Counting Blue Cars

• Well, I'm glad I stayed with Blogger as it seems as if LJ has had some problems in the past couple of days
• I got my new MP3 player and after figuring out how to use it (Thanks to Moose) I'm amazed that more people don't have them. Mine is a 256MB one that can fit about 2 1/2 hours of music and has a battery life of over 10 hours. It's also an FM Radio and a voice recorder. It got it's first road test today when I decided it was nice enough to go for a walk. The sound is great and it's not too heavy. Not to meantion that it's great to be listening to Green Day's "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" when walking down a almost deserted road
• It's been super busy at work lately but at least it's making the nights go quicker. I think there is a shift bid coming up and I'm hoping to keep my weekends off. I've taken to this Monday to Friday workweek.
• I'm in the midst of watching New Years Revolution now, just making it through the Tag title match and Women's Title match. Talk about the walking wounded. I'm sure I'll have a rant about Triple H once I watch the Main Event.
• I like this Launchcast Plus Player the more and more I use it.
• Walmart opens on Jan 25. I can't wait to take a look at thier Home Entertainment section. It seems like one stop shopping. It will be a couple of weeks before I take a look as I'll probably wait for the hubbub to die off a little bit
• Song that should have done better then it did: Jason Mraz- Curbside Prophet. People keep talking about wanting something different and one thing it is is different.
  

G4 Drops TechTV Name

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It's about time. The Bastard child that was G4TECHTV was nothing but a blight on the TechTv's good name. It's officually turned into a 13 year old's network.

Oh well...I'm running out of reasons to keep my dish

Willie, This one's for you

Actually Stewart and Moose Might get a kick out of it as well. It comes from a group in the states showing some of the best canadian bashing that I've ever seen.

Enjoy MSNBC, Tucker. I'm sure that you'll enjoy batting cleanup for Debrah Norville

Mom's Site

Mom finally get her site up as well, you can check it out here

Frickin Opera House

So against my better judgement, I decided to go out to the Opera House with some of the people from work for a few drinks tonight. It reminded me why I hate the place.

There was nobody around, the music was terrible. I thought I had taken a wrong turn to the Rockin Rodeo, as he played country most of the night, and while I don't mind country (I'm listening to Rascal Flats right now) It's not what I want to hear when I go out to the club. As I said to one of the guys I went with, "I'm like the cop one day before retirement, I'm getting too old for this shit."

I had a lot more fun just hanging out at Mike's, talking sports with the gang that was around there. Ah well, I won my night on the machines with $20 to spare so I guess I can't complain too much

A wrestling update

It's been a while since I did a wrestling update. I guess the reason for that it I really didn't have that much to say. I guess I'm just getting tired of seeing the same thing over and over againon RAW, as it dosen't matter what happens, Triple H is always going to come out on top. I've always been a big Maven fan so for him to be getting a bit more TV time is nice to see. Kane's return is also a welcome site. I think that it's time for Hunter to step aside and get off TV for a while, to allow guys like Batista amd Orton to get away from under his shadow.

As for Smackdown, I'm not a big fan of anyone over there with the exception of Undertaker. Everyone else seems to be "Second Rate" RVD does not give a damn anymore and Rey Mysterio does the smae match every week. I thought they were on the right track with Paul London, but his fued with Billy Kidman seems to have been quickly squashed.

Damn G4, Screwing up my Tech TV

This is the reason I don't watch anything on G4TechTV anymore. I turned on The screen savers once since the relaunch and lasted 1 segment.

What song from 2004 are you?

1985 by Bowling for Soup

"Where's the mini-skirt made of snakeskin? And who's the other guy that's singing in Van Halen? When did reality become T.V.? What ever happened to sitcoms, game shows?" You took the bitter with the sweet in 2004 - and kept laughing.

What 2004 Hit Song Are You?

Gift Card Bonanza

- So I went and spent my Giftcards today, Picking up The Blue Collar Comedy Tour Rides again, as well as a couple of other DVD's involving the guys on that show, Ron White and Bill Engvall. I've already watched the Blue Collar one and Ron white, and my side are hurting, it was so funny.

It's New Year, Baby

- So We've made it through yet another holiday season, wrapping with the now somewhat traditional Kenny New Years Party.

I guess christmas first. Jamie made it home, so that was nice. I got cash for my grandparents, a jogging suit from mom and dad along with a $25 gift card from CD Plus. It was a smaller christmas, but was fun.

I worked through the week inbetween Christmas and New Years, fighting a hell of a Flu along the way, but made it to the party last night. It was a great time, pics can be found at http://spaces.msn.com/members/grumpy77 which is Carrie's newest Blog I guess. The night was complete with a couple of phone calls from out west. Made me miss some people a lot, but in the year to come, I'm going to take care of that.

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The fox is in Microsoft's henhouse (and salivating)

This is the best case I've seen for making the switch to Firefox. You can download it from the firefox button on the side of the page.

ECMA's

The Nominations are out for my favorite awards show, no not the golden globes. It's time for the East Coast Music Awards. Here are the nominations in the most important catagories with my choices in bold


Album of Year: High Low, Nathan Wiley; House of Ill Fame, the Trews; Sunburn, Gordie Sampson; The Bridge, Shaye; Truthfully Truthfully, Joel Plaskett Emergency.

Female Artist of the Year: Jill Barber, Natalie MacMaster, Rita MacNeil, Susan Crowe, Teresa Doyle.

Male Artist of the Year: Dave Gunning, Gary Beals, George Canyon, Gordie Sampson, Nathan Wiley.

Group of the Year: Brothers In Stereo, Great Big Sea, Joel Plaskett Emergency, Shaye, the Trews.

Rising Star of the Year: Duane Andrews, Garrett Mason, Gary Beals, George Canyon, Madviolet.

Single of the Year: Bad Enough, Crush; Butterfly, Jimmy Rankin; Happy Baby, Shaye; Not Ready To Go, the Trews; Sunburn, Gordie Sampson; When I Am King, Great Big Sea.

SOCAN Songwriter of the Year: Alan Doyle, When I Am King; Gordie Sampson, Brian Daly; Troy Verges, Sunburn; Jimmy Rankin, Butterfly; Kim Stockwood, Damhnait Doyle, Tara MacLean, Jay Joyce, Happy Baby; Nathan Wiley, High Low.

Video of the Year: Butterfly, Jimmy Rankin; Not Ready To Go, the Trews; So Perfect, Mir; Way Back In the Day, Universal Soul; When I Am King, Great Big Sea.

Alternative Recording of the Year: Goodnight Nobody, Julie Doiron; High Low, Nathan Wiley; Life Is Not That Hard, Vetch; Oxcart, Mars Hill; The Night And I Are Still So Young, the Heavy Blinkers.

Country Recording of the Year: Don't Forget About The Rain, Shanklin Road; It's What I Do, Jason Williams; Message From Above, Brian Mallery; One Good Friend, George Canyon; The Struggle, Terry Penney.

Instrumental Recording of the Year: Blueprint, Natalie MacMaster; It's About Time, Allie Bennett; Variations, Beolach; Vivacious, Samantha Robichaud; X8a a mandolin collection, J.P. Cormier.

Pop Recording of the Year: Last Man Standing, Barry Canning; Something Beautiful, Great Big Sea; Sunburn, Gordie Sampson; The Bridge, Shaye; Worry The Jury, Madviolet.

Rock Recording of the Year: -- 2 Days After Yesterday, Three Season Ant; 7 Directions, Mir; Bulletproof and Ignorant, The Danny Mainstreet Band; Something To Dream Of, Forever; Truthfully Truthfully, Joel Plaskett Emergency.

Roots/Traditional Solo Recording of the Year: Blueprint, Natalie MacMaster; Cuts, Andrea Beaton; It's About Time, Allie Bennett; Jenny Gear and The Whiskey Kittens, Jenny Gear; Vivacious, Samantha Robichaud.

Roots/Traditional Group Recording of the Year: A Clearer Path, Banshee; Blou, Blanc, Rouge, Blou; On Fire!, The Cottars; Variations, Beolach; Vishten, Vishten.

Entertainer of the Year: Crush; George Canyon; Jimmy Rankin; Natalie MacMaster; The Trews.

I haven't forgot about this place, it's just that there has been nothing going on lately. I worked the past couple of till midnight, which had me up till 2 or later and sleeping in. On top of that, My back has been killing me.

On to other stuff...I was supposed to see a young lady from work, but it was decided that it was probibly not a good idea to date someone you work with. so it's a friend thing again.

Christmas is coming up, and my shopping is almost done. Thank God

MICK FOLEY IS BACK ON RAW !!!! My night just got better

The Hip's set list from Friday night

the tragically hip :: home: "Vaccination Scar
Fully, Completely
My Music @ Work
Gus: The Polar Bear From Central Park
Bobcaygeon
Nautical Disaster
Summer's Killing Us
Courage
As Makeshift As We Are
Gift Shop
Ahead By A Century
It Can't Be Nashville Every Night
At The Hundredth Meridian
Are We Family
Poets
Little Bones

1st Encore:
You're Everywhere
It's A Good Life If You Don't Weaken
New Orleans Is Sinking

2nd Encore:
Heaven Is A Better Place Today
Long Time Running
Blow At High Dough"

Been There, Got The T-Shirt and The Hat

The Hip was a great concert last night. They hit all of the songs that you would suspect. I would not call it the best concert I was ever at, as Great Big Sea in Bathurst was more fun, but this was a solid number 2.

Friday night 2

-I'm still working my way through the Third season of the West Wing. I'm up to the 15th Episode (including Isaac and Ishmail). I hate to meantion it again, but this show is great. Funny and Smart. The new season is showing promise, with CJ replacing Leo as the Chief of Staff. When everyone including the president resigned on CJ's first day, I could almost feel her pain, then laughed with the rest of them.

-One of the best things that I've downloaded lately was the entire Top 100 of 2002 from Casey Kasem. I'm slowly working my way through it, and it's nice to hear the legend again. (It's also kind of cool hearing him say "Here's Murder Inc")

-Worked my way through Smackdown Vs Raw and I am very disappointed. Last year's Smackdown game (Here Comes the Pain) is so much better it's almost scary. The voiceovers sound like they were done in a bathroom. I beat the season in about 6 hours of playing time. The only thing that you do in the season mode is fighting for Diva's. Not worth a buy.

-Now downloading: The Rise and Fall of ECW. No matter what happens I'll be buying it, but I can't wait to see it

It's a sunday

-It was a fun night last night as I went to the Timberwolves game followed by a night of Trivia at Carrie's. The game was good with Miramichi winning 4-1. Afterwords, played a game of Scene it and then DVD trivia, which I won both. (was there ever any doubt :) ).

-Picked up a couple of books yesterday, Adam Copeland on Edge and To Be The Man: Ric Flair. I'm about 100 pages into the Flair book and it's very interesting. I've heard the Edge book is good, but I'll start it in a couple of days.

-I'm working my way through Def Jam: Fight for NY at about 70% of the storyline. I'm going to try to finish it before Smackdown Vs Raw arrives (Hopefully on monday)

-G4/Tech Tv has done it again by "Revamping" The Screen Savers, firing most of the staff with the exception of Kevin Rose and Sarah Lane. The show is going into repeats untill after the american thanksgiving then will return. I imagine when it does comeback it will have more of a gaming edge. "Unscrewed with Martin Sargent" has been totally cancelled, leaving X-play as the last remaining show from TechTV, leaving a lot of crappy gaming shows (and a good canadian girl, Amanda Mackay). I can be very honest that I very rarely turn on the channel anymore, as even the returning Call for Help has fallen off.

Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.

-Check out Willie's Page link for one of the best mini-rants I've ever read. As the words continues to wait for the return of the full fleged Pissing Vinegar.

-For those of you that don't speak Frenchy (otherwise known as Leblanc) from the tag board: You Miramichi people are very cool, by the way is that a quarter I see on the bar?

-Actual call that an agent got yesterday:

Agent: Now read me off that phone number please?
Caller: I can't
Agent: Why not?
Caller: The numbers are in French

Same agent, different call:

(overheard) Sir, It's that thing with all the letters and numbers on your desk (talking about a keyboard)

-You would be surprised by the number of people that tell me that they "Are not very computer-illiterate"

-So a couple of months ago, I ordered Smackdown Vs Raw from Amazon.ca. I then cancelled it because Futureshop was supposed to send it to me quicker. No go, still taking orders (Although it's in the stores) So I've gone back to amazon who is SUPPOSED to have it here by next wednesday or Friday (Holiday). Some of the reports I've read have some disappointed people, but these people seem to always be expecting the world then bitch when it does not come. I'll make up my own mind, if the game ever gets here.

-I've said it before but I'll do it again. The best show on television is The West Wing. The current season so far shows excellent writing that makes anything else on network television look like a 3rd graders language Arts homework. I've also got the 3rd Season on DVD and am slowly working my way through. We should make Martin Sheen the real president (As long as he keeps the same writers)

-Poker update: I've won two straight Hold em Tournaments, amounting to about 5500 in play credits. I'd still have most of them if I hadn't accidentally registered for a Omaha Hi/Lo table. WOW, what a confusing game.

Random Update #2

-America deserves everything it gets. That's all I'm going to say

-I really like this song

-Playing poker at a different place these days. Pokerstars.net is a download that allows you to play for free against real people. I've got nto a few turnaments and finished in the money once. It's the same place that the last 2 World Series of Poker Champions play online.

-Went to a halloween party at Gully's last saturday night. Dressed in my Hip Hop best. If you want to see pics you can go here, although I guess my "Da da da da" picture didn't make it.

-not really anything going on right now..other then the fact I REALLY want a Pepsi Ipod

Episode 3

Episode 3 Teaser Poster

While I am not a huge star wars fan, I am not ashamed to say that I have this as my background on my PC, just because it looks cool