tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71627282024-03-07T18:41:49.041-08:00Anybody got a pen?I'm a writer, podcaster and skills coach in Vancouver, BC. I have two legs, but often misplace the left one. If you see me operating this blog in an erratic or dangerous manner, please smile, nod and back your way out of the room slowly.stodmykhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13963038989555835370noreply@blogger.comBlogger225125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7162728.post-64632252686333650562012-03-11T22:50:00.006-07:002012-03-11T22:57:16.566-07:00Thoughts on the demise of the PlayhouseA friend of mine, Kennedy Goodkey, suggested that he's the reason for the death of the Vancouver Playhouse. And you know, he's probably right:<div><br /></div><div><a href="http://thetruthandthesignal.blogspot.com/2012/03/i-am-what-is-wrong-with-theatre-in.html">The Truth and the Signal: I am what's wrong with theatre</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Still, I can't blame him when there's a perfectly good scapegoat in the federal government. Here's my response:</div><div><br /></div><div>Dear Kennedy,</div><div><br /><i>You're</i> what's wrong with theatre? I thought <i>I</i> was what's wrong with theatre.<br /><br />Now I'm just confused.<br /><br />Okay, seriously. I'm of two minds regarding your idea. Theatre should strive to be simple, and theatre should be familiar - okay, there's nothing wrong with <i>Oklahoma</i> or <i>The Foursome</i> when they're done well. Theatre shouldn't try to challenge audiences, or use obscure source material - you're basically saying the stage (and its accompanying seating area) is no place for one's brain. I could not disagree more.<br /><br />Just as not all cinemas should be multiplexes dedicated to the latest Bradjelina Cloonhanks vehicles, not all stages should be brainless, hackneyed remounts of <i>Crazy for You</i>.<br /><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br />You've hit part of it - seeing a film costs ten to fifteen bucks a seat, tops, and it's incredibly accessible. Even then, single-screen houses showing good, small-run films have died out too. The throughline here is that anything that makes people think should be <i>revered</i> and <i>supported</i> whether the masses like it or not. If it's up to the masses, do you think <i>The Artist</i> would win Best Picture? Hell, no. Does that make it the wrong choice? <b> NO!</b> The masses are, more often than not, wrong.<br /><br />Keanu Reeves, massively successful movie star.<br />Justin Bieber, uber-rich teen idol phenomenon.<br /><i>American Idol</i>, one of the most-watched TV shows in the world.<br /><br />Do these things support your "let the market decide" ideology? You're basically saying that the next Tom Stoppard, the next Christopher Plummer -- these people should not have big time theatre as an option in their development. Street busking, TV and the movies are it, is that right?<br /><br />Fact is, the government has a responsibility to support the arts. Not commercial product. The <i>arts</i>. Painters, songwriters, dancers, singers, musicians, actors, directors, set designers, novelists, poets, screenwriters, playwrights, sculptors, <i>libraries</i>... The creme de la creme who aren't measured on net sales, but rather on merit. They have a duty to build up the cultural fabric of our nation - and yes, this will have a controversial side here: of <i>our</i> nation, not the gajillion foreign nations that people have left behind to come here.<br /><br />If the Playhouse is going to receive the kind of funding it needs to survive, it should also get support from other public institutions to make sure bums are in seats. I wonder how many MPs and MLAs actually pay for subscriptions to theatres, opera companies and other such organizations, and how many simply take advantage of comps on high profile opening night galas.<br /><br />Corporate citizens and developers should be required to support local arts - <i>especially</i> if they're foreign-based. They're mining billions from the local economy, they should be required to give back more than just a few perks to the BC Liberals.<br /><br />The Conservatives have long tried to whittle away at the artistic community. The federal Liberals, and with Jack Layton's folksy charm, were pretty much all that stood between Harper and his dream of a bloodless, artless Canada. Sadly, we no longer have anyone to stand in their way.<br /><br />If only there were a place that we could put on a show. You know, something cutting and challenging, that could inspire people to reconsider their political and cultural apathy and get things moving in this country again.<br /><br />If only there were a place.<br /><br />If only.<br /></div><div><br /></div>stodmykhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13963038989555835370noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7162728.post-60823048458135960252011-10-27T14:23:00.003-07:002011-10-27T14:26:40.464-07:00Seven Things about David Booth<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh746s10KzC4ut6SBM72NWhFQEU8vL1tulUWumVMTV50Pw2dsYMINTaL7ogWlU7bCBXBYlLMs3szQxvYUTxcXVozRkxGRdGKA9KE4gqiKSKgOwbxfLONGEW4HXA2dn43niU5c71/s1600/Pucked+in+the+head+logo.GIF"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668286336125098050" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh746s10KzC4ut6SBM72NWhFQEU8vL1tulUWumVMTV50Pw2dsYMINTaL7ogWlU7bCBXBYlLMs3szQxvYUTxcXVozRkxGRdGKA9KE4gqiKSKgOwbxfLONGEW4HXA2dn43niU5c71/s200/Pucked+in+the+head+logo.GIF" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div>How many of you knew that new Vancouver Canuck acquisition David Booth hunts big game with a frickin' bow and arrow? Huh? Huh? Seriously.</div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div><a href="http://thehockeywriters.com/seven-things-about-david-booth/">Seven Things about David Booth</a> at the Hockey Writers website.</div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>Enjoy, y'all!</div>stodmykhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13963038989555835370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7162728.post-49318729726636405412011-10-13T20:15:00.004-07:002011-10-13T20:21:05.357-07:00Seven teams to watch in 2011-12<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifvsHxhhl9lNGCPbYue7f9fZ9KwFEK9tMOAVvIbNTQIHEiFp9wIfVBqeb5oV5gXMEY7KH3enlTYswiGOsUyxP4C65kHLTXW1TPwA6P_mghLLcocqMFM1yypNJ0MUQNvdHibZbd/s1600/FanZoo-Puckedinthehead.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifvsHxhhl9lNGCPbYue7f9fZ9KwFEK9tMOAVvIbNTQIHEiFp9wIfVBqeb5oV5gXMEY7KH3enlTYswiGOsUyxP4C65kHLTXW1TPwA6P_mghLLcocqMFM1yypNJ0MUQNvdHibZbd/s200/FanZoo-Puckedinthehead.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5663182121189856306" /></a><br />I did a guest blog post for the Fan Zoo, a Vancouver-based sports memorabilia company. Here it is, yo: <a href="http://www.thefanzoo.com/blog/seven-teams-watch-2011-12">Seven Teams to Watch in the 2011-12 NHL season</a>.<div><br /></div><div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>stodmykhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13963038989555835370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7162728.post-46192462041559745052011-09-21T10:43:00.006-07:002011-09-21T10:51:02.865-07:00PITH: Southeast Division preview<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwyJ2L3MPomzLul5SEWaqqDh0ziNBuSgUS1W3etGAzREdvfSSRGMIYjxnqlJ7eE5Oo0sqyAeyXWOpCA8p1V0N8A5oyvsGg1uD4ybZyj4f6g7rLFAVuUGrgwlK2om-_EWAczO3i/s1600/frozen_inside040608.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5654871338654225730" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 264px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 187px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwyJ2L3MPomzLul5SEWaqqDh0ziNBuSgUS1W3etGAzREdvfSSRGMIYjxnqlJ7eE5Oo0sqyAeyXWOpCA8p1V0N8A5oyvsGg1uD4ybZyj4f6g7rLFAVuUGrgwlK2om-_EWAczO3i/s200/frozen_inside040608.jpg" border="0" /></a>Pucked in the Head posted their 35th episode early last week - it's a searing tale of frequent flyer miles, swimsuits and Russian underachievers. If only Barnes & Noble had lived to sell this.<br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div><a href="http://www.puckedinthehead.com/035">Pucked in the Head 035 - Southeast Division Preview</a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div>stodmykhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13963038989555835370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7162728.post-16336268714775395822011-09-02T22:13:00.002-07:002011-09-02T22:17:10.688-07:00The Longest Hockey Game in History<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCYhdXismzfZ1PQTv0a5whDh_9HZtCC6gEAdFcPXaJP55Tb3trkF3DtowlHe4B3vnSnhW9zZi0bRajP9vKPUxQJZzj9f1Zf2k3gQDBEONkpRklantloe5vYHOsQjP4vAxyWDRe/s1600/BigSave.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 230px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCYhdXismzfZ1PQTv0a5whDh_9HZtCC6gEAdFcPXaJP55Tb3trkF3DtowlHe4B3vnSnhW9zZi0bRajP9vKPUxQJZzj9f1Zf2k3gQDBEONkpRklantloe5vYHOsQjP4vAxyWDRe/s320/BigSave.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5647997383559410178" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">
<br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(85, 85, 85); line-height: 20px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Between August 26 and September 5, 2011, 40 women in Burnaby, British Columbia will break the Guinness World Record by playing the longest continuous hockey game in history. The brainchild of Val Skelly, the Longest Game is an homage to a friend, Lucia Tavano, who died of CF at the age of 27. They're raising awareness and funds for Cystic Fibrosis research and encouraging people to become organ donors as well. See below for some very sobering facts about CF. Their website is </span><a href="http://www.longestgame4cf.com/" target="_blank" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: initial; outline-style: none; outline-color: initial; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; text-decoration: none; -webkit-transition-property: color; -webkit-transition-duration: 0.3s; -webkit-transition-timing-function: ease-out; -webkit-transition-delay: initial; color: rgb(0, 179, 33); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">www.longestgame4cf.com</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">. </span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(85, 85, 85); line-height: 20px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">
<br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(85, 85, 85); line-height: 20px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">This first picture shows Katrina Dauncey making a save in the 105th hour - at this point, she had personally put in more than 46 hours on the ice.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;color:#555555;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;">
<br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;color:#555555;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><a href="http://www.puckedinthehead.com/seventhings-20110901">Read more here at Pucked in the Head</a>.</span></span></div>stodmykhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13963038989555835370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7162728.post-19468384103319165712011-08-27T11:11:00.004-07:002011-08-27T11:15:42.353-07:00Somebody approved this.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJCxOMkTX7ibVK6WJ_9zJU9jaumlhqYcg8jeQZ16Uqm8_Xdee2sD01RohbMhsympS_XVOy1zl5UCwNQTh2f4_GfFL0PdeS2c2nb8tzMRoLehDo779sTNoQfcqjf2RsCBzwqSAd/s1600/islandersthirdjersey.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 143px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJCxOMkTX7ibVK6WJ_9zJU9jaumlhqYcg8jeQZ16Uqm8_Xdee2sD01RohbMhsympS_XVOy1zl5UCwNQTh2f4_GfFL0PdeS2c2nb8tzMRoLehDo779sTNoQfcqjf2RsCBzwqSAd/s320/islandersthirdjersey.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5645600896741201394" /></a>We pundits over at Pucked in the Head are constantly mocking the products put out by supposedly professional designers and marketers. Reports have the New York Islanders launching a third jersey that looks like something out of a third-rate roller hockey league. We think you'll agree, but encourage you to defend this piece of dreck. Check out the inaugural edition of <i><a href="http://www.puckedinthehead.com/seventhing-20110823">Somebody Approved This</a></i>.stodmykhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13963038989555835370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7162728.post-63919926927508053362011-08-23T22:14:00.002-07:002011-08-23T22:19:06.692-07:00Shooting the off-season sh*t<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV5KrGV68IFkpBMG1qM1X3xYXB01xMWbcE4aXMgvu8i-pzpHd3qRl-IR3WIY9CjjnfFK4HAYIekLgWPW6AvegE4w8Zk99zVQCxH8SHuJU8Hcrmt3lAiDxjbGhsNIG7pWT-d3as/s1600/PITH2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 319px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV5KrGV68IFkpBMG1qM1X3xYXB01xMWbcE4aXMgvu8i-pzpHd3qRl-IR3WIY9CjjnfFK4HAYIekLgWPW6AvegE4w8Zk99zVQCxH8SHuJU8Hcrmt3lAiDxjbGhsNIG7pWT-d3as/s320/PITH2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5644287613178069186" /></a>
<br />We've gotten back on the podcast horse and hereby proudly deliver our first off-season episode:<div>
<br /></div><div><a href="http://www.puckedinthehead.com/033">Pucked in the Head 33: Shooting the Off-Season Sh*t.</a></div><div>
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<br /></div><div>(Be warned, Chris is still a little sore from his thrashing at the hands of the Big Bad Boston Bruins. Watch for bruising, a gimpy leg and more than a little crankypants whining.)</div>stodmykhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13963038989555835370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7162728.post-85754832205682253672011-07-12T14:12:00.004-07:002011-07-12T14:18:52.697-07:00Mike Duco's 15 minutes starts... NOW.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO2fHGerQjVM6kNMySctOSkAp7LAxncpyuhS2jpWK1gIUQn9tUd_Zk5TRFjMQCkr9tkqhrF6VR9IFPHcXdjuVcIvt_z4NONAubaTt9JYSUL-FZKnhvujl73gFoftBT2VIjhTVU/s1600/ducomike.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628577125229231634" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 342px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px" alt="Mike Duco landed on the front page of the Vancouver Metro before ever playing a game with the Canucks." src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO2fHGerQjVM6kNMySctOSkAp7LAxncpyuhS2jpWK1gIUQn9tUd_Zk5TRFjMQCkr9tkqhrF6VR9IFPHcXdjuVcIvt_z4NONAubaTt9JYSUL-FZKnhvujl73gFoftBT2VIjhTVU/s400/ducomike.jpg" border="5" /></a><br />Mike Duco is the newest Vancouver Canuck. For the moment, he's probably the most unpopular, as well. <a href="http://thehockeywriters.com/27728">Read why here.</a><br /><br />Wanna talk some smack about the Rangers GM? Do some research first - here's all about <a href="http://puckedinthehead.com/seventhings-20110705">the gong show Glen Sather's got going on in New York</a>.<br /><br />Ol' Slats has managed a decent move or two over the years. You just have to hunt for them. <a href="http://thehockeywriters.com/seven-things-about-brad-richards">Signing Brad Richards is by far the best free agent signing he's made.</a>stodmykhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13963038989555835370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7162728.post-76992239917222710372011-06-09T21:23:00.002-07:002011-06-09T21:27:16.858-07:00Charzilla vs the MothratwinsNo matter who wins, we at Pucked in the Head had a tonne of fun at the expense of the Vancouver Canucks and Boston Bruins this Stanley Cup final. Case in point, <span style="font-style:italic;"><a href="http://www.puckedinthehead.com/seventhings-20110606">Charzilla vs the Mothratwins</a></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj0OmYLWD1d9iFZFB82MEHuO-VrhFTdVeS_T3uJeKt8gnXHdjpsWph1P3zXatnko4j5oyI8O7yDzStxaOkorrU1x5Mc9tpsczJtWCfv23ne0dbzsG92q3LlBoo-besB90mqMVq/s1600/CharzillaPoster.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 207px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj0OmYLWD1d9iFZFB82MEHuO-VrhFTdVeS_T3uJeKt8gnXHdjpsWph1P3zXatnko4j5oyI8O7yDzStxaOkorrU1x5Mc9tpsczJtWCfv23ne0dbzsG92q3LlBoo-besB90mqMVq/s320/CharzillaPoster.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616442597834770018" /></a>stodmykhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13963038989555835370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7162728.post-33531465608870383702011-05-27T22:54:00.003-07:002011-05-27T23:02:43.070-07:00Seven Things: Homecomings, Severed Fingers and Green Babies<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnssoT9z4j_n04CqdVKA07uLD8RebCTZjfzdzLKcZi_m_sHo5JwgywrlGpoKlq-wvbCoZ8BO0GXJWPOasJAFrmjl2UknHaHFZ4y_z4osyt5H7dV1jp1hlBsiMBk_uaryHet_Ev/s1600/greenmengreenbabies.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 286px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnssoT9z4j_n04CqdVKA07uLD8RebCTZjfzdzLKcZi_m_sHo5JwgywrlGpoKlq-wvbCoZ8BO0GXJWPOasJAFrmjl2UknHaHFZ4y_z4osyt5H7dV1jp1hlBsiMBk_uaryHet_Ev/s320/greenmengreenbabies.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611642069035176162" /></a><br />"There's a new blog in town, and it aims to be the most obscure little hockey blog around." I know what you're thinking. "Hey, wasn't that a Leonard Cohen song?" And you're right. It was, until we <span style="font-style:italic;">stole</span> it.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.puckedinthehead/seventhings">Seven Things</a> will always aim low, and probably hit lower. In this, <a href="http://www.puckedinthehead.com/seventhings-20110528">the 28 May 2011 edition</a>, we mock Joe Thornton for severing his finger prior to the playoffs, suggest Zdeno Chara is anathema to modern medicine, and make mouldy sperm jokes about the Green Men. Enjoy.stodmykhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13963038989555835370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7162728.post-21506665431859700112011-05-11T19:41:00.000-07:002011-05-13T13:44:56.569-07:0030 Day Song Challenge, Day Two<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUZihwyAUASqRsLLqMiEBKoup2zhI0uzcdBtq0M-aZAWbTbxxqlgcN2TqnW2FodsEBjhqcAW5n7YzMTQbI9BbHvjgETDjtm3Jm_CZq8lbgSH7s6_rM6f2zajePplakHYaYzr7K/s1600/rod-stewart-family.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 241px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUZihwyAUASqRsLLqMiEBKoup2zhI0uzcdBtq0M-aZAWbTbxxqlgcN2TqnW2FodsEBjhqcAW5n7YzMTQbI9BbHvjgETDjtm3Jm_CZq8lbgSH7s6_rM6f2zajePplakHYaYzr7K/s320/rod-stewart-family.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605655166019021602" /></a><span style="font-weight:bold;">My Least Favourite Song</span><br /><br />Grrrrrr.<br /><br />I'm sure I could throw just about any death metal, gangsta rap or piece of autotuned shite in at the Day Two position, but I don't really consider those <span style="font-style:italic;">music</span>, ya know? So I'll have to go with an old "classic" that makes me lunge for the radio controls whenever it comes on.<br /><br /><a href="http://youtu.be/OIlHt_syoSE">Rod Stewart - Do Ya Think I'm Sexy</a><br /><br /><br />No, Rod, no I don't.stodmykhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13963038989555835370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7162728.post-55882553880420401752011-04-21T10:22:00.004-07:002011-04-21T10:33:58.968-07:0030 Day Song Challenge, Day 01<p>Fine. I'll do it. But I won't like it.</p><br /><br />Day 01 – Your favorite song: today, anyway, it's <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4ltLp30KVs">Paul Simon: Kodachrome. ♫</a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3GAuoZe8yAQRjdywn2pE5SQa6S7Qv5Izv1So_nm0n9IoXWPWAC3B6yKYYmZQNjIQxbkcTzfoldV9JCX0f-6YZTwwl3qp06-q17wnyq5bFQWMRxaaVENWv2CDZ1eIt82bZj3pe/s1600/01+-+Paul+Simon+Kodachrome.bmp"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 137px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3GAuoZe8yAQRjdywn2pE5SQa6S7Qv5Izv1So_nm0n9IoXWPWAC3B6yKYYmZQNjIQxbkcTzfoldV9JCX0f-6YZTwwl3qp06-q17wnyq5bFQWMRxaaVENWv2CDZ1eIt82bZj3pe/s320/01+-+Paul+Simon+Kodachrome.bmp" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5598090179401113506" /></a><br />From the 1973 album <i>There Goes Rhymin' Simon</i>, this song peaked at #2 on the Billboard US chart. It was never released as a single in the UK because the BBC refused to play a song that so prominently mentioned a trademarked name. At the behest of professional and amateur photographers around the world, Simon changed one of the song's lyrics in later live performances, from <i>everything looks worse in black and white</i> to <i>everything looks better in black and white</i>.<br /><br />Ansel Adams would approve.stodmykhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13963038989555835370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7162728.post-59768185318984288202011-04-13T13:19:00.004-07:002011-04-13T13:26:48.852-07:00Round one, Western Conference predictions<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqywx3l1nn2vGboAtVMRm793EfrvT0iXGNT7KlAzp1DeVY97bG1OTdCsNQGE_SAE3bxnJts9b8H_92l90j37cWm4sowGpgJeutvRT4kp0LkUiATqWXgM77dMDkU-iBU0iWauM4/s1600/episode030.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595165645144606962" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 80px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqywx3l1nn2vGboAtVMRm793EfrvT0iXGNT7KlAzp1DeVY97bG1OTdCsNQGE_SAE3bxnJts9b8H_92l90j37cWm4sowGpgJeutvRT4kp0LkUiATqWXgM77dMDkU-iBU0iWauM4/s320/episode030.png" border="0" /></a> It's Canucks v Hawks III, and this time the Canucks hold all the cards. Well, not ALL the cards - the Hawks still have a pretty good top six in Toews, Kane, Hossa, Sharp, Frolik and Stalberg. With the defending champs having traded away their bottom six, however - Byfuglien, Versteeg, Ladd et al were <em>huge</em> parts of last year's Cup win - the Canucks have a decided advantage in the depth department. With apologies to our friends in Anaheim and Nashville, because we pretty much snore through that series preview - here are our picks for the West in round one. <br /><p><a href="http://tinyurl.com/pucked030a">Pucked in the Head 30 - Round One Western Conference predictions </a></p><br /><p><a href="http://tinyurl.com/puckeditunes">Subscribe to Pucked in the Head on iTunes </a></p><br /><p><a href="http://www.puckedinthehead.com/">Pucked in the Head official website </a></p>stodmykhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13963038989555835370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7162728.post-756966854053697052011-04-13T13:11:00.009-07:002011-04-13T13:28:19.153-07:002011 playoffs - round one, Eastern Conference predictions<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW6D2S6rYZ9ZmF9q1v7XlcsLCw7wf6OGOQWO72t7-UtxpIkX2l696di61YwjvIL9d-XLa8cFAaLIeW6fQU_MPfjYfwJMOo_cC16Si1JS3gK2zOeRCy-ADATmd1suxE-iba-aW6/s1600/episode029.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595163678611796466" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 80px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW6D2S6rYZ9ZmF9q1v7XlcsLCw7wf6OGOQWO72t7-UtxpIkX2l696di61YwjvIL9d-XLa8cFAaLIeW6fQU_MPfjYfwJMOo_cC16Si1JS3gK2zOeRCy-ADATmd1suxE-iba-aW6/s320/episode029.png" border="0" /></a> It's playoff time, folks, and that means Chris and I feel a bizarre, simian urge to fling the excrement that is our thoughts with whoever happens to be within earshot. Here are our round one Eastern Conference predictions, wrapped up in a convenient web-friendly audio format. Enjoy. <br /><br /><p><a href="http://tinyurl.com/pucked030">Pucked in the Head 29: Round One Eastern Conference predictions</a></p> <br /><p><a href="http://tinyurl.com/puckediTunes">Pucked in the Head on iTunes</a></p> <br /><p><a href="http://www.puckedinthehead.com/">Pucked in the Head official website</a></p>stodmykhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13963038989555835370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7162728.post-32575254869335448782011-04-04T09:24:00.003-07:002011-04-04T09:33:19.654-07:00Hockey Songs IV - The Hockey Song by Stompin' Tom Connors<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhN0lx7SsiYJhJT0l3rxkqw7mNTfzvmrl835uo2xtPuO9LQCfp2y8vIYZWDhhFmtEf7TW1cVLe7V-jaiROiUDBDeLnI_4v598ZkhVAEcc_CEIxsIg0GSsm5L7kqf3ETAip3_VX/s1600/bos7112.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591767175822738370" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 304px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhN0lx7SsiYJhJT0l3rxkqw7mNTfzvmrl835uo2xtPuO9LQCfp2y8vIYZWDhhFmtEf7TW1cVLe7V-jaiROiUDBDeLnI_4v598ZkhVAEcc_CEIxsIg0GSsm5L7kqf3ETAip3_VX/s320/bos7112.jpg" border="0" /></a>Things have been pretty hectic over here in New Daddy Land. Thus it's been a bit of a challenge to get new episodes of Pucked in the Head up and running - despite lots of on-ice stuff to talk about, we've been unable to get our shi... er, get our stuff together & record new eps. Hence, episode 27 reaches into the standby bag yet again. <br /><div></div><br /><div>Luckily it's good stuff. Jamie Macdonald of The Orchid Highway dropped by to yak up <a href="http://tinyurl.com/pucked027">the fourth edition of Hockey Songs. Here's Pucked in the Head 27: Stompin' Tom and The Hockey Song</a>. His brother Derek makes a surprise appearance for the second half of the episode, and the three of us... <em>sigh...</em> sing the freakin' Hockey Song. </div><br /><div>Download. Listen. Put ointment on your naughty bits. Enjoy. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.puckedinthehead.com/">Pucked in the Head official website</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://tinyurl.com/puckeditunes">Pucked in the Head on iTunes</a></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.stompintom.com/">Stompin' Tom official website</a></div>stodmykhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13963038989555835370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7162728.post-72803986904282302992011-03-31T08:27:00.010-07:002011-03-31T13:46:22.501-07:00I guess I'm voting NDP<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBjYVN1scw0v6Gp65ojS4aPWR4LW_yLpK8lME4wIFgTmwDSN3gTOKmoQRHuWdL0sJZVJnQ0w24xlMkP9GtMHDPECqriTf_sIBv5kYGKR3vEITHoEnkSbet9kpl5weRG1B4MTJN/s1600/Burnaby-Douglas.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5590267801789104242" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 248px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBjYVN1scw0v6Gp65ojS4aPWR4LW_yLpK8lME4wIFgTmwDSN3gTOKmoQRHuWdL0sJZVJnQ0w24xlMkP9GtMHDPECqriTf_sIBv5kYGKR3vEITHoEnkSbet9kpl5weRG1B4MTJN/s320/Burnaby-Douglas.JPG" border="0" /></a> In my riding, Burnaby-Douglas, the incumbent, Bill Siskay, is one of the few openly gay politicians ever to hold a seat in Canadian parliament. Siskay is the latest in a long line of NDP candidates to win this seat - however, the margin of victory has been slim over the past few elections. He won in 2008 by a mere 798 votes over the Conservative candidate, Ronald Leung. <br /><p>Strategic voting: Leung is the only candidate returning for his party in this riding for the 2011 election. Siskay has stepped aside, so the strongest shot at keeping this seat away from the Harper government is a new candidate for the incumbent NDP, Kennedy Stewart (I'm sure Mr Leung is a nice person, but a Harper majority is NOT where I want to see Canada go.) Ken Low is the Liberal candidate, and while his community involvement is admirable, he has little political experience. I line up pretty strongly with the belief system behind the Green Party, and Adrianne Merlo seems like a person I would like to support. Unfortunately, the Greens are politically irrelevant on the national stage, and a left-wing vote split just plays into the Conservative agenda. Sometimes I wish we would alter our system to allow for a separate vote - one for Prime Minister, and one for the local MP. <br /><br /><p>I guess I'm voting Stewart, and the NDP, in this election. <br /><p><a href="http://kennedystewart.ndp.ca/">Kennedy Stewart - NDP</a> <br /><p><a href="http://greenparty.ca/campaign/59002">Adrianne Merlo - Green</a> <br /><p><a href="http://www.liberal.ca/candidates/ken-low/">Ken Low - Liberal</a> <br /><p><a href="http://www.burnaby-douglas.ca/">Ronald Leung - Conservative</a> </p>stodmykhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13963038989555835370noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7162728.post-31485070974849345252011-03-01T08:26:00.003-08:002011-03-01T08:45:25.232-08:00Hockey Songs 3 - I Feel Like Gerry Cheevers<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFWQqNjEMwdSGbyeY30Fnwxn67PUXgr7qgHABYZeB5VlpwFUUkqL5BUlZHmwf7WDQL9Pxy0XTAJpAhS54LdZ5jUeLTUUfyFvBzsKLZR3YaWOfFaMlXf13YIXaP6QPZ4LAYZWBs/s1600/Gerry+Cheevers.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579153173192633090" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 277px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFWQqNjEMwdSGbyeY30Fnwxn67PUXgr7qgHABYZeB5VlpwFUUkqL5BUlZHmwf7WDQL9Pxy0XTAJpAhS54LdZ5jUeLTUUfyFvBzsKLZR3YaWOfFaMlXf13YIXaP6QPZ4LAYZWBs/s320/Gerry+Cheevers.JPG" border="0" /></a>It's the third in our series of hockey songs, and perhaps our best bit of musical banter yet. Thanks to Jamie Macdonald of The Orchid Highway for his friendship and expertise - together we brign you <a href="http://tinyurl.com/pucked026">Pucked in the Head 26: (I Feel Like) Gerry Cheevers (Stitch Marks on My Heart)</a><br /><br /><div>Download. Listen. Tweak your groin. Enjoy.<br /><br /><a href="http://tinyurl.com/pucked026">Pucked in the Head episode 26.</a></div><br /><div><br /><a href="http://tinyurl.com/puckeditunes">Pucked in the Head on iTunes.</a></div>stodmykhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13963038989555835370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7162728.post-21828780397123386312011-02-28T15:29:00.006-08:002011-03-01T08:26:31.806-08:00Pucked in the Head episode 25<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXlKaXQbo4phAN8uDSvMuBHBKCkbFpT-974d-Pb4XEYtKM_R9xmXWfxsEt8g__HiwX6jVIIhY9Xyg0QMkopx8rjcvUGPmAU4yWUEXLQiRvD7qzBIWbzHdjxVae3cccnRGHXdHS/s1600/Pucked+in+the+head+logo.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578887145776053362" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXlKaXQbo4phAN8uDSvMuBHBKCkbFpT-974d-Pb4XEYtKM_R9xmXWfxsEt8g__HiwX6jVIIhY9Xyg0QMkopx8rjcvUGPmAU4yWUEXLQiRvD7qzBIWbzHdjxVae3cccnRGHXdHS/s200/Pucked+in+the+head+logo.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Your friendly neighbourhood hockey podcast is back, this time with the Top Five Hockey Skater Nicknames of All-Time.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Download. Listen. Tweak your groin. Enjoy.</div><div> </div><div></div><div><a href="http://tinyurl.com/pucked025">Pucked in the Head episode 25.</a></div><div></div><div><a href="http://tinyurl.com/puckeditunes">Pucked in the Head on iTunes.</a></div>stodmykhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13963038989555835370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7162728.post-62632158589400100312011-02-11T12:15:00.004-08:002011-02-11T12:22:13.006-08:00Pucked in the Head episode 24<a href="http://tinyurl.com/pucked024"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572528873370039346" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 204px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 270px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtIj8H5JM5nGWZSpWihCXDIOSIcGdznPBf11whOWKJvqGJThShixk9f0Sa9Q9KaCepUcr5YudLIOHRH6e3eua33k92pCXAFMHjNAZOzjyeRc9YpghjgRvvhGJ-D8nIVQkPLL5T/s320/Frank_Brimsek.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/pucked024">Episode 24: The Top 7 Goalie Nicknames</a> is, quite probably, the most professional-sounding episode we've done thus far. Not surprising, really, since the last Top 7 list (Episode 8: Top 7 Sports Event Endings) was similarly polished and entertaining. In our view, anyway.<br /><br />Give it a listen and let us know what you think. You might just learn something about hockey legend Frank "Mr Zero" Brimsek here, or one of the other gents we talk about.<br /><br />Most important of all: remember it's just a game. Enjoy it!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.puckedinthehead.com/">http://www.puckedinthehead.com</a><br />http://tinyurl.com/puckeditunesstodmykhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13963038989555835370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7162728.post-50070743196312418592011-02-01T15:33:00.004-08:002011-02-01T15:40:14.903-08:00What a difference an e makes.<strong>Envelope</strong>: <em>countable noun</em>. A flat container, usually made of paper or plastic, often sealed with glue or wax, used to mail letters or small objects. <em>Jack put fifty cents in an envelope and placed it beside his son's bed in exchange for the tooth under the pillow.</em><br /><br /><strong>Envelop</strong>: <em>transitive verb.</em> To surround completely; to overwhelm. <em>Maria's favourite time of day was dusk, as she waited for the darkness to envelop the neighbourhood.</em>stodmykhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13963038989555835370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7162728.post-17599547563784927332011-01-29T20:55:00.004-08:002011-01-29T20:57:51.360-08:00WHL hockey: Giants 3, Blazers 1I started coverage of the Vancouver Giants for the online publication the Vancouver Observer. Give it a look-see.<div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size:11px;"><h3 class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" ft="{"type":"msg"}" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-size:13px;"><span class="UIStory_Message"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; "><a href="http://www.vancouverobserver.com/blogs/face-off/2011/01/29/giants-win-fifth-straight-mismatch" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" style="cursor: pointer; color: rgb(59, 89, 152); text-decoration: none; "><span>http://www.vancouverobserver.com/blogs/f</span><wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: block; float: left; margin-left: -10px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "></span><span>ace-off/2011/01/29/giants-win-fifth-stra</span><wbr><span class="word_break" style="display: block; float: left; margin-left: -10px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "></span>ight-mismatch</a></span></span></h3></span></div>stodmykhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13963038989555835370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7162728.post-17484167513225631112011-01-29T01:10:00.006-08:002011-01-29T01:16:00.948-08:00Pucked in the Head, episode 23<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibLg5VNUGYbKW9HQBTrirNOJFL7HmoUHVo_SDtY6tZVCmgHXY2Io9KITzsHhCiPBIo0BHGJjK9J5BLXEIR7p91k6uYk0ZYTwVjQarrHhQlcu2y2aRzhtkXV1dP8-89Xslog8HU/s1600/0627-NHLAwards.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 131px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibLg5VNUGYbKW9HQBTrirNOJFL7HmoUHVo_SDtY6tZVCmgHXY2Io9KITzsHhCiPBIo0BHGJjK9J5BLXEIR7p91k6uYk0ZYTwVjQarrHhQlcu2y2aRzhtkXV1dP8-89Xslog8HU/s200/0627-NHLAwards.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567533226071421426" /></a><br />Finally got the new episode over to Chris, who posted it on the website. Episode 23 - Our Mid-Season Award Recipients. You can find out who we think deserves the Canucks Unsung Hero Award, as well as legitimate NHL Awards. It's prize-tastic fun!<div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(50, 54, 63); font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;"><a href="http://tinyurl.com/pucked023">http://tinyurl.com/pucked023</a></span></div><div><br /></div><div>Or, if you prefer, go to iTunes and subscribe your little buns off: </div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://tinyurl.com/puckeditunes">http://tinyurl.com/puckeditunes</a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>stodmykhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13963038989555835370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7162728.post-58974841561608679322011-01-26T11:09:00.006-08:002011-01-26T11:50:22.986-08:00Notes on decade #4It's the end of January, 2011. I turn 40 in 22 days. There won't be any navel gazing here, boys and girls - just a thanks to everyone who helped make the past decade the best I've experienced thus far. I'm happier now - more patient, more content, more excited, more passionate than I've ever been.<br /><br /><br /><br />Since turning 30, I have managed to do the following:<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWUnfgWxTKYaT8P07hOLYUNBS7Kj8xNQOjUxNktNcwHSOdndX9VWiInEE04kuVNQuSFMSK4-2qf1TO8pEoMthr7fI4-vdsUhc7K4BkPw8HHuwI8jEx-cyeWrMT-T1TE1Sw1o4y/s1600/MillaAtTheBookstore.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566580808658317874" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="Mom & Milla at the bookstore" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWUnfgWxTKYaT8P07hOLYUNBS7Kj8xNQOjUxNktNcwHSOdndX9VWiInEE04kuVNQuSFMSK4-2qf1TO8pEoMthr7fI4-vdsUhc7K4BkPw8HHuwI8jEx-cyeWrMT-T1TE1Sw1o4y/s200/MillaAtTheBookstore.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stodmyk/4041265837/in/set-72157623069042915/">* Convinced a wonderful, fiery Latina to marry me. (Hi Nadia!) </a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/%3Ca%20href=%22http://www.flickr.com/photos/stodmyk/5390491237/%22%20title=%22Mom%20&%20Milla%20at%20the%20bookstore%20by%20stodmyk,%20on%20Flickr%22%3E%3Cimg%20src=%22http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5259/5390491237_0d597b1ceb_b.jpg%22%20width=%22540%22%20height=%22720%22%20alt=%22Mom%20&%20Milla%20at%20the%20bookstore%22%20/%3E%3C/a%3E">* Had a beautiful baby girl (Milla) with said wonderful, fiery Latina.</a><br /><br /><br /><br />* Fixed my credit rating - largely due to the organizational skills of the aforementioned fiery Latina.<br /><br /><br /><br />* Bought a townhouse.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stodmyk/2527435694/in/set-72157623069042915/">* Visited Mexico several times.</a><br /><br /><br /><br />* Started speaking Spanish.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stodmyk/4003642277/in/set-72157622442584771/">* Visited China.</a><br /><br /><br /><br />* Didn't get shanghaied.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stodmyk/84226686/in/pool-westcoasttrail">* Did the West Coast Trail. </a><br /><br /><br /><br />* Found out that teaching isn't just a job, it's a passion.<br /><br /><br /><br />* Learned that coaching turns teaching into a passion that pays well.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://fongsongs.blogspot.com/2008/05/indy-film.html">* Produced a movie screening to raise money for the Cancer Society.</a><br /><br /><br />* Started a small business (Kick-Start Cardio).<br /><br /><br /><br />* Learned that - dude - small businesses are, like, wicked hard to run well.<br /><br /><br /><br />* Closed that small business.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.puckedinthehead.com/"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566581060844997490" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="Pucked in the Head logo" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggHu3xsWt0hdyszksuWwIeIj7fC_kNmIef6AVd_Okckfp4mn5rHXvHI0egT3JofXwigpmpiI6yjs5Fn0wDzCIQNMEjY25dtPUN7gXefk2516LJ0yHdKL9qsWUYl9AaGb5eDKfQ/s200/Pucked+in+the+head+logo.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />* Rekindled my love affair with hockey.<br /><br /><br /><br />* Started a podcast (<a href="http://www.puckedinthehead.com/">http://www.puckedinthehead.com/</a>).<br /><br /><br /><br />* Went back to school (<a href="http://www.ubc.ca/">UBC</a>).<br /><br /><br /><br />There were some hurdles, sure, but it's been a fun 10 years. Here's to the fifth decade being the best one yet.stodmykhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13963038989555835370noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7162728.post-52865417734868799792009-09-26T00:15:00.001-07:002009-09-26T00:19:48.805-07:00Surrogates reviewAn above-average entry in the burgeoning sci-fi techno-thriller genre, <span style="font-style:italic;">Surrogates</span> goes great lengths to show how beautiful us real, honest-to-goodness ugly humans are. It's a Premise Movie (TM), like <span style="font-style:italic;">The Matrix</span>, <span style="font-style:italic;">Strange Days</span> or <span style="font-style:italic;">A.I.</span> You need to let yourself buy the idea that 98% of the world's population stays at home and sends forth surrogates -- gorgeous robotic avatars -- into the world to handle nearly every daily task. You plug into this machine with superhuman strength, agility, etc., but you send him/her/it to... work the same shitty workplace you would've gone to without one? Seems the tech hasn't eliminated the need for lousy jobs...<br /><br />Willing suspension of disbelief and all that. Anyway, this film adaptation may not pack the noirish punch of the gritty graphic novel, but it's a decent popcorn flick that uses Bruce Willis's unique battered and bruised, loose cannon cop routine quite well.<br /><br />Interesting sidenote: at the end of the film, random couple to our right launched into a debate about the socio-political ramifications of widely available surrogate technology. The belles behind us immediately started talking about the beauty salon / body shop - 'Like, OMG, wouldn't it be awesome to get your cheekbones done like that?'<br /><br />OMG, indeed, sweetheart. O. M. 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