January 2012
3 posts
The idea of a movement of people wanting to be de-baptized is of no consequence to me; I don’t know why they’d pursue it, but it really doesn’t matter to me. What caught me was this detail in NPR’s piece about a 71 year old man who wants his name completely removed from baptismal records: “Back then, he says, you couldn’t even get credit at the bakery if you...
“The Church will hold to its own doctrine, but it must do so in a world that is...”
– Anthony Stevens-Arroyo. “A Catholic Nullification Doctrine?” The Washington Post.
Amen. This is a tough point to articulate, risking trampling religious rights while also refusing to allow well-meaning people the right to help out social services. Stevens-Arroyo does a great job of not...
December 2011
1 post
Missing Prime Suspect Already
It honestly just hit me that I am nearing the end of the U.S. Prime Suspect. Previously, I had been going through, enjoying the show for what it is, but here am I, on episode 11, two left to go before the end, and I’m finding myself kinda sad about it.
Part of it is just my love for crime procedurals. I don’t watch nearly as much of them as I used to. Back in the day, each and every...
November 2011
2 posts
Exclaim!:
Fittingly enough, this jaunt is being dubbed the “Welcome 2 Canada” tour.
Who’s being welcomed 2 Canada? Are we welcoming Prince to Canada? Is he welcoming us to our country? Is he welcoming himself?
I was thinking to myself earlier that it would be great if I could give blood without having to go in and do the whole needle thing. The only solution I could come up with was some sort of Star Trek transporter technology. Problem with that is, by the time we’ve got this whole transporter thing figured out, I think we’ll be set on the blood front.
October 2011
21 posts
The Globe and Mail:
Mayor Rob Ford called police to his Etobicoke home Monday morning over concerns about a CBC camera crew stationed outside.
The television crew had tried to ambush the mayor for a segment on the news parody show This Hour Has 22 Minutes.
CBC spokesman Chris Ball told the Globe and Mail that a team from 22 Minutes remained at the bottom of Mr. Ford’s driveway to speak...
[Citation Needed]: Bananas in Pyjamas →
citationneeded:
Catchphrase
The bananas are noted for their common catchphrase, often said when the duo get an idea: “Are you thinking what I’m thinking, B1?” “I think I am, B2!”. Rat in a Hat also has two catchphrases, “Oh, cheese and whiskers!”, usually stated when he has not succeeded at a task; and…
My Tomorrow Podcasts
Wiretap, “Spoiler Alert.” I’m really enjoying Wiretap this season. Ever since “All Lies Great and Small,” it seems like it’s gained a rhythm that it only had off and on before.
Stop Podcasting Yourself, “Episode 187 - Warren Bates.” One the funniest people ever to leave Regina on my favorite Canadian podcast. I’m pumped.
Hang Up and Listen,...
Herman Cain says his much-touted 9-9-9 plan is the product of extensive testing and thinking, but the only man he cited as involved with its research — Rich Lowrie of Cleveland, Ohio — is not a trained economist.
To summarize Politico: Cain says this guy is an economist, but he isn’t, and Cain says he won’t release the names of any of his other economic advisers because he...
““We pitched them last year where maybe the characters could find a library...”
– Liz Kelly Nelson. “The Walking Dead kills Bing product placement proposal.” From Inside the Box.
“Next thing I knew, another speaker—more like a screamer—was yelling about how...”
– Christopher Frizzelle. “You Know, I’m Totally with the Protesters, I Am the 99 Percent, But, Um, Some of These Speeches…” Slog.
“A group of religious castoffs has been attacking fellow Amish, cutting off their...”
– AP. “Beards, Hair Cut Off In Amish-On-Amish Attacks.” NPR.
Looks like HBO has a new series for development. Or at least Showtime.
“Who to trust? Jenny McCarthy? Or reality?”
– Goldy. “Hey, Stupid Fucking Anti-Vaccine Baby Killers: Stop Killing Our Babies” Slog.
Just A Collection Of Quotes...
… from “The Life and Times of Abraham Lincoln.”
In 1861, 11 states out of a total of 33 left the Union and called themselves the CONfederate States. This is no marvel because according to the Bible, 1/3 of the angels were dissatisfied with the perfect environment of Heaven and joined Lucifer in a failed rebellion against the Almighty
The Vatican was insanely jealous of the...
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putthison:
Me and the great Bootsy Collins....
“I was the oldest Dorothy in the history of cinema.”
– Martin Sheen, as told to Tasha Robinson. “Interview: Martin Sheen and Emilio Estevez.” The A.V. Club.
Where I Was Hoping This Article Would Go
The Regina Police Service plans to uphold everyone’s rights during a protest that is slated to take place in downtown Regina next week…
… but they’ll play it by ear.
“Yeah. Very bad. The whole damned thing opens up with me smoking Flipper’s mom!”
– Jonathan Banks, as told to Will Harris. “Random Roles: Jonathan Banks.” The A.V. Club.
Podcasts I Get To Listen To Tomorrow
First Episode of the second season of The Paul F. Tompkast
A new Jordan, Jesse, Go! with guest Marc Maron
WTF with guest Jon Hamm
The Indoor Kids with guest Tom Lennon
Comedy Bang Bang with guests Sarah Silverman, Nick Kroll, and Dan Mangan
A one-hour edition of Superego
This is kinda unbelievable.
“But what does grosse crisse actually mean in English? He certainly didn’t call...”
– Tu Thanh Ha. “Pardon my F-bomb: Quebec’s political curses get lost in translation.” The Globe and Mail.
Where You At, Falklands?
O’Hanlon’s, most likely, as that’s what the band’s website and the bar’s MySpace say.
But this is all one of those weird Regina situations where there’s some competing information out there. The Exchange’s site seems to think it’s happening in the Club, while the Exclaim! post which pulled it’s information from a press release, says it’s...
From the Fix, with their emphasis:
Overall, 25 percent of the American public views the Texas Congressman favorably while 27 percent see him in an unfavorable light. Of the 25 percent of people who regard Paul favorably, roughly two-thirds don’t identify themselves as Republicans.
Two things: 1) Think about this next time anyone is complaining about the amount of coverage Ron Paul gets, and...
Every now and again, I check out the Last.fm pages of Rah Rah and Library Voices for their play counts to see what the state of Regina’s music is. This week:
Rah Rah: 85,865
Library Voices: 74,514
September 2011
15 posts
How Moneyball Wins
Prior to The Social Network, Aaron Sorkin was pegged for lots of folks as the guy with the walking trope. His characters, from shows like The West Wing and Sports Night, pitch dialogue back and forth rapid fire while walking from office to office. They were both shows about busy, witty people. When The Social Network was released, the reputation of his that got solidified was that of being a...
I Guessed I Missed YouCut?
YouCut being one of the Republican Majority Leader Eric Cantor’s big plans to let people take the control of federal budget cuts.
I just heard about YouCut from the end of this Roll Call article:
“It’s been a tremendously successful program. Every week there is introduction of a new measure under the YouCut program as a result of the participation,” Cantor said.
That was the plan,...
What Was the University of Regina Watching Last...
From a recent Student Affairs email: On Friday, September 30, 2011 the University of Regina’s first responders, Campus Security and Health, Safety and Environment personnel will hold a joint emergency training exercise with emergency responders from the City of Regina. The exercise will see members of the Regina Fire Department high angle rescue team practice rappelling and conduct a mock rescue...
Spell your full name without an...
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Credit You Don't Want
I don’t know how much money is involved in a thing like this, but it must be not-negligible for someone to go to court to have his efforts in Stan Lee’s crazy NHL super hero project recognized.
ComicsAlliance names ten good reasons why he’d be better off leaving well enough alone –– namely, ten of the characters Lee came up with for the NHL teams.
“That doesn’t mean women are being well-served when television turns its...”
– Linda Holmes. “Congratulations, Television! You Are Even Worse At Masculinity Than Femininity.” Monkey See.
“Tommy Douglas, a fourth-year “run-of-the-mill” student, had previously posted a...”
– John Cameron. “Parked in the Pit.” The Carillon.
The Besnard Lights
THE BESNARD LAKES
MALAJUBE
THE SOFT PROVINCE
SEPT. 28, THE EXCHANGE
I feel old as all hell. I was ready to throw down for at least a good half of the Besnard Lakes set, but man if 4 a.m. wake-ups don’t throw me off my game.
The show got started at around 9 p.m., with the Soft Province opening. That’s the side project Besnard Lakes’ Jace Lasek has going with Regina’s...
Holy Crap -- Habibi
Last time I picked up Craig Thompson’s Carnet de Voyage, I vaguely remember once finished flipping to the fine-print page to see when it was put out. My second edition copy was put out in 2006.
That’s five years between that stop-gap release, featuring memories from his travels at the time, to the recent release of Habibi, his new graphic novel.
And it makes complete sense why it...
“As you can see, at no time were either Footman and Glatt invited to step in...”
– Sean O’Neal. “Unpaid interns suing makers of Black Swan over the inherent suckiness of being an unpaid intern.” The A.V. Club.
Best. Blogger.
Plenty of suggestions are floating around as to who could replace Andy Rooney. The Best Show set on Twitter seem to be behind Paul F. Tompkins.
As far as I can tell, NPR reporter Frank Deford seems to be vying for the position regardless. Evidence: “We’re All Just Guys.”
“Now every mother’s son is a guy and every mother’s daughter, too,” he writes. ...
Another day, another poll showing Sarah Palin’s slipping importance as a potential Republican presidential candidate. Which a large majority of people don’t expect her to go for regardless.
I just want to come to the point where, to be fair to consumers, booksellers have to have little stickers printed up for the covers of Going Rogue and America by Heart, that read “NOT...
August 2011
25 posts
Weeks Of Blogging I Now Have To Do Thanks To Lost...
Meta-blogging: I blog about posts that I’ve already made.
Promotional calendars: I talk about promotional calendars. (This one won’t come quickly, so don’t hold you’re breath.)
Professional Starcraft II players: Game reviews, interviews, who knows what I’ll talk about when I blog about the world of professional real-strategy players.
IMDB reviewers: That’s...
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Meta-Blogging: A Conclusion
I really don’t know what to say here, other than I’m really, really sorry.
Looking at all of these posts in a row, they seem pretty unbearable. If there was a way to post about my own posts without tumbling headfirst into borderline solipsism, I didn’t come anywhere close to achieving it.
If you’re still around, I hope you have a real yen for Starcraft II players. Coming...
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What’s listed as a source on this post is perhaps one of the most useful audio bits out there. If I had one of those little recorder pens, I would record Matthew Blackwell saying “Oh my God!” onto it, just so I could replay it at opportune moments when I was out and about.
The post lists the number of plays; I can guarantee I’m probably half of those.
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In a lot of ways, I’m still essentially a child. And when I do that math, I’m not even counting my Chewbacca doll that sits between DVD copies of a Roger Corman flick and Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation.
There I things that when I see them, I still think, “Gosh, that’s really wizard!”
(I don’t actually say “wizard,” but I want to make...
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There are some things that I could blog. There are some things that I even hear about well before they hit the internet large. I could drop them on here, and I would have a little time stamp that, in place of July 30, 2011, it would read “James Brotheridge is just super on it.”
But sometimes you gotta kick it over to the right man. In this case, it was Craig Silverman, proprietor of...
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If I were to start an alternate Tumblr, one that I would actually share the address to with anyone else, it would without question be one devoted to the Roughriders.
Not their games or anything; just their tweets and interviews. Because, more often than not, they’re gold.