Killing Me Mercerfully

He's Baaaaaack! After a seemingly eternal hiatus (only about a couple of months but it seemed longer), Rick Mercer posted yesterday.

As always, he knocked me off my chair.

Beautiful. Just plain beautiful. Click Here!

A Hill Of A Success!

Wednesday's "Hands Across The Border" BBQ fundraiser for the Red Cross Hurricane Relief effort yielded $125,000
in just a couple of hours. More on it here.

It was total cooperation between the parties and the media sponsors that made it the success it was. Radio station vehicles lined the laneway at the Wellington Street steps as television, print and radio people worked through the 2,000 plus crowd to meet folks or get a story and grab a burger.

It was a great way to spend your lunch hour. While I was there to file reports back to the radio station, I met alot of friends and made a few new ones. Even Cuzzin' Stephen smiled at me. Or maybe he was just squinting through the smoke. You know, for a guy who oughta be tired of flippin' burgers, he was the only leader that didn't bolt after the media-frenzied photo-op.

I'd keep rambling but pictures say so much more. Captions, too!

Below are just a few shots of my day on the hill.


Intrepid Hill Reporter Woody


Pete's Birthday's Just One Day After Mine!
I knew there was a reason I like him.


"Don't worry, Harps! Club soda'll get that out!"


"Meet My New Chauffeur"
It was all just too much fun!

Hands Across The Border: A Hill Fundraiser For Hurricane Relief!

Tomorrow will be a special day on Parliament Hill. For two hours we will actually see all parties cooperating.

Whodathunkit?

From 11:30am to 1:30pm, in the company of US Ambassador David Wilkins, leaders of all parties along with MP's and Senators will be serving up BBQ burgers, beverages, chips and dessert provided by The Canadian Cattlemen's Association with the proceeds to the Red Cross Hurricane Relief effort. A $10 donation nets you a scoff whipped up by Stephen Harper, Paul Martin, Jack Layton, Gilles Duceppe and many others in this non-partisan show of kindness and support for our American friends.

I'll be there at the CHEZ 106 mic, filing reports back to the station. It'll be a great time for a great cause. Hope to see you there to help us out.

BTW, my money's on Harper for best burger. More experience.

It's All Fun And Games Until.....

Listeners of the Doc and Woody Show are all too familiar with the task mastering that Eric The Intern succumbs to on a regular basis.

His resume of torturous morning show escapades includes swimming with sharks, flying from a trapeze attached to a motorcycle on a highwire, being beaten by a female boxer, brazilian waxing and a myriad of other slapstick challenges designed solely for the pleasure of Doc And Woody and our listeners.

Jack Ass - style initiatives do, from time to time, come with a price, however. Such was the case last Friday morning at approximately 8:17 when a Creamed Corn-ikova test run went horribly wrong.

Former intern/radio student and now full-time announcer in Cornwall, Chelsea Miller, was challenged to test Eric with a couple of tennis ball throws while he stood on a ladder, preparing to jump into a kiddie-pool full of creamed corn while dressed in a women's tennis outfit. Our salute to the Legends of Tennis and the arrival in Ottawa of Anna Kournikova was to receive a cry of "fault" as Chelsea whipped a tennis ball at our intern (with authority at Doc's urging), striking him 'square' in the unmentionables, propelling him backward off the stepladder plunging to the grass in agony.

A minute of writhing in breath-sapping discomfort seemed like an eternity. Was he going to be allright? He seemed seriously injured and, while Doc and I may be accused of not caring from time to time, our full-on concern was for his well-enough-being to continue with the stunt. We had to take a commercial break so he could recover.

Upon returning from the break, Eric summoned the courage, fortitude and sense of programming decency to follow through with the plan and made the required splat into the pool of creamed corn, thus legitimizing our tribute to Anna Kournikova, perennial Doc and Woody Tennis Player Of The Month.

This morning, we were informed that Eric spent several hours at the General Hospital on Friday, tending to wounds, which were greater than we'd appreciated that morning. He suffered bruising, internal bleeding and a remarkable degree of swelling (though, some would argue that's a good thing). It was somewhat difficult for him to explain the source of his injury, not to mention his lack of underwear and the traces of creamed corn in his pants - a now permanent entry in his medical records.

We wish him a speedy recovery. Hunting season opens this week and we need him to celebrate with paintball guns and a moose costume.