Vacations coming up soon. Columbia, San Salvador, and LA. I just try to make it through the Xmas season without getting so I can be healthy for these trips.

World Juniors starting soon. I want to be excited for it, but can't do it. I don't really care if Canada wins it. Half of the juniors that I would look forward to watch aren't there because they are with their NHL teams.

Loyalty is the difference between NHL and NBA players. NBA players go where the money is, and NHL players try to build their teams through the draft.

Fantasy Football is coming to an end and I am in the semi's in both of my leagues. Potentially could win over $1000 in total.

Don't be shocked if you find out that the laptop you want to buy is out of stock at Best Buy or Future Shop. Also please don't get mad, it is not the persons fault that you waited until 10 days before Xmas.

Boxee Box - Downloads all of the newest shows on to it's own internal hard drive then hooks up through HDMI to your tv accessing all your media through the wireless network. Any movie that is on your computers hard drive it can pick up. Coolest Xmas gift.

IPAD becoming more useful.

Making smokey chipotle wings with a shiraz for our annual wine/food pairing contest. Hopefully it's a winner.

TOO MUCH CAFFEINE TODAY!!

Inception - 8.9/10

NY Jets coach trips Miami Dolphins player running down the sideline. C'mon man...

Philadelphia Flyers first overall in the NHL. Got to admit, it's not hard to be a fan of their team right now.

Do you ever get so backed up on all the new shows that it's too overwhelming to try to catch up?

I believe Caribou is playing in the KW area again in March for those that are interested. I will transform all of you eventually.

British people just sound smarter.

Beck producing the new Thurston Moore album. Thurston Moore is the lead singer of Sonic Youth.

I think I would be a very sad person if I was interested in politics. Everybody just seems so angry that is interested in politics.

I would put money on a new Michael Jackson album coming out around Xmas for the next few years. Media loves to make money off of death.

Ryan Reynolds and Scarlett Johansson broke up. She initiated it apparently, she maybe smoking hot, but I don't believe she has a lot going on upstairs.

Top 3 airheads

3 - Katy Perry
2 - Jessica Simpson
1 - Megan Fox

It's weird that I can generally look at someone and just tell that they aren't all there. They just have that crazy look in their eyes.

Bananas are still great after all these years.

Biggest Loser contestants look awful when they lose too much weight too quickly. I am not sure the human body is supposed to lose it at that pace.

Want to lose weight. Move more, eat less. Pretty easy.

Happy holidays everyone

Bacon neck what are you? And why does Michael Jordan have a Hitler mustache in the commercial?

Sometimes I miss having holidays around Christmas time?

Pontypool - This is a movie. This is a very good movie. 9.3/10

Record player is operational again for a very reasonable price. Just as good as I remember is sounding.

IPAD docking station looks like a ipod docking station through bottlecap glasses.

Fresh baking within the kitchen is a smell that I sorely miss.

Sara and I have booked a trip to LA for April. We are trying to get tickets to the Dodgers home opener. It's against the SF Giants. For those that don't know the Giants won the world series this past year. Tickets yes please!!

I believe that I could live in a cottage for the summer months in Canada and live in a 3rd world country for the winter months.

Traffic stinks in Kitchener.

Believe what you want to believe, but the earth is going to kick us off it's planet at some point.

I am very sad to say that my long hair will not be coming back anytime soon. I am also very sad to say that using hair product is a pain in the ass.

I must apologize to Bear in Heaven as well. I forgot to add them in being that their album came out so early in the year. They rank number 2 on the list.

Top 3 XMAS gifts this year

3 - XBOX Kinect
2 - IPAD
1 - Cheap laptops

I hate selling cheap laptops, but I do understand their purpose. The average consumer uses their laptop for no more then facebook and email. As salesmen we aren't really needed for this type of purchase.

Boxing Day is coming up soon. The worst day to be a sales associate at the shop. I dread this day more then any other.

Casseroles are very underrated. Easy to make, last a few days, and you can make anything taste good by adding ketchup.

Slowed down my wine consumption recently. This isn't on purpose. I just can't drink a whole bottle to myself on a weekday night, and Sara only drinks on Fridays.

Sometimes I feel bad about not saying happy birthday to people via facebook. Then I realize that people really don't care.

Plug an input into my brain and allow me to play guitar!!!!!!!!!

Kanye West has a new album out. It's very good. Nice mix of beats with his usual confrontational lyrics. Usually I don't dig rap, but this album is a oddity.

People look so stressed out this time of year. Remember it could always be worse. You could be a fan of the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Top 5 Albums of 2010

5. The National - High Violet - If I was to clone a voice for myself it would be the lead singer of the National. Listening to this album reminds me of sitting at a distinguished bar dressed in a tux sipping on a martini. The drums of this album gives it a spacious feel without losing the intensity of the sound. The album doesn't compare to '07 Boxer, but is a nice follow up to the album. Bloodbuzz Ohio is the top song on the album and the one I would download to check out.

4. Wolf Parade - Expo 86 - Wolf Parade has become a little heavier and more user friendly with this album. It still has the hooks of the vocals and the 2 or 3 minute guitar solos that they are known for. They have lost a little bit of their vibe, but overall the album is solid all the way through. Not quite as good as previous albums, but still ranks number 4 on my chart. Pobodys Nerfect is the download for this album.

3. Junip - Fields - This album is still climbing for me. I can listen to nearly every song without even approaching the ipod with the dreaded next finger. Jose Gonzalez is the lead singer of this band, and he has never been better. Generally he sticks to an acoustic set, but I must say it's very nice to hear an electric guitar or two in this album. I haven't seen Junip live yet, but as far as their sound goes I don't think there is anyone that I want to see more. Could be the album of the year a few months from now. Rope and Summit is the download that you want.

2. Spoon - Transference - Maybe their best album. They have found a way to incorporate a '60s, '70s, and '90s feel all into one album. You will find yourself singing along with quite a few songs on this album without the annoying the stuck in the head feel. Saw Spoon live for the first time earlier in the year, and thought the show was perfect. The catalog is quite deep for this band now, and they are able to put a great show together. Britt Daniels has the perfect voice for this band, and I see no slowdown for them in the near future and I would give them the best band in the world title right now. Trouble Comes Running for download.

1. Tame Impala - Inner Speaker - Out of nowhere a bunch of 20 year olds are able to sound like the Beatles mixing in Stone Temple Pilot drum beats and the out there of Radiohead. Album of the year easily. Any hour of any day I am able to put this album on and never get sick of it. I am quite bias of the heavy drum beats with the psychedelia sound right now, but this album has been played from top to bottom in my ipod for six months. Lucidity is the song of the year as well.

Sara turns 30 this coming. I am in a wedding party the exact day she turns 30. I feel terrible, but what can I do?

Was supposed to go to the Lions thanksgiving game today. Things fell through and am now not going. Strike 2.

Watching American TV is frightening. These are the top 3 topics.

3 - You being hurt and wanting compensation.
2 - Too much debt and a way to get out of it quickly.
1 - Violence

Even though Surrogates was a bad movie. I can envision these types of things happening with the way people are scared of their own shadow now.

XBOX Kinect - worth the money
PS3 Move - don't bother

Slow cooked chili or slow cooked curry chicken for American Thanksgiving football today?

Movember - great in theory, but unfortunately not everybody looks good in a mustache. Most people just look french.

Raptors have won 4 in a row, and it seems as though most of the players that are there want to actually be there.

American athletes love to complain about Canada's weather. How many cities can you name that support sporting teams that are as cold or colder then Toronto?

DJ'd the other night for one of my good friends. Had a great evening. Tried my best to rock as much country as I knew. It's like finding a good book to read if you are illiterate.

Bauer Kitchen in Kitchener was fantastic. Had a nice jazzy vibe and high end food without the stuffiness of a gourmet restaurant.

Had a great Chilean red there. Unfortunately after too many glasses of this I cannot remember the name of it.

New Harry Potter - yay or nay?

The Future Shop VIP sale is today if anyone needs any electronics for Xmas. I will not be working today, but there are fantastic deals on TV especially.

If you had an unlimited amount of money what band would you make get back together and make an album? Guns N' Roses or I Mother Earth for me.

Band members have to be alive for the above question.

I think my worst nightmare is to wake up with Sara having dyed her hair.

Moon - 8.2/10

Best Kids in the Hall sketch. Everyone in the world becomes infatuated to a mans sweat. So they make him run continuously on a tread mill to make him sweat. To save humanity they cement his arm pits when people become too addicted.

Why do they package tuna to look just like cat food?

Halloween costume is finished. I shutter at my own appearance.

lastfm.com - check it out. You enter a band that you think is fantastic and it finds other bands and songs that match it. Very similar to pandora, but you can also use it in Canada.

Sara is back safe and sound, had a bad feeling about this trip.

I usually cheer for underdogs in baseball, but I have to cheer for Halladay. Come on Philly come back.

Black Mountain's - Wilderness Heart 8.9/19 - They really started to utilize the female vocals and got back to the classic rock and roll style. Best album I have heard this year since Tame Impala. I suggest you check it out if you enjoy riff related guitar.

Get him to the Greek - 8.2/10

As I look around at the city of Kitchener I realize that less and less people care about their appearance.

It is scary how many people that have lost all social skills due to internet and internet gaming.

Top 3 things that will be gone in the next 20 years.

3 - Skill to spell
2 - Sense of direction
1 - Phone conversations

So the Leafs are off to a hot start. The homers are coming out. Someone came up to me yesterday and said "see I told you they would make the playoffs!" There are 82 games in a year and they have played 5.

Keeping the hair short. I guess I had to grow up sometime.

XM radio is great for free, but have you noticed when they say a phone number that is attempting to sell you something they say the phone number a bunch of times in a row. Media make me dumb!!

Honeynut Cheerios are still the bomb after all these years.

Running Wilde is the new show made by the dude from Arrested Development starring Will Arnett. Best line so far. "Everything smaller is more expensive. I guess that is why that little horse cost me so much."

UFC is becoming too big to contain. I wish it would go away.

KFC new sandwich has 1700mg of sodium. I think if I was going out in a blaze of glory. I would eat this while chugging a bottle of absinthe without a shirt on in a rented el camino with painted fire down the side.

Resident Evil 3D - 7.6/10 - Didn't really need to be 3D, but there were a couple scenes that were fist pumpers. The best part of the movie was that there wasn't an influx of zombies.

Caribou tonight at Ebar, fantastique!!

Watched the Jets/Ravens game last night. Next time I will just watch a documentary on Al Gore.

It's tough to support Old Navy, but they do have a decent section of clothing for a decent price.

Madden '11 is absolutely wonderful. A tiny bit too easy to pass, but overall the gameplay is solid.

Uptown Cafe in Waterloo is a great restaurant for something that's a little gourmety, without spending a huge amount of money.

Trius red wine is in my top 3 of all red wines right now.

Halloween is coming shortly. I wish there could be a Halloween party every weekend in October.

Being over dramatic is one of the worst traits in a human being.

Have you ever wanted to chuck a piece of electronics out the window, and actually went through with it?

Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist has a very solid soundtrack.

Wearing a sticker on your baseball hat?

Cleaning out your Ipod gives you such a feeling of purpose.

Top 3 Canadian Bands or Vocalists

3 - Rush
2 - The Tea Party
1 - Neil Young

I know about the Tragically Hip, just don't think they make the cut.

Andy Samberg is underrated, he could be awesome with the correct writer.

Martin Short has never been funny in the history of his career. Even in Arrested Development he sucked and it's almost impossible to suck in that show.

Why do all Southern type diners put cheese on everything?

I wish I knew a Sorcerer. Things would be so much easier for me.

One of the selling features of working at Tim Hortons is a free uniform? Worst job perk ever!!

Apparently SFX in Toronto was awful this past weekend. They oversold the tickets and the fire marshall was keeping people from entering even after they had bought tickets. This is a very clear indication of a cash cow.

Caribou has a double live disc coming out soon. Playing with a symphony orchestra and 4 drummers. They are playing at Ebar in Guelph very soon for those that are interested let me know.

Summer is back with a vengeance.

I am currently addicted to Big Brother, useless television, but I do enjoy the strategy of the game.

NFL is starting very soon, and SI has the Packers winning it all. Let's go Pack.

Was a best man at a wedding this past weekend. Wedding was beautiful, and the speech went fantastic. Not wearing sun screen for wedding pictures out in a farmers field, big mistake.

If you are looking for a high end laptop that has been getting great reviews. Take a look at the HP Envy series.

Rush isn't one of my favourite bands, but the talent in that band is unreal.

Another commercial that is useless. The lady says that the chair stinks in the room and takes it through the car wash to get it washed. What is this man doing to his chair to make it stink?

Sometimes I wish Canadians weren't quite as intelligent. We don't sell out the pre-season NFL games so they won't bring a NFL team to the city. Unlike Americans we don't give a sh** about preseason football.

Does anyone still play Rock Band????

Religious group came to the door today. I have no problem with religion, but it's obnoxious to be recruited on your only day off.

I think the 80's is pretty much the only decade that will not have a reboot of being cool.

Mad Men is back to being my favourite show on TV currently. It's a strange drug that dialogue is.

World of Warcraft is maybe the most useless thing you could do with your time. Raising your character to different levels is the only prize. I think you could learn more from watching Jersey Shore 24 hours a day.

I understand obesity completely. When you drive down a main stretch in a city. Take a look at the restaurants on either side of the road. It's gross.

I am debating dressing as Frank Drebin for the next convention. I just want to wear a white wig.