These Are The Things I Think About -- Oct 24th-31st

It was an interesting week to wrap up October.

A little closure for Amy Winehouse fans. It has been confirmed Ms. Crackhouse died this summer after consuming too much alcohol. How much? Over 5 times the legal limit, 5 times!!..Certainly enough to kill anyone, Amy’s death is officially noted as “death by misadventure”…if you had “smothered by Beehive” sorry, no dice.

More news from the music world, Paul McCartney is apparently converting to Judaism. His new wife Nancy is a practicing Jew and Sir Paul has told friends his conversion to the faith is underway. And, I hear he’s also changing titles of famous Beatles songs too…
A few examples: "All Together Now" will be come "All Kosher Now"…"Helter Skelter" will be renamed "Helter Chanuka"…"Hey Jude" is now "Hey Jew"

The World Series has wrapped up, and did you know, baseballs are weighed 5 times before being used in a World Series game. Yep, each weighed 5 times to make sure they’re up to spec…You gotta wonder if they do the same with the Umpires! BOO-YAH!!

And here’s a cool Guinness World Record, the “Largest Margarita Ever Made” has been created by non-other then Jimmy Buffet. All for the grand opening of his Casino in Las Vegas (really, Jimmy Buffet has a Casino?!)…The record setting Margarita was 31 feet tall, containing 8500 gallons worth of booze…They Amy Winehouse sized it!…What, too soon?!

Happy Halloween!! - Gilmore


--Oh P.S. Cassette Tapes are making a comeback. Remember, I called it years ago with Vinyl! Good or bad, mark my words on the Cassettes.

P.S.S. --bonus points if you’re keeping score at home: those were all songs Paul wrote--

Balance has been restored to Leafs Nation!!, fully & completely

Well it has been 43 seasons since the Toronto Maple Leafs last won the Stanley Cup. Infact, thanks to the Chicago Blackhawks' Cup win in 2009-2010, the Leafs now sit as the NHL team with the longest Stanley Cup drought. It has been hard times for Leafs Nation.....Hard times indeed.

But...Perhaps there is a glimmer of hope...

If you haven't heard, wreckage from the Bill Barilko plane crash was recently recovered north of Cochrane, Ontario. Read the story HERE

The plane crashed all those years ago, and with it took the life of Toronto Maple Leafs player Bill Barilko. And, as the Tragically Hip song "50 Mission Cap" goes…following history…The last goal Bill scored won the Toronto Maple Leafs the Stanley Cup, and yes, the next Toronto Cup win would be in 1962, when Bill Barilko’s body was put to rest.

So now, THE plane from the Bill Barilko crash has been brought back to it's original home in Porcupine Lake. Think about this story for a second, and how it has unfolded. Do you get the feeling maybe, just maybe, this might be a sign? Could this event be signaling the end of the Cup drought in Toronto?

All of Leafs Nation have been hoping for something like this…An Omen if you will… Anything to get the Cup… Perhaps this could be it.

Are we seeing the last chapter of the story needed to bring the Cup back to Toronto?..Lets hope the Tragically Hip are ready for a new, additional verse to "50 Mission Cap".
Go Leafs Go!!

- Gilmore