We're All Doomed!

If a crackpot says it, it must be true.

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This guy says that he had a premonition that is backed up by scientific data that an asteroid is going to hit the Atlantic Ocean and the resulting tusnami will destroy the east coast. When does he think this will happen?

May 25th.

That's right, this thing is going to kill us all...yesterday.

BUT WAIT! Now, all of a sudden, there's a 48 hour window on his crackpot theory, centered on May 25th at midnight...meaning that it actually could happen as late as...this morning. Hmm....

I love how this guy ties in completely unrelated happenings to his theory claiming to reinforce it. He says that the FEMA exercise at the gulf coast yesterday (which was completely botched, though that's another topic) was proof that he's right. I see.

* Channeling Family Guy *

Tom Tucker: We now go to Ollie Williams with the blackie asteroid forecast, Ollie. what do you see?
Ollie: THERE AIN'T NOTHIN'!
Tom: Thanks Ollie.

* End Chanelling *

I do give this guy credit, he's (sort of) sticking to his guns, despite an overwhelming onslaught of evidence against his premonition. So what if NASA says that this asteroid is going to miss the earth by several thousand km, this guy has a picture of the asteroid on his web page. Who are you going to believe. I mean, this guy has a picture of something, which is proof that it's going to hit us.

LOOK! I've got proof that David Hasselhoff, Gary Coleman, and Mr. T are conspiring to kill me! I posted their pictures on my webpage, and therefore it is true!



See, undeniable proof that these three are trying to kill me.

Oh, and if this guy turns out to be right after he expands his prediction window to 48 days instead of 48 hours, I'll be glad to retract my opinions and apologize to the crackpot.

Must Share...

I know Scott will be interested in this, don't know about anyone else, but I encourage you all to check out Kenna's myspace. He's got a new song on there called "Face The Gun". This guy writes some of the best music out there. He uses a little bit of everything in his music, it's truly exceptional.

I've been waiting for new stuff from this guy forever, and it turns out he'll be releasing his second album this year. It's certainly not for everyone, but if you're looking for something a little different then check it out.

For those of you who don't know who the claymation guy is in my profile picture, check out the "Hell Bent" video on the same page and you'll understand.

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Only a month left until vacation! This makes me happy.
Lost season finale tonight! This makes me happy.
I get to spend a week in Banff next week! This makes me happy.
The Oilers are one win away from the Stanley Cup Finals! Even though I'm an Avs fan, they're the only Canadian team left, so this makes me happy.

I'm just all kinds of happy right now.

Average Homeboy Part 2

Ahh, he's back. Inspired by Jonathan's post of the first average homeboy video, he's back with another....only this time he's going by the name Blazin' Hazen'. Seriously.

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If you want to see a white guy in a sweater vest in the 80's doing some really bad rap, then make sure you click the link.

Do not use while sleeping...and other randomness

That is what it says on the warning label on my new electric razor. Do not use while sleeping.

And the scary thing is that the reason it's on there is probably because someone tried it, hurt themselves, sued the company, and won.

Now they have to put stupid warning labels on everything to save people from their own stupidity.

I've been convinced for a long time that common sense no longer exists, and this is just more proof.

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I've recently learned that "luxuriating" is acutally a word. I heard it on the news during a promo for one of these hidden camera things where there were teachers "luxuriating" at fancy hotels for meetings and laughed, thinking to myself, "that can't be a word". But, I looked it up and was proven wrong. My apologies to Super Action Authority News Channel 7.

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On the same topic of words, I've always thought that "beaching" should be a word. That way if you spend a day at the beach and someone asks you "What did you do yesterday?", you can respond "I went beaching." It sounds like it should be a word.

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Only a few weeks left until I can go the bar and not reek of cigarette smoke when I get home! I do find it funny that in the commercials advertising it here in Windsor that the head of one of the bingos is on there talking about how "it won't change anything", yet this same guy was all over the news when the public smoking ban was announced talking about how it's going to destroy bingos and hurt charities. I guess everyone has their price.

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Finally, in the greatest baseball game promotion ever, a minor league baseball team in the States is holding "Salute to Frivolous Lawsuit Night". Some of the items include:

The first 137 women 18 and over will receive lukewarm coffee so they will not burn themselves

The first 137 kids will be given a beach ball with a warning not to ingest

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It sure beats "bat day" at Tiger Stadium. There was a good idea. I don't think me ears ever recovered from the 9 innings straight of bats banging concrete floors. Old Tiger Stadium was the best. Who wouldn't enjoy a day full of trough urinals, 5 dollar water (it's probably 10 now), concession people walking around yelling unintelligable things like "HADOW!" (which apparantly meant "Hot Dogs"), and ushers expecting a tip for showing us to our seats even though we had just walked through a gate with a big sign saying NOT TO TIP.

Lost: The Online Experience

Well thanks to Scott posting about the Hanso Foundation, and my natural curiosity, I'm now officially engulfed in the online side of Lost. Not so much the rumours or anything like that, but all the easter eggs and stuff that's been coming out over the last week. It's a lot to take in at first when you're behind, but all the neat hidden stuff on the Hanso Foundation website, the newspaper ad, and everything else are quite interesting. It's obvious they've put a ton of thought into this whole thing, and it'll be interesting to see where it leads. They've definately given a lot of clues to what the whole island thing is all about, but it's still being done in a mysterious kind of way so it's not like they spoil anything. If you want to get caught up, then this is probably the best place to start.

This is only the first week of the online side of things, so I'm glad I got on board now, I'd hate to think about trying to get caught up after a month.

If Stephen Harper does eat babies...

Then my guess is that this one is next...


More fuel for Sara's theory.

American Inventor

Is anybody watching this show? It's actually pretty decent. I haven't seen all the episodes, but they do a pretty good job with it.

For those who don't know, the show had people pitch inventions to a panel of experts and they get moved through the show American Idol style. Right now it's down to four. The inventions are all pretty neat too.

One is a "receiver's training pole". It's used to teach football players to catch the ball with their hands instead of up against their chest. It's a vest which has a pole running parallel to the wearer's chest about 6 inches in front of them. I thought there were two really funny things about this one. First, the guy's from Detroit, and if you've seen the Lions play in the last 5-10 years, the one thing they've been best at is dropping easy catches. Second, everyone was talking about how much money they've invested and how it's taken over their lives. When the panel asked this guy about how much he spent, he says "50 bucks". Classic.

The youngest guy on there is 19. He's got this really cool double-ride bike that has a seat built into the handlebars and a second set of pedals attached to the front wheel. It's quite cool.

The most boring one is the guy who has a word game for kids. It's pretty cool and all, it's just not interesting to talk about.

The one that I thought was absolutely brilliant the second I saw it was from this guy whose young daughter was killed in a car accident. It's a new type of child seat for a car. It's kind of hard to describe, it's like a half-bowl with another bowl inside it that rotates and swings so that in the case of an accident, the child swings back and forth instead of being held against the force of the crash by a seatbelt. It's a lot cooler than I'm describing it.

Of course, American Idol-style means really crappy inventions too. Like:

The Pet Petter (it pets your dog)

The Bladder Buddy

My Therapy Buddy (this guy's gonna go nuts one day)

Speaking out against record labels

A group of Canadian musicians have come together to protest the way that record companies are handling things.

www.musiccreators.ca

They have three main points:
1. Suing Our Fans is Destructive and Hypocritical
2. Digital Locks are Risky and Counterproductive
3. Cultural Policy Should Support Actual Canadian Artists

It's nice to see someone standing up for the rights of consumers against record companies. Hopefully with some of the biggest names in Canadian music behind this, something will actually get done.