Terminator The Sarah Connor Chronicles

For anyone who's a Terminator fan, season 2 of the Sarah Connor Chronicles began Monday night.  They've really done a terrific job on it.  I would recommend it to anyone.  As a matter of fact, if you want to watch any past episodes, click here.  They have all the previous episodes from the first season as well as the season 2 opener.  Really good.

I'll be back.

Dude Whacks Guy With Sausage, Then Robs Him

Yup.  Believe it.  Some guy in Fresno California, breaks into a house.  Sneaks up on two sleeping guys.  Rubs spices over one guy, beats the other one with a 22" sausage and then robs them and flees.  Except the sausage freak dropped his wallet and the cops nabbed him.

Seriously...  I wish I could make this stuff up.  Click here for the news report.

Rogers, Bell & Telus... again.

For those of you who know me, you recognize my contempt for the telecommunication companies in Canada.  CBC has posted a special report called Disconnected.  It can be read here.  Merrill Lynch reports Rogers, Bell and Telus as the three most profitable wireless companies in the world by a long shot.  Through redonkulous consumer gouging, these companies, through the abuse of their triopoly have lined their wallets while mining ours.  

It appears they will have competition starting fall 2009.  And not a moment too soon.  

Thieving rats.

For That Special Someone...

Can't think of what to get Grandma for Christmas this year? Puzzling over the perfect going away prezzie?  Look no further. Thinkgeek.com has USB Humping Dogs.  

Plug 'em into your USB port to 'turn them on'.  That's it.  They don't do anything else.  They come in different models.  Beagle, Boxer, Husky, Doberman and Shiba.  

I can't think of a better re-gift this Christmas.

Recipe Monday

Twinkie Sushi.  You know it has to be good.  Hostess actually puts out a Twinkie Cookbook.  You can find it here.  It lists a 'Twinkies In A Blanket' recipe.  That just sounds too cool.  I haven't actually tried this recipe.  A friend once compared Twinkies to 'one step away from styrofoam'.  Probably right, but I'm sure this tastes good.

• 3 Twinkies
• Assorted dried fruits
• Assorted fruity candies
• 2 green fruit roll-ups
• Dried mangoes (looks like pickled ginger)

Slice twinkies into pieces about an inch tall.  Slice fruit roll ups into strips so that their long enough and wide enough to wrap around the twinkie pieces.  Wrap the fruit roll-ups around the twinkie pieces.  Place dried fruits and candies into the cream filling.  Place twinkie rolls on a plate or in a bento box.  Garnish with strips of dried mango to resemble pickled ginger if you wish.  Serve with chopsticks.

Rockin' in Yellowknife

Yellowknife had a treat Saturday night when Trooper came to town.  We don't get too many renowned bands in Yellowknife, but the boys in the bright white sports car came to town.  This particular Garbage Man (Jerry, the Garbage Man...  get it?) had a terrific time.  The warm-up band was an Elvis Impersonator named Justin Shandor.  Wow, Elvis (or a reasonable facsimile) really makes women crazy.  I have never been accosted by so many women before.  It was like a safari.  Cougars everywhere.  

A certain couple of someones got busted for smoking a certain something and were booted out of the venue.  I don't know which is cooler; going to a Trooper concert in Yellowknife or going to a Trooper concert in Yellowknife and getting booted out for puffin' a blunt.  I was able to see the concert anyway.  Trooper does rock even after all these years.

Gordon Ramsay Gets Pasted With Meatloaf

Gordan Ramsay faces off against our old favourite rock star, Meatloaf in a cook-off.  

I really dig Meatloaf.  He's a cool guy.

Yellowknife Rocks

There aren't any mountains or great hills in Yellowknife, but there are rocks.  The city and its hinterland are proliferated in bas relief with great outcropping of Canadian Shield.  The image to the left is a famous sculpture by local natives entitled "Sculpture du Nord" in the Old Town part of Yellowknife.

The end of our street is "Toboggan Rock" where in the winter, the city blocks off our street and turns the outcropping into a toboggan run for the kids.  Many of the buildings in Yellowknife are surrounded by or built upon these eroded monoliths.  

I have become accustomed to the echoing sound of blast mortars as construction crews dynamite rock to make way for various new buildings and the like.  The city actually has a blasting schedule for construction crews that have been issued permits within the city.

The picture on the right is of the bay on Frame Lake.

Get a Mac... Bean says so.

This is, by far, the funniest thing I have seen on the Internet in a long, long time. Enjoy.

Cuddling With My Computer To Keep Warm

Ok. I admit it. It's cold in Yellowknife. Steph and Trev went away for the long weekend and I don't know how to turn on the oil furnace. It's 3 degrees in the house and by my calculations, if I open the fridge door, it should warm the place up.

I have discovered the value of layered clothing. My computer is beneath my desk and the fan is warming my toes. I have both cats on my lap to rob them of their body heat and I have deliberately not changed the cat box so the steaming piles of cat crap can, in some way, contribute to the convection of the place.

I have foresaken my tobacco-free lifestyle to go out on the porch for a smoke to warm up with a cigarette and a hot cup of tea. Steph and Trevor went north this weekend for a lovers' weekend away...

...in a warm cabin, I'm sure.

They did tell me it gets cold up here. But in August?

Freeze you later.

Update: I finally found a power switch for the furnace. I have turned on the furnace and cleaned the cat box.