My absolutely no brainer prediction for the finals.  Boston Bruins in 6 games over the Chicago Blackhawks.  My "More Than a Feeling" (Tribute to the super group Boston) for the finals.  St. Louis Blues over the New York Rangers in 7 games.

Mistaken for Strangers (documentary about the lead singers brother of the National)  8.1/10
Philomena - 8.9/10

Philomena is absolutely fantastic.  Give it a chance.  I thought the same thing when it received so much accolade.  "Old person going on a road trip.  Going to find family member."  Well that's exactly what it is.  It's still awesome though.

Princess Cinema's are going to be receiving seats from the Chinese Theater in LA.  Apparently they are going to be seats where some of the most famous people have sat. 

Sara is still receiving prizes even while gone.  I have received an Oreo Cookie Stanley Cup.  It has a top where you dip the cookie into the milk.  Yes! That is cool.

I am currently in the midst of training for a half marathon.  There is no better feeling then the instant you step off of the treadmill.  Your legs have that jello feeling.  The same feeling that David Hasselhoff has every Friday night. 

Currently in love with the new album by the War on Drugs.  There are few albums that can give me a reason to say Fu** Yeah! while driving on the expressway towards work.

My weekly fire John Gibbons rant.  When your team is in extra innings and there is a guy on third with one out.  What would most managers do?  Probably put the next guy on to try to manufacture a double play or bring in a specialty pitcher to get a strike out.  What does John Gibbons do?  Well he  keeps Todd Redmond in there and brings the infield in.  The lowest percentage play in the books. Brett Cecil and Sergio Santos were both available.  

Recently started watching Cosmos.  What a mind bend that is.  I believe we have found another man to do nature documentaries.  I need to start practicing my documentary voice.

The National recently played at Massey Hall.  They were excellent.  One thing that I thought was cool was that on the final song of the night that the lead singer pointed the mic to the crowd and had the crowd sing the whole song with the band in a semi-circle playing acoustics at the front of the stage.

Olsen Twins singing about pizza slowed down almost gave me an aneurysm.

You would like to go out for a nice dinner in Winnipeg on Sunday night  The problem is that everything in the city is closed.  You have a fist full of cash and no where to go.  What do you have to settle for?  Yeah that's right, Ms. Vanelli's.  The finest of Italian cuisine.  "Penne pasta with pomodoro sauce.  Smother it with that Kraft Parmesan cheese.  That's the ticket. Oh yeah, I will take a refill on my Coke Zero."

Looked into Raptors playoff tickets.  Just can't justify selling my car to afford it.

Fiddleheads you do a wonderful job of heeling my dehydrated Sunday system.  Your fruit smoothies are scrumptious.  My body says thank you.

The only difference between the people on the Subway and the people at the Casino is the Casino sounds in the background.  The looks of the people are exactly the same.  The look of despair and boredom are the same.

When somebody calls themselves boring they must be really really boring.

Am I the only person that has dreamed about writing material for stand up?  Not actually performing the stand up, but writing it.  I have never been so disappointed in myself in a dream.

Women you are not allowed to get mad at your significant other if they are bad in a dream.  Daryl gets himself into enough trouble without having to worry about what Dream Daryl does. 

Don't give people that nudge on the elbow if they don't laugh after you believe you said something funny.  They heard you.  It obviously wasn't even funny enough to garner a fake laugh.

Sara has left for her Appalachia Trail journey.  It was tough to see her off for a long five month period.  I will probably be calling on some of you to prevent me from sitting in my boxers, watching afternoon baseball, and eating a block of cheese.  Actually, I'm good.

 Here's her trail journal for those that would like to keep up to date with her adventures.

http://www.trailjournals.com/entry.cfm?id=448101

For every Bohemian Rhapsody that Queen sang there was a Body Language.  That song is awful.

Once a decade is a great rate to make the playoffs.  This Leafs debacle is one of the highlights of the year for me.  Listening to Leaf fans call into sports radio shows after a Leafs loss is another one of my highlights.

I was at the Jays game yesterday with the family.  There was a big crowd on hand.  The Rogers centre still looks like garbage, but they have a bunch of different food and booze options now.  Remember when it was only McDonald's that was in there.  That was very strange.


While purging the cupboards while spring cleaning.  I realized that I must sleep drive to Dave's Tea to purchase items.  Why the hell do I own so much tea?

Juno's were last weekend.  Bieber was booed.  BTO is better than I thought they were.  Serena Ryder is mediocre at best, and Tegan and Sara are fantastic ambassadors for Canadian artists.

For anybody that loves Winnipeg I apologize, but it's a sh**hole.

Do you smell what's in the air?  That's the smell of finely cut grass by the hungover staff of the Listowel Golf and Country Club.

Stopped at the Kacaba winery on the way back to the city after dropping Sara off.  When you walk into a winery as a single man.  They assume that you have money, and that you are sophisticated.  When they figure out that you are neither of those things they recommend the house wine.

Every single championship that LeBron wins is similar to the steroid records in baseball to me.  Anytime that you go build a super team.  All accomplishments have a taint to them.  Eventually the Cavs would have won it and the taste would have been so much sweeter.

The baby blue Clipper uniforms look like a mental asylum basketball team playing in their pajama's.

I always thought that having a fantastic razor was just lip service by the companies.  When is the last time that you used a cheap razor?  I think I just made my face look like Bryan Adam's with one shave.

Kitchener festival coming up.  They are playing on an old landfill.  Insert Kim Mitchell music reference here.

Going to see the National at Massey Hall this week.  That Dark Colombian Coffee voice is making 3 of my 8 chest hairs tremble with excitement.

NCAA basketball isn't really my thing, but it was good to see so many Canadian players playing, and having a huge impact on their teams.

Does it sound crazy to actually want the Flyers to play the Penguins in the first round of the playoffs?   The Rangers scare the crap out of me.

Yes I am a nerd.  Yes I put the Game of Thrones theme song on my iPod.

One thing when I realized grocery shopping for the first time without Sara.  Things go a lot quicker when I don't have to sell somebody on the stuff that I am buying

Ryan Braun came out to a standing ovation?    So you take steroids that makes your team fall out of a playoff race, and then receive a standing ovation the first game of the season.  I think that maybe the 3 putt golf clap makes more sense.

Jose Reyes has problems with his groin.  Toronto's spark plug.  The guy they need to stay healthy to compete this year.  What do the Jays management decide?  Let's play him on the cement ground in Montreal for an exhibition game.  He is going to the DL after opening day.

Prediction for the AL East.

Tampa Bay Rays
Boston Red Sox - Wild Card
Baltimore Orioles
New York Yankees
Toronto Blue Jays


Miguel Cabrera received a 10 year/292 million dollar deal.  This deal will haunt the Tigers past year 3.  Cabrera is an absolute beast today.  You did see a little bit of a slow down near the end of the year and the playoffs.  He has Albert Pujols written all over him for how quick his decline will be. 

My predictions for MLB this year.

AL MVP - Mike Trout
AL Cy Young - David Price
NL MVP - Paul Goldschmidt
NL Cy Young - Jose Fernandezz

It's frustrating knowing that a team that you  love to watch has the wrong manager in place there.  This is how I feel with John Gibbons managing the Jays.  They look disorganized and have disaster written all over them.  He has already contradicted Reyes on the extent of his injury.  His "aw shucks" attitude drives me absolutely crazy.  If you look at what a great manager can do with the right situation you know that this is the wrong man for the job.

Top 3 Managers in AL

3 - Joe Maddon
2 - Terry Francona
1 - Bob Melvin

I am happy that AA didn't overpay for Santana or Jimenez though.  Both of those pitchers in the AL East would be an absolute horror to watch. 

Stats for Ubaldo Jimenez pitching for the Baltimore Orioles. 

187 IP
4.97 ERA
10-13 Record
87 BOB
178 K's

 One of the most beautiful things about MLB this year is not knowing who is going to be in the playoffs.  Years past there was always the guarantee of the Yanks, Red Sox, Cards, Rangers, and Giants pretty much getting there year in and year out.  Now none of those teams are a guarantee.  I actually think the Cards are the closest to the guarantee you have out of the above teams and not the Red Sox.

If you were AA would you go hard after David Price after this year?  He has been lights out at Rogers Centre year in and year out.  You would have that ace you have been after for years.  The staff looks a lot different this way.  Price, Dickey, Buerhle, Morrow, Hutchison

Derek Jeter is probably one of the classiest ball players that has played the game of ball.  To play in that market for that many years and not succumb to any of the nonsense that is all around is impressive.  The game will miss him.  In saying all of this.  Hopefully these farewell tours will stop after this.  Takes away from the game and team itself.  Rivera and Jeter are special cases, but what happened to just having your retiring press conference?

Hoseheads overreaction, but could possibly be true to day one of MLB. 

The Miami Marlins will have a better record than the Toronto Blue Jays at the end of the year.










 

Do you know those people that would drive into a ocean if the GPS told them to?  Well that is me.  I drove to Buffalo instead of Niagara Falls.  The wrong casino in the GPS can cause haywire.

There is a huge music festival coming to Kitchener.  Aerosmith, Slash, Bryan Adams, Collective Soul, and Moist.  Tickets go on sale today.  Here's the information if anybody is interested in going.  I will be going on the Sunday only.  Mr. Roboto is not enough for me to see STYX.  Tickets go on sale at 10am.


www.bigmusicfest.com

You can't give up an average of 40-50 shots a game and expect your goaltenders not to break down at some point.  Who do you think you have back there?  Ron Tugnutt?  #RealisticLeafHater1

Divergent came out.  It's amusing listening to somebody trying to explain how it doesn't  completely rip off the Hunger Games.

Bill Murray is awesome.  Read a story today about how he was paid $9,000 to be in the movie Rushmore.  There is a scene in the movie where Max is directing a play that requires a fake helicopter to be flown onto the stage.  Disney did not want to pay for this.  Bill Murray shelled out $25,000 to pay for the helicopter.  He believed it was important for the story.  So in the end he paid $16,000 to be in Rushmore.

It looks like August long weekend will be the first weekend of golf.  Great work weather.

There was choas last night on the internet.  Sara and I were on the Daily Show promoting our super exciting lives.  I look a lot older on TV.  Sara looks excellent though.

 Sara and I are also going to the Juno's in Winnipeg.  Sara won tickets on Monday.  We fly out on Saturday morning.  Prize includes flight, hotel, tickets, and $500.00 spending money.  I am most excited about the red carpet.  Maybe I can get people that write blogs that nobody reads to interview me.

Sears Canada and Bergdorf Goodman are by far the hardest emails to get rid of.  They are the mustard on your underwear?

Top 3 things that I have drank because it was in the position on the table that my cup is usually in.

3 - Mustard
2 - Cream
1 - Beer with cigarette butts in it

The CW is the Nickelback of TV.  They just keep on writing the exact same story in different ways.  And it always sells.  "The 100" is the latest.

Spring training is still on.  I have a hard time thinking of anybody that is trying to lose their job as much as JA Happ is.  Maybe George Costanza when he wears Babe Ruth's jersey while working.  I believe he gets mustard on it as well.  Mustard, mustard, mustard.

Do you know how I know that our lunchroom is better then your lunchroom?  We watch Arrested Development and Seinfeld and you watching fu***** Friends.

I am not sure how I would react if somebody ran at me with a 2x4.

You can always trust somebody that watches Nascar.  Anybody that has the patience to watch cars going around in a circle for 5 hours has gained my trust.

Just finished my first YouTube video.  Here it is.

I believe in Karma.  I believe in positive energy.    There is nothing better than walking into a room and just having that feeling that you are in the right spot at the right time. You have the ability to walk right up to any person and feel that they are going to have something awesome to say.

Being in a social atmosphere constantly has given me the ability to gauge a person's attitude with nothing more than a few words and their body language.  You always get that same feeling of fantastic energy when you are dealing with someone that has nothing but positive vibes.  It's almost as if they have a glow to them. These are the type of people that I want to surround myself with. 

Have you ever had a friend that you were always attempting to prop up?  They are always talking badly about themselves, trying to get you to react? Always talking about how crappy their luck was?  Almost expecting bad things to happen.  These are carnivores that steal my positive energy.  They chew it up and vomit it back out as filth. 

This isn't my usual blog.  People talk about how lucky Sara and I are with our contest wins.  There is no question that we are extremely lucky.  I am just here to tell you that I think luck can be created. 

Now I must go and lay in the grass, listening to Peter, Paul, and Mary while sipping on a herbal tea bought in the organic section of Fiddleheads. 

Apparently insomnia is increasing in the younger generation. This is due to not being able to shut their brains off or wind down.  Well apparently being able to shut my brain down is not a problem for me.  Just eat potato chips before bed.  It will put you to sleep.  Being a doctor is easy.


Have you ever attempted to download a video editing program for free?  You might as well walk through a dog park blindfolded.  This dog park also has ass**** owners that don't pick up their dogs poop. 


St. Patrick's Day was yesterday.  This is a pub's waitress worst nightmare.  All courtesy goes out the window and people are just staring at you like zombies from a fenced in yard.   

After the Olympics end.  The same thing always happens.  TSN thinks that since viewership was so great for curling during that time that they should play every curling event.  Then after a few months they realize that Canadians only really care about watching curling when there is a gold medal on the line.  I apologize to those people wearing Jennifer Jones jerseys right now.  You are in the minority.  Also do they sell curling jerseys?

How do you make Turkey chili?  You replace ground beef with ground turkey.

All is lost - 8.2/10

Great movie, very similar to Castaway.  Robert Redford is stellar in a one man performance.  It's so rare that you can actually feel yourself in the same situation that he is in while watching the movie. 

Baseball is about to start up.  What the hell did players do before Tommy John surgery?  Pitchers would be retiring daily. 

There is a tiny window of opportunity for the Jays.  They really need one of their young pitchers to step up and be a number two.  Drew Hutchison would be my choice to make that jump. 

I know a thing or two about rocking looks that have been gone from the scene for years.  I rocked a mullet way past it's expiry date.  You just can't rock that soul patch.  It's gone! 

We have gone through some spring cleaning in the house recently.  Why do I have so much stuff that is so useless?  Did I really think I was going to play Trivial Pursuit on the Wii?  You still have to read the damn question on the TV.  I saved myself the movement of the pie on the board and that's it.

Sara's brother dominated us on a board game night again.  I am beginning to run out of excuses why I haven't won in a while.  My next plan is to start adding more alcohol to his beer. 

People always tell me to give country music another chance.  New country is so much better than old country and blah, blah, blah.  As soon as I hear that twang in their voice I am out.  Anybody that hates country knows exactly what I'm talking about.

You know what's going to be awesome.  When I can go outside of my house again.  This winter is as long as a four part series on how your driver training teacher can eat so many chips and dip on a short 15 minute break.

Sorry Adam Sandler.  You have developed Eddie Murphy disease.  You are not humorous to to anybody that has an IQ over 50 anymore.  You must either transform into a serious actor or die a death of Gilbert Gottfried voice impressions.

Sara and I had an ultimate night of hipster glory recently.  Going to a vinyl store, then to a used book store, and finally to a pub to enjoy some micro brewery beer.  The complete opposite of this would be to go online and purchase the same records of Itunes, then go online and purchase the same books for their tablet.  And then ultimately go to Boston Pizza to enjoy a Budweiser on tap.  Which one sounds better to you? 

Most answers for the above question is the following: illegally download the music, I don't read books, and I have a case of beer at home.

At one point my hometown was turning into the casino circuit when it was bringing acts to town.  Kim Mitchell and Helix?  This year they brought in Sloan and last year they had the Trews.  You receive a Wiserhood slow clap for the turnaround.

Started to watch True Detective last night.  What has gotten into Matthew McConaughey?  When did he get into the conversation of best actor right now? 

If you want to have a chuckle go look at Kate Hudson's IMDB list of movies she has been in over the past 20 years?  It fills the stat sheet similar to Eric Hinske's career with the Jays.

For those that feel like slaves to the vote for Sara and my contests.  Please shut up and continue to vote.

Rob Ford was on Jimmy Kimmel and feels as though he was embarrassed intentionally.  This is a choose your own adventure ending.

a) It's a fu***** comedy show.  What the fu** did you think was going to happen
b) You sweat too much.
c)  Can you do something useful and eat Justin Bieber.   

300: Rise of an Empire - 6.3/10



Went to the Sony event last week that Sara won tickets for.  We both received wireless bluetooth speakers and Celine Dion CD's.  Her face does look similar to a horse.

It was cool to be able to dress up in the breaking bad outfits and seeing all the cool technology that is going to be released.  I felt terrible for the musician there.  He was a solo artist that looked like he sold his soul to Sony to perform there.

I found out that there are some women that can't go to the bathroom when their husband or boyfriend are in the house.  This is what a man with colitis has nightmares about.  Also, What? Why?

Paul Pierce = I would rather wear an Araujo jersey.

I still can't believe that he lost a jump ball to Nate Robinson.  He was almost a foot and a half taller.

People wonder how I began to cheer for the Philadelphia Flyers as a small lad.  I always had a thing about going against the grain even as a child.  Philadelphia had a war going on against the heavily favoured Edmonton Oilers.  Everybody and their mother were cheering for Wayne Gretzky and the Oilers.  I didn't want any part of this bandwagon nonsense.  I wanted to cheer for the team with the crazy goaltender and the mammoth number 12 that just sat in front of the net.  Also my favourite colour was orange.

Windows XP is not being supported by Microsoft anymore.  The grumpy old population is up in arms again. 

I might purchase a pair of those good old boy jeans.  You know the really, really, really blue jeans that barely bend when you put them on.

George Strombo is taking over for Hockey Night in Canada.  One thing that they changed is that they toned down Don Cherry.  This was the worst thing that they did.  It was awesome to see what this racist crazy old man was going to say next.

Each year that a man gets older his enjoyment for cutting the grass increases.  This also applies to washing the car.

They always warn you not to run with scissors.  Are there a lot of kids that run with scissors?  I don't think as a child that I had the scissors in my hands that often.  Not enough to be warned not to run with them.

As a child there was nothing more disappointing then having a pile of snow drop and it not being the type of snow that you could make snow balls with. 

Sure fire way to cause chaos for other people up in the house hold.  Make the wireless password the answer to a riddle that you left on the kitchen table.