Kanada Kev

Here's the link to the rest of the video (with the ANA getting blitzed on hash and opium and then firing away at the Taliban) http://www.vbs.tv/shows.php?show=1830065032

Those kind of comments should be kept on the ice

Well, it is December now and all ....

http://www.thecomedynetwork.ca/news/newsdetails.aspx?aid=12359 Kids In the Hall comics to return to CBC with series next year... 12/3/2008 10:15:29 AM The Kids in the Hall are returning to the CBC. Comedian Dave Foley says the five-member troupe is writing an eight-episode miniseries for the public broadcaster. The show would have the quirky comics playing a multitude of roles and feature an ongoing narrative. ``We're going to start writing that very soon,'' Foley said recently from the Gemini Awards, where he presented an award at a glitzy bash honouring the best in Canadian drama, variety and comedy TV. ``It'll be an eight-episode arc with a narrative running through it and we will play all the characters but it won't be sketch, it'll be a single narrative miniseries. Probably the closest thing to it will probably be something like (the defunct cult British series) `League of Gentlemen,' which I think was brilliant. So I hope it will be close to that.'' The project is tentatively titled, ``Death Comes to Town,'' and would serve as a long-awaited return by the Toronto-based group to the CBC. That was where the improv troupe shot to fame in the late '80s and early '90s with their sketch comedy show, ``The Kids In the Hall,'' winning a dedicated fanbase that spilled into the U.S. when the series, produced by ``Saturday Night Live'''s Lorne Michaels, aired on CBS. Their ludicrous characters and surreal worlds included Mark McKinney's sex-crazed chicken lady, Bruce McCulloch's sexist Cabbage Head, Scott Thompson's gay socialite Buddy Cole, and Kevin McDonald and Foley's insane Sizzler Sisters. After the show went off the air in 1994, each member went on to pursue independent projects in Canada and the United States, with McKinney and McCulloch landing on ``Saturday Night Live'' and carving niches as sought-after TV writers. McDonald and Thompson went on to score memorable cameos in a slew of sitcoms while Foley's endeavours included a starring role in the long-running series ``NewsRadio.'' The gang reunited earlier this year for a cross-Canada comedy tour that had them revive their beloved sketch characters. Most recently, Foley popped up on the Sally Field nighttime soap opera, ``Brothers and Sisters,'' playing a gay man. ``Yes, it was my return to homosexuality,'' joked Foley, who also played a gay man on the defunct sitcom ``Will and Grace.'' These days, Foley said he spends much of his time ``hanging out as a stage dad'' since his five-year-old daughter has launched a blossoming acting career. He notes that she's currently working on a movie with action superstar Jackie Chan, and in recent months did a web series, a soap opera and a pilot for Fox. ``I'm basically just living in her very tiny shadow,'' he said. He said the Kids are also thinking about hitting the big screen with a feature film. ``As a group, we're still talking about doing a feature as well but first we have to wait 'til everyone who ever saw `Brain Candy' is dead,'' sighed Foley, referring to their critically panned 1996 feature.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy_and_religion_in_Star_Wars

Here's some video too ... it's in Iceland

"I'll be frank with you. I don't spend a lot of time really worrying about short-term history. I guess I don't worry about long-term history, either, since I'm not going to be around to read it," he said. from his interview: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7759954.stm

When I was doing my research to try to find an alternative when Cogeco started throttling me and capping me at 60Gigs/month I found that TekSavvy had the best reviews. They are Canadian too. I talked with their customer support and they were friendly, smart, and actually discouraged me from signing up since they couldn't promise me the speed that they were selling me (due to Bell's crappy infrastructure in Oakville). I'm ready to jump to them as soon as Bell upgrades this area (not crossing my fingers). In the meantime, i've stuck with Cogeco who provide a solid service ... just wish it wasn't so limiting. My way around it was to sign on with Rapidshare for all my downloading needs and rarely torrent much at all these days.

I guess it's a day late, but what the hell. Happy 25th anniversary Phish http://www.relix.com/Features/Daily_News/Phish_Turns_25!_200812013463.html

http://www.relix.com/Features/Daily_News/Bonnaroo_Confirms_2009_Dates__200812023464.html

http://defendourdemocracy.ca/ http://www.liberal.ca/story_15502_e.aspx

http://www.jambands.ca/sanctuary/showpost.php?post/567869/

The Holy Book of Bacon: http://worshipbacon.com/wiki/Holy_Book_of_Bacon The Five Baconic Laws * Thou shalt not consider Bacon on the same level as any other food, as it is above all. * Thou shalt not consume imitation Bacon. * Thou shalt not stop pursuing Baconlightenment until it is reached. * Thou shalt not forget to consume Bacon for ten days. * Thou shalt spread the word of Bacon to all. http://worshipbacon.com/wiki/Main_Page Bacon Today http://bacontoday.com/ Bacon Salt!! http://www.baconsalt.com/ Bacon for Senator: http://www.baconforsenate.com/ Bacon of the Month Club http://www.gratefulpalate.com/?p=Category_11

The Mind of God http://abstrusegoose.com/85 Is it possible to imagine anything so ridiculous as this miserable and wretched creature, which is not so much as master of himself, exposed and subject to offenses of all things; and yet dareth call himself master and emperor of this universe in whose power it is not to know the least part of it, much less to command the same? And the privilege, which he so fondly challengeth, to be the only absolute creature in this huge world’s frame perfectly able to know the absolute beauty and several parts thereof, and that he is only of power to yield the great Architect thereof due thanks for it, and keep account both of the receipts and layings-out of the world! Who hath sealed him this patent? Let him show us his letters of privilege for so noble and so great a charge. —Michael de Montaigne, An Apology of Raymond Sebond, 1568

! CAMEL TOE !!

If anyone has an extra floor for Thursday night I know of somebody in need of one. In the meantime, I can't wait for Thursday to get here dammit!!!!

Some truly bizarre images and scenes from behind the DMZ in North Korea (14 short parts): http://www.vbs.tv/shows.php?show=1442318652&source=sc THE VICE GUIDE TO NORTH KOREA A BRIEF NOTE FROM SHANE SMITH ON THE BYZANTINE NORTH KOREAN VISA PROCESS Getting into North Korea was one of the hardest and weirdest processes VBS has ever dealt with. After we went back and forth with their representatives for months, they finally said they were going to allow 16 journalists into the country to cover the Arirang Mass Games in Pyongyang. Then, ten days before we were supposed to go, they said, “No, nobody can come.†Then they said, “OK, OK, you can come. But only as tourists.†We had no idea what that was supposed to mean. They already knew we were journalists, and over there if you get caught being a journalist when you’re supposed to be a tourist you go to jail. We don’t like jail. And we’re willing to bet we’d hate jail in North Korea. But we went for it. The first leg of the trip was a flight into northern China. At the airport the North Korean consulate took our passports and all of our money, then brought us to a restaurant. We were sitting there with our tour group, and suddenly all the other diners left and these women came out and started singing North Korean nationalist songs. We were thinking, “Look, we were just on a plane for 20 hours. We’re jet-lagged. Can we just go to bed?†but this guy with our group who was from the LA Times told us, “Everyone in here besides us is secret police. If you don’t act excited then you’re not going to get your visa.†So we got drunk and jumped up onstage and sang songs with the girls. The next day we got our visas. A lot of people we had gone with didn’t get theirs. That was our first hint at just what a freaky, freaky trip we were embarking on...

Interesting footage as to a day in combat Afghanistan. Teaser: In Inside Afghanistan VBS joins BBC correspondent and former Iranian captive Ben Anderson to review some of the footage he shot on his latest foray to the colossally mismanaged logjam that is NATO's war against the resurgent Afghani Taliban. Here's what Ben had to say about what he shot (we mean with a camera). "This series is about 24 hours in Helmand, Afghanistan's most violent province. I was with the Queen's Company, British soldiers who normally guard Buckingham Palace. Their job was to train the Afghan National Army while fighting the Taliban, an almost impossible combination. On the day this was shot, we were ambushed late in the morning, then surrounded in a small house belonging to a terrified Afghan family. The battle to get out of the house lasted eight hours. The two most senior soldiers there - both veterans of Iraq, Bosnia, Kosovo, and Northern Ireland - agreed that it was the most intense day they had ever experienced. I spent two months in Afghanistan, and I'm sure that what I saw in Helmand is going on in many other parts of the country. We could be there for decades."

All's good in Kanata:

Off the face, to the backhand between the legs, goal ... LOL

Kickass ... i'd love to catch this gig