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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.

What the heck is going on on Toronto’s streets?!?!

This morning a pedestrian was struck and killed, the 10th on GTA streets in 11 days!

10 PEOPLE…..DEAD!!!!!

I can’t tell you who’s at fault here, but the downtown drivers who are always in a hurry have to smarten up and slow down.

And those people who just seem to think they can dart out in the middle of the street because ‘cars will stop’, need to go back to school and learn about the importance of sidewalks and looking both ways before crossing the street.

For lives to be lost because of stupidty, in a situation that’s easily avoidable, is just sad.

Gee whiz, 10 people in 11 days!

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Man, just when you think Taylor Swift fever is reaching it’s end, everybody’s favourite sweetheart plays another card from her ‘Reason To Love Me’ deck.

Taylor will be performing at tonight’s ‘Hope For Haiti’ benefit to help provide financial relief for the country devastated by an earthquake last week. If that wasn’t enough, Taylor also volunteered to answer phone calls from viewers wishing to pledge money to the worthwhile cause.Are you kdding me? She’s working the phones tonight?

A ton of celebrities could learn a thing or two from this lady!

Oh, and if you call to pledge to the cause tonight, and Taylor answers, tell her I said ‘hi’! 

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Busted!

The Toronto Transit Commission is launching an internal investigation after a rider — armed with a camera — caught a ticket collector catching a few winks inside his wicket.

This poor guy’s picture was snapped earlier this month by a commuter at around 10 pm.

TTC rider Jason Wieler took the photo and decided to post it online yesterday through his Twitter account along with the caption, “Yup, love how my TTC dollars R being spent!”

Ever fall asleep at work? I did, while on the air!!!!! Luckily it was 6am on a Sunday and nobody was awke yet!

I am one of many who can look you in the eye and say, ‘I love my job!’, and mean it.

Now, I understand not everyone feels the same because I know there are jobs out there I would NOT want to do!

One of those jobs, is a collections agent.

The phone rang this morning and on the other end was a recording that said;

‘This is an important call for…..(pause) Bill Harar. Please call out toll free number blah blah blah.’

Well, I’m happy to say I’m NOT Bill Harar, so I called to tell these people that, thinking they would appreciate my call and my honesty for fixing a mistake they obviously made!

WRONG!

The woman I talked to actually doubted my story and insinuated that I was indeed Bill Harar trying to blow them off.

She had as much a grasp on her people skills as I do on my skills as an exotic dancer.

The call ended with her accepting my story and that I would not be bothered again.

Sheesh! Calling me a liar in my own home? I’d rather dig ditches than do that job!

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The guy who was led out of “American Idol” in handcuffs on last night’s show got a lucky break after the cameras stopped rolling — producers let the guy off the hook.28-year-old Jarrod Norrell — who was manhandled by security when he refused to leave his audition — was escorted out of the building … but did not go to jail. 

His singing would interest a sheep in heat, but beyond that we can’t figure out if he was under the influence of something!

Don’t drink before your audition!!!!

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What girl doesn’t dream of being whisked away by a prince just like Snow White…

I wonder whatever happened to those crazy kids……

Oooooooooooooh!

OK, I admit it. Maybe, just maybe, I’ve been a little hard on those American Idol wannabes.

Sure, some of them truly cannot sing, but I have seen signs of talent in those that did not get the Golden Ticket last night.

I blame nerves, for sure. How can somebody NOT get a little nervous on that show?

What gets me is that there are a TON of singers out there right now that, I truly believe, also would be denied a trip to Hollywood if they were to try out for American Idol;

Britney Spears – I believe she’s a good singer, but not a great one. She could luck into a Golden Ticket, but I doubt a Top 12 finish would be in the cards for her.

Ashlee Simpson – This train wreck showed how ‘great’ she is by getting busted for lip synching on Saturday Night Live, and the response 72,000 fans gave her during her halftime performance at the 2005 Orange Bowl in Miami. 4 ‘no’s', sorry dah’ling!

Miley Cyrus – I like Miley, and, like Britney, I believe she’s a good singer, but do you think Simon would give her a resounding ‘Yes’?

Garth Brooks – It’s all about ‘Entertainment’ for the Garthman! This guy could belch the alphabet and still rock the crowd, but sing well enough for a Golden Ticket? I don’t think so.

I could name 100′s more but luckily, a number of artists today, did it the hard way. With great live shows, playing the bars, and earning the respect of each and every fan, they managed to climb that ladder to get their record deals and sell out stadiums.

So when a ‘loser’ leaves the AI set and says, ‘They were wrong, they haven’t heard the last of me’, who knows, they could be right!

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Toby Keith has had a more successful career than most artists, of any genre. With 39 Top 20 songs, including 22 No.1 hits, more albums sold in the past decade than Britney Spears and Jay-Z and more airplay than Pink and Lady Gaga, he is certainly at the top of his game. But there is one career achievement that continues to elude the superstar, and he says he has finally made peace with it. “The Grammys don’t respect country,” Toby tells CMT. “The Grammys would take the four biggest artists in this genre and ask them to come to a show, perform on the same song at the same time and not do a country song.” Not only has Toby never won a Grammy, the multi-platinum-selling artist has not won a major award since 2005.But, he says, he doesn’t need a trophy to measure his success. “My decade will stand with anybody’s … That’s all you can do. You just go do your thing. The people at home, sitting listening to music, don’t know the difference.” Once very vocal about his disappointment over not receiving any accolades for his achievements, he says he’s learned his lesson. “If you try and fight and politic your way into that, you’re going to waste a lot of creative time doing what you do best. So I quit a long time ago trying.”Amen Toby! You ROCK!

Check out this picture;

Participants of a winter competition clothed in beach wear sit in beach chairs in temperatures around the freezing point at the water’s edge of the famous landmark ‘Aussenalster’ in Hamburg, northern Germany. A Hamburg radio station awards the participant that endures the icy temperature the longest with a trip!

To where? Someplace warm? Tropical?

No!

The winner gets a trip to Canada!

Should we tell them?

Nah!

When is a phone call in the middle of the night ever a good thing?

I was in the middle of downtown Slumberland, when the sound of the phone ringing brought me back to reality!

I glanced at the clock and saw ’1:46′.

I knew this couldn’t be good.

In the time it took to reach for the phone, every family member flashed through my mind as I wondered who was hurt and how long of a drive was it going to take.

I answered the phone, prepared for the worst when I heard, ‘Is Alesha there?’

Is Aleasha there!?!?!

IS ALEASHA THERE!!?!?!?!

Some dumb ass teenager dialed the wrong number!!!

When I realized that my family was safe, and that I soon will be able to return to bed, I responded like this;

‘Two things pal, one, the reason you’re flunking school is because you’re on the phone at 1:45 in the morning. And two, she has no interest in you because she obviously gave you a wrong number!’

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Avatar will thrill you, chill you, and apparently…..KILL YOU! 

A 42-year-old Taiwanese man with a history of high blood pressure has died of a stroke likely triggered by over-excitement from watching the blockbuster “Avatar” in 3D, a doctor said today.

The man, identified only by his surname Kuo, started to feel unwell during the screening earlier this month in the northern city of Hsinchu and was taken to hospital.

Kuo, who suffered from hypertension, was unconscious when he arrived at the Nan Men General Hospital and a scan showed that his brain was haemorrhaging, emergency room doctor Peng Chin-chih said.

“It’s likely that the over-excitement from watching the movie triggered his symptoms,” he told AFP.

Kuo died 11 days later from the brain haemorrhage, and the China Times newspaper said it was the first death linked to watching James Cameron’s science-fiction epic “Avatar”.

Film blogging sites have reported complaints of headaches, dizziness, nausea and blurry eyesight from viewers of “Avatar” and other movies rich in 3D imagery.

Bad press like this will cause this movie to ONLY make $300 gagillion now!

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And here’s a picture worth posting;

Kellie Pickler took this while overseas entertaining the troops!

Seriously, how many Country stars can say they enjoyed a Coke while dangling their feet over Iraq?

Seriously, who pre-empts FOX’s Night of Animation for the Golden Globes?

The Golden Globes!?!?! Over Homer, Peter, & Cleveland?

After seeing their faces on magazine covers, talk shows, online etc. Do we need to see more?

Why do I need to sit in my living room, wearing jogging pants, a Coors Light t-shirt, eating stale ketchup chips and watch a ton of better dressed people getting fed for free while they have millions sitting in their accounts?

At least with MUSIC award shows, we get some great performances!

I have never watched the Emmys, the Tonys, the Oscars, the Daphnes, the Emilys, the Howards and I can tell you, I never will!

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Sometimes, during the darkest days, you can still find a little light….

http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/index.php?cl=17671033

It turns out, that little girl was next to her dead parents all this time.

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What do you do when you absolutely need a zebra?

Palestinian men tape a donkey in order to paint it to look like a zebra ahead of the Eid al-Adha festival, at the Marah Land Zoo in eastern Gaza City. The zoo cannot afford to buy a zebra which can be very expensive to buy as it can only be snuck through the tunnels from Egypt.

This is not a joke, I checked.