Yar Matie!

Avast me hearties, did ye know that May 2nd is Annual Scurvy Awareness Day? Well it is, and because I know it's something we're all concerned about, you can learn more about it over here. Now go suck a lime or something, don't want your teeth and hair falling out and blood pouring from your lips, gums and eyes do ye?

And here's a review of the memoirs of someone we know is all to familiar with scurvy, none other than Cap'n Crunch hisself (it's a well established fact that crunchberries are a poor source of vitamin C) aptly entitled "Memoirs of a Cap'n, the sad life of Horatio Magellan Crunch". Personally I'm waiting for Frankenberry's autobiography, because you know that guy has had an interesting life and would have great stories about Count Chocula and Boo-Berry (is it just me or is he so far in the closet he's got mothballs in his ears?).

And if you really miss those sugary breakfast time monsters from your youth and can't find them in the grocery store, you can always score some on eBay.

Speaking of things you can't find any more, how about this list from USA Today of 25 Things That Have Disappeared in the Last 25 Years? I have to disagree with #19 though, I mean my truck is defo not 25 years old and it has manual windows, and I've been other vehicles that have them as well. Makes me wonder how accurate the rest of the list is.

But maybe it's not specific products you miss, but their ads? Like these few sweet old timey ads; oh how the times they are a changin'.

Or perhaps it's the optimistic view of the future that people used to have, like the world of the year 2000 as featured in these postcards from the year 1900. I think they were a little off the mark, but not totally, I mean their moving pavement isn't quite right, but who hasn't enjoyed the people sized conveyor belts in large airports?

But hey enough of the past, how about some of the future? How about my future? Just so you know I'm not planning anything but if I ever get arrested I want to get hauled in like this double murdering bastard from Allentown. And just so you know, this is the kind of obituary I'd like, no sense becoming overly serious at the end when I can laugh at just about anything now, eh?.

Well I think this is it for now, until next time.

Leaving on a prop plane . . .

Well folks I'm heading up to Wunnumin Lake this morning for work and should be home tomorrow evening, barring anything unforeseen or horrific. But I'm quite sure that the worst thing that will happen is I'll be too cold and there won't be anything on TV tonight.

But hey enough of the whinging, eh? Let's get down to some serious business, like did you know that it was yesterday in 1951 that every one's favourite Communist Dictator (contemporary of course) Fidel Castro had his dreams of being a pro baseball player dashed when he was tossed out of a winter league game during tryouts for the Washington Senators? Apparently it's true . . . imagine what Cuba would look like now if he had been successful at baseball? Imagine what the MLB would look like if he had been successful at baseball.

And of course let's not forget that yesterday actor Heath Ledger was found dead in a New York apartment. Mr. Ledger was 28 years old, meaning he just missed out on the Greats Dead at 27 Club which includes such greats as Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix and Kurt Cobain. Maybe there are more? You tell me.

Perhaps his performance of The Joker in The Dark Knight will be his last on screen appearance, depending on what happens with his film currently in production, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus.

And if Mr. Ledger could have held off one more day he would share a death date with every one's favourite drippy clock painting Surrealist artist Salvador Dali, who died on this very day, but in the year 1989.

I like Dali's work myself, and was lucky enough to see an exhibit of his in London, England in August of 2001. That's right bitches, I travel and enjoy art, I'm more than just a wise cracking, cartoon watching, quasi-news reading wise ass. You can check out more here if you're interested.

And today I'll sign off with one more reason to visit England, in case you didn't have enough already, apparently the average Brit drinks the equivalent of 37 bottles of whisky each year. I don't know about you but I'm way behind on my boozing already by this standard and it's not even February yet.

Better get on that this weekend, eh?

Until next time.

I'm turning Japanese . . .

Anyone out there own a rice cooker? After a brief conversation with a coworker about them I'm thinking about getting own for my own self, was wondering if anyone had any advice on what to look for or a good model to buy or almost anything rice cooker related. Any recipes (I do like flavouring rice) you want to share would also be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

And just to prove how Asian I'm becoming, here's a link to the Official Ramen Homepage, complete with recipes (you many want to try adding a tablespoon of mango chutney to boiling water and noodles if you're into eating your ramen soup style). Man some people take their Ramen pretty seriously.

Now let's step away from the Asian cuisine (okay one more I'm also after some good curry recipes, especially some fish curries, so if you've got some hook a brother up) and get onto the public service announcement ticket.

Last week I received several copies of the same or similar email from various well meaning people about a new gang in Thunder Bay (from Winnipeg of course) snatching and raping women as initiation; if you live in the region and saw that email as well you can rest a little better now as according to the Thunder Bay Police it's not true. Of course you can always opt to believe that the police are just trying to cover these horrible crimes up, which is, of course, your right.

It's no secret that I like music, I'm a big fan and I think I have a great and varied tastes in music, and it's everyone else's that's shitty, but man am I disappointed with Rolling Stones Top 100 Songs of 2007. I only know one of the songs in the top four and I don't think it's at all good . . . but maybe I'm just out of touch with what's cool? Maybe, but then again I've never been huge into top 40 music.

Yeah I guess I'm an elitist music snob to a point, after all we all know that if you listen to popular music you're not as cool as those of us who listen to the bands you've never heard of. But honestly I'm cool and can probably recommend something that you'd like.

Anyway here's a website that the subversive photographers will get a kick out of; Strictly No Photography, a collection of photos of signs/places telling you that you're not allowed to take pictures there. In fact this one is my new wallpaper. Naughty Naughty!

And I think I'll sign off today with an article, albeit is several months old, makes total sense to me and backs up an unpopular statement that I made at work a while ago; nut allergy boy barred from school as a ‘health hazard’. Honestly it's hard to argue against the good of the many out weigh the wants of the few right? Well of unless, of course, *I* happen to be one of the few, then it's a completely different story, innit?

Okay I lied, I'm going to sign off with more pics of Miss Spears flashing her hippo yawn for all to see. Enjoy.

That's it for realz now.

Holy Macaroni, it's another entry!

Wow they've been coming fast & furious eh? Well don't get too used to it, who knows by next week I might not have the time or drive to do this regularly for a while again. Anyway on with the show . . .

From the as you wish files; looks like Sean Penn & Robin Wright are getting divorced; poor Princess Buttercup, if only her Westley would come rescue her. Maybe I should dust off my Dread Pirate Roberts costume, eh?

Enough celebri-gossip for now, eh? How about some fine art? Like this collection of 30 surealist paintings by Vladimir Kush. If you like some of Dali's work then those links are ones you should check out, the paintings are just great, there's always something in there that is something else. I know I'm not explaining it well, but once you look, you'll see.

If that wasn't quite your taste, how about this collection of paintings by contemporary artists of Marvel comics superheroes done as a tribute the one the only Mr. Stan Lee? There are some really good and interesting pieces in that collection that I would not be ashamed to have hanging on my wall, and I don't think I'm just saying that because I'm a geek . . . but I'm sure that helps.

And from the art that you display to the art you eat; move over turducken, there's a new king in town and he feeds 125 and takes 8 hours to cook; feast your eyes on this bad boy here. Although even that pales in comparison the Bedouin wedding dish of whole stuffed camel, where eggs are stuffed into fish, the fish stuffed into cooked chickens, the chickens stuffed into a roasted sheep's carcass and the sheep stuffed into a whole camel . . . although someone may have just made this whole thing up.

Now let's combine things a little and look at some fine art made from eggs. Pretty amazing stuff eh? And here I bet you were expecting your typical Ukrainian Easter Eggs (don't get me wrong, these are works of art as well), eh? You should know better by now.

Because I know you like it like that, here are some nudie pics of WWe Diva and Go Daddy spokes-boobs Candice Michelle.

And I'd like to finish off with a happy 28th birthday to Zooey Deschanel. I don't know about you but I do love to see her on the screen.

Until next time

Where's the Earth Shattering Kaboom!

Today marks the 17th anniversary of the start of Operation Desert Storm, which was broadcast into homes around the world courtesy of the fine folks over at CNN. How time flies eh?

But I think that's enough seriousness for today, how about something in bad taste? Sure if you really want it, how about Hitler singing I Want to Break Free by Queen? I knew you'd like that. And while we're talking about Nazis, how about an interesting write up about the five top brands that these goose stepping eugenicists gave us. I have to admit that I didn't know about 4 of 5 listed there.

I thought I was going to stear away from the serious?

Well let's lighten things up some with The Hoff's Top 20 Most Embarrassing Photos on the Web. There are some gooders there, I like this one myself and in this one he looks like he's trying to cruise for doods, maybe like in that Rusty video . . . Remember Rusty?

Since we were almost sorta talking rock back there, how about The Gigantour? This tour should be pretty sweet; featuring Megadeth, In Flames, Children of Bodom, Job for a Cowboy and High on Fire (I don't know the last two but I like the first three) and it has a May 10 stop at the Winnipeg Convention Centre. Oh you know I'll be getting my metal on.

And I'd like to sign off with a belated happy fifth birthday to Trogdor the Burninator! Oh and here's one from Strongbad. Many happy returns my friend. If you haven't seen the original Trogdor cartoon you're missing way out and I'd say you weren't an Internet Hipster if this were four years ago, but no matter here it is.

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I just can't bear to . . . but hey it's a big and interesting day in history today, for example did you know that today Lisa Lisa (born Lisa Velez) from Lisa Lisa and the Cult Jam (not to be confused with The Cult or My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult) is 41 today? Honestly I didn't and until I read that I had even forgot about her and her band's existence.

Today in 1929 American Civil Rights Leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was born in Atlanta, Georgia.

It was also on today in 1947 that the body of 22-year-old Elizabeth Short ,nicknamed the Black Dahlia, is discovered in a vacant lot, her mutilated corpse chopped in half at the waist. Her murder is known as The Black Dahlia Murder (not to be confused with the contemporary metal band), and becomes one of the most lurid murder cases in LA. To date the murder has never been found. This story became the subject of a Brian De Palma film starring Josh Hartnett and Mia Kirshner as the Dahlia based on the novel by James Elroy.

I haven't seen the film but I'm guess it can't be that great if it's only got a rating of 5.5/10 on IMDB.

And in 1974 the first episode of Happy Days aired and finally in 1988 Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder's racist statements regarding the breeding history of slaves and black athletes costs him his job at CBS.

You know I'm sure some more historically important things happened today, but how can you mention those in the same breath as the debut of the Fonz?

Although decidedly not of historical significance, yet, or a pop culture icon, check out this website of an Englishwoman Lois who one day chucked it all in and rode her Yamaha XT 225 Serrow from Alaska to Argentina. Now that'd be a serious adventure, don't you think? I think I'll start small and take mine up Sioux Mountain when the weather permits.

But let's change focus a bit, it's no secret I like photography and someday I might be a good photographer, but that's besides the point, how's about I share some cool photos I've found? Like this set of strange and maybe confusing signs? I've actually seen this one live and in the flesh in Oz. Or how about these photos that look Photoshopped, but aren't? Cool eh? This one really freaks me out though. Or these great photos that were snapped at *just* the right time. Now there are some really awesome pics there for sure.

And since this post is decidedly lacking in the geekery department, how about I close off with the Top 10 Craziest Star Wars Tats? I think this one has to be my favourite, but I don't know if it's as awesome as the finger 'stache tat. Now that's a classic.

Until next time.

The Simpsonsssssssss

It was today in 1990 that the Simpsons debuted on the FOX network (aka the network that bad taste built) although I think that counts as its show and not when it was just short animation clips used to bookend the commercial breaks on the Tracy Ullman Show. Here's something to stop and think about, this little factoid means that if you aren't more than 18 years old today you've never known a world without the Simpsons. How's that for cultural perspective?

To switch gears from one form of geekery to another, remember the TV show Knight Rider? Well it's going to be remade and here are some of the first published pictures of what the new KITT will look like. Yep it's no longer a third generation firebird (and I'm assuming Micheal Knight will have better hair now too), but now is a Shelby GT500KR Mustang.

Now all I'm wondering is what will KARR be now?

Hey, did you know that Gentle Giant is selling their life-size Star Wars monuments online? Well they are. You can read more about it here, or you can just go to their website.

All I want to know is what's up with Leia's boobs? Come to think of it she looks more like how a stripper or porn star trying to look like Princess Leia would look than actually looking like Princess Leia, but that's just my opinion . . . but then again maybe I'm just hung up on stripping porn stars.

And does anyone know when Space is going to start airing the newest and last season of Battlestar Galactica? I needs to get my Cylon on.

From geekery to overpriced real estate, apparently Toronto's Littlest House is for sale, still or again I don't know which. It's a neat little house and really keep you cluttering the place up with shit.

And here's some good news for fellow tinnitus sufferers (thanks Motorhead, I'll carry a little piece of your April 22, 2005 show at the Walker (Burton Cummings) Theatre with me forever. Actually it was an awesome show; Damn 13, 3 Inches of Blood, Corrosion of Conformity and Motorhead all on one bill.), looks like a German doctor has had some success treating the problem with magnetic fields. I'm sure I've way over simplified it, but you can read more about it here if you like. If you've got tinnitus as well and are looking for support, information or whatever here's a link to the Tinnitus Association of Canada. Now idea how good the site or its information is or isn't, it just came up in a Google search.

Well I think that's enough for today, but I will sign off with a photo gallery of WWe Diva Candice Michelle's pre-fame fetish/bondage photoshoot. The pics aren't really worth looking at unless you're really into seeing girls from TV tied to columns as I think the stuff she does now with the WWe and on TV is way more pornographic than these photos. But maybe I just have high standards for filth?

May the fours be with you!

It's Swedish for Common Sense

After reading this, about a man who plans/panned to live in IKEA for a week, I wouldn't be too surprised to see fellow blogger Willow of the Wood trade in Steve and Mila for Sven and Mika and become Willow of the Flat-Pack.

And I'm sure *if* you've listened to me in the past you'll remember I've said how I'm not the kind of person that shops at IKEA, which is too bad because I do like their clean simple designs and have found some bedroom furniture there that I like. But don't worry I'd still like to get some living room furniture to match my recliner from the good folks at La-Z-Boy.

Man I love that chair and after a couple of years it has a serious ass divot worn into it. Who knows maybe some day if you're lucky you'll get to sit in it.

But hey, enough furniture talk let's talk about something important, like drunken midgets! Looks like the Dad (Matt Roloff) from TLC's hit show Little People, Big World trial for his drunk driving charge just started according to this article. And the best part, apparently this wasn't his first DUI charge. Talk about little people big boozers, eh?

Well this is going to be a short one, but don't fret I will leave you with something you can watch over and over and over again for days on end; VIKING KITTIES! And because I know how much you loved that video, how about your very own plush viking kitty?

That's it I'm out of here.

Back to the Grind

Well my giftmas hollydaze are over and I'm back to work this morning . . . it's going to be tough to get back to work after two weeks off and doing pretty much nothing with them, but hey I ain't complaining.

But that's not why you're here . . . you're here for cool stuff like this GM Blog with a pic of the new Camaro on the track. It's no small secret that I'm a Camaro fan but this is the first time I've seen the fifth generation Camaro from this angle, and Ihave to say I'm less than impressed with the ass end of the car. Maybe it'll look better in person and honestly it looks awesome from the front. Maybe I'm too picky, ah well it's not like I'm going to go out and buy one anyway . . . after all I did just buy myself a new toy before giftmas.

From the don't look now files, here's an article with an awesome photo of a great white shark stalking a dude in a kayak. I have no idea what the article says and I don't care, the pic is that awesome. Maybe it will be my new windoze wallpaper?

Or maybe it will be one of these; ever wonder what Mecca looks like during a pilgrimage, or Hajj? Well thanks to these photos you can wonder no longer. Trust me they are there, you just have to scroll way down to get at them. Man it's crowded, it looks more jammed with people than a Chinese Water Park.

Or maybe I'll go with this bad boy composite of the Winter Solstice sun tracking across the sky from the good folks at NASA. They may have trouble with Metric conversions, but man can they take a photo.

Or perhaps I'll use one of these photos from some one's collection of the best photos of 2007? Actually there are some really powerful and amazing photos in that collection, but I don't know about you but I think that this one is just begging to be Photoshopped. And no I'm not saying that as some sort of Anti-Bush political statement . . . I just think it would make a great base for something like this or this . . . but that's just me.

Well that's it for now; I'll leave you with a dark YouTube video of Hayden Panettiere celebrating NYE and having her top slip down, and her miraculous save. Remember Save the Cheerleader, Save the World.

Later

Happy New Year!

So it's been about a month since I was posting anything here . . . hopefully that's not going to be regular schedule but who knows, and even if it were, hey you get what you pay for right?

First things first; did you have a good Giftmas? Did you get some sweet new toys? Any from RetroCrush's Toy Hall of Fame? You know I still have a few barrels of monkeys kicking around here and fondly remember being able to shoot pennies out of my disc shooting gun . . . ah the memories. All I know is I wish I would have known about this shirt before the hollydaze . . . but hey there's always next year, right?

But hey let's get over that and and get down to bidnizz bitches; as we all are or should be aware 2007 recently ended and that means that everyone is putting together their end of year lists and man do I love lists; well here's a website that has compiled links to many many many different end of year lists, to make it so much easier for you. You should thank them. Shit they've even put links to previous years end of year compilation pages at the bottom of that page . . . what more could you ask for?

Well maybe a link to the Dickheads of the Year as compiled by Bill Maher. Luckily I didn't make the list, did you?

And jut in case you missed it, here is the 2007 edition of 50 Things We Know Now (That We Didn't Know This Time Last Year). You can lie and say that you knew all them already, but that would make you some kind of douche and just in case you're wondering just how douchey you are check out the Douchemaster 2000. Apparently I'm a hardcore douche, how do you rank?

With the new year comes all sorts of high hopes dreams and plans . . . and of course new movies. There are some on the list that I think are must sees, like Iron Man, Hellboy 2, The Dark Knight (just kidding here's the real teaser trailer and how about these promo pics?), Get Smart, Incredible Hulk (hopefully this will more than make up for the Ang Lee pile of wank released in 2003), Prince Caspian, the new Bond flick (Daniel Craig and Casino Royale redeemed the series in my mind) and yes even the newest Harry Potter movie Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. I'm sure there'll be a whack of stinkers and movies that I won't see and even more than a few that I shouldn't have seen . . . but that list doesn't look too bad does it?

For those of you who think I'm mean to Kitty, check out this video of some cat rocking it in zero G. I guess this is the NASA equivalent of putting tape on the cat's feet?

Oh and before I forget (okay bad joke, you'll get it in a minute), I'd like to sign off with a some bad news for fans of the Discworld, according to this article from the BBC author Terry Pratchett has Alzheimer's disease. I don't know about you but I'll miss these stories when he stops writing them, they're brilliant . . . and I have to thank Warren in Stevenage for turning me on to them.

How about something from the did you know files? Did you know that you can't eat a whole tablespoon of cinnamon? You can't, if you don't believe me check out any of these videos. If you think you can do it, if anything happens it's not my fault because I gave you the idea and please please please video tape it to share with us, we all like a good laugh.

Well I'll sign off with some pics of a pregnant X-tina pulling a Britney. Enjoy.

Hey remember that time when I would post stuff a few times a week?