Was in New York this past weekend for the Stadium Series game.  We had an hour delay for the game to get started due to glare on the ice?  It was cold, but it was still a good time.  To be perfectly honest I think the NHL needs to be careful with these outdoor games to not flood them.  You lose meaning to the New Years Day game if you have five or six games every year.  The game in LA was pretty cool though.  It was funny listening to crowd chant for KISS to perform.  What did we get?  The fu***** Jersey Boys.

Ah, it's cute that you think your blog will have any effect on a company's sales.  Advertising that you have so many people that follow your blog as a threat.   

New York and Toronto are almost clone cities of each other.  It's almost eerie walking around the city.

Retail is changing.  It's interesting to see people's reactions.  They are angry at the companies for closing their stores.  Then they go online to check out products to purchase from amazon.   

It's a rarity to see somebody flip over the table while playing a board game.  It takes so long to pick up all the pieces from the ground.  Does this go through the persons head before they flip it over?

It's going to be a fantastic Super Bowl this year.  Number one defense versus the number one offense.  Didn't think that it mattered that it was outdoors, but it actually does with this matchup.

Seahawks 24 Broncos 21

Reading a book that is so out of my depth.  Think about having a conversation with a gamer about the new ATI Radeon 7770 graphics card and what type of power supply they need to make it run properly.    This is my feeling towards it.

There wasn't a more frightening feeling then when you were cheering for the Macho Man then; while venturing to the top ropes to drop the elbow smash.  The guy on the ground looked like he was out, out like a light.  Then at the last second he lifted his knees to deliver a blow to the Macho Man's ribs.  While he was flying through the air you felt helpless.

If you really want to get somebody to go up north for a winter getaway in the middle of February you  need to do much more than $40.00 off of the hotel. 

Sugar Crisp had the best mascot.  The stoner bear that loved cereal.  Other than him that cereal was terrible.

Girls is back, and it's very good this season.  They have gotten back to the humor from the first season.  Lena Dunham is still naked too much, but it's wonderfully written and different from anything else on TV.

Can you imagine having to come up with a sitcom that wasn't on HBO, AMC, or Showcase?  You can't swear, you can have gay characters, but they can never kiss or show any affection towards each other, no nudity, nothing that can offend anyone.   This is why Chuck Lorre and his jokes about people's inabilities to digest lactose, and the after effects are the only ones that can make it.

I don't really have much to say about Bieber.  Other than he's a piece he's a spoiled piece of sh**.  It's really too bad that he's Canadian.  Can we revoke his nationality for being a piece of sh**? 

Who would have thought that Rob Ford would be helping the tourism in Toronto?  Maybe he's a mad genius after all?

Cancun is in t-minus 7 days.  Everyday that I start my car and hear it choking down the gasoline to attempt to start in this arctic condition I think about sunshine and tacos.  Those don't generally go together, but this is my racial profiling of Mexico.

Every time that you do something wrong or something that you feel bad about.  Do the first actions to the YMCA and I guarantee that you will not do it again.

Let's blast Richard Sherman here.  Instead of happiness and being respectful towards the 49ers.  We get a hateful and uncalled for tirade of nonsense.  How can you possibly cheer for the Seahawks here?

Sara and I have decided to see a Broadway show while in New York for the outdoor hockey game that we won tickets to including hotel and flight to just in case you forgot.  Nothing better than going to see a play starring Picard and Gandalf or Magneto.  Whatever you prefer.

Also I am announcing a board game night at Rum Runners Pub on February 3rd from 7-11pm.  There will be a 50/50 draw, raffle table, and a donation jar with all proceeds going to the Anselma House (Women and Children's shelter) in Kitchener. There is a Facebook event page if you would like to join.

https://www.facebook.com/events/1453140521576034/?ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming

Her - 9.1/10
Inside Llewyn Davis - 7.8/10
Last Vegas - 7.0/10
Wolf of Wall Street - 8.3/10

"Her" is a trippy and eye opening tale of a man that falls in love with his phone's operating system.  This isn't Siri folks.  This is an operating system that can learn your tendencies and emotions.  Fantastic movie and original movie.

After you watch Wolf of Wall Street it will make you feel the same way if you consumed way too many Krispy Kreme donuts.  You will also need to go have a shower.  This film will make you feel filthy.

The commercial where the whole family is sitting around the living room and the mother is staring in the kitchen and just can't stand that the dishwasher isn't stainless steel is absolutely dead on.  As a society we suck.

At Sobey's the other day I was walking out the door with my groceries and passed a man chugging a 1L container of 2% white milk.  As I was walking past him he looks at me directly in the eyes and says Isn't this store great?   I guess Sobey's is pretty good.

While hopped up on T3's I forgot my license at Pharma Plus.  I have a very chubby face in the picture so they weren't sure if it was actually me.

Just a reminder to anyone that is in marketing.  Please don't make anymore commercials with people yelling at in adamant objects pretending that they are human beings without the camera panning over there.  We are done with it.

The older generation have a hard time grasping technology.  Younger generation - that doesn't make them stupid though.

Famous words out of pet owners mouths.  "Don't eat that, don't you dare eat that.  Ahhhh Fu** that's gross."

Sitting beside six boxes of gluten free pasta on the couch is my type of Tuesday morning.

My dog sledding and ice fishing experience was once again cancelled due to weather.  We are not meant to race dogs.  Well that is until spring when I beat Sophie's ass in a 100M dash.  That's right Sophie.  What you gonna do when the Hosehead runs wild all over you?

UFC fight with man that had leg turn to jello or the scene with the creepy monkeys in the new show Helix.  Both of these things cannot be watched while consuming any type of food substance.  This includes potato chips.

Apparently David Letterman is a real spiteful jerk when there is talk of replacing him.  What?  Letterman seems like such a nice guy.  Richard Sherman what do you have to say about that? 



Was foiled by Pizza Pops again.  I haven't had them for thirty six years and I had them recently for lunch.  Oh the outside of this doesn't seem too hot.  Then you bite into it.  Then pizza streams down your face while burning both sides of your mouth.  Damn you pizza pops (while shaking fist).

Went to the Psychic Fair this past weekend at Bingemans.  We won tickets of course.  Went to a lady that had some rocks in a bag that told me some outcomes of my life.  I picked three rocks out of the bag.  These rocks told her that I was super lucky and that I should go to the casino or buy lottery tickets.  It also told her that I had a very high sexual energy.  Maybe these people do know what their talking about.

Attempted to go Ice Fishing and Dog sledding.  We were foiled by the rain and the warm weather.  We ended up playing board games and some Mario Party 5.  Yeah that's right, the most classic of video games on the game cube.  It was wonderful.  The family is still as competitive as ever. There were hurt feelings and people going to bed early due to losses.

Currently listening to Stephen Malkmus' new album.  Can't give a review yet.  Daryl's excitement level for this album.  8.2/10

Sara won a XBOX One today.  Remember all those Doritos and Mountain Dews she was buying?  Well they paid off handsomely.  Somewhere there is a dude that has nacho cheese stains on his chest, and mountain dew streaming down both sides of his mouth shouting in German.

It's pretty rare, but I believe that the four best teams are the remaining teams in the NFL playoffs.

Grudge Match - 6.6/10
Escape Plan - 6.6/10

We were on a Sly Stallone kick this past weekend.  I have no reasoning for this whatsoever.  It's like I was hypnotized by a 70 year old slow talking Italian guy with huge biceps.

Team Canada was chosen.  I like the team.  I still think that both Giroux and St. Louis should be on the team.  Kunitz and Carter should be off of the team.  It's not even open for discussion in my books. 

Having lamb today.  Need recipes for a great way to cook lamb.  Could you  imagine cooking without the internet?  "I have already looked at all these recipes. We need to go to Coles to get a new recipe book."

In the world of meth addicts.  While looking at beer on the shelf in the LCBO.  A very joyous meth head wandered into the beer section as well.  He was looking for Olde English of course.  He was singing a song about how much money he had in his hands and how much money he needed to purchase two of these fine beverages.  He thought he had his math down, but realized he was 50 cents short.  This look of terror crossed his eyes.  I was giggling at his song so he automatically approached me first.  I was paying debit unfortunately.  He had to step down his beer to a smaller size of OE to make it work.  He wasn't as joyous when he left the building.

If you go to Boston Pizza never order the Sausage/Bacon/Ground Beef lasagne.  Actually reading this back to myself, What the hell was I thinking?  If you like your lasagne to have that strong sausage taste then you might really enjoy this.

How to torture Daryl.  Clockwork Orange his eyes, and make him watch shows about storage units for 36 consecutive hours.

Bryan Cranston and Breaking Bad both won Golden Globes, and were the most deserving.  Tina Fey and Amy Poehler were mediocre at best as hosts.  Hopefully Jimmy Fallon starts hosting these event shows soon.  Elisabeth Moss won for Top of the Lake in the upset of the night.    Jennifer Lawrence and Julia Louise-Dreyfus still have all of my love.  And that's the a wrap up for the Golden Globes.

Could you draw me a bath is something that I would like to say and actually have done for me. 

 Went to Bingeman's for New Years.  Walking in the room we thought we might have made a mistake.  We were the youngest there by about 15 years.  They were just finishing dessert, and it looked as though that we were going to have to make the best out of a terrible situation.  Maybe the band would be good, and that would make the night acceptable.  I couldn't have been more wrong.  The band came out, and the dance floor was full the entire evening.  The band was fantastic, and it was refreshing not to have to worry about guys groping girls.  We also saw the white version of Sara's father which was weird.

While going to pick up medication for my aching tooth in a snow storm, I was backed into by a gigantic work truck while stopped at a set of lights.  My car felt like it went miniature similar to the Mario Cart games.  The Mazda 6 and I am alright.  Needs some frame work done, but nothing more. 

Once again Sara and I were victorious in some more contest wins.  I won two tickets, airfare, and hotel stay in Chicago to see the Penguins and Hawks play an outdoor game.  She won the same, but in New York.  Originally we thought we might have to give one back due to only one winner per household.  Coors being a beer that I always drink and never talk smack about were awesome and allowed us to keep both.

Watching Twister last night.  I remember cheering for Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton to get back together when I was younger.  They were both a**holes.  Let's drive my fiance's brand new truck into the middle of a tornado (a fu***** tornado) with her in the back seat while making jokes about how scared she was. 

Green Bay was put out in a perfectly described man's football game.  Two heavy weight teams throwing knock out punches.  Once again it was Kaepernicks legs that cost Green Bay the game.

American Hustle - 8.4/10
You're Next - 8.9/10
Enough Said - 8.5/10

Some great movies were consumed recently.  You're Next is an absolutely great horror movie.  Think of Home Alone if it was made into a horror movie.

You will never see a Smith mans eyes light up as much as when I saw a bag of Ol' Grandads Salt and Vinegar chips at the grocery store recently.  Sara's reply, "I don't even know why I eat those chips.  I don't even like them."  This prompted Daryl to silently point at the door with a hard look in his eyes.  It was described to some as the coldest glare that has been seen since the days before electricity.

Generally I am a very good Son in Law.  This past Saturday as one of my Xmas gifts for Sara's mother we as a family took her to Yuk Yuks.  What I didn't realize was that the comedy show was called Cold Dark January.  This means in English that each comic does the dirtiest set possible.  Usually I make better decisions than this.

If you are a company you are idiotic if you believe that those ads that you put up before You Tube videos would ever successfully get you any business.  You know the ones.  You can skip after 5 seconds.  There is not a person on earth that says.  "Oh let's watch this ad before the video that I want to show you."

 Reading an amazing book called "The Dinner."  It's written exactly the way that I attempt to write.  If you enjoy my blogs and think that if Daryl was more applied he could write a book.  This is the book that would have been written in a parallel universe. 

In world news.  60 polling stations were set on fire in Bangledesh.  When polling stations are being set on fire there are a lot of problems in your country.  Especially when it's 60.

When I was younger I never understood candles.  I understood that they needed to mask smells, but I never really understood why you would want them other than that.  I seem to light one now each night.  This isn't to mask a smell.  This is because it's comforting.  Sorry I fell asleep writing this.


Shad is playing at the Starlight, Caveman is playing at the Mod Club, Blue Rodeo at the Centre in the Square, and Black Sabbath at Copps.  This is my 2014 concert listing so far.  Not one of those bands sounds like each other.  Oh I am so proud of myself.  I will now down my prune juice and have that weird shot glass of pills because I am getting old.