How do you stop an exploding man?

Well I'm sure that question and others will be answered tonight and over the next three weeks on NBC's Heroes. Me I'm very curious as to how they are going to pull it all together . . . I've been liking the show a whole lot, but I have to admit the six week hiatus from new episodes was more than a little bullshit. I don't know why the networks feel they have to do this . . . start them late end them early, whatever just show them all the way through like my good friends over at BSG. If the show wasn't so addicting I'd give up on it for that . . . and don't think I can't . . . I stopped watching Star Trek Enterprise when I thought it got to be too much bullshit, but then again who didn't?

Although Stephen Lynch over at the NY Post is a harsher critic of the show, thinking that it's lifted major parts of its story elements from Alan Moore's Watchmen (which has supposed to be made into a movie that's been going into production for the past decade, now scheduled for a 2008 release) and Marvel's X-Men. You can read the article here if you like. If you haven't already read The Watchmen, you should it was a very good read . . . but I've probably said that before.

And since I briefly mentioned BSG here's a screencap of Leah Cairns, who plays the pilot Racetrack on the show, topless from an episode of CTV's Robson Arms. Gotta love Canadian television, eh?

And here's some good news for other migraine sufferers, a recent study has shown that migraines might be good for your brain. Yeah believe it or not in this study migraine sufferers showed less cognitive decline than non-sufferers as they aged. You can read an article on this here . . . and I'm pleased to hear this after being laid up yesterday afternoon with a vicious attack of brain pains.

And I would like to leave with this final note for the day, a big thank you to Alan from The Real Absinthe blog who stopped by last week to leave some comments and info after my brief mention of wormwood, Absinthe and removing body parts to impress your favourite whore.

For those of you who didn't read his comment, here it is (I put in the links, the info itself is from Alan's comment),

"Wormwood won't make you crazy. For you to absorb enough thujone (what you get when you distill wormwood) to do that, you'd have to drink so much absinthe you'd die many times from alcohol poisoning first.

Pernod absinthe, as carried by the LCBO, is real, but has a very low thujone content. Between the LCBO and Health Canada, they have a limit way below European or World Health Organisation guidelines. There are many other selling sites to look at: see my blog for details. Right now, Spirits Corner is the only one managing to sell real French/Swiss absinthe to Canadian customers."

Thank you for the information Alan, I'm sure it will be put to use sometime somewhere.

Until next time

One More Time

All right I'm going to try to put up a couple of the items that I lost in the crash yesterday, starting the Meowarchy. If you're into videos of evil cats and cats generally freaking out, this is for you.

From cats to something close it . . . here's the link lost yesterday for the video clip from last year's Tournament of Roses Rose Bowl where a USC cheerleader allegedly forgets to wear underpants, you get to see some bum there, but she's probably wearing a thong. You'll likely have to sign in to verify your a grown up because apparently the YouTube community feels that video has some questionable content.

Let's hope they don't discover X-Tube or BeastTube, eh? But I'm sure they'd be cool with GodTube.

And now here's the video I posted yesterday for my SUV driving friends, especially those with the magnetic ribbon stickers on them. If you liked that one, and why wouldn't you, you can check out more videos from the people who made that one, The Asylum Street Spankers, here.

Now if you're at all like me, you're not so pleased that Heroes on NBC overlaps on the first hour of RAW on the Score. Well fret no longer, I discovered quite by accident this past Monday that the Global Station from the Maritimes shows Heroes at 7:00 in the Central Time Zone. There is also one of the stations that shows the new Heroes the Sunday night before NBC does, but for some reason I prefer my Heroes on Monday.

Well that about does it for yesterday's lost stuff, now for a little bit of new info for you all . . . history time - it was on this day in 1933 that Herman Goering founded the Geheime Staatspolizei aka The Gestapo. Originally the purpose of the "Secret State Police" was to disrupt and harass opponents of National Socialism, but as is so common as time past it came to take on many other more, albeit dubious, responsibilities.

And it was 21 years ago today that the explosion/meltdown of the nuclear reactor at Chernobyl in the former Soviet Republic the Ukraine took place during a late night test or experiment. I just learned this today but apparently the Ukranian word chornobyl means "wormwood." This fact prompted believers in Biblical prophecy to interpret the nuclear crisis as the fulfillment of events described in Revelation 8:11.

Wormwood is a key ingredient to the make you crazy, cut off your ear to impress a prostitute, (allegedly) crippling hangover giving liquor Absinthe. If you're keen on trying to order some of the real deal from Europe (I'm still not convinced that the gear they carry at the LCBO is the real deal, but maybe it is? This site seems to say it's legit, or as legit as it can be) my good friends at Modern Drunkard Magazine recommend the fine people at Absinthe Original.

Well that's her for now, until next time.

Ahhhh hell

I was almost through a lengthy post this morning and the browser crashed on me, so I lost it all . . . think of all the awesome you missed out on . . . maybe forever . . . man I had videos of angry cats, information about watching Heroes on Global Maritimes so you didn't have to miss the first hour of RAW.

Soooo-oh awesome.

Too bad that.

And in case you think I havne't changed the currently listening too I'm listening to the Silversun Pickups record again, the singer has a kinda creepy voice, you'd think he was a lady listening to him most of the time. Their single Lazy Eye is getting radio play on Winnipeg's Best Rock, Power 97 if you're so inclined to check it out.

I'm outta here

Who needs a Kwick-E-Mart?

As I'm sure you're all aware the Simpsons movie comes out in theatres this July 27 and as a promotional kick the movie company is converting some 7/11's into real Kwick-E-Marts, complete with Squishees, KrustyO's and Buzz Cola. Too bad the one in Shelbyville likely won't be one of the ones to change.

I will go see the Simpsons movie when it comes to town, but I'm not eagerly awaiting it . . . I haven't been a regular Simpsons viewer in a number of years and I have the feeling that much like the X-Files the theatrical movie will be the series death knell . . . but I could be wrong. Personally I'd rather see Futurama on the air again, but that's just me.

To shift gears from the animated to the geekified, check out this Darth Vader hot air balloon. The dork is definitely strong in this one.

And now I will leave you with the Jacksonville, Florida mullet contest winner nine year old Dakota Russ. Jeez . . . nine years old, so many questions . . . where are the parents? Doesn't a mullet like that count as child abuse? How awesome is his Dad's mullet? How many tassles are on his Mum's jacket? Hard to believe but the award was handed out at a monster truck rally.

That reminds of a favourite website from days past, Mullets Galore.

Fear the mullet.

Yarrrrrrrrrrrrr Maties!

For those of you who can't get enough of all things piratical then CBS' upcoming new reality show Pirate Master could be for you. You can read all about it here if you're so inclined; if you don't you might get keelhauled. This is one reality show that I might give a chance . . . but we'll see, will the coolness of pirates balance out the lameness of reality TV? Only time will tell.

And just in case you thought pirates were a thing of the past, authorities are currently having problems with pirates in the Mallacca Strait, between West Malaysia and Sumatra, you can read more about it here. And here I learn this just as I am considering going to Malaysia on holiday.

It's been a while since I posted some movie news, or anything for that matter, so let's get to it. According to this article it's time to fire up the Orgasmatron again; Kate Beckinsale is going to be the one to play Barbarella in the remake of the 1968 classic erotic sci-fi comedy starring Jane Fonda. I tried to check IMDB to see if they had news about it but they want me to sign up for an IMDB Pro account to get at the info . . . they better not start doing that for everything or I'll take my business elsewhere . . . where it's still free . . . I might have to start slumming at AllMovie again.

There is also a remake of Clash of the Titans scheduled for release in 2010. I tried for info about it on IMDB but was again hit with the ultimatum of the IMDB Pro account. Even though the effects were cutting edge from the 60's I loved that movie to death, and if I see it on TV now I will still watch it . . . at least for a little while. Here's the IMDB page for the 1981 original in case you're not familiar with the movie, and if you're not I guess you didn't have TBS on your cable package . . . and since I mentioned it, I don't like the 'new' TBS.

When all they were about was 7 day James Bond movie marathons, John Wayne, Clint Eastwood spaghetti westerns, edited to shit 80's teen comedy movies and Georgia Championship Wrestling I was all for them, but now they're just showing sit com reruns and modern romantic comedy dreck movies. Boo-urns to that..

And I'd like to leave with a big up yours to all the smug Mac users out there as apparently Apple has released a megapatch that is to correct 25 of the invulnerable Mac's vulnerabilities. To quote the always great Nelson Muntz "HA HA!"

And with that I bid you good day.

So it goes . . .

You're probably aware of it by now, but yesterday one of the great American authors Kurt Vonnegut died at the age of 84. You can check out the International Herald Tribune's obit article here if you like. I've only read a couple of his books, but I like them a lot. His writing was unique, one line paragraphs, trippy names, dark dark humour at times and the occasional poorly drawn asshole.

Mr. Kilgore Trout you will be missed.

Now this is something that I had to share, when speaking to a friend last night I learned of Icelandic witchcraft and their strange strange practices . . . one especially scary bit of this are Necropants (Nábrókarstafur). The following is lifted right from a website on the topic:

"These were made with the intact skin of the lower part of the human body, dug up from a church yard. When worn they will become undistinguishable from one's own skin. The stave should be kept in the scrotum along with a coin stolen from a poor widow. Money will then constantly be drawn into the scrotum"

The stave mentioned in that quote is a magical rune or symbol, you can read more about them and see some examples of them here. And just in case you're wondering what a pair of necropants looks like, you can see them here . . . but once you see them you can't unsee them.

I read a little bit on that web page last night and it seems that grave robbing is an important part of Icelandic magic . . . I guess there wasn't much else exciting to do in Iceland hundreds of years ago, eh? But there's a lot of cool stuff to do there now, at least according to their tourism website there is . . . I wonder if they mention hanging out with Bjork on there?

And now for something completely different; I'm sure we're all familiar with the Black Eyed Peas song "My Humps" by now, well apparently Alanis Morisette liked the song a lot too (because who doesn't want to know what you're going to do with all that junk, all that junk inside your trunk) because Fergie liked the video so much she sent Alanis an ass shaped cake . . . but I can't find the link to that now.

As creepy as Alanis' My Humps was, it doesn't come close to out creepying Tori Amos' cover of Slayer's Raining Blood, you can check it out here if you dare! In case you want to compare, here's the original live in concert.

Well I think that's enough for today, until next time.

Has he lost his mind?

Can he see or is he blind? For those of you who don't know there's an Iron Man movie coming out in 2008, starring Robert Downey Jr as Iron Man/Tony Stark. I think that he has the ability to pull off Stark's pomposity quite well but that leaves the question will he have Stark's goatee?

And this is supposedly the first pic online of him in his gray suit. Either way it's the first one I've seen. What I see looks cool, but it's kinda dark and shadowy . . . but maybe the colours aren't set right on my home computer?

Did you know that today is the 47th anniversary of Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Alexeyevich Gagarin being the first man in space, aboard Vostok I. Could you imagine how terrify and exciting something like that would be? Literally you going out into the final frontier where no man had gone before . . . although in the Soviet USSR the consequences of not accepting the job were probably just as terrifying.

It was also today in 1995 that in honour of David Letterman's 49th birthday Drew Barrymore climbed on top of his desk on the Late Show (it was the best funniest thing on in that time slot at that time . . . this was well before The Daily Show with Jon Stewart or the Colbert Report or Tripping the Rift reruns on Teletoon) and flashed her boobs at him. I was actually a regular viewer of the Late Show at that time and saw that episode and it was a big deal at the time . . . I mean it was long before you just do a Google Image Search and end up with loads of pics of Miss Barrymore in various stages of undress whenever you want.

Since we're talking history here, it was yesterday in 1890 none other than Joseph Merrick, aka the Elephant Man, died. If you haven't seen the movie it's pretty good, even if it does refer to Merrick as John not Joseph, and it seems that the History Channel reruns it every now and again, but most often late at night. Maybe one of these days I'll read Sir Frederick Treves', surgeon & friend of the Elephant Man, book that the movie was based on, just to see how it stacks up for authenticity.

Here's something that might not be cutting edge news now, but since we're all interested in saving the planet and saving energy or at least saving money we've been switching over to compact fluorescent light bulbs, aka CFL's not to be confused with the CFL, in place of the old school incandescents here's an ESA (the Ontario Electrical Safety Authority) Product Safety Alert regarding end of life failure of CFL's. No need to panic yet . . . just don't eat the bulbs; their ballasts have mercury in them and I don't mean a little piece of Freddie, baby.

I'm Audi 5000, later

Free Yourself From the Easter Bunny

If you're one of those strange strange people who can't get enough of the Cadbury Easter Creme Eggs and wish they weren't just available at Easter time well wish no longer. You can now go here to get some step by step directions to build your very own giant Easter creme egg. Just the thought of it has almost put me into a diabetic coma.

And now a little something for the wrasslin' fans out there; check out this YouTube video of various pro wrestling stars talk about the Ultimate Warrior's erratic and nonsensical interview and promo skills. Man when I was a kid I just thought that the Warrior's promos were awesome . . . goes to show what I knew eh? In other Warrior related news he has legally changed his name from Jim Hellwig to Warrior Warrior . . . and apparently it's not just because he's a lunatic, there was some business reasoning behind it as well; by legally changing his name to wrestling name he could continue to use the gimmick to make money despite WWe/F's claims to the rights . . . or something like that.

And here's for the pro wrestling/MMA fans; according to this article former pro wrestler, and current MMA fighter, Sean O'Haire was involved in a fight outside a bar and ended up on the losing end of the deal with a broken orbital bone and skull fractures. Doesn't bode well for his shoot fighting skills, but maybe he was hammered or something.

So in honour of wrestling gone wrong, here's a video compilation of a bunch of blown spots, a rather cringe worthy video if I ever saw one , , , although this might be the ultimate make you cringe wrestling video, or at least the worst that I can think of.

Here's some good news for horror film fans; the trailer for the Rob Zombie directed remake of John Carpenter's Hallowe'en, starring starring none other than our little Droogie Alex (aka Malcolm McDowell) as Dr Loomis and the ever lovely Sheri Moon as Deborah Myers (Mike's mum if I remember right), is online here if you want to check it out. I don't know if this remake was really necesarry, I watched the original this past Hallowe'en and it's as good as it ever was, but damn if Zombie's other two films (House of 1000 Corpses and The Devil's Rejects) weren't fantastic so I'm going into this one with high hopes . . . I just have to wonder why release Hallowe'en in August? Is an October 31st release date too much?

Also the trailer for the sequel to 28 Days Later titled 28 Weeks Later, is online here. 28 Weeks Later obviously takes place 28 weeks after the zombie disease outbreak that wipes out most of the humanity, or at least the UK, in 28 Days Later. I thought that the first one was a topshelf film and way better than your average Zombie Flick so I'll defo be checking this one out sometime . . . and depending on when/if our local theatre reopens well past the May 11 release date.

Since we're talking movies, here's a compilation complete with clips of the ten best car chases in movie history; all I really have to say about that is I completely agree with their number one pick and if they would have done differently I either would have ranted about it, or not posted the link. I haven't seen the original Gone in 60 Seconds, so that's one I'd like to viddy for sure . . . I mean how can you pull off a 40 minute car chase? Maybe after watching it I'd change my mind about the greatest movie car chase?

Speaking of car chases, the new tires for my car are in . . . now I just need the rest of the snow to melt and the salt and sand to washed off the roads and I'm back to rolling in style.

Later.

Where Do Bad Folks Go When They Die?

Well I can't believe it; I had completely forgotten that last Thursday (April 5th) was the 13th anniversary of Kurt Cobain's suicide by shotgun until I had heard it on the radio later that day (Cobain was found by an Electrician on April 8, 2004) and I had also forgotten that it was the 5th anniversary of Layne Staley's overdose by heroin.

I guess I'll have to hang up Doc Martens and leave the plaid behind now, eh? That's all right, I was going to buy some Blundstones instead anyway.

Since yesterday was Easter (the 1974th anniversary (I think??) of Jesus' rising from his tomb . . . according to the Christians anyway) here's an article about an ad I came across that is all about how no one knows the true meaning of Easter anymore . . . not even the person who wrote the ad in question. Looks like we all the preachings of Charlie Brown to come and teach what Easter is all about.

And did you know that the English name, "Easter", and the German, "Ostern", derive from Eostre the name of Germanic Goddess of the Dawn? I didn't until I skimmed that Wiki article on Easter. More Church yoinking Pagan bits and pieces to make the transition from Pagan to Christian a little less painful . . . although you'd think the offer of not being burnt at stake would be enough, wouldn't you?

And now for something that will please the 'Tobans, and no I don't mean this link to the video of the guy using one of the potted trees at Square One in Winnipeg for a toilet that I referenced earlier, but it seems that Manitoba is one step closer to having a February stat holiday like Alberta or the Skatch. I'm all for getting more paid days off, but I don't know if this one will rub off on Ontario or not. But I bet if one of the Parties were to put this as a part of their campaign platform in the next election they'd do really well . . . . and if they ran with that and said they were going to lower gasoline and liquor prices they'd be voted in by a huge land slide.

And for something that will no doubt make the 'Tobans not so happy, looks like Selkirk is flooding, or it was on last Thursday anyway . . . . there has to be a lesson learned here somewhere, if only I could figure it out.

And now I will leave with some pictures of Britney that prove to the world that I'm not the only one who should eat with their shirt off.

Until next time, you stay classy San Diego.

Can't think of title

Well I've got some less than stellar news for movie fans; A Christmas Story (one of the best Chrimbo movies ever, and this is coming from a guy who's not a big fan of the holiday) and Porky's (still the highest-grossing Canadian film of all time in domestic box office when inflation to current dollar values are taken into consideration) director Bob Clark and his son were killed in a car crash on the Pacific Coast Highway early yesterday (that'd be Wednesday) morning.

But enough of the sad movie news, how about some more Transformers movie information? There's going to be a series of comic books coming out before the movie to build up the back story behind the film. You can read a review of issue 1 here.

And from the you probably didn't want to know files; sometimes I think that Marilyn Manson and I have similar tastes in women, at least on a like to look at level anyway. You see he was with Rose McGowan at one point, who I thought was really good looking before I saw some recent pictures of her after her being on the Nicole Ritchie smokes and coke diet . . . then recently pin up model/burlesque performer Dita Von Teese gave him the heave ho for something or other. Most of the pictures of Dita I've seen have been very good ones, and here's her Penthouse pictorial, but I don't think she looks as good in these as when she's all pinupped up, if you know what I mean? I like this one, very Bettie Page-esque.

Anyway it probably doesn't matter, I'll like not meet either of them and they've both got to be bat shit crazy . . . or so I'd think, after all they did sleep with Marilyn Manson.

One last bit, did you know I'm destined to rule the world? Well according to this quiz I am, are you?

You Are Destined to Rule the World

You have the makings of a very evil dictator...Which is both kind of cool and kind of scary!Will you rule the world? Maybe. Maybe not.But at least you know that you could.

Best be nice to me just in case, eh?

Sad to say, I must be on me way

So buy me beer or whiskey 'cause I'm going far away . . . Wapekeka to be exact, should be home this evening, but damn according the weather network it's -22 C there right now . . . what happened to the 10 C I had a week and some ago?

Since I've gotta get going this will be short, but I will leave with one of the most important pieces of news I got yesterday, KITT is for sale! If you have an extra $150K kicking around there's a dealership in Cali that you may want to visit. Check it out here. It's not as cool as the Batmobile replica for sale I posted a link to yonks ago, but still pretty cool.

Although for $150K you could probably buy yourself 20 regular 1982 TA's, but why would you? Camaros are waaaaaaaaaaay cooler.

Gotta jet . . . well not quite jet, but you know what I mean.

There are touches that are good

And touches that are bad, and apparently in this photo Rosie O'Donnell is either attempting to or laying one serious bad touch down on BaaBaa Wawas.

We all know that Sinead O'Connor (if you haven't seen her with hair, you'll be pleasantly suprised) was banninated from SNL, and why she was, but did you know there's a whole laundry list of celebs (well not all are really celebs, Steven Seagal is on the list) who have had their Live from New York Privileges yoinked. If you're at all curious about the whos and whys, check out this link.

And while we're on the topic of Irish Activists; there's been a lot of noise about how Bono's Red Campaign with the GAP has cost somewhere in the neighbourhood of 52 million pounds (about $119 million Canadian) for advertising and has only managed to raise about 9 million pounds ($20.6 million Canadian) to go towards AIDS & HIV treatment.

If you were to look at this from a business or investment point of view, obviously it was a huge loss, but if you want to look at it as way of raising awareness, perhaps it was a success? I couldn't say, do I know more or care more about HIV/AIDS for having seen someone in an Inspi(RED) t-shirt at the mall?

Honestly? I don't think so, but here's to hoping that buying that shirt raised that person's awareness some . . . no matter how you look at it, you have to wonder wouldn't the money that went into this advertising campaign have been better spent on the cause instead of commercials?

Or the money spent on the gear been better spent on the cause as well . . . but what better way to let people know you care than rocking out on your new RED iPOD. But maybe that's just cynicism on my part, after all this way you get the new mobile phone you were going to buy anyway AND get to make a donation through the GAP.

It's win win.

And finally in an attempt to make up for yesterday's Speed Racer heartbreak, here's some great news on the Transformers movie front. According to this article when the MPAA first reviewed the movie they slapped an R-rating on it (do you think it's for robot sex, violence, language or a little of them all?). . . until Steven Spielberg, or his non-union Mexican equivalent Steven Spielbergo, stepped in and got them to change their minds. Here's to hoping that they didn't have to edit out any of the good stuff to get the R-rating dropped.

Later and don'tcha wish your girlfriend was hot like me?

The Truth Is Out There

According to this article the ever lovely Gillian Anderson won't be reprising her role as Dana Scully in the supposedly upcoming X-Files sequel and the role will be filled by none other than Amber Waves (Boogie Nights reference if you haven't seen it) Ms Julianne Moore.

There was a time when I thought that I was a Gillian Anderson fan boy, but then I saw an interview with her on Leno and that totally destroyed it for me and made me realise that I was a Dr. Dana Scully fan boy. There's a big difference, really. Honestly.

Anyway back to the X-Files movie sequel; will I go see it? Probably will . . . I was a big fan of the TV series . . . or at least I was up until the first movie came out, I stopped watching regularly and pretty stopped stopped watching completely within a year of the movie being released. Were the two related? Maybe. Did it have anything to do with watching free wrestling PPV's 2 - 3 Sundays a month? Probably.

If you're a regular you know that I've mentioned Neil Gaiman and his upcoming movie release Stardust; well in case you're wondering what the fuss is about and haven't the time or drive to read one of his books the trailer for Stardust is now online on the official movie website.

One last geek movie bit of info for today, and it may result in a little bit of heartbreak (I know it did for me); according to this article the producer of the upcoming live action Speed Racer movie (scheduled for release on May 9, 2008), Joel Silver (producer of the Matrix & V for Vendetta amongst others), has stated that the movie will be rated G. Boo-urns to that . . . and I was looking forward to seeing this movie until I read that. Although I'm still wondering who will play Trixie and will Chim Chim be CGI or a real chimp? And just in case you're really into Speed Racer here's a Trixie costume for you to dress you're special lady or real doll up in.

Well here's to hoping that his remake of Logan's Run will be more on the mark.

If it's a laugh, or at least a chuckle, you're after how about comedian Stephen Lynch's song about the Special Olympics? If you liked that one his D&D song is pretty amusing as well . . . but maybe that's just the geek in me talking.

And today I'll leave you with a sure fire way to offend your Christian friends, Devine Interventions - a website selling religious themed sex toys. Gotta wonder who's buying this stuff?

And with that I bid you good day.