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My Life In My Words

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My Early Years - the first five living in Montreal, Newfoundland and Toronto.
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Byng Avenue Willowdale - my mother seeks refuge at her own mother's house.
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Welcome To The Jungle - not just a historic day for mankind, but for me also.
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Thank You Ron Ellis.- my mother becomes more entrenched within her faith.
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Flemington Road Public School.- my jungle scholastic journey begins in 1969.
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No Brakes No Problem.- remembering my first ride, a SuperCycle bicycle.
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BBQ Chicken In A Foil Bag.- I was now one up on the coyote MEEP! MEEP!
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A Whole Lot Of 'Fahting'.- the first of many people I would see die in my life.
.9
The Kingdom Hall.- I can't even imagine how much of my life I wasted there.
.10
We Don't Celebrate Christmas.- I was a kid on the Santa Clause Fund list.
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Got'em Need'em.- hockey cards during my younger years.
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My Mother's #1 Rule.- I must graduate high school and earn my diploma.
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My First Game At Maple Leaf Gardens.- the title says it all.
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Just One More Thing.- how my lifelong fascination over Lt. Columbo began.
.15
Banana Curves And Boomerangs.- playing road hockey was such a blast.
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The Rastaman.- 'wacky tobacky' was growing inside the Simpson's truck yard.
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Who's Selling Hockey Tickets?- going to Saturday night Leaf games for free.
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D-I-V-O-R-C-E & V-A-C-A-T-I-O-N.- cleaning a filthy racetrack was my vacation.
.19
Going Out Into Service.- soliciting the Watchtower & Awake magazines.
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Filet-O-Fish, Yumbo's And Mr. Misty.- my mother's extremism and her conscience.
.21
Ranee Field.- a neighborhood park becomes a hockey paradise when I was a kid.
.22
Forest Hill Memorial Arena.- I was twelve years old with my first ice rental.
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Teenage Cleavage.- and this white J.J. fails his grade nine typing class.
.24
Commie Reds Puck Off.- the greatest, most memorable hockey game ever played.
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My Hall Includes Paul.- induct Paul Henderson into The Hockey Hall of Fame.
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Navigating My Way Into Adulthood.- and I will be doing it my way going forward.
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A Kiss For Farrah.- I was sixteen years old, I was a Knight In Satanic Service.
.28
A Hockey Stick Restoration.- my Maple Leaf Gardens treasure brought back to life.
.29
The Blue Jays Are Hatched.- and an error on the vendor under the announcers booth.
.30
His First And Last Blue Jays Game.- witnessing another man die on a historic day.
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Shut Up And Wrap 'em.- my first concert, Fleetwood Mac and moldy hot dogs.
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My Yonge Street Strip.- a Friday night four hour mile when I was a teenager.
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Bare Naked Ladies.- exploring my teenage curiosities at sixteen inside Le Strip.
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Latchkey Kids.- prowling perverts looking for kids home alone after school.
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My Father, But Never My Dad.- any man can be a father, not every father is a dad.
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My Jungle Scholastic Journey Ends.- I finally graduate with my diploma in hand.
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I Was Working At The Five & Dime.- a dumpy job working at a dumpy store.
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In No 'RUSH' To Kiss.- my first date is history, but my first kiss was yet to come.
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Putting My Big Boy Pants On.- I'm now working fulltime and paying my way.
.40
Collegiate Sports Yorkdale.- remember it's not always about the money.
.41
From Armageddon To Paradise.- the seventies decade finally comes to an end.
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One Bronze Badge And One Homerun.- and I am equally proud of both.
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The Jofa Jacket.- the one time me, Gretzky and Salming had something in common.
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Midnight Curfew.- I was nineteen years old and my mommy still had a curfew on me.
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Zap 'em Punch Batman's With Ya.- Dave 'Tiger' Williams is traded, I'm pissed off.
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Do The Move With A Quirky Jerk.- my rock star dreams died in my bedroom.
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Never Won Anything Anywhere.- some awesome times skating with Bruce's boys.
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The Ice Borg.- watching my tennis hero play live and up close back in 1980.
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A Car For You In 24 Hours.- I still have no idea what my first car actually cost.
.50
A Bazaar Saturday Night.- she was quietly screaming out for my company.
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Lauren And Laura's Wedding.- this funny guy was actually getting his do-over.
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RIP Father.- funny how something that was once so funny wasn't so funny anymore.
.53
A Sunday Morning Detour.- and here I thought my parents were total wack jobs.
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The Old Mill Chapel It Is.- although handing a minister $100 cash was very tempting.
.55
DZ Rider.- yes, a box of expensive cigars helps Dutchie make the right decision.
.56
Knobby Knuckles.- having fingers does make unlocking a padlock much easier.
.57
Life's A Bitch And Then You Marry One.- after 18 years I am still the same guy.
.58
In Search Of Tony 'O'.- we interrupt this marriage to bring you the hockey season.
.59
Poisoned Tipped Bottle Caps.- I walked out of the police station unscathed.
.60
A Memorable Night In Buffalo.- Gretzky upstages two Hollywood movie stars.
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The Blazing Bulls.- we were a good 'B' division team, nothing more nothing less.
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The World's Biggest Casino.- it's simple the bigger the risk the bigger the reward.
.63
Section 90 Row A Seat 6.- visiting the Grand Ole Lady on Carlton Street.
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My Own Stairway To Heaven.- just inside the Wood Street west entrance.
.65
George Stewart The Referee In Chief.- RIP and thank you for your service.
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A Fancy Forest Hill Fountain.- busting up a lotto scam in my own unique way.
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The Beggar.- a poem I wrote over forty years ago would be great lyrics for a song.
.68
Till Death Do Us Fart.- the day when a fart could have easily cost me my life.
.69
Model Glue At The Corner Mart.- in the heart of the city's most violent quarter.
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I Won't Get Fooled Again.- the day I fell for one of the oldest scams around.
.71
TVL 236.- remembering trivial useless info and one of the best nights in my life.
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The Slender Swede Borje Salming.- recollections of my favorite all-time Leaf.
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Where Did All The NIBY's Go?- a quaint little village becomes a ghetto.
.74
The Courtney Club Was A Bad Investment.- but it sure was a fun place to live.
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An $800 Lesson Learned.- picking glass out of her cleavage, a visual I can't forget.
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The Nazi Hunter.- it took me a while but this Lt. Columbo finally got his man.
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One Thousand Eight Hundred Pennies.- hockey cards during my older years.
.78
Golf Is A Stupid Game Anyway.- and it's by far the hardest game that I ever played.
.79
Node Overload.- my Water-Pik confirmed what 23 doctors had already told me.
.80
Truck #88031.- it wasn't your typical road debris causing the tire to leak air.
.81
Remembering The Roar.- a weekend hockey road trip to the Windy City in 1994.
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Logistics The New Buzzword.- don't laugh, someday they will have your job.
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My Hockey Brother From Another Mother.- Chris was my British hockey clone.
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I Knew My Limitations.- I knew I was lucky to be doing what I was doing.
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A Fatal Fall.- tragically ends with me being the last person he would ever see.
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An Unorthodox Resolution.- she got her dog's shit back and then some.
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The Special Ticket Office.- I resorted to begging and bribery for Leaf tickets.
.88
The Little Church On Trinity Street.- I should have, could have been a movie star.
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My Last Game At Maple Leaf Gardens.- and the final time I attended my church.
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Blackhawks Breakfast Buffet.- I should've ignored my moody wife to find "Mush".
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Who The Hell Is This Mike Guy Anyway?- at Ed's Warehouse, I too was famous.
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Shunned, Stunned And Left For Dead.- my own mother told me I was dead to her.
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Bumblebees In My Bathroom.- I'm living alone in my own condo and loving it.
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My Quest Began On Quest.- I found myself a real yummy mummy online.
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You Had Me With Your English Accent.- and finally the elusive second date awaits.
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The ISCREAMAN Is History.- he had a good run, but I was glad he was finally done.
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Life Was Good Again.- and Johnny Bower was now my neighbor.
.98
Barrie Bike Bet.- a 100 km ride ends with me getting a brand new bike for free.
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Parkinson's Progressing.- at 69 years old my mother loses her independence.
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Go Back To Your Igloos.- all you people from Canada gotta stand on the ledge.
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A Dumpster Bin Threesome.- for sure the most dumpy no-tell motel ever.
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Citation Worthy.- I didn't think it was a big deal at the time, but it really was.
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Those Barbershop Calendars.- after forty years I stumbled upon a lost love.
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Changing Demographics.- I have never been one for accepting or liking change.
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No Harm No Foul.- but there are times when a foul can be harmful.
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Impressive Skin Grafting Skills.- maybe I should have been a plastic surgeon.
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Muskoka Finally.- I had always wanted to live there and now I finally was.
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I'm Peter Tosh.- and my sorry ass gets kicked out of the Four Seasons Hotel lobby.
.109
Like A Runaway Train.- it honestly felt like my own daughter slapped me in the face.
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Don Marshall, The Odd Man Out.- a kid's toy will become another man's treasure.
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Walter Gretzky A Great One Too.- I was lucky to meet Wally a couple of times.
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You're Welcome New York City.- go ahead bite The Big Apple.
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Nortel Networks A Bankrupt Behemoth.- all I could see were the $$$ signs.
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I Have A Son Who Looks Like You.- the last words my mother ever spoke were to me.
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RIP Mom.- she made me the person who I am today, I like the person who I am today.
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Paradise Rider.- riding a bike in Muskoka truly was paradise for this rider.
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We Should Have Killed The Root.- my Muskoka dream had now become a nightmare.
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Clubhouse With No Mayo And No Bones.- fond recollections of my dumpy diner.
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Blackie Truly Was One Of A Kind.- a character who was always in character.
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You Have Cancer.- all I ever heard was just those three words.
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Relatively Speaking.- afterall there weren't that many of them.
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The Good Old Hockey Game.- is the best game you can name (and play).

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