Aaarrrggghhhh!

...storm late this afternoon ...

...no cable ...

... time's getting closer to 9 pm ...

... over 4 hours down and still no cable ... and it's 9:20 ...


... time to find a site with 24 episodes ... damn you Mr. Rogers...

For John...

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... you were a Local Hero to many ..

Nice day for a Skywalk

I've wanted to upload this clip for a few weeks now, but something always seemed to be wrong with the tag ... I think I got it working now. It's a clip showing off the new Skywalk at the Grand Canyon, the glass bridge that's suspended 4,000 feet above the Canyon, jutting out 65 feet from its edge.

So as the weekend draws to a close, enjoy it along with the track "Counterclockwise Circle Dance", from the CD Sacred Spirit: Chants And Dances Of The Native Americans.

"Snopes-ing" out the truth...

While surfing the 'net, researching for a web re-design, I frequently find myself checking out the various features of one called Bulffton Today, a community newspaper out of Bluffton, South Carolina.

In one of their photo sections, I came across this one. Prepare yourself. And, if you're a dog owner, the obvious things will come to mind: how much does this guy eat, if I took him for a walk, would I bring Hefty or Glad ForceFlex(R) ... a shovel or one of those mini bulldozer blades ... or all of the above?


Apparently, the "dog" above is known as Hercules, and is the world's biggest dog, according to Guinnes World Records. An English Mastiff, Hercules has a 38-inch neck and weighs 282 pounds. Do you believe it? Really ... do ... you ... believe it? A 38-inch neck? 282 pounds?

Look, the 'net has some wild and wonderful things out here. But if you find yourself reading or seeing something that completely blows you away, and if you find yourself emailing absolutely everyone in your Contact list abou it, please think twice ... do your part to reduce spam everywhere ... but above all, first, go to this site ...now... and "snopes" out the truth ...

I thought so ...

As we're all coming off the sugar high of the last week or so, have you ever noticed .....

Chain, chain, chain...

Well, tonight, we had a fairly good paced episode of 24. Set between 10 pm and 11 pm, there were some pretty good twists, paced throughout the show. Just minutes in, there was a nuclear launch, 5 minutes to impact ... 4 minutes ... uh oh, then we got a little presidential hand-shaking going on ...

...Ambassador tells Palmer of General Mohmar Habib ... 2 minutes... Palmer threatens the Ambassador ... abort.... abort ... wait, a bluff? An unarmed missile?

Of course, little did Fayed know that early on in the episode, Jack would utter the fateful line: "Trust me, I haven't *begun* to enjoy myself." (Little did Fayed know that those words would end up having much deeper meaning in the final minutes of tonight's episode.)

The next twist, a nice one, was the Fayed ambush. But minutes later, alert, alert: we got a "damn it" from the sanitation truck.

And when Fayed finally stopped to meet up with his posse, check out how Jack pulled out the guard *very* nicely .. grab the ankles, twist the next, geez! Then, Jack sees it: the suitcase. But, why take out one guy ...against how many?? Was his back-up that close behind him?

Then, the music, we can tell by the music, we're talking about ultimate fight music ...the wrench -- was that a wrench? Then the music slows down ... a bite, a head butt, chain chain chain, well done! Whoa, the chain! One of THE most absolute deaths, bar none, throughout the entire season. The brutality and finality of it all. From the fight itself, combined with the music, there was definitely an air of finality and conclusion ... Geez, I wonder what the boys at www.bauercount.com will say about that (weird web site; but whatever gets you through the night, I guess...)

But are the bombs on the table? Doyle: the bombs are secure. Ok. we're fine. But are we? Those who know 24 best, know that we're not done yet. There's something more ... we've got a few more weeks left, right?

Now, how many of you out there thought to themselves, "Audrey!"


...yes, Audrey!

Easter greetings...

On Sunday's I seem to post some videos that have ended up being more musical in nature. But given the day and time of year, I figured I should find some stuff that's somewhat easter-related (or bunny-related.) So, I've started off with a couple of bunnies who just won't give up ... followed by Chris Bliss who may just be my kind of man, one with a sense of humour, superior hand-eye coordination and great taste in music (I just gotta figure out how we can book/pay him for our next Christmas Party...)



and..............(hey, it wouldn't be Sunday morning without Bugs)



Now, for the finale ... ..what better way to close off this post, eh?

The haze of it all...

Ok, tonight’s 24, set between 9 pm and 10 pm, had one of the great understatements yet:

Wayne Palmer (to the Doctor): “Can you give me a shot of adrenaline?” Uh, ya, DOH! And, while you’re at it, can you give the tv depiction of my White House a shot of adrenaline too? However, Lennox has definitely been a breath of fresh air … some big kuhuna’s on that guy!

But, enough with the traitors at CTU ... get it together guys ... how many mmmmmoles does it take to finally bring it down? And poor Chloe -- did she even have a line tonight?

Overall, a much tempered tone to the episode … (think back to season 1 when almost every episode, there were at least 3 or 4 OMGs? .. ok, the Gredenko arm thing was a little nasty ... and talk about 'salt in the wound', collapsing at the ocean's edge) ... but even the ending was kinda hazy ... Palmer after reasserting his presidency, launches a nuclear strike he *seemed* to not want to do ...it all seemed so ... hazy ....

Sunday tunes ...

With the proliferation of CD's, downloads, iPods, iTunes, yadda, yadda, yadda, does anyone else out there miss the physical size of an album and all that great art work? Check this out, and see if you remember these in the ultimate Battle of the Album Covers..



Now, how about a another flashback back to 1946 with the "Sugar Chile" himself ...

Ya, right ....