Ban the Bag

Seems that my local Municipal Environment Committee would like to ban plastic shopping bags locally and they want your help to do it . . . well okay and your approval. They've got another survey online where you can answer four questions on the subject of banning the single use plastic shopping bag here, if you're interested. Although single use isn't an accurate name for them, I don't know about you but mine normally get used twice before they hit the landfill.

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No matter, soon we'll be back to hauling our groceries home in a paper sack and think of the fun we can have making giant hand puppets of them. No matter onto the fun, yeah?

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In case you're in Winnipeg and you're looking for something to do after you get shot with a pellet gun and have your car stolen, why not try the Winnipass activity package? The Winnipeg Ghost Tour from the good folks over at All About Ghosts is good times too, and looks like both include a stop at the St. B Museum, which is supposed to be haunted BTW.

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But maybe you don't like to go out and do stuff and would rather hide out in your man cave, or your mum's basement, and that's cool too . . . and if you belong to the latter group you'd best grab your inhaler because this link will show you the wonders that is the Lego Vault - the, I can only assume super high security, super secret, super awesome storage space where ever Lego set ever created is stored. Presumably so that after the nuclear holocaust the radio active zombie kids will have some excellent toys or so that thousands of years into the future an Archaeologist in moon boots and metallic one piece jumpsuit can unearth this treasure trove and make some sort of well meaning but misinformed theory about them being grave goods showing everyday life in our world (pirates, castles and space exploration is a pretty normal day for me, what about you?) or miniature representations of our deities . . . which probably isn't too far off the mark.

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Speaking of Lego - how bad ass is this, the Lego Death Star. I can think of a few people who will be wanting to get that sum bitch.

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I don't know if you're looking for something to do next Saturday night, why not check out some indie wrasslin' from Ringmasters Entertainment at the Dryden Arena as part of their Moosefest? We went last year and man it was good times, no doubt helped that we ended up sitting in the section for the handicapped and/or people who don't know that wrestling isn't real. Soooo awesome. I know I'll see you there.

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As a somewhat interesting aside, when I saw Henry Rollins at the Walker last RME wrestler E Z Ryder was working security and I'm certain that Bobby Collins worked as a bouncer at Scandals and we referred to him as Yosemite Sam as he was little, red headed and had a superb 'stache at the time.

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And now for your bit of fun and my sign off - if you liked the Planet Rock Album Cover Quiz you'll definitely love the hidden band name picture game; there are something like 70 some band names represented in the picture at that link, how many can you uncover?

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I'm outta here, until next time.