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 The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has announced its latest class of nominees. It includes 15 artists. Inductees will be announced in December and honored at a ceremony next March.

 Here are some of the highlights:

Alice Cooper

The Beastie Boys

Bon Jovi

Neil Diamond

J. Geils Band

Here are the rest of the nominees:
Chic
Donovan
Dr. John
LL Cool J
Darlene Love
Laura Nyro
Donna Summer
Joe Tex
Tom Waits
Chuck Willis

My Mom and Dad are very proud of their garden. It’s all my Dad could talk about this summer! I don’t mind all the garden talk because that I means I get to eat the veggies! So, my lovely mother sent a “care package” to Medicine Hat for me, full of potatoes, carrots and onions. I was very thankful! Then, my mom proceeded to put a picture of her home-grown carrot on her facebook page….check it out:

I showed the picture to Poncho and he thought it was pretty funny. He said it was a total “small town thing” to post a picture of how big your carrot is! LOL. I think it is cute. The Weyburn Tractor ruler is a nice touch too.

 Mom, if you’re reading this….know that I am NOT making fun of you! I love that you are so proud of your carrots

This can’t be real….can it?

You know how Weezer put Jorge Garcia (aka Hurley from Lost) on the cover of their new album Hurley? Well he joined them on stage for a performance in Los Angeles!

Here he is singing “Perfect Situation” with Weezer:

 OOOOhhh….and because I’m a Harry Potter geek check out the new trailer for “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows”

 Can you believe I’ve been in Medicine Hat for a year already? I celebrated my one year anniversary last week. It was one year ago that Poncho took me on a tour of Medicine Hat. We headed out to Echo Dale where he proceeded to drive down the boat launch….and run out of gas! Funny enough…Poncho ran out of gas this past Friday. Weird huh?

Some of the highlights of my past year in Medicine Hat:

- Homecoming 2009 with The Trews. That was my very first weekend in Medicine Hat!

- Medicine Hat Tigers games: I came here a Saskatoon Blades fan and now I can proudly say I’m a HUGE Tiger fan! I loved going to the playoff hockey games. The atmosphere in The Arena was absolutely amazing!

- I still have NOT received a photo radar ticket in the mail (I’m knocking on wood right now)

- I’ve just recently discovered how beautiful Kin Coulee Park is–I love taking my dog Nala for walks there!

- 3 Days Grace/Billy Talent/ZZ Top/Collective Soul concerts….it is hard to pick a favourite! I love how rock bands come to Medicine Hat.

- Born to Drive: Nothing is cooler than handing over a pair of keys to a young kid who just won a brand new truck!

So there you go, those are some of the many highlights from my past year in the Gas City. I’m sure I’m forgetting tons more!

 Sacha Baron Cohen has signed on to star as Queen frontman Freddie Mercury in a movie about the legendary rock band. The film doesn’t have a director yet, but producers say filming is set to begin sometime next year. The movie will follow the band from its early years to its performance at Live Aid in 1985, six years before Mercury died from Aids complications. The movie will be full of Queen’s music as well, the production company has secured the rights to Queen’s most popular songs including We are the Champions, Bohemian Rhapsody and We Will Rock You.

Who doesn’t like watching people wipeout? Check out the top 10 wipeouts from the TV show Wipeout:

And check out the movie trailer for Mark Walhberg’s latest flick “The Fighter.” It’s based on the true story of boxer Mickey Ward.

Aerosmith was just in Calgary last week and from what I’ve heard they put on an amazing show. My friend Tara saw them in Saskatoon on Sunday and posted some awesome pictures from the show. Check them out:

I wish I would have been able to check out the show. Hopefully next time!

There is lots happening in the Gas City this weekend. Tomorrow is the 24th annual Santa Claus Fund Toy Run. Hundreds of motorcycle enthusiasts are expected to take part in the charity event. It starts tomorrow at noon at the weigh scales east of Dunmore and parades through downtown Medicine Hat, wrapping up at The Royal. Toys collected will be donated to kids in need this Christmas. Hopefully you can stop by the Royal tomorrow afternoon! The Rock Patrol will be down there handing out prizes.

Also tomorrow is the 2nd annual Charity Classic Game. The Medicine Hat Tigers will take on the Swift Current Broncos. $10 will get you a ticket for the game which starts at 7:30 at The Arena. All proceeds will benefit the Medicine Hat Regional Hospice Palliative Care Society.

I’ve always been a fan of the Amazing Race, but this makes me want to watch the upcoming season even more!! Check out this video:

That poor girl!