Ron & Rudy & 9/11

My friend Robin posted a very interesting post on his blog yesterday. It's a video excerpt of the last GOP debate and features Ron Paul and Rudy Giuliani and talk about 9/11. Check it out.

SI in SI, Si?

All of you should know and some of you do know that I play baseball for the Surrey Indians. The team has a blog and the team needs your help. See how you can help by clicking here. It will take just a few minutes. Thanks in advance.

Maze Daze

I created this piece of work while at work last Monday. The kids were in awe. Click to enlarge.

The Blog Show Winner

I put all the received tickets together and had a beautiful human draw one of the tickets. The drawn ticket was the one that was turned in by Jason. Congrats. I have a cage full of monkeys working round the clock to determine what your prize will be.

Spitting Mad Bus Driver

WARNING: FOUL LANGUAGE

What is Stephen Harper reading?

Inspired by a "tribute" author Yann Martel (Life of Pi) got an idea and that idea has a website. In his words:

...For as long as Stephen Harper is Prime Minister of Canada, I vow to send him every two weeks, mailed on a Monday, a book that has been known to expand stillness. That book will be inscribed and will be accompanied by a letter I will have written. I will faithfully report on every new book, every inscription, every letter, and any response I might get from the Prime Minister...

Book #1: The Death of Ivan Ilych by Leo Tolstoy, sent April 16 2007.

Book #2: Animal Farm by George Orwell, sent today.

Overheard in Vancouver

A loud teen boy as he approaches a group of teen boys: Hey, wassup fuckin' faggot?

--41st & Fraser

overheard by: me and almost certainly the two boys in our care, ages 6 and 8

"Congrats! You're Going To Yesterday's Show!"

I entered an online contest. Draw date is April 29th and event date is May 1st. "Winners will be notified within 5 business days of the drawing date." How about within 2 business days?

Everything's Gone Green

I'm about to go to Tinseltown to watch Everything's Gone Green. Here's what screenwriter Douglas Coupland has to say about the flick in this week's Straight:

“I mean, I'd like to say this film is about 'a boy, a girl, a city', you know? I think in general I just saw one Seattle Post-Intelligencer newspaper box too many in town on film sets, and thought 'Let's do something here—where here is here.' Our main character, Ryan [Costanzo] works for a mythical magazine that they might give you when you buy lottery tickets. The lottery is a metaphor for the whole nature of living here. I mean, honestly, living in Vancouver at the late part of the 20th century and the early part of the 21st is one of the great lottery wins of all time. So the whole film is actually about Vancouver and the things that make this city different than any other city on Earth that I know of. It's the only city in North America that never got freeway'd; we were on the ball enough to stop all that from happening in the '70s. As a result, all these little nodes around the city have been allowed to remain distinct. We're one of the youngest cities on the planet and we haven't achieved our final form yet.”

A Joke

After an Air Canada flight reached its cruising altitude the captain announced, "Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. Welcome aboard Flight 293, non-stop from St. John's to Toronto. The weather ahead is good so we should have a smooth un-eventful flight. So sit back, relax, and OH MY GOD!"

After a few moments of silence the captain came back on the intercom. "Ladies and gentlemen, I am sorry if I scared you but while I was talking a flight attendant accidentally spilled a cup of hot coffee in my lap. You should see the front of my pants!" One passenger from Newfoundland yelled out, "Lard tunderin Jesus, you should come here and see the BACK of MINE!"