These Are The Things I Think About -- June17th-July1st

Happy Canada Day! Some cool Canadiana to get us going. Terry Fox is being inducted into the Canadian Walk of Fame this year! The announcement came early this week. Other new inductees will include Olympic Soccer player Christine Sinclair and Alan Thick…Awesome news, however side note, why Terry Fox is not already in EVERY Canadian Walk, Hall, Building, Designation, etc., of honour is beyond me. Terry Fox had stones the size of our country itself, a true Canadian Hero. 

Shocking news from the acting world last Wednesday night. James Gandolfini, a hell of an actor, a hell of a guy it has been said, and, best known as his character Tony Soprano on The Sopranos, died. James suffered a heart attack during a visit to Italy, he died shortly after arriving at hospital. His funeral with this past Thursday in NYC. Tributes continue to roll in, a nice highlight is the ice cream shop in New Jersey where the final scene of The Sopranos was filmed. A reserved sign is placed on the table where Tony Soprano last sat in the final episode. James won 3 Emmys for his Sopranos work. 

On a happier note, there were several runours last weekend Jackie Chan was dead. Good news, it was all false. Jackie Chan is Alive & Kicking ;-) 

Somehow still alive and kicking Ozzy Osbourne; he and fellow Black Sabbath members Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler have quite the distinction. Their new album ‘13’ is number One in the UK and the US. It’s their first North American number 1 album. Their last album to go number 1 in the UK was ‘Paranoid’, 43 years ago. 

There was a massive explosion at a fireworks factory near Montreal, last week. I know hockey announcers from the area call a goal by The Canadiens Le But (Boo), had to wonder, would they have announced this event Le Booom?!

More for Hockey fans. 
  A. If you didn’t know, the Chicago Blackhawks won the Stanley Cup over Boston Monday. It was an amazing final round this year, amazing playoffs this year overall, if this years Cup run didn’t get Americans interested in Hockey, nothing will. 
B. The home of the Ottawa Senators, Scotia Bank Place has a new deal and been renamed the Canadian Tire Centre…Or of course Sucky Senators Arena to Leafs fans ;-) ..Actually, I think Leafs fans should probably call it “Cheap Home Game Tickets Arena”. Love it when Leafs fans out number and boo Ottawa in their own arena! 

Billy Ray Cyrus and wife are getting a divorce. Billy Ray’s heart described as being “Achy-Breaky” regarding the situation…The pair site ‘irreconcilable differences’. I hear they couldn’t agree on whose fault Miley Cyrus was…Yeah thanks for giving that to the world. 

Last Tuesday was International Sushi Day…I don’t know, sounds a little fishy to me. 

And finally, some real food for thought, chew on this one. I’m marking this down as the worst headline I’ve read in a while, quote: “Man Fingers Employer In Lawsuit”…Wait, what? yeah they should have re-wrote that one. 

 -Gilmore 


--Oh P.S. Aside from it being Canada Day, awesome!, this has got to be the next coolest thing you will hear about all day. AC/DC’s thunderstruck as played on Bagpipes. Cool enough… AC/DC’s thunderstruck as played on Bagpipes which shoot fire! Cooler!! Give it a look: