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This will be the last blog before Halloween, and many of us will be carving our pumpkins tomorrow. I’m a fan of the traditional triangle eyes and toothy grin, but I also like to experiment with one lucky guord every year. Check out these pumpkins and know that I’ll be stealin……borrowing these ideas;

LOL, I LOVE these!!!! Step aside kids, Daddy’s got some carving to do! (Insert pumpkin scream hear)

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No need to curse that bad driver weaving in and out of the lane in front of you — he cannot help it, researchers reported on Wednesday. 

They found that people with a particular gene variant performed more than 20 percent worse on a driving test than people with a different DNA sequence.

The study may explain why there are so many bad drivers out there — about 30 percent of us have the variant, the team at the University of California Irvine found.

“These people make more errors from the get-go, and they forget more of what they learned after time away,” Dr. Steven Cramer, who led the study published in the journal Cerebral Cortex, said in a statement.

Cramer and his team tested 29 people — 22 without the gene variant and seven who had it — asking them to drive 15 laps on a simulator and then repeat the task a week later.

To their surprise, they found that those with the mutant gene did worse, consistently.

The gene controls a protein called brain-derived neurotrophic factor, which affects memory.

Interesting. So if a car goes by and calls you a road hogging mutant, you now know what they’re talking about!

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So we finally scored a shot of Kellie Pickler and her new red hair….

What do you think? Better as a blonde? Radiant as a redhead?

A scary barn, jagged wood, cool breeze, rotting corpse in the corner….while you make think I’m setting the scene for a pulse pounding horror flick just in time for Halloween, I’m not.

No, all that I just mentioned and more were found at our Big Country photo shoot!

You see, (for those that don’t know) every Friday night I don the kick butt western wear and plate sized belt buckle and lead the party charge at Dallas (http://www.partytown.ca/Dallas/).  In order to promote this properly, Jessi, the Wonder Woman of promotions arranged for some professional shots for the website, so enter JC & Miro of Mode 1 Studios. Of course, what’s a photo shoot without a model to accent my he-man qualities? Thanks to Lace for biting the bullet and risking her reputation by posing with me!

These guys scouted the territory and found this old abandoned barn. Picture something from the Texas Chainsaw Massacre. No really, picture it. I’ll wait………………. scary huh?

We walked up the path/road/whatever and saw this barn was full of even older hay and a horse calendar from 1992! We also noticed that some of the woodland creatures from the surrounding forest considered it their own personal outhouse.

We think there was a floor, never really saw one but we did see what remained of what we believe used to be a rabbit! Fine dining and facilities, welcome to the Hilton of the animal kingdom!

Despite all this, we got some pretty cool shots. At least I hope they did or else I did alot of smiling for nothing. I’ll post some shots soon, and when you see Lace smiling in them, remember, she did so standing between me and a dead animal.

At least I smelled better!

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Here’s the Taylor Swift picture that caused all the recent (albeit quiet) controversy

The guy at the core of the Taylor Swift swastika scandal claims it’s possible the singer did not see the Nazi symbol on his chest when he pulled her in for a photo the other night.

As for why he had a swastika on his shirt in the first place — English says it started out as an “X” but was “perverted” as the night went on, adding he’s “not a racist” and doesn’t support the Nazi agenda.

If anybody believes that Taylor would’ve knowingly smiled for this shot, deserves to be shot themselves. This is what happens when you try to be nice to a fan.

As for AJ, try keeping your ‘X’ from getting perverted next time or else somebody will be more than happy to insert their boot into your…….well you know.

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I usually don’t fall for ‘death rumours’ but I was sure Warwick Davis was dead. Turns out I was wrong and even more suprised to learn that the guy who played Willow….

also played this scary dude…..

and he played Professor Flitwick,  in the Harry Potter movies. I was floored how many well known movie characters this guy has played. http://www.warwickdavis.com/

Glad you’re still kicking Warwick.

Well kiddies, Halloween is just about here and I can’t wait to see the costumes and happy faces of the kids from the neighbourhood. Now, I think now is a good time to lay out the ground rules for Halloween night;

1. You watch me get out of my car, grab a bag out of the trunk, search for my key, unlock the door, and enter my home. What makes you think I’m ready to hand out treats? Because 15 seconds after I close the door the knocking starts followed by ‘Trick or Treat’. Give me at least 60 seconds, 45 even!

2. Getting free candy is exciting, I won’t deny that. But with a lineup of witches, vampires, & Transformers waiting for theirs behind you, that’s not the time to look into your bag and try to figure out which one was the candy I put in there.

3. There comes a time when you have to grow up and move out of the family home. Until that time comes, if you’re old enough to have a boyfriend/girlfriend, you should not be trick or treating. Plus, if you don’t even put an effort into your costume, expect to be ridiculed by me in front of everyone. You have eggs? Ha ha sucker, I do too, and I drive a car! Think you can escape?

4. The owner of the house decides when Trick or Treating is over. When I think I’m done for the night, I will empty what’s left in the candy bowl into the T or T bag of the last visitor(s) of the evening.

5. It’s 10:15pm, the front porch light is off, the house is quiet. What makes you think I’m going to answer the door with a cheery smile and say ‘Wow you guys look great!’?

You’ve been warned, bwahaahhahahahhahaha!

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Miley Cyrus, one of Disney’s hottest stars of the past three years with hit records and hit films, has been voted the worst celebrity influence of 2009 by the very people who made her a star, tweens and teens, according to an online poll today.

Cyrus, 16, took 42 percent of votes in the poll for AOL’s JSYK.com (Just So You Know) website aimed at 9-15 year-olds, pushing Britney Spears and rapper Kanye West into second and third places, respectively, in a section on worst celebrity influences of the year.

No reasons were given for the poor showing of the singer-actress and the popular star of Disney Channel’s “Hannah Montana” television series.

But the ranking follows a year which has seen Cyrus controversially dating a 20 year-old model, making “slant eyes” in an informal snapshot criticized as mocking Asians, and being accused of pole-dancing on a teen awards show.

Well, my girls love Hannah Montana and they’ve yet to express any desires to date, or to have a pole in their bedrooms. I admit, they still have the tendency to make funny faces when getting their pictures taken so for that, I apologize to all nationalities who were offended. (sarcasm alert……sarcasm alert…..)

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As you have by now heard, Taylor Swift is coming to Toronto in May 2010. KIX 106 is giving away tickets all this week, but who is taylor’s BIGGEST fan?

You’d be hard pressed to find one bigger than Amanda Keddy

Not only does she have the personalized plate, but that plate is going on her….get ready for it….Suzuki Swift!

Awesome!

 First of all….LEAFS WIN, LEAFS WIN, LEAFS WIN!!!!!!!!

I’m not sure how this debate started but myself and the KIX crew started questioning who would win in a fight between a zombie and a vampire?

That depends! If an army of zombies attacked at cave full of vampires at 2:30 in the afternoon, the walking dead would chow down on the sleeping dead before they had a change to open their eyes.

At night, the Dracula Fan Club would have the advantage.

Now, would the vampires become blood sucking zombies after this? Every horror movie fan knows that when a zombie wraps its chompers around you, you eventually become a card carrying member of the brain craving clique. Right?

Same thing if a vamp sinks its incisors into the beef jerky-like neck of a zombie. Would it become a zombie with vampire powers? Or a vampire with zombie powers?

The majority in the KIX control room believe vampires would rule supreme because their brains haven’t turned to sawdust, and the ability to think during a fight goes a long way!

You wanted to know what we did while the music was playing, now you know!

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Which one is crazed monster with the abilty to mass produce?

That would be the Octo-mom, Nadya Suleman, which in case you were wondering is the second from the left…….yeah, the second one from the left, I think!

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Cross Iceland of the list of places to live. 

The Big Mac, long a symbol of globalization, has become the latest victim of this tiny island nation’s overexposure to the world financial crisis.

Iceland’s three McDonald’s restaurants – all in the capital Reykjavik – will close next weekend, as the franchise owner gives in to falling profits caused by the collapse of the Icelandic krona.

A world with no Big Macs? Happy Meals? Affordable birthday parties?

Proof once again, that some have it worse than us in Canada!

***WARNING – The following blog story you are about to read will make you feel a little (or maybe alot) more older than you actually are***

So this past Saturday morning in the Hart house involved my two daughters watching a bunch of Halloween themed cartoons while my wife and I did chores around the house. With every sound from downstairs reaching me upstairs, I heard Scooby Doo and the gang were about to solve another mystery…on Halloween night no less. Something about a ghost, a corn princess, and KISS! Yeah, Kiss! We’re talking face painted, guitar screaming, rock stars, animated in honor of All Hallows Eve. As the Scooby gang were wrapping things up, and the customary ‘And I would’ve gotten away with too if it weren’t for you meddling kids!’, I heard my oldest daughter say to her little sister;

‘You know those guys with the paint on their face, they’re real you know!’

To which she replied, ‘Cartoons aren’t real!’

‘Yes they are, DAAAAAADDDDDDYYYY! Is Kiss real?’

….Is KISS real!?!?!?

If you listened carefully at that moment, you could actually hear my hair turning grey!

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So what is it with female Country Music stars and hockey?

Carrie Underwood is dating a player (Mike Fisher of the Ottawa Senators in case you’ve been living in a cave this past year)

Kellie Pickler dated one (Jordan Tootoo of the Nashville Predators)

And now, Taylor Swift, while not dating a player, attending a game.

The news here is that she wasn’t alone…..

Doing nothing to squash the dating rumors, Taylor and Taylor Lautner (ask any teenage girl who he is) took in a Columbus Blue Jackets vs. Los Angeles Kings hockey game Sunday at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

It’s about time somebody realized how romantic a hockey game could be!

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A little more thought has to be put into TV commercials these days.

Maybe not to this extreme though….

http://en.video.canoe.tv/video/comedy/comedy/1906868833/how-to-deal-with-a-home-invasion/17296967001

A little too violent, yes. But I heard you laugh

Yawn! Man, I am seriously sleep deprieved this week and I have no one to blame but myself.

Really hoping to take my wife to a movie next week and with Halloween coming, it seems the right thing to do is take in a horror flick.

Hello Saw 6!

Now, with Saw 6, there are obviously 5 Saws before it and a whole lot of story to try and remember. So the smart? thing to do is rent all 5 and watch them all at once so you can follow the new movie easier. I recall doing the same thing with Harry Potter!

Two Saws out of the way, only 3 to go!

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This is some sort of photoshopped joke right?

This can’t actually be a jersey worn by the OHL’s Kingston Frontenacs at their last game?

Yes, it is, but after this story you’ll understand and may even consider wearing one yourself in public.

It was Don Cherry Military Appreciation Night at the K-Rock Centre and in honour of the occasion the ‘Nacs played in these limited edition, one-of-a-kind Don Cherry game sweaters! UG-LEE, but for a great cause.

Each jersey was signed by Cherry himself and is currently being auctioned off the team’s Web site for Soldier On, which assists ill and injured military personnel.

The jersey doesn’t look so bad now does it?

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And finally, as you kow we’re partying Big Country style every Friday night at Dallas, but something happened there this past Saturday that’s worth seeing; (yes the video is sideways)

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=313158700216&ref=mf

Congrats to Roland and Sachi!!!!

What the heck is this?

I’ll be the first to admit I am not up on what the latest styles are. For me a clean shirt, and a good pair of jeans is stylish enough for me. So maybe I’m showing my age when I say this but….

Guys who wear the pants below their butts look…well, stupid!

Why are these guys wearing their little brother’s jeans?

A guy walked by me today, looking like he needed a diaper change! Seriously, do teen girls find this attractive nowadays?

I have 2 daughters who are FAR from dating age, but I pity the first guy who shows up to the house wearing his pants like that.

He’s gonna receive the mother of all wedgies!

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With Halloween fast approaching, you’d better buy your treats soon or else you’ll be forced to hand out the most boring of all candy, suckers!

How do I know this? Check your kids Trick or Treat bag Nov 14th and see what’s left (if anything).  You’re guaranteed to find a sucker or two.

Based of my memory as a trick or treater, and what my kids are saying, little chocolate bars still rule the roost when it comes to Halloween treats, followed by gummi candy that resembles anything too gross to eat in real life, worms, eye balls, spiders, and ears.

Chips are cool because, despite having only 6 or 7 chips in them, the bags are full of air so your treat bag looks fuller than it actually is. Kids are mislead to believing they have reached the night’s quota, and parents walking the route with their little goblins are given the green light to wrap it up and break for home.

If you ARE tossing suckers this year, the proper thing to do would to pair it up with a Reese Peanut Butter Cup, or save them for the 17 year olds who say they’re old enough to stay out past 11, but feel they’re young enough to be knocking on my door at 10:15 looking for free candy.

Man, I’m really dumping on teens today!

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If you’re a pants salesman in Russia, I think I found a customer for you…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fm5KZPIc4Kk

…all I can say is, ‘Wow’!

OK, I read this and it made my blood BOIL!!!!!

The teenaged son of a retired police officer who was charged with speeding at 239 km/h let out a big sigh of relief yesterday after he beat the rap.

Corey Graves, now 17, was clocked by a radar at 158 km/h over the speed limit while driving his father’s black 2000 Lincoln LLS at around 2 a.m on May 18, 2008.

But in court, Justice of the Peace James Oates said he could not rely on the “inadequate” notes of the arresting police officer and dismissed the charges. He found Graves guilty of the lesser charge of failing to surrender his licence and fined him $85.

“Let me make it clear that I’m not questioning the officer’s credibility at all,” said Oates. “But there were numerous instances where there were lack of notes — especially whether or not he lost sight of the vehicle.”

Huronia West OPP officer Ian Black said he saw the vehicle whiz by on Hwy. 26, just north of Barrie. He said the radar showed a reading of 239 km/h for three seconds. Black said the driver of the vehicle hit the brakes, turned on to a road in Midhurst, fish-tailed and made another turn on to another street.

The officer made a U-turn and went after the vehicle with lights and siren blaring and caught up with the car 2-4 km away.

But the teen’s defence team of Barrie lawyer Karen Jokinen and retired York Police officer Randy Porter, who now runs Traffic Ticket Expert in Barrie, pointed out the officer’s notes did not show he must have lost sight of the vehicle at least for a split second on three occasions: once when he made the U-turn; once when the vehicle went into a dip on the road; and once when it turned on a blind curve.

Outside of court, the teen smiled as he left with his father. “Police officers need to take accurate notes,” said Jokinen, outside of court. “That’s the bottom line.”

Huronia West OPP spokeman Const. Mark Kinney said he wasn’t disappointed.

“At the end of the day, we brought the driver home safely and no one was killed that night,” he said. “We put a lot of officers on our roads on those long weekends and our concern is that no one gets hurt … The courts have their own job to do and it’s a tough one.”

OK, deep breath, 1….2…..3……

How can you keep an eye on a vehicle going that fast? 

This 17 year old IDIOT was driving a car at 238 km/h, and it’s a miracle no one was killed.

If he’s going to drive like this again, let’s hope he takes himself out before an innocent family is destroyed.

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Pay attention class, your lesson today is ‘How To Tick Off A Country Legend’

According to internet reports, Kenny Rogers was recently paid $4 million to perform at a birthday party for New York hedge-fund manager Raj Rajaratnam, who’s a big fan of Kenny’s classic hit, ‘The Gambler.’ Such a big fan, in fact, that the billionaire requested the song 12 times during his party. After a dozen performances of ‘The Gambler,’ Kenny folded, reportedly refusing to sing it again.

Ironically, Rajaratnam was arrested last week, charged with conspiring to use insider information to add to his personal bank account. He was brought down by his own colleagues … and we’re guessing they just might have been at that birthday party.

Proving that hearing the same song over and over again is bound to irritate those closest to you as well as the guy who’s singing it.

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I got this e-mail from fellow KIX employee Jenn Campbell, and in this video you will see what has to be the most amazing Halloween costume ever, heck I’d wear it every weekend just to freak out the neighbourhood kids;

 http://www.break.com/index/awesome-halloween-costume.html

Ah, Halloween!

Remember how it was when you were a kid? Everybody knew someone who ruined a good bed sheet by cutting two holes and hitting the streets as a ghost.

Masks were those hard plastic things, with a little hole where the mouth was, and you couldn’t help but stick your tongue in there, eventually cutting it. The elastic band that kept it on your head would always break, and there was always a hero with a stapler that would come and save the day.

Heck, I remember MAKING my own costume! Punk rock vampire, zombie, superhero. Proud to say, I never spent a cent but I got just as much candy as those who bought theirs.

I kept thinking about those days as I handed my debit card to the cashier for my kids costumes!

I could’ve used the money for new sheets and a pair of scissors, with some left over!

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Will Ferrell is moving on to his next film project, a police comedy called The Other Guys, featuring an all-star cast of Mark Wahlberg, Samuel L. Jackson, Eva Mendes and da-da-da-daaaaaaaaaaaa… Paris Hilton!

According to the New York Post’s Page Six, the blond heiress was cast in a hush-hush cameo role, playing herself (because she doesn’t have the talent to play a character). But Hilton didn’t make any friends on the set, reportedly making outlandish demands of the crew — especially since she only spent one day to film her scene.

“The producers were shocked when her team handed them a three-page list of demands — including live lobsters to be prepared fresh when she’s ready to eat and a bottle of Grey Goose vodka,” said Page Six’s source. “All celebrities are typically offered riders, but it seemed excessive for just one day’s work playing herself. She was due to fly to New York to film in secret last week.”

Why are people catering to this talentless socialite?

Do it with me, roll your eyes and shake your head!

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You heard me talking about this yesterday, ‘Country Musicians Rock & Read For Kids’. The online auction is underway, with the live auction happening this Saturday at the Waterloo Public Library, 35 Albert Street, Waterloo.

So what’s being auctioned?

How about a ton of autographed merchandise from some of Country Music’s biggest stars?

With a minimum bid of $20, you could claim signed merchandise from such names as Kenny Chesney, Brad Paisley, Toby Keith, & more!

Check it out;

http://shop.ebay.ca/cdnsandinh/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=&_trksid=p4340

Online bidding ends Sunday, and your truly will be the guest auctioneer this Saturday.

See you at 2pm!

OK, earlier on I joked on the air about how bad Detroit looked. What, with the burnt out buildings, abandoned homes etc. Now nobody has called or e-mailed me to complain, but I know a little bit about pride as I was born and raised in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. If I heard anybody talking trash about my hometown, I KNOW I’d be a little upset.

Here’s the thing, I saw nothing that would make me want to return, or even bring my family. Somebody has to clean up those spots on the highway, so tourists like me will want to return and spend some cash.

You have no idea how many people said ‘Don’t get out of your car’ when I told them we were driving through the Motor City.

That’s just sad!

My new mission is to return to Detroit, and post pictures of the great things that the city has to offer. It can’t all be bad can it?

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Really cool thing what the Atlanta Thrashers did over the weekend in Elmira. They were there to pay tribute to a former Thrasher, the late Dan Snyder.

http://thrashers.nhl.tv/team/console.jsp?catid=656&id=49061

The entire team rode the bus after the game in Buffalo to Snyder’s hometown to practice at the new Dan Snyder Memorial Arena rink in front of a packed house of approximately 1,500 who showed up to not only watch the team practice, but then meet the players during an autograph session. 

This is true class, and you know darn well Dan was looking down with a whole lot of pride.

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Oh come on!!!! 

Guns N’ Roses rock classics have been turned into lullabies for a new album project.

The brains behind the Rockabye Baby album franchise have replaced Slash’s soaring guitar solos and Axl Rose’s screeching vocals with harps, bells and xylophones on the new release, which will feature tracks like Welcome To The Jungle and Sweet Child O’ Mine.

This begs the question, should someone who WANTS to sing WTTJ to their infants even be having kids?!?!