The Q92 Morning Crew

What did I sign myself up for?

So a friend of mine asked me to join his football team. Well when he asked me, it was a sunny and warm afternoon. I thought to myself, sure, that would be fun and a good way to get some exercise too.

Well, excellent foresight Shawn.

Now here we are with freezing temperatures and snow in the forecast and we’ve got 3 more games this season. Suddenly it doesn’t sound quite as inviting to get dressed for a 9am Sunday game when it looks more like skiing weather outside.

On a positive note though, it can be fun to throw the pig skin around in the snow a little - it’s a man’s sport after-all. Besides, it’s good exercise, right? Wrong. Sure playing sports is a good way to get some fresh air and burn a few calories. But with this particular football team, game-day also includes a mandatory beer (or ten). So, there goes the health benefits.

See you on the field, or at Mickey J’s afterwards. Hut!

When trick-or-treaters hit the streets at the end of this month, they will be winked at and jeered by a nation of flickering Jack O’Lanterns. Already, buzz on “pumpkin carving” has spiked 130%, while searches on pumpkin stencils, patterns, and pictures have rustled upwards.

But there’s another stage where autumn’s thick-skinned fruit plays a more nourishing, if unsung, role—and that’s at the kitchen table. Sure, everyone snacks on roasted pumpkin seeds and digs into pumpkin pie at this time of year. But when’s the last time you sank your spoon into a finely wrought pumpkin Crème Brulee? Or woke to a steaming plate of pumpkin pancakes? Whether you have or haven’t, we’re sure you’ll find something new to devour in this list of the top 30 pumpkin recipes, as cooked up by Search…

Are we missing your favorite pumpkin dish? If so, leave the recipe in a comment. And may the Great Pumpkin bless you all.

Alright, I don’t want to be a pessimist here. But every day I hear that Timmins is “BOOMING” and I’m sick of it. Okay, so the mining industry is doing great with no sign of slowing down. But take a look around this city and it hardly looks like one that’s thriving.

Sure we’ve got development in the west end, but what about the heart of the city with the heart of gold. Take a drive on Algonquin Boulevard and you’ll find countless vacant buildings. The downtown core is also alive with empty storefronts. And all over town you can spot homes and businesses that have been boarded up. How about Schumacher?

In Winnipeg, after spending years of ordering property owners to maintain or repair run-down and vacant properties,  the city now plans on seizing them. That’s right, they’ve had enough. They’re seizing a number of derelict buildings, knocking them down and making way for the future. (Read the story here.) Why not do the same in Timmins?

Maybe the “BOOMING” mining industry could lend us some explosives and we could really get this city booming.

You spent the whole day searching the internet for the much-hyped Eva Longoria “Sex Tape”. But it was just a joke. Here’s the video that started the rumours. It’s Eva Longoria and actor Eric Christian Olsen on Will Ferrell’s Funny Or Die website.

That’s right Toronto fans. Now that I’ve got your attention, doesn’t it feel great to kick off the NHL season? I missed those precious times when “Leaf Nation” made fun of my “Choking Senators”. Not that they don’t choke on occasion…but c’mon, the Toronto Maple Leafs hardly have a hope this year.

Get ready for a full season’s worth of disappointment Leaf fans. Montreal, you don’t have much to cheer for either. Vancouver will probably have a season similar to last, but I don’t think they’ll win the cup. Calgary is highly over-rated, and they’ll join the Oilers on the golf course when the regular season ends. Perhaps I’m a little biased, but the Ottawa Senators are Canada’s only real hope for Lord Stanley’s prize. GO SENS!

Hockey fans - comments?

On tomorrow’s show we’ll be talking about foreign advertisements. It seems like something gets lots in translation when common Canadian products head overseas - especially to Japan.

I was looking for some bizarre Japanese commercials, but instead came up with this. I had to pass it on. Enjoy…and yes, it’s for real.