Mike Fisher Eats Fresh

Mike Fisher signs autographs at Subway on Laurier yesterday.

thank you to Greg Marcus for the photo.

Note the women waiting on the street to get in and see Mike.

(apologies for you having to turn your head sideways to look at this photo. I have no idea how to make it 'right side up')

Buzz

Everyone called him 'Buzz'. His real name was Tim Kilpatrick but 'Buzz' was the name that Ottawa knew. He was down-to-earth, wickedly funny, a persistent Toronto Maple Leaf fan. Amused by pop culture, friend to the 67's, loyal to the New York Yankees, and a voice that became part of the fabric of an Ottawa morning. 'Buzz', from the Team 1200's 'Three Guys on the Radio', passed away on Friday. He was good stuff. In memory of Buzz, donations to the Ottawa Senators Foundation would be greatly appreciated.

Do You Know Who These People Are?

Thank you very much to Steve Koch for sending this photo along. Steve titled the photo 'JR and Sandy at the 2007 Help Santa Toy Parade'.

Only problem is, these people are not JR and Sandy. They do look like very nice people, but we just don't know who they are. If you can identify them, please let us know!

The Dark Knight vs Rocky

Have you seen 'Batman: The Dark Night' yet?

I usually judge a movie in a very rudimentary way: after I've seen the movie, how long do I think about it? Have I put it out of my mind by the time I've driven home?

Do I not give it another thought the following day...unless someone asks about it? A friend of mine judges a movie by how many times he looks at his watch while its's playing.....five glances at his watch, the movie ain't great....two to four glances, there are some highlights....one glance, its a good movie. Not looking at his watch at all, now THAT's an entertaining film. 'The Dark Knight' is one of those movies. I was lucky enough to see the premiere last Wednesday, and five days later I'm still thinking about the film. Its intelligent, the plot is like a roller coaster...the acting is superb and The Dark Knight leaves you breathless. I may even go and see it again.

There is only one movie that I've seen more than once in a theatre. In fact, I saw it 4 or 5 times. I was a kid and I took the bus to the Elgin Theatre on Elgin Street every Saturday, to see 'Rocky'. I thought Rocky was the best movie ever. Not only was Rocky a down-and-out, very sympathetic character, he loved animals too. It was the perfect film for me. I even had the soundtrack album which I played over and over again in my bedroom. I kinda lost touch with the original 'Rocky' movie because things started to get a bit silly, with ridiculous plots catapulting the Rocky sequels into eternal mockery. But 3 years ago I took a screen-writing workshop and for one magical class, the teacher brought in a DVD copy of 'Rocky', the original, and popped it into the DVD player. She wanted the students to watch some pivotal scenes in the movie, and to learn from it. That day, the teacher told us something I guess I knew all along: Rocky was about as perfect a movie as has ever been made, before, or since.

Will 'The Dark Knight' still have people talking years from now? It just might. Then again, I have friends that are still talking about 'Meet the Klumps'.

Images of Bluesfest 2008

Anything goes at Bluesfest. Here is a guy dressed up as a walking box, hitting on girls

The Velvet Dolls pose between shows at Bluesfest

Sam Roberts screams on guitar!

In an ironic twist, Sam Roberts thinks he's too loud

Selling tickets for an artist-signed guitar. The last I heard, a Fender Strat was being auctionned off......signed by James Taylor, Snoop Dogg, and Primus. I understand things went well and those three acts are going to continue to tour together..............

Bluesfest gave local bands the royal treatment! Here are the Bushpilots on the River Stage

Definitely one of my favourite Bluesfest hang-outs: the Black Sheep stage. Ray Davies, Dave Bidini, Shelby Lynne, Nation Beat, the 'Sauce Boss'...the list goes on...this stage was too much fun!

Kicking back at the Black Sheep Stage !

A crowd starts to gather at the 2 main stage areas for Sam Roberts and Donna Summer........only at Bluesfest would Sam Roberts play back-to-back with Donna Summer !

One of the craft vendors takes a moment to enjoy the late afternoon sun

This is 'Uncle Bob', who runs the coolest clothing shop in town called 'Fab Gear 64' on Wellington Street. Bob's shop dressed several of the musicians at Bluesfest. The next time a musician friend has a birthday, check out Bob's stuff at fabgear1964@rogers.com

I love this picture. Right in the middle of one of the world's biggest music festivals, we find the 'Honey Bunch of Oats' guy. I hear he didn't get lucky that day.
At least he wasn' telling everybody to stop standing in front of his chair !

Canada: Don't Worry Be Happy!

We like us! We really like us!
A recent study by 'World Values Surveys' found the answer to the question: 'What's the world's happiest country'?
The happiest country in the world is...Denmark!
But Canada comes in at a solid # 9, which I think is pretty good! The U.S is # 16.
Here are top 10 'happiest countries in the world'"

1. Denmark
2. Puerto Rico
3. Colombia
4. Iceland
5. N. Ireland
6. Ireland
7. Switzerland
8. Netherlands
9. CANADA!!!!
10. Austria

Being happy is a national past-time here in Canada. Yay!! For me, one of my happiest moments is when I find a $5.00 bill in my jeans pocket!