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What a Super Bowl huh?

Score was close, mistakes were few, and the half time show didn’t include any wardobe malfunctions!

You gotta’ feel good for the Saints and the city of New Orleans, as this game will go down as one of the classics, but after all the Pats SuperBowl wins, the ending to Super Bowl XXXIV will go down in my book as the best game ever. The last :06 for your viewing pleasure;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SBU8nOiMz0

Just one yard!!!!!

Like grandpa used to say, close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades.

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Anti-Olympic protesters are gearing up for a large protest before the opening ceremonies on Friday, saying keeping the demonstration peaceful will be up to police.

Several critics of the Games held a news conference today to show off a mascot named Squatchi _ a parody of official mascot, Quatchi _ who spreads skepticism rather than Olympic spirit.

There is a large protest planned Friday ahead of the opening ceremonies of the Games, and more promised during the Vancouver Games.

What a bunch of idiots! These are the same people who on their website, call the police ‘pigs’!

Sure, there are better ways to spend millions of dollars but how is the protesting going to change anything now?

Do they really believe that handing a pamphlet to a visitor from Norway is going to make them walk away?

Our country is in the spotlight, embracing everything that makes us proud to be Canadian, and it’s here for the world to see.

I want to see poverty in Canada done away with, I want people off the streets and into homes, and I want to enjoy the Olympics for what it is, a chance to have all eyes of the world on us in the spirit of competition.

Do these protestors have jobs? Where did the money come from for the Squatchi costume, website, and gas to travel, hotels?

I’m protesting protesting!!!!

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I’ve watched this 7 times, and crack up EVERY time!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qIkou5oNXo

I haven’t been a Dad for too long, 8 years actually. Been a Dad of 2 for 6 years.

There have been times where my patience has been tested, but all in all, my girls are good kids.

A part of me actually believes that as they get older, parenting gets easier!

This is something every friend of mine, who has teenagers in the house, laughs at!

Especially teenage girls, who seem to hit 21 when they turn 12!

I got to thinking of what I have to look forward to, and the possible arguments that are coming.

Wearing make up to school, fashions, piercings, tattoos, curfews, and (shiver) boys!

How do I ‘remove’ a boyfriend I don’t like? How do I keep getting hugs from someone ‘too old’ for them?

These are the things that were going through my mind as I sat in my living room last night, when my oldest daughter came over the stairs for a good night hug and said to her mother;

‘I’m getting boobs!’

Lord help me!!!!

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How cool is this????

Check out this Dartmouth couple, Natasha Swaine & Rob Hill who wore Toronto Maple Leafs jerseys for their wedding at a hockey rink last weekend!

Dozens of friends and relatives, many in hockey jerseys, attended the couple’s nuptials at the Shearwater Flyers Forum.

The ceremony began with the playing of Rock and Roll Part 2, by Gary Glitter.

Ms. Swaine wore a white Leafs sweater with Wendel Clark’s name and number 17 on the back, complemented by a white veil and a bouquet of white flowers attached to a mini hockey stick by white hockey tape.

Mr. Hill was dressed in a blue Mats Sundin jersey, lucky number 13.

His children, six-year-old Colby and eight-year-old Kimberly, wore Leafs apparel as well.

Maid of honour Theresa Brannen wore a Leafs jersey, but best man Dave Crocker opted for the archrival Montreal Canadiens. (Should’ve been kicked out!)

The justice of the peace who performed the ceremony wore Team Canada colours, as did the official photographer. Gordon Swaine, who gave his daughter away, looked very official in referee’s stripes.

The couple exchanged their vows on a red carpet at centre ice. A Zamboni was parked behind them and hockey nets stood on either side.

About 20 minor hockey players lined up for the ceremony. They tapped their sticks on the ice when the couple kissed and formed a canopy of hockey sticks for the newlyweds to walk under as they left the ice.

The bride and groom piled into the back of a red minivan and headed off to their reception at the Dartmouth Curling Club, complete with a wedding cake shaped like the Stanley Cup.

And at the reception, the TV was showing the Leafs game!

Now that’s LOVE! 

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When are people going to learn that just about everyone has a phone that can record video?

A TTC bus driver was caught on video by passenger Reuven Politi in a seven-minute video allegedly showing the driver going to the washroom and buying a coffee, while stopping Jan. 29 mid-route on the Route 310 Bathurst St. bus.

Passengers were forced to wait on the bus during the delay while it was running.

Politi posted the video to YouTube, and here it is;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZXwvV9DTJY

The driver has been suspended pending an investigation.

I hate house hunting!

All those little extra costs and all the offer-counter offer schlock!

Life is so much easier renting! Hole in the roof? Call the landlord!

But the time has come to invest in a home, and so begin the process.

The owners of the townhouse we’re renting have decided to sell it, instead of leasing it to someone else, because all of our wild parties, 4 dogs, and complaints that resulted in a number of police calls, and pending lawsuits, have totally turned them off from being landlords ever again!

OK, I made that last part up, but they are selling and called to say a Real Estate Agent would be contacting us to drop by and take some pictures of the place.

He calls last Thursday and asks to come over Saturday MORNING at 9!

No way Jose! That’s the Hart family sleep-in day. Try again!

Monday morning at 9?

That’s do-able, kids are at school and I leave for work at 9:15.

The idiot shows up at 830!!!!!

Kids are running around, getting hair done, finishing breakfast, lunches are being packed, dog is barking and there he is in all his moronic glory standing at our front door at 8 freakin’ 30!

I would’ve made stand there and wait, but my wife being the great Newfoundand girl that she is, invites him in! >:( (hey cool, a mad face)

At 830, I’m in the shower getting ready for work…..LLLLLOOOONNNGGGGG showers!

After this guy snapped pictures of every room in the house, he had the audacity to ask my wife to tell me, ‘…to hurry up because I have other appointments!’

HURRY UP BECAUSE I HAVE OTHER APPOINTMENTS!?!?!?!?!?! Oh Lord help me for I’m about to do away with one of your flock!

If he had shown up at 9, there would be noone in the shower.

And that’s exactly what I said LOUDLY when my wife came upstairs to relay the message. Oh yeah, he heard me!

Then she told me ‘Don’t be rude!’ Me!?!?!

The Real Estate guy didn’t stay long after that, and quickly split in his orange SUV.

This guy was straight up rude, and luckily our landlords agreed.

They got a new agent! Sorry pal, never interrupt a man’s shower!

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So it’s doppleganger week on Facebook!

Basically, you’re supposed to replace your profile picture with that of a celebrity people have said you looked like.

I surfed the net and according to the ‘experts’, I most resemble this guy;

That’s me on the right, and Barry WIlliams on the left! That’s right, Greg Brady from the Brady Bunch.

Well, it could’ve been worse, Elmos picture could’ve came up first!

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Mel Gibson has been caught name calling again - and this time it aired on TV.

WGN-TV personality Dean Richards pressed Gibson, who was promoting new film The Edge of Darkness, on his past indiscretions, asking the Aussie if he thought the public’s perception of him had changed following his 2006 drink driving arrest, in which the actor spewed anti-Semitic insults at a police officer and was publicly shamed.

A visibly annoyed Gibson replied, “That’s almost four years ago, dude. I’ve moved on, I guess you haven’t… I’ve done all the necessary mea culpas, so let’s move on, dude. Come on.”

Richards then concluded the interview, urging film fans to see Gibson’s new film.

The actor said, “Bye bye,” took a swig of coffee and then called the TV host a ‘not nice name’, thinking he was no longer live and the interview was over.

Here’s the link, and WARNING, you’ll hear t hat ‘not nice name’ I told you about….

http://www.wgntv.com/videobeta/watch/?watch=d8e6b10e-e24e-4d29-b8da-7fa85535d30b&src=front

You know what? I don’t blame Mel at all!

How can somebody put something behind them if guys like this keep bringing it up?

I’m not saying what Mel said or did 4 years ago was right, but he apologized and for the most part, the public forgave him.

I feel the same way when a celebrity punches out a photographer. What part of ‘Get that camera out of my face!’ does the paparazzi not understand?

Celebrities are people too, and if I were Mel I would’ve said the same thing!

I just read an article online about 6 things you should NEVER say to a woman;

‘You’re Crazy’, ‘Why Do You have to Be So Dramatic?’, ‘You Must be Getting Your Period’, ‘You Look Fine’, ‘You Analyze Everything to Death’, ‘Baby’ or ‘Buddy’ unless you have previous permission.

OK, I can live with that! I once had a fork thrown at me for saying, ‘You’re just like your Mom!’ Or was it a knife, I don’t know, it’s all pretty much a blur nowadays.

It’s funny how I can find a million articles about what not to say to a woman, but not a ‘what not to say to a man’ read. (that isn’t rated ‘R’)

So as a man, I ALSO have a list, drum roll please……..

6 Things a Woman Should Not Say to a Man

1. ‘When will it be over?’ Ah, if I had a nickel for every time my wife asked that during a sporting event. A man will indicate the end of a hockey game by curse words or a happy staement like ‘awesome game’. If there’s 2 minutes left, you can expect 15 minutes before the game is over.

2. ‘Do I look fat in this?’ Answer honestly, you’re dead. Answer dishonestly, you’re a liar. We don’t need that kind of stress!

3. ‘We need to talk.’ Has any guy ever got good news after THAT statement? Just once, I want to hear my wife say that, followed by, ‘I got 2 tickets to the Leafs game, and my head is splitting. Do you mind taking one of your buddies instead?’

4. ‘Where’s the credit card?’ Usually after hearing this, your minimum monthly payment increases by 200%, so we really don’t want to answer because we’d have no choice but to lie! We can’t live with that guilt!

5. ‘Can you go the drug store for me?’ No man should be forced to ask a complete stranger ‘Which of these is more absorbent?’

6. ‘Can you hold my purse while I try this on?’ What women see is a new dress in a mirror that looks good. What everybody else sees is a grown man holding a purse next to a bra and underwear display, can you say ‘creepy’?

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‘We are the world, we are the children….’

Remember that song? 

Carrie Underwood, the Zac Brown Band, Julianne Hough and Sugarland  have joined an all-star cast for a historical remake of the 1985 classic, ‘We Are the World.’

More than 100 celebrities crowded into the same studio used for the original recording, including Celine Dion, Tony Bennett, Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Hudson, Heart, Jordin Sparks, Vince Vaughn, Randy Jackson, Jason Mraz, T-Pain, Kanye West, Rashida Jones and many more, including Stratford’s own Justin Bieber (my daughters made me mention him!)

The song, written by Lionel Richie and the late Michael Jackson, originally raised more than $30 million dollars for various humanitarian causes in Africa. The new version of the song will premiere during the opening ceremonies of the Winter Olympics in Vancouver on February 12.

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So my buddy from Newfoundland is in Toronto for the week and already he has met more Leafs than me.

Not long ago, Chad bumped into Jonas Gustavsson before a game and last night he watched Phil Kessell, Tyler Bozak, & Jay Rosehill sit right next to them at the restaurant he was at.

How does he do it?

I’m still waiting to meet Darryl Sittler for crying out loud! 

OK, I admit it.

Maybe the Grammys aren’t as bad as I think they are.

Don’t get me wrong, there were still moments when I rolled my eyes when the winners were announced, but there were also moments that made this Country Music lovin’, radio guy smile, and nod approvingly.

The Zac Brown Band winning the Best New Artist Grammy, are you serious? I thought they were they just to put a little country on the list of nominees, and not serious contenders. Why weren’t they serious contenders? Because they deserved it the most. That’s usually the ‘Grammy way’, those who have earned it, don’t win it!

Say what you want about Taylor Swift, but what she did last night should have every country music lover giving her a big thumbs up! In an age where every country hit is getting the pop makeover, Taylor did the opposite when she and Stevie Nicks sang ‘You Belong With Me’ that was bare bones country complete with banjo.

Including Carrie Underwood on the Michael Jackson tribute was a nice touch.

Seeing Lady Antebellum & Jennifer Nettles performing was good too.

However, if the Grammys are to be considered an A-list event, don’t invite no talent media whores like Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi of Jersey Shore? C’mon, really?

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PETA, if you’re fed up with people making fun of you, then stop coming up with stupid ideas!

An animal rights group wants organizers of Pennsylvania’s Groundhog Day festival to replace Punxsutawney Phil with a robotic stand-in.

Replace the Groundhog with a robot!?!?!?! Are you serious!?!?

According to the longtime tradition, if Phil the groundhog sees his shadow on the Feb. 2 unofficial holiday, then there will be six more weeks of winter. If he does not appear to see his shadow, there will be an early spring.

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals says it’s unfair to keep the animal in captivity and subject him to the huge crowds and bright lights that accompany tens of thousands of revelers each year in Punxsutawney, a tiny borough about 65 miles (105 kilometres) northeast of Pittsburgh.

Oh SHUT UP!!!!

William Deeley, president of the Inner Circle of the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club, says the animal is “being treated better than the average child in Pennsylvania.” The groundhog is kept in a climate-controlled environment and is inspected annually by the state Department of Agriculture.

Let it be known that I am totally against cruelty to animals, and I want to say something positive about PETA, but I’ve yet to hear anything that would make me do so, what with all the pie throwing and robotic animal talk.

BTW, be sure to drop by Angie’s Kitchen on Erb Street in Waterloo tomorrow morning for our 2nd Annual KIX 106 Groundhog Day Breakfast! Free food!!!! I’m sure we’ll be eating Groundhog just to drive PETA nuts! 

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You have been warned!!!!!

After three months of ’warnings’ police officers will begin issuing fines — hefty ones — for motorists caught using handheld devices to talk, text, type, dial or email.

No using your GPS device, MP3 player, cellphone or BlackBerry.

Starting today, officers will begin handing out fines for violators of the law. The minimum fine is set at $155. The maximum is $500.

During the past few months, OPP were out in full force stopping those found to be violating the law.

They warned more than 3,300 other drivers.

We’ll soon see if these warnings were heeded.

I SAW SOMEBODY DIE TODAY!

OK, no I didn’t. But I very well could of, if at 9:04AM today on Rittenhouse Road, somebody was crossing the street, or a driver pulled into the intersection of a 4 way stop.

I watched with my own eyes a woman driving in a Jeep Liberty lean over to the passenger seat to attend to something, and FLY THROUGH A STOP SIGN!

Seriously, how many kids would’ve just assumed the ‘grown up’ would stop because of the big red stop sign?

Or how many drivers would see this Jeep flying down the road and proceed from their Stop position, because after all it’s a four way stop?

What ticks me off even more, is that last summer I got pulled over at the EXACT same spot for not coming to a COMPLETE stop.

I hope karma is working this weekend! 

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So Rick Evans, 49, who owns a couple of Survivor Bootcamp fitness franchises in Vaughan, wanted to get a vanity plate for his car. 

His slogan is “We Kick Butt (Yours).”

So it seemed a smart idea to get a vanity plate along those lines for the company Jeep.

The website said KICKBUTT was unavailable. But BUTTKICK was open. So he typed in why he wanted it. Then he clicked and paid his $235.

No big deal. After all, “kick butt” is heard about a 1000 times on the TV & radio every day! So nobody should have a problem with it. That is, unless you’re the licence censors.

This week a letter arrives on Rick’s desk from the Personalized Licence Plate Co-ordinator, Ministry of Transportation, Licensing Administration and Support Office.

It says BUTTKICK has been given the boot.

The reasons: “Sexual subject matter.” “Abusive or derogatory.” “Violence/criminal activity.”

“The government of Ontario,” the letter says, “must avoid giving the impression that it is prepared to offend some people at the request of others.”

You want to stop offending people?

Tell people to stop wearing their pajamas shopping!

Somebody needs a buttkick, that’s for sure!

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I have to say, I’m really proud of this community!

Earlier today, the KIX 106 staff were helping the Mennonite Central Committee pack Relief Kits for Haiti with donations the public dropped off at the warehouse (50 Ottawa Street @ Charles).

Not only did we have a ton of items to pack, but we had TOO MANY VOLUNTEERS!!!

Folks from all over wanted to pitch in but we didn’t have enough room to accommodate.

There is still a need for donations though, go to www.kix106online.com to see the list of what’s needed.

And thanks….alot!

I have tried in the past to watch the Grammys, really I HAVE tried! 

But every single year, I see things that make me roll my eyes!

And it looks like the 2010 Grammys are primed to do the same. Read on…..

- Nominating Hall & Oates for a live version of “Sara Smile” in the Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals category. The song was released 30 years ago!!!!

- The Lonely Island and T-Pain’s “I’m on a Boat” was a funny skit on Saturday Night Live skit, but hardly worthy to be nominated for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration nomination.

- Whitney Houston made a great comeback last year and seemed to escape her demons with ”I Look to You”. If artistic is what you want, then Whitney should win a couple of Grammys. Too bad she wasn’t nominated for any!

- Silversun Pickups nominated for New Artist despite having had two top 10 Billboard Modern Rock singles on their 2006 debut. Hello? Grammys? It’s 2010!

- Brad Paisley doesn’t get nominated for Best Male Country Vocal Performance, but gets one for Best Rock Instrumental Performance - “Playing With Fire” from the album “Play” !?! - And lastly, which Award presentations will get televised? Will we be denied a possible, say, Sugarland accepting a Grammy just so we can see a 20 minute Michael Jackson tribute….again!

So on Sunday I have to choose, Simpsons & Family Guy on FOX, or the Grammys on CBS….hmmm…tough call….NOT!!!

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Still with the Grammys, I don’t like them as much as Trace Adkins does.

Trace may be nominated for two Grammy awards this year, but after attending last year’s ceremony, he says he may never return.

“Last year I got nominated for a Grammy and then I found out that they have two Grammy shows,” he says. “I only thought they had one Grammy show, and then I went out there and found out that the B team don’t get to go to the big show. I had to go to the little show, which nobody was there, along with all the other polka bands and swing groups and jazz acts and us country guys, and then they called whoever won and nobody clapped.”

This year, the outspoken singer plans to stay far away from the Staples Center, but he does have a legitimate excuse — not that he needs one! “I ain’t goin’ anyway. I got a show that night,” he says, referring to the ‘Shine All Night’ tour he’s co-headlining with Martina McBride.

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Thomas Wallace of Ohio was arrested Tuesday. He’s been charged with second-degree manslaughter in the death of 33-year-old Julie Stratton, a mother of two from a Buffalo suburb.

The 45-year-old Wallace was being held in Genesee County Jail on Wednesday.  It seems investigators say Wallace also violated federal trucking rules by sleeping no more than four of 27 hours before the crash. Stratton’s car was struck soon after she called police to report she’d hit a deer east of Buffalo.

So what was this genius doing before he took this mother’s life?

State police say a truck driver was watching pornographic movies on his laptop computer.

Say it with me people, ‘What an idiot!’

That picture is NOT my basement, but like the person who owns it, I can’t throw things away!

I’m at the point in my life where I think maybe, just maybe, I’m a bit of a pack rat!

Take a tour of my basement and you’ll find every copy of Sports Illustrated from 1991-1993, a black acid wash jean jacket, miles of cable wire, and God knows how many ticket stubs, game programs, and old newspapers are waiting to be found in all the boxes down there!

Is my life going to end if I never see my World Wrestling Federation Program from 1989 again?

Probably not, but that program, along with everything else in my basement has a memory attached to it.

You don’t throw away history! MY HISTORY!

What’s junk to everyone else, is a ‘merit badge’ for me!

Every scrap of paper is a memento of where I’ve been, and what I’ve done and I wouldn’t change a thing.

I love having constant reminders around of how much fun I’ve had.

…..sigh…..

Everything you’ve read is what I told my wife, yet I still have to clean the basement!

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If PETA (People For The Ethical Treatment of Animals) ever wants to be taken seriously, then they have to stop pulling STUPID stunts like this;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJqN48krjc4

I’ll tell you, this ‘lady’ did nothing to save seals, if anything, she made me want to eat one very soon, just for spite!

I love meat, and PETA can throw a million pies, but that won’t stop me from lighting my BBQ this Spring!

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As many of you may or may not know, Terri Clark’s mom Linda was diagnosed back in 2007 with cancer and has been fighting the good fight ever since.  Well Terri took to her blog yesterday to ask everyone for their prayers and every little bit helps…

Hello everyone,

This won’t be a very long post, as I only wanted to ask that you please keep my Mother, and our family in your prayers at this time. We just got some devastating CT scan results after she had been admitted to the hospital, as a result of on-going pain, and discomfort. The scans showed considerable progression of the disease in a short span of time. The doctors have done all they can at this point.

We haven’t given up all hope and still believe in miracles but this is, and will continue to be an extremely difficult time. Thanks for your positive energy, prayers, and well wishes…

TC

Remember gym class?

All that running around, dodge ball, floor hockey, all those things to keep us fit as we get older!

Too bad our bodies are giving out at 15 nowadays!

Driving down Blockline the other morning, I was one of 6 cars waiting to turn left at the light. There were no cars coming, no mother duck and her brood, just what had to be the SLOWEST teen I’ve ever seen!!!!

She had every right to cross, the ‘Walk’ sign was lit, and she did have the right of way.

Maybe she had medical problems!

Did the next two who followed her?

I’m not asking for anyone to break a world street crossing record, but come on, is it too much to ask to put a little spring in their step and move it!

My body is alot older, and I can still break into a semi-jog for a waiting motorist!

Watch Death Race 2000, because you never know when society is going to go nuts!

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A 20-year-old woman is suing Starbucks after her 24-year-old supervisor allegedly made ‘sex demands’ at work.

After Katie Moore’s mother found out what was happening between her daughter and her boss, she immediately notified prosecutors who then laid criminal charges against him. The manager claimed he didn’t know Moore was only 16 and pleaded guilty to charges of illegal sex with a minor. He served four months in prison.

Starbucks executives refused to comment, but released a statement which said “These two employees concealed their relationship from Starbucks, which violated company policy. We are confident that the case will ultimately be resolved finding that Starbucks is not at fault.”

While many in the U.S. would see no hint of humour in this story, we in Canada would.

The manager’s name is Tim Horton!

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It’s stuff like this that would make me go shopping more.

Rehabbing rock star Steven Tyler treated a bunch of shoppers at a Home Depot to an impromptu concert last weekend — by singing two of Aerosmith’s biggest hits a cappella over the store’s loudspeaker.

According to employees at the H.D. in Rancho Mirage, CA., Tyler randomly picked up the microphone on Saturday and belted out snippets of “Dude Looks Like a Lady” and “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing” for all the shoppers to enjoy. 

Loved this guy before, but now he ranks as one of the coolest rockers ever!

It is SO cool to be a parent!

I love it! So many little things that my kids do make me so proud, from colouring a picture, to learning a dance, to getting a badge from Brownies.

So when I announced that this summer we, as a family, were thinking about taking a road trip to New York City, my oldest daughter’s eyes went wide with excitement.

Why?

Because she would get to see the New York Public Library!

My 8 year old daughter, interested in a place with books? Millions of them!

I was stunned, and proud that my little girl was already showing signs of academic promise that would no doubt, lead to Honour Rolls, scholarships, and a high paying job!

But before I could put her on a pedestal for the world to see, she announced why she wanted to go……

‘the Ghostbusters fought the librarian ghost there!’

She’s right, they did! It happened in the first Ghostbusters movie, and it happened in the Ghostbusters video game Santa got her for her Sony PSP.

My daughter has NO desire to crack open a book there, just wants to see where Peter Venkman, Ray Stantz, and Egon Spengler used their proton packs to subdue an unhappy spirit!

I am so proud!

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Speaking of video games, can you believe this? 

An Italian man who argued with his son over Sony PlayStation tactics was recovering in hospital on Monday after the teenager stabbed him in the neck with a 15-inch (40 cm) kitchen knife, police and hospital officials said.

Why did this guys son attack him?

Police said the argument broke out when the 46-year-old offered his son advice on tactics to improve his play, and then turned the television off in response to his son’s behaviour.

The game had been given to Mario a few days earlier, as a birthday present, and what do you think the teen was playing to send him into a furious rage?

According to his mother;

“Mario is obsessed. He’s forever playing on his PlayStation, and we bought him FIFA 2009 because we didn’t want him playing violent games.”

Soccer! The guy was playing soccer!!!!!

Should’ve bought him Mortal Kombat!

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You know, sometimes rules are made to be broken.

I read in the Kitchener Record, a story about Tucker Patterson, a terminally-ill 3 year old who couldn’t join his family for a Sunday skate at a Hamilton arena because wheelchairs were not allowed on the ice.

I’m not knocking the arena staff, rules are rules, but come on! 

The Toronto Maple Leafs seem to think the same as me.

The team has invited Tucker and his family to their practise on Tuesday. 

“They are going to watch the Leafs skate, watch the L.A. Kings skate, then hopefully we can get a couple guys to give a quick meet and greet,” said Leafs community partnerships representative Jason Schwabe.

He says Tucker can also be pushed on the ice in his wheelchair after the practice at the Air Canada Centre.

Tucker is dying from a rare genetic disorder called Leigh’s disease, which has taken away his ability to eat, talk and walk.

Tucker will be as much a normal little boy as everyone else when he’s wheeled to the same spot where the likes of Sidney Crosby, Steve Yzerman, & Mario Lemieux faced off.

I wouldn’t be able to speak either.