Tackleball's Cannon

(note: I spent way too much time trying to think up a pun on “Pachelbel’s Canon” for the title of this post. I apologize in advance.) So anyway, last weekend, the Toronto Argonauts invited me to light the cannon that’s fired at the start of every game (and after every touchdown.) Of course I accepted! How could you not? Did I care that I had to cancel a train ticket and book a replacement flight to Halifax because we already had a complicated weekend! No, of course not. Look, I’ll never get to light the Olympic Torch. But this is a pretty close second. Here’s what it looked like in the stadium. Thanks to game day hosts Sean Bowen and Jess Smith for the kind words! the rehearsal Had to get down early for a rehearsal. Here it is: And I learned a few interesting things. You’re not actually lighting the cannon. You’re lighting a fuse, and then a countdown starts and 15 seconds later, cannon goes BOOM. But you’re not even lighting the fuse, either. They give you this torch - which probably…