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Saturday, May 29, 2004
"Ee by gum, that's luvly"
Peter Jackson is in New Zealand planning the remake of King Kong as the third Lord Of The Rings movie, The Return The King is released on DVD. But don't rush out just yet to pick it up. The two disk set is only the 3 1/2 hour theatrical version seen in the theatres. Jackson is slated to be releasing an extended version as he did with the other two installments, but because of his King Kong comittment time for editing the final third of the saga is at a premium. Rumour has it that the extended version release may be delayed and may not even be ready for Christmas. Gasp! Forget the Kong, give us the King!
And good news for all you British soap fans, no not the bubbly kind, the ones with the funny accents, CBC has announced that starting next month it will be airing Coronation Street four times a week in Prime Time! The 40 year old drama will air at 7:30 in the evening as part of Mother Corp's attempt to come up with an interesting schedule that doesn't involve anything reality based or American. How much further away from reality can you get with Coronation Street back to back with Red Green? Wednesday, May 26, 2004
A Live Floor Show
Spent the day installing the new laminate floor in Sandi's room and tomorrow I will finish off and stick some new baseboards in there. Then we can get her humungous bed out of our living room and have her room all nice and ready for when she returns in mid June. Once we manage to clear out the junk, the second bedroom will get the same treatment. One more step towards a carpet-free house! (Well upstairs, anyway)
I'm finding an awful lot of adware creeping on to the system lately. Ads are popping up when I'm not even on the internet or when I'm even near the computer! Today I downloaded a program that scans for that sort of stuff and it said I had about 24 malicious programs. But to clean them off I had to send them $20 for the full version. Upon investigation I discovered that none of those programs were really on the system. Smells like a scam to me. Battleing the Sleazeware.... Tuesday, May 25, 2004
Blogger Woes
I've been getting reports that the page is unavailable for some that call it up. I know the server was down last night as I couldn't log on but it has been fine all today. Hopefully it's just a minor glitch. Oh What A Spin I'm In
Now "Dubya" Bush is promising to tear down the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq and build a brand new state of the art max security prison in it's place in an attempt to prove that if you throw enough money at a problem it will go away. It's still a prison isn't it. Wouldn't it be a better idea to revamp the people who run the prison? I don't know, but from my perspective it looks like it's getting harder and harder to spin this whole Iraqi fiasco, and the worst is yet to come. Who knows what will happen at the changeover at the end of June, they don't even know yet who they are going to hand the country to.
I've been spending the last few days reformatting and rebuilding a friends computer. It's been fun but the Microsoft demons await around every turn. Tonight we bid a sorrowful adieu to our good friend Rocky who is trekking back to his roots on the rock. He leaves for Newfoundland next week after spending about seven years in sunny Alberta. Good luck Rocky, we'll miss ya'. Monday, May 24, 2004
And They're Off...
It's election time again. For the next 36 days it's "Survivor: Ottawa" as the top political honchos sling mud and backstab each other in the ultimate reality TV show. The lawns will be full of signs and the tube will be full of campaign ads, but in the end the decision will come down to who to vote for. Basically it's a tossup as to who can continue to screw up the country the least. Who knows what the new "Conservative" party can offer as an alternative to the stranglehold the Liberals have over the land. And then there's the NDP. Are they still around? My guess is: after June 28 it'll be rape and pillage as usual.
I knew these guys were superstitious but I didn't know it went this far. I guess the players in the NHL refuse to touch or have anything to do with the Stanley cup until they have won it. Is it supposed to jinx their chances at winning or what? And that cup gets a lot of road time too. Each player of the winning team gets to take it home for a day for parties and parades and such. Must get pretty battered up over the course of a year. Good thing the original is locked away in the Hockey Hall of Fame. Let's just hope the replica can stay in Alberta for the next year. Saturday, May 22, 2004
Goin' To The Chapel
It's the long weekend and traditionally a time to get outside and enjoy the fresh air. However, the air is feeling just a little too fresh at this point, thank you very much, so I will just stay indoors. Nikki went down to Sylvan Lake near Red Deer for a church camp out and we are hoping they are not getting the same weather as we are up here in Edmonton.
Reports in from the East indicate that Sandi is having une bon temps in her temporary new digs in Quebec City. She has been to a ceramics factory, a maple sugar farm and several bars and clubs, so we're not sure what mischief she's getting into...as long as it's in French. Construction is under way again in the Hilton house as the carpeting in the two small upstairs bedrooms is being ripped out, much to Dianne's delight. The carpet will be replaced with new laminate flooring similar to that which was installed last year in the master chamber. And finally some really good news. Angela and her longtime beau, Lee, are finally officially engaged. Word has it that the pivotal question was posed by a romantic waterfall in Banff and an acquiescing response was the result. More details to follow. So the happy couple can now look forward to a year of planning for the big day. Not to worry, with several cousins getting hitched recently there should be a good wedding planner list floating around somewhere. I guess it's time for me to rent "Father of the Bride" again. Click on the link below to add you comments. If Steve Martin can do it..... Monday, May 17, 2004
Sarin Nerve Agent Bomb Explodes in Iraq
See I told you so! A weapon of mass distruction is found in Iraq. (Yahoo! News - Sarin Nerve Agent Bomb Explodes in Iraq) Now Dubbya can sleep soundly knowing he was right. I'm just wondering where these things are going to start showing up now. There might be some interesting touristy type knick knacks in the Bahgdad market tomorrow. Sunday, May 16, 2004
Midnight Cowboy
Just working through the tail end of a midnight shift so I haven't felt too creative the last few days. One more night to go and I'm looking forward to four days off. We are going to be redoing the floors in the two front bedrooms upstairs with laminate similar to the stuff in the master so I may have a go at that next week while Sandi is out of her room.
Had a chance to get out on the bike yesterday as the weather finally seems to be cooperating although it is at least 10 degrees colder than it should be, in my opinion. I was just watching this movie a couple of weeks ago and now I read that the pilot of the famed WWII bomber "The Memphis Belle" has died of complications from a fall. The movie was great, although I hear that it was a highly fictionalized version of the bombers 25th and final bombing run into Germany setting the record for the most runs a single plane made. Nonetheless, it must have taken some raw courage to climb into that thing for every one of those missions. Sunday, May 09, 2004
Test
Discuss test La Plume De Ma Tante.....
First off... Happy Mother's Day to all our moms. Take the rest of the day off!
Went to a rather unusual wedding yesterday featuring the daughter of our pastor as the bride and included the lighting of over 2000 candles by 38 candle lighters, a foot washing ceremony and a fertility dance performed by a troupe of Rawandan tribespeople. Not your standard wedding fare! I caught this shot of the candle lighters coming down from the balcony with their lit candles. The time exposure gives it a rather ghostly appearance. 
Our jetsetting daughter Sandi is off traveling again. This time she is in Quebec City where she will be attending a five week French immersion course at L'Universitie de Laval on a scholarship that pays for everything except air fare. We saw her off at the airport at midnight last night and had a call from her this evening, safe but exhausted, partly from the 11 hours spent in planes and airports but mainly from trying to understand the French spoken by her host family. She is not allowed to use any English under penalty of expulsion so she is going to find it truly challenging for the next several weeks. Lots of "repetez, s'il vous plait". Send her an encouraging message at sspanndexx@hotmail.com mais vous devez écrire en français seulement, svp. Saturday, May 08, 2004
Still Here.
Where has the time gone? Here it is the middle of May nearly already. We've been quite busy with one thing and another including a wedding, a funeral and MORE SNOW!!! So the posts have been pretty lean. But we're still kicking here on the 'ol homestead so I'll try and be a little more postactive (if that's a word)
I was just reading yesterday that the geniuses at the CRTC have finally figured out that we reallty do not like Canadian programming no matter how much they shove it down our throats, so they have come up with a few incentives to improve the situation. If a Canadian broadcaster airs stuff that is produced with Canadian money and resources and it meets a certain criteria, that broadcaster is rewarded with 2 1/2 more minutes an hour of commercials for that show. Well thanks a lot guys. Not only do we have to suffer through that undigestible pap but we now have to watch more annoying Canadian commercials to get through it. I've had little time to get out on the bike in the past few weeks and when I have had the time the weather has been deplorable. I guess it could be worse. We could be out watching soccer in this weather.
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