Good morning boys and girls and welcome to your Saturday.
The sun is shining and it’s a brisk -26 degrees with the wind chill factored in.
Had yesterday off, didn’t do a whole lot. I did some secret baking though. I can taste the chocolaty goodness now and I haven’t even tried any of it yet.
In the world outside of my apartment there was a bunch going on though as far as I can gather.
-Tiger Woods lost in Round 2 of the World Match Play Championship ending his come back week early.
-Japanese retailers have pulled the BlackBerry Bold from shelves after battery overheating issues.
-The Toronto Blue Jays won their 2nd game in a row at Spring Training giving them a 2-1 record so far.
-Rumour is that a Canadian dude named James Preston Rogers from Brampton, ON is in the running to play the title character in Kenneth Branagh’s THOR! I have no idea who this guy is, but I am excited by Thor news.
-We’re officially only a week away from The Watchmen!
-President Obama says all American combat troops will be out of Iraq by August 31, 2010
-President Obama watched his hometown Chicago Bulls get blown out by the Washington Wizards Friday night.
-Only 4 more sleeps until NHL Trade Deadline Day on every Canadian Sports Network.
-I watched Justice League the Series DVD yesterday, good times. No Green Arrow though, wtf?
-Reports say Tom Brady has married gf Gisele Bundchen. Good for them. Maybe they’ll make cute babies like he did with Bridget Moynahan.
-In Toronto a bunch of people have been shot lately.
-Police have made an arrest in the TTC bus shooting from a few days ago.
In all reality I have no idea what’s going on. I kind of shut everything out yesterday. And to be honest, it was nice. I Twittered, Facebooked and played some video games. I was going to read some Green Arrow, but I never got around to it.
I’ve been sitting here for over an hour watching sports highlights at work and surfing numerous websites looking for something good to write. I’m sorry because I don’t think that I did. My bad.
I hope that you kiddies enjoy your weekends. Especially those of you with plans.
Today’s links:
http://entertainment.sympatico.msn.ca/movies/features/article.aspx?cp-documentid=18083459 - THOR MOVIE NEWS!!!
http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/02/27/obama-iraq.html - Troops out of Iraq?
http://www.cp24.com/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20090227/090227_giselewedding/20090227/?hub=CP24Entertainment - Tom Brady wedding
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Thursday Morning Musings, Go Jays Go
Good morning ladies and gentlemen, I hope that yesterday treated you well.
Lots of things going on in the world these days that interest me, I have no idea if they would interest you, but we can see.
I watched a Survivorman episode last night that I’d never seen before. Mr. Les Stroud was on Baffin Island, above the Arctic Circle in remote northern Canada. He was left with a busted up old snowmobile (kinda like the ones that I used to have when I was a kid) some raw seal meat, some seal blubber and a rifle for protection against Polar Bears. Dude built shelters using the windshield of the machine, slept in a cave of an iceberg, and lugged a bunch of camera equipment around so that I could watch it all on TV months and months later. I also think that it’s time that I admit that I have a slight crush on this guy. It’s a man-crush. Don’t get all excited people, nothing sexual. Just want him to be my dude is all.
Mr. Stroud also led me to my Twitter last night. I was in the middle of posing random questions on my feed and seeing what answers I could get from my friends. Question 3 was: Who would I rather be, Top Chef or Survivorman? The first answer through was the winner before I went to question 4. And that answer was, Survivorman due to his coolness.
Twitter question 3 was also initiated because last night was the season finale of Top Chef season 5. I will not divulge the winner as it is a finale and if you missed it and want to know who won there are better places that you can go to find it. I will tell you that there was Alligator, Crab, and all sorts of good stuff to eat. It made me a little hungry as it always does.
Yesterday was also a landmark day in my calendar year as the Toronto Blue Jays opened their pre-season schedule against the New York Yankees. The fact that we lost doesn’t bother me too much, it’s the little things that matter in spring training not the score board. I wasn’t bothered either that Alex Rodriguez went very deep to left centre field for his first homerun of the spring in the 4th inning. I was a little upset that I couldn’t watch or listen to the game, but again, it’s only February.
Twitter question number 5 was posted this morning asks, what actor would you like to see playing which Super Hero? My answer is Eric Dane as the Green Arrow… see for yourself.
As for other silly, random, not world changing or saving stuff… there’s a ton of it. I will not be going back to perezhilton.com today, there’s no reason to. I don’t enjoy it. It makes me feel a little dirty on the inside. That’s just me though, as there are about a billion people a day that hit that guy’s website.
I’m also happy to tell you that I’ll be off tomorrow, so if I write it will be short, sweet and mobile.
That’s all for today. Be well friends.
Today’s links:
Lots of things going on in the world these days that interest me, I have no idea if they would interest you, but we can see.
I watched a Survivorman episode last night that I’d never seen before. Mr. Les Stroud was on Baffin Island, above the Arctic Circle in remote northern Canada. He was left with a busted up old snowmobile (kinda like the ones that I used to have when I was a kid) some raw seal meat, some seal blubber and a rifle for protection against Polar Bears. Dude built shelters using the windshield of the machine, slept in a cave of an iceberg, and lugged a bunch of camera equipment around so that I could watch it all on TV months and months later. I also think that it’s time that I admit that I have a slight crush on this guy. It’s a man-crush. Don’t get all excited people, nothing sexual. Just want him to be my dude is all.
Mr. Stroud also led me to my Twitter last night. I was in the middle of posing random questions on my feed and seeing what answers I could get from my friends. Question 3 was: Who would I rather be, Top Chef or Survivorman? The first answer through was the winner before I went to question 4. And that answer was, Survivorman due to his coolness.
Twitter question 3 was also initiated because last night was the season finale of Top Chef season 5. I will not divulge the winner as it is a finale and if you missed it and want to know who won there are better places that you can go to find it. I will tell you that there was Alligator, Crab, and all sorts of good stuff to eat. It made me a little hungry as it always does.
Yesterday was also a landmark day in my calendar year as the Toronto Blue Jays opened their pre-season schedule against the New York Yankees. The fact that we lost doesn’t bother me too much, it’s the little things that matter in spring training not the score board. I wasn’t bothered either that Alex Rodriguez went very deep to left centre field for his first homerun of the spring in the 4th inning. I was a little upset that I couldn’t watch or listen to the game, but again, it’s only February.
Twitter question number 5 was posted this morning asks, what actor would you like to see playing which Super Hero? My answer is Eric Dane as the Green Arrow… see for yourself.
As for other silly, random, not world changing or saving stuff… there’s a ton of it. I will not be going back to perezhilton.com today, there’s no reason to. I don’t enjoy it. It makes me feel a little dirty on the inside. That’s just me though, as there are about a billion people a day that hit that guy’s website.
I’m also happy to tell you that I’ll be off tomorrow, so if I write it will be short, sweet and mobile.
That’s all for today. Be well friends.
Today’s links:
http://www.survivorman.ca/ - Survivorman official website
http://twitter.com/ - Twitter home page, sign up ppl, it's fun!
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/boxscore.jsp?gid=2009_02_25_nyamlb_tormlb_1 - First Blue Jays boxscore of the year!!!!
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Wednesday Mornings Musings - Maybe I'll Audition for BNL Edition
Good morning ppl.
It’s Wednesday, Tiger Woods is on the TV talking about being happy to be back on the PGA tour and I’m at work.
Last night was an entertainment wash really. I was entertained by the Toronto Raptors vs. Minnesota Timberwolves game, but I would never bet on that this year. Criminal Minds was on and it was pretty ok. Nicholas Brendan of Buffy the Vampire Slayer fame made his first appearance on the show and is said to be the new love interest of Penelope Garcia. And, just when you thought it couldn’t get any more amazing, he’s a computer nerd. Good times. I guess it also answers the question, what ever happened to him anyway.
In, Canada got made fun of news: Jon Stewart was back from a week of re-runs and talked about President Obama’s trip to Ottawa last week. Hey, at least we’re relevant.
In OMG Canadiana news: Steven Page has left the Barenaked Ladies. Remember, that whole cocaine thing? Apparently that had nothing to do with this. He says good luck, he says he’s gonna do solo stuff and maybe even do some theatre. And he promised the cops in NY State that he’d stay out of trouble. The rest of the band will push on with studio time booked for April and a tour this fall. Hey, it could be worse, he could have been left in Tokyo like JD Fortune. Perez Hilton also has his take on things, link is in the section.
In, just for you news: Michael Cera has signed on for an Arrested Development movie. He’d been the last member of the cast holding out. I’m not saying that I’ll go to the movie, but somebody will, maybe.
Also, and this is big! We are only 1 year away from Spider-man on Broadway. “Spider-man, Turn Off The Dark” will debut with music by Bono and The Edge of U2. No casting was announced, but even still this is pretty cool comic book news.
And in weiner news: Maple Leaf says be careful, but don’t worry. CP24 has all the info and the article. Listeria is again the issue. Maple Leaf is saying that this was human error after the hot dogs had been put in quarantine but were released and shipped accidently. It’s another black eye on Maple Leaf, that’s two, they don’t have any eyes left. This isn’t good for them. When a million companies are trying not to go bankrupt, Maple Leaf is just screwing up a successful business.
Big ups to http://www.hotpinkgeek.com/, no reason, just because.
I think that’s all for today if I think of anything I’ll let you know.
Today’s Links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Brendon - Nicholas Brendan
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/090225/entertainment/obama_cda_stewart - Daily Show
http://www.cp24.com/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20090224/090224_spiderman/20090224/?hub=CP24Entertainment - Spider-man Musical
http://www.cp24.com/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20090224/090224_maple_leaf_hotdog/20090224/?hub=CP24Home - Maple Leaf, Listeria
http://www.perezhilton.com/ - Perez Hilton, scroll down to see BNL story
It’s Wednesday, Tiger Woods is on the TV talking about being happy to be back on the PGA tour and I’m at work.
Last night was an entertainment wash really. I was entertained by the Toronto Raptors vs. Minnesota Timberwolves game, but I would never bet on that this year. Criminal Minds was on and it was pretty ok. Nicholas Brendan of Buffy the Vampire Slayer fame made his first appearance on the show and is said to be the new love interest of Penelope Garcia. And, just when you thought it couldn’t get any more amazing, he’s a computer nerd. Good times. I guess it also answers the question, what ever happened to him anyway.
In, Canada got made fun of news: Jon Stewart was back from a week of re-runs and talked about President Obama’s trip to Ottawa last week. Hey, at least we’re relevant.
In OMG Canadiana news: Steven Page has left the Barenaked Ladies. Remember, that whole cocaine thing? Apparently that had nothing to do with this. He says good luck, he says he’s gonna do solo stuff and maybe even do some theatre. And he promised the cops in NY State that he’d stay out of trouble. The rest of the band will push on with studio time booked for April and a tour this fall. Hey, it could be worse, he could have been left in Tokyo like JD Fortune. Perez Hilton also has his take on things, link is in the section.
In, just for you news: Michael Cera has signed on for an Arrested Development movie. He’d been the last member of the cast holding out. I’m not saying that I’ll go to the movie, but somebody will, maybe.
Also, and this is big! We are only 1 year away from Spider-man on Broadway. “Spider-man, Turn Off The Dark” will debut with music by Bono and The Edge of U2. No casting was announced, but even still this is pretty cool comic book news.
And in weiner news: Maple Leaf says be careful, but don’t worry. CP24 has all the info and the article. Listeria is again the issue. Maple Leaf is saying that this was human error after the hot dogs had been put in quarantine but were released and shipped accidently. It’s another black eye on Maple Leaf, that’s two, they don’t have any eyes left. This isn’t good for them. When a million companies are trying not to go bankrupt, Maple Leaf is just screwing up a successful business.
Big ups to http://www.hotpinkgeek.com/, no reason, just because.
I think that’s all for today if I think of anything I’ll let you know.
Today’s Links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Brendon - Nicholas Brendan
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/090225/entertainment/obama_cda_stewart - Daily Show
http://www.cp24.com/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20090224/090224_spiderman/20090224/?hub=CP24Entertainment - Spider-man Musical
http://www.cp24.com/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20090224/090224_maple_leaf_hotdog/20090224/?hub=CP24Home - Maple Leaf, Listeria
http://www.perezhilton.com/ - Perez Hilton, scroll down to see BNL story
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
I'm Back, Morning Musings
Good morning folks. Sorry that I’ve been away for a while. I was on a little sabbatical, or mini-vaca, what ever you want to call it.
Lots happened over the weekend. The much anticipated Hockey Day in Canada went down on Saturday. With Montreal, Vancouver and Calgary winning the all Canadian match-ups. Vancouver and Calgary needed shoot-outs to get their 2 points which made things a little more exciting if nothing else.
In random other news type stuff, TMZ.com is reporting that it paid $62,500 for the pictures of a battered Rihanna after her incident with Chris Brown the night before the Grammys. I just took a look at the picture and it’s tasteless and awful, so I will not be linking to it today. Feel free to go take a look yourself if you’d like.
The Oscars were fantastic and I was very impressed with Hugh Jackman and the song and dance routines. Slumdog Millionaire was a fantastic story as a winner. Sean Penn was political (maybe overly) with his “you commie, homo loving son of a guns” comment. I do agree with him that Prop 8 is ridiculous and I hope that someday we will see equal rights in all states and provinces. Fingers crossed.
I also came into a few new Green Arrow comics this weekend. Yay! They are fantastic. I’ve also decided that if I ever get to be in the crowd for a Kevin Smith Q&A I’m going to ask why the Green Arrow doesn’t get any love. I get that he doesn’t have super powers, he’s not an alien, he’s a little brash, overly sexual, and he was dead for a while. But I like him.
The countdown is now on for Watchmen. Movie opens March 6th, today is February 24th. 11 more sleeps until opening night. And that does not take into account the fact that somewhere there will be midnight screenings which would bring the number of sleeps down to 10. Get ready people, it’s going to be huge!
United States President Obama will be addressing Congress tonight live at 9pm on CNN. CNN.com reports that he will lay out a “sober assessment, hopeful future”. One big rumour coming out of all the government talk and bail-outs and auto industry is that General Motors and Chrysler will be forced into a merger. Is it good? Is it bad? I don’t know. I know I’m not qualified to figure out what they should do.
Heroes was good last night. It was a little dry, so I won’t get into review details. But there was story that I was able to follow, and that has been missing from this season a little. Good job NBC.
That’s all for this morning my friends. Get back to work.
Today’s links:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUJ-7tCIHTU - Hugh Jackman, Oscar opening
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Arrow - Green Arrow
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0409459/ - Watchmen
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/24/obama.speech/index.html - CNN.com - Obama address preview
Lots happened over the weekend. The much anticipated Hockey Day in Canada went down on Saturday. With Montreal, Vancouver and Calgary winning the all Canadian match-ups. Vancouver and Calgary needed shoot-outs to get their 2 points which made things a little more exciting if nothing else.
In random other news type stuff, TMZ.com is reporting that it paid $62,500 for the pictures of a battered Rihanna after her incident with Chris Brown the night before the Grammys. I just took a look at the picture and it’s tasteless and awful, so I will not be linking to it today. Feel free to go take a look yourself if you’d like.
The Oscars were fantastic and I was very impressed with Hugh Jackman and the song and dance routines. Slumdog Millionaire was a fantastic story as a winner. Sean Penn was political (maybe overly) with his “you commie, homo loving son of a guns” comment. I do agree with him that Prop 8 is ridiculous and I hope that someday we will see equal rights in all states and provinces. Fingers crossed.
I also came into a few new Green Arrow comics this weekend. Yay! They are fantastic. I’ve also decided that if I ever get to be in the crowd for a Kevin Smith Q&A I’m going to ask why the Green Arrow doesn’t get any love. I get that he doesn’t have super powers, he’s not an alien, he’s a little brash, overly sexual, and he was dead for a while. But I like him.
The countdown is now on for Watchmen. Movie opens March 6th, today is February 24th. 11 more sleeps until opening night. And that does not take into account the fact that somewhere there will be midnight screenings which would bring the number of sleeps down to 10. Get ready people, it’s going to be huge!
United States President Obama will be addressing Congress tonight live at 9pm on CNN. CNN.com reports that he will lay out a “sober assessment, hopeful future”. One big rumour coming out of all the government talk and bail-outs and auto industry is that General Motors and Chrysler will be forced into a merger. Is it good? Is it bad? I don’t know. I know I’m not qualified to figure out what they should do.
Heroes was good last night. It was a little dry, so I won’t get into review details. But there was story that I was able to follow, and that has been missing from this season a little. Good job NBC.
That’s all for this morning my friends. Get back to work.
Today’s links:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUJ-7tCIHTU - Hugh Jackman, Oscar opening
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Arrow - Green Arrow
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0409459/ - Watchmen
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/24/obama.speech/index.html - CNN.com - Obama address preview
Friday, February 20, 2009
Sorry, I Slept in this Morning Musings
TGIF everybody. I hope that y'all have exciting weekend plans. As I've previously mentioned tomorrow is Hockey Day in Canada. So naturally that will be my big excitement.
I happen to know for a fact that at least one bar will be open at 11:30am and CBC coverage starts at noon. Sounds pretty perfect to me people. Might want to make sure that you call ahead depending on your neighbourhood.
I'm coming to you from my mobile today so there won't be any linkage. It also means that I haven't been surfing for random bits of information.
I'm watching Wanted right now. I was warned it was terrible, but I figure since I bought it I should probably watch it anyway. We'll see if it's a fun way to spend a couple hours.
I have an urge to snap some random photos. Check the Flickr link for them later.
Watchmen comes out in 2 weeks. 2 weeks from today. 14 days. I'm a little excited. I even know a guy casing posters at bus stops. No names to be revealed of course.
I finished reading DC's Infinite Crisis yesterday so that's one thing finished that I started. Next I suppose I'll have to start with Batman: Hush.
I also found a set of comics under the bed that I forgot all about. Ball and Chain. I can't remember if they were a loan or a gift. I'll have to look into that.
I haven't had coffee today. I miss it a little. My head misses it too. Note to self, when you're out on your day off, get yourself a coffee.
Time to call it a day folks. Treat each other well. Go Habs Go.
I happen to know for a fact that at least one bar will be open at 11:30am and CBC coverage starts at noon. Sounds pretty perfect to me people. Might want to make sure that you call ahead depending on your neighbourhood.
I'm coming to you from my mobile today so there won't be any linkage. It also means that I haven't been surfing for random bits of information.
I'm watching Wanted right now. I was warned it was terrible, but I figure since I bought it I should probably watch it anyway. We'll see if it's a fun way to spend a couple hours.
I have an urge to snap some random photos. Check the Flickr link for them later.
Watchmen comes out in 2 weeks. 2 weeks from today. 14 days. I'm a little excited. I even know a guy casing posters at bus stops. No names to be revealed of course.
I finished reading DC's Infinite Crisis yesterday so that's one thing finished that I started. Next I suppose I'll have to start with Batman: Hush.
I also found a set of comics under the bed that I forgot all about. Ball and Chain. I can't remember if they were a loan or a gift. I'll have to look into that.
I haven't had coffee today. I miss it a little. My head misses it too. Note to self, when you're out on your day off, get yourself a coffee.
Time to call it a day folks. Treat each other well. Go Habs Go.
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Thursday Morning Musings - Countdown to My Long Weekend Edition
Good morning mes amis. I was all ready to tell you guys that I wasn’t a geek anymore. And then I realized that my proof was going to be that I didn’t have any Zombie news, or TV news from last night, and I wasn’t going to talk about the comic book that I was reading last night. That would have been pretty good proof I think. Except I was going to follow it up with the news that I was already working on the morning crossword puzzle instead of randomly cruising the internet for news and sports and odd happenings. Looks like I’m a geek no matter what I do. Darn it all.
Let’s do a bunch of semi-quick fire things today because it looks like there may be a bunch of things out there in the world.
-President Barack Obama is making his first trip outside of the United States this morning and will land in Ottawa this morning for a 6 hour visit. That’s right I said 6 hours. Gov. Gen. Michaelle Jean will meet the President at the airport. Prime Minister Harper will meet with Obama and talk shop. Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff will get a 15 minute meeting to say his piece. There will also be what cp24 is calling a tightly scheduled News Conference.
-Yahoo Entertainment effectively caught my attention this morning when they used Taylor Swift’s picture to get me to click their Brit Awards coverage. But the picture that they used and featured on the home page was actually number 44 of 76. And in the time it took me to hit next 43 times, I grew sick of Duffy altogether. Boo Duffy.
-I have to print a retraction with regard to yesterday’s comments about my friend being in Paris and skipping Hockey Day in Canada. Facebook tells me that he’s coming home today. Sorry bud.
-Montreal Canadiens lost in a shoot-out. Is it bad that I’m almost satisfied with the 1 point gained in the standings?
-On an impulse I went to the Rolling Stone website for the first time in years and was pleased to see that Taylor Swift is on the cover. The reaction to her fame is both supportive and condemning. I was kind of cool to see Hunter S. Thompson’s name mentioned in a thread about her as well. Check it out in today’s links.
-Top Chef was on the Food Network last night. Semi-Finals, Jeff was brought back, but is gone again. Stefan reminds me of a friend when he gets all bitchy. Fabio loses and is gone, sad faces. Carla wins the challenge and will go to the finale along with Hosea and Stefan.
-Watched the Fanboys trailer online last night and kinda really wanna see the movie… but I can’t find it being played anywhere in Toronto. Are you kidding me?!
-It’s cold outside. Enough said.
-I didn’t win the lottery last night. No 39 Million Dollars for me. But on the bright side nobody won, the Saturday jackpot is estimated to be 48 Million Dollars instead. Better get your ticket.
-A huge cache of Ice Age fossils has been discovered in Los Angeles. The findings includeMamoth, Sabre-toothed Tiger, Dire Wolf and Bisons among others. Pretty cool eh.
That’s all for today kids. I have to get back to my crossword.
Today’s links:
http://thestar.blogs.com/notebook/ - Toronto Star, Obama visit photo blog
http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/02/17/taylor-swift-the-story-behind-rolling-stones-cover-story/ - Rolling Stone Magazine, Taylor Swift cover story and reader comments
http://technology.sympatico.msn.ca/News/ContentPosting?newsitemid=1722505024&feedname=CP-SCIENCE&show=False&number=0&showbyline=True&subtitle=&detect=&abc=abc&date=True - Ice Age fossil findings in L.A.
Let’s do a bunch of semi-quick fire things today because it looks like there may be a bunch of things out there in the world.
-President Barack Obama is making his first trip outside of the United States this morning and will land in Ottawa this morning for a 6 hour visit. That’s right I said 6 hours. Gov. Gen. Michaelle Jean will meet the President at the airport. Prime Minister Harper will meet with Obama and talk shop. Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff will get a 15 minute meeting to say his piece. There will also be what cp24 is calling a tightly scheduled News Conference.
-Yahoo Entertainment effectively caught my attention this morning when they used Taylor Swift’s picture to get me to click their Brit Awards coverage. But the picture that they used and featured on the home page was actually number 44 of 76. And in the time it took me to hit next 43 times, I grew sick of Duffy altogether. Boo Duffy.
-I have to print a retraction with regard to yesterday’s comments about my friend being in Paris and skipping Hockey Day in Canada. Facebook tells me that he’s coming home today. Sorry bud.
-Montreal Canadiens lost in a shoot-out. Is it bad that I’m almost satisfied with the 1 point gained in the standings?
-On an impulse I went to the Rolling Stone website for the first time in years and was pleased to see that Taylor Swift is on the cover. The reaction to her fame is both supportive and condemning. I was kind of cool to see Hunter S. Thompson’s name mentioned in a thread about her as well. Check it out in today’s links.
-Top Chef was on the Food Network last night. Semi-Finals, Jeff was brought back, but is gone again. Stefan reminds me of a friend when he gets all bitchy. Fabio loses and is gone, sad faces. Carla wins the challenge and will go to the finale along with Hosea and Stefan.
-Watched the Fanboys trailer online last night and kinda really wanna see the movie… but I can’t find it being played anywhere in Toronto. Are you kidding me?!
-It’s cold outside. Enough said.
-I didn’t win the lottery last night. No 39 Million Dollars for me. But on the bright side nobody won, the Saturday jackpot is estimated to be 48 Million Dollars instead. Better get your ticket.
-A huge cache of Ice Age fossils has been discovered in Los Angeles. The findings includeMamoth, Sabre-toothed Tiger, Dire Wolf and Bisons among others. Pretty cool eh.
That’s all for today kids. I have to get back to my crossword.
Today’s links:
http://thestar.blogs.com/notebook/ - Toronto Star, Obama visit photo blog
http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/02/17/taylor-swift-the-story-behind-rolling-stones-cover-story/ - Rolling Stone Magazine, Taylor Swift cover story and reader comments
http://technology.sympatico.msn.ca/News/ContentPosting?newsitemid=1722505024&feedname=CP-SCIENCE&show=False&number=0&showbyline=True&subtitle=&detect=&abc=abc&date=True - Ice Age fossil findings in L.A.
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Wednesday Morning Musings and Big Zombie News
We start the day with geek news. I was called out on my geekdom last night so I was going to go geek free today. But I couldn’t help it after finding this next thing while I was surfing the sports pages.
From the pages of ESPN the Magazine and writer Rick Paulas, I am pleased to pass on this little tidbit of information. “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, a parody of the classic Jane Austen novel by Seth Grahame-Smith that features Elizabeth Bennet and her gentlemen suitor Mr. Darcy fighting a zombie hoard, is close to being optioned even before the actual book hits stores.”
I did some checking myself after stumbling across this info and have found the book for pre-order online. All signs point to an April 15th, 2009 release of the novel. As of now, all of the undead fan boards say that Hollywood studios are currently in a bidding war for the rights to the novel. Keep your eyes peeled folks, this could be fun.
I have to stop now and make an admission. I am currently jealous of two friends. One is in Paris and will be away this weekend instead of watching Hockey Day in Canada with me. The other was in Spain the last I heard. Jerks, both of them.
It’s Wednesday, feels like Tuesday, and really it’s my Thursday because I’m taking Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday off. Did you catch all of that? If you did, good for you.
As I mentioned ever so briefly, Hockey Day in Canada will soon be upon us. I plan on going to a local Sports Bar for at least game 1, Montreal vs. Ottawa and perhaps game 2, Toronto vs. Vancouver (but I doubt it for game 2) Puck drops at 3pm with festivities and coverage starting on CBC at noon EST.
I hope that everyone can find a way to enjoy some good old fashioned Canadiana this weekend.
The only questions left now are what to wear and what to eat and drink. I can’t decide whether I want to dress up a little and be classy or if I want wear my Montreal Canadiens gear and risk getting beaten in a Toronto Sports Bar. As far as the eating and drinking goes, I have a feeling that a sample platter would be a good idea. Maybe some chicken wings will be in order as well. And when it comes to drinks, I have to lean toward draught beer in pitcher form. What other options are there really?
I think that’s it for today peeps. Be careful commuting as The Weather Network says that things could get messy later.
Today’s links:
http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/hdic2009/ - CBC Hockey Day in Canada
http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/26/pride-and-prejudice-and-zombies/ - Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (fan reaction)
http://www.theweathernetwork.com/weather/caon0696 - Toronto Forecast
From the pages of ESPN the Magazine and writer Rick Paulas, I am pleased to pass on this little tidbit of information. “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, a parody of the classic Jane Austen novel by Seth Grahame-Smith that features Elizabeth Bennet and her gentlemen suitor Mr. Darcy fighting a zombie hoard, is close to being optioned even before the actual book hits stores.”
I did some checking myself after stumbling across this info and have found the book for pre-order online. All signs point to an April 15th, 2009 release of the novel. As of now, all of the undead fan boards say that Hollywood studios are currently in a bidding war for the rights to the novel. Keep your eyes peeled folks, this could be fun.
I have to stop now and make an admission. I am currently jealous of two friends. One is in Paris and will be away this weekend instead of watching Hockey Day in Canada with me. The other was in Spain the last I heard. Jerks, both of them.
It’s Wednesday, feels like Tuesday, and really it’s my Thursday because I’m taking Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday off. Did you catch all of that? If you did, good for you.
As I mentioned ever so briefly, Hockey Day in Canada will soon be upon us. I plan on going to a local Sports Bar for at least game 1, Montreal vs. Ottawa and perhaps game 2, Toronto vs. Vancouver (but I doubt it for game 2) Puck drops at 3pm with festivities and coverage starting on CBC at noon EST.
I hope that everyone can find a way to enjoy some good old fashioned Canadiana this weekend.
The only questions left now are what to wear and what to eat and drink. I can’t decide whether I want to dress up a little and be classy or if I want wear my Montreal Canadiens gear and risk getting beaten in a Toronto Sports Bar. As far as the eating and drinking goes, I have a feeling that a sample platter would be a good idea. Maybe some chicken wings will be in order as well. And when it comes to drinks, I have to lean toward draught beer in pitcher form. What other options are there really?
I think that’s it for today peeps. Be careful commuting as The Weather Network says that things could get messy later.
Today’s links:
http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/hdic2009/ - CBC Hockey Day in Canada
http://www.neatorama.com/2009/01/26/pride-and-prejudice-and-zombies/ - Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (fan reaction)
http://www.theweathernetwork.com/weather/caon0696 - Toronto Forecast
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