Here are some of the topics we discussed in this show:

• Olympics and Paralympics 2010
• Canadian Women's Hockey Team contravercial victory celebrations
• Canadian Women's Coach and her attire during the games
• Crosby's Golden Goal
• Changing the Canadian National Anthem
• Marital Advice (in response to a listener e-mail)
• Sports Athletes as Role Models for our kids
• Pooping in public washrooms
• Stuff...
• And some other stuff...

Many great e-mails for this show - thank you.

It was very expensive to get this show published so... well... hope you enjoy it!!

AND THEN... I lost it all!  That's right... all that work for nothing!

It was late, I was tired... and I made a huge boo boo; lost the whole show!  I still feel sick to my stomach!

We will try to get together and record another show later this week and in that show, I will explain in more detail exactly what happened.  One thing for sure, I will never make that same mistake again.

The whole world recently tuned in to watch/listen to Tiger's speech... I had no idea how upset Monica was over his press conference (if you wanna call it that) but none-the-less, we all had a lot to say about that.

We also spent a good chunk of time discussing the Olympics... I mean how could you not!?  So many great stories (and some not so great), we just had to.

And near the end, we read an e-mail from a listener who had a comment about our previous episode where we touched on religion.  That sparked the religion debate once again and pretty much ended the show on that note.

We had lots of fun recording this one... the topics were interesting and we were all just in a great mood (that usually helps).

Oh yeah... and Keith runs really fast!

In this show, we talk a little bit about Brendan Burke's tragic death, the Superbowl, Apple's new iPad and the Olympics.  Lots of concern about the Olympics since it all starts this weekend and uh... there's no snow!!!  We also wonder who will be the Canadian who lights the Olympic flame to begin the games.

Later in the show, we discuss religion and our beliefs although Monica stayed rather quiet during that discussion... I think she felt outnumbered and wasn't in the mood to engage in a religious debate.

A quick reminder, our get-together is this Saturday (Feb. 13th) at the Corner Bar & Grill on Bank Street.  Both the Sens Underground and Talking Canadian crew will be there along with a number of listeners.  So if you live in Ottawa or happen to be in town this weekend, come join us (777 Bank Street). We will be there around 6:00 PM so come early if you can, we expect a packed house.

There's not as much laughing in this episode (not because of Rick), it's just different without Monica's laughter livening-up the show.  But we still had a blast and Rick did an awesome job!  Was hoping for more cheesy jokes from him but oh well…

If some of you would like to meet both the Talking Canadian and Sens Underground crew, we're having a big get together on February 13th at the Corner Bar & Grill down in the glebe (777 Bank St. to be exact).  There will be a lot of listeners of both podcasts showing-up so come have some Beau's beer with us, meet the gang and some of the loyal listeners, watch the Sens game and have a blast.

Hope to see you there!

All I will say is Joe is back and as usual... we had a blast!!  Oh and Monica didn't get drunk this time.

The show was recorded on New Year's Day (at night) but unfortunately didn't get a chance to publish it until very late on the 2nd... actually started feeling pretty sick before the show (pulled-it off though) and went straight to bed after the recording.  Todd was very funny and we all had a blast recording this episode... I wanted to hurry up and publish it as soon as possible but yeah... I was pretty sick.

This episode is almost 2 hrs long and it probably would have been even longer if I was feeling a bit better. But basically this show was about 2 guys and 1 girl talking to a comedian, drinking beer and having a blast!

I think you'll will really enjoy this one!! 

Our next TC recording will be on January 12th and we will resume our "every 2nd Tuesday" recording schedule.

Bye for now.

Anyway, this is our last show for 2009... we will be taking a little break during the Christmas holidays but if all goes well, we'll be starting-up once again on January 2nd.

One thing I know we talked about is the Tiger situation.  Of course we had to talk about it... I mean... who isn't talking about it.  And I think from that point on, we read some listener e-mails and basically discussed the suggested topics.  It was enough to fill a one hour show.

We were all in a good mood tonight... although Monica wasn't feeling that great (still in a good mood though).  We did have a blast recording the show like we always do and really hope you guys enjoy it.

That said, we at TC would like to wish all you loyal listeners (and new listeners) a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

Enjoy the holidays and take care!

Ben

Anyway, managed to get it done this morning but didn't get a chance to publish the show (until now) since I needed to get ready for my trip to Toronto.  Actually writing this from the train right now.

So about the show, we had a blast once again.  I usually don't remember what we talked about when I write the show notes right after recording the show... well now I'm writing them the day after so it's even worse.  I know we talked about the Tiger incident... who hasn't been these days.  Keith's diet is over... FINALLY!!!  I know we talked a little about hockey and the Grey Cup.  Of course, we read your e-mails... and to be honest, I really don't remember the rest.  In fact, I'm looking forward to listen to the show myself 'cause I know there were several very funny parts.

Hope you enjoy the show... I know I will! ;-)

Mixed down the show and was going to release it but had some technical issues AGAIN!!  Wasn't able to create an mp3 without the software crashing on me.  Tried on 2 different computers with no luck.

Will figure something out in the morning and will try to publish the episode before noon sometime.  If you don't see the show up anytime on Wednesday, it will have to wait until I get back from Toronto Thursday night.

Sorry for the delay.

It's past 1:10 am as I'm typing this and I have a busy day at work tomorrow so I'm keeping it short.  If you want to know what we talked about, you'll just have to listen.  I'll have to listen too since I don't really remember.  Something about Man Whores and Beer Stoppers????

Good night everyone.

Anyway, we did manage to put a full show together... it's just a little shorter than our typical 1:30 shows.

Monica did not join us tonight - had been suffering from a bad headache all day so she decided to go to bed instead.  Meanwhile, we tried our best to put a good show together but it's just not the same without Monica's laughter.  Seriously, her laugh gets us going... and well... none of that tonight.

Plus, I was distracted all night monitoring my computer so I could stop & start the recording every time I noticed things getting a little sluggish. 

We talked about the H1N1 (of course), flu shots, Halloween, pranks, bad jobs from the past, and a bunch of other things that are just not coming to me right now (it's late).

We of course read listener e-mails and even sang a few too.  We were inspired by Keith breaking into song at the start of the show.  Kind of ruined some of your well thought-out e-mails by trying to sing them but hey... at least WE had fun!!

Hopefully, things will get back to normal for our next show with Monica back in studio and with my computer issues resolved!? 

First, "Granny" (our phone guest for this episode) starts the show with a great intro.  We have lots of fun chatting with Andrew for almost 30 minutes I think???  And then, for whatever reason, the giggles had the best of us... especially Monica.

I'm no longer going to post the topics we discussed in the show notes 'cause I never remember them.  Tonight was the worst... I know we talked about a lot of different things but all I remember is the laughing.  What I do know is that Keith runs 5K a day!!

Wait... we did talk about that Bear incident out in BC... and uh... yeah that's all I remember.

I will say this - if you find Monica loud in your ears when she laughs, you may want to turn the volume down for this one.  She laughs pretty much from beginning to end.

Like we promised, we had Sophie on the show this week.  We put her on the spot and had her do the intro for the show.  She was great!

Doing the show on the same night the Sens beat the Leafs, we had no choice but to talk hockey... had to change topic when Monica started to nod-off.  We did talk about other stuff but all I remember is the hockey talk.  Oh wait... I think we did talk about this place called Paradise???  Actually, some interesting topics did come up... thank God a few us were prepared (Monica).

A big THANK YOU to Sophie for being on the show.  It was so much fun having both Alex and Sophie be phone guests that we want to keep doing this.  So if any of you would like to be on the show, send us an e-mail.

Enjoy the show...

Also in this episode, we call up one of our long time loyal listeners Alex Lesage and chat with him for a bit.  That was actually a lot of fun and we plan on doing something like this again for the next episode… get ready Sophie.

Of course, we read some e-mails and also discussed some topics that we brought-up in said e-mails.  We talked about Ben's sleep test… and oh yeah… a bird shat on Monica's head last week.

You'll probably notice a change in the sound quality in this episode.  We've upgraded our microphones to supposedly much better ones although after listening to the audio after the file was mixed down, I think there's some more tweaking that needs to be done.

Anyway, we had a blast recording this show… hope you enjoy it.

The rest of us did our best to move on without Mo and bring you yet another show about... you know... stuff!

In this episode, we talked about:

• Keith's recent weight loss
• cleaning ladies
• Joe's canoe and kayak tipping incidents
• embarrassing high-school moments
• the various stressful stages in life
• Heatley
• the Gary Bettman vs Jim Balsillie mess

... and of course, we read your e-mails.

My daughter Lauren is getting a tonsillectomy on Tuesday so Monica and myself would rather wait a few days before recording a show.

If all goes well with Lauren (and I'm sure it will), we'll probably be recording episode 28 either this coming Wednesday or Thursday night.

Thanks.

We really need to start taking notes during our recordings 'cause when it comes time for the write-up, none of us remember what the hell we talked about.

Let me see... I think we brought up the Heatley thing, talked about pranks, the tornado in Southern Ontario, S&M or BDSM, Keith's speeding ticket, and... uh.... sorry, just don't remember. Forgive me, it's late!!!

I do know we read a lot of e-mails. To all of you who have e-mailed the show, thank you. We really do appreciate your e-mails so please keep them coming. If you haven't e-mailed the show yet and you're a regular listener... let's hear from you.

None of us really remember what we talked about even though we just finished recording the show moments ago... but we do know we laughed a lot and had a blast. Hopefully, you'll enjoy the show as much as we did recording it...

Thanks for listening.

We visited the East coast of Nfld, specifically, Centreville/Wareham area in Bonavista Bay. The scenery was beautiful and the trip was fantastic.

Weather was great, 25 – 27 (before a shot at Nfld weather), yes, that was in Celsius.

Weather can impact a holiday big time so we made the most of it by spending two days hanging out on beautiful beaches (the air was warm but trust me the water was cold, now I know why I swim like a rock) and one day crusing on a long liner, fishing and touring the outlying Islands.

I must say, there were lots and lots of Cod out there in the ocean. Seals haven’t got them all yet.

We stayed in 5 cottages close to a Salmon River and only 10 minutes from town, which meant there were family and friends dropping by all day/night long.

A summer trip to Newfoundland should be on your bucket list.

Anyway please have a look at the pictures that have been posted in the new Pictures page on our site... some guy wearing a Talking Canadian shirt just kept popping up in the pictures, just like that friendly squirrel out West.

I was then supposed to publish the show early the following morning but Monica woke-up feeling sick and was actually quite sick for most of the day so between taking care of the kids all day and trying to stay awake, I finally got around to publishing the show late Sunday night.

Now, about Episode 26... Monica joins the crew once again after being absent for the previous two shows.  And it was only fitting for everyone to be back together in order to celebrate the One Year Anniversary of Talking Canadian!!  Keith brought a very "small" bottle of "cheap" champagne to celebrate and that we did!  Thank God we had a beer fridge stacked with cold ones to help us out...

As for the show itself, Keith finally shares his story about his first ever visit to Montreal. He didn't shed a tear like he thought he might... but then again, how can you when you're having so much fun!!

We decide to play a little drinking game for this episode... every time Monica swears, or Ben says "you know", or Joe brings-up minor hockey, or Keith starts a thought with "You know something?", we have to take a drink.  That was kind of fun actually.  But really, the show is like all of our other shows... we read e-mails, we drink, we talk about stuff... and that's it.  And like every other show, we had a great time recording it... hope you enjoy it.

The Pond's dimensions are 11' x 20' with a depth of 8 inches in the shallow end and 30 inches in the deep end. Water is piped from pond up to basinand returned via 20 foot babbling stream.

It took 5 weeks to remove the old pond and create the new pond. Thisconstant pounding of 35 tons of rockand gravel being dumped in front ofthe house and subsequent transportation of this rock via Dingo fromfront to back drove the neighbours nuts.

There are about 30 fish in the Pond. Of course, the fish populate, soeach spring I have to give away about 30 fish to other pond enthusiasts (and before you ask, no I don't BBQ them).

The Koi (about 20 inches long each) and goldfish stay in the pond allwinter and will not be fed from November though April. I asked my wife toknit them little sweaters but she thought I was nuts. I actually givethen a little food on Christmas day.

Note: a de-icer keeps the deep end from freezing over and an aeratorsupplies oxygen and removes the methane gasses).

There's a 10 year age difference between my wife and I and like I keep tellingpeople, "we are now virtually the same age. That's because I will havereduced my age by 5 years by relaxing by the pond with my glass of wineor cup of tea and my wife will have aged 5 years because we spent somuch money on the creation of the Pond".It's all good, hope you enjoy the pictures. Of course, the picturesdon't give the Pond it's fair justice.

One thing for sure, we had one hell of a good time recording this show. There was a lot of drinking during the show but there was also a lot of drinking before the show. Joe was talking more, Keith was feistier and Brad... well was Brad.

We start off by discussing the whole Brandon Blank thing... not sure I like how this whole thing played-out but you'll need to listen to get the whole story on that.

As for the stuff we discussed on this show... who knows!!?? All I know is we did talk about Seals at some point which is the only reason it was chosen as the title for the show. There was no keeping track of topics discussed in this episode... again, the drinking (before and during the show).

Anyway, we had a lot of fun messing with Brad. He didn't want to show it but he did look a little nervous at the start... he was a good sport and we look forward to having him on the show again sometime in the near future.

A bit of a different show this week... Monica had to sit-out with a bad migraine but did make a quick appearance to apologize to one of our listeners who was a little bit offended by a few remarks she made in the previous show. Sitting-in for Monica was Doug (also known as Goober in our forums). All you regular listeners probably already know that Goober is Monica's brother.

We didn't have too many topics for this show... which is strange since this is our longest show to date!? We discussed the Michael Jackson situation once again, basically to address an e-mail from a listener who wasn't too pleased with the some of the comments Monica made in the previous show.

We also finally announced the winnerS of our little rant contest. Let me put it this way, 8 of you will be receiving a Talking Canadian shirt. You'll have to listen to see if your name is on the list.

We had TONS of e-mails (which is great) and we read many of them but not all. Some of the things we talked about were topics suggested by e-mailers but really, we were just all over the map like usual. One thing we did learn in this show is to never look at a Frenchman's girlfriend. Keith explains why.

Hope you enjoy the show!

Anyway, in this show... we spend a lot of time reading e-mails. Most of the e-mails we read were rants submitted for the contest and some of them were pretty long so let me apologize ahead of time... not because of the e-mails but because of the way we read them *cough* JOE *cough*.

Although, Goober decided to record his rant and e-mail us the audio file so you can actually hear his rant. Not bad Goober... but you're not gonna win... especially since you're rant is ABOUT US!!!!!

Between e-mails and rants, we do manage to bring-up a few other topics such as the Heatley situation here in Ottawa, Michael Jackson's death, how I (Ben) almost drowned in the shower, other stuff, more stuff, and some more stuff (again, don't really remember).

Happy Canada Day!!!!

Some of us have plans for Canada Day so it'll just be easier to do the show Thursday night instead.

This extends our Rant competition by a couple of days.  If you haven't sent it in a Rant yes, please do so before Thursday.  We received a handful of them already and so far, they're all pretty good... but we would like some more.  So start RANTING AWAY!!!

Thanks.

So here are some of the things we talked about in this show (not necessarily in this order):

• the Brown Bag Golf Tournament and how things got a little sour after the golfing was over.
• the Stanley Cup has finally been awarded and we share our opinion on the whole Crosby snubbing the Wings crap.
• the Heatley and Malakar situation here in Ottawa.
• Ballsille's bid to by the Coyotes is rejected... the dude will never own a team in the NHL!
• Chastity Bono's becoming a man!?!?
• Sex changes - are you still gay if you've had a sex change?
• Newfie Nanaimo Bars
• Why cars were invented... explained so eloquently by Keith.
• Monica believes she caught the swine flu!
• Buying plastics bags at the grocery store.

... and of course, a whole bunch of other things we forgot to jot down.

Some of us were a little tired... some even still sick... but we still had a blast recording the show (like usual) so hope you enjoy it.

We were inspired by some of the rants posted in our forums so we decided that the contest should be about rants.  Send us a rant (by e-mail - don't post it) about anything you want... we just want it to be well written and funny.  We will then pick pick the best one and announce the winner in episode 23 (June 30th).  Keith got a few extra Talking Canadian shirts so we may have more than one winner and we may even let you decide who else should win a TC shirt... but we will for sure pick one winner on June 30th.

As for Episode 21, all I have to say is that it's pretty much a blur.  In all of the episodes we've recorded to date, this is the one where we all laughed the hardest!  Well except maybe for Monica... she didn't have to leave the room this time like she did in the last show.  I don't even remember what the hell we talked about... all I know is that Keith did the intro to the show and then we flapped about a whole bunch of crap, read tons of e-mails, laughed our assess off and then Keith did the outro as well (which was unexpected by the way) and that's it.

Hope you enjoy it!!??

Another long episode so let me just list some of the things we chatted about in point form:

• Accents (French and British)
• Urinal Etiquette
• Universities
• Our never-ending Contest for a Contest
• Listener E-mails
• Weddings (and bum slapping)
• Hell's Angels
• The stuff we learned in high school
• More NHL teams in Canada 
• and a bunch of other stuff not worthy enough to make into the show notes

It was nother fun night for us... a lot of laughing, especially near the end when Monica was getting tired and ended-up with a serious case of the giggles.  She actually had to leave the room at one point.  Not that leaving the room during a recording of an episode is an issue... Keith does it 5 times an episode (to go pee!!).  Maybe when I'm as old as Keith, I may have to pee every 10 minutes when drinking beer??

We're all over the map in this one, then again... when are we not?  In this podcast, we discuss Pink Flamingos, Swine Flu, the latest details on our "contest for a contest" (and there aren't many), Mother's Day, BBC Alex's trip to Ottawa, BrAssiers, Smurfs, Kiss (the band), School Pranks, a bit of playoff hockey, and Schmucks.  And like usual, a whole bunch of other stuff that don't make it in the show notes 'cause we just don't remember what the hell we talked about right after recording the show.

Of course, we also read listener e-mails... had quite a few this week.  Keep them coming, we love hearing from you!

Anyway, hope you enjoy this one as much as we did recording it!!??

Oh yeah, and Keith never lies!  And he never swears either... no really.

We discuss the "contest for a contest" contest we're going to have.  Keith started this thing now we have to go through with it.  While Keith is out there getting Talking Canadian t-shirts printed, the first part of this contest for a contest thing has already begun.  Send us suggestions for a contest we can have where the winner of that contest will win a Talking Canadian t-shirt and whatever contest we end-up having, the person who suggested that contest... well... will win a... Talking Canadian t-shirt.

Here are some of the topics we discuss in the episode (not necessarily in that order):

- Fighting in Hockey
- Hulk Hogan's comments about his ex-wife
- OJ
- Billy Bob's embarrasing interview
- How Monica almost burnt her house down
- The CanJet airplane that was hijacked in Jamaica
- Jamaican accents... and the inability for Ben to do any accents what-so-ever (except for Italian accents)
- Booing national anthems *cough* Habs fans *cough*
- The potential video podcast or live streaming of Talking Canadian
- The trick Joe once played on the poor old people at a Bingo hall in Sudbury 

... and some other stuff.

It's no Episode 17, but hope you enjoy it none-the-less.

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Thanks again.

Ben decided to sport a pornstache for this episode... Monica will deny it but she loves the stache!

In this episode, we talk about a whole bunch of crap. That's right... crap. You see, we drink all this beer, record a show, then everyone takes off and I have to remember what the hell we talked about so I can write the show notes. Of course, no one jots down what we discussed so I basically have to go based on memory.

So let me see... we talk about Facebook and how we hate it. We also talk about Gay people (we don't hate gay people we just talk about gay people). Actually, a lot of gay talk in this episode! Bluetooth DVDs??? Keith, do you know what Bluetooth is?

We talk about embarrassing high-school moments and Joe goes on about the issue teenage boys had to deal with the most in high-school? You know, sporting a boner at the most awkward times?

We bring up the topic of past injuries and accidents (again).

Keith wants us to have a contest to come up with a contest so we can give away a prize for the contest winner?? Ya follow?

And of course, we end the show with... DUMB-ASSES!!!

Hope you enjoy this one as much as we did recording it!

Ingredients:

• 2 lb. of lean ground beef
• 1/4 c. soy sauce
• 1 tsp. paprika
• 1 tsp. black pepper
• 1 tsp. onion powder
• 1 tsp. garlic powder
• 1 tsp. tenderizer (I didn't use this but regular salt will do)
• 2 tsp. curing salt (I used a Smoked Salt instead)
• 2 Tb. liquid smoke (I found this at the grocery store)
• 2 Tb. Worcestershire
• 2 Tb. brown sugar

Directions:

1. Mix all the ingredients into the ground beef I used my wife's Kitchen Aide big mixer but you can do it by hand like making hamburgers.
2. Cover the bowl and let it merinate for a while.  I let mine stay in the fridge overnight
3. I used a cookie gun with a flat nozzle to make the strips but if you don't have that you can flatten out handful sizes of beef between 2 sheets of waxed paper using a rolling pin.  Make them as thin or thick as you like, too thin and they will stick to the paper.  Then cut them into strips using a pizza cutter!  Trial & error in this area.
4. I have a food dehydrator so I used that and it took about 5 hrs to get them how I like them. I flip them every once and a while as well.  If you don't have one bake them in the oven on low for as long as needed (not sure how long I never used the oven)
5. You can add spices like Cayan on the strips or mix to give it some bite!

I spent the weekend in Kingston Ontario with my son's Novice B hockey team.  We tied 2 and got blown out 8-1, so we didn't advance.  That team was a bit strong for the pool but that often happens when smaller associations don't have enough players to make an 'A' team.  We had fun and the kids got to play a game at the new K ROCK centre where the OHL JR 'A' Frontenacs play.  Very nice rink, I think it is only about 1 year old.  We also played at Invista Centre which is a new 4 pad facility as well.  Great to see and play in fantastic arena's.  The biggest treat for the kids was to go to Hardy Har Har - a little joke shop, they all bought stink bombs and stuff like that.  I was able to make my own!

Unfortunately, I didn't record the best parts of the evening... to be honest, I had forgotten that I could record on my phone plus I was busy having a good time.  None-the-less, it gives you an idea of what we were talking about on the show.

1st week we hung out near Venice Beach, 1 hour south of Tampa Bay.

Got up in the morning did a roller blade before first coffee, had breakfast and headed out to the beach with a bag of spirits and some water for the kiddies.

Venice beach is quite an exciting place to hang out. All around the beautiful sandy beach there are dolphins, pelicans and crystal clear water (albeit a little too cold for my liking). In the afternoons, you look around and see happy people sipping on brewskes and vino. Every Saturday night there's a party where lots of hippie looking, people, belly dance and beat hundreds of drums during the sunset and once again drinking their favorite spirits and enjoying Mary Jane. Hundreds of people from the old to the young enjoying the serenity.

2nd week we hit the Florida Keys near Key Largo ( Islamorada actually ) just north of Key West.

Beautiful sunny weather every day. We had a private beach house with a 100 foot pier. We catch spiny lobsters and snorkel for 1st two days until we spot Sting Rays, Barracudas, man'o'wars and sharks, yes sharks ( all in less than 6 feet of water ). That was it for snorkelling for us especially me because I panic when my face is underwater and trying to breath through a snorkel plus I swim like a rock.

Went to a movie and they served us a glass of wine. Gotta the love the good ole U S of A. Freedom plus ! I'll be back, Florida.

My next major trip will be to good old Newfoundland in August, 2009.

Keith

Regardless, we did manage to flap for a little over an hour about... you guessed it... stuff!

Joe's making beef jerky these days... sounds gross but it's actually quite tasty.  Keith is back from his holiday in Florida and shares a few stories with us.  Monica joins us again this week to read e-mails, swear and laugh at Joe's jokes.  And Ben brings nothing to the table... like usual!

Other than that, we discuss the amazing run the Sens have been on, Ovechkin's hot stick incident, Natasha Richardson's tragic death at Mont. Tremblant, stories about broken bones and scars from our childhood (Joe's story is just sick). All that mixed-in with a few e-mails and that's it.

If you're a regular listener of the show, please join us in our forums.  It's a great way to get the TC community together and plus, it may give us ideas of "stuff" to talk about on future episodes.

Talking Canadian is really more about the Podcast.  And one of the things that has changed which will affect all our listeners is the podcast feed.  We now have a new RSS feed and the old one redirects all current subscriptions to the new feed.  For all our existing subscribers, whatever client you're using to subscribe to our feed should automatically switch over to the new feed.  What will most likely happen is that the feed will display all episodes (that you may or may not have downloaded yet) twice.  Just delete the ones that don't display the title beside the podcast name.  For example:  Delete Episode 15, Keep Episode: 15 Chocken' the Chicken.

If you're having problems with the new feed, send us an e-mail and we'll be happy to help out. Us being Ben... since both Joe and Keith have no idea what's going on here!

Feel free to leave any comments about the new site... we always appreciate feedback (positive or not).

Thank you.

We spend a large part of the show discussing the AMAZING tickets we were given for the Sens - Oilers game last Thursday.  Didn’t discuss the game, just the experience we had and how Joe single handily managed to get 3 entire sections of people to hate him by the end of the night.

Ben & Monica talk about their addiction to Guitar Hero.  We also do a lot of chatting about dreams (weird dreams, reoccurring dreams, hag dreams, wet dreams, dreams in colour, etc.).  We read a lot of e-mails... received TONS of e-mails this week - thank you and keep them coming!

We talk about Cock Fighting... not much but we do.  Somehow, this topic leads or to pee swords, pee fights, and peeing in a pitcher of beer.  Don’t ask.

And finally, we end the show with... dumbasses!

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For some strange reason, we had tons of e-mails after last week’s show... we read most of the e-mails and touched on a number of topics.  We played a song sent to us by a good listener that was in reference to Keith’s story about drowning kittens when he was younger.  The song is titled Kittens in a Bag and was very appropriate based on what Keith shared with us 2 weeks ago.

We briefly talked about Obama’s visit to Ottawa, Ben’s son kicking him in the balls and then wanting to go down on him to kiss “it” better, Joe throws in a few jokes here and there, Sundin in Toronto and how he was received in his first game in Toronto since leaving the Leafs, Keith’s humane way of handle mice, and a whole bunch of other stuff.  Tune in and find out for yourself... and thanks for listening!

We start off the show by reading a few e-mails and of course commenting on them.  Then we discuss a wide a range of things... from Canadian Geese in the states, to Keith drowning kittens when he was a kid, to lying to our kids (you know... Tooth Fairy, Santa Clause), to Michael Phelps’ pot smoking incident, to A-Rod’s steroid use admission... and whole bunch of other stuff.  Man, I should really write down what we talk about during the show.

Anyway, we got a mixed response about the humming thing... some people think the humming thing should be over and done with, yet some people told us they really enjoy our humming to close the shows and want us to continue.  We still don’t know what we’ll do in future episodes but we decided to give it another try in this one... figured it would be fun with Monica joining us.

We read a couple of listener e-mails, talked about the NHL All Star game, and a little bit about American politics and what Obama’s first major moves should be.

We also touched on the OC Transport strike that is STILL on-going here in Ottawa and the impact it’s having on the city.

Eugene Melnyk is bidding for an MLS franchise for the city of Ottawa... we share our opinion on that whole situation.

Ben explains why his wife may be hosting the show from now on... at least for the next episode.

Keith brings up the story about the dude who fled the tanning salon (naked) because he smelled something burning or something like that?  Who the hell knows???

Ben talks about how he recently switched to different happy pills... the other ones were wearing off a little.

AND... we put an end to our humming.  That’s right... this episode marks the last time you’ll hear us humming 80’s tunes.  We figured it was time to put that to an end... although, this was probably the most fun we’ve ever had doing the humming thing.

Oh well... hope you enjoy the show as much as we enjoyed recording it.

Since we started doing the show, some of you complained that we talk too much hockey on this show... well, if you’re one of those guys, you may not like this episode.  But how can we not talk about hockey when Canada won gold in the World Juniors... that just happened to be hosted right here in Ottawa!!

So of course, we talk about the World Juniors, a little bit about the Sens (who SUCK!), the Ruutu biting incident, Sundin in Vancouver, and uh... ball hockey!  Apparently, it’s not cool playing ball hockey in jeans!

Ben talks about the new Happy Pills he’s been taking... and no, not Viagra!

Never understood why some people spit... I guess you have your spitters and well, you’re non-spitters.  Turns out, Joe is a spitter.

Ben just bought Guitar Hero for the Wii and shares his experience with everyone.

Oh... and Keith FINALLY figured out how to turn off traction control on his vehicle... apparently, there’s a switch.

In this episode, we’re all over the place... but what else is new, right?  We discuss the great weather we’re having here in Ottawa and the fun we’ve been having driving in the snow with our trucks (except Keith).  We also discuss what’s been going on with the Canadian government.  Not that we know much about politics but we do share our opinion about Stephane Dion and his coalition government.

We play Sean Avery’s “sloppy seconds” clip and share our opinions about that dumbass!!  Then we move on to OJ, Boxing, UFC, Bills vs Dolphins in Toronto, the OC Transpo strike... and a bunch of other stuff.

Keith talks about his trip to New York as well as the Neil Young concert he attended here in Ottawa.  Then Joe goes off on Wild Turkeys... by the way, in case you didn’t know, yes Turkeys can fly.

And of course, we end the show with our humming of 80s tunes... we all sucked this week.

Let’s see... Ben mentions the couple he saw having sex in the parking lot where he works.  We talk about O’Byrne scoring a goal in his own net (which will be on blooper reels for a long time to come) that allowed the NY Islanders to tie the game and eventually beat the Montreal Canadiens in a shootout.  If you haven’t seen the goal, search for it on YouTube... its pretty funny.

Keith tells us about his trip back to his hometown in Newfoundland.  Prince is now a Jehovah’s Witness??? That dude is strange!  The bass player for Platinum Blonde is dead.

We also talk about Ottawa’s Wine & Food thingy that happens every year and our friend Brad who likes to get naked when he drinks.

All that and more...

In this episode, we hear from a listener who needs advice on how to convert his “leafer” girlfriend into an Oilers fan.  We discuss Ben’s birthday weekend and his dealings with the cops after the burglar alarm went off while working late at the office (on his birthday).

We briefly talk about Barack Obama and how we think he’s the best thing that could happen to the States considering the current state of the American economy.

Keith brings-up the World Series of Poker... like anyone really cares, right?  Well apparently a lot of people do... I still don’t get it??

Of course, being the Sens fans that we are, we discuss how bad the Sens are sucking especially since we started recording this show right after watching our team get their asses kicked by the Habs 4-0.

Keith brings up something that happened to him earlier today which led us to... well... the title of this episode - Check’n-out Men.  No, we’re not gay... you’ll have to listen to understand. 

Oh... and uh... Joe’s Uncle took a Homo test.  Yes, you read correctly.

All that and more... hope you enjoy it.

We chatted about the following (and not necessarily in this order):

The great weather we’ve been having here in Ottawa, trucks and 4 x 4’s, the government’s decision to cut down on major IT projects in the Nation’s Capital, Ben’s upcoming gig at the Hard Rock Cafe this Thursday, the new HNIC theme song, flu shots, how Joe recently got in touch with a long lost cousin in the Ukraine, and the animal activists that apparently have issues with the man who killed a bear with a stick to save his own life.

We also read and provide our opinion to a couple of comments from our listeners... places to visit in Canada and whether or not to trim those hairs gone wild on ears, noses,  and eyebrows.

And of course we end the show with our regular hum that tune from the 80’s thing we do.

We had a blast recording this one... hope you enjoy it!?

In this episode, we discuss the negative (and positive) reviews we received in iTunes for this podcast.  We touch a little on the whole election thing since it was voting day on the day we recorded this show.  We read an e-mail from Will and answer his questions regarding Captain Roberto Luongo and Bishops’ University.

Keith brings up the story about the man who killed a bear with a stick out in BC and that leads us into talking about the UFC - Kimbo Slice in particular.

No Formula One in Montreal this year???  WTF???

We also discuss the unfortunate death of young Alexei Cherepanov in the Russian KHL.

Ben shows-off the Sens Underground ads that are currently running on Team 1200.  We chat about our Thanksgiving weekend and somehow, moth balls become a part of the conversation.

And of course, we end the show with the “guess what 80’s song I’m humming?” thing we now do to end all our shows.

Joe takes out his best East Indian accent to express some his frustrations he’s been having with Sympatico’s technical help staff... somewhere out in India.

We read a nice e-mail from a listener out in Edmonton... she had kind words for our show, better than some of the reviews we’ve been getting in iTunes.  By the way, if you like our show... maybe you can post some nice comments in iTunes! ;-)

With the NHL season about to start (we’re excited), we talk a little hockey... of course.  Joe and Ben share a few stories about their mothers... Ben’s story inspired the title for this episode.

Joe explains how Ben’s hair caught on fire on that New Year’s Eve party over a decade ago.  He brought it up last episode but never explained exactly what happened.

And we’ve introduced something new to end each show from now on... each one of us has to hum a tune from the 80’s and the others have to figure out which one it is.  I don’t know why but we think it’s funny.  Maybe it’s because we suck at it??

In this episode, we talk a little NFL and Ben share’s his opinion on why the NFL is so successful in the U.S. and explains the real reason behind why the NHL isn’t.  We discuss Eugene Melnyk’s bid for an MSL Soccer franchise here in Ottawa.  We read some e-mails that sparks a conversation about the Canadian economy, American economy, and... haircuts???

Joe finally shares his “plumbing incident” although we admit the story didn’t seem as funny the second time around. For whatever reason, we started sharing “CRAP” stories after listening to Joe’s plumbing incident.  Come on... who doesn’t like a good crap story... everyone has one!

Apparently, there’s some chick who’s auctioning off her virginity and some dude bid $250,000 for a crack at her cherry????  Well this story lead us to a topic that inspired the title of this show... CONSENT!

We give our opinion on the new Seinfeld & Gates commercials and then call it a night.

We had a blast recording this show and hope you enjoy listening to it as much as we enjoyed recording it.