Then and Now

Check out the Young Me Me Now website - it's a very cool idea with some pretty neat side by side pics, of you guessed it people recreating a pic of them when they were young, now. Another of those brilliantly simple idea that will leave you thinking "Why didn't I think of that?"

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Either way, it looks like a fun game to play, so if you do lemme know. Even if you don't submit the pics, share them over this way. Bring a smile to your favourite blogger's face.

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I bring this up because in the past week I've been getting my kids' movie on (big surprise, eh?), including finally watching Wall-E; which was another Pixar winner, and some scathing social commentary, although I'm probably one of the last people in the free world to know that. If you haven't seen it yet, do yourself a favour and ch-ch-ch-check it out.

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I also rocked Disney's The Jungle Book, which I have no idea how true to Kipling's Mowgli stories really is, but damn if I didn't enjoy it all over again and this movie must have one of, if not the best, Disney movie soundtrack. I mean come on, check this, or this, out and tell me you're not doing a little chair dance of your very own right now?

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I know I am. Shit, it might have an even more infectious groove than the B-Boys' Intergalactic. Okay, maybe as infectious.

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Another thing I hadn't noticed as a kid was just how much the characters in Disney's Robin Hood looked and sounded just like the characters from The Jungle Book . . . pre-windows cut and paste action I guess.

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Well I think that's it . . . maybe next I'll watch Pinnochio, haven't seen that one in yonks. Or maybe I'll just check out Pinocchio, Vampire Slayer instead.

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Until next time.

Lousy Smarch Weather

Actually that's not entirely true, the weather has been aces here lately.

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But, hey another month another post, we'll see if we can be any more regular about stopping by here, but no promises. Remember you get what you pay for.

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It's no secret that there are demons that live in my head and cause me no end of grief and pain, but whenever I hear someone say "Oh I had a migraine once." I want to poke them in the eye with hot poker. Migraine isn't a one off and it's not Latin for "bad headache"; but maybe this article comparing the myth and reality of migraines will help. If it doesn't I did find it an interesting read.

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It's a sad sad day and the end of an era, the Alamo Village from the John Wayne Alamo movie is shut down and for sale. I never visited there, and never tried to either, but you have to admit it would be a cool stop on a road trip?

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I wonder if Peewee's bike is in the basement?

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Maybe Mr. E.T. could save the place, he pities the foo' that won't let him phone home.

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No matter, but perhaps this video will make you happy to learn that it doesn't just happen to fat guys.

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Until next time, Bueller? Bueller? Bueller?

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PS - Still need.

Hey, down in front!

Every feel like you don't have time to watch all the movies you'd like to see? Well as long as you're only concerned about films released in 2009 and have 7 minutes to spare, you're in luck. Here they are in all their edited down and distilled greatness.

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Or maybe you're not into quality and prefer your film with a healthy dose of cheese . . . we'll I've got you covered yet again, thanks to the YouTubes here are the 100 Cheesiest Movie Lines of All Time (admittedly I recognised several of these films . . . and enjoyed some of them a lot too) . . . according to some guy who has the time on his hands to watch the movies, collect the scenes, edit them down and post them to YouTube.

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Maybe cheese in film isn't your bag either, and prefer fast paced sometimes awkward lengthy dialog littered with pop culture references and splashed with more than just a little bit of the ultra violence. In that case the Tarantino Film Reference Manual might be something you'd find interesting and/or amusing.

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But then again, perhaps you're just interested in what's new and exciting. Well I don't know about you but I think that the film MacGruber looks like it's full of win. You can check out the red band trailer here if you're so inclined.

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Although maybe you're into documentaries or monkeys . . . or documentaries made by monkeys. If so you're in luck . . . well sure okay they're chimps not monkeys, but they were given cameras and the footage they shot was put together and is being aired on the BBC. There's more info (and more importantly a clip of the chimp directed/shot footage) here and after watching this and Transformers and Transformers 2 I think that Michael Bay went to the same film school as they did.

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No word on whether or not the chimps used to shoot softcore porn though. But you know if I hear of any I'll pass it along.

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Until next time.

On the first day of Giftmas . . .

Do you know the history behind the 12 Days of Christmas? Neither did I until my main man Alan Cross set me straight with this article. Who knew it was all about sneaky English Catholics trying to teach religious lessons . . . not me that's for sure.

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The MacKenzie Brothers version is pretty good too . . . and I'd be pretty surprised if there was a subversive religious message hid in there.

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I don't know about you but any restaurant that uses a cowboy monkey riding a dog in its commercial is going to get my business. And while we're talking commercials, I think it's fair to say that this just might be the best raisin bran commercial ever.

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And this, the greatest laptop commercial ever. It reminds me of all the time I blew playing videos games sat in front of my Commodore 128.

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I don't know about you, but I'm really looking forward to seeing Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland film. Check out the trailer here, featuring none other than Johnny Depp as The Mad Hatter, and I think he makes a very good, and very Tim Burton, looking one, don't you?

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Time to use my powers for good . . . here's a story by a Sioux Lookout writer that you might like to check out.

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And before I go I'd like to wish all you Druids and Wiccans a happy Winter Solstice. It's the shortest day and longest night today, so enjoy it . . . and get your sorry ass some vitamin D (not to be confused with pop star Vitamin C - remember this song? Yeah me either).

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Until next time.

Movie Time

Well on the weekend I saw Rob Zombie's Halloween sequel and brothers & sisters let me tell you it's very Rob Zombie and very twisted. And I finally learned the difference between jam and jelly, and for that Rob I'll be forever grateful and seeing Brea Grant in this movie did nothing to curb my hang up on specs appeal. But hey there are worse things to be hung up . . . right?

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Check out these great movie posters from the glory days of Ghana's "mobile cinema". The Mobile Cinema travelled around the country from village to village creating temporary movie theatres in a time when most of the population couldn't afford their own VHS (remember VHS?) machine. To attract people to the see the movies the mobile cinema they'd often hang out home made posters like the ones in the link. And yes most of this paragraph is paraphrased directly from the site I've linked. Remember you get what you pay for.

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And since you brought up movie posters, how about Premiere.com's list of the 25 best movie posters ever? Whether you think they're right or not you have to agree that are some really good movie posters there.

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Or maybe you'd prefer Cracked.com's collection of the 30 Strangest Movie Posters of all time? Admittedly, this is a favourite, but they seem to have an odd idea of just what exactly strange means . . . either that or I'm fucked. Proper fucked.

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Or maybe you'd prefer a collection of embarrassing movie posters? Which in this case I think the compiler believes the definition of embarrassing to be "in bad taste" in one way, shape or form. Some quality stuff in there though, don't you think?

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It's not movie posters, but it's another great Cracked.com Photoshop contest of The Top 25 Pieces of Movie Merchandise Too Awesome To Exist.

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Well I've got a ton more movie links I've been waiting to share, but I'm running short on time, so with that I bid you good day, until the next blog.

For My Loyal Fan

Yep, another post, and it's not even been a month. What's going on in the world? Well lots (I've been busy jumping motorcycles over mountains, try it for yourself, it's fun), but let's just focus on some of the funner bits for now eh? Maybe this is why I wasn't as regular on here as I could have been?

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In case you too were disappointed with the GI Joe film (which would have been a lot more enjoyable for me if it weren't called GI Joe) like I was (but I was disappointed exactly how I thought I was going to be disappointed, so is that really disappointment? A question for the ages, something you can figure out after determining what the sound of one hand clapping is) I think you'll thoroughly enjoy The Ballad of GI Joe over at Funny or Die.

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Personally I think that was cast & costumed a whole lot better than the film was, at least you could tell who the Joes were just by looking at them . . . and Henry Rollins as Duke? How much better can you get?

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None, none better.

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Hey all that being said I enjoyed the GI Joe film more than Transformers 2, and the funny thing about that is I thought Transformers 2 was better than the first Transformers film, but not even half as good as the Transformers animated movie.

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Oh and for the record, the GI Joe animated movie sucked balls too, so I don't hold everything from when I was a kid in high regards . . . but this does lead me to ask when are they going to make another Masters of the Universe film, but that's a cherished childhood memory that could due with being smashed on the rocks of Hollywood ineptitude.

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Oh wait, they are and apparently it's slated for a 2011 release. I will keep hopes high for this for now, after all it will be hard to out bad the Dolph Lundgren MotU film.

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In other news that has geeks foaming at the mouth, looks like the Disney Corporation has bought up Marvel Comics, you can read a bit about it here, but you've already got the message. This causes one to ask a few big questions like will Hannah Montana be Spiderman's new love interest and will the cast of High School Musical will be joining the X-Men?

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Apparently that won't be the case and the Mouse will give Marvel the autonomy that Pixar or ABC or ESPN enjoys, so that's good. Maybe we don't need to ask how Disney will affect Marvel, maybe it will work the other way around. That seems to be what this guy thought over here anyway.

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Well that's her for now, but I will leave you today with a collection of some great motivational posters featuring Mark Twain quotes, because you can't go wrong with a little Twain.

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Until next time.

Is Going to Blame it on the Train

Yeah I'm back with another short but sweet one.

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Maybe you're in the market for a 2010 Camaro, and if you are you might want to have a look at the 68 point dealer delivery checklist, you know so you can give the car a good once over with the common problems they're having with this car, like broken transmission output shafts. Although since that same tranny is used in several other sports cars it's more likely a bad batch of transmissions than a problem with that transmission as a whole.

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I still love my Camaro, but the 2010 has mine beat hands down power and performance wise. But I guess that's the difference between three and four hundred horsepower eh?

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Now let's shift gears from awesome cars to awesome actors, and how can you get more awesome than Mickey Rourke? I mean this is the man who told Iron Man 2 Director Jon Favreau that he wanted his character in the film to get drunk and argue with his pet parrot, or at least according to this he did. Told you he was awesome, but wait it gets better.

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Seems that recently while partying in London he ended up with a statue of Christ (and who hasn't?) and punching the shit out of a traffic barrier (and who hasn't wanted to?). Good times, good times. But it gets better, check out the top 7 awesome things that you didn't know about Mickey.

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And now this is a must share bit of movie news, even if it doesn't involve Mr. Rourke, but here's the trailer for Tim Burton's production of Alice in Wonderland starring none other than Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter. I'm looking forward to this film, Burton & Depp are great at what they do and when they do it together it's even better and the Alice in Wonderland stories are great, even if they were written by a man with an unhealthy attraction to little girls for a little girl. But that being said, do read the books.

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And I will sign off today with what just might be the best power ballad EVAR.

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Until next time.

Dance Your Cares Away

Worry's for another day, let the live action musical play down in Fraggle Rock. Yep that's right kids according to the jerks over at AICN there's a live action musical version of Fraggle Rock in the works, you can read just a little bit about it here if you like. IMDB says the film will have a 2011 release. Live action Fraggles? I dunno, what's wrong with puppet Fraggles and dudes in big suits playing the Gorgs? And the blue screen placing the tiny Fraggles in frame with the giant Gorgs would be a whole lot better now.

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Until I actually see something I'll assume that it will be at least as good as the TV show (hey admit it it was good and you liked it and you still sometimes watch the reruns on Teletoon Retro). I just wonder who will play the old not so successful inventor guy who tossed all of Uncle Travelling Matt's postcards in the wastepaper basket.

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And oh yeah, is it just me, or was Junior Gorg at least a little bit retarded?

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Speaking of Teletoon Retro, what happened to Rocket Robin Hood and why no Adventures of the Mighty Hercules. If you're reading this Senior VP in Charge of Pleasing Geeks Who Never Grew Up(oh and I know you do) over at TTR get on that shit, will you.

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And since I mentioned geeks, how's about closing off with a fine collection of some great examples of geek art & graffiti. If you get any of these you're not as cool as you thought you were.

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Sorry.

Is Spring Going to Take This Time?

Good morning iPhriends, how's it going? The sun is shining brightly and it stopped snowing yesterday around dinner time, although there was a thick frost on everything when I got up this morning . . . but let's hope winter had its last hurrah for a while. I've had my fill. It's nearly May and I still have the heat on.

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I *finally* got to see the Watchmen film Friday night at our local theatre and let me tell you it was worth the wait. I think they did a very good job of translating the books to the screen and look forward to purchasing the DVD release with up to one extra hour of footage.

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If you seen the Watchmen I think you'd have to agree that Jackie Earle Haley, the man who played Rorschach in that film (and Kelly in the Bad News Bears), he'll make for a great, and much darker, Freddy Krueger in the upcoming Nightmare on Elm Street reboot (according to this he is anyway).

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Oh and those of you are interested how's about some pics of Malin Akkerman (the actress who played the Silk Spectre II in the film) forgetting the rule about wearing gitch under your skirt, especially when getting in and out of automobiles and you're famous and people like to take pictures of you.

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You know I'm always planning for World War Z and think that it would be in your best interest if you did as well, because well you know I care. So what's your zombie contingency plan? If you haven't come up with one on your own yet perhaps you can read these 11 examples and you can work on your own. You know better to be prepared, like the boy scouts say "Hope for the best and prepare for the worst."

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And finally a happy 83rd birthday to author Harper Lee . . . would you believe I've never read her To Kill a Mockingbird? And yes I did in fact graduate from high school. Go figure.

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That's her for today, until next time.

I want my BSG

Morning all . . . what to talk about today, well if you didn't know there's a live action film adaptation of Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are coming out this October. You can check out the trailer for it on the Youtubes here if you're so inclined. I know this is a must see film for me . . . the book was always one of the greats, and I still want a pair of those sweet pajamas that Max had, but after hearing it read at a friend's funeral it became a whole lot more powerful for me.

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Let's hope the don't Transformers this one, eh?

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So what's a geek to do on a Friday night without BSG? I'm at a loss, but I'm sure it'll involved sitting in front of a flickering screen of one type or another.

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For some reason the Teeny Little Super Guy from Sesame Street just popped into my head. Talk about random eh? Well I guess he does just pop right up before your eyes. There's a bunch of videos on Youtube here if you're interested in a little childhood reminiscing.

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After reading this Calvin & Hobbes comic I've come to realise that they prophets of our age and I think I should look into getting more Calvin & Hobbes books to better prepare myself for the rest of what life might have in store for me. You can check out a 30 day archive of the C&H comics here if you need a little boy and his tiger story fix. Although the comic stopped over ten years ago, it still has one of the finest goodbyes I've ever seen and one helluva a fine piece of advice for life, don't you agree?

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And finally I think I'll destroy a little bit of your childhood . . . we all know there's a GI Joe movie coming out this summer right? And we're all hoping that it won't be as bad as we think it's going to be right? We'll kids there's nothing left to hope for because now that Cobra Commander has been revealed I don't see how they're going to be able to save this movie. Check it out here for yourself, if you dare.

One more time

Yeah been slacking about putting stuff up here again . . . I guess I've been busier more important things? Yeah I hate to say it, but sometimes it happens. No matter I'm back here today, and after all it's quality, not quantity, right? So let's have at it . . . since it is March Break and I'm not heading down to South Padre Island or anything like that.

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This video came highly recommended, and all I have to say is what is that kid on and where can I get some?

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I'm sure I've mentioned here before that the film Hellraiser is being redone, and this time with input from Clive Barker, the man who wrote the novella that the film was based on. So hopefully it will have more of the original story in it than what the first film did, although that movie was pretty cool, which probably had a lot to do with Doug Bradley's portrayal of Pinhead.

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Speaking of here's a first look at the new Pinhead for the new film . . . different but the similar. I won't pass judgement until I see it in context.

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From the current quasi-celebrity news file, or obits page I guess, former WWe wrestler Test aka Andrew Martin died just recently, you can read more about it here, but there isn't much info out there yet. But let's see . . . pro wrestler, early 30's, dead in apartment . . . I'm going with the classic heart attack from steroid and coke use that is oh so prevalent amongst his profession.

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One of the better parts of a great book was when Roddy Piper made dedicated the book to all the guys he used to work with who weren't there anymore, and listed them and there was a lot, maybe more than you'd think. You'd think these guys would figure this shit out, but I guess the ride is good enough that you don't complain about it being short.

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In music news infamous Norwegian Black Metal icon, former Burzum front man and church burner Varg Vikernes is being released from prison after serving his term for the murder of Mayhem guitarist Øystein Aarseth aka Euronymous. If you're interested you can read more about it here. Several years ago I met someone who had spoken with Varg on the phone from prison and what should come as no surprise is that he's very charismatic. Welcome back to society Varg, try to be good this go around, eh?

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If you'd like to learn more about the Black Metal scene I'd recommend you read Lords of Chaos, it's a really good read, a little grim at times, but worthwhile.

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And I'll sign off with another must see movie, Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead. Take a look at that title and the website and tell me it's not screaming win.

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And now for some real news . . . check out this article and this one with photos of a suicide bomb blast going off in Sri Lanka outside a mosque while people were celebrating Mawlid, the birthday of the Prophet Mohammed. Be warned the pictures although they are frames from a video are pretty grim, and I don't mean the caught the aftermath of the explosion, they got the bomb going off.

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So was it worth the wait? It better have been. Until next time.

Half assing it

Check out this trailer for what might be one of the finest films released this year, Lesbian Vampire Killers. The title alone screams win, but I've been let down before. Damn you, damn you to hell Vampires versus Zombies, lucky for us the trailer looks great. This film might even be better than Zombie Strippers.

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Since the Watchmen film comes out this Friday I think it's appropriate to take a peek at The 7 Stages of Nerdgasm: A Fanboy Awaits the Watchmen Movie. And speaking from experience, that list is pretty accurate.

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Let this article be a lesson to you, don't piss off the Mary Kay Lady - the Avon Lady go right ahead.

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I totally need one of these, don't you think?

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And finally RIP Philip Jose Farmer (you can read more about him here), I hope we meet up on the Riverworld.

Ch ch ch ch ah ah ah ah

Well well well looks like today is Friday the 13th . . . . oooooh scary. But do you know why it's bad juju? Yeah neither does anyone else really, but there's lots of reasons why it could be, don't believe me, Google it or check out the Wikipedia article on it.

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No matter, it's Friday the 13th and a (sorta) new Friday the 13th film opens today . . . I don't know about you but I'm quite looking forward to this - I'm positive it won't be as good as Rob Zombie's remake/reboot of the Halloween franchise, but I'm in this far with the Friday the 13th films so I can't stop now.

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But you thought Friday the 13th was bad, wait until you experience Saturday the 14th! Actually Saturday the 14th isn't as scary this year, being St. Valentine's Day. Every wonder why you get and give loads of little cards and your sweetie gives you sweets on this day? Or just happy to get them? If you're interested in the history of it, the History Channel has loads of stuff up here.

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Quite possibly more important than Valentine's Day tomorrow, it's Louis Riel Day on Monday - only in Manitoba and parts of Saskatchewan, I believe, is the man a hero, he is the Father of Manitoba after all, and I think pretty much everywhere else in the Country he was/is just a crazy guy (literally) who lead a couple rebellions against the Federal Government . . . but you can thank him it was one of those rebellions that got the railroad pushed through to the West.

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You're welcome.

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And hey I've got a sweet Metis sash now, so I can truly represent my Franco-Toban roots. Don't forget Festival du Voyageur mes amis!

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I don't know about you, but I could really go for a piece of this right about now. Ah man that looks sooo-oh good.

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Did you ever wonder what happened to Andrew Dice Clay? Yeah neither did I, but then I saw this picture and I had to start to wonder . . . it's almost like he decided to become the stereotypical old Jewish guy in a bad movie . . . at least he's not wearing a velvet track suit there.

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I know I've been flogging the living shit out of the release of the Watchmen film, but here's a sweet Japanese trailer for the film and he folks we're less than a month away from the March 6th release date. Just to get your fix in, here's a link to 17 sweet B&W portraits from the film that are part of a book of, you guessed it, portraits from the film.

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Well that's her for now - later gators.

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PS - Death to all but metal

Act Now . . . they're going fast!

Yep things are changing, disappearing and becoming defunct at an alarm rate . . . some good (remember smoking in airplanes?) some bad and some just meh (rotary dial phone anyone?). But someone has taken the time to compile some of histories rarest of the rare. There's some pretty neat stuff there and if you've got any lying around, and a ping pong table, I'm totally coming over to hang out way more often.

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Like I said things are disappearing and here's a list of companies that are thought to disappear this calendar year. I'm sure there are earth shattering ramifications to each of these going under, but I don't know that I'll miss them, I mean it's not like I drive my Chrysler to Pier 1 while talking on a Nortel phone . . . much.

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As for Chrysler going tits up, it won't be the first car maker to do it, don't believe check out this list ask yourself where the AMC, Packard & DeSoto dealers are now.

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But maybe you like to see disappearance on a larger scale, if so check out this extinction timeline showing history from 1950 and predictions up to 2050 . . . go check it for yourself, I don't want to spoil the ending.

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Another thing to fall to the wayside seems to be the mustache which is too bad because all know how important facial hair is (hmmmm maybe I need one of these?), but have no fear Spike has collected what they think are history's most important mustaches. A good collection I think, but history most important? Probably not, I mean Lanny MacDonald wasn't even on the list. Now that was a quality 'stache, and really a Canadian, or at least Western Canadian Icon. Don't believe me? Check it for yourself.

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Speaking of Canadian Iconery how about that one burning thing that unites Canadians from coast to coast, hating Toronto, and now you can enjoy it movie style, with the tongue in cheek mockumentary "Let's All Hate Toronto" no doubt made by Torontonians . . . isn't it ironic, donchathink?

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And Katy Perry wore a green bikini, and I liked it.

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And that's her. Until next time.

Jump in bed and cover your head . . .

. . . because Santa Claus is coming to town.

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Just in case you're one of the Lucas fanboys (speaking of Fanboys, just when is that movie acutally going to be released?) who's still under the general disillusion that George makes quality entertainment and cares about anything other than making that money money yeah yeah here's an article that will set you straight, break your heart and/or cause you to wax philosophical about the Star Wars Holiday Special. Anyway it looks like a stage production of Star Wars is going to be going into production and will be premiering next year at London's O2 Arena.

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No matter this might be favourite piece of George Lucas TV ever.

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That's enough Lucas slagging don't you think? In order to bring things back up how's about listening to Tucson's Hot Club band rock the Cantina Song from Star Wars?

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And for a bit of Star Wars history, how about checking out some of the early storyboards for the 1st film/episode four from long long ago in a studio far far away back before the Millennium Falcon was cool looking. Pretty cool eh? I'm not totally gay for Star Wars like some I know but I have to admit it's pretty cool getting such a behind the scenes peek at a bit of geek history.

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Ever notice how the best solutions to a problem are the simplest? Well this is fucking brilliant; seems that teens in Montgomery County have found a sweet way to exact revenge on people and screw with speed cameras at the same time.

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Step 1 - borrow a car similar to the one driven the person you want to screw over.

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Step 2 - print out a fake plate that matches that of the person you want to screw over and tape it over the plate on your car.

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Step 3 - run the speed camera.

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Step 4 - enjoy the fruits of your labour.

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I told you simple and brilliant. I don't know someone didn't come up with this before.

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Well that's her for now, but I will leave you with one last bit. I don't know about you, but if this were a TV show I'd watch it.

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And oh yeah, have a merry fucking Christmas.

Half Hearted Entry

Got some time to kill between the airing of Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer and the Island of Misfits Toys and the Stephen Colbert Family Christmas Special and looking for something to do? Well look no longer, because here's an interesting quiz, 101 Amazing Earth Facts. I liked it but I like trivia.

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Since Chrimbo has come up again, how about taking a look over at The Ship of Fool's 12 Days of Kitschmas?

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I guess it was an act defiance, cheekiness or jingoism but according to this article prison work gangs of German soldiers from the Second World War planted a giant swastika in the bush. The article is missing something, something very important. A damned photo of the forest in question. Good thing Wikipedia is around with a photo in their write up on the subject.

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At least this site full of the mad and amazing designs and pictures that rice farmers have made in their paddies has pictures, and it's a damned good thing too because the site just comes up as gibberish on my computer. Must be an Asian font or something.

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In some news closer to home, I think this article proves that Winnipeg is fucked and the Royal Albert Arm's is one rough place. I mean how many other times have you read about an accused killer who admits to making an agreement with someone to be killed, cooked and eaten? And it's the guy on trial who wanted to be eaten. At least he had the common decency to want to be cooked first. Eating him raw would have been savagery.

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Here's an article for you that is proof that too much of a good thing is bad; seems that an Englishman has died from bleeding to death caused by over picking his nose. And here my mum only ever told me not to do it because my head would cave in.

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And here's a bit of news that made me weep a little; according to this article Corey Feldman says that Goonies 2 isn't going to happen. I think that I'll stay in my little bubble for a while longer and hold out hope for this film, because you know what they say, Goonies never die!

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Anyone wanna go on a Goonies Vacation?

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Well that's about her for now, but I will leave you with this lovely little comic about friends and dating. It made me laugh anyway.

Baby, if you ever wondered, wondered what ever became of me . . .

. . . I'm living on the air in Cincinnati, Cincinnati WKRP.

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If you were a fan of the show you might be pleased to know that a TV station in Cincinnati has changed their name to WKRP along with their upgrade to digital broadcast. You can read more about it here, but what else there to know?

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No word on whether or not it comes staffed with a wacky crew of misfits, but I'm sure there's a quirk or two in there. But can they compare to this motley crew? And don't forget that just because this guy broke dropping things down the back of someone's pants protocols doesn't mean that you can too. Everyone knows it's all right to drop something down the back of someone's pants, but you're not supposed to pull the pants away, you're to take advantage of the natural, or unnatural, gap that opens up.

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Hey I don't make the rules I just live by them . . . when it's convenient.

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Hey are you tired of not knowing what's going on when your friends, ah hell who am I kidding, your friend and/or the rest of your Guild in WoW, are talking about films? Well fret no longer because here's a great little video with 100 film spoilers in five minutes. You've got five minutes and trust me it's worth watching.

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And I have to share this in the interest of public safety; the bane of your schoolyard existence is back, and no I don't mean the wedgie, purple nurple or that really mean teacher who was old when she taught your mum. It's cooties and it just so happens that Scientists have proved that girls really do have them. Best stop by your best friend's house on your way to work this morning and get that long over due cootie vaccination before it's too late. Or maybe it already is.

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I'd also like to ask you all to join me in congratulating the City of Miami for the month of October as it was the first month in 42 years that the city didn't record a single homicide. Way to go! Although this is being congratulated for something that you should be doing anyway, so in a way it's kinda like getting a round of applause for not pissing all over your own shoes.

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Well not to end on too serious a note, but how about the upcoming non-confidence vote and the NDP/Liberal Coalition forming in the Federal Government? I can't speak for everyone, but does anyone in Parliament really think that another election will turn out differently than the one we voted in October? If anything people will be pissed off at the Coalition for forcing another election so soon and vote for the Conservatives in anger. Or maybe they'll protest vote it again throw some more votes at the Green Party.

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Although Jack Layton really does have a mustache that you could vote for . . . too bad he's not the MP for my riding.

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Well that's her for today, and remember only 22 more shoplifting days until giftmas.

Maybe this says something about me?

I don't know about you, but when I read this article I thought, I would have headlined it "Doctors Unlock Secrets of Child's Brain". What do you think? Should I apply for a job with Maclean's? Or just stick to this for the time being?

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Hey I never said I wasn't a bad person. But at least the Doctors from that article didn't have to resort to using any of the 25 Awesome Ways to Break Bad News as featured in this sweet Photoshop contest over at Cracked.

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From bad news to films, check out the AFI's Top 100 Films summarized in Five Words Each. It's a pretty cool list and idea and seems well executed, although I haven't seen all the films in question.

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Now that you have enough witty things to say about films to really impression your film snob friends, how about taking a look over at Entertainment Weekly's collection of the 25 Most Controversial Movies Ever. It seems my friends that the standards for controversy are being lowered all the time - but I must say there are some good films on the list. My aren't I controversial?

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From controversial to craptacular, check out the Ten Worst Films of the Past Ten Years as compiled by Rotten Tomatoes. And I have to admit there's a couple of films on there that I saw and enjoyed.

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Why not take a peek at another worst films list, this one from the Sun-Sentinel. Right off the hop I have to disagree with their Number 1 pick, it should not be on this list. Nor should #3, I mean it's not great but it's a classic . . . and it's people! It's made from people.

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I'm also finding it hard to believe that #18 made the list as well . . . or maybe I've just got really shitty taste in film? Yeah you know what? I'm thinking that whomever built that list just didn't know what they were talking about because I'm positive that for each film on that list I can pick a worse one to replace it with. But I guess taste is subjective and varies from person to person don't it.

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Well I think that's her, I'll leave you today with this question - does it not get any hotter or creepier than this?

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Pale? Check
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Ink? Check
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Itsy bitsy teeny weeny bikini? Check
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Hot hula hoop gyrations? Check
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Storm Trooper Helmet? Giggity!

Explain to me this . . .

So I was in Shelbyville yesterday and asides from committing a random act of Wal-Mart and making a Can-Tire run, as well as of course attending to my work duties, come on now folks, you know I'm dedicated and what not, I got to put gas in my truck for 79.4 cents per litre.

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Gas in town is bumping between 94.5 and 94.9 cents per litre at the moment, depending on the station, but gas is normally 10 cents per litre cheaper in Dryden, so 15 cents is a little larger gap than normal, but the real kicker was day before last I got a delivery of home heating oil. That's the dyed stuff that says it doesn't have all the highway taxes that regular diesel would so it should be super cheap, because aren't we always being told that over 1/3 the cost of a litre of gasoline is tax?

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No matter, anyway the heating oil I got just two short days ago was 90 cents per litre. Go figure . . . I mean what's the world coming to when I could heat my house cheaper with gasoline than with heating oil . . . although if I tried I'm sure I wouldn't have to worry about heating my house any more because it would just be a smoking pile of rubble.

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But hey I'll take that 90 cents per litre oil after all it was $1.11 at my last fill up.

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Yeah yeah I know, piss and moan piss and moan.

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Maybe I need to liven things up here a bit, eh? So how about I tell you about the film Black Dynamite, check out the trailer. Now you can't tell me that this doesn't look awesome. Although I think that tracking down this one will prove as difficult as getting a copy of Zombie Strippers, but I'm sure it will be just as rewarding.

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I'm out of time for this morning, but for those of you thinking about going up to the Northwest Territories and getting your freak on, you may want to think twice after you read about how the government there has sounded the alarms over a resurgence of syphilis. Territorial health officials say that it's spread from neighbouring Alberta, which is a likely story but I have to admit it sounds better than saying you got it from a toilet seat or from trying on some jeans at the mall.

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But hell, as far as STD's go this one can't be all bad, if it's good enough for royalty it's got to be good enough for you, right?

All I Want for Giftmas

Is this. I want it so bad I can taste the dog stolen turkey and feel the wood of the Fra-Jeel-Eh splintering under the might and power of my crowbar.
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I mean how awesome is that?
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Seriously . . . I'm going to revise my letter to St. Nick right now.