It’s back.

Americans Are Dumb

Cool!

I’m writing this on my laptop, while sitting on my living room couch. I’ve just set up my nifty new 802.11g networking gear, and have a strong signal going.

If only I didn’t have to leave for basketball, I do believe I’d sit here all night, staring at both laptop and TV.

Ever since I told FutureShop to ship to my office rather than my condo, I get all my packages early…as in, the day before they’re released to the general public early. Spider-Man 2 (imdb | rotten tomatoes) just showed up at my desk, a day before most other people get it. And it looks like, even though I ordered it at $26.99 a month ago, they dropped the price to match today’s sale: $22.99.

FShop doesn’t have the selection that Amazon has, but their prices and their shipping (always free, always fast, willing to ship in pieces rather than all-in) make them my preferred option these days.

I saw 2 weird things yesterday while out and about: 1) an old blind man, walking through the concourse at the Manulife Centre, singing “The Star Spangled Banner”; 2) a man pushing a stroller that held two sleeping kids. One of the kids was wearing a deerstalker.

I don’t even know why I rented The Girl Next Door (imdb | rotten tomatoes). Wait, yes I do: Elisha Cuthbert.

Anyway, don’t bother.

An interesting article about The Simpsons & Radiohead, written by Chris Turner (author of Planet Simpson (buy it | read the blog) and some killer articles in Shift Magazine).

I watched All The President’s Men (imdb | rotten tomatoes) this week. I’d seen bits and pieces of it before, but never the whole thing at once. It’s surprising how gripping a movie about a 30-year old story can be, especially when you already know how it ends.

from the Halifax Herald

1. Next reporter to put a ‘-gate’ at the end of some bullshit “news” story gets kneecapped.

2. The network that connects all the ABMs in Canada is called Interac. It’s spelled I-N-T-E-R-A-C. There’s no T. Stop pronouncing the T. There’s no T at the end of Interac. It’s not Interact. So stop saying it. Please. I’m begging you. Interac. Ack. ACK. Interac. Thank you.