Happy early afternoon good people of the internet.
Where does the time go eh. I know, terrible joke, but it seemed fitting today.
In case you've been asleep for 2 days, please make sure to turn all of your clocks and watches ahead an hour. Your cell phone should take care of itself, but you may want to double check.
Sunday's are great opportunities to do many things. Nothing, is one of them and one of my personal favourites. So far I've watched Batman: The Brave and the Bold, Raptors basketball, NY Rangers vs. Boston Bruins hockey, Tim Hortons Briar curling and now brought to me by the good ppl at TMN, 10,000 BC.
For lunch, trail mix and some V8 Strawberry/ Banana flavoured juice. I feel kinda like at home Survivorman.
A big thumbs up to Canada's World Baseball Classic squad for a great game yesterday. It's true we lost 6-5 to the Americans, but it was a hell of a game and kept me on the edge of my seat until the final out. It reminded me why I love sport. Thousands or Millions of people cheering on a group of individuals working towards a common goal. The tournament doesn't end here though ppl, so keep cheering. Go Canada Go!
Dwayne (I'm not just The Rock) Johnson did a great job hosting SNL last night. He took a page from Hugh Jackman's Oscar book and gave the world a little song and dance during his monologue. Special pop-ins by Justin Timberlake and his gal pal Jessica Biel were well played during Weekend Update, watch online if you missed it.
Mobile today so I haven't been looking for other random news. But I'm sure it's out there.
So, go forth info craving web dwellers. Find your sources and take what you like.
Until tomorrow.
Sunday, March 8, 2009
Saturday, March 7, 2009
Weekend Musings, Spring Ahead Edition
Good morning and welcome to your Saturday.
This just in, apparently my microwave went crazy… this story doesn’t have a link or anything.
It’s Saturday which means Hockey Night in Canada. Nothing really exceptional to mention other than Mes Canadiens need a win (but aren’t playing) and Martin Gerber will be looking for his second straight win as a Leaf while he tries to stick it to the Ottawa Senators for giving up on him.
World Baseball Classic action kicks off in Toronto today as Team Canada hosts Team USA at the Rogers Centre. Team Italy and Team Venezuela also go at it today in round one play.
Usain Bolt has confirmed that he will run in Toronto on June 11th of this year at Varsity Stadium at the University of Toronto. The Fastest Man Alive will be here for a reported cheque of $250,000. Not bad for 100 metres and 10 seconds or so of work.
In the non sporting world, remember to turn your clocks forward this evening before bed so that you’re on time for anything that you are supposed to be doing tomorrow.
Toronto Mayor David Miller really does love Twitter as I mentioned a few days ago. Yesterday was Toronto’s 175th birthday and the mayor was all over his Twitter feed. Turns out that by his own admission he wasn’t elected based on his singing ability.
Also in the political vein Ontario PC leader John Tory has announced that he will keep his word and step down as leader after losing his by-election race in Haliburton – Kawartha Lakes – Brock. Dude says that he’ll step down for an interim leader and the party will hold a leadership convention in June.
The Provincial NDP will also have a new leader as early as today. Delegates are in Hamilton to choose a new leader. There are 4 candidates vying for the position.
Taylor Swift has been number 1 on The Billboard 200 for 10 weeks in a row. Honestly, I wasn’t going to write about her today, but there was the story, right in front of me.
How does a Prince woo a woman? The answer could soon be yours for the right price. Six love letters that Prince Charles wrote between 1970 and 1980 to a British born chick that was living in Montreal at the time will go on the block for some collector to scoop up. Why, I’m not sure. But a fool and his money are easily parted.
In, yes I am a geek news, there’s a new book out that I think I may really have to get my hands on. Paul Zehr works as a Researcher at the University of Victoria and has written a book called Becoming Batman: The Possibility of a Superhero. I found the story at theglobeandmail.com and it will be in Today’s links.
Today’s Links:
http://www.thestar.com/Sports/article/598152 - Usain Bolt To Run in Toronto.
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Tory+steps+down+after+election+loss/1361928/story.html - Bye bye John Tory.
http://www.xtra.ca/public/National/Four_candidates_vie_for_Ontario_NDP_leadership-6335.aspx - Ontario NDP Leadership Convention.
http://www.hollywoodlife.net/Article.aspx?articlepath=RSS\Gossip\20090307\Victory-Lap-Taylor-Swift.xml&cat=Gossip&pcur=1&ipp=10&pageid=1#Victory_Lap:_Taylor_Swift - Ms. Swift Does It Again.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090306.wletters07/BNStory/National/home - Prince Charles' Love Letters For Sale.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090306.wlsuperhero06/BNStory/lifeMain/ - We Can All Be Batman.
This just in, apparently my microwave went crazy… this story doesn’t have a link or anything.
It’s Saturday which means Hockey Night in Canada. Nothing really exceptional to mention other than Mes Canadiens need a win (but aren’t playing) and Martin Gerber will be looking for his second straight win as a Leaf while he tries to stick it to the Ottawa Senators for giving up on him.
World Baseball Classic action kicks off in Toronto today as Team Canada hosts Team USA at the Rogers Centre. Team Italy and Team Venezuela also go at it today in round one play.
Usain Bolt has confirmed that he will run in Toronto on June 11th of this year at Varsity Stadium at the University of Toronto. The Fastest Man Alive will be here for a reported cheque of $250,000. Not bad for 100 metres and 10 seconds or so of work.
In the non sporting world, remember to turn your clocks forward this evening before bed so that you’re on time for anything that you are supposed to be doing tomorrow.
Toronto Mayor David Miller really does love Twitter as I mentioned a few days ago. Yesterday was Toronto’s 175th birthday and the mayor was all over his Twitter feed. Turns out that by his own admission he wasn’t elected based on his singing ability.
Also in the political vein Ontario PC leader John Tory has announced that he will keep his word and step down as leader after losing his by-election race in Haliburton – Kawartha Lakes – Brock. Dude says that he’ll step down for an interim leader and the party will hold a leadership convention in June.
The Provincial NDP will also have a new leader as early as today. Delegates are in Hamilton to choose a new leader. There are 4 candidates vying for the position.
Taylor Swift has been number 1 on The Billboard 200 for 10 weeks in a row. Honestly, I wasn’t going to write about her today, but there was the story, right in front of me.
How does a Prince woo a woman? The answer could soon be yours for the right price. Six love letters that Prince Charles wrote between 1970 and 1980 to a British born chick that was living in Montreal at the time will go on the block for some collector to scoop up. Why, I’m not sure. But a fool and his money are easily parted.
In, yes I am a geek news, there’s a new book out that I think I may really have to get my hands on. Paul Zehr works as a Researcher at the University of Victoria and has written a book called Becoming Batman: The Possibility of a Superhero. I found the story at theglobeandmail.com and it will be in Today’s links.
Today’s Links:
http://www.thestar.com/Sports/article/598152 - Usain Bolt To Run in Toronto.
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Tory+steps+down+after+election+loss/1361928/story.html - Bye bye John Tory.
http://www.xtra.ca/public/National/Four_candidates_vie_for_Ontario_NDP_leadership-6335.aspx - Ontario NDP Leadership Convention.
http://www.hollywoodlife.net/Article.aspx?articlepath=RSS\Gossip\20090307\Victory-Lap-Taylor-Swift.xml&cat=Gossip&pcur=1&ipp=10&pageid=1#Victory_Lap:_Taylor_Swift - Ms. Swift Does It Again.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090306.wletters07/BNStory/National/home - Prince Charles' Love Letters For Sale.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090306.wlsuperhero06/BNStory/lifeMain/ - We Can All Be Batman.
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Mobile Quickfire Musings
Mobile Quickfire Musings
I'm mobile only today my friends so everything is going to be short, sweet and to the point. Research anything as you like. I'm a fan of knowledge. Mine and yours.
- Taylor Swift is on CSI tonight.
- New MLB game out for my outdated PS2. So far so good.
- NHL Trade Deadline has come and gone. Now the real season starts.
- Toronto turns 175 tomorrow. I Twittered Mayor David Miller to see if he gets to blow out the candles, but he didn't answer.
- Watchmen also hits theatres tomorrow... Be ready ppl and as some critics are suggesting, get the big drink (unless you have a small bladder) it's 2 hours and 41 minutes long.
- Still looking for a review of the new Wonder Woman animated feature...
- Rent is paid.
- Forecast calls for 12 degrees tomorrow. Big change from -15 earlier in the week.
- Overall tomorrow sounds good.
- 2 "boys" 15 and 16 arrested for armed robbery in Toronto.
- Mythbusters, MacGyver special... OMG!!!
With that, I'm out of here to watch.
I'm mobile only today my friends so everything is going to be short, sweet and to the point. Research anything as you like. I'm a fan of knowledge. Mine and yours.
- Taylor Swift is on CSI tonight.
- New MLB game out for my outdated PS2. So far so good.
- NHL Trade Deadline has come and gone. Now the real season starts.
- Toronto turns 175 tomorrow. I Twittered Mayor David Miller to see if he gets to blow out the candles, but he didn't answer.
- Watchmen also hits theatres tomorrow... Be ready ppl and as some critics are suggesting, get the big drink (unless you have a small bladder) it's 2 hours and 41 minutes long.
- Still looking for a review of the new Wonder Woman animated feature...
- Rent is paid.
- Forecast calls for 12 degrees tomorrow. Big change from -15 earlier in the week.
- Overall tomorrow sounds good.
- 2 "boys" 15 and 16 arrested for armed robbery in Toronto.
- Mythbusters, MacGyver special... OMG!!!
With that, I'm out of here to watch.
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Trade Deadline Morning Musings
Happy Deadline Day hockey fans!!!
Leafs TV personality Jody Vance wrote a piece for the 24 Hours Daily on Monday asking why NHL Trade Deadline Day isn’t a Canadian Holiday rather than Family Day. Sounds foolish at first, but think about it, does Family Day get 10 hour dedication from 3 National Cable Networks?
I’ll fully admit right here and now that one year not too long ago I skipped my college classes for a day to watch 3 pronged coverage of the NHL trade deadline. The 3 prongs were (and still are) SportsNet, TSN and The Score. I don’t remember the trades that day, I think maybe that’s the day that Doug Gilmour went back to Toronto before wrecking his knee… but I don’t know. It’s not about the memories most years. It’s about the anticipation and action between 7am and 3pm.
I’ll also admit that I have been so wrapped up in waiting for today to happen that I have no idea what else is going on in the world. I’ll go check.
Sad news out of the Florida Gulf Coast as the Coast Guard has called off their search for NFL players Marquis Cooper and Corey Smith. The players and 2 others were ship wrecked over the weekend with only one survivor found. Thoughts and prayers go out to the University of South Florida and NFL families as well as the families of the lost at this time.
Thoughts and prayers also go out to the families of 3 fallen Canadian soldiers and 2 wounded in Afghanistan. The recent fallen bring Canada’s number to 111 since the mission started in 2002. Hopefully in the near future we will start to see and hear good news stories from the region. My fingers are crossed.
MSN Entertainment is hocking People’s story with regards to what celeb chicks us dudes want to party with. The results, (drum roll please) Tina Fey and Megan Fox. Discuss amongst yourselves.
Ontario MPPs were given a lesson in manners and acceptable speech on Tuesday. The Speaker of the House told everyone to remember that words like “Jerk” and “Stupid” (not always together, but alone as well) don’t do anything to keep things running smoothly in the House. Play nice ladies and gentlemen.
Rumour is that Disney is going to make a High School Musical 4. The movie wouldn’t go to theatres like High School Musical 3 did. It would instead be shown on the Disney Channel like the first 2 installments of the series were. I’m not sure how I feel about this. I haven’t seen 3 yet so I should probably reserve judgment.
This news is pretty cool. Hunters are looking into the possibility of shooting “green bullets” instead of the more popular and traditional lead based bullets of old. The controversy boils over as hunting groups (who get their back up pretty easily) say that lead bullets aren’t bad for the environment and pose no risk. It looks like another “from my cold dead hands” situation. Not a major story, but could be interesting to see what goes on with this one.
A new Gallop Poll shows that Americans view us as their second best friend. Great Britain has us beat for the top spot. Canada did get top spot among Democrats and Americans near the border. But the big thing is that the UK got a ton of good press in The States for their support in the War on Terror in Iraq.
That’s a lot of news for you today people. Sift through it and use it as part of a healthy diet.
As ESPN.com’s John Buccigross recently told me, be well.
Today’s links:
http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/9287920/Coast-Guard-ends-search-for-two-NFL-players?MSNHPHMA - Coast Guard Calls Off Search.
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/090304/world/afghan_cda_soldiers_killed - Cdn Soldiers Killed In Afghanistan.
http://wonderwall.msn.com/movies/megan-fox-tina-fey-voted-top-party-girls-1511084.story?gt1=28135 - People Mag Party Girls
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/cbc/090303/canada/canada_toronto_leg_language - Politicians Given Speech By Speaker.
http://www.hollywoodlife.net/Article.aspx?articlepath=RSS\Gossip\20090304\High-School-Musical-4-Lets-Be-Realistic.xml&cat=Gossip&pcur=1&ipp=10&pageid=1#High_School_Musical_4:_Lets_Be_Realistic - High School Musical 4?
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/03/04/green.bullets/index.html - Green Bullets?
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090304.wally04/BNStory/National/home - Great Britain Better Friend Material Than Canada.
Leafs TV personality Jody Vance wrote a piece for the 24 Hours Daily on Monday asking why NHL Trade Deadline Day isn’t a Canadian Holiday rather than Family Day. Sounds foolish at first, but think about it, does Family Day get 10 hour dedication from 3 National Cable Networks?
I’ll fully admit right here and now that one year not too long ago I skipped my college classes for a day to watch 3 pronged coverage of the NHL trade deadline. The 3 prongs were (and still are) SportsNet, TSN and The Score. I don’t remember the trades that day, I think maybe that’s the day that Doug Gilmour went back to Toronto before wrecking his knee… but I don’t know. It’s not about the memories most years. It’s about the anticipation and action between 7am and 3pm.
I’ll also admit that I have been so wrapped up in waiting for today to happen that I have no idea what else is going on in the world. I’ll go check.
Sad news out of the Florida Gulf Coast as the Coast Guard has called off their search for NFL players Marquis Cooper and Corey Smith. The players and 2 others were ship wrecked over the weekend with only one survivor found. Thoughts and prayers go out to the University of South Florida and NFL families as well as the families of the lost at this time.
Thoughts and prayers also go out to the families of 3 fallen Canadian soldiers and 2 wounded in Afghanistan. The recent fallen bring Canada’s number to 111 since the mission started in 2002. Hopefully in the near future we will start to see and hear good news stories from the region. My fingers are crossed.
MSN Entertainment is hocking People’s story with regards to what celeb chicks us dudes want to party with. The results, (drum roll please) Tina Fey and Megan Fox. Discuss amongst yourselves.
Ontario MPPs were given a lesson in manners and acceptable speech on Tuesday. The Speaker of the House told everyone to remember that words like “Jerk” and “Stupid” (not always together, but alone as well) don’t do anything to keep things running smoothly in the House. Play nice ladies and gentlemen.
Rumour is that Disney is going to make a High School Musical 4. The movie wouldn’t go to theatres like High School Musical 3 did. It would instead be shown on the Disney Channel like the first 2 installments of the series were. I’m not sure how I feel about this. I haven’t seen 3 yet so I should probably reserve judgment.
This news is pretty cool. Hunters are looking into the possibility of shooting “green bullets” instead of the more popular and traditional lead based bullets of old. The controversy boils over as hunting groups (who get their back up pretty easily) say that lead bullets aren’t bad for the environment and pose no risk. It looks like another “from my cold dead hands” situation. Not a major story, but could be interesting to see what goes on with this one.
A new Gallop Poll shows that Americans view us as their second best friend. Great Britain has us beat for the top spot. Canada did get top spot among Democrats and Americans near the border. But the big thing is that the UK got a ton of good press in The States for their support in the War on Terror in Iraq.
That’s a lot of news for you today people. Sift through it and use it as part of a healthy diet.
As ESPN.com’s John Buccigross recently told me, be well.
Today’s links:
http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/9287920/Coast-Guard-ends-search-for-two-NFL-players?MSNHPHMA - Coast Guard Calls Off Search.
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/090304/world/afghan_cda_soldiers_killed - Cdn Soldiers Killed In Afghanistan.
http://wonderwall.msn.com/movies/megan-fox-tina-fey-voted-top-party-girls-1511084.story?gt1=28135 - People Mag Party Girls
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/cbc/090303/canada/canada_toronto_leg_language - Politicians Given Speech By Speaker.
http://www.hollywoodlife.net/Article.aspx?articlepath=RSS\Gossip\20090304\High-School-Musical-4-Lets-Be-Realistic.xml&cat=Gossip&pcur=1&ipp=10&pageid=1#High_School_Musical_4:_Lets_Be_Realistic - High School Musical 4?
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/03/04/green.bullets/index.html - Green Bullets?
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090304.wally04/BNStory/National/home - Great Britain Better Friend Material Than Canada.
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Tuesday Musings, Still Cold
Good morning campers.
To start off this morning let’s look at the local news. A dude was charged with Stunt Driving on HWY 400 this morning after he was caught on radar driving 250 km/hr. 250! That’s wild, I have never been close to that fast in any car that I’ve owned. Mind you, none of the cars that I’ve owned would be able to go that fast. In order: 1991 Dodge Shadow, 1994 Chevy Cavalier, 1995 Mazda MX6, 1991 Buick Regal Custom, there was no way that any of those cars would have hit 250. In fact, the Shadow had a mean speed wobble at 150, the Cavalier was gutless, the MX6 hit a bump once at high speed on a back road and I lost the muffler and the Buick was a boat better designed for Sunday driving than drag racing.
On a side note, I miss driving. I know that it’s not practical, I know that it would be bad for the environment, and I know that it would take a huge hit from my disposable income, but some days I miss being able to jump in the car to go to work. Or to go visit the fam.
In Best Job in the World news: The 50 finalists the Australian Tourism gig have been announced. I’ll attach the link to their site with the videos that the applicants sent in. 22 countries are represented in the 50 including Canada.
MSN Money has a fantastic link section today for finding bargains in this harsh economic climate. I’m impressed. I’m going to spend some time looking into it and it will be in today’s links. Highlights include: 10 things you should never buy new, How to get 26 fabulous freebies and 8 tips for scoring at thrift shops. Which reminds me, I need to get to a good thrift shop.
March is now really here as we are now the 3rd of the month. Here are some of the reasons to love March 2009. Watchmen, World Baseball Classic, NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament and Final Four, Evil Dead: The Musical runs in Ottawa, March Break for tons of kids and teachers all over the place, NHL Trade Deadline day and hopefully some warmer weather.
Big shout out to Twitter on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart last night. Tongue in cheek of course with coverage from Samantha Bee, but hey, that’s the way things get noticed. There’s some ridiculous number of people that only get their news from Stewart and Colbert anyway.
In hooker news, Ottawa has arrested 19 people in a prostitution sweep over 3 days. 13 dudes and 6 females were charged with a total of 30 charges laid. 6 of the guys qualified for “John school”. 5 of the other dudes will be sent those letters to their house warning them of the dangers of prostitution. I hope that nobody has to explain anything to their significant others. Note: If I know you, don't be calling me to bail you out. Thank you.
I think we’ll end on that note today. Play Smart and Play Safe.
Today’s Links:
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/090303/national/speeder_charged_1 - 250 KM/HR
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/090303/world/australia_world_s_best_job_5 - World's Best Job, Top 50
http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/SmartSpending/FindDealsOnline/FindDealsOnlineDyn.aspx?cp-documentid=18252732 - Smart Shopping and Saving Tips
http://twitter.com/ - Twitter, again
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Prostitution+sweep+nets/1345493/story.html - Prostitution Sweep in Ottawa
To start off this morning let’s look at the local news. A dude was charged with Stunt Driving on HWY 400 this morning after he was caught on radar driving 250 km/hr. 250! That’s wild, I have never been close to that fast in any car that I’ve owned. Mind you, none of the cars that I’ve owned would be able to go that fast. In order: 1991 Dodge Shadow, 1994 Chevy Cavalier, 1995 Mazda MX6, 1991 Buick Regal Custom, there was no way that any of those cars would have hit 250. In fact, the Shadow had a mean speed wobble at 150, the Cavalier was gutless, the MX6 hit a bump once at high speed on a back road and I lost the muffler and the Buick was a boat better designed for Sunday driving than drag racing.
On a side note, I miss driving. I know that it’s not practical, I know that it would be bad for the environment, and I know that it would take a huge hit from my disposable income, but some days I miss being able to jump in the car to go to work. Or to go visit the fam.
In Best Job in the World news: The 50 finalists the Australian Tourism gig have been announced. I’ll attach the link to their site with the videos that the applicants sent in. 22 countries are represented in the 50 including Canada.
MSN Money has a fantastic link section today for finding bargains in this harsh economic climate. I’m impressed. I’m going to spend some time looking into it and it will be in today’s links. Highlights include: 10 things you should never buy new, How to get 26 fabulous freebies and 8 tips for scoring at thrift shops. Which reminds me, I need to get to a good thrift shop.
March is now really here as we are now the 3rd of the month. Here are some of the reasons to love March 2009. Watchmen, World Baseball Classic, NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament and Final Four, Evil Dead: The Musical runs in Ottawa, March Break for tons of kids and teachers all over the place, NHL Trade Deadline day and hopefully some warmer weather.
Big shout out to Twitter on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart last night. Tongue in cheek of course with coverage from Samantha Bee, but hey, that’s the way things get noticed. There’s some ridiculous number of people that only get their news from Stewart and Colbert anyway.
In hooker news, Ottawa has arrested 19 people in a prostitution sweep over 3 days. 13 dudes and 6 females were charged with a total of 30 charges laid. 6 of the guys qualified for “John school”. 5 of the other dudes will be sent those letters to their house warning them of the dangers of prostitution. I hope that nobody has to explain anything to their significant others. Note: If I know you, don't be calling me to bail you out. Thank you.
I think we’ll end on that note today. Play Smart and Play Safe.
Today’s Links:
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/090303/national/speeder_charged_1 - 250 KM/HR
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/090303/world/australia_world_s_best_job_5 - World's Best Job, Top 50
http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/SmartSpending/FindDealsOnline/FindDealsOnlineDyn.aspx?cp-documentid=18252732 - Smart Shopping and Saving Tips
http://twitter.com/ - Twitter, again
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Prostitution+sweep+nets/1345493/story.html - Prostitution Sweep in Ottawa
Monday, March 2, 2009
Cold Monday Morning Musings
Good morning people, I hope that you are all bundled up.
It’s ridiculously cold here this morning. The morning news says that the regular temperature for March 2 should be 2 degrees Celsius. The actual temperature this morning… -15 degrees Celsius, and when you factor in the wind chill, it was a frigid -26. I don’t like it one bit. I don’t mind the cold when it’s supposed to be cold. But it’s not supposed to be this cold now. We were supposed to be past all of that.
In other weather news, if you happen to be headed to Montreal this weekend you will find the temperature near 1 degree, but there’s a strong chance that 15-25 cm of snow may fall from Friday to Sunday.
In fantastic, amazing, medical news Canadian researchers at Mt. Sinai have found a safe way to turn skin cells into stem cells. This is huge news people. This has amazing potential to save lives, to cure incurable diseases and to put minds at ease for a long long long time. I like it. It makes me happy. And it makes me proud that the fine people that have figured this out are Canadian.
In heart-filling, eye-tearing kind of news, a Milwaukee high school basketball team has shown everyone what true sportsmanship is. Senior Johntell Franklin lost his mother to a battle with cancer on February 7th, but decided that he wanted to play in that night’s basketball game. The only problem was that coach Womack didn’t add his name on the scorecard because he didn’t expect to see him in the gym, let alone on the bench. When Franklin showed up in the 2nd quarter ready to play the rules stated that coach Womack would have to be given a technical foul to enter Franklin into the game. He gladly agreed. What happened next is amazing. Coach Rohlman of DeKalb High looked at his team and asked who wanted to take the free-throws, his senior point guard raised his hand. Rohlman looked at his guard and asked if he understood he would be missing the shots. His guard nodded and then bounced the ball from the free throw line and let it roll to the referee twice. Coach Womack was so moved and impressed by the actions of the coach and the team that he wrote a letter to the DeKalb newspaper to express his feelings. This may be the most fantastic thing I’ve read in sports in a long long time. Bravo to everyone involved on both sides of the floor. Bravo to ESPN.com for running the article as well. Far too often these days the sports stories are bad news. This fills my heart. Link to full story in today’s section.
After that heavy stuff let’s go to quick fire light fare to wrap things up.
-Monday night Prime Time means new Heroes.
-Raptors lost Sunday, play in Houston tomorrow.
-Jonas Brothers movie 2nd at box office
-Big discounts being offered for Spring Break travel. If you have a few dollars saved up take a look and see what you can get folks.
-The Pope is rescinding his offer of promotion to Rev. Gerhard Maria Wagner after those comments about Hurricane Katrina being punishment from God.
-A dude in London has been sentenced to 6 months in jail for speeding on his motorcycle. The catch is that he was going 122 miles per hour, with his 14 year old son on the back. What was this guy thinking?!
-Fans are apparently stunned by Rihanna and Chris Brown getting back together.
-CBC’s One Million Acts of Green has now hit 1,201,810. Well done Canada.
-Soldiers have assassinated Guinea-Bissau president Joao Bernardo Vieira.
I think we’ll call it a day here little ones. Stay warm.
Today’s links:
http://www.theweathernetwork.com/weather/caqc0363 - Montreal Weekend Weather
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090301.wstemcells0301/BNStory/Science/home?cid=al_gam_mostview - Stem Cell Research Takes Giant Step
http://sports.espn.go.com/highschool/rise/basketball/boys/news/story?id=3914375 - High School Boy's Basketball Team Shows Real Respect
http://green.cbc.ca/ - One Million Acts of Green
It’s ridiculously cold here this morning. The morning news says that the regular temperature for March 2 should be 2 degrees Celsius. The actual temperature this morning… -15 degrees Celsius, and when you factor in the wind chill, it was a frigid -26. I don’t like it one bit. I don’t mind the cold when it’s supposed to be cold. But it’s not supposed to be this cold now. We were supposed to be past all of that.
In other weather news, if you happen to be headed to Montreal this weekend you will find the temperature near 1 degree, but there’s a strong chance that 15-25 cm of snow may fall from Friday to Sunday.
In fantastic, amazing, medical news Canadian researchers at Mt. Sinai have found a safe way to turn skin cells into stem cells. This is huge news people. This has amazing potential to save lives, to cure incurable diseases and to put minds at ease for a long long long time. I like it. It makes me happy. And it makes me proud that the fine people that have figured this out are Canadian.
In heart-filling, eye-tearing kind of news, a Milwaukee high school basketball team has shown everyone what true sportsmanship is. Senior Johntell Franklin lost his mother to a battle with cancer on February 7th, but decided that he wanted to play in that night’s basketball game. The only problem was that coach Womack didn’t add his name on the scorecard because he didn’t expect to see him in the gym, let alone on the bench. When Franklin showed up in the 2nd quarter ready to play the rules stated that coach Womack would have to be given a technical foul to enter Franklin into the game. He gladly agreed. What happened next is amazing. Coach Rohlman of DeKalb High looked at his team and asked who wanted to take the free-throws, his senior point guard raised his hand. Rohlman looked at his guard and asked if he understood he would be missing the shots. His guard nodded and then bounced the ball from the free throw line and let it roll to the referee twice. Coach Womack was so moved and impressed by the actions of the coach and the team that he wrote a letter to the DeKalb newspaper to express his feelings. This may be the most fantastic thing I’ve read in sports in a long long time. Bravo to everyone involved on both sides of the floor. Bravo to ESPN.com for running the article as well. Far too often these days the sports stories are bad news. This fills my heart. Link to full story in today’s section.
After that heavy stuff let’s go to quick fire light fare to wrap things up.
-Monday night Prime Time means new Heroes.
-Raptors lost Sunday, play in Houston tomorrow.
-Jonas Brothers movie 2nd at box office
-Big discounts being offered for Spring Break travel. If you have a few dollars saved up take a look and see what you can get folks.
-The Pope is rescinding his offer of promotion to Rev. Gerhard Maria Wagner after those comments about Hurricane Katrina being punishment from God.
-A dude in London has been sentenced to 6 months in jail for speeding on his motorcycle. The catch is that he was going 122 miles per hour, with his 14 year old son on the back. What was this guy thinking?!
-Fans are apparently stunned by Rihanna and Chris Brown getting back together.
-CBC’s One Million Acts of Green has now hit 1,201,810. Well done Canada.
-Soldiers have assassinated Guinea-Bissau president Joao Bernardo Vieira.
I think we’ll call it a day here little ones. Stay warm.
Today’s links:
http://www.theweathernetwork.com/weather/caqc0363 - Montreal Weekend Weather
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090301.wstemcells0301/BNStory/Science/home?cid=al_gam_mostview - Stem Cell Research Takes Giant Step
http://sports.espn.go.com/highschool/rise/basketball/boys/news/story?id=3914375 - High School Boy's Basketball Team Shows Real Respect
http://green.cbc.ca/ - One Million Acts of Green
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Welcome to March Morning Musings
Welcome to March everybody!
I hope that February ended well for all of you.
This just in, I’m an idiot for not watching Wall-e sooner. It was fantastic! And now I kinda wanna name a baby girl Eve, or have someone else name their baby girl Eve, or meet a baby girl named Eve. Anything along those lines would work really.
Last night I managed to watch some of Saturday Night Live before passing out (don’t judge) and was very very happy for the first time in a long time that I got to see a re-run. Originally airing January 10 of this year Neil Patrick Harris hosted with musical guest Taylor Swift! Personal favourite moments from the show: NPH as Mark from RENT, Taylor Swift’s reaction to the cheers and applause after singing Love Story.
In a related note, Taylor Swift is at #1 on The Billboard 200. It’s the 15th week that Fearless has been on the chart. Yay!
Umm, I just hit CNN.com to see what was in the news and found a video story that I will be linking because I feel it’s my responsibility. There are pole-dancing robots. The Kinetica Art Fair in London is showcasing the robots made from scraps as part of their gala. Just what the world needs, another set of robots taking over valuable human jobs.
In more political tech news, Toronto Mayor David Miller has hit “update” over 1000 times on his Twitter account. It’s a big hit with Toronto’s Twitter community and he’s been praised for his forward thinking. I think I’ll have to add him.
I’ve been asked to make a list of the movies that I am excited for and want to see in the coming months so that they can be scheduled or debated or vetoed. So, here’s a quick list: Watchmen, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Up, Angels & Demons, The Hannah Montana Movie, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs. That’s just a quick list without a whole lot of digging.
In rapid fire sports news: Les Canadiens and the Leafs won. The Blue Jays lost. The Raptors play tonight. ESPN.com has an article on TFC (which I never expected to see, especially linked from the home page) and the World Baseball Classic kicks off in 6 days with Round One games being played in Toronto at Rogers Centre.
That’s all for today folks. After work I’ll be practicing my Scrabble skills, mobile will be ignored. Be warned.
Today’s links:
http://adisney.go.com/disneyvideos/animatedfilms/wall-e/ - Wall-e movie site
http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/recaps/#cat=34&mea=1543&ima=57704 - SNL recap NPH & Taylor Swift
http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/chart_display.jsp?g=Albums&f=The+Billboard+200 - The Billboard 200
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090227.wtwit28/BNStory/Technology/home - David Miller Twitter story
I hope that February ended well for all of you.
This just in, I’m an idiot for not watching Wall-e sooner. It was fantastic! And now I kinda wanna name a baby girl Eve, or have someone else name their baby girl Eve, or meet a baby girl named Eve. Anything along those lines would work really.
Last night I managed to watch some of Saturday Night Live before passing out (don’t judge) and was very very happy for the first time in a long time that I got to see a re-run. Originally airing January 10 of this year Neil Patrick Harris hosted with musical guest Taylor Swift! Personal favourite moments from the show: NPH as Mark from RENT, Taylor Swift’s reaction to the cheers and applause after singing Love Story.
In a related note, Taylor Swift is at #1 on The Billboard 200. It’s the 15th week that Fearless has been on the chart. Yay!
Umm, I just hit CNN.com to see what was in the news and found a video story that I will be linking because I feel it’s my responsibility. There are pole-dancing robots. The Kinetica Art Fair in London is showcasing the robots made from scraps as part of their gala. Just what the world needs, another set of robots taking over valuable human jobs.
In more political tech news, Toronto Mayor David Miller has hit “update” over 1000 times on his Twitter account. It’s a big hit with Toronto’s Twitter community and he’s been praised for his forward thinking. I think I’ll have to add him.
I’ve been asked to make a list of the movies that I am excited for and want to see in the coming months so that they can be scheduled or debated or vetoed. So, here’s a quick list: Watchmen, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Up, Angels & Demons, The Hannah Montana Movie, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs. That’s just a quick list without a whole lot of digging.
In rapid fire sports news: Les Canadiens and the Leafs won. The Blue Jays lost. The Raptors play tonight. ESPN.com has an article on TFC (which I never expected to see, especially linked from the home page) and the World Baseball Classic kicks off in 6 days with Round One games being played in Toronto at Rogers Centre.
That’s all for today folks. After work I’ll be practicing my Scrabble skills, mobile will be ignored. Be warned.
Today’s links:
http://adisney.go.com/disneyvideos/animatedfilms/wall-e/ - Wall-e movie site
http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/recaps/#cat=34&mea=1543&ima=57704 - SNL recap NPH & Taylor Swift
http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/chart_display.jsp?g=Albums&f=The+Billboard+200 - The Billboard 200
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090227.wtwit28/BNStory/Technology/home - David Miller Twitter story
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