I just think he is getting more like George everyday...

Steven Harper is an idiot. Really. And if any one in the Canadian government comes across this, can you get that message to him for me that would be great. Just tell him "Hey, there's this guy on the internet that thinks you are a moron", get him to email me if you can and I will pass the message along to him that way. Yes, Steve-o-roni you are as much of a moron as your buddy to the south.

Where is this coming from you ask? Well, our fearless leader announced today that our Border guards are going to be armed. I have NO problem with this at all I think it's a great idea. Sure , I don't understand why it's going to take ten years to equip and train them all or the fact that it's going to take 2 years before we see the first armed Canadian Border guards, but hey I am not in the Border Guard training business what do I know. Why I think he's an idiot(today anyway) is for some of his comments at the press conference.

Mr. Harper said the following stupid thing, "secure borders keep drug dealers, car jackers and terrorists out".....Am I the only guy who finds this comment stupid! First of all Steve(I know how much you hate that name) your right..Car jackers need to be in the same category as Terrorists and Drug Dealers. I am sure there are some guys in California right now sayin "Hey man. Let's go to Canada and jack car's there, they don't have no guns at their border to keep us out!" Yes Steve, they are a threat to our well being and a society, damn car jackers.fucking Christ

Now let's take a look at other countries that have armed border guards...The U.S....yup they got drug problems...Russia.. I am sure they do... Who feeds you this stuff Steve-o. Next you'll be sayin we need armed border guards to keep out Godzilla. These problems are still going to be prevalent in society and happen everyday(except maybe Godzilla) you think we don't have any home bred car jackers and drug dealers. Fucking Christ...Do you and George share speech writers?

Again, I do think this is a good idea. But take a reality check sir, this will not fix these problems.mental midget. this is the article here

(as a side note I thought the comment that having guns would help the guards deal with the potential stress of dealing with a armed criminals or terrorists was a little funny...)
I leave you with the playlist of the day"

1. Other Side - Pearl Jam
2. Warm Love- Van Morrison
3. You can't Always get What you Want- The Rolling Stones
4. Taylor- Jack Johnson
5. Ophelia- The Band
6. I just don't know what to do with myself- The White Stripes
7. Access Me- Phish
8. One More Cup Of Coffee- Bob Dylan
9. Arcadian Driftwood- The Band
10.All Apologies- Nirvana
11.Milk - Kings Of Leon
12.Gone- Kanye West
13.One Bourbon, One Sctch, One beer- John Lee Hooker
14.Friend of the Devil- The Grateful Dead
15.The Best of What's Around- Dave Matthews Band


And the Youtube clip of the day: One of My top 10 movies...

Filler

For the last couple of nights I have been tring to piece something together to put up here, but the things that are at the for front of the mind don't translate well to this type of forum and are better left unsaid I guess( I know that sounds ominus don't it). And also that would mean talking about my "real life"and really, I leave that for the Hetero-life mate.

But there are a few other important things that I will share with you. First off is something that actually made me smile this week, and although I know Bish and Dlae or Jen won't care and the McQuarrie really won't care, I share with you this important date: Oct 17th.

What you may ask is Oct 17th? That is the day when all just might be right with the world.

No Georgie Progie isn't going to get impeached that day...No Steven Harper isn't going to resign that day...no this is of much more importance.

Oct 17th is the day when The Tragically Hip release their new album "World Container" (Shut your pie hole Dlae) you can sample the newest track here.Anytime a new Hip album is coming out is a day of celebration damn it!!

That's it for now really. The Posts will get better soon I hope. But for now I leave you with this:

Today's Playlist

1. Sweet Jane- The VelvetUnderground
2. Resolve- The Foo Fighters
3. Born in the water- The Tragically Hip
4. Drifting- Pearl Jam
5. Hey you-- Pink Floyd
6. It Could Happen to You- Blue Rodeo
7. The Only Answer- Mike Doughty
8. Broke Boy Solider- The Raconteaurs
9. Soul to Squeeze- The Red Hot Chilli Peppers
10.Remedy- Black Crowes
11.Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots- The Flaming Lips
12.Never Get out these Blues alive- John Lee Hooker(with Van Morrison)
13. The Thrill is Gone- B.B. King
14.Cortez the Killer- Neil Young and Crazy Horse
15.Where Did you Sleep Last Night- Nirvana(unplugged album)

and your Youtube clip of the day: The Day Jack Black stepped into our pop culture lives.

No Sleep Till....maybe Brooklyn?

Ok, so it's been awhile and the 4 or 5 regular reads might have packed up and moved on, maybe to The Hetero-life mate's blog. But oh well here I sit n a dark room with only the light of this monitor to show me where the keyboard is, pleading for sleep to come but I don't hear the sandman knockin at the door.

I was going to give some kinda update as to what's been happening, movies I have seen or music to share, but let me tell you it has been a weird week or so of mountain top highs and bottom of the valley lows. But we aren't going to get into that. I mearly wanted to get something up here with hopes that the act of typing or something might turn the mind off and I might be able to sleep. Oh Mr.Sandman, please ,oh please bring me a dream...

I leave you with this..The playlist of the night and what I am hoping will encourage sleep to get here sooner...


1. Waste-Phish
2. Only Love can break your heart- Neil Young
3. Bobcaygoen- The Tragically Hip
4. I shall be released- The Band
5. Up on That Cloud- Blue Rodeo
6. Space Between- Dave Matthews Band
7. For No one- The Beatles
8. Black - Pearl Jam
9. Crush- Dave Matthews Band
10.Sail Away- David Gray
11.Tired of You- Foo Fighters
12.No Other Way- Jack Johnson
13.Wishlist- Pearl Jam
14.A fool for You- Ray Charles
15.Lovin Cup- The RollingStones
16. Goodnight Josephine- The Tragically Hip
17. Oh, Sweetnuthin- The VelvetUnderground.

If you haven't heard of any of these go check'em out...out for now...

A long strange Trip remebered....

I have missed it by 12 hours but Wednesday August 9th was the anniversary of Jerry Garcia's passing due to a heart attack. He suffered the heart attack while in rehab for drug addiction(that seems to me that it would be a piss off), but that is neither here or there.

For those not in the know Jerry Garcia was the "defacto 'leader of The Grateful Dead. A shy guy who say the band as equals never really liked that role but he was seen as the voice of the band and ended up being a voice of a generation. The Grateful Dead is one of those bands that you either like them or you don't. But you can't argue they played a huge role in the history of rock music.

Formed in San Francisco in n 1965 they were the model of diversity in music pulling from all forms of influences like bluegrass, folk and rock. They were the Godfathers of "Jam Bands" and led the way for bands like moe., The String Cheese Incident and of course the keepers of the Dead flame and the band that a lot of Deadheads took to after the Dead went away..Phish.

The Dead were a touring machine and played 200+ shows a year, they had a huge following made a ton of cash,and were one of the most successful acts of the time, but get this didn't have a top ten hit till 1987 with the song "Touch of Gray". Something that just doesn't happen today.

I was late to the Dead party, but music wouldn't be the same without them and without Jerry Garcia. He deserves more words than I gave here but I think the biggest thing anyone could do for Jerry's memory is introduce someone to the sounds of the Grateful Dead. So go out get a greatest hits album or download some from your favorite legal(wink,wink)website. Just go out and discover "The Dead".

or click here for a sample


On a completely different tangent, here is your "Youtube" clip of the day. DO NOT OPEN AT WORK OR AROUND BORING PEOPLE WITH NO SENSE OF HUMOUR OR IF EASILY OFFENDED. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED BECASUE "HE COMETH"

"But what could they have left to say after the first movie?"

It has been a common problem in Hollywood since day one. What problem is that you ask? Is it the stars that act like spoiled children, the drug use and hard parting by stars, Scientology?..No my friends, the biggest potential of evil in Hollywood is...The sequel.

Hollywood, always looking to make the fast buck and beat a good idea into the ground has always had the problem of going back to the proverbial well one to many times. Don't get me wrong there are good sequels out there, some that even eclipse the original. For instance:

1. Empire Strikes Back
2. X-men II-X-men United
3. Spider-man 2
4. Lord Of the rings:The Two Towers
5. Star Trek 2- The Wrath of Kahn
Are all example of sequels that improved on the original. Movies that took the original idea and improved or continued the standard that the original set. Unfortunate that is not always the case, now you look at things and you see for every "Jurassic Park" there is a "Lost World", for every "Raiders of the Lost ark" there is a "Temple of Doom" and don't even get me started on Superman 3&4. Don't you wish Hollywood would just stop sometimes and be like "Whoa there for a second...I know we made a good deal of money on this idea before..But can we improve on it?...Maybe we should just it it go".

With that train of thought we wouldn't get those straight to DVD gems like "Wild Things 2" or "Gladiator 2" or any of the other crap that they release straight to the stores that are sequels, yet are basically the same movie with a lower budget and no real stars.

Oh you didn't know those movies existed?...Trust me neither did I till I walked through a video store one day. But the thing that really got me thinking about this was this movie trailer.

I have always accepted sequels for what they are but jesus, who green lights this shit?, Where's the quality control? So I have decided to list what I think are the most useless and unnecessary sequels of the last little couple decades or so. If your favorite movie is on the following list then leave this place now...Right now and never come back..No taste having bastards.

Worst sequels:

1. Batman and Robin- Yes that's right folks George Clooney Killed Batman..Thank god for Christopher Nolan though.Joel Schumacher who directed this movie has since apologized for it. To little to late Mr.Schumacher, the minute you put nipples on the Batsuit you should have known where this was going...Idiot.

2. Godfather 3- So fucking usless thats all there is to it..

3. Blair Witch 2- I liked the first one. I thought it was cool little idea of a movie that actually kinda creeped me out. Then they made this crap.

4.Highlander 2- The first movie was all about immortal sword fighters tracking each other down through the centuries and killing each other(the only way to kill an immortal?..chopping off their head) "till there is only one". Part2...You find out they are aliens from outer space..What the Fuck!!

5.On Her Majesty's Secret Service- The worst Bond movie ever. The life-time playboy finds "true love" and gets married. First off, Bond doesn't get married...Ever. This was in my mind the worst portrayal of Bond ever Followed by the two Timothy Dalton movies. To far from the heart of the character.

6. Blues Brothers 2000- The first was a comedic classic. This was just classic crap. From a music stand point it has some cool performances and appearances by great musicians(like the first one) but a horrible story and bad acting. And of course most notably...No John Belushi. And then there's the kid...God help me...

7. Speed 2- The first was an ok summer popcorn movie. The second was just a boring piece of completely useless film.

8. Caddyshack 2- This falls into the same category as Blues Brothers 2000, None of the elements(save for Chevy Chase and he wasn't even that funny) that made the first one a comedic pleasure returned for this. Instead of Bill Murray and Rodney Dangerfeild and Ted Knight, we get a horrible Dan Ackryod, Jackie Mason(Who?..excatly)and Robert Stack.

9. Superman 3 and 4- I know I mentioned these earlier, they definetkly deserve to be on this list. The first 2 movies were good. They "made you believe a man could fly" and were well crafted(except for the cellophane S in #2)adventures of a beloved icon So what happened to 3 and 4(which for this post only I will admit exist)they tsarted this downward spiral of stupidity. The premise for 3, a computer takes over Superman and he has to fight synthetic kryptonite laced with tobacco tar splits his personality in two. Part 4. Well the title "Quest For Peace" says it all. Superman tries to rid the world of nuclear weapons blah blah blah. An utter disappointment.

10.Ocean's 12- It hurts me to put this on the list. There are many other movies that deserve to be on the list like "Jaws-The Revenge" or The Matrix sequels( The First one was sooo good. A great original idea that went in the fucking shitter.) But I put this on the list because I wanted to like this movie so much going in and it just didn't deliver. The first one was a definition of cool. A heist movie with a great cast, set in Vegas. What more could you ask for. This was just a disappointment. It seemed like they were just going through the motions. One can only hope that Ocean's 13 will be better, but I am not holding my breath.

Like I said there are many more movies that could have been on this list, but given the current state of Hollywoods total lack of original ideas and total willingness to remake any old TV show(Dallas anyone?) or any sequel I am sure this list will grow after some time. Now I am going to go watch a good movie that stands alone and doesn't need a sequel..."High Fidelity" here I come

If you could only watch one show....

There is one thing that I enjoy doing that I don't talk about much. And no it has nothing to do with the Heterolife-mates blog post here. I have mentioned a few times that I really like the game of poker. If you ask Jen I am probably becoming a bit of a junkie. But before you pass judgment, thinking I am becoming a degenerate gambler, and might be worried that I might eventually have guys named Guido coming after me, let me assure you I play for no more than $10 a game at the weekly game with the guys(As always held at the McQuarrie brothers Indian casino and resort, the only casino that can say that it is 100% Indian and resort free)and play nothing but free games 2 days a week and some play money games on the internet.The game of course is Texas Hold'em.

The part about me becoming a junkie is the fact that I read alot about the game, buy books and magazines and so on, and watch it when ever it's on the T.V. I find the game is alot like chess, the mental strategies, figuring odds in your head the whole thing. I like trying to learn the little bits and pieces about the game. I did the same thing with golf, but I can't play that as much any more so poker is the way to go.

Now that the back story is out of the way, I want to focus on the T.V aspect. I definitely watch it a lot, but all the shows have become rather the same. Pro players ,paying a buy-in(usually with sponsor money and such) playing tournament poker where you get knocked out when you are out of chips. But the real bread and butter for these pros are the cash games. Where you have a minimum buy-in and if you get "felted" or run out of chips you can reload your chips at anytime. Make sense? So where is all this poker talk going you ask?

Well the game show network has pretty much the greatest poker show ever. I don't get the game show network but thank Tom Cruise and his witch craft for the internet.

The show is called "Highstakes Poker" and basically it's by invite only and it's real pros playing with their own money, and that's the beauty of it. Their own money...With a minimum buy-in of $125,000...Again of their own money. Some one goes out they can re-buy in. But the fun of seeing these pros throw around stacks of cash and chips is the fun of it. This is truly the best poker show on T.V.....

A sample of high stakes poker
...Oh you don't like or care about poker?....oh well I guess you can watch this then

Random you say?....Oh this shit is definitely random....

I know it has been awhile since this little mind-spew space has been updated. Oh well that's what you get around here I guess, spotty spelling and not so frequent posts. Some of us can't be as prolific as the Hetero-life mate for Christ's sake. So this is going to be a random info/thought kinda thing...Don't like it tough...

Useless facts for today:

1. First of I would like to wish Kevin Smith(Silent Bob)a Happy birthday. Yes I just wished a celebrity who I will never or have ever talked to or met a happy birthday.To fuckin bad. Those familiar with these parts will know that I am a Kevin Smith whore...I even liked Jersey girl damn it...

2.25 years ago (yesterday) Mtv began broadcasting, much to the delight of the Buggles. They continued to change the music industry by helping launch the careers of Madonna, U2,Micheal Jackson, Duran Duran and a calvalcade of others 80's bands. Though they also gave us Carson Daly. I personally think that Mtv is no longer relevant and actually died years ago when they created the Real World and in essence stopped showing videos. Idiots.

3.After 9/11 the governments in the US and in Canada began censoring playlists at radio stations. Many Bands had songs taken off the radio. But only one had every single song they ever recorded banned from the radio waves. That band?..The mighty Rage Against The Machine.

4. The official reason from the Israeli military that the unarmed peacekeeping base that was attacked by rockets, killing a Canadian peacekeeper(and this is a quote found in the National Post, from the top general of the military).."It was deliberate..But accidental"...Huh?? Sounds like something the moron in the White House would say...

5. Winning formula for a Hollywood movie.."Pop culture conversations, stoners, ABC by the Jackson 5 and a donkey show"..Now go forth and make movies.

6.The music industry is trying to figure out how to get more people buying music right? People would say put out some good shit. This I can agree on..But I want to take it one step further and offer this suggestion..Somebody, anybody put a fucking end to these fucking reality shows that are supposed to "create" the next big thing. Now I know that American idol will never disappear..But come on lets get rid of shows like "Rockstar:Supernova" before they really take hold and we can't kill them either. Record Companies need to get back out in the clubs and find bands the old fashion way.

7. Wanna get through they city with out being asked for spare change. One word--headphones(Ipod would also be accepted).

8.What I am reading right now(I know you probably don't care).."Fear and Loathing in America:The Gonzo Letters 1968-1976 vol II" by Hunter.S.Thompson.

9.What is Playing while I type all this useless info shit out:The New Pearl Jam Album "Pearl Jam", you should go check it out.

10. And the last thing for today is...In honour of Kevin Smith's B-day I give you a a funny ass scene that makes me laugh every single time..this is your You Tube clip of the day..Click here
...don't suggest watching at work or anything...

That's it 10 random bits of info that you didn't have when you got here...now go..I got shit to do...