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OK, while I have recently admitted that the U.S. does Thanksgiving better than us, and I still believe that, I also see the Super Bowl being superior to the Grey Cup, at least I did until yesterday.

For those that watched the game, did you see all of the painted faces, signs, and jerseys in the crowd? When was the last time you saw a fan with a goose on their head at the Super Bowl.

How about that opening? Yea Snowbirds!

Halftime show? Blue Rodeo! Two things need to be said about that;

1. No jackets on in the cold Calgary night.

2. No pre-recorded vocals.

When was the last time you saw that at a Super Bowl?

Aside from the Green Rider loss, I loved what I saw last night. Who doesn’t love a last second field goal?

Thanks CFL, can’t wait for June 2010! Go Argos!

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Funny story from a friend of mine.

It seems she must have accidentially cut this guy off or was driving too slow because he pulled up beside her in his car and starting cursing and swearing at her.

While she ignored him and kept her eyes on the road, he rear ended a truck (nobody was hurt).

Where’s my thesaurus?  Let’s see, blockhead, dimwit,  ignoramus, moron, ah what the hell….

What a dummy!

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This about sums up how cultured I am;

The # of movies I’ve seen on the list TOP 10 MOVIE FLOPS OF THE DECADE?

7

The # of movies I’ve seen that won the Oscar for Best Picture this Decade?

2

You know, when I first found out I was going to be a Dad I was, well, I was stunned! Me? Somebody’s father!?!?!

When the cloud lifted I began to get gitty over how much for the better, my life was going to change!

Somebody to watch cartoons with, plan birthday parties, and of course all the holidays would be that much more fun with a kid around!

That would include Christmas. I used to walk by all the Toy Departments, wishing I had an excuse to see what was cool and fun, now with two girls I have a reason. Plus, with them getting older, our tastes in ‘cool & fun’ are getting closer and closer.

This week, we started getting our….I mean their, lists together for their letters to Santa Claus. But not before I reminded them of how much fun we had at a friend’s house recently playing with a Nintendo Wii. Surely one of my girls would remember how much we laughed, and go out of their way to put it on their list!

Right?

My 8 year old wants a Hannah Montana PSP, and a collar for her rabbit! Those 2 items were followed by Webkinz and clothes, but no Wii

That’s all right, because there’s a reason we have 2 kids.

My 6 year old wants clothes…….clothes?  CLOTHES!?!?! I swear, the first 3 items on her list were CLOTHES!!! Followed by a Webkinz, and the new Tinkerbell movie.

No Wii

I have 2 days to change their minds or else I’ll be spending Christmas morning registering Webkinz and hosting a fashion show.

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They’ll be awarding the Grey Gup for the 97th time this Sunday, and if you’re looking for some local connection how about former Wilfrid Laurier players Joel Wright and, Cambridge’s Anthony Maggiacomo, who will be suiting up for the Montreal Alouettes.

Plus, Waterloo born Luca Congi, along with former University of Waterloo Warrior standout Chris Best, is expected to be donning the green and white of the Saskatchewan Roughriders.

The Als may be favourites, but a 6 member KIX crew put it to a vote and the majority is predicting a Green Rider upset.

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I love these stories, and often ask this when interviewing stars. LeAnn Rimes became a household name in 1996 when her debut album ‘Blue’ reached No. 1. The title track became a Top 10 hit when LeAnn was just 13 years old. By the time she was 15, the country cutie had won two Grammy Awards for Best New Artist and Best Female Country Vocal Performance (‘Blue’).

“I heard ‘Blue’ for the first time when I was in Nashville,” LeAnn says. “My family and I were returning the rental car at the airport before a flight. It came on right as we were about to get out of the car. I wouldn’t let them return it until the song was over. We held up traffic for several minutes!”

OK, so this will be the last time I harp about this because I’m beginning to sound like one of those grown ups I once said I’d never become.

When I was a teenager, I was one of those ‘long haired freaks’ cruising around town, with a Metallica cassette jammed in the stereo, and no respect for the rules of the world.

I’m sure some folks looked at me and swore that I would end up in the gutter, and I KNOW that some parents saw me walking to their door, praying that I wasn’t there to pick up their daughter.

I was harmless, just a fan of loud music and too lazy to get a haircut.

I understand teenagers go through ‘stages’, and I fully expect to have a guy with a hat on sideways, and pants down past his butt, asking for one of my daughters, but when is too far, too far?

My neice is 15 years old, and one of the most beautiful young ladies in the world, so I expected the guys to go nuts when she hit the ‘dating age’, and she found a guy according to her Facebook page.

What’s his name? Wish I knew, because all I have to go on is what he goes by on Facebook….

‘Imurda Fareal’

I…murda….fa….real?

OK, I may not have been, and still am not the coolest guy around, but when is ‘Murder’ cool and worth joking about?

Is there an adult around this gangsta wannabe to give him a smack up side the head? Does it make him feel ‘tougher’ to announce to the whole cyber world that he ‘Murdas fa real’? I know the only life he’s probably ever taken was stepping on a bug, but how would you feel if called myself ‘Kitten Killer’? I’d never do it, but what kind of impression would you have of me?

Maybe it makes im feel tough.

Tough huh?

How long do you think it would take for my 6’5  self to stand in front of him and make him cry….or worse!

I’m not dumping on teens, I respect every teen because I used to be one.

But in this business I hear too many stories about lives being taken away. It’s not funny, it’s not cool.

Neither is ‘Imurda Fareal’, but I will be when I introduce myself as ‘Ikicka Punksbutt’.

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I don’t mean to keep with a morbid theme, but this story needs to be told.

It was not long ago I said the National Basketball Association has more egos than any other sport. They also have some big hearts, and I do mean BIG! 

Five-year-old Shaniya Davis was murdered earlier this month. The alleged killer is behind bars, as is Shaniya’s mother, who is charged with human trafficking and child abuse involving prostitution.

Cleveland Cavalier player Shaquille O’Neal was so touched by the story he’s footing the funeral bill — estimated at $4,500.

Sure it’s just pocket change to him, but nobody asked for it, and he didn’t need to look good in the eyes of the media.

He’s a Dad, who loves his kids, and understands.

Bless you Shaq!

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Hey, Shane Yellowbird will be in the KIX 106 studio on Monday afternoon around 430.

Why?

I got an e-mail today that was flagged as suspicious, and sure enough, it turned out to be a virus.

I can see why, if there was some profit from it, but what exactly possesses a ‘computer wizard’ to go through all the trouble to create and send a computer virus?

I mean really!? Messing up somebody else’s computer just for fun!?!?! Sadly, it’s true!

Basically, some dateless moron who can’t find a job, spends their entire weekend stringing together lines of code, surrounded by a Dr Who DVD collection, and sends it off hoping somebody will forward it to somebody else, and make their computer go blue, or delete their hard drive!

Why?

Just so they can go online as ‘thunderlover14′ and giggle and snort about how they created a virus, affecting somebody they don’t know and never meet, all within the safety of their parent’s basement.

Freakin’ cowards!

If their allergies didn’t act up when they stepped outside, maybe we’d have a chance to grab them by the scruff of the neck and make them beg, ‘Please don’t tell my Mom!’

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Speaking of computer tampering, I saw this on Britt & Carly’s (One More Girl) Twitter page today;

one_more_girl Weird: someone hacked into my online rogers account and changed all 5 of my My5 #s to Montreal phone numbers I don’t even know!!!!

Somebody once told me you should change your passwords regularly, not a bad idea seeing that Britt (or Carly) is stuck with a $480 phone bill.

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And finally, QUIZ TIME!

Identify the man in the picture below…..

Tim McGraw? BUZZZZZZZZZ! Wrong!

It’s actually an actor who performs as Mr McGraw on the Legends In Concert tour.

Don’t feel bad, I was fooled too!

Let it be known, I am a PROUD Canadian, so proud that I bleed red……..ah….yeah!

But I will admit there is only ONE time of the year that a part of me wishes I was an American, and it’s this week.

The U.S. does Thanksgiving right, with the parades, football, & Black Friday. It REALLY feels like a Holiday that ranks up there with Christmas. With it falling in November, what a great way to offically start the Holiday season.

Families get together, turkeys fear for their lives, & the hit movies start airing for free on basic cable.

Everywhere you look southside, they are celebrating!

They have pilgrams, and will walk over their own mother-in-laws for a cranberry sauce.

In Canada, Thanksgiving is just a day to eat turkey, no pilgrams. We get the second Monday of October off, think about what we are thankful for, but without all the hoopla and excitement.

I want hoopla and excitement!

I’ve never had my kids say ‘…only 4 more days till Thanksgiving!’  

If anybody has the power to move Thanksgiving to Novemeber, I’m all for it!

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I don’t know if I’m more ticked off at the judges than the driver pictured above. (I found her picture in the Toronto Sun, who in turn got it from Facebook)

For a second time, a provincial court has dropped the ball with the province’s stunt-driving law.

A Newmarket judge threw out the stunt-driving charge laid against an 18-year-old woman who was accused by police of driving 157 km/h on Hwy. 407, near Pine Valley Dr., in March 2008.

Alexandra Drutz had pleaded not guilty to the charge, laid under Section 172 of the Highway Traffic Act.

Judge Peter West ruled the law isn’t constitutional because a person charged under the legislation can’t mount a defence even though the violation carries a possible penalty of six months in jail.

Oh come one! She was driving 157 km/h!!!!

When you drive your car THAT fast, with no regard for those around you, you have no rights!

I said it before, I’ll say it again. ‘Stunt drivers’ should take themselves out before they hurt someone that society actually gives a damn about.

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What happens when you try to make a young fan happy?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXnLrMvh1hA

Did you watch the American Music Awards last night? Rascal Flatts, Keith Urban, Carrie Underwood & YES! the Zac Brown Band too!

I want to personally thank Taylor Swift for bringing Country Music to those who swore they’d never listen to it.

It happens all the time…

‘I don’t like Country Music’

‘Oh yeah, how about Taylor Swift?’

‘Oh, I love her!’

5 AMA’s last night for Ms Swift, to go with the 4 CMA’s she won a few weeks ago.

She’s going to need to buy another condo for her awards alone!

Now while Taylor’s wins were highlights, they were some lowlights;

- Jennifer Lopez falling on her butt! I always feel bad when someone falls, but when it happens to the rich and egotistical, I can’t help but find joy in it.

- American Idol runner up Adam Lambert’s performance. This guy can sing, I won’t deny it, but after seeing what he did on stage, I won’t allow my kids to go to any of his concerts until they’re 21.

- The Jackson Family. Are they really mourning Michael, or cashing in on his celebrity?

- WRONG!  ”Let’s see a show of hands for everybody who thought, ‘Who the heck is Gloriana?’” joked one of the band members. They won T- Mobile Breakthrough Artist, voted on live during the first two-thirds of the AMAs, and shockingly beat Lady Gaga. I don’t know which planet Lady Gaga is from, but this proves public voting has it flaws.

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Well here we go again!

Remember back in 1999, folks were freaking over the whole Y2K thing.

The world was going to fall into chaos, and life as we knew was going to end forever.

Well, here we are in 2009 and everything is still pretty much the same. When the year changed to 2000, the power stayed on, planes didn’t fall from the sky, and the armageddon explosion we expected was nothing more than the pop of a champaign bottle.

So while many freaked out over nothing, we were tossing around the ‘I told you so’s’ like they were breath mints!

Now, with the movie ’2012′ raking in millions of dollars, many are believing that we only have about 2 years left. Y2K…2!

The movie is based on a range of eschatological beliefs and proposals, which say that cataclysmic or transformative events will occur on or around December 21 in the year 2012, which is said to be the end-date of a 5,125-year-long Mayan Long Count calendar.

Blah, blah, blah!

If the Mayans were so smart, how come they didn’t invent the flush toilet?

The bottom line is, the ONLY way the world will end on or around that date, is if I have all my Christmas shopping done, and the Leafs are first overall, and are odds on favourite to win the Cup.

That would really suck!

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Is Kenny jealous of Tim?

Tim McGraw’s new film, ‘The Blind Side,’ starring Sandra Bullock, opened in theaters around the country on Nov. 20. And the big-screen appearance of the country superstar has another star feeling a twinge of envy. Kenny Chesney says that even though fans are used to Tim’s onstage persona, it’s easy to get lost in the character he plays.“I was very proud of him. It definitely shows how diverse he is as an artist, as a talent,” says Kenny, adding that for the most part he was able to separate Tim’s character on the big screen from the guy who’s his close friend in real life. “There was a moment of jealousy, I’ll have to admit, when he was lying in bed with Sandra Bullock. I went, ‘That’s really my buddy Tim McGraw in bed with Sandra Bullock!”

OK, so Robert Pattinson is calling me ‘an idiot’ !

From the Associated Press - Robert Pattinson isn’t ashamed to like romantic movies like “Twilight” and “New Moon” and he thinks any guy who doesn’t like them is “a complete idiot.”

Usually, I’d go off on an anti-RP rant, but not this time. I’m sure there’s a biker out there who read the same story and will have words with Robert eventually.

I can’t say I don’t like ‘Twilight’ because I’ve never seen it. Who knows? It could very well be a great flick. It wouldn’t be the first time I enjoyed a movie that was never intended for me.

Pick any Harry Potter movie! I never read the books, never got caught up in the hype, but a friend rented the DVD one night and I was blown away. I own the whole collection now, and just watched the first one again last weekend!

I even sat through a ‘chick flick’ for a girl, only to actually enjoy the movie and consider it one of my all time favourites, if only for the ending. That movie was ‘Thelma & Louise’.

No, I’m not the ‘sensitive type’, Armageddon & Road House still have a home in my DVD collection.

My point is, I have no right to trash ‘Twilight’ until I sit down and watch it. But when I do,  the gloves are off Mr Pattinson!

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I can read stories like this a hundred times. 

Michael Hodgkinson received burns to his legs, arms and back in a house fire in Kitchener 7 years ago, and was told by doctors that he wouldn’t walk more than 100 metres and would eventually be confined to a wheelchair.

Today Michael is teaching special needs children in a school in Kuwait, and is not only walking but he will be running as he carries the Olympic torch next month in Tillsonburg.

He will be returning to Canada to run 300 metres in the town of Tillsonburg on Dec. 22

Sometimes you don’t need to be a 50 goal scorer to be a hero.

We’re proud of ya’ Michael!

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The Kitchener Waterloo Santa Claus Parade takes place tomorrow.

Every year at this time, I think about how one Santa Claus Parade would change the way I looked at Christmas for the rest of my life.  I told this story last year, but everytime I tell it I get another e-mail from someone touched by it.

I was doing a morning show at Magic 104 in Moncton, New Brunswick. The Parade was being televised and I was asked to join fellow morning announcer Ernie Steeves to do commentary.

We were set up in a pedway, with a great view because the parade would be going directly under us. Before the parade started, and while the ‘techs’ were geting all the wires connected, a bunch of kids showed up. Some were in wheelchairs, some were in beds, some had tubes connected to them, but that was the farthest thing from their minds because tonight, they were going to see Santa. The pedway was perfect as it kept everyone out of the cold. The kids were joined by their families and friends, and just seeing them gave me a ‘boost’ before we went to air.

I can’t remember any of the floats, any of the bands, or even some of the words I said on TV because it was one little boy who was connected to a bunch of tubes who made me forget everything else.

After Santa passed by, that little boy looked up at his Dad and with all the excitement in the world said, ‘The doctors say if I do good, I can see him again next year!’

If anybody wondered why the audio on TV was silent that night, it was because none of could speak.

So once again this year I’ll watch Santa go by and think about that kid and be just as excited!

Do you remember your first car?

I don’t count my 86 Pontiac Acadian because I only owned it for 9 hours before I totalled it in a ditch.

No, my first car was an 86 Chevrolet Celebrity. Oh yeah, I got hosed on the price but I finally had my own wheels!

It’s also one of the most shameful periods of my life!

At the time, I was living in Grand Falls, Newfoundland and I didn’t know a single person there when I arrived. It’s probably the ONLY spot on the Rock where I didn’t have relatives close by.

So when I got the keys, I decided right then and there that I was going use my wheels to get as many girlfriends as possible, not caring for one minute of any broken hearts that may result! Yeah, it was wrong, but I didn’t care!

I’m proud to say it didn’t take long to get the wheels going, as myself and a friend who lived upstairs (I resided in a basment aprtment) jumped in the car and split for a club called Mingles that very night.

We scored a prime seating location, and did what all guys do, scanned the scenery while trying to look cool. The place was packed, and I knew I didn’t have to rush anything, remember I had a car now! After awhile, this one girl caught my eye. She was beautiful, long black hair, and dressed very nicely thank you very much! Usually, I wouldn’t have had the guts to say anything, but that was the old car-less Bill

I strolled across the room to where she was standing, and I tapped her on the shoulder…..

Now, I have to say, at this time I KNOW I had an AWESOME line, but as soon as she turned around, these words came flying out of my mouth….

‘Dance with and I’ll buy you a beer!’

I guess I figured playing the sympathy card was a great way to start.

She rolled her eyes, and said ‘Sure’.

Now I’m not going to bore you with the details of the other dances, the chit chat, but I will tell you this, I got the girl!! She was to be the first of a long line of conquests. Me and my car were ready to take over the world, and I couldn’t slow down now, I’m on a roll! I was ready for any tears, I was ready to be called ‘a jerk’, I was ready to be the guy I swore I’d never be!

If by some chance, you have doubts about this story, you can ask the girl yourself.

She’s home with our kids right now!

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Why didn’t I know about this? The perks of this are going to be HUGE!

Ladies’ man Ricardo Bomba is bringing his charms to “The Simpsons,” and it’s all the doing of a hospital operations manager with a vivid imagination.

Peggy Black, 52, of Orange, Conn., won a contest to create a character for Fox’s long-running animated series, with her entry triumphing among the more than 25,000 received, the network said today.

Bomba will be introduced in the Jan. 31 episode featuring guest star Chris Martin of Coldplay. The episode had been mostly completed, with a spot reserved for the contest character.

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Seperated at birth?

Yesterday I told the tale of spilling my coffee on the bus, and the embarrassment that followed.

Thanks to my friend Sonja, I remembered another moment of my life that wouldn’t be filed under ‘Life Highlights’

She, my buddy Rog, and myself were watching the Leafs and the Penguins, game 6 of the second round of the 1999 NHL playoffs in my apartment. The game was tied 3-3 and headed into overtime.

For whatever reason, I had a hockey helmet on my head….come to think of it, the beer probably had something to do with that!

It ranks as one of my favourite Leaf goals of all time, when a skidding Gary Valk pushed a Sergi Berezin shot behind Tom Barrasso to win the series 4-2.

Excited?

I freaked!!!!

I couldn’t stop jumping up and down, with a beer in my hand, helmet on my head (complete with visor btw), I couldn’t look more stupid………..or could I?

As I was jumping up and down, I failed to remember that the string on my jogging pants was NOT tied, and gravity proceeded to have them drop to my ankles.

THAT’S how my guests will forever remember that goal. 
 

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Nothing ticks me off more than watching ‘stars’ with minimum talent, demanding maximum respect. I couldn’t care care less about New Moon, the vampires, werewolves, zombies, or what ever other cool creatures lie within. I won’t deny, the movie & books are the hottest things out there right now, but if you’re gonna be a star Rob Pattinson, answer the question instead of acting like a dink……

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEXMtBgI_U8

Rob should’ve told his publicist to take a walk and politely changed the subject, or play the generic ‘we’re just friends’ card.

If I were Ryan, I’d never invite him back.

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Who’s idea was it to air the Madagascar Christmas special LAST NIGHT!?!?!?!

Come on people, get with the program, who watches Christmas specials November 17th?

Let it be known across the land, Bill Hart does not embarrass easily.

Heck, anyone who has seen some of my pictures on Facebook would agree to that.

I have, however turned red faced once or twice in my lifetime, like when I asked a sales clerk if I could try on a shirt only to be told I was holding a woman’s blouse.

While today’s event wasn’t as severe, it still made me ‘warm around the gills’

I sat in the very back of a bus this morning on my way to work (see earlier blog about insane parking prices), briefcase on the seat beside me, a full coffee in my right hand, and Jurassic Park paperback in my left.

After the bus filled with people, I needed to put my coffee down for a moment so I laid it next to me. 

Well, the bus jerked forward, tipping my briefcase onto my coffee, sending the contents gushing down the aisle. A part of me wanted to fall to my knees and lick the floors because I NEEDED that coffee!!!!

As everyone took notice of the caffiene stream that appeared, they all turned to see where it was coming from, and since I was in the back of the bus, I had nowhere to hide.

‘Sorry guys’ was all could say, as passengers picked up there bookbags, and their own briefcases so they wouldn’t smell like an extra large double-double all day.

There’s a reason why some cities won’t allow food and beverages on the bus, and sadly, I’m it!

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So a bleeding heart in Kitchener-Waterloo thinks it is wrong for the secular school system to distribute Bibles or any religious materials to the students, even though the Bibles are provided free of charge by the Gideons International, and the students’ parents were asked if they would like their child to have one.

To this women I say, ‘Just say ‘No”, instead of trying to be the center of attention.

Don’t like it? There’s the door!

Seriously, there are more important things to complain about.

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Pets are just animals?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hquQA1kNciA