Happy Times

Ah, the Hot humid Summer weather is starting. I had a two month stretch where it was nice to sit outside and smoke a cigar. Not too clod, not too hot. Now it's 30 outside, and I sweat like a hooded rapist.

Sports are in full swing and everything is right in the world. The Blue Jays are average, The Leafs haven't played in months, and Americans stink it up at the French Open. In Basketball everything is going swimmingly. Except for my hometown Raptors, I've had the same favourite team in the NBA for going on 10 years; The San Antonio Spurs. I love Tim Duncan. He's the best player in basketball and I've been preaching this forever. He may not be flashy like Kobe Bryant or Lebron James, but he gets the job done. He scores, he defends, he rebounds, he passes, he blocks, all while being humble and in general a great person. San Antonio is in the Finals yet again, now awaiting the winner of the Cleveland/Detroit series. I don't see either of these teams knocking off the Spurs. It'll be one more feather in the cap of the NBA's best player.

Hockey, Hockey, Hockey!! Everyone in Canada was so pumped about the Ottawa Senators making it to the Stanley Cup Final. And how've they done so far?? Stunk it up! My Ducks are teaching them Playoff hockey should be played. Grinding tough play. Awesome on the forcheck and back check. Their defense has been superb, and what more can be said about the goalkeeping of J.S. Giguere?? Top Notch. If the Ducks can get a win in Ottawa, the series will be over in game 5 in Anaheim. Oh yeah, FU Senators.

It's been suggested that I add more social commentary to the blog. So with that said... What's the deal with old women and hats??? Seriously, hats to old women are like plaid shirts to truckers. I've seen some of the stupidest hats of my life on old grannies heads. There's this one woman in town who must own 30 different hats. And they're all ugly. Plus she's ugly. So the whole package is very ugly. And the make up she wears. Ugghhh. Old people and make up shall be my next rant.

Now lets talk about something positive. I was down in the states this past weekend. It was a road trip. Which meant a few stops at gas stations. I was again reminded of the Americans love of all things jerky!! It's fantastic. You go in the gas station store and there's an entire jerky section. Beef Jerky, Turkey Jerky, about 50 different kinds of pepperoni sticks, "Beef" sticks (I use the term beef loosely), Little packs that come with a beef stick and cheese. I wish Canadians could be more like the Americans when it comes to our love of pre-packaged meat products. This is my favourite section, followed by the pre-packaged cakes section. Cupcakes, Ho-Ho's and Ding Dongs a plenty. And of course...The Twinkie. When I look at that Twinkie package it's as if Twinkie the Kid looks right back at me and gives me a little wink. "Hi old Friend" he'll say "welcome back". I love you Kid.


In Real big news the World Series of Poker starts tomorrow. 55 tournaments are scheduled this year. My friends and I are doing a Fantasy pool and I'll try and keep everyone updated with how my team is doing.

Bizzle Out

Busy Time

It's been a few weeks since my last post. I've been keeping busy heading down to the states twice (once to Boston/New Hampshire, and once to Indiana). Both were for drumming. Boston was a nightmare. The drumming was fine, and I got to hit two cigar shops (nice haul), but my flight was cancelled on the Sunday night because of a good ole Nor'Easter, and I was stuck for two more days. It actually ended up working out well as my good friend Kitten Hanks came to visit on the Monday. Indiana provided another Cigar shop, and Cold Stones. Cold Stones is an ice cream joint. The staff sing (Cold stones, blah blah Cold stones (sung to the Flinstones theme song)) and make some damn good ice cream. Basically they scoop out your ice cream and throw it on this giant frozen cold slab. There they mix in any toppings or extra added goodies that accompany the flavour you have picked. Everything is tossed together kind of like a salad and then put into either a cone, bowl, or waffle bowl (best option imho). Here's hoping that cold stones feels the need to expand into Ontario sometime soon.

The NHL playoffs are in full swing. So far my two predicted finalists, the San Jose Sharks and the Buffalo Sabres are looking pretty good. The Toronto Raptors on the other hand are not looking so hot in the NBA playoffs. It doesn't actually surprise me. I figured it would be close and had Toronto winning in 7 games, but they've looked so flat at times, and are just letting the Nets get out to big leads. Champions League football (soccer) was today and Liverpool has made it through to the final knocking out the hated Chelsea in a shootout. Lets hope AC Milan can knock off Man U tomorrow at home. And how about that NFL draft? Not a lot of surprises, save Brady Quinn. What was Miami thinking taking Ted Ginn Jr. #9???? Man, do I hope that comes back to haunt them. Cleveland managing to land Quinn and Joe Thomas is absolutely amazing and was one of the best moves by a GM at the draft in years. Go Browns.

In Poker news Juan Carlos Mortenson has won the WPT Championship. He becomes the first person to have won the WPT Championship and the World Series of Poker Main Event. Well done my Spanish brother.

In fat news, 2 of my friends and I are now in a weight loss contest. The winner is the first person to lose 50 lbs. In the official weigh in which took place yesterday I weighed in at 291 lbs. So I need to get to 241 to win. That's basically the weight I got down to and sustained for 2 years, so I'm confident I can do it. Sorry Taco Bell, I'm gonna be away for a while.

The best cigar I've smoked recently was a Padilla 1932 Signature Series Toro. It's not cheap for a non Cuban ($12.50 US), but was worth every penny. I'm definitely gonna be looking into picking up some more. As well, I'm looking forward to trying the other highly rated brand by Padilla, the Miami 8 & 11. Both the 1932, and the 8 & 11 are blends by Jose Pepin Garcia, basically the biggest thing going right now, outside of Cuba.

I wish I had a video of me singing "Don't Fear the Reaper" from karaoke on Friday night. It was seriously good, complete with "air" cowbell.

Anyway, hockey is on. Bizzle Out.