FRIDAY DECEMBER 14TH 2012

GOOD FRIDAY TO YOU...MILD and no snow a nice combination if you're not a skier...had a great time being santa yesterday. The kids just about hugged me to death. It is such a wonderful feeling being the Man. I was lucky though. One little guy was getting ready to check my authenticity by pulling my beard but I saw it coming and avoided a Claustastrophy. in 1983 on this date Gretzky had 90 points in 32 games and today is day 90 of the strike I think. 1961: The first ever million seller gold record awarded to a non-rock country song went to Jimmy Dean's "Big Bad John." 003: A 41-year-old Canadian man who pretended to be a police officer and inadvertently pulled over a real detective for speeding was sentenced to six months in jail. The detective suspected something wasn't right when he noticed the flashing red lights were on a white Neon...ya think? Roald Amundsen discovered the South Pole on this day in 1911. Roald , four companions, and about 30 sled dogs arrived at the South Pole. they were so excited...5 men doing a POLE DANCE and the dogs waiting in line for their turn at the Pole. on this date 144 years ago an ice storm damaged a silver maple at 62 Laing St in toronto and inspired Alexander Muir to write "the Maple Leaf Forever. Our final thought if your singing Carols this week..in "silent Night" the line is not "SLEEP IN HEAVENLY PEAS" MORNIN