Oooo….get hot water!
Family Christmas
Monday, December 24, 2012
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Rant # 37: Commercials
While all commercials are inherently annoying, especially new trends like out of tune whistling and singing, here are some recent most idiotic:
Honda: "The most advanced Honda Civic yet."
a) why would they make one LESS advanced than the previous one?
b) if they did, would they tell us?
Fisher-Price: (sung out of tune) "You are exactly one of a kind…"
a) redundant
b) is that as opposed to people who are just kinda one of a kind? Do they know something about clones we don't?
"We were made for each other for always."
a) creepy…the kid is going to live with their mother forever? (Oedipus might approve, kinda. Well, not really.) Good luck in the teen years….
2 Broke Girls Ad.: "If I get into this dumpster I will literally be white trash."
a) actually, white trash is a metaphor, so no
Westjet: "owner" makes up a bouquet for a distraught bride
"I borrowed them"
a) are you giving them back? No. You STOLE them. Nothing like starting your married life clutching stolen property
Hertzig Eyeball Lazering: Cherry Tabb, co-president
(to paraphrase) "So there's this mother at the beach and she gets sand in her contact lenses and can't see her children!"
a) okay, what's up with your name?
b) blatant scaremongering…really, Cherry
c) motherhood issue appeal…pretty cheap, Cherry
d) one would assume the kids can handle the water (for a minute or three) or they aren't allowed in the water, if you are parenting correctly and there are no sharks
e) I don't have kids and I don't have contacts, but if I get sand in my eyes I can't see either. Duh.
Fallsview Casino: (couple breaking up song) "You were two but now you're one."
a) I believe in couples/marriage the common metaphor is that the two become one, so it should really go "You were one and now you're two." (That's why the cake is in two pieces.)
Honda: "The most advanced Honda Civic yet."
a) why would they make one LESS advanced than the previous one?
b) if they did, would they tell us?
Fisher-Price: (sung out of tune) "You are exactly one of a kind…"
a) redundant
b) is that as opposed to people who are just kinda one of a kind? Do they know something about clones we don't?
"We were made for each other for always."
a) creepy…the kid is going to live with their mother forever? (Oedipus might approve, kinda. Well, not really.) Good luck in the teen years….
2 Broke Girls Ad.: "If I get into this dumpster I will literally be white trash."
a) actually, white trash is a metaphor, so no
Westjet: "owner" makes up a bouquet for a distraught bride
"I borrowed them"
a) are you giving them back? No. You STOLE them. Nothing like starting your married life clutching stolen property
Hertzig Eyeball Lazering: Cherry Tabb, co-president
(to paraphrase) "So there's this mother at the beach and she gets sand in her contact lenses and can't see her children!
a) okay, what's up with your name?
b) blatant scaremongering…really, Cherry
c) motherhood issue appeal…pretty cheap, Cherry
d) one would assume the kids can handle the water (for a minute or three) or they aren't allowed in the water, if you are parenting correctly and there are no sharks
e) I don't have kids and I don't have contacts, but if I get sand in my eyes I can't see either. Duh.
Fallsview Casino: (couple breaking up song) "You were two but now you're one."
a) I believe in couples/marriage the common metaphor is that the two become one, so it should really go "You were one and now you're two." (That's why the cake is in two pieces.)
Delta Chelsea Show, Toronto
While I still have a dislike for Toronto for so many reasons…as ranted on previously (don't get me started)…this gig was wonderful as so many great musicians came out for a great cause and showcased some of the great talent in the city.
Here are a few who I was lucky enough to share the stage with:
Michael Smith, Toney Wild T Springer, Kim Doolittle, Cathy Young, Danny Marks, Robin Banks. Mike McDonald, Jimm Chefero, Uli Bohnet, Pat Rush, Russel Forfar, and so many more.
Here are a few who I was lucky enough to share the stage with:
Michael Smith, Toney Wild T Springer, Kim Doolittle, Cathy Young, Danny Marks, Robin Banks. Mike McDonald, Jimm Chefero, Uli Bohnet, Pat Rush, Russel Forfar, and so many more.
Thursday, November 01, 2012
Friday show...
…it has somehow become a tribute/memorial/wake for the woman who died after her shift at the Delta Chelsea Toronto. Guess we'll see how that plays out...
Thursday, October 25, 2012
Can't Wait
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGlKJDEI1Nk
to play with the Rhythm Resurgence again!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=af6benvBBjI
us...
to play with the Rhythm Resurgence again!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=af6benvBBjI
us...
Sunday, October 21, 2012
Toronto Gigs
For those of you who keep asking when I'm playing in the GTA: Beggars Banquet (Stones Tribute) upcoming Toronto shows: November 2 at the Delta Chelsea and December 7 at the Swan.
Friday, October 12, 2012
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Saturday, September 29, 2012
Thursday, September 27, 2012
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Sept 2012
Well, here's the last 9 months in a blast…
- Took January off
- Probably should have taken more time off but went back to work in February
- Moved schools (well, the whole school did) June - well, still moving shite
- Got back into gigging and some studio stuff into July, cottaging, too
- Helped my mom move out of the old homestead
- Threw my back out in July canoing
- Just got better and was hit by a truck in August…van totalled…still in pain
- Started playing with Beggar's Banquet (Rolling Stones tribute), as well as my usual stuff
- Went back to a chaotic work environment
- here I is
- Took January off
- Probably should have taken more time off but went back to work in February
- Moved schools (well, the whole school did) June - well, still moving shite
- Got back into gigging and some studio stuff into July, cottaging, too
- Helped my mom move out of the old homestead
- Threw my back out in July canoing
- Just got better and was hit by a truck in August…van totalled…still in pain
- Started playing with Beggar's Banquet (Rolling Stones tribute), as well as my usual stuff
- Went back to a chaotic work environment
- here I is
Tuesday, January 03, 2012
I'm not sure how to start this post.
After over 3 years of treatment, 3 months in Toronto for a transplant and superhuman efforts, my fiance, partner, better half, and true love, Stacey, died.
It's been a week since that happened and I know that life will continue, somehow, but I've never been so profoundly sad and alone before.
It's an alone that can't be filled with friends or family, no matter how valiant their loving efforts.
The Isle of Nod is not cloud ridden, it is a cloud...for now.
After over 3 years of treatment, 3 months in Toronto for a transplant and superhuman efforts, my fiance, partner, better half, and true love, Stacey, died.
It's been a week since that happened and I know that life will continue, somehow, but I've never been so profoundly sad and alone before.
It's an alone that can't be filled with friends or family, no matter how valiant their loving efforts.
The Isle of Nod is not cloud ridden, it is a cloud...for now.
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