(Throwback Thursday Story) The Night I Left My Church Book In Church

             I have to start today's blog post with I do not usually talk about my religion on here much as I keep that aspect of my life but I am not afraid to say that I am a proud Catholic and I got to church every week and during the week here and there. Now this was during Holy Week, which for those who aren't catholic, it is the week that is lead up to Easter Sunday. I was at the Holy Thursday mass and I left my church book in church. Clumsy? Forgetful? I think I was just forgetful as I had a lot on my mind with Chris B On The Web and in a very busy season for my podcast and my mind was just wondering that's all, I think I just didn't look at the pew before I left and usually I do, once again I had a lot on my mind. 


                Was I mad with myself, yes, as I had prayer cards in the book itself, but it was a blessing in disguise as I got a newer book with a better cover so you see it all worked out in the end, I had to just be a little patient and I just didn't have a book for the rest of March till the May book came in so I just used the book in church. Another factor was my mind was on my back, as I was dealing with back spasms at the time and I was in a lot of pain at the time. I have learned from my mistakes and I am making sure to look that I have the book or have my book in my pocket or in my hand.


                  The book could be in one of my pockets of my jackets I had one at the time so you never know and I will have to look when winter hits again but I am not worries about it right now, I have a new book and it is in the past but if I find it in my coat pocket, I will feel quite silly if that is the cast but time will tell down the road. That is my small Throwback Thursday and hope you enjoyed this little story I have told you guys.



Chris

What Do I Do If I Get Writer's Block?

             Writing can be tough from time to time and tonight's blog post speaks to it's own words as I found it hard to write on this subject tonight but I will try as hard on this subject as best as I can. Know for those who do not know, I love to write and I don't care if I got 5 or 6 views or 200 views, I just enjoy writing for you guys, my thoughts on what is going on in my life, adventures, topics, rants which mind you there hasn't been any recently but writing gets my inner thoughts going, gets out my ideas and thoughts. 


                Now have I had writer's block? of course I have with writing something in general and also in blogging. I can tell you a little story about the time, I was still was an YouTuber back in the good old days of my early years of online media. Anyways I was always writing when I was a YouTuber, as you know there is a ton of planning when it came to YouTube, especially for me who had his own web series that ran for 6 long seasons and you can probably tell by the end of the series, I was wiped out, hence the reason I took the break from content during the summer between the switch from YouTube to Podcasting. Now blogging wise, yes I do tend to have problems coming up with ideas for posts but it is you guys that inspire me to come up with ideas that is one way I seem to come out of the writer's block side of things. Sometimes I will go out for a walk and the fresh air does seem to get those creative juices once again flowing once again and it does help. Also sometimes I write down my ideas and go with the ones that seem to suit whatever I am writing.


                  You can get past through the writer's block as I have in the past and takes a little time and if you cannot think just walk away for a hour and come back to it or take my advice I said above and hopefully this helps you guys in your journey in writing, whether it is writing stories, a book, blog posts or writing a web series, just remember, you can do whatever you put your mind to it. I have sure come a long way on this blog!



Chris

Everything About Reality TV (Update)

             First of all, I haven't had any updates on how the podcast is doing but it is doing very well in the way of viewers but sometimes the views are slow but I will addressing something else that has to do with that later on on a separate post but once the views comes in then it makes it all worth the wait.  Today however, I wanna talk about the rumors I've heard about Survivor. Now as you know Everything About Reality TV is not just only about Survivor but adding into future years and it is expanding the lifespan of the podcast much longer then I was actually expecting but that's OK! I enjoy making the content for you guys regardless as it is a ton of fun to do, a lot of work.


            Now in the what do I mean by all of this? According to my friend Eric, he said that Survivor is being planned up to Season 42. Now I do not know the source he got it from and if this is true, I will be continuing on to be a very busy person over the next 3 - 4 years up to the year 2020 at the most which is incredible it would continue on this far but hey I will be a very busy body with the Everything About Reality TV Podcast over the next several years from Survivor to Amazing Race, Amazing Race Canada, Big Brother Canada and Big Brother US, no matter what there will always be a Reality TV show that will come out for me to RECAP. Currently I confirmed recapping Reality TV for 10 seasons but over the next couple of years, the numbers will increase greatly over the next many years to come!


                 I am very proud how far the podcast(s) have gone and there will be no stopping me now as the podcasts have become quite the popular and I will continue in the nearby future improving and get podcasts out in a fashionable order each and every week. Finally thank you guys for the non stop support on the podcast, I appreciate the love and support for Chris B On The Web!


Chris

Canada Day 2018

              So yesterday was a down low kind of day for me, I did not go anywhere, I stayed in the cool studio for the day which was probably the best move as we are currently in a heatwave here in Ontario, plus I didn't want to deal with 2 individuals as I have had my share of problems with them so I thought it was the best move for me to just stay and hang back and plus I was tired from a long day on Saturday after my trip to Toronto with my dad so it was nice to sit back and just take it easy. Mainly I played video games, write yesterday's blog post and that's it. Had a couple of runs at The Binding of Isaac, played some Grand Theft Auto 5 as well. I played some Minecraft but ended up quitting due to getting lost entirely in the game but that's OK, but I need a long break from Minecraft actually for now. It was a quiet afternoon for me and I got out for a small walk even though it was quite hot outside I still couldn't stay inside and do nothing and I just had to deal with the heat and mind you we are having this heat wave for the entire week long which will not be fun whatsoever but it is what it is honestly.



                  In the evening, my dad and I went up to Port Perry for the fireworks. Mind you we have done Port Perry before in the past and quite enjoyed it actually. They also had entertainment and playing so oldies but goodies as well while we were sitting there and just enjoying all the entertainment was going on. We got some drinks from the vendor there so we wouldn't get thirsty! As for the fireworks it started at 10 pm EDT, it wasn't as long as it has been in the past, I believe it was about 20 - 30 minutes long 2 years ago when we were there the last time around. But overall, it was still a great fireworks display regardless of the length, it didn't matter how long it was, what matters it was a very nice fireworks and makes it to my top 3 list of my favorite fireworks display that I have been to and you never know I may do a list in the nearby future.




Chris

Toronto Trip (June 30th, 2018)

                This was only planned a few days in advance and I was actually expecting to be in my studio working on Chris B On The Web and I knew with this being the long weekend, I made the executive decision to take the long weekend off from Saturday (yesterday) till tomorrow (Monday) so I will be only active on this blog ONLY for the next 24 hours or so while things here at the studio are very quiet and not much going on here till first thing on Tuesday morning. So I got to go into Toronto yesterday for the later half of the day into the evening in Toronto, with my dad obviously and I wasn't sure what we were going to do. 

                So we left around 2 pm EDT, we first stopped at the Catholic Book Store so I could actually get a new book cover for my church book as I lost which probably can be a throwback Thursday story for another day to tell you guys as it was an ridiculous story and totally my fault for not realizing to pick it up but I will tell you guys this on another day, another time. After that we went to Yorkdale mall to park and they told us no TTC parking like WTF... Where in the heck do we park? Like seriously! So we ended up driving up Allen Road North all the way to Finch Station and down. We got there, got on the subway and went down to North York Station and got off and visited Mel Lastman Square for a bit. Saw the fountain there and also they were also setting up for Canada Day Celebrations today as well.

Then we went to church via the 97 Young Street Bus down to Lawrence Avenue area. After mass we went down to the lake, had dinner, I had a polish sausage and a Gatorade  as well. While eating dinner, we actually heard a whistle, well I did and I knew it was the Trillium Ferry and it happened to run to the Islands and back but my dad thought it was only on a cruise but we decided to do the Ongaria ferry to Hanlans Point and back and they had 5 ferries, 1 on Wards, 2 on Center Island and 2 on Hanlan's Point as it was very busy at the island. We know next time to try and get the Trillium Ferry if we happen to hear it's 108 whistle go off again in the nearby future. Finally to end the day we had Gelato which is a less fattening version of ice cream but hey it was very tasty to have and I enjoy it. 


Happy Canada Day To All The Canadian's out there!



Chris

I'm Doing This For The Fans!

              I now realize, I need to listen to you guys, the most amazing group of supporters, fans. This community, meaning The CBOTW Community has grown so much even without a chatroom I mean the number of supporters it shows in the numbers. Now I know I don't usually talk about the numbers but it shows on my end. I keep em in mind and I know what is loved and what is hated on the podcast and everything seems to even out each and every season that I have covered. So it tells me the podcast is well received by you guys, same with The CBOTW Show Podcast, it's done extremely well, despite it being the newest of the Podcasts right now. 


             As you guys know I do polls and tons of polls here and there and it has helped me on the decisions that I had to make and I plan on continuing to do polls as well as it seems to be one of the popular posts when I tend to actually do posts. When the poll does end, I do listen to you guys and listen to every piece of feedback you guys have given me and I appreciate each and every piece of advice. Not just on Twitter and Instagram I am taking advice but also recently I have a secret discussion group among some of the former Mods and my Alumni we have a discussion going each and everyday, so that does help. 


              Finally, thank you to each and everyone of you guys for the love and support you have given me since the transition from YouTube to Audio ONLY Podcasting.  It has been a wild ride so far and it is not over yet as I stated in a blog post before, Everything About Reality TV Podcast will be around for quite some time with the recent announcement that the podcast is guaranteed all the way to the end of May of next year.  Also The CBOTW Show will be on and off quite a lot over the next several months and I am looking forward to the future in my podcasting career but hope you guys are looking forward to hearing the content I create for you guys! 


Chris

The Year I Saw My First Moose (Throwback Thursday Story)

                 So almost 11 years ago, was in 2007 on my trip out in Nova Scotia, as I have never been East or to the Canadian East Coast before, we decided to take a trip out and we of course stopped and saw family going out East and also on our way home as well. But anyways, we were up in Cape Breton and we saw an actual moose, now not the male moose with the huge antlers but anyways it was a female moose and it didn't mind us taking pictures of her but still she was a massive animal. I sure as heck wouldn't want to piss it off anytime soon but it was a cool experience. I think the moose, she was grazing on the side of the road eating some grass on the side of the road.


                 We were actually on our way to the Ferry that takes us to Prince Edward Island (PEI) as that was our next stop but we took a detour up in Cape Breton and that is when we saw this massive moose and was the first one I have and more then likely not my last moose I will see in my lifetime. I am sure I will come across one in the nearby future. We knew Moose like to graze near water and where there is grass and more then definitely we were in that right area at the right time but it was in the mid day and I thought that they usually are out early morning and evening normally but guess anything is possible at anytime. Yes the moose looked at us in the car and knew we were present across the road from where she stood at the time.


                  That is my moose story and hope you enjoyed this little throwback story, it was quite the experience to have and I can officially cross this off my bucket list in my lifetime at least. It was a fun trip and wish I had a picture to show you guys but I do not think I have those pictures anymore since I cannot get the pictures off the old hard drive right now at this time and I have to talk to my brother about that at some point this week or next week at the most.


Chris

ChrisBOnTheWeb.com Will Be Bouncing Back!

             After months of my website being down for the very longest time and problem after problem, the website getting suspended and all this craziness with trying to get the site up and running. Mind you on the other platform, I had the website done and ready for launch, however it ended up getting suspended as I stated above so that has been the low point for me right now is trying to determine whether it is worth re-building the site from the start once again and the weeks of hell and back and to the point of no sleep at all, so it has not been the easiest decision to make. I also have been thinking about whether I was going to have the .com website after November as my domain expires this year on November 7th, 2018. To this day I still do not the future of the website and that's OK, I still got sometime to make that decision whether I continue running the site and I had that conversation with Eric and Dave who happen to be Alumni (Former Members of Staff) and they even stated it is a lot of work to do to run a website. 


                 The good news is, I am indeed planning on re-building the website and today is the day of reckoning. Why you may ask? Well, today, I started to re-build the site from scratch and I can tell you there will be a couple of changes on the website when it is done and coded. The change is the way the podcast pages will look. Let's just say it will look a lot more sleek then it was before. Change is a good thing and I think this was a blessing that the site got suspended.  In the way of testing, it will be a closed BETA Test that's it. No open BETA test nothing this time around. I just decided to change things up a bit this time around and I have no room for error.  I do promise to not move sites and to stay put till the renewal of the domain and the plans I got for the future of ChrisBOnTheWeb.com.



Chris

The CBOTW Show- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Talk Is Underway!

            So 2 days ago, both Larry and I got together and got to sit down and record and talk about Season 1 of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and I can tell you he told me Monday evening that he really enjoyed himself. I mean it took me months of planning and getting ready and figuring out how to do this podcast and Sunday showed that I was very much ready and prepared to go for what is to be a great podcast. I know it was nothing but the most talked about on the discussion group for the last 8 to 9 months even when it was in the pre-planning stages for this podcast. Actually if I remember correctly, this was planned way before the birth of The CBOTW Show Podcast, before I came up with this name. Only reason I waited this long was I was currently in the production Recapping Music City on CMT which mind you even on the off season has become even more popular on the podcast. 


               I knew once Music City wrapped up, I had to fill the void with this podcast and I decided once Big Brother Canada & Survivor Ghost Island wrapped on the other podcast it was time to start production of the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Talk and only reason we delayed was because of the renovations in the main level (aka the kitchen) at the time. It was an appalling mess at the start of the month so we still got together, discussed the plans. Which  brings me to my final point of this post, which is 2 days ago we got together despite the power being out in the early morning, I was in panic but it came on close to 745 am EST so it eased my stress levels quite a lot. I admit we had fun and we recorded a little over an hour. I looked up at the right hand side screen it was already 30 minutes, then I looked back 20 minutes later, it was 50 minutes and we were still talking about Power Rangers. We had quite the conversation going and I admit I know him and I am a bunch of nerds but hey that's OK With me! Lastly, I can see The CBOTW Show Podcast doing great things in the future. 


Chris

Fiesta Week 2018- Italian Pavilion

              So on Saturday afternoon, I had the chance to go to the Italian Pavilion with my dad to try some more food. Now I love Italian Food and I saw something on the menu, that I probably never tried before and I will get to that very shortly. We were greeted by 2 gentleman at the door, we showed our passports as that is our ticket to get in. Paid for the passport the one time and it was the ticket in the door here on our. The only thing we had to pay for was the food as the passport been paid for back on Thursday. There was tons of choices for food, Cannelloni, Lasagna,  Veal Parmesan, Pizza, you name it! 


              What do we choose to eat? Well, my dad had Cannelloni which is stuffed with Ricotta Cheese and he had the veal Parmesan on a bun which I  had the veal not on a bun with the Cannelloni on the side as I am trying my hardest to stick to my diet as much as I can but it cannot be helped at this point of trying all these different foods that we had at the two pavilions we visited last week. Now food wise, it was very tasty, not bland whatsoever. Had great flavor it was actually not bad. The Cannelloni I tasted, instantly fell in love with it right off the bat. I wanted to take another bite and another bite right to the last bite. The meat was so tender and flavorful, it practically melted in my mouth actually. 


            So I would definitely recommend the Italian Pavilion but I recommend both that I have been to last week. I just had a piece of dry meat at the Ukrainian Festival that's all. I enjoyed going to the Fiesta Week and would like to go once again next year and we got a couple on the list we would like to go to. Caribbean Pavilion, French-Canadian, the other Polish Pavilion so we got our list already made for Fiesta Week 2019 and trust me I am looking forward to it once again next year!


Chris

Fiesta Week 2018- Ukrainian Festival

             Late Thursday afternoon I went to one of the pavilions for the Fiesta Week 2018. I particularly went to the Ukrainian Pavilion for food with my parents. It was fun and the food was really good. The only thing that did bother me was the fact the pork cutlet was a bit dry and bland. I know I am starting to sound like Gordon Ramsey but it was the truth. Was off then I am normally use to with Pork Cutlets. My mom gave me a piece of hers and was a bit better but sometimes I am quite the picky kind of person. I got a bit of Chef Ramsey in me minus the yelling and what not. Least I know when something is bland and that it needs more flavor to be added to the food.


                I know the cabbage rolls were like my moms but I still ate it regardless and I actually still tastes really good. Finally the perogies were really good like usual. I actually got to eat at Lviv Hall before as I had my Friday Night End of the Season Bowling banquet.  Instead of having pork cutlet it was a Shish kebab. This Kebab actually had no breading compare to the ones we actually had during the Fiesta Week was different but still looked amazing anyways. Finally it felt quite nice to be back at the hall as it has been several years, maybe 10 years at the least since the last time I was there for the banquet but the hall hasn't changed a bit since the last time I was there.


              My final words for today's post is I will be back at another Pavilion and I believe it is the Italian Pavilion we are planning to do and I will be posting up a blog post Sunday while I am certainly busy with Larry Rieck here in Studio recording 2 different podcasts but the blog post will about the second pavilion and what I thought about the food I have tried there. I hope you enjoyed this small synopsis about the Ukrainian Pavilion and I look forward to reviewing another one tomorrow.



Chris