January 29, 2011
WHL hockey: Giants 3, Blazers 1
I started coverage of the Vancouver Giants for the online publication the Vancouver Observer. Give it a look-see.
Pucked in the Head, episode 23
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!
Or, if you prefer, go to iTunes and subscribe your little buns off:
January 26, 2011
Notes on decade #4
It'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.
Since turning 30, I have managed to do the following:
* Convinced a wonderful, fiery Latina to marry me. (Hi Nadia!)
* Had a beautiful baby girl (Milla) with said wonderful, fiery Latina.
* Fixed my credit rating - largely due to the organizational skills of the aforementioned fiery Latina.
* Bought a townhouse.
* Visited Mexico several times.
* Started speaking Spanish.
* Visited China.
* Didn't get shanghaied.
* Did the West Coast Trail.
* Found out that teaching isn't just a job, it's a passion.
* Learned that coaching turns teaching into a passion that pays well.
* Produced a movie screening to raise money for the Cancer Society.
* Started a small business (Kick-Start Cardio).
* Learned that - dude - small businesses are, like, wicked hard to run well.
* Closed that small business.
* Rekindled my love affair with hockey.
* Started a podcast (http://www.puckedinthehead.com/).
* Went back to school (UBC).
There were some hurdles, sure, but it's been a fun 10 years. Here's to the fifth decade being the best one yet.
Since turning 30, I have managed to do the following:
* Convinced a wonderful, fiery Latina to marry me. (Hi Nadia!)
* Had a beautiful baby girl (Milla) with said wonderful, fiery Latina.
* Fixed my credit rating - largely due to the organizational skills of the aforementioned fiery Latina.
* Bought a townhouse.
* Visited Mexico several times.
* Started speaking Spanish.
* Visited China.
* Didn't get shanghaied.
* Did the West Coast Trail.
* Found out that teaching isn't just a job, it's a passion.
* Learned that coaching turns teaching into a passion that pays well.
* Produced a movie screening to raise money for the Cancer Society.
* Started a small business (Kick-Start Cardio).
* Learned that - dude - small businesses are, like, wicked hard to run well.
* Closed that small business.
* Rekindled my love affair with hockey.
* Started a podcast (http://www.puckedinthehead.com/).
* Went back to school (UBC).
There were some hurdles, sure, but it's been a fun 10 years. Here's to the fifth decade being the best one yet.
September 26, 2009
Surrogates review
An above-average entry in the burgeoning sci-fi techno-thriller genre, Surrogates goes great lengths to show how beautiful us real, honest-to-goodness ugly humans are. It's a Premise Movie (TM), like The Matrix, Strange Days or A.I. 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...
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.
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?'
OMG, indeed, sweetheart. O. M. G.
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.
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?'
OMG, indeed, sweetheart. O. M. G.
January 2, 2009
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