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Quick Hits

Hi all,

I've been a busy little beaver lately. Once again I have renter trouble - it's like pulling teeth trying to get them to pay their rent. The first ten days of every month is a stress fest, running around calling and trying to squeeze the money out of them. It's bullshit. So I filed eviction papers, once again. It seems like a brother can't get a break these days. I shouldn't complain though; outside of that, life is just Jim Dandy.

My lovely sister headed back to BC yesterday which is a bummer. We had a terrific time while she was here. We saw The Class, a marvelous little French film that I would highly recommend to anyone. Get on it. I've also begun volunteer work for Newborns in Need, a charity dedicated to providing handmade clothing for newborns. The extent of my involvement so far is making cupcakes for an upcoming meeting, but maybe there will be more to do once I infiltrate ingratiate myself into the group. Time for some quick hits!

1) Just a quick note to all of those involved in the Pizza Dough challenge - only four days left to cook and get your photos/write-ups in. I already have an idea of what the ingredient will be for the next challenge...

2) Here's a video report from the Wall Street Journal about a 19 year old girl who died of a heart attack due to her bulimia. Eating disorders are a sad and terrible thing.

3) Check out the red band trailer for the upcoming film, The Hangover. Yes, please.

4) Movie Stars Who Die the Most in Film.

5) Support Your Vet is a website that teaches friends and families of returning vets how to behave and act when they return. Well done.

6) How to Stop Dealing With Someone Else's Lateness.

7) Top 10 Xbox Live Arcade Games (w/ Vids).

8) If you are looking for a way to save on paper and ink, check out PrintFriendly.com. It is a new web application with a browser bookmarklet which lets you create print friendly version of any webpage, and print only content you need. The application removes all clutter and arranges content in easy to read format. Once webpage is ready for print you can download it as PDF or print it out directly.

9) McDonalds is taking on Starbucks in the gourmet coffee war. Upon hearing this, I, of course, went straight to this:

It's hot!
How hot is it?
It's so hot that I poured a cup of McDonalds coffee in my lap just to cool off!

NICE.

10) Mommy Dearest: The Best and Worst Mothers in Video Games.

11) Red Dead Revolver is finally getting a sequel. BAM!

12) TIME's Top 10 Panics Ever.

13) 20 Products To Traumatize Your Infant.

14) 10 of the Nastiest Restaurant Scenes in Movies.

15) 10 Most Bizarre Beauty Pageants. I absolutely could not believe the first one on the list.

16) Here are the movies out on DVD tomorrow.

Taken
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
Passengers
Of Time and the City
O Jerusalem

I am ALL OVER Taken. Liam Neeson whooping some ass is my idea of a good time. Here's Maybe I'm Amazed by Paul McCartney and the Wings.

Movies on the horizon

Movies on the horizon

   

Just ordered this - can't wait.

Condemned 2: Bloodshot

Quick Hits

Hey gang,

It's Friday, which is a good thing. Not much to report. I'm toying with an idea for a cooking challenge which I thought I'd bounce off you guys. I'm a big fan of the show Top Chef and I've often wondered if I could tackle that level of cooking (without the time limits of course) so I had a look at their website and it turns out they post the recipes for almost all of the dishes that the contestants cook. So here's the thing. I'm proposing a challenge of one Top Chef dish per month, picked by yours truly, which myself and maybe others could make, and then post photos and thoughts on the dish. The recipe would have to be of moderate difficulty with ingredients that are affordable and readily available. I've got one other person who wants in and if any of you guys or your better halves might like to try it I'd love to have you on board.  Let me know. Here are some quick hits!

1) Canada Post is running a line of stamps featuring some of my grandad's paintings. Very cool. I'll have to see if I can get my hands on some.

2) As well as Top Chef, I love watching the Food Network. Unfortunately there is one woman, Sandra Lee, who's food is disgusting and uses all sorts of processed ingredients. Here's a blog condemning all things Sandra Lee.

3) Here's a cool way to dye eggs for Easter.

4) How to build your own pasta machine (hint - it involves a paper shredder).

5) Throw a kid's birthday party on a budget.

6) The 50 best food blogs. Mine is not on there.

7) Bam! Kapow! makes an argument as to why it might be more satisfying to see the Joker beat Batman and not vice versa.

8) The 7 Must-See Monster and Alien Movies of the 1950s. I've seen The Blob, The Day the Earth Stood Still and The Fly.

9) The reviews are in for Legends of Wrestlemania for the PS3 & XBox 360. I played the demo and found it boring.

10) GrubHub is a food delivery search engine which lets you discover restaurants that deliver food to your address. Just type in your street address and the city and press “Search” to view the list of delivering restaurants. It also lets you search for your favorite restaurant to see whether it delivers to your address.

11) Spandau Ballet is reuniting and going on tour. GREAT group.

12) Here are the movies in theatres today.

Monsters vs. Aliens
The Haunting in Connecticut
American Swing

Here is Gold by Spandau Ballet (memories of GTA Vice City here).

Movies on the horizon

    

March Madness

It's round two of the tourney and things are very close in our bracket pool...

Movies on the horizon