I see the great Nathan Rourke play in person for the first time, the Argos have a home game in Hamilton, and I lose some commercial directing jobs to some industry legends.

Lionel Richie deconstructed, pet peeve articulated, how Brett Lawrie saved the Jays and Chris Flynn saved the day. Tre Ford. Taylor Elgersma. A video director changes the course of country music, Russ Jackson outlasts the Beatles and an autographed Boris Bede jersey inspires our narrator.

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Mitchell vs. Collaros. 2026. A sound from that game on tv reminds me of a sound I heard the night that Bruce Springsteen first played in Hamilton.

Dispatches from the pandemic, Y2K, and the longest championship drought in the league. Flutie. Speedy. Country music. Danny Lanois. Heartaches by the numbers. And why I honestly thought that this was the year.

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While my brother is serving his church mission in Quebec, I get a gift in the mail from my role model. Sweeping youthful observations from Buono to Bono. Dattilio to Calvillo. Ferragamo to the Big O. Montreal during the days of disco. The most happening town in the world. Expansion. Contraction. Ice and Staples. A business story. A football story. How U2 saved the Als and how The Wall came to be. A story of Me and Ah You.

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