When sports writers try to be funny…

 

 

I have a few friends in the print media, lots of them are genuinely funny, but they sprinkle in little shards of funny while writing their columns. It works in short doses, especially when it adds something to the story. This on the other hand? This could be the worst sports column I’ve ever read. Outside of Keith Olbermann, Dan Patrick, Jay Onrait and Dan O’Toole, sports figures, especially columnists should stick to sports, not comedy. I agree that Bettman is a jerk, but this column is filled with so many terrible punchlines and bad jokes that you kind of almost forget the Bettman parts. We get it, you’ve just discovered pop culture references. Well done…

http://www.ottawasun.com/2011/06/05/bettman-is-still-a-jerk

WTF is THIS?????

It was a gorgeous spring day in Halifax yesterday. Mrs. Cubby and I are loving the fact that we can grab the dog, jump in the car and within 30 minuutes we’re walking in the sand along a stretch of one of the most beautiful coastlines you’ll ever seen. We discovered Rainbow Haven beach back in March and have been back quite a few times.  I mean, how can you NOT love a sight like this?

The thing is, Mother Nature can be a bit of a bugger. Folks out here will remember Hurricane Earl & Juan ripping shit up in the HRM. More so Juan, but then again, those latinos can be quite feisty can’t they?

So we’re walking along the beach and all of a sudden, we see what at first glance, kinda looks like some tangled up seaweed. Upon closer inspection, this “seaweed” as the locals call it, was actually a FISH! One of the ugliest fish I’ve ever seen and I’ve lived near the Ottawa river, where a majority of fish look like this:

I grabbed a piece of wood, flipped the bugger over and got a good look at him:

I know, shitty picture, but as a grown man who ISN’T a fisherman, I don’t own rubber boots, so DC skate shoes may not have been the best footwear choice for going all Steve Zissou on the beach. But WTF is this??? So far, people on twitter seem to think it’s either a Rock Bass or a Sculpin. I think it’s a demon myself.

Thoughts?

New Video: A day in the life of MOI

My PD “Chinese Jeans” asked all announcers to record and produce a Youtube video of a typical day in our lives….here’s mine for your viewing pleasure.

Full profile link: http://www.live105.ca/shows/show/details/id/2

Explosions? We dah BOMB!

An open letter to Habs fan…..

An open letter to Montreal Canadiens fan.

Dear Habs fan, I think we need to have a quick chat. For the most part, I’ve very much enjoyed the way your team handles things on and off the ice, not counting the odd riot or two. The closing ceremony for the fabled Montreal Forum was quite possibly the single most emotional night I’ve ever seen when it comes to hockey. Not counting the year the Ottawa Senators won the Eastern conference championship, oh, I forgot to add, I’m an Ottawa Senators fan. But, I was born in la belle province, like many of you, blindly raised as a Montreal Canadiens fan. My Grand Uncle played for les Glorieux. I cheered when they beat Boston and Toronto in playoff years gone by, and as a child, shed tears when they were knocked out of the playoffs for the first time by the Nordiques. I know first hand the history of the greatest franchise in professional sports. I accept your past glories, I look up at your 24 Stanley cup banners with envy. I’ve been to games at Scotiabank Place to see my Sens take on the Bleu, Blanc et Rouge and even in the odd game that ended in a Sens defeat, I admit that you’ve added a special atmosphere to the games, what with your singing and chanting and carrying on. You truly are the classiest organization in the NHL, no one honours it’s greats better than the Montreal Canadiens. But on behalf of hockey fans everywhere, RELAX! IT’S ONLY NOVEMBER!!!!!! Seriously, save some of that for April, Trigger….

Signed,

Your friendly neighbourhood Cub Carson

What a month! Mrs. Cubby & the fur kids have finally made it out east. Trust me, you haven’t lived until you’ve driven 1435 km’s with two cats who DO NOT travel and a hound dog mix. I would like to thank Red Bull for making the drive possible, I would also like to blame them if I end up not being able to have children, or, god forbid, make me pee flousrescently like some sort of minotaur. (ed. note. Not even sure if flousrescently’s a word.)

One thing is for sure, Halifax is one of the most AWESOME places in Canada! Great food:

 

 

 

 

 

 

(ed. note. I ate this last night, for real!)

 

Great people:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And great amounts of rain. Jeesus, enough already!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(ed note. I actually saw this at the corner of Cogswell & Gottingen)

Way to go boys!

Nice 5-4 OT win by the Sens last night in Washington against the NHL’s best team! Ottawa is now firmly in 5th place, the playoffs are all but certain. Five wins in a row by Ottawa and that puts them within 5 points of first place in the Northeast AND possibly overtake Pittsburgh. Either way, it looks like it’ll be Ottawa VS Pittsburgh or Ottawa VS New Jersey in round one, and maybe Buffalo tossed in the mix, we’ll have to see if the Sabres melt down.

According to Don Brennan’s column in the Ottawa Sun today.

New Sens sniper Bobby Butler, a free agent signing out of the NCAA’s University of New Hampshire, will wear #16 as a Senator. And still with the Sens, would you buy ANOTHER Senators jersey? I would if it looked like this:

Could be a possibility, for more, hit:

http://www.senstown.com/

and:

http://www.icethetics.info/blog/2009/8/9/sens-hint-at-new-3rd-jersey.html

Leafs officially eliminated from the playoffs, can life get any better?

Dear Bluesfest…..

This weekends weather, sunny, highs around 25, got me thinking about my FAVORITE summer activity, Cisco Ottawa Bluesfest! I’ve been going to/working at Bluesfest for about 8 years now and seen some AMAZING acts. What will the lineup be like for this year? We should find out soon enough, but I’d like to make a few suggestions.

EAGLES OF DEATH METAL

Alright, I admit it, I’m biased. But I LOVE this band, I’ve partied with them, seen them three times in one year and I even have their second album title tattooed on my left arm. But if you saw their show at the Capital Music Hall July 31st 2009, you know what I’m talking about…

M.I.A

Admit it, you LOVED Paper Planes when you saw Pineapple Express! This lady is hands down, the shit.

Hall & Oates

Why? Because your kiss is on my list, bitch!

Who do YOU wanna see this year?

Don’t they have better things to do?

I tried to not even give this story the slightest bit of attention. I thought, no, it can’t be. They MUST have something better to do with their time. The Federal government CAN’T be serious. Did we actually vote our MP’s in so they can dick around with our national anthem? Don’t they have better things to do?

Well, turns out that YES, they do have better things to do:

Tory Flip Flop