The National Playlist
Props to Jian Ghomeshi and his CBC1 radio program
http://www.cbc.ca/nationalplaylist/index.html
I love to hear people discussing music and I especially love being introduced to new artists, but... please Jian, no more Michael Jackson or disco music please. It died for a reason.
Tuesday, January 24, 2006
Thursday, January 19, 2006
Thursday, January 12, 2006
The Kid From Brooklyn
Every once in a blue moon you come upon one of those rare treasures on the net. Go to the following site and watch the mans videos. This guy totally cracks me up while at the same time reaffirms that it takes all kinds.
Every once in a blue moon you come upon one of those rare treasures on the net. Go to the following site and watch the mans videos. This guy totally cracks me up while at the same time reaffirms that it takes all kinds.
http://www.thekidfrombrooklyn.com/
Brilliant!
Sunday, January 08, 2006
Vince Carter
When he played for the Raptors Chuck Swersky would say of Vince (Air Canada) Carter after a great play "Half man, half amazing". The guy is that talented a ball player that you could say Swersky nailed it. However, after watching him hit the last second three-point shot to defeat the Raptors today I could not help being irate and desiring to hit this "man" over the head with a basketball hoop repeatedly. This is a person who tanked his play on purpose to get the team to trade him. This is a person who says all the rights things, but is completely hollow. This is a person who screwed the people of Toronto (Canada) so he could get his. The same case could be made of his cousin Tracy McGrady. It seems to be a family trait. Lots of talent without any honour. I would wager that New Jersey Nets fans will eventually get the same treatment Raptors fan received. I find it sad that the NBA would allow such happenings. How it can condone a person purposely tanking his performance in order to pressure the team into making a trade is beyond reason. I believe the NBA as a whole is predjudiced towards Canada and will always make Toronto a bottom-feeder where has-been players wind their careers out or where talented players bolt as soon as their contracts are fulfilled or (as in the case of Carter) tank their effort to push the team into bad trades. In any case, Carter may be a star quality player, but he is also a dishonourable playa'.
When he played for the Raptors Chuck Swersky would say of Vince (Air Canada) Carter after a great play "Half man, half amazing". The guy is that talented a ball player that you could say Swersky nailed it. However, after watching him hit the last second three-point shot to defeat the Raptors today I could not help being irate and desiring to hit this "man" over the head with a basketball hoop repeatedly. This is a person who tanked his play on purpose to get the team to trade him. This is a person who says all the rights things, but is completely hollow. This is a person who screwed the people of Toronto (Canada) so he could get his. The same case could be made of his cousin Tracy McGrady. It seems to be a family trait. Lots of talent without any honour. I would wager that New Jersey Nets fans will eventually get the same treatment Raptors fan received. I find it sad that the NBA would allow such happenings. How it can condone a person purposely tanking his performance in order to pressure the team into making a trade is beyond reason. I believe the NBA as a whole is predjudiced towards Canada and will always make Toronto a bottom-feeder where has-been players wind their careers out or where talented players bolt as soon as their contracts are fulfilled or (as in the case of Carter) tank their effort to push the team into bad trades. In any case, Carter may be a star quality player, but he is also a dishonourable playa'.
Sunday, January 01, 2006
New Years Eve
This was the nicest New Years Eve I have ever spent. Me,Theo, Rain and Cassidy sat at the kitchen table and had icecream cones. Then we had party poppers which had tissue paper crowns, a joke and a little toy inside each one. We then told each other our resolutions for the new year. Rain said she was going to try being less pushy. I said I was going to eat more fruits and vegetables. Theo promised to workout at least three times a week. Cassidy's resolution was, in her carefully chosen words, "icecream". We then set out pillows and blankets and sat by the fire. We stayed up until midnight and wished each other a Happy New Year and then curled up in our blankets next to the fire and fell asleep. No hangover.
This was the nicest New Years Eve I have ever spent. Me,Theo, Rain and Cassidy sat at the kitchen table and had icecream cones. Then we had party poppers which had tissue paper crowns, a joke and a little toy inside each one. We then told each other our resolutions for the new year. Rain said she was going to try being less pushy. I said I was going to eat more fruits and vegetables. Theo promised to workout at least three times a week. Cassidy's resolution was, in her carefully chosen words, "icecream". We then set out pillows and blankets and sat by the fire. We stayed up until midnight and wished each other a Happy New Year and then curled up in our blankets next to the fire and fell asleep. No hangover.
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