Daffodils

The Canadian Cancer Society is selling daffodils right now to help fund important cancer research. They will be at workplaces, malls, etc, with bunches of beautiful blooms. Buy some. Support an important cause, and fill your home with the closest thing we've seen to spring so far this year. Now, if only the Cancer Society was selling snow shovels too......

Bloodlines and Chipmunks

The New England Historic Genealogical Society has determined that Hilary Clinton and Angelina Jolie are related. They are ninth cousins, twice removed.
Hilary is also related to Madonna, Celine Dion, and Alanis Morrissette.
Meanwhile, according to the same historians, Brad Pitt is a distant cousin of Barack Obama.

Here's the link to the full story: http://www.eonline.com/news/article/index.jsp?uuid=ce12227a-8a7d-431f-b4c0-b00ecd598cba


And now ..... I have become an expert on 'Alvin and the Chipmunks'

Pictured here: one of the chipmunks, not sure which.

Just returned from a week in Zihuatanejo, Mexico where the sun never stopped shining, the temperature never dipped below 30 degrees, and the average price for a cold beer at a local establishment was $1.00.

It took us almost exactly 24 hours to get home from Mexico (Ixtapa airport to Ottawa) because our connector flight was delayed, due to 'technical problems' on the plane. Once I was finally on the plane that had the 'technical problems', I really hoped that the issue was something to do with the in-flight movie, or the coffee maker.

Speaking of the in-flight movie, on the way to Mexico we were treated to 'Alvin and the Chipmunks'. Once I got past the fact that its a Christmas movie playing on a plane in March, I was part of a captive audience that watched those chipmunks and their crazy antics.

Then, on the flight back from Mexico, the airline treated us once again to 'Alvin and the Chipmunks'. And I watched it again. I have now officially seen Alvin and the Chipmunks more than 'Citizen Kane' and 'The Godfather'. Its the best movie about chipmunks that I've ever seen. But it really made me homesick for the squirrels living in my basement.

The Big Juicy Drinking Game

This is a photo of Ritch Fullerton and his neighbour Don, the day after Big Juicy dumped over 50 cm on the Ottawa area. I think they're handling the snow quite nicely.

Big Juicy Lives Up to His Name!!!

Pictured here...toughing out 'Big Juicy'..the Hamer family (and friends)..
Nice to see that 17-month old Carter got a bit of a break from snow shovelling...

The powerful snow-storm dubbed 'Big Juicy' did not disappoint! According to Chris St Clair from the Weather Network, who was on my tv this morning, Ottawa received a whopping 50 cm of snow yesterday!!

Math has never been my strong suit, but I think we are now just about 40 cm short of the all time record for SNOWIEST WINTER IN OTTAWA!! 1970 - '71 still leads with 444 cm.

2007-2008 to date: 405 cm

C'mon, Old Man Winter!!! Is that the best you can do!!!! We want that record!!

p.s., please sign the petition that we will send to both Old Man Winter and Mother Nature. www.petitiononline.com/bobfm

also, you can print out your own '2007-2008 Winter Survival Certificate' (suitable for framing of course) right on this website, http://www.939bobfm.com/

the link is right on the main website page. Hope you haven't run out of places to put the snow!

Springsteen Fan Gets a Great Moment

If anyone deserves to meet Bruce Springsteen, its my friend Jonathon Harris. Jonathon has seen 'the Boss' around 200 times (he's lost count),
probably on every continent. Last Sunday night, March 2nd, in Montreal, Jonathon met the man himself just before show-time. Here he is, on the left, with Bruce signing a book called 'For You', a collection of fan stories and poems by Lawrence Kirsch, also pictured here. Way to go, Jonathon! Actually, I think it should be a rule: once you see an artist 200 times, you automatically get to meet them.

And now..the Heroes of the Day!!

Its time to say 'Thank You' to 2 wonderful people in our community who have done some amazing things:
Maggie Furmanczyk, who works at the Riverside campus of the Ottawa Hospital. What did Maggie do? Well, when she heard about the Westminster Pet Sanctuary's need to raise $3000 for an animal rescue van, Maggie took action! She is an artist, and offered to paint portraits for hospital co-workers, with all proceeds to the 'Majic Critter Bus' campaign. Maggie raised $950! YAY!!! Way to go Maggie! If you would like to contribute, go to www.westminsterpetsanctuary.com

And congratulations go to Grace Papenburg, an 11 year old student at 'Reine-des-bois' School in Orleans. Grace loves animals very much, and gave a presentation to her class. She is not afraid to stand up for animals who need our help, and that makes her a true hero in my books. Grace also encouraged her class-mates to sign the petition at www.helpbabywildlife.ca , a very important initiative which encourages people to share this world with wildlife, in an atmosphere of respect rather than conflict. Way to go, Grace!!!

B-R-U-C-E!!!!!!!

Bruce Springsteen and Roy Bittan, Sunday March 2nd at Bell Centre in Montreal

The band!!!!

Got some last minute tickets and headed down the 417 for the Bruce Springsteen show in Montreal on Sunday night. It was an amazing show! Springsteen 'vintage' fans were treated to 'Jungleland' and 'Because the Night'. The new material from Bruce's 'Majic' CD is really starting to take a life of its own in concert, from'Radio Nowhere' to 'Gypsy Biker'... Kudos to the fans in Montreal, who had tons of energy all night long. One special moment among many: Bruce handing his harmonica to a tiny little girl in the crowd who was perched on her Dad's shoulders. Now that's something she'll never forget. It was a great night, and I think it took us less time to get home from Montreal than it takes Orleans residents to get home from Scotiabank Place after a Sens game.

Mike Fisher Fans!!! Its the Party of the Year!!

The countdown is on! If you haven't signed up for the BOB FM official Mike Fisher Fan Club, do it now on this website! Weekday mornings March 3rd to 11th, one lucky fan club member will be chosen to join us on 'the Morning After', AND be the proud owner of a life-size Mike Fisher cardboard cut-out courtesy of Coke Zero! On Wednesday March 12th, we will draw from the seven qualifiers, and THAT lucky person will officially be named 'Vice President of the Mike Fisher Fan Club'! First job: joining the Sens army in Barbados! Transportation by Zoom Airlines, accomodation at the Accra Beach Resort and a couple of wild nights watching the Sens on the big screen at Berts Bar, with Sens owner Eugene Melnyk! Mike Fisher fans: all this can be yours!

Its March! Spring is here! Spring is here!

Its March! Yeah! Spring is just about here! I took these pictures this morning, just to show how close spring is. As you can see, my dog Molly is playing in a small amount of snow. Its a small amount because spring is almost here. Sorry for the sideways shot, I just got new software and I have no idea how to use it.

. and this is another spring-like picture, which I took while standing in the snow. The snow is disappearing rapidly, as only last week, it was waist-deep, and today its just below the waist.