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"Officials would not estimate the likelihood of success, only calling it high."

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Yesterday my brother was supposed to be in town for dinner, but fate prevented him from reaching Toronto in time, so Nellie and I just went ahead and had dinner at the same place. Screw valentine’s day; ’tis a crock.

Much more important to us are the days immediately before and after V-Day; Feb 13 is the anniversary of the day we got engaged (which Nellie refers to as engage-iversary) and Feb 15, the anniversary of the day we adopted the cats (which, naturally, she refers to as cat-iversary). Of course, there’s another wonderful day coming up on Monday: our new holiday. Thank you Dalton McGuinty.

One more Valentine’s-related tidbit: I’m guessing NBC re-aired last year’s V-Day episode of 30 Rock, ’cause yesterday my blog was flooded with hits for the phrase “Happy Valentimes!!”

.:.

Let’s see, what’s in the news today? Hmm…US primaries…campus gunman…Pentagon to shoot down satellite…baseball hea…wait, what?

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Pentagon plans to shoot down a disabled U.S. spy satellite before it enters the atmosphere to prevent a potentially deadly leak of toxic gas from the vehicle’s fuel tank, officials said on Thursday. [via Reuters]

Yeah, I don’t see how anything could go wrong with that.

.:.

Toshiba: bring out your dead.

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has decided to exclusively sell high-definition DVDs in the Blu-ray format, dealing what could be a crippling blow to the rival HD DVD technology backed by Toshiba Corp. [via MSNBC]

Seriously where’s my Blu-Ray Children Of Men?

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Two more nails in the HD-DVD coffin. I hope this means I can get Children Of Men and Battlestar Galactica on Blu-Ray soon.

.:.

Speaking of movies, it’s time I face the fact that I’m not going to get through my must-see-in-2007 list any time soon. So, with that, here are my top* movies of 2007:

  1. There Will Be Blood
  2. Once
  3. No Country For Old Men
  4. Juno
  5. Zodiac
  6. Eastern Promises
  7. Starting Out In The Evening
  8. This Is England
  9. The Lookout
  10. Gone, Baby, Gone

There’s a second tier of films that I really liked as well, but I didn’t try to rank them. It’s pretty hard to compare 300 or Superbad to No End In Sight.

  • 300
  • 3:10 To Yuma
  • Black Book
  • Black Snake Moan
  • The Bourne Ultimatum
  • The Kingdom
  • No End In Sight
  • Sicko
  • Sunshine
  • Superbad

I thought the three most overrated films of the year were (in no particular order) Knocked Up, Atonement and Letters From Iwo Jima. The most disappointing by far was Spider-Man 3, especially considering Spider-Man 2 was probably the best superhero movie ever made.

* keep in mind that I didn’t see Before The Devil Knows You’re Dead, The Diving Bell And The Butterfly, I’m Not There, Michael Clayton, 4 Months 3 Weeks And 2 Days, Lars & The Real Girl, The Savages, The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford, Away From Her, Inland Empire, Iraq In Fragments, Ratatouille or We Own The Night.

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