Phew, We Can Rest Easy...

.. as it looks like Kerry is going to win thanks to the Redskins.

some other election predictors, although thse are split.



Take that Sara :P

My Sweet Lord

Clicking on the "Next Blog" link at the top of Blogger pages, i came across possibly one of the most disturbing examples of the ridiculous nature of the mass-media/entertainment complex, Celebrity Baby Blog. Now, I although i disagree with the enitre celebrity "journalism" concept, I can understand that those celebrites consciously put themselves in the public eye as part of their job. But their children? Jesus Christ! It shouldn't matter who the hell your parents are, there is no concievable way to justify putting pictures of of peoples young and infant children on-line, without their parent's consent, at bare minimum. Besides that, who gives a fuck? How can it possibly matter to anyone that Reese Witherspooon took her daughter to church? Bah, this has all been said before, by far better than I.

Repent, The End Times Are Near.

I Heart Banks

Why is it that in an age where millions of dollars can be wired around the wrold in seconds, crippling economies and making fortunes, and where you can use your interac card without even leaving the table at the restaurant, it takes two weeks for $378.48 to clear? I thought the large Canadian Banks were incredibly efficient, and had great, centralized IT services. The money left my account on October first, but the wheels only start moving now, because it takes 10 business days? Bullshit.There are two people needed to perform this transaction, one at each bank. The computer doesn't give a shit, once its entered it should be able to merrily chug away, pushing bits around the ether until it hits the recipients account. But no, I need to wait two weeks so that the wheels can even begin to turnon the other end. I could understand that they need to wait til the money leaves the account, but the cheque was dated for the first, and the money left my account on the first, so I couldn't cancel the payment now if I tried. Whatever, I'm tired and bitter. COming up, Why I hate the National Student Loan Service Centre and why I might not be able to finish the semester if they jerk me around some more(hint, this is part of it).

Fuck My Ass, What Else?

Damn it, I had a nice, long post written, and was embellishing it with links, etc, when I clicked on the compose tab in blogger to try and do some fucky cross-out font stuff when I lost all the goodness. Sumbitch. I was on a role too, posting some pithy, high-falutin' on the discussion board for my Film Studies class. So, as a temporary measure until I can reconstitute the literary goodness I had about how Lethbridge is a shitburg, etc, please read the following paragraph written in response to commentary on the movie Shane (1953). For background, it's a really boring, unintentional laughter producing, archetypal Western.

Posted by Mark Jess on Wednesday, October 13, 2004 11:32am

I'm going to have to jump on the band wagon and agree. This movie was way too slow. I think a large part of that was to cover up for the lack of dialogue and action. Really, there are very few (sixish) main plot elements: Shane meets the family and joins them, Shane goes to town and antagonizes the cowboys, the farmers decide to resist, Shane gets in a fight, the southerner is shot, Shane goes into town and fights. Everything else, like the scene where he teaches Joey how to quick-draw, don't really move the plot along, but just amplify one of the main elements, in this case Shane joining the family. A lot of this could have been resolved, faster, with a better script. But, a lot of this is a function of when the film was produced. Westerns were not only intended to entertain and relay the plot, but were also meant to perpetuate the myths of the Old West, Manifest Destiny, and (White) American Superiority. So, having a slow moving film, with emphasis on the landscape, reflects and reinforces the societal mythology that the audience had already absorbed.

I could have written more, but it was just supposed to be a general discussion, not a full-blown critique. Also, todays title provide by Jack Black, from Tenacious D - Track 19 - Drive Thru, which really captured what I felt when I lost the killer post I had already written. Honest, it was great. Anything I try now to re-make it will only be a pale echo of its grandeur.

Whose leg do you have to hump to get a dry Martini around here?

Yet another mildly entertaining online quiz. I was kind of hoping for Quagmire. Giggity Giggity!



Which Family Guy character are you?

New Era of Entertainment Media

Interesting article over at Wired about the Long Tail, or why companies that don't set out to make hits are far more profitable that thsoe that do, given the distrubtion forms available today. Good read, and yes, the link is from slashdot, but I figure most of those who read this don't read that. Those of oyu who do, ignore this post

The Falafel Dumpling Gang

Or, How I was Utterly Humiliated by the tastiest of legumes

For the last couple of weeks, my mother has been using the deep-fryer fairly often, as part of a home-made French fry and fritter binge, as we have a good hundred pounds of high grade potatoes that Mom is trying to get rid of. So, after steak, fries and onion rings twice this weekend (the horror), Mom told me that if I wanted to deep fry anything to do it Monday so that the fryer can go back into storage.

Now, I've had a hankering for Falafel for a while. Ever since I got hooked on it by the Pita Pit, its the pita/wrap that I almost always get, and I wanted to try making it at home. So, I got this recipe, whipped out a can of chickpeas, and went to town with the food processor. I get my Falafel patties ready, put them in the oil, wait two minutes to turn them, open it up to turn them and................Nothing. The 4 patties I had put in have disappeared into the oil. So, I think maybe the falafel is too moist, so I try and salvage it into something mildly edible and put in some bisquick, so its like a falafel fritter or something. Put 5 of those in, go to turn them over............ Nothing. I lift the basket up, and its encrusted with falafel crumbs and deep fried dough. So, I dump the basket, add more bisquick, and use up the rest. I end up with 4 incredibly doughy balls that fall apart as soon as they are touched, and a basket that is lined with more falafel crumbs and dough.

Pissed off, and trying to use up some pitas, I say "Screw It!!" and try to fill a pita with the greasy crumbs and doughy mess. If you think that sounds unappetizing, your right. My quest for tasty home-made falafel continutes. Also, I'll never trust a vegan again, as that recipe sucked. On a side note, apparentty Tahini turns into a fucking solid brick if left in the fridge for a month.

On a blog note, yes, it has been a while since I posted. And yes, I'm gonna try and post more often. But, I'm pretty stupid lazy, so we'll see how that goes.


Also, check out Zach Braff's blog. It's the dude from Scrubs and Garden State. Scrubs is awesome, but I haven't had a chance to see Garden State yet. Anyways, his postings are pretty funny. "10,000 spoons when all you need is a dictionary" is a personal favourite.