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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!