Creative Zen V: gimme!
[tags]creative zen v[/tags]
Yup, "porcini" sounds about right
I just happened to glance at my economics textbooks, which I haven’t looked at since I finished the course in March. The name of one of the authors seemed familiar…I had to think about it…Bernanke, Bernanke…Oh.
Yes, that Bernanke.
Huh. Who knew the guy who co-wrote our economics textbook would go on to be chairman of the Fed?
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Posting’s been light (and rather airy) lately ’cause I gots International Business coming out my ears. However, I’ve managed to get ahead of my work plan, even while getting some extra gym time in. Trust me, I need it; yesterday I saw a picture of myself taken on Friday. Not good. Something must be done.
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Summerlicious is nearly upon us. We booked Goldfish for dinner with a couple of friends, but I’d like to get Canoe for our dinner with T-Bone. Indeed, I’d like to get Canoe every year and never do, so fooey to that. Perhaps Bymark; I notice they’ve made the wonderburger part of the ‘licious menu (as opposed to the required upgrade of ‘liciouses past).
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Sigh…the afore mentioned burger is “8 oz. USDA Prime beef with brie de meaux, grilled porcini, truffle aioli and crisp onion rings.” And I wonder how I gain weight?
[tags]ben bernanke, tubbiness, summerlicious[/tags]
What would Jesus key the side of in a parking lot?
My “The 265 Stupidest Things Ever Said” desk calender is usually pretty lame, but this one from last week is a keeper:
“Those who deface a Hummer in words or deed deface the American flag and what it stands for.”
That was Rick Schmidt, founder of the International Hummer Owners Group. There’s more background at epic-usa, where they’ve quoted a NY Times article.
That their group is called IHOG is just a perfect bit of irony. Outstanding, guys.
[tags]hummer, rick schmidt, ihog[/tags]
"Children there are breast-fed on such an idea"
As a transplanted Maritimer I find it hilarious when native Torontonians (there are such things, apparently) are surprised to hear that the rest of the country dislikes them. By the way, using broad caricatures like “Maritimer fisherman, artsy Montrealer, Calgarian oil cowboy and Vancouver tree-hugger” probably have something to do with it.
Actually, having lived here for nine years it’s safe to say the rest of the country hates me now too. But at least I’m not surprised by it.
I’ll definitely be seeing this movie.
[tags]toronto, canada, mr. toronto[/tags]
It's really not.
[tags]paris hilton, retarded whore, toronto sun, mmva[/tags]
"We will have to respond properly and appropriately at the time"
Interesting how Iran is the country that’s getting all the sabre-rattling these days when North Korea’s being much more aggressive. I suspect this has less to do with wanting to avoid conflict (although North Korea’s a less attractive prize, oil-wise) and more to do the fact that China wouldn’t suffer a military invasion on their doorstep any more than the US would tolerate an invasion of Cuba.
[tags]north korea, iran, nuclear, missile[/tags]
Kentucky fried ____________, anyone?
As I read my textbook this afternoon I came across a picture of a KFC (in the middle east; it’s an international business textbook) and remembered something our marketing prof said while on course two weeks back. He said Kentucky Fried Chicken changed their name to KFC because what they sold was so genetically modified they could no longer call it chicken. This is, of course, an urban legend, and I thought he was joking when he told the class…but he didn’t qualify his comment and seemed to believe it. Not being any great fan of KFC I didn’t correct him, but it’s just struck me that at least half of the people in that class — smart, educated people — probably believed him and would repeat it to someone else.
If I were introducing someone to a web browser for the very first time, and I could only give them five sites to remember, I think one of them would be snopes.
[tags]kfc, urban legend, snopes[/tags]
An Alias by any other name…
Just saw Mission Impossible III (imdb | rotten tomatoes). It was better than I expected. Or rather, it didn’t suck nearly as bad as it could have or as much as I expected it to. As far as summer movies go it was a decent one, with more slick action than aimless blabbing, and thankfully Philip Seymour Hoffman’s a skilled enough actor to make a stock villain seem somewhat interesting. It wasn’t as stylized as II (courtesy of John Woo and his violence doves…); instead it seemed just like an elongated episode of Alias. I wonder if that’s what the director pla…what’s that? It was directed by…ah. Okay. That makes sense then.
By the way: Tom Cruise pawing at some girl who looks very much Katie Holmes is no less creepy than him pawing at the real Katie Holmes. Just sayin’.
[tags]mission impossible III, tom cruise, philip seymour hoffman[/tags]
"My glucose levels are way down."
Last night we watched two movies. Well…we watched one movie and I finished watching a movie that I’ve been trying to struggle through for a few weeks.
Saint Ralph (imdb | rotten tomatoes) was very good. I wanted to see it two years ago at the film festival; since then Stanzi went to see it at Cinematheque and confirmed that it was, indeed, good. Great performances all around, except for a couple of wooden child actors playing Ralph’s friends. Oh, and Gord Downie butchered a cover of “Hallelujah”.
Heaven’s Gate (imdb | rotten tomatoes), on the other hand, was a pile of crap. Cinematography that could only be described as “dusty yellow”, horrid over-acting, prolonged scenes of foreign tongues with no subtitles, a criminally underused John Hurt, an equally criminal overuse of Isabelle Huppert, and a running time that seemed to stretch on forever. I honestly can’t imagine watching the original cut that ran four hours. I’d put my head through the tv in the hopes of achieving sweet, restful peace. It’s too bad; the topic — the Johnson County War — is such an interesting one, but they went and made a stinker about it. I always wanted to know if this movie deserved the “disaster” tag stuck to it. Survey says: oui.
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You know…when Edmonton lost game 1 after Roloson got hurt I thought they were in serious trouble. When they got blown out in game 2, I thought they were done. They won game 3 in Carolina, but then they lost again to go down 3-1 and I figured that was it for sure. But hold on; they won game 5 in Carolina and just took game 6 by a 4-0 score, forcing a game 7. It would seem I wrote them off too soon. Prove me wrong, kids…prove me wrong!
[tags]saint ralph, gord downie, heaven’s gate, edmonton oilers, carolina hurricanes[/tags]
Hotter than the hottest summer was hot
Walking down to St. Lawrence Market (to pick up some steaks and bacon) on a 35 degree day really works up a thirst, so we popped into C’est What for some lunch and a weissbeer. Along the way we stopped at the condo site to guage the progress — they’re up to the 38th floor now — and Nellie picked up some hair product while I sat outside in the shade.
I sometimes feel guilty for running my air conditioning, but today it was a necessary evil.
[tags]st. lawrence market, c’est what, weissbeer, air conditioning[/tags]
Skirl | Dan Dickinson 