Rants from the man who brings you DobberHockey and the Dobber Sports Network
It’s been an interesting last six weeks since the last update, and I’ll summarize it here. Perhaps you, or someone you know, is going through a second bout with leukemia and having a second stem-cell transplant (SCT). Perhaps this helps prepare you for what’s to come.
Continue reading “The Second Stem Cell Transplant Date is Set”
This legendary rocker never seemed to age, pushing good music out there well into his forties. It really caught many of us off guard when he passed away just shy of his 67th birthday.
Continue reading “The 20 Best Songs from Tom Petty”
I was indeed diagnosed with cancer again. Leukemia for the second time. These past couple of months have been a whirlwind, beginning with relentless bad that was, eventually, followed by…some good. Hope.
Continue reading “Round 2 Begins”
At five years post-transplant, we’re told that the odds of relapse are quite slim. After two years, in fact, those odds are quite slim. If you make it that far without the stem cells being rejected, or without a cancer relapse, you’re probably going to make it.
I didn’t want to ever write a post in this section of my blog again. But here we are.
Continue reading “New Struggles”
While reviewing and cataloging all music, I was curious about certain groups and artists and how I feel about their music today. I decided to rank the songs of some of the greats and after kicking things off with the Beatles, Zeppelin, Nirvana, Fleetwood Mac, The Rolling Stones, CCR and R.E.M. It’s high time I moved onto a Canadian band.
Continue reading “The Best Songs from 54-40”
My first full year running DobberHockey was certainly a busy one. My wife and I learned we were having our first child, and my daughter was born on Christmas day. Meanwhile, I was trying to prove to myself (and my wife) that I could make this fantasy hockey thing work…
Continue reading “My Favorite Songs from 2008”
It was a year of transition for yours truly. In the summer of that year I had decided to quit my job and run DobberHockey full time. That meant no more commuting. No more radio. I played music all day long on my PC while I worked – but that music was from my already-vast collection. There were limited occasions where I played new stuff.
Continue reading “My Favorite Songs from 2007”
It wasn’t a good year for rock music. Even listening to these songs over and over again, trying to find some kind of connection with them – I came up empty. For the first time since 1963, I didn’t find a single song I would classify as “awesome”.
Continue reading “My Favorite Songs from 2006”
Everyone who wants to be vaccinated in Ontario is now vaccinated, in terms of those aged 12 and up. Sure, there are a handful of stragglers, but by and large if you really want the vaccine and you live in Ontario, you have gotten it. Twice. Now what?
Continue reading “COVID-19 Ontario: Is There An Exit Strategy?”
While reviewing and cataloging all music, I was curious about certain groups and artists and how I feel about their music today. I decided to rank the songs of some of the greats and after kicking things off with the Beatles, Zeppelin, Nirvana, Fleetwood Mac, The Stones and CCR – next up is R.E.M.
Continue reading “The 40 Best Songs by R.E.M.”
Dobber's Take 
Things people have said about this, that I don’t care about