This week’s music break features my favourite heavy metal band, Machine Head. They have been controversial for their whole career, but to me the important thing is that they make aggressive, inspiring, kick-ass music. Here are some videos to prove my point: Davidian Old Locust Imperium Halo Aesthetics of Hate
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On Wrestling, Politics and Other Musings of the Mind's Eye: You Don’t Say… March 14, 2011
I’m not saying that St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto is the best healthcare facility in the world, but it is damn good! Special kudos to the cardiac surgery team and all the nurses on the 5th and 7th floors. I’m not saying that Toronto mayor Rob Ford is going to
Continue readingOn Wrestling, Politics and Other Musings of the Mind's Eye: On Teacher Austerity
I was watching The Agenda with Steve Paikin last night on TVO and was intrigued by the debate on the ongoing bargaining between the provincial government and Ontario’s teacher’s unions. As a teacher, I am well informed on the issues am going to weigh in with my 2 cents. Here
Continue readingOn Wrestling, Politics and Other Musings of the Mind's Eye: Just a Thought
Wake up each day and be thankful for one thing in your life. Just a thought.
Continue readingOn Wrestling, Politics and Other Musings of the Mind's Eye: Music Break
This time I am only going to provide 1 video. This is a video for Billy Bragg`s There is Power in a Union. Billy Bragg is a very important voice in today`s music, as he stands up for the rights of workers, unions and the middle/working class and stands up
Continue readingOn Wrestling, Politics and Other Musings of the Mind's Eye: On Bill C-30 and Internet Surveillance
“You’re either with us on this bill, or you’re with the child pornographers.” That was essentially Vic Toews’ sentiment in recent days following all the backlash over bill C-30, which he introduced in the House of Commons. How very Anakin Skywalker of you, Mr. Toews. It’s this kind of absolutist,
Continue readingOn Wrestling, Politics and Other Musings of the Mind's Eye: The Good, the Bad and the Meh on the February 27, 2012 edition of Monday Night Raw
As per usual these days, my Raw post is a few days late, but better late than never I suppose. Here we go: The Good…The opening standoff between CM Punk and Chris Jericho got the shot off to a sprinting start and, to me, stole the show. I love how
Continue readingOn Wrestling, Politics and Other Musings of the Mind's Eye: On Robogate
This is an automated recording for… PRiME MiNiSTER STePHEN HaRper: today’s debates won’t take place in the House of Commons. They will be convened in a court of law and a court of public opinion. A lot has already been made about “Robogate” in the media, so I’m not going
Continue readingPample the Moose: Robocalls – Guelph at the centre of the maelstrom
Well, it’s not quite how and why I’d like to see my current hometown in the news, but if it helps expose corruption from the 2011 election, I won’t complain. It would appear that the automated phone calls here in Guelph on election day 2011 were what triggered the main
Continue readingOn Wrestling, Politics and Other Musings of the Mind's Eye: The Good, the Bad and the Meh about the WWE Elimination Chamber PPV
I finally got around to watching the Elimination Chamber PPV and here are my thoughts: The Good…The first elimination chamber match was excellent, despite Chris Jericho getting knocked out too easily. People have taken much worse than a kick to the head and gotten up from it. On the other
Continue readingOn Wrestling, Politics and Other Musings of the Mind's Eye: Music Break
EDIT: The concert was unbelievable last night! The Murphys played material from all of their albums and were on fire. The crowd was freakin’ mental, too!My only complaint was that the sound was jacked up way too high. Cudos to local bands Class Assassins and Creepshow for tearing it up
Continue readingOn Wrestling, Politics and Other Musings of the Mind's Eye: You Don’t Say… February 21, 2012
I’m not saying that I’m a practicing Catholic any more, but even a lay agnostic-atheist-who-the-hell-knows-what’s-really-out-there like me can appreciate the joys of Mardi Gras. In New Orleans today, one can find divine song, dangerous drinks, delectable food and beads. Who doesn’t love beads? I’m not saying that recent studies showing
Continue readingOn Wrestling, Politics and Other Musings of the Mind's Eye: On the Fatal Flaw of The Drummond Report
Below is a link to a great article written for straightgoods.ca on the fatal flaw of the Drummond Report. Essentially, he didn’t have a choice but to recommend deep cuts because one of his rules was that he couldn’t recommend raising any taxes. Read the eye-opening piece below. http://www.straightgoods.ca/2012/ViewArticle.cfm?Ref=147 The
Continue readingPample the Moose: Canada at the breaking point? Justin Trudeau, Le Devoir and Me
Just a quick post this weekend to link to a story in Le Devoir today by Guillaume Bourgault-Côté, occasioned by Justin Trudeau’s recent remarks about how the possibility of living in a Canada whose identity actually did correspond to the refashioning that PM Harper has undertaken could make him contemplate
Continue readingOn Wrestling, Politics and Other Musings of the Mind's Eye: Time for a Music Break
Let’s take a little break from the heavy for a while by enjoying some music by one of Canada’s finest rock n’ roll bands: The Headstones. Seen em’ live three times and they have torn up the stage each time. Here are a few videos to remind everyone how great
Continue readingOn Wrestling, Politics and Other Musings of the Mind's Eye: You Don’t Say… February 16, 2012
I’m not saying that I knew Whitney Houston well or that I will mourn for days now that she is gone, but the world lost a talented performer and one hell of a voice. Rest in peace Whitney. I’m not saying I’m having second thoughts about thinking it’s a good
Continue readingOn Wrestling, Politics and Other Musings of the Mind's Eye: The Good, Bad, Ugly and Meh of Monday Night Raw: February 13, 2012
The Good…Triple H and Shawn Michaels’ emotionally-charged encounter that was the highlight of the show for me. It gave new intrigue to the impending Undertaker/Triple H match at Wrestlemania and gave The Game new motivation for ducking The Phenom: he doesn’t want to hurt business by taking Taker out. I
Continue readingPample the Moose: Remembering My Dad, Bryan Hayday
Today would have been my Dad’s 60th birthday. We had been planning to hold a huge celebration, because making it to sixty years old was going to be a really big deal. His father (Ron), my Grandpa, had died at age 54, and his younger brother, my Uncle Wayne, had
Continue readingPample the Moose: Pot-smoking hippie monarchists
Or as they like to call themselves, “The Liberal Party of Canada”. I see from my twitter feed that the monarchy resolution has been defeated by a wide margin. Surprise surprise. But on a lighter (higher?) note, a resolution to support the legalization of marijuana has passed. A pity they
Continue readingPample the Moose: Canada Day and the War of 1812
In a story in today’s Toronto Star and CBC from Canadian Press, the federal government has hired a consultant to inject a War of 1812 theme into the noonday and evening Canada Day shows on Parliament Hill. The article implies that this might represent a major shift in crafting politicized
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