched it since Jake sent it for Xmas.

Also, if you know Romeo and you know the textsfromlastnight website, there’s one on there from the last 2 days that could very well have been sent from his phone, or could come from it someday in the future.

Here’s hoping that you all have a great day. Stay warm and safe.

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Saturday Morning Musings, First Muse Of The New Year Edition

Good morning mes amis.

I hope that the new year has started well for each and every one of you.

One quick thing before I really start. I saw a Facebook status that said something along the line of, Happy New Year to all of my friends, and everyone else can go F themselves. I think that’s absolutely terrible. I know this person and there are a lot of people that don’t especially care for her personality… so there are many people that aren’t her friend. I would personally like to wish all of those people a happy new year.

And now, my thank you’s need to be handed out.

Thank you to E-ve for a great NYE. Dinner was tasty and the company was lovely. Champagne was a great touch and our Christmas wine was a nice treat.

Also, thank you for my Christmas presents. I have been waiting years for Band of Brothers and now I have it. I have a feeling that there will soon be a marathon at my apartment.

This is the first muse of 2010 and as such it should be special. But really, I don’t know how to make it any more special than any of 2009’s posts were.

Thank you to everyone that has popped in to read during our first 280 something posts and I hope that you will all stick with us as we pass 300 and 400 and 500 during this year.

Thank you to everyone at the NHL that put together the 3rd annual Winter Classic at Fenway Park yesterday. The event was fun to watch from start to finish. I personally thought that singing Sweet Caroline during the 3rd period was a great touch. A lot of hockey fans didn’t seem to think so, but I believe that you have to embrace the tradition of the venue and city that you are using for special events.

The only true downside I saw was Daniel Powter singing the Canadian national anthem before the game. I did think that it was a nice touch for the NHL to have the anthem represented even though there wasn’t a Canadian team in the game, but Powter did a bad job. And the way he was moving around and such while he was singing made him look like a douche.

Confession: E-ve and I both napped through part of the game.

I’m hyped for the Raptors game tonight against the Boston Celtics because if we win it will mean a 6 game win streak. And our chances of winning are good because Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett and Rajon Rondo won’t be playing in the game.

It is friggin’ cold in the city today. Like -27 with the wind chill factor. Bundle up if you’re out in the sunshine today.

I think that’s all for now my friends. I hope that you have a great day.

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