Bob Cole is 85-years old and has been calling hockey games in one place or another for 50 years. He is, for a lot of us, the voice of hockey. The one we grew up with. the one who has always been there. The one with whom we’ve spent more nights than we can possibly …
Monthly Archives: September 2018
You Can’t Read In Your Dreams Even Though I Swear I Have And Other Interesting Dream Facts
I just got an email from Rachel, who came across the post from a few years ago about how everybody but me dreams that their teeth are falling out. She sent along this article, and if you’re interested in dreams at all it’s definitely worth a look. 30 Interesting Facts About Dreams (Backed Up By …
So You’re Telling Me Her License Is Suspended? But She’s Such A Careful Driver!
I’ve seen so many dumb criminal stories over the years that it generally takes something going pretty spectacularly wrong to get my attention anymore, but now and then a simple event like the one detailed in this Ontario Provincial Police news release just strikes me the right way at the right time and I can’t …
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Good Times Bad Times Drummed By An Eight-Year-Old Music Playing Kid
This is Yoyoka Soma, the happiest eight-year-old you ever did see, absolutely nailing the drums on Good Times Bad Times. There are adults with plenty more experience who can’t come close to doing that. She’s been playing for six years, which means exactly what you think it does. She started when she was two. Two! …
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Let’s Do A Grammar Quiz
The Globe and Mail has put out a grammar quiz. Apparently it’s the third annual, but this is the first time I can recall having seen it. I did ok. I scored 12 out of 16 which according to them is a well done, but I’m going to go ahead and be mad at myself …
Wroute Will Drive You Between Kitchener And Guelph In A Tesla For Cheap And On A Pretty Sweet Schedule
Update: A few things have happened since I wrote this. This is certainly interesting. A new service called Wroute, which you’re supposed to say like “Root” because it’s the law that every startup must have a nonsensical name, is going to start offering frequent, daily Tesla rides between Fairview Mall and Guelph Central Station for …
Global News Is Doing Bad Things That Might Make Everything Else Worse
Global Television used to produce a pretty good newscast. I spent many a night listening to the Toronto one over the radio as a kid and even into my adulthood (Hey Carin, imminent death!) until that frequency went silent several years ago. When I say used to, it’s not because Global no longer produces newscasts. …
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Anony-Something
Like I’ve said before, our house is bugged, so this shouldn’t surprise us. We were having breakfast and “The House” was on, and they had a clip of Trump butchering the word “anonymous”. Immediately, Steve said that somebody should set that butchery to the tune of that muppets song, you know, this one. I thought …
The Ballad Of Billy John
One night, we were sitting out on the balcony enjoying a Spotify daily mix. It was a pretty good mix and we were having fun. Then, this song came along. Boom! All conversation stopped cold and the music wasn’t just the background, it was the focus. I don’t think either of us said much through …
More Like Fraud Nation
Much like Donald Trump has never met a lie he wouldn’t tell, it seems our shiny new Ontario government has yet to meet a courtroom through whose doors it will not be dragged. So I give you this because it’s important, plus let’s face it, it’s the only way we might have a chance of …
