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eL_iZzA

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About Me

"Love many. Trust few. Always paddle your own canoe." - Junior Buckle

"When you find you are on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." - Mark Twain

"It's only not funny if they don't laugh." - Richard Pryor

"My way of joking is to tell the truth. That's the funniest joke in the world." - Muhammed Ali

"A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night, and in between he does what he wants to do.” - Bob Dylan

My Interests

My favourite general? I dunno, Colin Powell? Patton? Bobby Orr played for the Oshawa Generals; does he count? Wait, wasn't Romeo Dallaire a general? Definitely Romeo Dallaire. By the way, this is probably the most stupid question of all time.

I'd like to meet:

Is there anyone cooler than George Carlin?

Music:

i don't know if it was the BEST concert i've ever seen, but rahzel was pretty impressive...

I kinda inherited my love of the Band from my dad... if you haven't seen the last waltz, you should probably check it out... most impressive collection in talent ever assembled before ken holland built the 2002 detroit red wings

This one is hitting close to home these days... Mos Def - Travelling man

Movies:

Cliched, right? Whatever... this is still one of the best scenes ever!

You've never seen the Shawshank Redemption? Turn on TBS, it's probably on right now.

One of the few times in my life I picked up on symbolism! Mr. Stewart would be so proud! (Mortorcycle Diaries - great flick!)

Television:

I watch five things on TV: The Lions, Red Wings, Pistons, Tigers and Braves... And the odd episode of Entourage. You can add Ari Gold to my list of heroes; right between Nelson Mandela and Nick Naylor.

And finally, if you like Leno better than Letterman you should probably just stop existing as a person right now. Not only are you stupid, you clearly have no sense of humour and some sort of STD!

And I love it when one of my friends shows up on "To Catch a Predator." Full credit to my cousin Jay for finding this clip of my good friend, Swanny, getting tazered.

Books:

Buck O'Neil - I was Right on Time. Best book ever. Buy it. Now.

Nelson Mandela - A Long Walk to Freedom.

"I chose this title because it's offensive to Christians, Catholics, Jews, Muslims... and vegetarians." - George Carlin.

Heroes:

Buck O'Neil, Che, MLK, Mandela, Flava Flav and Zack Morris. And Dr. Johnston... RIP! Oh, and George... obviously.

My Blog

My new favourite website

Here's the deal...I'm constantly linking to (or cutting and pasting, which is slightly illegal) Mitch Albom's Detroit Free Press Columns and posting them here... Mitch is a great writer, but he's reli...
Posted by eL_iZzA on Thu, 10 May 2007 11:01:00 PST

creepy!

hey everybody, i guess it was only a matter of time before the computer nerds got to me the same way they got to my good friend and brother kevin hannam.  as some of you already know, there is a ...
Posted by eL_iZzA on Sat, 14 Apr 2007 11:54:00 PST

The Difference Between Me and Keith Richards

What?  You didn't think I'd let Keith Richards snort his father and not throw my two cents in, did you? For those of you that haven't heard, Rolling Stones lead guitarist Keith Richards recently ...
Posted by eL_iZzA on Thu, 05 Apr 2007 11:02:00 PST

Politicas 101

Right now in Canada, we have a minority government.  That means if the party in power tries to pass something that the other parties don't like, those other parties can vote against it and c...
Posted by eL_iZzA on Sat, 24 Mar 2007 07:37:00 PST

I'm even better looking than I thought I was!

 Ok, so I'm all caught up at work and I have an hour to kill. Thus, I decided to do the celebrity look alike website thingy. Does that make me a loser? Probably, but you're reading about me doing...
Posted by eL_iZzA on Sat, 17 Mar 2007 07:07:00 PST

Wanna bet?

You read it in the headline - if you are a Vancouver Canucks fan, I'm calling you out.  But not for tomorrow night's Detroit/Vancouver game, oh no.  Frankly, I'm sick of the traditional regu...
Posted by eL_iZzA on Fri, 16 Mar 2007 11:30:00 PST

i don't understand it

Imagine this: You're a brand new Canadian citizen, still struggling with English.  With your limited language skills, finding a job is nearly impossible and the little money you have in your...
Posted by eL_iZzA on Thu, 15 Mar 2007 01:05:00 PST

Things I've learned hanging out at court...

As a proud product of the Surrey Public School System, I've seen a few losers in my day.  For example: - I've seen people get caught up in pornography - I've seen people get caught...
Posted by eL_iZzA on Thu, 22 Feb 2007 10:18:00 PST

Boxing's Irish Funeral

I used to love boxing.  Like, REALLY love boxing.  When I was a little kid, my dad used to sneak me into the gambling parlour so that we could watch the fights on closed-circuit TV.  H...
Posted by eL_iZzA on Thu, 08 Mar 2007 11:57:00 PST

Dre Bly, Life, Death and Ghandi

As I'm sure you've all heard by now, my beloved Detroit Lions sent my favourite player, Dre Bly, to the Broncos in exchange for Tatum Bell (as I suggested) and an inconsistent right tackle.  But ...
Posted by eL_iZzA on Fri, 02 Mar 2007 10:00:00 PST