The Q92 Morning Crew

Be a jolly happy soul.
Spend time outdoors.
Stay cool.
It’s okay to be a little bottom heavy.
Avoid meltdowns.
Be well-rounded.
Live well–life is so short.

This is kind of neat: a website where you can create your own wrapping paper. Of course, you can only print it on letter size paper, but if it’s a small gift, you’re good to go. Click the Wrapping Paper button on this website right here.

We need your peanut butter and jam!

The Timmins Food Bank is feeling the crunch as more than 700 local families access the bank on a regular basis.

And they need our help.

We know there are many organizations out there asking for donations at this time of year - so we thought we’d join the club! haha

Here’s what we’re asking for - Rick from the Food Bank says the items in highest demand are peanut butter and jam. All day Friday (December 21st) we want to drop off one or both of these sandwich ingredients to Q92 (260 Second Avenue.)

Thanks for you PB & J!

Well what is that expression again? You can take the girls out of the trailer park, but you can’t take the trailer park out of the girls? Yep, that’s the one.

Jamie Lynn Spears, Britney’s 16 year old baby sister is PREGNANT. OK! Magazine reports that she’s three months’ pregnant, and the father is her longtime boyfriend 19 year old Casey Aldridge.

Wow. She’s SIXTEEN! He’s NINETEEN! (Could constitute statutory rape is U.S.) Also, her mother, Lynn Spears was about to publish a novel about parenting in the spring - now delayed indefinately. Ya think?

I can already hear Chris Crocker (*Warning: Explicit Language) now… “LEAVE JAMIE LYNN ALONE!!!”

This just in - Striking Hollywood writers won’t be working up material for the Golden Globes or the Oscars.

As a reluctant award show watcher, I can’t say I’m looking forward to this year’s ceremonies. No writers means no funny…not that there was much of that in the first place.

What people are forgetting in the writer’s strike, now into it’s seventh week, is the indirect impact it has on other workers in the industry. I am talking about the cue-card writers. These people have worked hard - keeping their Bristol boards carefully prepared for the absent minded performers who suffer from memory loss - be it from age or substance abuse. What are they supposed to do now? Write out recipes with markers in huge lettering?

 I have a money-making idea for out of work cue-card writers…a protest sign making business. Just think of how legible they’ll get the “Oh no, we won’t go.”
 

Ho ho ho!

What a night. Thanks again to Anything Goes on Mountjoy South for our great costumes and until next year…

Are you getting excited?!

Only a few days left until the big day…and I’ve only bought one present so far. Oh well - it’s not about the gifts. (It’s a little easier to say that when you are talking about receiving.)

But seriously, I have got to get my shopping on. I’ve heard it was a nightmare at the Timmins Square over the weekend. Do you have any horror stories? If you have a video gamer on your list my heart goes out to you. Getting your hands on the cabbage patch doll of 2007 (otherwise known as Guitar Hero) is a struggle. Shawn has lost sleep since his attempts to buy one have failed…maybe Santa will be good to you this year Mr. Whalen.

I, on the other hand, have lost sleep for another reason. I saw I am Legend last night at Cinema 6. Normally scary movies don’t bother me…but for some reason this one left me tense and nervous for hours after I walked out of theatre. It made a ton at the box office this weekend, so I guess I’m not alone on this one. Have you seen this Will Smith movie yet? What’s you review? Am I just a wimp - or did you find it horrifying too?

It’s a cold Saturday night here, but take some comfort in knowing that southern Ontario is about to get pounded with as much as 40 cm of snow, sleet and ice pellets tonight and tomorrow. Meanwhile, Sunday in Timmins looks to be a great day, a few flurries and a high of minus 11…I’ll see you at Kamiskotia Snow Resort.

And while we’re on the weather topic, take a look at the photo in this link. Ever heard of “snowrollers”? Very cool.

When you wake up listening to The Q Morning Crew with Shawn and Mel on Q92, even your breakfast is rockin’.

It’s been a little over a day since the “Greatest Rock Band” performed their first full concert in almost 2 decades and the rumours continue to fly about a possible tour. The latest rumour is that they’ll do three shows in New York in 2008. I wish they would stop keeping us in suspense and just tell us yes or no already!

If you want to live the O2 concert vicariously through poor quality handheld videos with distorted sound from those lucky enough to be at the show, there are plenty on YouTube to chose from:

• Kashmir

• Whole Lotta Love

• Good Times, Bad Times

• Black Dog

• Stairway to Heaven

• Since I’ve Been Loving You

• Crowd after the first encore.

If you find some more, post the link here for all to see.