24 medals ! thats the best canada has ever done . this bodes well for 2010 , when the olympics make their merry way to vancouver . we also got anouther dozen 4th and 5th places finishes in events . well done folks , enjoy some sausages mmmmmmmmm
VideoSift - a site that looks all over the internet for cool video and separates the wheat from the chaff
Monk's Mind Game - a logic game based on the quirky tv show
Dick Cheney
Dick Cheney - and the quails
Dick Cheney
Pimp My Volkswagen - funny vw ad series
Fun With Movies - movie trivia game . some easy , some very hard
Google Fight !! - choose your battle of words on the net .
Pillsbury Dough Boy - funny ad
Diesel - Kaboom - nifty animation with unusual items
Being IT - a revenge game for frustrated techies . i particularily like the pinata gun
Tom Baker Says a site noteworthy because it lets you make Dr Who swear
Death Cab for Cutie - I Will Follow You Into the Dark - nifty storybook video
National Archive Videos - now available on google video . cool beans
Leonardo Da Vinvi - a collection of his sketches
Fractyl Desktops - the best of trippiness for you puter , man
Riddles of Riddles - another online site to site game . solve riddles to move on
PodBop! - cool site that lets you know when cool bands are coming to town
Shock Absorber - helps keep you abreast of mammarian dynamics . hours of hypnotic fun !
Coffin Parade - wacky coloradan fun
Coooool Pics - the coffin parade person also takes excellent pics . check out the galleries
A Sign You Spend Too Much Time on the Puter - screenshot hell
Play You Own Six Nations Tourney - online rugby
Banned Album Cover Art - shows you just how ridiculous censorship is . all these tame covers were banned
Jimi Hendrix - Like a Rolling Stone - live from woodstock
The Lonliest Probe - a sad little story for baby puters
Enjoy !!
Canadian Girls Kick Ass !! thats what the tshirts say and they they're right . our women's hockey team did us proud , winning their second straight olympic gold medal . the men's team however was a different story . out in the quarter finals . sure it was against the russians and you just knew that one of the medalists from salt lake playing so early in the draw was going to head home . that , however , was canada's fault . i dont know if we were playing injured , not playing as a team or taking teams lightly , but we were beaten fair and square . russian boys kicked our asses and we deserved to lose . about the only good thing i can glean from their loss is that i wont have to get up at 5 am to watch the men's gold medal game . i will say this though , hopefully in 2010 we will pick the team on how well the team is playing just before the olympics start and not leave 5 of the nhl's top scorers sitting in front of the tv back home instead of playing .
all things considered though , canada is having a heck of an olympics . as of this posting we have 19 medals . i think thats the best we have ever done . quite a few golds and silvers too . well done team canada ! you have earned a few more sausages . mmmmmmm
Online Guitar Tuner - i had thought i had posted this already , but in case i didnt , this is a nifty site for precisely tuning your guitar
Bush Speech - new and improved speech generator
Monk-E-Mail - your message delivered by your choice of monkey
The Earth at Night - the classic pic of the nighttime earth is now zoomable . cool !
Monk's Mind Game - based on the quirky tv show , this is a fun little logic game
Spot The Differences - easy flash game that gets you to spot deiiferences in pics
Gorillaz & Madonna - live performances from the grammys
WeatherSTAR4000 Emulator - flash goodness for meteorology nerds
It Looks Like a Penguin - what's on the television set ? its a 6 part series on PBS about the very funny Monty Python Show . they devote an hour to each of the troupe and show their classic skits . i caught parts 1 & 2 last night and cant wait for the rest . it is now time for the penguin on the top of your television to explode *BOOM*
What Happens If You Dont Bite Your Nails - cheese nips ? lol
Strange Buildings - cool and unusual architecture from around the world
Kakuro - another addictive math and numbers game from japan
Brokeback Prairie - theres been a lot of brokeback spoofs lately , but this one is rather funny and different from the others . worth waiting for the conclusion
Art Of the Brick - lego bricks that is
Army Girls Gone Wild - Jihad Jerry - video silliness
The Moustache Contest - fun little animation
Innuendo Rainbow - the naughty lost tape of a british kids show
Fashion vs Style - after an epic battle the answer is decided . even better than foxy boxing
Pugs in Hats - thats right , i said pugs in hats
Want a Snack ? - are ya sure ?
Piiiiiigs Innnn Spaaaaaaaaaace ! - the birth of the russian space program . no joke
RoboDump 1.0 - practical joke fun
Do You Take it ? - nsfw cheesy video
Not So Sweet Sixteen - the brackets are now set , who will win ? your vote counts !
Koans For Every Occasion - a recent study at harvard dicovered that meditators have better brains *ommmmmmmmmmmmmm*
Trusted Computing - Trust and the Internet . interesting
Pest Control - this is a very funny little film . worth watching
Enjoy !!
wow , at the end of week One we have 13 medals and are tied with the americans . thats excellent . dunno about our mens hockey team though . hopefully they are getting all their bad luck and bad play behind them before the medal round begins . its been grim so far . the women however have been dominant . in just over an hour , they will play for gold against the swedes ! . odd that the american team didnt make it . i think it was coaching , cuz they just didnt have any fire this year . kudos to the very classy (and very cute)american women's captain . she had no excuses . she was proud and sportwomanlike . in a way its probably good for the sport of womens hockey to have a new team vying for gold , but its like in the mens game without the russians . its just not the same . congrats sweden form making it the gold medal game . i hope you wont mind leaving with silver :P
while waiting for the game to begin , please enjoy some complimentary sausages.........
Where Are They Now ? - a cynical look at toons after the spotlight goes away
Kinky For Governor !! - hes' not a loony lefty . he's not a corrupt right wing nut . he's in the middle ! how refreshing
GetHuman Database - a new list of phone numbers you can use to bypass automated answering machines and talk to real people
Sex Regsitry Maps - these are the people in your neighbourhood . they're the people that you meet when you're walking down the street . they're the people you meet each day
Rotating Homes - coooooooool
1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue - for wolley crowns and word grubbers
Psssst Buddy . Wanna Buy an Island - *drool*
Hubcap Sculptures - cool art and not the kind made after tonya harding hits you with one
Where's My Bunny !! - truly odd video
The Maze - how good are you with a mouse ? try this and see
Winterhur Insurance - animated ad by the people who gave us The Triplets Of Belleville
Animusic - clever & cool musical animation
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition - no more annoying having to go out and actually buying the magazine
Bring Out Your Dead - creepy bird flu preparedness
Life's a Drag - accessories for the lifestyle
Lemmings - the classic video game available online
Monkey Cliff Diving - whether they live or die is up to you
Quail Shooting - The Game - from the movie The Wedding Crashers
Quail Shooting - without the booze and their mistresses
Blueprint addictive and cool flash logic game
Car Go Smoosh - smoosh
Bike Go Smoosh - deja smoosh
Ninja & Zombie - times are tough for everyone
My Space - The Movie - skits about social networking
Its All a House of Cards - cardstacking
Beer Mats - a cool eclectic collection
ClikClak- a cool chain of events movie
perfect . just enough time to make brekky , well actually its probably technically brunch time now , before the women's hockey gold medal game .
Enjoy and GOOOOOOOOOOOOOO CANADA !!
once again i have made it to another valentine's day unscathed . its certainly not intentional , but in all the years that i have been on this planet , i have never been involved with someone on february 14th . its odd , cuz generally this kinda corporate-invented holiday usually leaves me cold , but i think a day of romantic tomfoolery could be be kinda fun . you could express your love thru poems . you could tell her that you love her with greeting cards . you could spend an evening curled up on the couch and watch her favourite show and you could give her a series inspired greeting card . you could give each other cute little pet names . unfortunately this site doesnt work if you enter in just a question mark
*alas*
oh well . maybe next year
Things were really going well in my bid to see all the oscar nominees , but that has taken a bit of a stumble . The chronic dizziness i had 2 yrs ago has returned . i had one hour of lost time . i dont know if i blacked out or not , so driving over to theatres is , for now , out of the question . but i do have a backlog of movies i have seen to review . i will try and get to the rest thru dvd rentals or if the dizziness ceases .
Brokeback Mountain - you've heard all the jokes by now . so did i , but you cant judge something if you havent seen it . is it a good movie ? sure . should it win an oscar ? i dont think so , unless its for best score . the music is pretty catchy and easily identifiable . to me it had all the elements of a chick flick except with two guys . a nice touch was that the hetero sex was just as clumsy as the gay sex and that the movie wasnt preachy . it was a story told truthfully . in fact my gripe was the cinematography , i know that this year the trend was grainy muted colours , but the locations where they shot were gorgeous and we didnt get to see the beauty
Junebug - what a nifty little film this was . cultures mildly clash as a guy return home to the south with his sophisticated wife . the film explores the differences in the way ppl interact and the strong cast is totally believable . i even think that amay adams just may be my choice for the oscar . this is a small indie film that ppl should check out . if you live in the american south , let me know if the people in the movie seemed authentic . i'm curious about that
Me , You and Everyone We Know - this is another small indie film that explores how ppl get along in spite of themselves . it revolves around a group of lonley people who are yearning for more with out being to drippy about it . it is not a great film by any means , but it is enjoyable . the characters are very quirky , but their quirkiness is treated with well acted honesty
Cinderella Man - whats happened to ron howard ? . ever since apollo 13 he has steadily been making worse movies . not that this movie is terrible , it isnt . its just very very deriviative of all the boxing movies ever made . imagine raging bull with out the swearing and a happy home life . thats this movie . the flow of the movie also gets interupted with gimmicky camera effects . the story is sooooo predictable and the acting is ordinary . wait for tv
Mrs Henderson Presents - speaking of predicatble . if you have seen a period movie about british theatres , then you have seen this movie and it was probably done better in the one you have already seen . judy dench is the same awful bigotted cow she always is. i have no idea why she was nominated . the movie tries to save itself by delivering a message of tolerance at the end , but honestly , you'll most likely still be shuddering at the memory of seeing bob hoskins naked . ew
Enron - The Smartest Men in the Room - thsi film is ver interesting and the relase of the dvd is timed well for the start of the actual trial . if you've ever wondered what the fuss was about , this film takes you through the scandal step by step with absolutely no political bias . its a story about greed and how greed is a corrupting force . whats the most scary thing about this film is it reminds you that the people who carried out the scams on orders from management are still out there working . makes you wonder what they will get up too next . everyone should see this film
The Corpse Bride - this was a enjoyable romp through the underworld . its tim burton at his animated best . it is a love story and a sly commentary on snobbery and prudishness , delivered entertainingly . despite the title , this film is not creepy , but amusing . it is well designed visually and the story is helped out by a strong voice cast . good fun
Off The Map - i did not enjoy this film at all . i had heard about it from several people who had raved about it , but i did not get involved with any of the character's lives . this was surprising , cuz the cast was so good . maybe it was because i know ppl who live off the grid and they arent as depressed and f-d up as these people were . i found no charm in their depression and i really wondered why it would cause a character to reminisce fondly about it .
The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill - this film was rather charming , but it probably belongs on animal planet rather than a movie theatre . it was fascinating to see a thriving flock of parrots in a mojor community like san francisco and interesting to see a man fanatically involved with them . the best thing to happen to him was prolly when he was evicted by his lying landlords , but the time we get to see him merge his life with the bird's is worth seeing . i did get a little tired of the film towards the end , but still enjoyed it
Murderball ! - how can you go wrong with a documentary about wheel chair rugby ? you cant really . this film goes further though . its about perseverance , loyalty and betrayal . its about overcoming obstacles and living as full a life as you possibly can . after seeing this , you should ask yourself whether your life is as full as these guys . if it isnt , you better get out there and do something about it . you dont have the exuces they could use but dont
Heights - a small indie film revolving around the artistic community in new york . the acting was very good , but the delivery of the film let you know it was once a stage play . there was something off about the translation to the big screen . it was however a good story , with a twist that could have been more of a surprise
Elizabethtown - i was very disappointed with this film . i wanted to like it , but i just couldnt . i think the real probklem was that it was more than one film , perhaps even three , thrown into a blender and made into one film . if they had completely eliminated the funerary content of this movie and made it a love story between the orlando bllom and kirsten dunst , you would have had something great . the family reunion scenes were very annoying and horribly acted . you didnt need to explore why he went back home . all you needed to do was let the relationship flourish along the wild roadtrip . i'd like to see that film . not this one . it was a jumbled mess
Born Into Brothels - wow . this film is incredibly affecting . and not in hte way you'd think it would be just looking at the title . the film follows the lives of a group of kids who are the children of prostitutes in calcuttas ghettos who are united by photography . their observations of their world are amazing and what they do with the pictures is inspiring and wonderful . it won last years academy award for documentary and i can see why . do not miss this one
Wallace & Gromit - Curse of the WereRabbit - finally nick park has been goven the money to make a ful length movie on his own terms . unlike chicken run , this movie ignores all the hollywood cliches and is just a sweet and charming eccentric adventure . park gives his plastiscene characters and incredible array of emotional depth , proved if you consider that gromit doesnt talk yet conveys the most information throughout the movie . the story is fun and kooky and is for all ages . only a real grump would not enjoy this movie . there is talk of them making another w&g movie and if they do , my only minor complaint with this movie is that it really needed more of a villain . the movie would only be more suspenseful and funny with a greater sense of villainy . still this movie is a joy to watch
if i see anymore movies , i'll let ya know . in the mean time i'll let the walls spin around me . wheeeeeeeeee
Citius, Altius, Fortius !
these sausages have come from all over the world and have trained their entire lives for this event . well not really . they are the same kinda links i post here every week , but i'm just trying to instill some olympic fever , before the hockey starts . mmmmmmmmm
End of the Internet As We Know it ? i hate to start with a bummer , but its the only bummer and it is something we should fight against
Manholes of Japan - not a gay site
Bait Car - a site from Vancouver ! cops busting car thieves . with video !
A Pretty Big Dig - this is a pretty cool little film . dancing machinery ! its so good that i apologise for posting a link in F-ing real player
The Buddha Project - a nifty collection of pics of the buddha . the symbol of the only religion where the followers are genuinely happy
Biggest Bunny - lordy lordy thats big bunny . click the pic to enlarge
Riba - nifty animation
Worst Video Ever - heavy metal in a curling rink . what the hell were they thinking ?
Dactyl Fractal Zoom - trippy hypnotics that may lead to nightmares
Philosophy Trivia Quiz - from the MIT dept of linguistics and philosophy . not easy
COOOOOL Point & Click - theres so much p&c out there now , but i like this guys treatment of it the best . fun little adventures
UCLA Folk Medicine Database - from kooky to helpful , all kinds of folk remedies
Mahjongg Solitaire BAM !!
Hot Butter - a dairy ad from france
The Holy Land - tourism ad from israel
Naked Ape - Fashion Freak - music video avec zombies
Food Art i have seen this link come up a couple times and everytime i like it more
2003 Beltsander Race Finals - zoom zoom
Valentine For Perfect Strangers a very odd video from a feral cat looking for luvvvvvv
Qwizard - another one of these puzzles that has you leaping from site to site using clues from the previous one . hours of fun
McVideogame - protest site , but it should show you how the company got so big
Tunnel Crashes - real russian traffic camera footage
A Three Day Tour - a video of trip to paris made by a airline pilot for his daughter so she could see what he does at work . HOLA!
Prince's Guitar Gently Weeps - excerpt of a pretty cool guitar solo at the george harrison benefit concert .
25 Best License-Free Fonts - available for free d/l
A-Ha - Take On Me - 80's flashback with cool use of animation
Death Cab For Cutie - Crooked Teeth - nifty emo video
elgooG - "kcillor" fo hcraes elgooG a no owt rebmun pu emoc i !oohooW
Enjoy !!
did you have a happy Groundhog Day ? i did . i always do . there does seem to be yet another dispute between us and the americans though . it seems our groundhogs didnt agree with theirs . as of this posting , Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow , where as three of canada's best known ground hogs , Ontario's Wiarton Willie , Manitoba's Brandon Bob , Alberta's Balzac Billy all say that spring is just around the corner . out here in BC we used to have a prognosticating duck , but he hasnt been heard from in several years . i guess we wont know for sure if winter is over , but hey , this is bc , its always warmer out here
Late Breaking News ! Shubenacadie Sam saw his shadow too . well i guess the maritime provinces will join our american friends in shivering for the next couple of months while we'll be warm . we'll try not to rub it in
well maybe just a little
GOOOOOOOO SEAHAWKS !!
i am so hyped up for the game . as a long time seahawks fan , i am incredibly excited about the lombardi trophy making its was to the great pacific northwest . its still 31 hours until the game so i better kill some time with some sausages . mmmmmmmmmm
Separation of Church and State - how much do you know about it ? take the quiz and see
Stop Badware ! - a dedicated group trying to fight off nuisances and they need your help
Pinback - Fortress - cool animated video
Great American Health Check - see how your lifestyle stands up to potential disease
What the World thinks if America - a BBC poll done in several countries . interesting
Chewbacca's Blog - makin' wookie
Oscar Nominations - the complete list
30 Most Spoken Languages in the World - muy latinos
Extreme Ironing ! - cool pics of people in pressing situations
The Young Chuck Norris - a saturday night live video
Some Clown Doing Kung Fu - haiiiiiiiiii ya !
Times Lines of History - pick an era . any era
Sand Fantasy - cool sand pouring animation
Grizzly Bear Man - a funny spoof of the werner herzog documentary about timothy treadwell
Allison Goldfrapp - Ride a White Horse - music video
Pherotones ! - soon to be jamming email inboxes all over the world . it was only a matter of time
Weird USB Devices - spoof items , but the george foreman grill makes sense for sausages
Stanley Jordan - Eleanor Rigby - man this cat could play . whatever happened to him ?
Gravitas cool renderings of galaxies and other celestial events
Pyoro - a simple but addicting flash time killer
Gacha Pin - more bizarre japanese muppetry
Jesus Christ - The Musical - after the blasphemy , god gets his revenge
Brokeback to the Future - mcfly me to the moon
Super Mario Soundboard - turn your home life into a video game
Taken - fun animated story
Viral Billiards - start infecting things now !
Foobies - your one stop shop for soft core nakedness
George Bush - drag and drop him as he falls . hours of fun
Enjoy !
GOOOOOOOOOOOOO SEAHAWKS !!!!!!!
