97th Surfman Award: Silver Snail Halloween Bash

This is a picture of George, the main man from the best comic book shop ever - The Silver Snail. As my wife and I arrived for the Snail's big Halloween bash, I was totally thrown for a loop when George greeted us, I had no clue who he was underneath all that white fabric, plus he shaved...some guys will do anything for Halloween...Well played Sir, well played!!!!

The Snail really knows how to throw a shindig and the costumes were fraking fantastic, from The Sith Lord, Storm Troopers, Sinestro, Green Lantern, Superman, Batman, The Joker in a nurse's uniform, Wolverine, Captain America, Arthur(George) and The Tic, Emma Frost, Modok(Kody), Fred & Wilma and many many more...I personally went as Dr. Leonard "bones" Mccoy in his beard period, which is perfect timing since next March, IDW is coming out with a 4 part mini called Leonard McCoy:Frontier Doctor, where Bones has a big crazy beard like mine. Thanks to all the Silver Snail staff for an awesome party and to George for the invite, had a great time.

96th Surfman Award: Jonathan Howells

These are images from the documentary Alfred & Jakobine printed on wonderful moo cards that my brother-in-law is filming in the states at this very moment. I am extremely proud of him for following his dream and wish him success in his journey. As a wise man once said " we must be the change, that we wish to see in the world", and in my books, bringing a good story to the screen exudes that. Speaking of story, go to http://www.alfredandjakobine-movie.com/ to see all the latest on this awesome story.

95th Surfman Award: 6th Year Anniversary

Today was the sixth year anniversary of the day that my wife and I met. She gave me a card with this wonderful image of a penny farthing bicycle on it and the same image on a very cool hip tie that I plan to wear to work tomorrow. Every day has been better than the last, thank you T for your love and support, and for dancing like Hawkeye in the kitchen with me...you are indeed the "Liz Lemon" of Toronto. One day we will figure out who that Yeti in the basketball outfit was?

94th Surfman Award: Leonard "Mr Spock" Nimoy

On Saturday, August 29th, Leonard Nimoy signed my type 2 phaser at the FanExpo in Toronto. This phaser is an exact replica of the one that was used in all 3 seasons of the original Star Trek. I waited three and a half hours in line, for my signature, but it was well worth it. I remember watching the original series that started it all when I was just a lad. I didn't quite understand it than but I knew that Mr Spock was a cool and interesting and I would become a life long fan as I watched all the seasons in re-runs as I grew up. Mr. Nimoy still exudes a "cool" factor and I was so thrilled to have my phaser signed, that I had it placed in a shadow box and I hope to pass it along to the next generation of my family. Thank you Spock, and may you truly LIVE LONG AND PROSPER!

93rd Surfman Award: Bicycle Film Festival

Yesterday my wife and I had had the opportunity to attend the Bicycle Film Festival at the Royal cinema. It was wonderful, because it was all about the bike, which is always near and dear to our hearts. We saw Joe Stakun's documentary "I Love My Bicycle" The Story of FBM Bikes. I have so much respect for the guys of FBM for what they have created and their dogged determination to forge ahead even in very dark times...these guys ROCK, SO HARD!!!!!!

92nd Surfman Award: John Hughes - Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it!

Last Thursday, John Hughes passed away in manhatten, he was 59 years old. He will be missed on a hugh scale by those of us that grew up during the 80s and were entertained and inspired by his many incredible films of teen angst and lessons to be learned. My personal favorite is Ferris bueller's Day Off, staring Mathew Broderick, about a guy who gets along equally with all manner of high school subcultures. "He is a rightous dude." When I graduated from universtity back in the late 80s, I wore a "leisure rules" button, a promo from the movie on my gown as I collected my degree. Mr Hughes you taught me that no matter how difficult the grown up world got, you can enjoy yourself while travelling that journey. Thank You and you will never be forgotten by those of us who grew up watching your films.

91st Surfman Award: Broken Social Scene

Last night my wife and brother-in-law and I were extremely fortunate to see The Broken Social Scene at Harbourfront. They performed a free concert for their fans due to the city strike and it was oh so wonderful. This is the second opportunity that I have seen them in concert and each time they are that much more brillant! They even brought out Feist and Emily Haines from Metric. Thank you so much to Kevin Drew and company, you guys all make this the best city in the world. Simply Awesome!!!