Get our from behind the 8-ball
In the billiards world being “behind the eight-ball” refers to being in disadvantageous position on the table. Your next shot is tenuous because of where your cue ball lies. In life, t...
Author: mrbarmaster
A mixologist is a cross between parent, psychologist, and priest. I am simply the guy behind the bar willing to listen and advise if asked to.
Start the week with a few laughs
Two men are sitting next to each other in an Irish-style pub in New York City. They both order pints of Guinness. One of them turns to the other and says “So where are you from, then?” ...
A port in any storm…
Port is not for the very young, the vain and the active. It is the comfort of age and the companion of the scholar and the philosopher. -Evelyn Waugh I am neither young, active or vain so it is only f...
Blondes Do Have More Fun and Some Other Saturday Sillies
A guy took his blonde girlfriend to her first football game. They had great seats right behind their team’s bench. After the game, he asked her how she liked the experience. “Oh, I really ...
Surviving The Ice Storm
December 2013 Ice Storm Just before Christmas, much of the Toronto area was kneecapped by Mother Nature. I talked to lots of people about how they handled the weather catastrophe and over and over peo...
Giving the customer their due!
Photo: Courtesy of Liz Manikas @Big Boys Scarborough, Ontario LET THE GAMES BEGIN! Go Team Canada Go! The Gold Medal Burger. Our 1/2 lb. burger topped with HOME-MADE slow-roasted Pulled Pork, crispy o...
The Cat and the Parrot
An art connoisseur passed a little grocery in New York when he noticed a kitten on the front step lapping up some milk in a bowl. The cat was mangy with one ear half chewed off and clumps of fur missi...
Let it snow….Pt 2
The other morning I woke to a 15cm (six inches for our US readers) of snow. Thankfully it was powdery which eased some of the stress on my aching joints and muscles – it has been a long winter a...
Never trust a lawyer!!!
A wealthy lawyer was riding in his limousine when he saw two men along the roadside eating grass. Disturbed, he ordered his driver to stop and he got out to investigate. He asked one man, “Why a...
Coffee after
CAFE CASINO ROYALE The other day rodent meteorologists predicted six more weeks of winter; a gloomy forecast for continued bad weather. When the weather outside has you feeling the winter blahs, inves...