We tried a new place last night with CBGB: The Abbot On The Hill. It’s just up around Summerhill, and I’d heard it was a decent pub so we gave it a go. Nice downstairs pub, if a little small; the upstairs has more room for eating, but doesn’t yet feel as lived in as the downstairs. Still, they had a decent beer selection and the food was ok so I can see us going back there again when we crave some cool refreshments.

This post from Whole Foods CEO John Mackey’s blog in which he debates corporate responsibility with Milton Friedman and T.J. Rodgers is very long, but very interesting.

Ouch. If there was even the slightest doubt that a premier NCAA division I basketball team would destroy a CIAU team, Duke pretty much put a stop to it last night.

I remember when I was at Dal our men’s team was ranked near the top in the country, and some junior college team from the US came up. Dal only beat them because of a huge last minute comeback capped off by a buzzer-beating 3 from Jeff Mayo; it was pretty freaky, but afterwards we were like, “Uh, yeah…that was a junior college and we’re supposed to be #1 or 2 in the whole country. Dang.”

Here’s how sad my current course (it’s IT strategy) is: the case I just read was from 1997. It was about the FVIPS, an early Internet payment system that, ooop, disappeared in 1998.

So far the prof has barely sent/posted two words to us, he hasn’t marked either of the two assignments we submitted, and the comments we’ve gotten from people who’ve already taken the course have been in the neighbourhood of “The prof is an idiot!”, “That course was terrible!” and “It was a ton of work.” so I’m pretty excited about that. Whee.

From a Rolling Stone interview with Trent Reznor:

Six years ago, you said in Rolling Stone that rock & roll “has taken a big shit.” How do you feel now?

Well, we’ve managed to put rap rock — or, sorry, new metal — back where it belongs, as a forgotten footnote. I’m a bit more optimistic now, but in the alternative-rock world I see a lot of hype over substance. I think Radiohead are great, and Arcade Fire — I saw them live and couldn’t believe how good it was. On the other hand, there’s a band like Franz Ferdinand — all the cool people say they’re good, but it sounds like I’m getting bullshitted by somebody. That’s just my take.

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Watching the final scene of The Shield last night, as Vic Mackey walks alone down the street looking as if he wants to tear somebody apart and then go home to hug his daughter, looking like he’s just suffered betrayal at the hands of his boss and his best friend, not even aware that his ex-wife is falling for a hated colleague…seeing that look on his face while the …Trail Of Dead song “Will You Smile Again?” played just confirmed it for me…this is the best (non-HBO) show on TV, and Mackey is the most interesting and compelling character to come along in years. He’s Tony Soprano without the guilt, Jack Bauer without the patriotic furor, Jimmy McNulty without the self-pity.

That Michael Chiklis doesn’t win an Emmy every year is an absurdity.

Seriously. Freakier than usual.

Habs won last night and won again tonight. I could get used to this.

Just got back from playing basketball. We played for 3 hours, 4 on 4 in a tiny gym. I’m surprised I didn’t further injure my finger (which is still hurting from the last time we played). And hey, no heart attack either, so…everything’s coming up Milhouse.

My fantasy NBA team…well, let’s just say I don’t expect it to do quite as well as my NHL team (which is leading the pack by a healthy margin).

OK, I’m late to the game (it starts in 40 minutes), but I strongly urge everyone in the known universe to take part in Operation BOO Ashlee Simpson.

Get in.

“When I Go Deaf” by Low.