Toronto Festival of Beer 2010

Well, another year and another day of tasting the brews from breweries from around the world and some of the local favourites.

2010 marks the second year that the festival has been held at Bandshell Park on the CNE grounds. The venue is larger than Fort York but closer to GO transit and TTC but still the larger venue takes away from the atmosphere that Fort York had. Everything is more spread out and that keeps the masses of people further away from one another so to me, its just not as fun as a few thousand people having a good time in closer quarters. Also, since the move there have been a few less of my favourite vendors that have in years past amazing booths where the "party" was all day (Carlsberg, Red Stripe).

Nonetheless, the day was a great time like always with great people, staff and thankfully the weather held out and we didn't have a mudbowl like 2008.

Here are some pictures to display the feel of the day...booty shorts, tanktops, beer and babes...and the dude in a red leather jacket...Enjoy, I know I did!

The Softer Side of a Weekend Filled With Mayhem and Debauchery

So, this past weekend my boys got together and got a cabin up in the Muskokas at The Basecamp for my bachelor party. The weekend was wicked and filled with all sorts of drunken madness and police but like everything there was an opposite side of all the chaos. Being up in the great fresh air of Ontario cottage country we were surrounded with lush greenery and forest which made for a calming atmosphere before and after a couple nights of chaos.

Here are a few pictures to show that on the opposite end of the party spectrum there is beauty to be seen.

SkullCandy Rocnation "Aviator" Headphones

I very well may be the first person in the general public with a set of the newest cans from SkullCandy, makers of headphones for mobile music players and mobile phones. The Rocnation Aviators were designed in team part of Jay-Z and Live Nation (the production company). Now, some may say its a kick at Dr.Dre's headphone line Beats By Dre in association with MonsterCable but we'll leave that be for now.

I guess you can say I'm a lucky man to have these and perhaps even luckier to have a lovely wife that was able to get these while in NYC at Jay-Z's 40/40 club during Yankee's pitcher CC Sabathian's Bday party. Story goes that CC had these made up for everybody on the team with their number on one can and the Yankees logo on the other. I guess some over paid people just don't care about the small things like exclusive headphones!

Lets get down to the nitty gritty here. These things look great and are going to be available in 3 colourways (black, brown and white). I have the white set as that was the best match for the Yankees theme I would imagine. They are styled like old school aviator headsets with the teardrop shaped cans, exposed wire frame and big comfortable pads on the ear pieces...they're memory foam dammit!!!!

materials used are of a high quality synthetic leather on the head strap, memory foam on the ear pads, chrome wire frame and the cord is covered in a nylon rope like covering to prevent tangles and add durability. The 1/8" headphone jack is gold plated for the best connection to your device and is also mic enabled so this set of headphones is also a handsfree for your phone...BONUS! Another bonus is that the integrated volume controls also have iPod controls so you can skip back and forth, pause, answer a call etc all with the built in in-line controls. The whole design and materials used is supposed to mimic the whole aviator theme and give you the feel of quality aviator sunglasses that Jigga seems to like so much.

Sound is deliverd by 40mm full-range drivers (one per can) and they do a very good job at reproducing highs and lows with great clarity and balance. The nice big ear pads do a great job at sealing in the music and keeping the outside noise out. I'm wearing them as I type this and they are probably the most comfortable set of headphones I've had on in a long time...and did I mention they sound great too??

These badboys aren't in stores yet, they were supposed to be released in June and got pushed back to July and it appears are now available from the SkullCandy website. The estimated street price on these guys is around $150USD and they are worth it if you are looking for a quality set of over ear head phones with mic and iPod controls built in.

Oh...Please excuse the crappy pics...just had to get this down and out quick...better pics to come!




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That Black Guy From The Old Spice Commercials...

Now you can be him...well or ummm....your voicemail can be him! Now when people call you they are gonna think they called the Old Spice guy. Guys will think its cool, ladies' panties will get all wet (cuz we all know they wanna fuck the shit outta this god of a man).

If by some off chance you dont know who this enigmatic man is, WHERE THE FUCK HAVE YOU BEEN?!!?!??? Anyways, he is the new face and voice for Old Spice and the commericals are nowhere short of being genius.

Get your customized voicemail message HERE.

Here It Is Folks...

For a while people have been telling me I should have a blog or something. I guess people like what I have to say or they think its funny. In any case, here it is! This is my blog, my digital public diary of sorts for all you interweb creepers and stuff to look at and see whats going on with me and the things that I think are cool and/or worth writing about. I warn you at this point though; don't be expecting great stuff here, just basically "stuff". Ya know, maybe I'll put up some photography stuff that I do, some "tech news", how I'm "feeling" cuz fuck...I know that's what y'all really want!

In closing out my very first ever blog post, relax and sit back and check my shit out from time to time, you might just like it!!