oh Al, the versus thing was shot: freehand, with a Nokia 3220, onboard mic, under a 50A/RS (120-130V) light bulb.

For a moment I thought the link read "STEVEN HAWKING IS CHRISTOPHER REEVE." WOuldn't that be the perfect secret identity? Cripple by day, invincible flying dink by night! (or the afternoon) I'll just bask in the light of a compact fluorescent bulb now....

How bout a road trip down to Calgary anyways? Wreck havoc in another town, leave and never come back. That sounds like a fun reading week anyway you slice it.

okay, two things:

Avi Lewis is coming to the U of A on March 2nd!!! Tickets are $10



I have a problem: that really awesome prof that I used to have a crush on is looking for grad students... in forest ecology! I really really don't know if I want to do a grad study right now but it's with Simon (not for any crush-related reason, honest!), and it's forest ecology! what am I to do? I think I'll e-mail him and see how things go from there...

coolest e-mail send-off ever (that i've received from the federal government)

"Thank you for helping the environment!"

And it wasn't even about strictly environmental issues... it was about U-Passes
though it still made my day.

Bad news: the luge plan is off. I phoned Canada Olympic Park today and found out that as of tomorrow, the luge runs will be closed to the public due to pro competitions and won't be available again until next October or so. Dammit!

Superman is a Dick. And here's proof:

pardon me.

it appears that I assumed white t-shirt and black guitar/bass meant Jeremy. So, in retrospect, what the hell is wrong with Eric's arm in said picture?

you have to admit that I wasn't going on much there...

Makes sense

None of those arms are Jeremy's...

The Bear thing does remind me of something else, though; the prudence of writing a tongue-in-cheek letter to the Parents Television Council. I don't think they'll understand/appreciate it, but it'll make me feel better. Their big story today is how the Super Bowl has been returned "to its rightful owners: American families." Of course, because that's who owns a giant television event centering on displays of power, force, and ego, and surrounded by a massive capitalist machine. Families. (The half-time show, however, was very family oriented. If by family oriented you mean 'sounded like four studio tracks' and 'without a hint of creative thought or surprise.' Don't get me wrong, I enjoy those songs. But the idiot mixing for Fox would have saved himself a lot of time by just buying downloading the McCartney/Beatles greatest hits albums.)

Speaking of music, the Junos. The Journal bitched about them a bit already this morning (for example, how Bryan Adams and the Canadian Idol schmoe-bag were nominated for anything), but I'd like to add my own. The biggest, by far, is how Simple Plan got its nominations (Group and Album of the Year?!). There are other curiousities of course (is alexisonfire a 'new' group?). But if you're starting point is as a Canadian music award show, why would you want to even hint that you're going down the road to Grammy irrelevance?