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I blame the New Math
Thu, 26 Jul 2007

I received this today. I know its nerdcore, but I'm posting it anyway.

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Entertainment: Does the bad guy ever win?
Sun, 15 Jul 2007

After having just watched the latest Harry Potter film installment (in Oshawa of all places, where we derived the Punch-Mullet game), I begin to wonder.. does the bad guy ever win?

Now, I don't refer to those fine books where the bad guy is the hero (a certain Vlad Taltos comes to mind) -- I'm talking the actual opponent, the enemy, the great evil, the aggressor. Maybe he's even the good guy in the case of an anti-hero. But the other-side of the fence?

I know a number of short stories where this occurs (I Have No Mouth Yet I Must Scream for example).

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Day by Day: Skeequiz -- Prove you grew up in southern Ontario during the 80s!
Wed, 11 Jul 2007

If I had a tagging feature set up, this would be tagged to typed-on-phone-no-wonder-I-have-RSI. Or torture-Phronq.

A flock of crows is called a 'murder' I think, either by dictionairy or by convention I'm not sure which. A flock of seagulls is called a 'mullet' by those of us who remember the 80s. My question today - what is a flock of bills? A squire of bills? A flamming-wallet of bills? I had a witty answer, but in all the effort to type up a blog entry I've forgotten it. Such is the way of my mind. Nomatter, for there are many questions in this tired vessel and you cannot Google for a concept (not yet, my dear Brigadooner)..

I have a quiz for you; how many can you answer?

1) What was that morning cartoon where the characters were all just white line drawings upon a black background? Perhaps French TV Ontario? Does TV Ontario still make really strange little children shows? They were the stuff!

2) The Beachcombers scared us a little when we were young, but then as were turned to adolescence we appreciated the scenery and outdoorsiness. And we were still scared about insestuous river rat folk. Trivia - what was the name of the fellow that Lara Croft would admire? Who was the native.. uh, aboriginal?

3) There was a live action show; I believe the main character was a young boy named Zack. He found a large trunk, or perhaps a piece of luggage? When he climbed inside he found another world..

4) A cartoon featuring a train; living on the train was a girl with a star shaped haircut, and a cat. Name it!

5) There was a animated (puppets) show about Jeremy the (blank)

6) I'm sure many people, not just from southern Ontario will know; (blank) the Hampster. The show featured his pal Geepee the Guineapig inventor. (He invented gadgets, not guineapigs.)

7) Not a question.. I just want everyone to fondly remember Riptide and Boz. Or if you must.. what was the robots name?

8) Do you remember Vision On? Recall the logo that was Visionon in script, mirrored across the horizontal and bouncing away as an insect? Where did this show originate, as its not Canadian!

9) Which show kicked off Commander Mark? What did he draw on every episode? (This one is for Aphyd)

10) What show had a skeleton Mr. Bones, a boot, a girlie shoe? (blank)along!

11) (singing)Its the stories we read about all come to life!(/singing)

12) (blank)On! One episode had a 'vampire' who bit paper, leaving quotation marks.

13) Name the show: (blank) Patrol, where the main character went undercover wearing a kangaroo outfit. (This ones for Tuxedo)

14) Which show had Cosmic Cow? And Monroe, a male character who was raped by two obese women in a bathtub -- ahh, family comedy in the 80s!

Alright, thats enough for now :)

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Day by Day: On Captain America and Life
Thu, 05 Jul 2007

I'm still around, albeit in the mossy-coated way. Without going into details I must repeat it is truly amazing humanity has survived so well on such a flaky process as our reproductive system. The sheer variety of potential complications before, during and after are staggering.

Anyway, I do have a few blog entries written up quick on my phone but never polished and posted so I'll get them up in crap-form soon enough. Taking care of life is a busy thing of late!

One quickie comment though .. when I heard that They were going to kill off the comic superhero Captain America, my brain went through a few permutations and flip-flops until I ended up on - is this a comment on American culture? Are they trying to say that American Idle and its ilk are the top of what is left of a once prosperous and heroic people?

We had visitors from over-seas and a few times the topic of America came up, and I recall saying that despite their flaws Americans are good people. Sure they're stereotypically loud, but at the same time that loudness is often in show of greatness.. that Americans really are raised to want to do good and play Hero, and despite the governments attempts to lock everyone under a shadow of fear, its still a place of innovation where Joe Sixpack can make some goo dmoney.... without resorting to lawsuits. Well, maybe with the lawsuits.

Mind you, I flipped channels past American Inventor last night, a knock-off of the very good Canadian show Dragon's Den. In DD, folks pitch ideas to some rich lads, who bargain and shoot and usually toss the inventor out but sometimes take them under wing.. buy their idea out, buy shares, etc. It makes sense -- a sales pitch, and the rich lads are spending their own money, and actually make some intelligent commentary. Cool stuff. In American Inventor, its yet another 'Idol' type contest where the show can make a pile of money without having to reward but one person, and its really just a show to parade idiots around. They've distilled the slick out of Dragons Den, reducing it to a platform to play George Forman and The Hoff against each other.

So yeah, in this era of Teh Bush, Captain America really has to die.

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