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MERRY CHRISTMAS HHDOTCOMPEEPS.

Hello Nice People.
I'm back from my road trip and I'm ready for a rest.
Last week I was in 4 cities, doing 18 interviews over 5 days. It was great but for the first time in a long time, I'm looking forward to a few days off.

We have our tree up. Yes the CLJ's strike again.(Christmas-Loving-Jews!) We are scaling back on the avalanche of presents but we have some good stuff for the girls including one thing they really want but don't think they're getting. Don't say anything, okay?

This week we'll be heading up to Collingwood for a couple days of skiing. Well, actually I'll be taking snow-boarding lessons. Yes another middle-aged bastard trying to look cool. I've always wanted to try it I just hope I don't end up in traction.

I'm back at work Friday posting some stuff I shot last week and I should be able to throw some drivel up then. Maybe on the weekend too.

I just wanted to thank you all for dropping by here the odd time. I appreciate keeping in touch with you in this way and having an outlet to relate the day to day mundane goings on of my life.
Be well this Holiday Season.
Merry Christmas...Happy Jesus's Birthday and have a great New Year.
H

Category: HumbleStuff

Posted by Humble on December 24, 2007 @ 10:23 | Permalink

Drivel Produciton will Cease....

Dang this work is really cutting into Drivel production in a big way.
I'm directing a series of interviews with top sales people for a big company this week and I will be away till Saturday.
I may have a chance to update you from the road but I doubt it.
There will a bit of time for some pre-Christmas drivel on the weekend.

Until then, I hope everyone is well and men, don't forget it's almost time to go back to the malls.
I'll see you there myself on Monday.(Xmas eve.."The single biggest guy-shopping day of the year...")
h

Category: BREAKING NEWS...SORT OF

Posted by Humble on December 18, 2007 @ 06:44 | Permalink

Mitch L sent this over to me. It's pretty cool.
What is it?
A short film about film fonts
Film fonts?
Yes. Watch it and you'll see what I mean.

Mitch also sent this link to me.
Improve your vocabulary and help feed the world.
Do your best and help spread the rice.

Tim M sent me this cool flying thing. We call this an extreme low and over.
Enjoy it Hhdotcompeeps.

Hey Hhdotcom peeps. Daddy has to go back downtown for work today which as you know, means less drivel for you kids.
Sorry but these lights don't stay on for free.
Before I forget. You folks that are nostalgic for the old Humble and Fred junk may want to wander over to The Boon for a little taste of the H+F Christmas joy. Check this out and then come back.

I have to scout locations for a shoot I'm directing next week. I like the way that sounds. "Oooh, Mr. "I have to scout locations-director. Don't you have people for that?"
No. I am my own people.

I don't think we'll be talking much next week as I'm going to be in Montreal, Ottawa and Winnipeg for work. I'll tell you about it Monday morning but I just wanted to give you the heads up. I'm also going to be doing some more stuff for Oman Air(Yes I'm not done announcing just yet!) and I've booked on to do some stand-up at a club in Winnipeg next Friday night.

Have a great 2nd last weekend before Jesus' birthday and for crying out loud don't drink and drive. Leave some of that booze for me.

My pal Jason GetyourOJ sent in a pretty funny Hebe video, perfect for the Holiday/Latke season.
What do us Jewish peeps do on Jesus' Birthday you ask?
Well we eat Chinese food and go to movies.
It's true.

Gary Clement is an editorial cartoonist for the National Post and has been recognized this past year by Time magazine for the cartoon above.
Pretty cool.
Read the whole story here.

When I was in Regina taping The Debaters I met this very funny lady named Deb Kimmett. She is a great storyteller/improviser/speaker and hanging with her was one of the weekends highlights for me. We've been e-mailing a bit since we've been back and I thought I'd give you a little bit of Deb's OPC.(Part of her demo, actually.)
Apparently she and Judy Croon are going to be at some comedy club in Kingston this weekend. Do yourself a favor thousand Island people check these funny babes out.

If you only watch one YouTube thing today. Watch this.
Very funny Miller beer commercial. Apparently it has run but I'm a little skeptical.
The reason there is laughter is the clip is from some TV ad awards thing.
Again, not sure it actually ran on TV but funny just the same.
Enjoy.

I have another day of grown-up work so I will just toss up a couple of things.
If you have kids and you've ever seen the Crank That video-(Soldjah Boy up in this....) you will love this. It's perfect for the end of Chanooks.

Also my buddy Jeff sent me this link to a very funny Onion story.
Jewish Elders Lift 6,000-Year Ham Ban
Ending a strict, six-millennia prohibition of the consumption of cloven-hoofed beasts, the World Rabbinical Council announced Tuesday that Jews worldwide may "dig in to the delicious taste of ham."

Check out the rest of it here.

I will put up the full drivel treatment Thursday if I can. Until then, drive safe, dance like there's no one watching, live long and prosper and wash your hands after you make your business. Both #1 and #2!

And that's all she wrote.
Say hello to the New England Patriots of Girls U14/15 indoor house-league soccer.
Undefeated. That means no losses in 11 freaking games.
9 wins-2 ties, and a lot of fun.
Sure it was fun. Not losing doesn't suck ya know.

Last night was a little tense to start as the girls knew what was on the line. We told them, "In order to go undefeated you only have to win one game. This one."
But after a few minutes they found their feet and it was never close.
The goals were' spread out nicely with singles from Karen, Charlie, Hillary and Catherine plus deuces from Taylor and Rhianna.
Final score Team Gold 8 - Team Teal 3.

Game notes.
Coach Marc has replaced, "Use the boards!" with "In the Centre!" or something like that. My stomach was a bit in knots so I couldn't decipher his secret coaching-code.

After the game we celebrated with pizza and beer. They had pizza, Coach Marc and I had a nice beer thanks to one of the girls Dads. First guy named Nils to every buy me a beer. Cool.

We got gifts from the girls. That was nice, but not totally unexpected. In my first e-mail to them months ago I jokingly said..."This season isn't about winning it's about the Coaches gift at the end of the year!" Okay, I was only half kidding.

Finally, I've gone from barely paying attention to my kids' soccer games about 5 years ago to going 4-5 times a week in the summer and coaching in the Fall/Winter and the thing is I love it.
I'm sure you already get that from the way I write about it.
Even though it was just for fun and in the end really meant nothing, Marc and I were very proud.
In fact at one point we were screaming some nonsense and Marc said to me, "You realize you and I are the only ones yelling don't you?"
I looked around and then I cracked up.
He was right, but I didn't care. I know my daughter is going to have a least one or two stories to tell about me when she gets older.
"...then there was the time that Grandpa coached my soccer team and almost got into a fight with another coach....!"

I get that a lot of people were excited about the Zep reunion. Nearly 2 million tried for 20 thousand tickets so it must be a big deal to many folk.
I'm just not one of them.
Other than slow-dancing to Stairway to Heaven in high school, (and rubbing my adolescent boner on Pam Finlayson for 7 and half minutes. Well 5 cause it breaks into that crappy fast part at the end.) I've never really found LZ anything but tuneless and screechy.
Sorry.
I know that's just the type of attitude that could get me an ass-kicking from the Classic Rockers but I'm not too worried. Most of them are in their 60's and too slow to catch me.
Good on you Zeppelin fans, I'm happy your guys got back together. You know, minus the dead drummer. Not to be confused with the Who's dead drummer or the many dead drummers in Spinal Tap.
That's really it, actually.
Whenever I think of the Who, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd or even Aerosmith all I see are Nigel Tuffnel and the rest of Spinal Tap pathetically playing their ear-splitting songs in front of a styro-foam Stonehenge. Too funny.

Yes, I know the Leafers have won 5 of 6 and aren't sucking as much as before but I keep finding Maple-Bashing in my inbox. Just fun, that's all.

What does Toronto have that Montreal doesn't?
Black and white photographs of their last Stanley Cup.

Where do Toronto players get their wives?
Canadian Tire, where else do you get a leaf blower.

What do the Leafs and The Titanic have in common?
They both look good until they hit the ice.

Why don't the Maple Leafs drink tea?
Because the Canadiens have all the cups.

What's the difference between the Leafs and a cigarette machine?
The cigarette machine has PLAYER'S.

My old pal Gord Robson is making it happen for me lately in the form of some nice OPC.
Work is definitely getting in the way of my blog. (Sorry Hhdotcompeeps, daddy has to feed the other kids.)
Gord sent me this "stat" on winter driving.

A winter statistic
98% OF CANADIANS SAY "OH SHIT" BEFORE GOING IN THE DITCH ON A SLIPPERY ROAD.
THE OTHER 2% ARE FROM SASKATCHEWAN AND THEY SAY, "HOLD MY BEER AND WATCH THIS."11111

I have to head downtown again today. I'll be editing a video I directed on Friday, I have a client-call and I have to arrange a 7 city shoot/road trip for me and a camera man. Dang working is fun, but it's like I don't know, having a job or something.
Anyway just a couple of things.

Randee pulled this from the National Post on Friday. It was a contest called "Canada in 6 words or less," to find our countries new unofficial motto.
Some pretty good entries.
"Life, liberty and the pursuit of Hockey-ness!"
"Dominating sports no one else plays!"
"From sea to whining sea."
And the winner, fairly bland-"Canada. A home for the world!"
Sheesh. How bout Canada, we suck, but we suck less than most countries.

I watched about 6 minutes of the Pats-Steelers game. Just long enough to see Brady throw a 60 yard TD. Those fellers seem like a pretty good football squad.

I watched about 6 minutes of the Merril Lynch golf shootout. Just long enough to see Greg Norman lose another tournament by someone else pulling off an amazing shot. Woody Austin(Aqua-man), sank about a 55 foot putt to eliminate Norman from a possible playoff. Golfers will know what I'm talking about.

Ok, I really have to go. I have an hour and 15 minute drive ahead of me. Ooh I wonder what funny bits Mike and Erin will be up to? Or maybe today I'll listen to Andy Barrie. He is earnest and has about 60 people working on his show.
Some days I just turn the Radio off and watch the guy next to me pick his nose till his head caves in.

This entry combines a couple of my favorite things and one of my fav contributors.
A YouTube clip suggested by Tim M giving us some nice OPC. (Other People's Content!)
Thank Tim.
Enjoy the Beer Bottle Symphony.

For a few years at Mojo and a a couple at The Mix/RB Jessica Baker was a co-worker and pal.
She is sexy, sweet and was always fun to be around.
Recently she sent me this updated version of the Christmas song for Jews that she sang.
I listened, I copied and now it's here to hear.
Happy Chanooks Jessica Baker.

I'm directing a full days video shoot today and I have to leave the house at 7am. Have a great weekend. In the meantime...
Here is a little OPC from Dan Duran.
It's pretty cool link and contains just enough DD quirkiness.
(Click on the link.)

Secondly.
My pal Gary D sent me this farting thing. Farting will always be funny. Unless you're a chick.
(Although some chicks think farting is funny. Just not my chick. She thinks it's disgusting when I fart. I on the other feel a deep sense of relief that I can only describe as spirtual!)
Jurassic Fart.
Enjoy.

I love this shot. Hey just in time for the Festival of Lights...Ham. Yummy Jewish Ham!
ML tossed this shot my way, apparently he has even more down time than me.

Actually I'm a busy Hannukah Hebe this week. I directed a voice session yesterday and I'm posting it today, then prepping for a video shoot that I'm directing Friday. Oh so this is what it feels like to have a job...yes I remember. This is the first week since I got sh*t-canned that I've had work to do every day of the week. Weird.

I am still working on my little project with Insight Productions and that is moving forward nicely.
By nicely I mean I'm learning lots and I hope to be pitching it soon. After that, who knows.

I am vaguely aware that the Leafs have put an end to their suckk-age for now and that Pinball became CEO or something for the Argos. I know the writers strike continues in Hollywood and that there is some shooting going on in various parts of our city. I say somewhat aware because mostly I drive downtown, work the new gig and then drive back home. This takes up most of my time and therefore the Drivel production may be light today and Friday.
By light I mean a bit today and probably not much tomorrow. (Sniff) I'm going to miss you guys.
I'll try and scribble down some crap later today.

Quick note. My wife made latkes last night and they were awesome. I would like to have a "Win Randee's-Latke" contest where one lucky Hhdotcom person would get to eat one of these potato-filled treats. Too bad I can't e-mail them to you.
Maybe we could all meet for coffee on Saturday and I'll bring you one.
Dang they are satisfying and delicious.

If you like movies and mocking you'll love this. My pal Mitch sent it and it's a fun 9 minute break.
A mock "behind the scenes" look leading up to a 6 minute Scorsese short film.
In the end it turns out to be The Worlds Coolest Commercial directed by the guy that did Taxi Freaking Driver!
Dig it movie-buffs.
Thanks Mitchie and Happy Chanooks.

Today is the first day of this crazy little celebration which goes on for 8 days. (Actually like all our holidays it started last night.)
Our kids light the Menorah and get some chocolate gelt but we'll save the presents for later.
Tonight we'll eat some latkes which are just good and fine and full of oily potatoes.

I thought you might like to see the Adam Sandler Chanukah song version 3 to get you in the mood.

My pal and old radio friend Gord Robson sent me this video of a song done by my old pal and comedian friend John Wing.
At the end of the video if you look to the right you can just catch a glimpse of my Dad's old store, Ideal Mens' Wear.(Happy Birthday Lou.)
Also in the closing credits it lists the singer as John Wong.
It's not.
This mostly shot on Main street and some of you big city folk won't believe how small the town is. Seemed pretty big growing up!

I was cruising the Boon site and came across this.
Very interesting piece called blogs in plain English.
One day I'm going to start me one of the Bloggy things.
Sounds like fun.

I spent Sunday, Monday in Regina debating Judy Croon about the very contentious issue of "Does Valentines Day further the cause of Love and Romance?" Ooooh, sparks did fly.
It was fun hanging with comics and doing something completely different on the Radio in front a live studio audience.
Yes we got laughs, no I didn't win-it was a tie!
Saw my Brother Steve, drank with Dan Redican, Judy, the very funny Steve Patterson, Simon Rakoff and Carie Gaetz. Nice way to pass a day or two and the Regina crowds were unbelievable. I think they were just happy to be somewhere warm.
My episode will air in February. I'll let you know.

The flights were delayed there and back because of uh THE SNOW!. Yes the whole thing was backed up due to the Storm and the de-icing and then some ass decided to get off the plane on the way back which slowed things down even more.
I didn't mind too much. Sat next to some funny people, read a mag, chewed some cashews.
We were all a little freaked out that we might have to spend another day in The Queen city (Regina) but we ended up getting back just in time for me to hit the rush-hour crawl going home. Fun.

Finally speaking of flying . I did one of those in-flight Radio shows for an airline on the weekend.
It was weird, this was the first song-introducing I'd done in quite some time. (Oh there's a skill that never wanes...)
So if you're flying Oman Air some time in the near future you might hear a young prairie boy named Howard Glassman introducing songs he's never heard of. Kind of like the early days at CFNY.

Some of you are already aware that a very nice guy named Bain Arnold died suddenly last Friday night from some bizarre allergic reaction.
He was a guy I got to know by hosting golf tournaments at Angus Glen and then later he had me host the first of several Golf-A-Paloozas that he organized featuring Canadian rock bands and golfers raising money for Charity.
I hadn't seen him for a while but when Mojo first went on the air he and I and Ripken would play the odd round on a Sunday morning before the course opened for tournament play. He was fun to be around and was good to me and Rick no matter how many times Ripken bothered him for free rounds.

Bain was a great guy who died way too young. He leaves behind a wife and 6 month old baby.
There are a lot of people in the golf business, not to mention the Radio/TV and corporate world who were shocked by the news.
He was was easy to hang with and loved by his staff and friends.
It's sad and a shame and he will be missed.

Visitation is at the Nixon Garland Funeral home at 166 Markham rd. (Hwy 48) at 2-4 and at 7-9 Wednesday.

Last night was Team Golds 10th non-loss of the year (8-0-2) and Coach Marc and I weren't even there.
That's how tightly tuned this squad of superior U14/U15 girls are.
Marc's wife Julie Ann and my bride Randee filled in while we were both out of town and did an amazing job.
The girls responded to the change by kicking ass and taking names. Team Purple didn't know what hit them. 4 from the mighty Gab-attack, 4 from Hillary H and another hat trick from Coach Randee's kid Charlie G. Add to that a couple from Rhianna and the score was Team Gold a lot, Team Purple, not so much.

Game notes:
-While I was being delayed for a couple of hours on my flight from Regina to Toronto, all I could think about was the game. And hoping that the girls didn't lose. Is that sad or what?

-Randee told me that all she said to the girls was, "You cannot lose or my husband will never let me hear the end of it!"

-Next week is our last game. One more win and the dream season will be over. Then we can have pizza and beer. Girls-pizza, Marc and me the beer and maybe some pizza too.
Then who knows, is that Toronto FC on the line?

My buddy Thom R from DHL sent me some nice OPC.
Thom is a slightly deranged fellow who has a grown up job but still finds time to send me stuff from time to time.
This came with the headline:"Do you know what Santa looks like in the Summer?"
Be afraid, be very afraid.

(Btw he's holding a bird. Took me a while to figure that out. Like you , I was too mesmerized by his gut/ball-sack combo.)

This is amusing and titillating.
It features a hot chick in a towel looking for her "sexual aid."
Safe for work but you'll probably watch it more than once.
Enjoy.

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