All my #The500Blog posts are at the50-20.blogspot.com I'm in the #Final100 Coming up next... #98 is "This Year's Model" from Elvis Costello

All my #The500Blog posts are at the50-20.blogspot.com Next week, we hut #99 - "There's A Riot Going On" from Sly and the Family Stone. #Final100

Decided to try actor Jeff Daniel’s favourite sandwich & was surprised how well these disparate flavours & textures work. No real nutritional value, but a fun treat after an hour cutting grass. Ingredients: Pita bread Creamy peanut butter Ruffles Cheddar & Sour Cream potato chips-crushed BBQ sauce

I first saw Sam Neill in “The Final Contact”, when I was a teenager and loved his work throughout my life - from “Dead Calm” to “The Hunt For Red October” through the “Jurassic” films, “Peaky Blinders” and “Hunt For The Wilderpeople”. He made every film he was in even better. #RIPSamNeill

Norway takes out Brazil. The hype on Haaland is justified. I suspect I will be seeing his name on student jerseys a lot more often next September. Tough not to root for a team from a country with a population smaller than Ontario #NorwayvBrazil #WorldCup #Haaland

Happy 250th to my American friends. Hope you have a wonderful weekend celebration

Next week, I write my 400th blog in #The500Blog series. It'll be about "In The Wee Small Hours" from The Chairman of The Board - Frank Sinatra. It was his 9th studio record.

Celebrating another successful school year and surprising my wife with a trip to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of our favourite musical. "Hedwig and The Angry Inch" at the Danforth - with writer and star John Cameron Mitchell.

Forgot to post this earlier in the week - the chaos, and excitement, of a school year ending scrambled my attention. #102 is "Fresh Cream" from Cream

Back to 1960 for a little Post-Bop/Hard-Pop Jazz from a saxophone monster. #103 on #The500Blog is "Giant Steps" from John Coltrane

#104 is coming next. Which means that I am exactly two years away from completing #The500Blog It's "Sweet Baby James" from James Taylor

For the sixth straight year, a student from the class has volunteered to be a guest writer on my #The500Blog journey. At 11 yrs. and 9 months, Hadley will be the youngest so far. She has selected The Ramones - "Rocket To Russia" #106 as her record. Look for it next week.

"Portrait of a Legend" indeed, #107 on #The500Blog is an anthology by Sam Cooke, spanning his sadly shortened career from 1951-1964. All my #The500Blog posts can be found here the50-20.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-...

Big first win. Been waiting since 2007 for ths. #LetsGoBuffalo

All my #The500Blog posts are at the50-20.blogspot.com Coming Soon: #109 from The Rolling Stones, "Aftermath" -their first record to include only original songs, including some classics featuring-depending on which edition, UK or USA - "Paint It Black", "Mothers Little Helper" & "Under My Thumb".

#110 on #The500Blog is "Loaded" the fourth studio record from The Velvet Underground. I knew the hit, "Sweet Jane", but the rest of the record was new to me. What a journey through the genres - sunshine pop, torch songs, soulful R&B, good ol' Rock and Roll. It is a delightful listen.

All my #The500Blog posts are at the50-20.blogspot.com Next Week, is one that dominated my world for several weeks in 1995. #111 is "The Bends" from Radiohead Where does it rank among Radiohead releases for you?

Coming Soon #112 on #The500Blog is "If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears", the debut record from The Mama's and The Papa's.

#113 on #The500Blog comes from Canadian National Treasure - Joni Mitchell. It's her sixth studio record, "Court and Spark" (1974) All my posts are at the50-20.blogspot.com

All my #The500Blog posts are at the50-20.blogspot.com Next week, I talk about my ridiculously brief career as a lead singer of band. #113 is "Disraeli Gears" from Cream

All my #The500Blog posts are at the50-20.blogspot.com Next week, #115 is "The Who Sell Out" from The Who.

#RIPValeriePerrine She was among my first celebrity crushes back when I first saw her as Eve Teschmacher in the 70s ”Superman” movie - to add to my nerd cred, my first Dungeons & Dragons character was a warrior named “Perival” - a 15-year-old’s clever reverse portmanteau of her name!

I was late to Buffy the Vampire Slayer. My wife had to drag me into it, and I was fully prepared to roll my eyes. Instead, I ended up loving it, and a huge part of that was Nicholas Brendon’s performance as Xander. Thanks for the laughs & unexpected joy 54 is far too young. #RIPNicholasBrendon

All my posts are at the50-20.blogspot.com Next week, it is album #116 - "Out of our Heads" the third studio record from The Rolling Stones.

I've hit that sweet spot in the school year where the students and I have figured each other out *They know my expectations and are delivering *We collaborate on fun playlists *They balance work & social time at a reasonable volume. Today, we put Gen Alpha slang into our latest rubric.

All my blog posts are at the50-20.blogspot.com Next week, it is the second studio record from Kanye West. #118 is "Late Registration". I can only play it early in the morning, before students arrive. I've gotta admit, it's catchy. Caught myself bopping today as I set up.

#119 on #The500Blog is "At Last", the debut record form Jamesetta Hawkins - aka, the late, great Etta James.

Sooory, eh. Canada will be temporarily closed on Sunday morning. #CanadaVsUSA #OlympicHockey #Olympics2026

Tough one to lose, but congrats Team Canada on the silver medal. You did us proud.🥈 Begrudging tip of the hat to Team USA