59th Surfman Award: The Great Toronto Snowstorm of 2008

No that is not everest as a backdrop for my prayer flags, just part of the mountain of snow that reaches ever high toward the sky in our little oasis of a backyard. I believe we have achieved the record for the most snow fallen in a season, which was 207.4 centimetres back in 1939. Ah 1939! It was a good year if you were a comic book fan, Bob Kane created Batman and our own Joe Shuster along with his pal Jerry Sigal created Superman. However, if you were a hockey fan you were disappointed to see your hometown Leafs get defeated by the Boston Bruins...maybe this year we can make a another stanley cup final - yeah, probably not likely eh? Anyways, I digress, the snowfall that we are getting this year has been hard for many of us travelling to and from work and just trying to carry on our normal day to day activities. I have not shovelled this much ever, in fact after 2 hours of heaving the old snowflakes over my shoulder today, I am quite sore and in need of lots of R&R. My sweet T made me crapes after with a nice cup of tea. I guess its all how you look at it, it will continue to snow whether we want it too or not, so we might as well make the most of it.

58th Surfman Award: Earth Hour - March 29th 8PM

This week I am writing about something that is very important to our planet. The ability that we all have to leave a lighter foot print on our big blue marble. On March 29th, 2008 at 8 PM each and everyone of us can take a stand and turn the lights out for one hour at the very least. Hopefully this will be a wake up call to those who are not already shutting off lights when they leave a room or doing other things like recycling, or reducing their car idle times or perhaps just leaving the old car at home and riding a bike. There are many many things that we can do to help our planet. Afterall, the power of the few can not only enhance the many but influence the many. Our planet and our people depend on it! The environment must be our single most important agenda, otherwise our future generations will suffer the effects of our arrogance and waste.