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Have you ever noticed that we share the same planet with some really stupid people?

The other day I was waiting to cross King Street, when 3 guys came walking up.

Now, I assure you these guys weren’t ‘just coming from the office’. Just bored and looking for something to do.

They approached this sandwich board sign that indicated a new business was open, and the sign had balloons tied to it.

Balloons these bozos decided they were going to steal.

Now let me stop here for a minute, lets thumb through the pages of Basic Intelligence 101.

If you’re walking by a Pet Store, you can assume that whoever is working inside knows a little something about pets. Right?

Walking by a garage? You know someone in there knows his or her way around a car engine.

So with that being said, want to know the name of the business that these guys were trying to rip off?

Combinations Sports, who specializing in Mixed Martial Arts gear and apparel.

LOL you should have seen the size of the guy who came running out, heck, you should’ve seen the look on those three guys’ faces!

Balloons returned, obviously not worth tapping out for.

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All hail Kitchener-Waterloo

While Calgary has been named the most attractive Canadian city for migrants, according to a new report from the Conference Board of Canada which ranked cities on 41 indicators across seven categories: society, health, economy, environment, education, innovation and housing. KW came in second!

Kitchener-Waterloo was named first in the education category.

Fourteen cities received a “B” grade, including Toronto, Edmonton, Victoria, Markham, Vaughan, Kingston, Oakville, Guelph, London, Halifax, Lévis, Regina, Québec City, and Burlington.

Other major urban centres, such as Winnipeg, Montréal, and Hamilton, received a “C” grade from the Conference Board for low scores in health and economy, while several mid-sized cities, such as Brantford, Laval and Saint John received a “D” for struggling economies and a lack of population growth.

You know how long it’s been since I’ve been anywhere near an ‘A’?

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Just found out (really, just a few seconds ago) that Johnny Reid and his wife welcomed their daughter Ava Margaret Elizabeth Reid this morning at 10:33am.

At 7lbs 10oz Ava is Johnny’s 4th child, but 1st girl.

Mama and baby are both great.

Johnny got a crash course in raising girls this past summer in Palmerston when my daughters suggested he buy all the Barbie movies. I wonder if he listened?

OK, so I got a few e-mails from you guys asking for our Top 106 of 2009 list. While responding, we got to thinking about the biggest songs of the decade.

Not the BIGGEST songs of the decade, but the biggest country songs of the 2000′s that NEVER became #1 hits.

Here we go…..

10. Travis Tritt ‘It’s A Great Day To Be Alive’ #2 2001

Maybe he should’ve put meat loaf  in the microwave instead. 

9. Dixie Chicks ‘Landslide’ #2 2002

Fact – While it maxed at #2 on the Country charts, it hit #1 on the AC charts

8. Rascal Flatts ‘I Melt’ #2 2003

Fact – The video came under fire by conservative groups because it contains brief scenes of nudity. (Joe Don’s butt) Did this cost them a #1 hit?

7. John Michael Montgomery ‘Letters From Home’ #2 2004

Fact – His biggest crossover hit ever with a #24 pop peak.

6. Kenny Chesney ‘The Woman With You’ #2 2004

Who kept them out? Gary Allan ‘Nothing On But The Radio’

5. Randy Houser ‘Boots On’ #2 2009

Who kept them out? Jason Aldean ‘Big Green Tractor’

4. Rascal Flatts ‘Skin’ #2 2005

Fact – Initially a hidden track on Rascal Flatts’ 2004 album Feels Like Today.

3. Craig Morgan ‘Redneck Yacht Club #2 2005 

Fact – Keith Urban Urban’s 6 week run at the top with ‘Better Life’ denied this song.

2. Taylor Swift ‘White Horse’ #2 2009

Fact – The song took 45 minutes to write but was blocked by Darius Rucker It Won’t Be Like This For Long’

1. Trace Adkins ‘Honkytonk Badonkadonk’ #2 2006

Who kept them out? Carrie Underwood ‘Jesus Take The Wheel’

Arrests should have been made when this song never topped the charts!

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If you’re not an idiot, please sit down….wait a minute Pat Robertson, you have to remain standing! 

The Evangelical broadcaster says Haiti has been “cursed” because of what he called a “pact with the devil” in its history.

His spokesman said yesterday’s comments were based on Voodoo rituals carried out before a slave rebellion against French colonists in 1791.

1791?!?! For a guy so ‘religious’, you’d think he’d be more forgiving!

Spokesman Chris Roslan says Robertson never stated that Tuesday’s earthquake was God’s wrath.

Speaking about the disaster during his program “The 700 Club” on the Christian Broadcasting Network, Robertson said that when Haiti was still a French colony its leaders “swore a pact to the devil” to get out from “under the heel of the French.” “They said, ‘we will serve you if you will get us free from the French.’ True story. And so, the devil said, ‘OK, it’s a deal,’” Robertson claimed, as was recorded and sent around by the liberal group Media Matters. It was over 300 years ago!!!!!! Wouldn’t be ironic if God allowed a building to fall on Pat this week, all because he forgot to put the toilet seat down when he was 7?

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30s6d67xCFA

Ouch, and I’d like to believe that there isn’t a girl on the planet a guy would be willing to do this for.

Right?

It’s the advice I give every up and coming Country Music Superstar, ‘don’t listen to your parents.’ 

Seriously, if you want to make it big some day, you have to prepare for folks who DON’T  like you, or your music.

When your child comes to you with a picture that doesn’t resemble anything, you praise their artistic talents and stick it on the fridge. I give you the same drawing, you think I’m a moron. It’s the same with music.

After watching American Idol last night and realizing that some of these people ACTUALLY BELIEVED they could sing, I had to blame the people who praised them.

Somebody looked them in the eye and said something along the lines of, ‘Wow, you’re good. Better than anything out there right now!’

Look where that advice got them, 10 feet from Simon Crowell and raked over the coals on national TV.

How can this show possibly survive without Simon?

Oh, and on a side note, somebody give Posh Spice a sandwich…PLEASE!

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Did you hear  what happened this past Saturday night at the Brad Paisley show in Wichita, Kans. Paisley’s dad Doug saw a man on the floor in an arena hallway in some kind of distress (which turned out to be a heart attack), and he got down to business right away and started performing CPR along with another man. The man having the heart attack turned out to be an venue employee. And Doug Paisley, a volunteer firefighter and EMT, knew just what to do until the paramedics arrived. He was even getting the venue’s automated external defibrillator ready. But then he said, “I kind of backed off and let (the paramedics) use theirs.”

Here’s the hero pictured between his boy and Kenny Chesney.

Come on people, who doesn’t know how to do CPR? Learn it, because you never know when you’ll need to use it.

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Are you serious?

Raccoons are NOT the cute cuddly things you see on TV, they are NASTY!

 You’ve heard the stories of some of the demands that divas make for the dressing rooms while on tour right?Well, here’s a list of Taylor Swift’s ‘wants & needs’ and thank goodness, she’s no Mariah Carey;
Day of Show (at load in) – Busses (Please coordinate with Production Manager for delivery time)

 As he prepares to annouce his retirement, goalkeeper Curtis Joseph still regrets his decision to leave the Maple Leafs after the 2001-02 season.

Joseph chose to go to the defending Stanley Cup champion Detroit Red Wings, admittedly a more talented team.  Six years later, he returned to the Leafs for 2008-09, his final NHL season.

“I just want the Leafs fans to know how much I appreciated them welcoming me back to the city so warmly,” Joseph said. “I’ll never forget it.”

Tomorrow, Joseph formally will announce his retirement. 

Cujo never did win a Cup, but your KIX Crew got inspired to make up an All Star Team made of retired players who NEVER hoisted Lord Stanley’s Mug; (we moved some centers to a wing position)

Center – Marcel Dionne (Red Wings/Kings/Rangers)

Left Wing – Gilbert Perrault (Sabres)

Right Wing – Darryl Sittler (Leafs/Flyers)

Defence – Borje Salming (Leafs/Red Wings)

Defence – Brad Park (Rangers/Bruins)

Goalie – Curtis Joseph (Blues/Oilers/Leafs/Red Wings etc.)

Sad to see so many Leafs

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Does anybody care that the Olympics are less than a month away?

Does anybody care about the Olympics period? 

American broadcaster NBC Universal says it expects to lose money televising the Winter Olympics from Vancouver next month.

NBC Sports chief Dick Ebersol said that while advertising sales were soft for much of last year, they have picked up as the Olympics drew near. The loss comes primarily due to the stiff rights fee NBC paid to broadcast the games, he said.

NBC paid $820 million for the rights to televise the Winter Games. That compares to the $613 million paid for the rights to televise the Olympics in Turin, Italy, in 2006.

I’m pretty sure that this is not the case in Canada because the Winter Olympics is the only time we’re all 6 inches from the TV screen watching figure skating, snowboarding, and cross country skiing.

It’s all about pride.

However, if I were an American, I probably wouldn’t want to watch how Canada pride strikes back during the hockey tournament. The wounds are still fresh from the World Juniors.

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With the outdoor rinks being used now, it’s time to thank the volunteers who get up at 5AM to flood the surface, fill the dry spots, and smooth the bumps.

I was up early over the weekend watching a guy spray a hose while tempratures sunk below the -10 mark (-20 with the wind chill), just so the neighbourhood can spend the day skating.

If you and your family enjoy skating on these rinks, be sure to thank tese guys or pick them up a coffee for their efforts.

Today would’ve been Elvis Presley’s 75th birthday.

The King died in August 1977 aged 42, is STILL one of the top earning dead celebrities, bringing in $55 million in 2009 according to Forbes.com.

That’s alot of moolah for a guy that doesn’t do much nowadays, but one thing has always bothered me about the King.

Why is the world so fixated on the ‘fat Elvis’? Why did a few extra pounds suddenly make this guy one of history’s biggest jokes?

I had the chance in Nashville to stand in the exact same spot where Elvis stood, and recorded songs that alot of would be ashamed to admit we liked. For all that he did wrong, he did alot right.

He had the ‘grapefruits’ to shake his hips on national TV, sending God-fearing censors into a frenzy, all while getting every female 18-34 into a swoon they couldn’t recover from.

I don’t have an Elvis record, or a velvet painting on the living room wall but respect what the former truck driver did.

Did you know that Elvis’ one appearance on the Grand Ole Opry doesn’t go over particularly well, with one of the Opry officials reportedly suggesting that Elvis go back to driving a truck?

Forget the ‘peanut butter and banana sandwich eatin” Elvis, give the guy his due whether you like him or not.

Happy B-Day King!

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Great story in the Kitchener Record today. 

The Kitchener Rangers faced off against members of the Cambridge Ice Hounds and the Kitchener Ice Pirates last night, teams made up of children and adults with developmental or physical challenges.

The charity game helps to raise money for the teams to offset equipment and ice time expenses.

Is this not an absolutely great idea?

Who doesn’t want to be a hockey star, even if it’s only for a brief moment.

Rob and Carla Bentley founded the Ice Hounds to give children and adults who might never have had an opportunity to play hockey the chance, and for that deserve a little acknowledgement.

Players can join without even being able to skate or hold a stick. There are no age restrictions, and there aren’t any tryouts.

http://www.cambridgeicehounds.com/

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OK, Deric Ruttan took this picture from his home in Nashville;

Believe it or not, THEY CANCELLED SCHOOL!?!?!?!?!

Not alot bothers me.

I can be inadvertantly pushed, or stepped on, and I can let it go and move on with my life.

However, it’s another everyday occurance that makes me want to do otherwise.

Ever wait ‘forever’ in a checkout line up?

I was at the drug store last week, where only one checkout was open, and I was in the middle of a line up patiently waiting for my turn.

As I got closer, more customers joined our line, including one lady who arrived just as a second employee said, ‘I can help someone here!’

Instead of stepping back and letting one of us who were there first be served, she quickly made her purchase and was out the door while I still waited in line.

I made a promise to myself that, the next time that happens, I’m causing a scene!

When are tranquilizer guns going to be made legal?

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OK, as a Maple Leaf fan I have NO love for the Montreal Canadians.

I love watching them lose, and find joy in any misfortune the team endures.

However, I do have a thing called respect.

When Saku Koivu returned from cancer treatment and hit the ice, I stood in my living room and applauded.

When I see an item of theirs in the Hockey Hall of Fame, I nod approvingly.

When I see their logo, I would NEVER do what this Eagles fan did to the Cowboys; 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJS2exVPmO0&feature=player_embedded

He has sinced apologized, but that’s not enough. 

Make this guy sing the national anthem at this weekend’s playoff game between the Eagles and Cowboys, which just happens to be in Dallas.

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Taylor Lautner has now eclipsed all his teen competition with a huge payday, reportedly making him the highest-paid teen actor in Hollywood.

According to Nikki Finke’s DeadlineHollywood.com, “The Twilight Saga” star is pulling in an impressive $7.5 million for his next movie, “Northern Lights,” where he’ll reportedly star alongside Tom Cruise.

How sad is the world when a mother in your neighbourhood can’t afford to feed her children, yet a kid can command over $7,000,000 to act in a movie?

Man, this picture hurts. Really bad! 

Usually I’d have all my voodoo dolls lined up right about now, clad in little USA jerseys, placing pins in all their joints.

But not today!

As much as I wanted to see Canada win their 6th straight gold medal, good hockey is good hockey and the lucky break just happened to go the US way. I can’t ‘curse’ them for playing well.

We beat them in a shootout New Year’s Eve, they beat us in OT for the gold.

Next year, the tournament is in Buffalo, New York and I guarantee the taste of losing on Canadian soil with remain in the mouths of the returning players.

Nothing will please them more than returning the favour, only 354 days until then!

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Just received some info about Carrie Underwood. 

Fresh from the news of her engagement to Ottawa Senators forward Mike Fisher, Carrie announced that she will be making her acting debut on an upcoming episode of How I Met Your Mother.

Carrie will play Tiffany, “an enigmatic pharmaceutical sales rep and love interest for Ted (played by Josh Radnor), in an episode scheduled to air in March.”

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Lastly, to dog owners who own large breed dogs like bull mastiffs.

When a dog that big comes out of nowhere barking and running towards me, I have every right to panic!

My wife was outside our home when one of our neighbours bull mastiffs got loose, and made a beeline for her.

She ran back into the house, and the owner actually snapped AT HER!!!!

‘He wouldn’t hurt you!’ he snarled.

Thank you Mr Einstein for your brilliant assumption, but how do we know you’re not a moron who mistreats his dogs? Afterall there are no bad dogs, just bad owners.

A simple apology would’ve sufficed, but now here you are being made fun of on a radio guy’s blog!

Remember the good ole’ days when Canada’s biggest rival was Russia?

Nowadays it a border rivalry with our neighbours to the South, the U S of A, and I LOVE it!!!

Heck, Russia got beat by the Swiss last week at the World Junior Hockey Championships, and now they are not even playing for medal.

But Canada is, the gold against the U.S. and if it’s anything like the game on New Year’s Eve then it’s going to be a dandy to watch.

Official Prediction? If they DON’T wear those gawd-awful green jerseys?

Canada 4 USA 2

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Now even the neighbourhood peeping tom has a career to shoot for! 

Transport Minister John Baird is set to announced today that Canadians will soon be asked to go through virtual strip search scanners at major airports. According to reports, the scanners will be placed in nine airports, including Montreal, Toronto, Ottawa, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton and Halifax.

The scanners use millimeter wave technology to see through passengers’ clothing.

Essentially, it’s an x-ray that will show you naked!

They’d better improve their sense of humour before I walk though, then again less laughter the better!

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Who knew there was a new Shrek movie coming out this summer?

I didn’t!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUB3tn8e-L4

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I’m here to tell you, Shania Twain is going to have a HUGE 2010!

Sometimes, a trip home is just what a country music superstar needs, and not in a million dollar ski chalet.

Thousands of fans braved sub-zero temperatures on New Years Day to witness Shania run the Olympic Torch through Timmons, Ontario. The bitter cold didn’t chill the country superstar’s enthusiasm. Shania jumped, smiled and waved to the crowd as she entered Hollinger Park and lit the Olympic cauldron, kicking off an evening celebration that carried on despite a wind chill factor of negative-39 degrees.“It just feels really beautiful to be back up North in the cold,” Shania told the crowd from the stage, as her son Eja watched. “It wouldn’t be Timmins if it wasn’t 40 below with the wind chill!”

How many ‘divas’ do you know would be willing to stand in weather like that without getting paid for it?

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A Florida woman says that a bruise she got from getting her blood drawn is in the image of Jesus.

Mary Massa is a diabetic and went for her routine blood test. After getting the needle twice in the same arm, she says she saw Jesus’ face in her bruised arm. Even her nurse couldn’t believe it!

Look people, don’t you think that if the son of God was going to return, it would be with a little more fanfare than an image in a bruise, a burrito, or on a cow’s butt?

Besides, who’s to say that bruise doesn’t look like the Marvel comics superhero ‘Ghost Rider’?

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Athletes are known to give their blood, sweat, and tears for an opportunity to bring home a Gold medal at the Olymics.

Some will even give their boobs! 

 Star hurdler Jana Rawlinson has had her breast implants removed to boost her chances of winning a medal for Australia at the 2012 Olympics.  

“I absolutely loved having bigger boobs, but finally I’ve grown up enough to know myself; to be honest about who I am when I look in the mirror,” Rawlinson said..

“I don’t want to short-change Australia either — I want to feel the most athletic I can, to know that I’m standing on the track in London the fittest I can be.”

The double 400m world champion, who reportedly plans to remarry estranged husband Chris Rawlinson, told the magazine she had the implants because she was unhappy with her athletic figure.

“When I looked in the mirror I just saw muscled arms, broad shoulders and big, strong legs,” she said. “These are assets I need to run well, but they didn?t make me feel like an attractive woman.

“There are a couple of girls — who I won’t name — in world athletics who are Olympic champions, but they look like men and I don’t want to be like that.”

Rawlinson won the 400m hurdles at the 2003 Paris world championships and four years later in Osaka, Japan.