I've been busy travelling and stuff, and nothing big seems to be happening, so I want to know what's on your mind. Use the comments of this entry to discuss anything you want. Or ask me anything... anything at all.
May 18, 2026
Band of Horses' The Funeral is aging very, very well. It was released almost six years ago, yet when it came my iPod earlier today, it sounded better than ever. Like a fine wine, I'd argue The Funeral is getting better with age. Damn that's good.
The Reichstag in Berlin is where German parliament (the Bundestag) meets. When they reconstructed it, they added a large glass dome at the very top of the building. I was lucky enough to have dinner in the Reichstag and that gave me a chance to climb this dome and check
Patrolling the Brandenburg Gate these days is a leader from a truly evil empire. Here's the photographic evidence before you jump to conclusions. I certainly thought twice before crossing over.
Hatred for the Montreal Canadiens isn't just a Canadian thing, it's spread all the way to Germany. I saw this poster during my walk in Berlin yesterday. I'll translate that for you. It reads "Habs are Icky". Icky indeed....
I'm frequently asked what happened to Brian Henderson from 1050 CHUM. Brian Henderson, or Henny as he's called, was a part of the 1050 CHUM Morning Show as you'll see in this ad from 1987. I awoke this morning to a note from Brian with an update about what happened
I spent some time last night planning my sightseeing in Berlin, mapping my route and making sure I hit as many historical sights as possible. I wanted to do it all by foot. No sightseeing tour buses or taxi cabs for me. After a big breakfast, I hit the pavement
In Berlin, there's a thin line between wholesome and seedy. I wandered the streets tonight, exploring the Berlin underbelly. As you'd expect, there's an active street walker scene and numerous options for those craving the erotic. What's interesting is how seamlessly you walk from the Erotik-Museum to giant kid-friendly snowman.
While in Germany, I wanted to enjoy some of that Bavarian culture we know from Oktoberfest. At Zum Haxnwirt, it's all about the beer and huge hunks of pork. I sense wild boars were captured on the streets of Berlin and baked into schweinshaxe for my benefit. The knuckle of
In Berlin, parking is scarce. People will park anywhere they can fit their car. No wonder there are so many Smart cars. You can park them in the tightest of spots. Oh... and Batman is here.
I haven't done a very good job posting my daily photo, but I should have more luck this week. Today's photo will give you a clue as to why. I took this photo just before landing in Berlin, Germany. It was a connector flight from Frankfurt full of turbulence and
My son seems to have inherited my musical ability. Here he is playing Jingle Bells on a ukulele. I can't believe my boy is almost ten years old.
This story from regretsy is both upsetting and mind boggling. Before we dive in, I should state that I'm a PayPal user, and have been for years. I receive money via PayPal and I buy things via PayPal, and I haven't had an issue yet. But then again, I've never
It's tough to skip over a headline that references Pepsi and mouse carcasses. Pepsi has an interesting defense in a case from a guy who claims he found a mouse in his Mountain Dew. Pepsi Co., facing a lawsuit from a man who claims to have found a mouse in
Jim Huber was 67. He was an Emmy Award winning journalist and essayist with Turner Sports and PGA.com. I remember him co-anchoring CNN Sports Tonight with Nick Charles, Fred Hickman, Vince Cellini and others in the 90s. His work was always top notch. His tweets the last few days
It's been almost two years since I finished my first viewing of The Wire, a.k.a, The Greatest Show On Television, Ever™. A couple of days later, I was asking where the hell I go from there. Watching The Wire pretty much ruined television for me. Since then, I've
What year is it? I've been on a steady diet of The Wire and Wii Mario Kart and am just now coming up for air. I hear Cee-Lo performed John Lennon's Imagine just before midnight on TV last night. I also hear he changed a lyric. Here's what he sang:
I'm not really a Broadway guy. Musicals typically make me cringe. I liked the Lion King, but other than that I've always left the theatre pretty underwhelmed. Tonight I saw American Idiot from the 2nd row at the Toronto Centre for the Arts. It was pretty damn good. Of course,
I'm about to head out to see American Idiot, so I checked the weather via my Ubuntu Linux desktop. Here's what I saw: Freezing fog? What the hell is freezing fog? According to the National Weather Service: Freezing fog occurs when the water droplets that the fog is composed of
Some of you are fans of Humble and Fred's podcast (now at 50 episodes!) and will be interested in this sweet slice of Humble and Fred news. Humble and Fred have a major announcement to make with regards to a multi-media conglomerate. I've seen the agreement, and it's pretty awesome
Kim Jong-Il is dead, and they just had his funeral procession in Pyongyang. The North Korea state news agency has been caught manipulating photos from the memorial service, removing a few stragglers in order to restore order. That hardly seemed worth it. If I was going to Photoshop Kim Jong-Il's
SOPA, the Stop Online Piracy Act, has me worried. In a nutshell, SOPA is a proposed bill before the US congress that would allow owners of intellectual property to block or disable any website that they consider infringes on their intellectual property. It's a frightening slippery slope that promises to
According to Wikipedia, here are the twenty most populated countries.RankCountry (or dependent territory)Population% of world population-World6,984,300,000100.00%1 China[4]1,339,724,85219.18%2 India1,210,193,42217.33%3 United States312,856,0004.48%4 Indonesia237,641,3263.4%5 Brazil192,376,
Joe Bodolai was 63. He was best known for producing and writing such television shows as Comics!, The Kids in the Hall and Saturday Night Live. He also co-wrote the first draft of the film Wayne's World with Mike Myers. Before he took his own life, Joe Bodolai published his
Don Cherry's piano desk helps emphasize his arguments.
