Archive for August, 2010
Tuesday, August 24th, 2010 – My Kid Did What?, Protecting Her Butt, & A Drink For The Fish Nut
Tuesday, August 24th, 2010
Ever go to a wedding reception and listen to a story being told of the silly, and bizarre things the bride and/or groom did as a kid?
Well, I’m ready for the day when my oldest daughter Allannah gets hitched!
This past Staurday, we went to Chicopee Summerfest, and had a blast. The kids loved it!
They played tennis, beach volley ball, bounced around in a bouncy castle and a ton of other things that kept them bust the entire day!
Eventually, nature called and Allannah announced that she ‘needed to go’. Luckily, a fine row of porta-potties were close by, so off she went.
Seconds later, my youngest daughter decided she had to do the same.
Minutes later, she returned, but Allannah was still inside.
We waited, called out to her a few times, knocked on the door, but no Allannah.
Finally, the door opened and what I saw horrified me!
With a bright pink urinal cake in her hand, she asked, ‘Daddy, how do I use this soap?’
EEEEEEEE-YIKKKESSSS!!!!!!
The girls representing Monster Energy drink got a laugh, and I found it kind of funny too after she washed her hands 17 times!!!!!
To the makers of urinal cakes, please stop making them pink, soap shaped, and maybe put the words ‘Do Not Touch’ across them!
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Have you seen the video posted on our KIX 106 Facebook Fan page yet?
The one of the woman throwing a cat in the garbage?
Check it out;
Well it turns out, the woman in the video isn’t some ‘crazy’, but a local bank worker, and we were weren’t the only ones who saw her stupid stunt!
Thousands joined Facebook groups to protest the woman’s behaviour, many calling for violence.
So much in fact, that police are concerned for the woman’s safety and posted two officers at her house. They also defended the fact she hasn’t been arrested.
“Coventry police have not arrested the woman because she has not committed a criminal offence,” police said.
“Coventry police are making sure the woman is okay as we would with any other member of the community given what has happened.”
Wow!
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Am I heard for wanting to try this?
Yeah, thought so!
Monday, August 23rd, 2010 – What Happened In Jarvis?, Loud & Obnoxious, & Never Expected This!
Monday, August 23rd, 2010
Most artists are used to singing in front of adoring fans, or at the very least folks who have never heard of you but throw some polite applause in your direction because they dig what you do.
What happens when the crowd gets a little ‘rowdy’?
I went to the Jarvis Cornfest last weekend for the Dry County/Road Hammers show because that’s a double bill too good to pass up.
All went well during the Dry County set but a few songs into the Hammers show, signs that things were about to get rough were apparent.
A beer can came flying through the crowd and landed behind the drummer. A second just missed Clayton Bellamy, while a third landed in a place we all hoped it wouldn’t.
Jason McCoy’s face!
Now stop for a moment and think about it. What would you do?
Me? I’d go nuts and probably hit the crowd looking for that moron. But I’m not a professional musician and on this night, the Hammers did the right thing for their fans.
Jason walked off the stage to get cleaned up, and thankfully, not stitched up. While Clayton stopped mid song and got on the mic to ask, ‘Where is he?’
The crowd pointed him out, and security got a hold of him and escorted him out but not before Clayton gave him something on behalf of the Road Hammers….his money back!
Yeah, he took $20 bucks out of his own pocket and gave it to the guy who almost single handedly ruined a great show for everybody else.
The Road Hammers showed a ton of class on this night, so I’ll raise this beer to them and not throw it….because that would be stupid!
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Several fans at Toby Keith‘s recent concert at the Darien Lake Performing Arts Center in Darien Lake, N.Y., took his mandate to ‘Get Drunk and Be Somebody‘ a little too seriously. The, show, part of the superstar’s American Ride tour, resulted in 42 people being charged for various offenses, including 36 for underage drinking. Several other charges included physical assault, trespassing and harassment.
While Toby is all for people having a good time at his shows, he also believes the parents of young people facing legal trouble are partly responsible. “I think most of the problems that kids have start at home,” he says.” All those things come from underneath your roof at your house … At some point you’ve just got to practice tough love and make them pay for it.”
Toby is not the only country star to have fans arrested in Darien Lake during a concert. Only a couple months earlier, Brad Paisley‘s concert in the same city resulted in 46 arrests, with 38 charged with underage drinking.
Hopefully, the rest of the American Ride tour, which includes Trace Adkins, will coast along a little more smoothly for fans when they perform in Toronto next month!
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So I woke up Saturday morning and found these two faces smiling at me…
…that’s what I get for letting them spend time at the neighbours house who’s a professional stylist!
Did I get mad?
Nah! They’re happy and now if they don’t do as I say, I threaten to colour their hair back to normal!
Friday, August 20, 2010 – This Makes Me Burn, A New Car Concearn & Those Famous Bears Return
Friday, August 20th, 2010
When you want to buy a pair of pants, you go to a clothing store because you know they’ll have some.
When you want to buy beer, you go to a liquor store because you know they’ll have some.
When you want to buy a doughnut, you go to a doughnut shop because you know they’ll have some….or so you would think!
I get up at 315 every morning, Monday to Friday and coffee is a HUGE staple in my breakfast diet.
Sometimes, I run a little late and decide to grab a coffee and doughnut and/or muffin at an establishment known nationally for their coffee and muffins.
Heck, they even advertise how great their muffins are!
So why in the name of Juan Valdez do I hear the young lady in the drive thru tell me this morning, ‘We have no muffins!’
‘OK, how about doughnuts?’
‘Sorry, no doughnuts!’
!#$&@
Why? Don’t give me that ‘We’re baking some now’ when just an hour earlier you probably threw out a bag of baked goods that I would’ve gladly bought!
I don’t care if it’s 4AM or 4PM, if you’re known for selling a product and opt to remain open 24 hours, why would you not have said product available?
I’m not even going to bother hitting the drive-thru anymore, instead I’m grabbing a screwdriver and breaking into their garbage bin.
Man’s gotta eat!
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I put down my Harlequin Romance novel long enough to read this online.
Pretty much everyone knows that any computer can be hacked by anyone willing enough to get in there. Now we are discovering that cars can get hacked too. How?
There are wireless sensors that have been compulsory in all US-made cars since 2008. The sensors send information every 60 to 90 seconds to the cars’ ECU (Engine Control Units) and that wireless channel is protected, but hackable. Making it possible to wirelessly access any functionality of the car’s ECU controls.
Hackers (or pranksters) can control your horn, wipers or AC. Even worse, they can disable your brakes or lock the accelerators. A group of researchers tried this by using inexpensive radio sensors and special software that could monitor and hack into two different tire pressure systems.
Identifying, remote tracking, and even restarting the ECU without leaving a trace of the hacker can all be done.
Wow, this makes me feel confident knowing some computer geek who lives in his parents basement, can take time out of his busy schedule of playing World of Warcraft to spend 5 hours of his day trying to make my horn go off!!!!
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And why wasn’t I informed that a Yogi Bear movie was coming out this Christmas?
Thursday, August, 19th, 2010 – Peanuts In Your Coke, This Drink Is No Joke, & A Story To Make You Choke
Thursday, August 19th, 2010
Every heard that Tim McGraw song ‘Back When’ and wonder what ‘peanuts in a bottle at 10, 2, and 4′ meant?
Well now we know!
Thanks to my co-host’s dad Wayne, who has proven to know everything about anything, it was a fad ‘back in the day’.
Back in the 50′s Dr. Pepper was advertised to give you an energy boost…when you needed it, “at 10. 2, and 4. (Kind of like a 50′s version of Red Bull!)
The peanut thing was done to give an extra “fizz” to a pop, but it turns out teens did it for an entirely different reason.
The urban legend was that it would get you drunk!!!!
Really? Peanuts and pop!?!?!
Didn’t work!!!
So if grandpa has a picture of himself in his teens with a lampshade over his head and arms around a neighbour’s sheep, he can no longer blame it on the peanuts in his Coke!
Wayne adds, ‘Back then all we had were salted, non roasted, non flavoured peanuts. Life was much simpler back then!’
We need to talk to our parents/grandparents more! They really do have some great stories!
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It’s been dubbed the “unhealthiest drink in America” by Men’s Health magazine, and good news, we can get it in Canada!
It packs a whopping 2,010 calories.
It has the equivalent of 68 strips of bacon in saturated fat. Ewww.
It’s like eating 30 cookies.
It’s Cold Stone Creamery’s PB&C ice cream shake.
“The PB&C is intended to denote peanut butter and chocolate, but the more accurate translation might be potbellies and cardiovascular disease,” reports Men’s Health.
“After all, this one drink does pack more calories than a dozen ice cream sandwiches and more saturated fat than nearly 20 large orders of McDonald’s French fries.”
In Canada, you’ll find it at Cold Stone locations, as well as select Tim Hortons.
But the Canadian version of the PB&C has a measly 1,690 calories, so we can drink 2!!!!
Seriuously, who DOESN’T want to try one now?
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I read this story about Pte. Kevin McKay in the today’s Toronto Sun and you NEED to know what kind of country you live in.
Before Kevin left for basic training, he started building a studio for his mom to work on her quilting and stained glass.
He built it while his parents, Fred and Beth, were on vacation and surprised them when they got home.
As time went on, the studio started slowly coming together but Kevin didn’t have time to finish it. First came basic training. Next he was off to Afghanistan.
When he died in Afghanistan in May, days before his tour was over, the studio became one of those things the 24-year-old would never finish.
When his dad’s fellow Toronto firefighters came up to the family’s Horseshoe Valley home to pay their respects, they noticed the unfinished studio and vowed to help the fallen soldier finish his last mission.
Firefighter Dan Hjelholt, an electrician by trade, noticed the studio behind the family’s house.
“I didn’t want an unfinished project that he started for his mom to be a loose end,” Hjelholt said Wednesday. “(Kevin) had planned to take care of it.
“I wanted it to be done right so Kevin would have been proud of it.”
He said the project made sense because it honoured a fallen soldier, helped McKay’s father — Hjelholt’s first fire captain nine years ago — and gave McKay’s mom a special place to spend time.
He started planning with fellow firefighters and the McKay family, all in an effort to surprise Fred and Beth. They appealed for donations from businesses around Barrie and the Toronto area and were overwhelmed with the response, receiving supplies which ranged from wood to food for the construction crew.
Early in July, the makeshift construction crew, trailers of tools, equipment and supplies showed up.
McKay’s parents were overwhelmed with joy.
“All of a sudden, I lost it, I went in the house and sat in the bedroom and just cried,” said Beth.
She wiped her tears and went out to help, cooking up a storm to keep the makeshift crews going and shaking her head at how amazing people can be amid such a tragedy.
“I’m just amazed they did it … I would never have been able to make it as beautiful as it is,” she said, adding she feels bad she hasn’t written them thank-you notes yet.
She adds the studio project would have been something her son — a carpenter by trade — would have done for someone else.
“He was the one who brought everybody together,” she said. “He was the kind of guy who did stuff like that.”
Fred said it’s hard to describe how good it felt to get a helping hand from friends.
Yeah, I’m feeling kinda ‘warm’ myself!
Tuesday, August 17th, 2010 – And Your Little Dog Too!, Is This What Guys Do?, & Things That Go Boo!
Tuesday, August 17th, 2010
Whew! Summer is flying by and everybody has been a little busier than usual planning trips, entertaining visitors, and finding ways to keep the kids entertained before the go back to school in a couple of weeks!
Well, I’ve neglected my little blog during the season of sun but no more! I have tons to say and it’s time to ride that cyber train once again.
All aboard!!!
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I’ve come to the conclusion that domestic pets fall into 3 categories; dogs, cats, and other. ‘Other’ includes fish, snakes, geckos, and those little furry animals that wear sweaters and fit into women’s purses.
You know, Shih Tzus, and anything with ‘poo’ in the name of it’s breed.
No, they are not dogs!
Dogs are German Shepards, Beagles, Bulldogs, Saint Bernards, & Golden Labs! Dogs that protect you, chase sticks that you throw, and sit proudly in the front seat as you drive to the beach!
What’s a Yorkie Poo going to do if somebody breaks into your house?
These small breeds are treated better than children in third world countries, heck even my mother owns a Shih Tzu and let me tell you, he is NOT a pet! He’s my younger brother who I believe is looking to take me out in order to get a bigger chunk of the Hart family inheritance.
‘Copper’ has his own wardrobe, bed, toys, and stylist!
Yes, stylist!
Copper got back from the ‘salon’ last week after a $40 trim. A $40 trim!!?!?!?!?!
When I was a kid I was sent next door and got my hair cut in a neighbours basement!!!!
I dare not ask my mother who she loves more, me or Copper because a part of me believes she may have to think about it!
My dog is a Beagle-Lab mix named Buffy, after the Vampire Slayer! And let me say, since we got her, we’ve never had a problem with vampires!
Now before you think I’m a little dog hating, heartless, devil worshipping shell of a man, I don’t do NOT hate those little critters. You love them and they love you back and there’s nothing wrong with that, but when I think ‘dog’, I picture a breed that does not fit in your pocket!
Or maybe I’m a little jealous!
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Ladies, is this what you want in a guy?
As the kids say nowadays, FAIL!
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Last week, my 3 nephews from Nova Scotia came for a visit. They’re aged 11, 11, and 12, and Ontario is THE place for boys that age. Went to a Blue Jays game, Canada’s Wonderland, and visited Niagara Falls. While iin the Niagara region, we stopped by a place called ‘Nightmares’. The story is, an old coffin maker haunts his warehouse and doesn’t like it when trespassers step onto his property.
Well the boys saw this and had to go in, they literally were fighting with each other over who got to go first.
They went in with brave souls, but 10 seconds after the door closed behind us, this is how I walked through the haunted warehouse;
Yes, there are 3 young boys in that picture and not one of them has any desire to be first anymore!