Which is worse during bachelor week? Talking to the cats or the computer. At least the computer does not run away when it sees you. But being cats they make you do things through the power of staring...like making you think it is Friday and making you want to post stories in bullet format.
- Update: this
story on NCPR on the difference between Iraq and Afghanistan from the point
of view of a US solder was very interesting.
- As a public service announcement, this Thursdsay's rocking out with brothers at the Queen concert in Toronto will likely pre-empt Friday chat-fest. It is an odd thing going to Queen in a way as for years I entirely rejected the band but, in 1986 when working in Holland in a wholesale cut flower packing auction house, I heard a top 100 of all time and #1 was Bohemian Rhapsody. This was pre-Wayne's World but it was my first experience of the post-punk restoration of Freddy and the lads to classic rock status. Question: ought I buy a lighter for waving at certain moments? I know I have to buy ear plugs. I like the music but I sure don't like the racket.
- You know, Ian is a daily read but - even after years - the other worldliness of his experience sometimes strikes me. Today he recounts the dramatic passing of an '80s game show host.
- I think Hans is going to win the NCAA pool even though there is a whole day to get the picks in. Why? I am simple stunned at anyone actually taking the time to think about these pool questions. Ooops. I just realized I forgot the cricket bonus points. Maybe 25 points for a short compare and contrast essay on the relative impact of cricket on the West Indies and Gerry McNamara on Syracuse. While Deadspin has an incredible amount of detail on the NCAA first round, I don't think you will find a cheat sheet on that particular question.
- There is something goofy about PM Steven Harper that I am starting to like. True, he is sort of pudgy and mid-40-ish like me but there is that smile of a ten year old with a new box full of Hot Wheels cars that seems to be without pretense. I think his trip to Afghanistan was a very good idea and while it is not the sort of thing that is going to sway my vote on this one point I am much more with him than Jack!, though I do admire the moustacheoed one for sticking to unpopular stances against the flow when an easier path is available.
- The Commonwealth Games are starting soon. Who knew? I still hold the hope of taking off as a lawn bowler in about ten years to take Gold for Canada in 2030, singing the national anthem teary eyed in natty white slacks.
Comments
gr - March 14, 2006 8:38 AM
Oh goody...bullets on a Tuesday! I was just looking for ways to kill some time and here we go.
Do Canadians have Pounce treats in the foil packet? Ours go nuts for the tuna flavor.
Alan - March 14, 2006 8:40 AM
I am not that kind.
Gordo - March 14, 2006 9:33 AM
I hope my next bachelor period (at the end of the month) goes better than the last. 5 years ago, the wife (a travel agent) went to Australia and New Zeland for two weeks and left the eldest at home solo. I got so frazzled as a new single parent that the weekend that he and I went camping with friends, I forgot our tent.
She's off to Malaysia and Borneo this time. With two kidlets to look after, I'll be doing very well if talking to the computer is the worst that I do. ;-)
Hans - March 14, 2006 11:17 AM
I dunno. It looks like you and Rob MacD did some actual research. For example, I had no idea that Albany University had the nickname Great Danes. In a more perfect world, that kinda stuff should give you guys a leg up.
Chris Taylor - March 14, 2006 11:25 AM
Alan I have to break it to you, this is the 21st century. Crowds don't hold up lighters for power ballads anymore. People hold up their mobile phones, because the screens glow brighter and there's no danger of overheating the thermoconducting Zippo case. I am pretty sure that the Queen demographic can afford spiffy phones with large screens, so you're probably covered as-is.
Alan - March 14, 2006 12:42 PM
That is so non-retro. I suppose you would pass up the eight foot scarf for a four foot one as well.
Chris Taylor - March 14, 2006 12:59 PM
...And let's not even get into how minimalist the 'fro and sideburns are these days.
Alan - March 14, 2006 1:14 PM
I'm planning some serious back combing myself.
gr - March 14, 2006 1:19 PM
I am NOT re-growing my mustache.
Have I mentioned that Freddie Mercury and I were twins seperated at birth? CM and I were thinking of starting a Queen tribute band, as you may recall, but what to call ourselves? Queenie? Queened? Kween? Queens? Killr Queen?
mr - March 14, 2006 1:42 PM
Wow, they could go on tour and never keep the same address, but in conversations . . . guess I'm thinking of the last suggestion which brings to mind
"To avoid complications
She never kept the same address
In conversations
She spoke just like a baronness"
No one would get the name Dynamite with a Laser Beam so forget that as a band name, too long. Just right for the name of a race horse, though.
Mike - March 14, 2006 2:07 PM
Gary, on the band name: Flick of the Wrist
gr - March 14, 2006 7:55 PM
Five bucks says there is already a Queen tribute band (maybe more-must do some research) and how could Alan be going to their concert? As John Cleese said of the bird, he is 'bleeding deceased' (Freddy Mercury, that is)
gr - March 14, 2006 7:56 PM
By god, there is a whole list (flick of wrist included)
http://www.google.com/Top/Arts/Music/Bands_and_Artists/Q/Queen/Tribute_Bands/
cm - March 15, 2006 9:13 PM
<i>Killr Queen</i>
Definitely. My tambourine is at the ready.
gr - March 16, 2006 6:04 AM
shake it baby, shake it!