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Well, last night the Toronto Maple Leafs were officially eliminated from playoff contention.

This shouldn’t shock anyone but last Fall I predicted they WOULD make it and today I received this e-mail;

Good Morning Bill,
As you may now know the Toronto Maple Leafs have been eliminated from the playoff race and will not be seeing post season this year. What you may also know (although tried to forget) is that you made a prediction on Sept 29th 2009 around the 5:50 pm hour in regards to them making the second season.
My question to you is when are going to “eat my own Leafs jersey”?
Thanks Bill
 
David Ellison
…awaiting your response

Wow! I have confirmed this with our Promotions department, and sure enough, they say I promised to ‘eat my Leafs jersey’ if they didn’t make the playoffs.

My mouth doesn’t write cheques that I can’t cash so preperations are underway for me to eat my jersey live on KIX 106.

Stay tuned!

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Oh come on!

Are they serious? 

A group of parents, health professionals and corporate advocates threw McDonald’s Ronald McDonald a retirement party this afternoon in Chicago, hoping the McDonald’s corporation will take a hint.

These folks are a part of the Corporate Accountability International group and they are seeking the spokes-clown to step down in an effort to stop his influence on children and childhood obesity.

Ronald didn’t show, but a spokesperson for McDonald’s said that the company never received a formal invitation and even if they had, they have no intention of having their icon step down. The rep explained:

“He is the heart and soul of Ronald McDonald House Charities, which lends a helping hand to families in their time of need. Ronald also helps deliver messages to families on many important subjects such as safety, literacy and the importance of physical activity and making balanced food choices.”

This all begs the question, why blame the ‘clown’?

Is he driving these kids to fast food places and paying for their Happy Meals?

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So we now know why Ellen DeGeneres is so popular.

Ancestry.com says Ellen’s 10th great-grandfather, was a Frenchman named Martin Aucoin.

Aucoin’s daughters left France to settle in Nova Scotia, where Ellen’s families lived for generations.

There’s some East Coast blood flowing through those veins of hers, which easily explains why everybody loves her, nothing more personable than an East Coaster right?

Ancestry.com also says that Madonna ALSO shares this family tree, so Ellen and Madonna are like, 10th cousins.

Although, I have to say, I’ve never seen anyone from the East in a pointy bra.

Maybe she was adopted!

Like a million families in Canada, we own a dog.

A medium sized beagle-lab mix named Buffy, as in Buffy The Vampire Slayer.

Laugh if you want, but since we got her 8 years ago, we have never had a problem with the blood sucking undead.

Buffy is not a pet, she’s a part of our family, and it’s because of this bond that I found this story disturbing.

A six-month old puppy died a few hours after an animal hospital refused treatment because her owner couldn’t produce a $1,600 deposit. Ryan Kerr took his mixed-breed puppy, Kila, to the 24-hour Willowdale Animal Hospital at 5 a.m. on Saturday, fearing there was something seriously wrong with his pet.

She was assessed by one of the overnight doctors who determined further medical treatment was required. However, Kerr said he was informed that a $1,600 deposit would be required before medical personnel provided that treatment.

Kerr took Kila home and, despite the early hour, called family and friends and was able to raise the money and went out to collect it.

But by the time he got back home to take Kila to the vet, the dog was dead.

I’m not going to come down hard on the animal hospital, I understand that somebody has to pay for it and they fear being stuck with the bill, but not everybody has $1600 to hand over right away.

Sure, it’s not a human being being brought in looking for treatment, but if I had to go back to my kids and say ‘Buffy’s dead’, you’d still get the same heart break and tears.

Not every pet owner is financially stable, but they love their dog just as much as any doctor, lawyer, or professional athlete.

What happened to Kila can’t happen to another family.

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Move over Taylor, this is one honour you cannot win!

Carrie Underwood is the National Hockey League’s hottest spouse — and she’s not even married yet! Carrie — who’s engaged to the Ottawa Senators’ Mike Fisher — got 48 percent of the vote in a recent ESPN The Magazine poll of NHL players.

“Many of us are good-looking guys with charm, so there is a lot to choose from,” says one Eastern Conference player, “I’ll take Mike Fisher’s fiancée, though.”

Also getting vote were Dallas Stars forward Mike Modano’s wife Willa Ford…….

And Mike Comrie’s soon-to-be-mrs Hilary Duff. 

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What would you do for free gas?

Sing in public?

Wear a gorilla suit?

Go to church?

It sounded enticing, but interest in a free gas giveaway at a Peterborough church Sunday didn’t draw many new attendees.

Christian Victory Church was offering $20 gift cards for gasoline to the first 50 visitors at its Sunday morning service who weren’t already part of the congregation.

Only six people showed up for their free gas.

The church wanted to help people on tight budgets and draw interest in the church.

The website ontariogasprices.com reported the provincial average on Sunday morning for a litre of gas was under 98 cents.

Happy Monday!

I came into work this morning a little sore from moving furniture all weekend, but happy to get it done.

I also got my intern today, so I’m keeping him busy with little parts of my job that I usually do.

So far so good, this short work week was off to a sweet start.

That is, it was until I grapped a coffee on saw this picture in today’s Kitchener Record….. 

That is the face of NHL Legend, and my hero Darryl Sittler who, for an hour yesterday skated with over a dozen girls from the Cambridge Roadrunners Pee Wee B hockey team.

Am I the only person on this planet who HASN’T met Darryl Sittler????

When I was a kid in Trenton, Ontario (lived there for 2 years, all part of being in a military family) we’d play road hockey against the big kids. Of course, they were always the Montreal Canadians and made us the Toronto Maple Leafs and pounded us into the dirt everytime.

Everyday, the ‘Habs’ beat the ‘Leafs’, ‘Dryden’ beat ‘Palmateer’, and ‘Lafleur’ beat ‘Sittler’.

It was during this time that I became a Leaf fan, because all I wanted was to beat the older kids, the ‘Canadians’, and I wanted to be ‘Sittler’.

Everytime the Leafs won, I took pride in it. Whenever Montreal lost, I was sure to be a big mouth about the next day.

As I type this, I have 2 autographed pictures of Darryl on my desk (and not a single 1 of my wife!?!?!). One was for a guy named John that I found in an old desk, and the other was given to me after a radio listener in Halifax heard me complain about not being able to meet him while he was in town.

She actually told Darryl that I was saying all of this on the air, and he signed something for me.

I went into a car dealership once and the guy behind the desk was best friends with Darryl’s cousin (or something like that), and met him several times.

Darryl Sittler is THE reason why I am a Toronto Maple Leafs fan, and after asking my fellow KIX 106 staff if they have ever met him, over half say they have, and some of those met him by accident.

I’ve met Guy Lafleur 3 times, who I booed heavily growing up. (yes, I told him that)

I sat with Mike McPhee who not only let me look at his Stanley Cup ring, but took it off and threw it to me so I could get a closer look.

Bumped into Bobby Smith at a Halifax Mooseheads game.

All these Montreal Canadian players, but no Darryl.

It begs the question, as a Leaf fan who defended the Leaf honour by getting slashed, cross checked, knocked down and laughed at on Regina Crescent as a kid, why am I meeting with the enemy all the time!?!?

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Wow, it never ceases to amaze me!

How is it, people who hate being around others seem to find emplyment dealing with the public?!?

I have simple demands in life, smile when you serve me, pretend that you care that I’m there, and a little ‘Have a nice day!’ to complete the experience.

This past week, I got my coffee from a young lady who truly did NOT want to be there. I mean, I asked for 2 large double-double and she acted like I asked her to date my cousin!!!

Then a bus driver gave attitude to two teens who entered the bus before she did, despite coming out of her ‘cave’ at 7:18 when the bus was supposed to leave at 7:15. And ma’am, even though you whispered it, I heard you call those guys ‘idiots’.

To those people who think the paying public is an inconvenience to your work day, please find a job that involves no direct contact with the outside world.

They’re are plenty of pleasant people who could use the coin!

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Worst shootout attempt EVER?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saZETkviq4o&feature=player_embedded

To the lady driving a red Honda, who flew through the intersection of Westmount and Blockline last night between 745-8:00.

I’ve been driving for awhile, I wouldn’t call myself a GREAT driver.

I mean I can back into a parking space without hitting anything, but I don’t have what it takes to win the Daytona 500.

I can also spot an idiot behind the wheel from a few hundred yards away.

It was this talent that probably saved my life, and that of my wife and kids last night.

I was in the left turn lane on Westmount, turning into Highbrook to show my daughters their new house.

You were coming in the opposite direction, also in a left turn lane meant for traffic heading towards Homer Watson.

You had no intention of turning, despite the giant white arrow curving left on the road indicating otherwise.

I saw you flying down the road, and stopped short of the light because like I said, I can spot an idiot behind the wheel from a few hundred yards away.

It was there, where I watched you fly through the intersection, changing lanes where my car would’ve been had I not stopped.

My daughters woke up in their own beds this morning instead of one in a hospital, and as God is my witness, if your stupidity had caused any harm to my kids…….

Blonde hair, driving a red car. You know where she was, if you see her tell I said ‘Hi’!

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A house in Toronto for only $179,000!?!?!

Yep! It’s true!

Toronto’s smallest house is back on the market. The home on 128 Day Ave. has three modernized, ground-floor rooms, a four-piece bathroom and a new entrance door almost half the width of the front of the home.

Totalling 350 sprawling square feet, “it’s an adorable little property,” Re-Max 2000 agent Antonio Nardi said Wednesday.

Now a house like this is BOUND to attract attention and it has!

The famous little house has been featured in articles and on television, including The Ellen DeGeneres Show. 

The $179,000 price tage includes the land, back patio and two parking spaces off a rear lane of almost century-old homes.

Others, including the towering two-storey neighbouring single dwellings, have more than four times the interior space and would sell for about $400,000, Nardi said.

The St. Clair Ave. W.-Weston Rd.-area property was originally a lane. Nardi said the house was built in 1912 and has been occupied by several families over the years.

Billed as an option to some bigger-bucks downtown condos with just 10%-30% more space, almost two dozen prospective buyers have visited, Nardi said, “and a couple of people are mulling it over.

“It’s bigger than it looks,” he said.

The white aluminum-sided home has a Victorian-style peaked roof and covered porch.

Inside, the 36-square-foot bedroom has a Murphy bed, which folds up into the wall.

The kitchen, at 12 by 6.9 feet, has a four-burner stove, a sink on a narrow counter and a stacked washer and dryer near a fridge.

As for the 36-square-foot living room, well, two people can easily snuggle on the lone couch.

Lastly, the 50-square-foot basement, which rises about 41/2 feet above the gravel floor, has room for storage near the furnace.

Promoting it as ideal for a single person, Nardi said it can be yours for $9,000 down, $1,051 monthly, covering the mortgage, utilities and taxes.

“I believe it is the smallest house in Toronto,” he said, adding confidently: “It’s livable.”

Yeah, if you’re an Oompa Loompa!

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So I did a little survey on my Facebook page asking,

‘Do you REALLY turn off the radio when you hear Taylor Swift?’

At last check, 58% do NOT turn off the radio.

http://www.facebook.com/?ref=logo#!/Bill.Hart.NS

How could this happen?

I mean, really!

As the man of the house, actually the ONLY man in the house, I should rule all physical sports like hockey, softball, basketball, and bowling!

I’m not being sexist, I respect what females have done in all sports and know that just about every single one of them has the ability to hand my butt to me on the playing field.

But my wife doesn’t play sports and my daughters are only 8 and 6 so they should be easy pickings, especially the youngest one!

Ever play Bowling on the Nintendo Wii?

Fathers have been known to ‘hold back’ when competeing against their children, I am not one of them.

Danielle wanted to take me on, so it’s time to learn a very valuable life lesson, which I couldn’t do if I let her win, right?

Wii controllers involve actual movement and no rapid button pushing, so this is as real as it gets.

I have the experience, I have the strength, and Danielle doesn’t understand the physics of the sport, like what pin to aim for when going for the spare.

Below is a picture after the ‘life lesson’;

You may notice that my daughter scored three straight strikes to start, and I was never in it! 

Lesson learned here?

Never play against your kids when there’s a camera close by! 

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Remember when that woman sueed McDonald’s because her coffee was too hot?

What was she expecting? A cold coffee? 

An Edmonton man is now sueing Tim Hortons and it has nothing to do with coffee.

According to a statement of claim filed in Edmonton’s Court of Queen’s Bench on March 12, Gerbrand Denes is suing Tim Hortons Inc. and Tim Hortons Canada Holdings for $121,000.

You heard right, $121,000.

What did they do? Spit in his Iced Cap? 

Denes alleges he was a paying customer at a Tim Hortons restaurant at 2133 99 St. on the evening of March 13, 2008, and had to use the washroom.

While “in the normal course of using” the facilities, Denes claims the toilet seat broke, which caused him to fall into the toilet and then onto the floor.

As a result of the fall – which he says was caused solely by the negligence of Tim Hortons – Denes alleges he sustained serious and permanent injuries.

The city man claims the “grievous” bodily injuries he suffered include a bruised and broken right hip, bursitis in his hip, post-traumatic lumbar spinal dysfunction with aggravation of degenerative arthritis and soft tissue damage to the back.

Denes says he suffered “excruciating” pain and continues to suffer pain in his hip and lumbar spine as a result of the injuries, which necessitated extensive treatment and will require extensive treatment in the future.

Denes alleges Tim Hortons was negligent in failing to take any steps to ensure he would be reasonably safe on the premises and for causing or permitting the toilet seat in question to become a danger to persons using it.

Dem’ terlets are pretty tricky wha?

He also alleges the coffee shop was negligent for allowing him to use the toilet when they knew or ought to have known it was unsafe and dangerous for him to do so and for failing to warn him of the condition of the toilet.

Denes wants $91,000 in general damages and $31,000 in special damages for travel to get treatment, cost of care and rehabilitation and loss of housekeeping capacity.

Housekeeping capacity?

If the guy can’t sit on a toilet properly, how could he possibly figure out a dishwasher?

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It’s a beautiful summer day in July 2014.

You’re off of work for the week, and the kids want you to take them to the VG Tower!

Huh?

The VG Tower?

Well it used to be the CN Tower, the iconic structure that identifies the Toronto skyline.

Vehicle Gateway Corp., which operates a website to buy and sell used cars, put out a press release announcing it would submit a $78-million bid to Canada Lands to rename the tower and change its lighting scheme, but thankfully Canada Lands Corp. officials say the naming rights aren’t for sale.

If it was, we could’ve been stuck with something like the Taco Bell Tower or something.
 

Sushi!

You either love it or you hate it!

Me?

I love it, I actually went out for some today and enjoyed it all.

I don’t know, maybe it’s because this method of fish preparation seems so much ‘cleaner’.

I was sitting at the table, chowing down when I thought back to my first sushi experience.

It was Moncton, New Brunswick. After passing by the sushi counter at the local grocery store every two weeks for the previous two years, it was time to actually try the stuff.

I bought a bunch, brought it home and declared it ‘Sushi Night’ in the Hart household.

Open it up and spread it out over a couple of serving trays, and watched my wife scrunch up her face and say, ‘I’m not trying that!’

Her brother sucked back his lips and politely said, ‘No thanks!’

His friend tried some and promptly made a bee line for the garbage can.

Oh well, more for me!

Before I go further with this story, I advise that before you embark on a sushi eating journey, please consult with somebody who has dined on it before.

I sure wish I did!

Our sushi came with this green stuff called wasabi.

Now, for as long as I can remember, I liked to spread my peanut butter really thick on my bread. Same as jam, mayo and every other condiment I came across.

Wasabi shouldn’t be any different, so I spread this stuff on my sushi like peanut butter on my bread.

What happened?

Well, for those that don’t know, wasabi has got to be the SPICIEST condiment on the planet.

When I ate this, tears rolled down my face and panic set in as I thought the hospital wasn’t going to be able to save my nasal cavity which at this point, was burning bad!!!!!

Haven’t the Japanese ever hear of warning labels!

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OK, we all know that I am not a fan of American Idol.

I’m not denying the talent that’s on there, it’s just my belief that there’s a 30-something singer songwriter somewhere singing in a bar tonight that has twice the talent of anyone on that AI stage, but is not getting their break.

I’m waiting for American Idol to do something to change my feelings, but this is not what I had in mind.

Miley Cyrus is set to give the current crop of American Idol contestants a boost this week by mentoring them through their latest challenges.

MILEY CYRUS!?!?!?

Come on! What can she possibly bring to the table for these kids?

She’s a kid herself!

Where are the bona fida stars? The legends?

You know, artists that have actually survived the music industry!

New couple Joe Jonas and Demi Lovato will also be part of the show, singing duet Make A Wave.

Oh great…..(insert sarcastic tone here!)

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A big thanks to all of you who joined us Dallas for the Gord Bamford show!

This guy is the real deal, and I was really proud of all of YOU when Gord stopped singing ‘Postcard From Pasadena’ and you sang along word for word.

THAT’S what really exciting for a singer, when the crowd knows the words to your song.

Check out the pictures and video on the KIX 106 Facebook page!

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=11572669&id=878710250&op=1&view=all&subj=87245767877&aid=-1&oid=87245767877#!/group.php?gid=87245767877

OK people, can I have your attention please.

Since the dawn of man, we have communicated.

Sure, back then it was a string of grunts and probable chest pounding, but we more or less…talked!

I’m on Facebook, and use it as a communication tool, as do millions of others, but it never ceases to amaze me how many people post conversations on their walls. Conversations with PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE SAME HOUSE!!!!!!

I mean really! A post asking ‘What’s for supper tonight?’ meant for the same person who just happens to be 20 feet down the hall!!!

A father asking his daughter ‘Is your homework done?

Push yourself away from the desk and ask her!!!

I love it even more when personal conversations are being shared for all to see.

Do we really need to know how much you’re looking forward to ‘snuggle time’? Your ‘snuggle’ partner will be home in 15 minutes!!

You know, phones still exist!

Mark my words, Facebook is going to change this world and the way we ‘talk’.

Hell, a 16-year-old British girl was in tears recently after she logged on to her Facebook page and discovered she had been fired from her job.

Her manager, Elaine Sutton, wrote on Taylor’s wall because she said she couldn’t reach the teen by phone.

“Sorry to send u a message like this but bin tryin to ring u,” said the message, which was riddled with text-speak and poor grammar. “I had to tell the owner bout u losing that tenner coz obviously the till was down at end of day. She wasn’t very pleased at all and despite me trying to persuade her otherwise she said I have to let u go. I’m really sorry. if u call in in the week with your uniform i’ll sort your wages out. Once again I’m really sorry but it’s out of my hands. Elaine xx.”

Taylor wrote back about three minutes later, “OK.”

What the heck!?!?!

We’re getting lazy folks, that tongue of your was meant for more than just tasting food!

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No K’NAAN is not going Country on his next album, but this guy did something worth mentioning.

The Canadian hip-hop artist’s signature tune ‘Wavin’ Flag’ was re-worked and recorded by a cross-section of 57 of today’s biggest Canadian music stars. Calling themselves Young Artists for Haiti, they included indie favourite Emily Haines, superstar Avril Lavigne and rising rap star Drake. They gathered on Feb. 18 in a Vancouver studio to record the song in an effort to help the victims of the Haiti earthquake.

A new version of Wavin’ Flag, which includes new lyrics specific to Haiti is being sold digitally with all proceeds will go to Free The Children, War Child Canada and World Vision.

Actually, the song is pretty good. Check it out;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nB7L1BIDELc

HOLD IT!!!!

Back that tape up!

‘Young Artists for Haiti’!?!?!

Did I just see Tom Cochrane singing!?!?!?!

He’s 107 years old!!!

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Things are tough all over…..

Oh Willy Wonka, are you happy now?

Look at this picture; 

That’s Bruins forward Scott Thornton dropping the gloves against the Penguins’ Matt Cooke from last night.

A little revenge for a Matt Cooke hit eleven days earlier on Boston’s Marc Savard.

Their best playmaker lost for the season with a Grade 2 concussion.

Dirty hit?

You tell me….

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Z1vJrIAg-0

Now, look again at the picture up top.

See the look on the kids face in the background?

Do you think anybody in Boston last night did NOT want to see this?

There have been alot of cheap hits in hockey lately, and it’s giving the game a bad name!

What’s worse for the sport, fighting or a player lying on the ice never to walk again because his neck has been broken?

There’s only one way to stop this from happening, FEAR!

Not the fear of suspension, or fine, but the fear of knowing that somebody on the other team is going to give you the beating of your life for the elbow you just gave their star player.

When Wayne Gretzky played for the Oilers, nobody dared to pull a stunt like that because Dave Semenko was there to police the situation.

Even the Leafs had a protector in 93….

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TacPPXaNI9A

Do you think Matt Cooke would’ve raised his elbow if he knew he was going to pay dearly? 

I don’t think so. 

It’s funny that during the 70′s, and 80′s, hockey had their ‘goons’ but players rarely went down with career threatening injuries.

Want to make the league better?

Bring back fighting, and let the players know that they’ll be sitting for 5 if they drop the mitts, but won’t be suspended automatically for being the 3rd guy in.

Guarenteed, the cheap shots would drop significantly!

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OK, still with the hockey theme, how many NHL stars from the men’s Olympic hockey team really NEED extra $$$.

Each player on Canada’s Olympic gold medal-winning men’s and women’s hockey teams was awarded a $20,000 bomus from the $5.9 million Canadian Olympic Committee Athlete Excellence Fund. Each silver awarded brought in $15,000 for the athlete, $10,000 for a bronze.

I have no doubt our skiers, lugers, and speed skaters could use the cash, because they’re not making millions of dollars like Sidney Crosby.

But why give millionaires more, when not a single Paralympian gets one red cent for winning a medal?

Not even the sledge hockey team, whose games are the only Paralympic events telecast live on national commercial TV.

The Canadian Paralympic Committee does not have a comparable fund despite Hockey Canada reporting 509 registered sledge hockey players nationally in 2009, and if you’re representing our country, you deserve to be rewarded!

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Lastly, for anyone who has experienced (or know someone who has) a marriage crumble because of another woman, read on. 

A jury has awarded a North Carolina woman $9 million from her husband’s lover after ruling the other woman ruined their marriage.

The News & Record of Greensboro reports the jury ruled this week in 60-year-old Cynthia Shackelford’s alienation of affection case. North Carolina is one of a handful of states that allows jilted spouses to sue over affairs.

Shackelford says her husband was a Greensboro attorney when he started an affair before separating from her in April 2005.

Shackelford’s lawyer says she might not get the full $9 million, but Shackelford wanted to send a message that the sanctity of marriage should be respected!

Amen!

OK, let’s break it down.

Born in Nova Scotia.

Moved to Ontario in 77

Moved to Newfoundland in 81

Moved back to Nova Scotia in 86

Moved back to Newfoundland in 93

Back to Nova Scotia in 97

Moved to New Brunswick in 2001

Back to Nova Scotia in 2005

Moved here in 2008.

By my calculations, I have lived over 30 years of my life in Eastern Canada.

You would think, with the close proximity to the Atlantic I would’ve eaten seal by now.

I haven’t!

Until today!

Who would’ve thought that my first taste of seal would happen in Ontario!

A local seafood place brought some in and the offer came to try some, and I jumped at the chance. To turn it down would be an insult to my East coast ancestory.

I can kiss my PETA membership goodbye, because what I’m about to say will bar me from any future ‘Meat is Murder’ rallies.

Seal meat is good, damn good!

A roast beef/venison kind of flavour and texture. Not at all what I expected, no fishy taste at all.

Don’t get me wrong, I believe the seal hunt has to be handled humanely, but have no problem with the hunt itself.

Sorry Pamela Anderson, pie throwers, & tofu-eaters.

My name is Bill Hart, and I like seal meat!

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 Is this the dawning of a new age?

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You know, I hate it when people disrespect the police.

Usually it’s the criminal element that has problem with them, but even those that aren’t.

It’s an officers job to give you a ticket, you broke the law, live with it!

I bet if somebody was breaking into your house you wouldn’t be calling them a ‘jerk’!

It is in this frame of mind that made me enjoy this story. 

A guy from Edmonton was hitchhiking in Kenora and thought it would be so cool to give the finger to a passing OPP officer!

Instead of blowing his top, the officer felt a need to address the subject’s actions. The officer learned the man wanted a ride to the nearest town.

After some discussion the officer chose to assist the man and in the process because aware of two credit cards that did not belong to him. The officer decided to look further into the property in his possession. The investigation revealed the man was in possession of two stolen credit cards, stolen GPS, iPod charger and a Black Berry which he had obtained from various sources while travelling through Winnipeg.

Dragutin Cabor, 19, of Edmonton has been charged with possession of property obtained by crime.

Meanwhile,  ’Fate’ sat back and said, ‘I do good work!’

As a singer, Miley Cyrus has had greater success on the pop chart than she has on the country chart. And while she noted earlier this week that she plans to take on more acting roles rather than continue to pursue her music career for the time being, the daughter of country hitmaker (and fellow actor) Billy Ray Cyrus probably won’t endear herself to country fans anyway, with one of the statements from a recent interview.

“It scares me,” she says. “It feels contrived on so many levels. Unless you’re wearing a cowboy hat and cowboy boots and singing and whining about your girlfriend or boyfriend leaving you it’s not going to sell. I think that’s why my dad finally got out of it. You have to wear those cowboy boots and be sweet as pie. It makes me nervous, the politics of it all.”

Miley recently recorded three versions — including a country take — of a song called ‘Nothing to Lose,’ with former Poison frontman Bret Michaels.