It's Dangerous Business Walking Out Your Front Door

I've discovered a new hazard on the streets of Barrie... No it's not another driver, in fact it's not a living thing, and it'll be gone in another month. SNOWBANKS! Three times today the evil snowbank reared it's ugly head on me today. Once when I was coming off a side street making a right onto Essa Rd in Barrie. I couldn't see down the road to see if there were any cars approaching that would inhibit my ability to make the turn. I slowly crept out onto the road and (you guessed it) this civic comes flying down the road and zooms by me. Yikes! Next I'm on my way to work, and not once, but twice did someone pull out from behind a snowbank and make me swerve. It's dangerous business driving through Barrie right now. Take the extra precautions and "arrive alive."

That's all for tonight.
Until Tomorrow...
Wonderdog

K Cars

Another New Music Tuesday tonight, and I think this might have been the best one so far... In fact it was the best one so far! (No offense Anberlin or tobyMac) The new disc from Relient K is SOOOOOOOOOO good! I mean that song - Come Right Out And Say It - is the best song I've heard in a long time. And not to mention how many people were begging me for a CD. It's amazing how low people will stoop to get a CD. (I actually had someone offer to wash my car for me for the next year if I gave them a copy of the CD.) This is definitely an album I am going to buy... I'll probably stop in to the Treasure House tomorrow and pick one up. A very solid album, and Matt Thiessen (I know you read this) my hat comes off to you!

WELL DONE BUDDY!

Different Strokes

"Different strokes for different folks" You've heard that phrase right? Well it's very true... This past weekend Crystal and I went to a murder mystery dinner in Downtown Toronto. It was SO fun! (I'll get into that later) On the way home, I decided to see if I could get back to Barrie using country roads and avoiding the 400, just one of those things I like to do. Try and discover some new towns, new ways of getting to Barrie. Crystal wasn't feeling any of it... She just wanted to get home as fast as possible. You see some people view driving as a way of getting from point "A" to point "B." Not me. Driving is an experience. It is a relationship between man and machine. When you hit the throttle, the car responds and when you go through that s-turn, (WHOA!) it is pure magic. I'm not a big fan of highways (or "freeways" for my American friends) They are too sterile, nothing much to see, just fly by on your way to wherever you're going. If you've never done it, try taking some backroads to your next destination... You might be a convert.

As for the Murder Mystery Dinner... It was so much fun. They provide the actors, and you're just a dinner guest. HOWEVER, they let you get involved if you want (you just be yourself). Well I was called up as a suspect in the murder, and I was grilled pretty good. I did manage to sneak in a plug for Life 100.3 though :-) At the end you get to guess who did it, and if you're right you were entered into the draw for a t-shirt and mug... I didn't win. But I did have a lot of fun, and would do it again next year for sure. If there's a birthday coming up, it's a good unique gift... Might be something worth looking into.

Snow

I thought that groundhog said we'd have an early spring!?!?!? Last night did feel like Spring to me. Me car actually got stuck a couple times on the way home. I had to get the towtruck driver to give me a push to get out of the radio station parking lot, and then I got stuck at the bank, coming out of the bank, turning onto a side street and again turning into my parking lot. ARGH! I cannot wait until summer gets here... Flips, board shorts, swimming, and nice WARM weather... Summer come quick!

Switchfeet

No blog yesterday because I was in Toronto to see Switchfoot. (It was my first time) I'll be honest with you, I went down thinking Switchfoot was overrated, but I had never seen them so I had to scratch that off my list. Well they impressed me. Jon Foreman interacted with the audience, his "talks" between songs were good, and the show was pretty solid. The coolest thing was that after the show we got "live bootlegs" of the first 7-8 songs.of the night. Yeah they ripped off hundreds of copies of the first hour (or so) of the concert for people to take home. I thought that was a pretty cool idea. I mean we have the technology, so why not do it right? So despite my dislike for their latest album, Switchfoot has now moved into the top 5 on my bands list. Here it is:
1 - Mat Kearney
2 - Relient K
3 - David Crowder
4 - Anberlin
5 - Switchfoot
Send me your top5 - aj@lifeonline.fm
Catch ya tomorrow!