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OK, you all know I take the bus to work.

$40 a week for parking versus $18 for a week’s worth of bus tickets, you do the math!

Even with a new vehicle, I’m still bussing because it’s great for the wallet, the environment, and for this blog because I always end up near a moron who’s conversation leaves me shaking my head.

I’m sitting in the back because that where all the cool people sit, when this pretty young girl gets on, and grabs a seat behind me.

A guy gets on who she knows and she calls him to the back where he finds a spot next to her.

I don’t go out of way to listen in on other people’s conversations, but when you’re as loud as this girl, you can’t help it!

With all the pride in the world, she announces her love of ‘hash’ and that she only gets high once a week now.

She told her friend she didn’t have a job yet, but she spent $800 on clothes last month.

She mentioned her boyfriend is a liar, but he’s trying!?!

Wow, what’s going on in this world?

Isn’t there SOMEBODY in her life that can take her aside and say, ‘Hey, (insert head smack here), smarten up!’

I partied in my younger days, and the only future I cared about was the closest weekend, but I could’ve used a few more kicks in the butt!

So in a nutshell, it’s up to us to shine up the kicking boot a little more often because instead of that girl getting stoned every weekend, she could be the one who saves the life of a newborn, or teaches a generation of kids their alphabet, or hosts an afternoon radio show on KIX 106……ok scratch that last one!

You don’t want me teaching your kids their A B C’s!!!

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Really love how women’s hockey is getting some recognition in Vancouver during the Olympics.

No longer just a man’s sport, it a great opportunity for girls to eminate their own heroes on the backyard rink.

And the idolizing is underway in the ole’ Hart household.

I was watching a game last week when my two daughters came in, and I told them that the players on TV were all girls.

They both stopped in their tracks, eyes glued to the TV.

They doubted me, but when a player with long hair hanging out of her helmet skated by, they were in awe.

Girls playing hockey!?!

They looked at me and asked if they could play hockey too.

We’re going stick shopping this weekend.

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Garth Brooks is getting some Vegas competition!

“General” Larry Platt is finally cashing in on his “Pants on the Ground” phenomenon — because “American Idol’s” favorite senior citizen is now getting paid to play in Las Vegas. Platt is scheduled to perform his semi-hit at JET nightclub at the Mirage Hotel on Friday.

Sources at the hotel say that Platt is being flown from Atlanta first class … and will get pampered with free food, lodging, several thousand dollars and, last but not least, a steak dinner!Platt’s manager (he has a manager, who said this is just one of many shows Mr. Pants has booked recently … which means the old man is finally getting the money his musical genius deserves.

Man! I’ve been making fun of people with ‘low riding’ pants for years!

Instead of writing and talking about it, I should’ve sang it!

I could’ve been getting a free steak in Las Vegas!

So my kids feel sorry for me.

Not because of my fashion sense, taste in music, or how I conduct myself in public. 

It’s because as a child, I was so poor.

Now wait a minute, we never lived in the family car, or only saw an orange at Christmas, we actually were never without.

But my two daughters seem to believe otherwise.

They asked me this morning what cartoons did I watch when I was going to school.

I told them that when I was a little boy, cartoons only come on the TV on Saturday mornings.

I went on to say that we never had video games either until Atari 2600 came out, and if we wanted to play, we had to go to the arcade in the mall.

They looked at me as if I’d just revealed myself to be an alien from Mars!

Why assume we were living in squalor?

They thought my family couldn’t afford to have cartoons on during the week, or buy the latest Nintendo game system!

I think my kids are spending too mcuh time indoors!

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You know, I’ve been pretty lucky when comes to death.

I’m alive and well, my wife is still with me, both my parents are still here, my kids, nieces, & nephews, the sons and daughters of my extended family are all alive and well.

So I can’t sit here and tell you how Joannie Rochette felt skating for three minutes on Tuesday and wowing the crowd with a short programme that left her third at the halfway stage of the Olympic women’s figure skating event.

She did so just days after being told by her father that her Mom had passed away.

When the music ended, the crowd leapt to their feet and an emotional Rochette could no longer hold back the tears.

With her right hand on her heart, and shaking with emotion, the 24-year-old bowed to all corners of the Pacific Coliseum before skating off the ice and into the arms of her coach Manon Perron.

Sometimes you don’t have to ski down a hill at over 200 km/hour, or fly down the side of a mountain on a luge to show the world you have guts! 

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Remember when Mom would say, ‘It’s all fun and games until somebody loses an eye’?

Baseball fans who sit six rows behind the third-base dugout at the Kansas City Royals’ stadium know they might have to duck a few foul balls.

But a Kansas man says it was a flying hot dog, not a baseball, that almost put his eye out last year. John Coomer has filed a lawsuit against the Royals seeking more than US$25,000 for injuries he sustained Sept. 8 when he was smacked in the eye with a hot dog chucked by the team’s mascot, Sluggerrr.

Coomer said the wayward wiener caused a detached retina and the development of cataracts in his left eye.

The Royals declined to comment.

Have you ever met somebody when they were a minor celebrity, & not take advantage of the moment only to have them become mega superstars?

It was Halifax, circa 1987, on a beautiful summer day.

A girl I was dating and myself were strolling through the downtown and made our way to Citadel Hill which gave us the most excellent view of the harbour.

While we were there, a tour bus pulled up in front of the Halifax Metro Center.

I remembered that the rock group ‘The Cult’ were performing there that night and while I wasn’t a fan, I figured it would still be cool to meet them.

I ran down the hill towards the bus and got there just as the bus doors opened, and its occupants walked out.

It wasn’t the Cult, but the opening band who I recognized from the one video they had out at the time.

I was about to walk away when the older guy of this posse, maybe a manager or something, asked me if I knew where the bay doors were, and I did.

So there I was, walking with these guys down the streets of Halifax to the other side of the building. They asked if I was going to the show, and I said ‘Yes’.

I really wasn’t, but I didn’t want these guys to feel bad!

After a little small talk, we arrived at their location, they thanked me, and I was on my way.

I met up with my girlfriend, and she asked if I met ‘The Cult’!

I responded, ‘No, it was the opening act Guns & Roses!’

D’OH!

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‘I Believe’ is Canada’s WInter Olympic anthem! Check out the vid;

 http://www.youtube.com/user/CTVOlympics?v=pP9IQuz-jlk&feature=pyv&ad=3470515166&kw=i%20believe

Joanne Buckley, a professor at the Centre for Student Development at McMaster University and one of the country’s pre-eminent grammarians, has stepped forward to say that the words should be ‘believe in the power of you and me’ since ‘of’ is a preposition and takes an object.

UGH!!!!!

KIX 106 Listener Kim Smith forwarded this e-mail to me after hearing about this; 

So we’re not perfect!

We never claimed to be perfect

That means we’ve learned to be humble

We say excuse me and I’m sorry…as well as please and thanks

Even when its not our fault we apologize

Sure one arm of the torch didn’t rise,

But when the earthquake struck Haiti, Canadians raised their hands to say…”we’ll help”

And yah, there is a fence around the torch

But you can walk right up and shake hands with our prime minister and most famous Canadians

We put Gretzky in the back of a pick-up, in the rain, not surrounded by police…and he was okay

And by the way… the great one is Canadian…and HE wasn’t complaining!

We do have security at the games, of course, but most people don’t even have a gun they have to leave at home

The medals ARE under lock and key but our doors and our hearts are open to the world

It has been pointed out that some buses broke down last week….but let’s not overlook the fact that our banking system didn’t

We didn’t get the “green ice maker” right this time….but we will, eventually

Just like we did when we invented the zamboni

Citius altius fortius

If you don’t reach higher how do you get faster and stronger

Was the first quad jump perfect?

Should we not have given snowboarding to the world “in case” it didn’t take off?

So big deal…one out of four torch arms didn’t rise. Good thing we had 3 more! It’s called contingency planning!

But remember…the Canadarm works every time…in outerspace….and insulin turned out to be okay

We couldn’t change the weather but maybe we can help stop to global warming

We don’t have the tax base of the US or the power of the Chinese but, per capita, we ponied up for some pretty kick-ass venues in the worst global recession ever

Sure, some folks couldn’t afford tickets but our health care is universal

We have shown the world that we can raise our voices in celebration and song but moments later stand in silence to respect a tragic event…together..spontaneously…and unrehearsed.

What’s more, we don’t need permission from anyone to have a slam poet, fiddlers w piercings and a lesbian singer tell our story to the world while our multilingual female haitian- born, black head of state shares a box with her first nations equals

We’ve shown the world that it doesn’t always rain in Vancouver, that you can strive for excellence but not get hung up on perfection

And we’ve learned what it feels like to be picked on by some no name newspaper guy and we don’t have to take it lying down!

So the point is not the snow, or the hydraulics or a couple guys being 5 minutes late to a ceremony

We know we’re lucky that these are the biggest problems we had to deal with in the last couple weeks.

So take your cheap shots….Guardian newspaper and cynics of the world

We’re bigger and better than that.

What’s more we’re finally starting to believe it!

Do you believe?

Damn straight I do!!!!!

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Keith Urban’s next album cover?

Nah, that’s Keith using party moose binoculars while he and his wife Nicole Kidman watched the ice dancing competition at the Olympics on Monday.

Either the action is fierce or Nicole just sat on Keith’s ice cream sandwich!

LOL!

Remember how cool the cereal aisle in the grocery store used to be?

My mom would leave me there, do her shopping, and come back for me an hour later after I finally picked out a box of cereal.

What kind was it?

WHO CARES!!!! It was all about the prize that was inside!

Heck, I probably would’ve eaten chocolate covered rabbit pellets if the prize was good enough.

I ate Honeycombs every week for 2 years when I was a kid, just to get the cool NHL prizes inside, first the 3-D hockey card, then the complete sets of mini cards the year after.

My sisters HATED Honeycombs because of it. 

Today?

Nothing! Zilch! Nada!

Every single brightly colored box of cereal has nothing inside anymore.

Maybe a puzzle on the back, maybe a website to visit, but no cheap plastic toy to make our kids demand 4 bowls every morning just to get to the bottom of the box!

I still get goosebumps when I picture my parents taking the bag of cereal out of the box to show us the prize.

I can still see it, at the bottom and if my Mom would’ve let me eat my Frosted Flakes out of the roaster, I would’ve gotten to it alot quicker!!!!

Today, my kids show as much enthusiasm over cereal as my buddy showed before his vasectomy.

Too bad, more Fruit Loops for me!

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This just in, Brad Paisley ROCKS!!!!

Brad Paisley is currently on tour with Miranda Lambert and Justin Moore and you’d think they would’ve prepared for Country Music’s greatest prankster.

While performing in Las Vegas this past Saturday night, Justin, who’s not a tall guy, was singing a song called ’I Could Kick Your Ass.’

Brad sent out a few of his biggest guys, who are more than six feet tall, to stand next to Justin, looking down on him.

Classic!

Will somebody PLEASE acknowledge this guy as Entertainer of the Year!!!!!

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Canada won’t own the podium at the Vancouver Games after all.

With seven days of competition remaining, the Canadian Olympic Committee raised the white flag Monday on the host team’s goal of finishing first overall in the medal count.

“We are going to be short of our goal,” CEO Chris Rudge said at the team’s daily news briefing.

Canada entered Monday with nine medals (4-4-1), tied for fourth with South Korea, and far behind the United States at 24. Germany was second with 17, followed by Norway with 12.

This has got to be the DUMBEST idea, ever!

Own The Podium? Wave a white flag during the middle of the games?

What better way to find failure in a Winter Olympics where Canada won 4 Gold and counting on home turf.

I have all the pride and belief in the world for our athletes, but to think we’d get more medals than the U.S.?

Who cares how many medals we win in total?

Every single medal won, whether it be gold, silver or bronze is reason to be proud!

1 win or 100 wins, it’s great to be Canadian!

And we WILL win Gold in Hockey, Mens AND Womens!

Sorry I had to raise my voice!!!

8-1, 6-0, maybe 5-2?

These are the scores I would’ve predicted in favour of Canada before last night’s men’s hockey game against Switzerland.

NEVER, 3-2 in a shhotout! Never was there a hockey game that made me sweat so!

Look at Canada!

Every single player on that team is a bona fide NHL star, raking in millions of dollars!

Sidney Crosby, Rick Nash, Roberto Luongo, I would love to see any of them in a Leafs jersey!

Now look at the Swiss lineup.

2 NHL’ers (Jonas Hiller, & Mark Streit), 2 players from the American Hockey League, 1 junior player, and non-NHL stars from various Swiss League teams.

The little engine that could?

Usually I’d curse the team that came this close to beating Canada, but I can’t.

The world loves an underdog!

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Remember when John Lennon said the Beatles were more popular than Jesus?

Well first of all, he was right (well he was!), and second, he managed to raise the ire of church going folk around the world, especially the States

There were album burnings, radio boycotts, even the odd death threat.

Imagine what those people would do if they heard what Elton John said about Jesus this week. 

Elton John has sparked a storm of internet protest after suggesting Jesus Christ was gay in a new online interview.

His exact words were, ”I think Jesus was a compassionate, super-intelligent gay man who understood human problems.

“On the cross, he forgave the people who crucified him. Jesus wanted us to be loving and forgiving. I don’t know what makes people so cruel.”

While the smell of Elton John CD’s burning isn’t wafting in the air, folks are still a little peeved based on recent oline comments;

“John is now the authority on Christ? Jesus Christ was as gay as Saddam Hussein is alive.”

“I will never listen to this man’s music again. How dare he speak of my Lord in such a disgraceful way. He should not speak on things he knows nothing about. I hope and pray that all Christians will take a stand on this one. Elton John’s lifestyle speaks for itself.”

“While I have had some appreciation for Elton John’s music… he could not be further from the truth on this matter regarding Jesus. It is clearly stated in Leviticus 18:22, 23; that Christ sees homosexuality as an abomination.”

The gay community is much more vocal than they were during John Lennon’s infamous comment, so let the ‘bitching’ begin!

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So I get an e-mail from a KIX 106 listener, reminding me to vote for Waterloo as the city tries to claim one of the two wild card spots on the new Canadian Monopoly board game.

Now, I’m not going to lose any sleep if I don’t see Waterloo on a Monopoly game board.

At least I didn’t until I found out that Beauceville, & Matane is also in the running.

Where in the heck is Beauceville & Matane!?!?!

I pride myself on knowing alot about Canadian geography but I could never find these spots on a map!

If Beauceville beats out Waterloo, I may never play Monopoly again!

Nothing against Beauceville or Matane, but KW is the 11th largest city in ALL of Canada, and if anybody is going to represent the spot where I park my little metal car (because when I play Monopoly I’m ALWAYS the car), it’s going to be Waterloo.

Vote now!

http://www.monopolyvote.ca/en_CA/world

So my youngest daughter has a boyfriend!

So says my wife, who claims that our 6 year old little diva’s heart belongs to another little boy the same age.

Don’t worry, I’m not blazing a trail to his door to put the fear of God into him! He’s only 6, and he probably doesn’t even know that he’s stolen my daughter’s heart!

We all had those little crushes when we were kids, and they’re harmless.

My wife got curious as to why this little boy has earned such devotion, and asked our little one why him?

Her answer? 

‘Because I’m smarter than him, and he’s clumsy!’

That’s my girl!

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Reality TV star(?) Khloe Kardashian of “Keeping Up with the Kardashians” and professional basketball player Lamar Odom of the LA Lakers recently rushed to the altar after a month-long courtship without a prenup.

However, as Hollywood romances usually turn out. the couple’s lawyers are at work constructing a deal.

The agreement is ultimately alleged to provide Mrs. Odom with: $500,000 for every year they were married, $25,000 in general support, their house, a new luxury vehicle at the end of every lease cycle, $5,000 per month for shopping, $1,000 a month for beauty care, and Lakers tickets for Kardashians friends and family.

OMG, are you serious? $5000 for shopping? $1000 for beauty care?

And to top it off, tickets to see you play, for the people you despise the most (because not that many stay friends after a divorce!)

The Kardashians make me sick! They all make $$$ doing nothing, while a million single moms work for minimum wage to support their family.

Children are homeless in Haiti, but Khloe has her $500 bottle of foundation!

Who do you have to call to have an anvil dropped on their heads?

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So I was having a discussion with some of my fellow sport lovin’ brothers, and the subject of NHL logos came up.

I am convinced that I may be the only one on the planet who liked this NY Islanders logo;

Wouldn’t you be a little freaked if you saw that guy coming at you?

Of course, not every ‘Captain’ looked cool on a logo.

Awhile back, the WHA was trying to return to North America with franchises in Detroit, Quebec City, even my hometown of Halifax, where the Icebreakers were to play.

OK, this is just dumb! I remember being at the press conference where NHL legend Bobby Hull helped reveal this logo.

The whole room went quiet when Bobby removed the cloth, until somebody in the back snickered very loudly, followed by polite applause.

What an awful logo.

Of course, if the WHA did indeed take off, I’d have this jersey!

Dear Sportsnet, TSN, CBC, CTV, ESPN (1 AND 2), NESN, & Headline Sports,

I hate to break this news to you, but it seems nobody else has stepped up to do the deed, so I’m taking the responsibility of informing you!

DOG SHOWS are NOT sports!

ESPN covered the Westminster Dog Show, can you believe it?

Were there no other sports available? A repeat of Super Bowl 26 perhaps?

How can a permed canine, walked through a stadium fall under the same category of football, golf, cricket, table tennis, and tiddlywinks (yes, I said tiddlywinks!)

I walked my dog yesterday, woo-hoo athlete of the year!

I can’t think of a single hockey-lovin’ brother of mine, who would sit in front of his 42 inch plasma TV and say, ‘Ooooh, the Westminster Dog Show!’, while cracking open a cold one.

It’s dogs people, and not the cool kind that race like Greyhounds, but the poofy, perfumed, pampered kind that really can’t be classified as dogs!

Dogs were meant to be protectors, hunters, & man’s best friend!

Show me proof that Neanderthal man brought home meat for the family with a blood thirsty (yet loyal) Shih Tzu following behind!

Before you send me your pro-Pomeranian hate mail, I LOVE dogs. I own one myself, and I do realize that some of the more ‘prouder’ breeds are featured at this event.

But when I turn on a SPORTS show, I don’t want to see a dog that’s worth more than my car!

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OK, I watch the Family Guy, and love it.

I don’t watch it with my kids, I don’t talk about episodes on the air, because I’ll be the first to admit that the show is not good clean family viewing.

Today I find myself shaking my head at the show’s writers.

The only thing worse than dissing one of my favourite shows, is siding with former Republican vice-presidential candidate, and attention hound, Sarah Palin.

You see, Palin’s youngest son, Trig, has Down syndrome.

There’s a Family Guy episode where the character Chris falls for a girl with Down syndrome. On a date, he asks what her parents do.

She replies: “My dad’s an accountant, and my mom is the former governor of Alaska.”

Palin resigned as Alaska governor last summer.

Palin’s oldest daughter, Bristol, was quoted on her mother’s Facebook page, calling the show’s writers “heartless jerks.”

I don’t have a problem with poking fun at Sarah, she deserves to be made fun of, what with the inane things she says!

Make fun of celebrities, politicions, stupid people like the Octo-Mom, but leave children out of it, wait until they’re old enough to be morons.

Trig already has a tough road ahead of him, why add to it.

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Who needs cheerleaders in Vancouver when the Canucks have…..

THE GREEN MEN! Check out the vid;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oxwoLBnkkw

Move over Donavan Baily, Catriona Le May Doan, & Brad Gushue, make room for Canada’s latest Olympic hero, Alexandre Bilodeau!

Man, what a rush! Canada’s first Gold in our backyard!

I was on the couch with my two daughters, watching the qualifying rounds of the Men’s Moguls, and while my girls didn’t quite grasp the importance of what was going on, they were well on their way to getting caught up in all the excitement!

Maybe a little too much, because when it got down to about dozen skiers left, they both fell asleep on either side of me.

Knowing I would be making a ton of noise if Canada won a medal, I brought them upstairs, one at a time to their beds. The youngest woke up and asked for me to lie down with her for a minute.

I glanced downstairs, and saw there was still time to lie with her for about 5-10 minutes.

It’s a question every Canadian will have an answer, ‘Where were you when Canada won it’s first Olympic Gold Medal on Canadian soil?’

No one will have a response like mine.

Where was I?

Asleep in a pink princess bed!!

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Oh come on! Really?

Kevin Eubanks, Jay Leno’s trusted bandleader and sidekick, has decided to leave his longtime gig on The Tonight Show. Kevin admitted he wanted a “change” and is hoping to pursue other opportunities.

Rumored to replace the band-man: former Hootie and the Blowfish crooner  and current bona fide country star, Darius Rucker?!?!

Why would a CMA award winning artist, who’s just about to release a new album, want to be chained down to a solitary gig?

He wouldn’t, ….or would he?

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When are celebrities going to learn that EVERYBODY has a camera nowadays?

Mischa Barton was driving around in her Cadillac yesterday in L.A., and was snapped smoking some sort of roll-up.

They make small cigarettes now right?

Wow I am PSYCHED!!!!!

The Winter Olympics get started to today with what should be an amazing opening ceremony, even if Celine Dion can’t be there because she’s in a U.S. hospital trying to conceive a baby (I’m not kidding!)

Sure I’ll be watching hockey, but I’ll also become the world’s biggest curling fan for 2 weeks! Skiing will become as big a sport as football! And weekend afternoons will see me sitting on my couch with a beer in hand enjoying figure skating!

The Olympics do something strange to me every 2 years!

Sports that I usually ignore I go out of my way to watch, and countries I have absolutely have no problem with, I begin yelling at! (You SUCK Montenegro!!!)

Mark my words, I’m anxiously waiting for the first athlete to win gold, and make history.

History?

Yeah, because believe it or not, Canada has NEVER won an Olympic gold medal on their home soil! Not in Montreal in 76, not in Calgary during the Winter Games in 88.

Oh yeah baby, that’s gonna change in 2010!

Where’s my red face paint?

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I know at least one woman who got s*** for Valentines Day 

A southern Minnesota man created a Valentine’s Day gift for his wife of 37 years in their farm field, a nearly 1 kilometer wide heart made entirely out of manure!!!!

Bruce Andersland said that he started the project with his tractor and manure spreader Wednesday and finished Thursday.

His wife, Beth, says it’s the biggest and most original Valentine she has ever received. She says some people might think it’s gross, but she says it’s cute and “Why not do something fun with what you got?”

Eeeeeeeeeyuk! Time to overfeed the dog!

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Back East, we take only a few things seriously, our hockey, our beer, and our politics;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7tSejDcKsg

So I was making my coffee this morning, and I started thinking about my baby sister Jennifer.

Great kid, that Jenn.

Mind you, that kid is now in her mid thirties and the mother of 3 kids.

To know why coffee usually makes me think of her, means I have to go back to 19 eighty-something. I was the oldest, and usually did everything first. Drive, go to a bar, and drink coffee!

One Sunday morning my other sister Lisa (who had also jumped on the coffee bandwagon)and I were enjoying our cup of caffiene, when Jennifer entered the kitchen!

Only there was something different about her this time, I couldn’t put my finger on it, but it was almost like she went to bed a little girl, and awoke a 27 year old woman (she was like 11.)

I knew something was unusual when she pushed aside the canister of hot chocolate, and reached for the Nescafe!

Today, she was drinking coffee!!!!

I got my other sister’s attention, and nodded in Jennifer’s direction as she boiled the kettle, and reached for a mug.

Not a word was spoken.

She opened the coffee and with a TABLESPOON, she proceeded to dump 4 spoonfuls of Juan Valdez’ finest into her cup, just like she would’ve done if she were drinking hot chocolate.

She poured the water, added a little bit of sugar, and gave the contents a good stir.

She proudly walked over to the dining room table where we were sitting, and joined us as we waited for her to take her first sip!

She took one, and with God as my witness, her eyes nearly came out of her head!

I asked her, ‘How’s the coffee?’

She said, ‘Good!’

Lisa responded, ‘You don’t put 4 big spoons of coffee in it, you’re only supposed to put in one small one!’

A child would’ve come back with something like ‘I’m telling Mom!’ But not Jen!

You see, she was a woman now, and her comeback was……

‘I like it this way!’

Not wanting to admit to any wrong doing, she proceeded to drink the ENTIRE coffee in front of us.

We were stunned, and we were in awe. That cup of coffee must’ve been awful, yet she wouldn’t give us the satisfaction of rubbing it in her face that she made a mistake!

She was truly a woman after all, and she celebrated her new found maturity by staying awake for 3 days!!!!

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Sorry PETA, you struck out again! 

The Zac Brown Band recently received a letter from them asking that they re-think the menu at their nightly “eat and greets,” where select fans are offered a plate of beef and pork, among other things. The organization wants the “Chicken-Fried” singers to host an all-vegan alternative, and they hoped to open the door by sending a basket of what they described as “delicious, protein-rich faux meats.” (Yuck!)

So will the Grammy-winning band go vegan? If their recent tweet is any indication, the answer is a big, fat no! This week they responded by saying, “Dear, PETA: Plants are living creatures, too … Bacon had a mother, but so did Pickle. It takes life to support life – welcome to the planet.”

Amen!

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Canadian snow boarder Drew Neilson had a message for his American rivals today: The medal podium is not for rent.

“This is our yard,” said Neilson. “The Americans have a strong team, there’s no doubt about that. (But) we’ve been training hard and we’ve had lots of support and we’re well-prepared and the rent will be unaffordable.”

Neilson’s comments were in response to some boastful words by his U.S snow board cross rival Nate Holland who said: “Everyone says that Canada will own the podium. That’s fine by us. We’ll just rent it for the month.”

A number of foreign athletes getting ready to compete at the Vancouver Olympics have jumped on the Canadian initiative called Own The Podium, which has provided increased support to Canadian athletes in the hopes of the Canadian team finishing first overall in Vancouver.

American short track speed skating legend Apolo Ohno suggested on Tuesday that the Canadians allow the Americans to “borrow the podium” during the Olympics.

Ooooooooooooo! Let the games begin!