Serenity

I don't think I understood this movie. Was there a point? Was there something we needed to know about the characters before we watched the movie? This is Firefly - The Movie, right? Did I need to watch that show to get what was going on in the movie? I think I did. Anyway, boring, bad acting, un-original script, directing, etc... --4/10

Bewitched

I watched Bewitched a few days ago. It was an entertaining movie, that's it. Nothing phenominal, nothing mind blowing, nothing to bust-a-gut to, just entertaining. I just noticed, while getting that link, that it was the brainchild of Nora and Delia Ephron, the creators of You've Got Mail (one of my all-time favourites), and in retrospect, you sure can tell. Anyway, head-swim, bye bye. --5.5/10

Vancouver @ Edmonton

So, I don't watch hockey very much. I used to. I used to play for many years... But I find watching sports on TV rather boring. Well, for the last three years (at least), I've told myself that I'd try to watch the Canucks games on TV, see if I could follow them without losing interest, and become somewhat of a hockey fan. It never happens. Two or three games in I realize that sports on TV is a waste of time and I give up. Well, tonight was my first taste of post-lockout hockey and I have to say -- I wasn't sure if I was watching Junior 'A' hockey or the professionals of the NHL. I know it's been a while since these guys have played, but geez! Sloppy is all I can say. Anyway, the only thing that really impressed me about the game was Raffi Torres (is that right?). I know he's playing for Edmonton, but man can that guy play!

Being a total non-fan of the game, I hadn't heard of the new rules until tonight. I like them. The two line pass was stupid and I'm finding the harshness of the Ref's to be quite refreshing. There's nothing like special teams having to work their ass off all game. It makes for much better hockey, I think, when there's pretty much someone in the penalty box all the time.

Anyway, Canucks lost. Big surprise. Shootout at the end was a good idea too. Who wants to be tied? It's a game, there should be a winner! We'll see how long my fandom lasts.

Picasa

Thought I might give Google's Picasa a try. "Blog This" seems to be a fairly useless button. Maybe it'll work out better if I do more than one picture at a time. Anyway... Here's a picture Evan took of Karen and Lynn a couple of weeks ago. 

Dawn and Drew

Well, I've now totally given up on the Dawn and Drew podcast. At first, two months ago or whatever, it was fairly good, but after listening a couple times a week I realized that it was also boring (but not in the same way as ND).

First thing: Listening to someone constantly ask for money and votes from their listeners gets annoying after a while. I realize they are trying to make a living with podcasting now, but come on! We need a new iPod, send us money. We need a Honda Element, send us money (which, I believe, they actually got!). We're not #1 on podcastalley.com, vote for us... whine, whine, whine. Shut up already.

Second: If I wanted to listen to a female constantly berate and annoy her companion, I'd actually open my ears and listen to what my wife was saying to me all day long. The whole show, "Drew, that's stupid, stop talking," "Drew, your bombing, shut up," "Drew, stop cutting me off, shut up." He has to cut you off because your verbal diarrhea is out of control!

If there was a Drew and Nobody Show I think I would probably listen. Drew seems to be a fairly easy going guy, but the problem is is that he's kind of quiet so the show wouldn't be very interesting.


I've knocked down the list of podcasts I am listening to by quite a few. I found that with delegation and phone calls I wasn't able to get through them all at work each day. Here's a list.

Diggnation - A weekly podcast on tech with two witty and interesting hosts.
Distorted View - Tim Henson is one sick and twisted guy.
Keith and the Girl - Absolutely my favourite (along with DV). Interesting, controversial, etc...
Slashdot Review - A daily show on posts (tech) at slashdot.org.
The Twisted Pickle - Corby takes an interesting look at [married]life in Middle America.
This Week in Tech - A roundtable talk once a week on everything Tech
Z100 Phone Taps - Absolutely funny. Only added it two days ago, but it's funny. Z100 is a radio station in New York. Give it a listen.