Is It Possible? OMG, I hope not.

Yahoo! News - Jam Master Jay Dies in NY Shooting

retroCRUSH: is posting The 100 Scariest Movie Moments from film history.

This is Rick and Wendy's (with Jordan and Hunter the twins) place:


CityTV did the weather from their place two nights ago.

Rick goes all out for Hallowe'en. He claims it all started a few years ago with the skeleton I gave him that's hanging from the noose off the chimney.

We went for a visit last night. I took a lot of pictures of the place all duded up. There was a creepy skeleton in a casket that would lift the lid every few minutes. A spooky ghost flying buy on a remote control (going to fast to get). There were giant pumpkins, many many skeletons, an eerie scarecrow and of course a graveyard with Rick's own grave.

All in all, what a great job. I love hallowe'en it's really neat to see someone put that much into it. Rick is well situated to do so with his own rigging company, Riggit and got some of his props from the Cold Squad set sale. The coolest of all is that they are taking donations for the Burn Unit. If you drop by tonight (300 block East 26th, North Van, take the Lonsdale exit off Number 1 and turn up Lonsdale and take a right onto 26th) pony up some dough for the burn unit.

Eco-friendly funerals break new ground. Sounds great to me. When I die stick me in a burlap sack and either put me out with the trash or toss me into a hole in the woods. Having been a cemetery worker and security in a hospital morgue I have seen what happens to the human body after death. It ain't pretty. I'll be dead, so who cares? The eco friendly idea is as good as any.

Here's a list of Spooky Cams:

- Llancaiach Fawr Manor in South Wales, Ghostcam
- The Haunted Mill in Ireland.
- The Library Ghost Cam
- Ghostwatcher.com in New York

Sorry Carol. No toilet ghost. Did I mention that tomorrow is Hallowe'en?

Oooh, here's a goody... That would go over really well in this neighbourhood. (wink! wink!)

Here are some other crappy costumes. I'm not sure what I'm going to do. I may just bring my groucho nose, mustache and glasses... again.

Vancouver police break laws policing poor: report

I've heard horror story after horror story about the VPD and their practices. Until now I've taken things with a couple of grains of salt. Perhaps a few less now. This report makes a lot of interesting allegations against the cops here in our fine city. Especially in relation to the Downtown East Side (Notoriously Canada's poorest Postal Code). I'm Some of these allegations may (and probably are) exaggerated or even untrue due to the nature and disposition (drug addicts and alcoholics) of a lot of the people reporting. However, there are enough of them to warrant at least a third, impartial party's investigation.

If the police have truly been treating people the way it is purported they are, no wonder this has happened. If the cops don't care it's kind of hard to get things done.

This guy smokes too much - all at once.

The new season of 24 starts tonight at 9pm on FOX. I'll be taping this as we'll be out. I loved the first season. It's going to be hard to top.

This 1994 show was great, but only lasted 19 episodes. The critics loved it and it had quite a little cult following. I guess the ratings just weren't good enough. Now you can snag every episode on DVD packaged in a neat-o (but sort of expensive) metal lunchbox.

We know that Jared Leto went on to a successful career in such flicks as Requiem for a Dream. But, we haven't seen much of Claire Danes. From the look of her entry on IMDB she may be making a comeback. She's going to be in Terminator 3.

Store official testifies Winona Ryder admitted shoplifting

But 'Free Winona' anyway.

Alleged U.S. sniper wanted Surrey contact for help with rifle silencer

How nice. More news on a BC connection to the dickhead sniper.

I took this picture of Bailey, Carl's daughter at an office party. And it got posted on ThinkGeek.com.

It looks as though Tyler really has it in for me. This describes a portion of my job to a T (sadly). Argh!

Revenge is mine TOwen! When you least expect it... Expect it!

Check out the evil clown generator.

Boo!

An exerpt (I've been here):

St. Paul's Anglican Church, 1749 Argyle St., Halifax

While staff insist that St. Paul's is not haunted, the church continues to draw the curious, anxious to get a glimpse of a haunting sight.

On Dec. 6, 1917, when the French ship Mont Blanc exploded in Halifax Harbour, thousands of windows shattered throughout the city, including a pane of glass on the upper floor of St. Paul's. It is said that the broken glass resembles the profile of Charles Inglis, a priest at the church in the 1800s.

"You can see his nose and the back of his head. It looks like he's wearing a funny hat," said Karen Harris, parish administrator.

Some say a man was blasted through the glass during the explosion, and that it's his dark silhouette that appears in the glass. According to Harris, that's just a ghost story…

Don't forget, it's Halloween on Thursday. Maybe your youngster wants this costume.

Yo yo yo yo! Hey G! Gimme the money bi-atch!

The Vancouver Sun is reporting that Muhammad told a Bellingham man he was 'heading to Vancouver'. Apparently he was interested in becoming a Canadian citizen. Sorry, but I think the U.S can keep him.

What is it about the Pacific Northwest's propensity for breeding serial killers? We've had some crazies come from here (Clifford Olson and now Robert Picton) and Washington State (Ted Bundy and the Green River Killer) just below us. Perhaps it's the dreary winter weather - rainy and overcast. There's a high suicide rate here as well. How uplifting.

My G.I. Joe would have been more inclined to dating if these had been available when I was a munchkin.

Kill the Pop Ups. You'll probably want to kill me after this.

Some Vancouver Spookiness

As you read you'll see the story of a ghost in Vancouver Hospital. One of the guards I worked with there saw that ghost one night. He came back to the security office a terrible mess. He claimed that the ghost walked right through him in the tunnels near the site of the old Burn Unit. He had to see a counsellor that night, was sedated and sent home. He never came back to work at VGH.

The act of the insult is a dying art. I myself am guilty of the odd cliché when assaulting someone's intelligence - e.g. He/She is about as smart as a sack of hammers. Here is a site that can help. It will either give you ammunition or prompt you to come up with your own. Attack away.

Remember, stick and stones...

CNN.com - Letter found at shooting scene - Oct. 26, 2002 These guy are a few sandwiches short of a picnic. Their elevators don't go all the way to the top. They're nuts. However, they're still responsible for their actions.

What's on the menu? Fried Sniper, anyone?

You can download and watch Ace and Gary here.

Actor Richard Harris, 72, has died

There's more here.

Look carefully at the URL before you click it http://www.tourettes.co.uk/ then click the text you see on the page that appears

These guys want to moon the White House. This is an interesting means of protest if you ask me. I wonder if the first amendment covers ass flashing as "Free Speech"

Just in case you need to buy a human skull you can do so here.

This looks as if Moosh's friends are out trick or treating. Hey, did I mention Hallowe'en is next week? Kellie sent this to Carol. Thanks gals!

CNN.com - Source: Caprice was 'killing machine' - Oct. 24, 2002 If all that planning doesn't add up to a 1st Degree Murder charge, I'll be a monkey's uncle.

Ardalambion... Whatever the hell that means. You may find out if you learn how to speak JRR Tolkiens made up language, Elvish. You can just download some fonts if you're not into learning a second language.

Yeah, right. Psssst! Over here!

Tyler (who used to be my friend) sent me this:


Sadly, this just about sums it up.

CNN.com - Pumpking-carving kit firm sues Martha Stewart - Oct. 24, 2002 Muhahhahhahahahhahahhhahahaha!

After some blog problems this morning I get to report: the latest from MSNBC. It's strange that I said last night to my buddy Lance before it all came out that I thought it was a father/son team. Maybe I should be an FBI profiler. I would have done better.

Apparently the duck in the noose message from last night's message to the sniper may be related in some way to this Cherokee myth.

Yahoo! News - Woman Finds $10 Billion in Account Woman to officials: "So can I keep 20% as a finders fee?"

John Allen Williams aka John Allen Muhammad sought by police on Federal weapons charges. Just announced by Chief Moose. He is thought to be driving a blue-and-burgundy 1990 Chevrolet Caprice with New Jersey license plate reading NDA-21Z. He is also believed to be accompanied by a yound man believed to be a Jamaican citizen and Williams/Muhammad's stepson named John Lee Malvo.

Moose said they were not stating this man had any relation to the beltway sniper case, but hmmmm. It's a head scratcher. That being said, it's starange that the head of the sniper taskforce comes out with this info... hmmmm.

It's been an interesting day.
Sniper probe issues warrant, message

God help me! I can't stop!

On CBC News today we found out that Rick Gleason of BC who was injured in the Bali bombings last week passed away from his wounds. Nearly 200 people died in the bombings.

Apperently this is what the FBI really thinks about the sniper. These profiles are usually either right on the money or so far off it's laughable. This one doesn't sound too committed to any particular position. Who wants to be wrong?

One renowned FBI profiler is John Douglas. I've read a bunch of his stuff. He was interviewed in relation to the Thomas Harris / Hannibal Lecter books.

Did I mention Hallowe'en is coming? I bet there'll be lots of Osama stuff again this year.

GREAT HALLOWEEN COSTUMES .... when they say cheap. They mean cheap.

No Duh! Eek! Well here's some info on how not to be a victim.

As serial killers seem to be all the rage in the media again, Connie Chung is tackling the Canadian case of Paul Bernardo and ex-wife Karla Homolka (who is soon to be realesed) tonight. This story still causes a great deal of anger among Canadians. Ontario lived in fear when Bernardo was on the prowl. It should be interesting to see it from the American media's perspective tonight on CNN.

France has alerted Interpol about a French army deserter who is known as a marksman and is missing in North America. According to CNN and MSNBC the sniper has an unidentified accent and the audio in message he left was not clear. Coincidence? Probably. Truth is stranger than fiction.

Oooh! How I wish we had one of these when we were in high school. Big Al Mac (a regular blog visitor) myself and a bunch of our buddies ripped off a bunch of pumpkins and took the works of them and piled them on the doorstep of the NS LC.

I need to work out. But when? Who has time to do go to the gym or out for a walk? Maybe the new 'bike-desk' from Danish SIS International company from Helsinge might do the trick. The 'bike-desk' will be one of the exhibits at the next ORGATEC conference in Cologne this week. The ORGATEC conference is a place for office furniture designers and manufacturers to show their concepts for the office of tomorrow.

Berkowitz to sniper: 'Stop! My dog said so.'

The Vancouver Museum puts on a Haunted Vancouver Trolley Tour every October. It might be fun, but the tickets are $20 a piece. Yikes.

Go here to read more about Kurt Cobain's diary and to watch the video (yes video) for the newly released Nirvana tune, "You Know You're Right". It's a cut together video montage of Nirvana's too brief career. Kurt appears to be singing his song from the grave. A little eerie but worth watching.

You can watch here too if the above link isn't working.

Giant mystery bird spotted in Alaska
Perhaps that's where he's chosen to vacation this year. Maybe he's up there to watch the salmon run.

They have one supect in custody. I hope so. He happened to be driving a white van when he was taken into custody.

Sniper's note to self (if this is actually him): In the future, when calling in threats to police don't use a payphone. Duh.

MORE: Yahoo! News - Police Prepare Sniper Response

UPDATE: Whoops we overreacted.

Newsweek is previewing Kurt Cobain's Journals. Should make for an intersting read.

Mission, British Columbia, Canada Seed Corn Formation Changed Shape Before Harvest Wow. That's kind of close.

It sounds like a really bad movie done in the Godzilla tradition. It is factual though. Check it out:
BBC NEWS | Programmes | Correspondent | Japan: The Missing Million

You can go here to check out a Top 10 list of evil people throughput time.

The Science Alberta foundation made the - Wonderville - site to help kids get interested in science. It's a neat little site. There's quite a bit to see so explore around.

The guys who developed the No More AOL cds site want to send 1 million of those irritating free CDs back to AOL. I wonder what AOL will do with them? Probably be happy to get them and send them right back out again.

Some people collect the stupid things like they're worth something. Other people have tried to come up with interesting ways to utilize their useless CDs.

Dome-O-Rama! Makes me think of <whisper>Rosebud!</whisper>

My buddy Malcolm sent me this picture:


With this caption:
Somebody stop the floor. I need to get off.
I spent the better part of my youth in this exact state. It brings back some hideous memories. Ew! I couldn't eat hot dogs for a long time.

We had a bonus party here at the office last night. There are a number of people missing this morning. Perhaps this is a picture of one of the absent.

They just keep coming. Less than two weeks untill Hallowe'en!

O.J. No Longer '100 Percent Sure' He is Innocent

Too bad this is just a joke. Maybe he really will catch on one day.

LG Appliances - Refrigerators Internet access with email capability, TV and MP3s from Hi- Fi speakers. Yeah. Gimme one! Hmmm, why isn't the price posted? Maybe it's free!!!

UPDATE: Kevin just sent me a link with the price ... and it is ... drum roll please ... $8000.00 U.S.

CNN.com - Investigators: Sniper witness not credible - Oct. 17, 2002 I hope he ends up in the clink. This is just plain wrong.

These two are having fun. Thanks to Pilar for the pic.

I downloaded a ton of MP3s of the Little Rascals show music last night. Who can forget their main theme The Good Old Days (1.71Mb MP3)

When I was growing up I used to look forward to The Little Rascals a.k.a. Our Gang on Saturday morings on WLBZ out of of Bangor, Maine. Ah-yuh!


Buckwheat was a favourite character of mine (as with many people I know). He had some of the best lines. For example: You's crazy Alfalfa! (20kb WAV) Personally, I really related to Spanky and Alfalfa on a Charlie Brown sort of level.

I miss those shows, but apparently I can order the ones I don't already have on DVD from Amazon.ca.

Winona was a no-show in court on the 15th. I wonder what her defense is going to be.

CNN.com - Is 'Dell dude' Steven done for? - Oct. 16, 2002

Frankly this guy was tiresome after the first time I saw him. Buh bye ... Eedi-ot!

CBC News: Three dead in Kamloops shooting

Is the world going crazy or is it just me? Hell, Kamloops even made CNN.

Check out the The New York Public Library Digital Library Collection

Ok, so I still have some weird beliefs. I guess I'm not the only one.

Carol was pretending to be Fire Marshall Bill on Sunday. She set fire to the oven in her bid to make the perfect "punkin pie".

When I wanted to help Carol said, "I know what I'm doing!" Well, if you mean that you know how to set fire to our appliances I would have to agree. Other than that I'm not sure.

Yucko the Clown wants the sniper to shoot him. I'm not too sure this is a good idea. My bet is that the sniper does not take taunting well.

I love Wallace and Gromit. Especially their Wrong Trousers film. You can go to the BBC website and watch or download their latest short Soccamatic. Fun stuff!

Here's one for Carol... It's The Bling King. Bling! Bling! Homie!

So there's lost of terrorists out there who think our way of life is evil. May want to blow us up. How? With a bomb they made from plans they got on the Internet most likely.

Fear not! Bombs are not the only thing that you can find the plans to on the web. You could try building you own bomb shelter.

Check out the Carter Center to see what this former Georgian peanut farmer turned one term US president has been up to since his brother, Billy, peed in the Rose Garden.

This week Jimmy Carter won the Nobel Peace Prize.

Carol and I bought the 2 Disk Special Edition of Citizen Kane today and watched it this evening. Even though I had watched the film very recently I was still enthralled by it's visuals, superb acting and riveting story. It's a fiction based both on the life of William Randolph Hearst and (whether or not he meant it at the time) it's creator Orson Welles.


Roger Ebert called it a great movie. He was right. It is one of the greatest American films ever made.

Remember? - "Yosh Shmenge (John Candy) and Stan Shmenge (Eugene Levy) are the finest Leutonian polka stars in the history of the world. Whether serving up delicious "Cabbage Rolls and Coffee" (mmm, mmm, good!), or saluting the songs of John Williams in full Superman regalia, Yosh and Stan reigned supreme until their Last Polka." SCTV.org: Devoted to Second City Television

I used to love these:
The Wacky Packages Web Page!!
Thanks for the link Bill!

These sniper kilings are creating a frenzy that we've seen before. Anyone who lived through it can't forget the Son of Sam (David Berkowitz) killings in NYC during 1976. David Berkowitz has his own creepy website now.

The Reflex Tester Game
I got 0.04 seconds (Well Done!) after three trys.

Seems like BC is breeding psychos of late: Moyes gets life for seven murders

My friend Rachel sent me this picture of another pumpkin who either has the flu (which during WW1 killed more people than the war itself) or needs to seek treatment for overindulgence in drink.

Did I mention I love Hallowe'en?

Here's some Fart Humor for you. Turn up the sound and dowload the songs. HEHE!

That sounds dirty.

Anyway it is that time of year again. Little kiddies will be carving their scary pumpkins for Hallowe'en. But first, here in Canada, we have our Thanksgiving (it's this weekend) during which pumpkin pie is a staple. Carol said she's going to make us one; with real pumpkin, not canned.

Some of the largest Pumpkins in the world come from Howard Dill's seeds from my home province of Nova Scotia. According to Pauly, someone in Bridgewater, NS won the largest pumpkin contest this year. Very cool!

One (crappily written) episode in Season 4 of the Sopranos attacked this topic:
Sopranos stars not welcome at Columbus Day parade: organizer | CP

The albino squirrels in Olney, Illinois are getting police protection. They even have the right of way in the streets.

Hey milky get outta my way!

This is kind of creepy - local6.com - Wuornos Executed; Says 'I'll Be Back'

Thanks to Enomis for the pic!

But what great movie sets!

This morning in The Globe and Mail: Breaking News there seems to be a break in the Washington sniper case. A Tarot card with, "Dear policeman, I am God," printed on it. A God complex just like the guy in the movie Frailty which starred was directed by hammy-over-actor Bill Paxton.

And Canadian too... CBC News:'Greek Wedding' sets box-office record

You're in a high-rise, there's a three alarm fire and the stairwells are blocked. No problem. Get yourself an Executive-Chute.

Good Lord... WSJ.com - Something About 'SpongeBob' Whispers 'Gay' to Many Men

BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Lennon killer seeks parole again

I hope he gets out. I'd like to kick him in the shins. I'm sure there are others with worse plans for Mr Chapman.

Space Shuttle Atlantis is going to be launched from Cape Canaveral. Watch it live. Blast off at 3:45pm EDT 07/10/02.

You can watch from here.

TheWMURChannel.com - Entertainment - While Blake's In Jail, 'Baretta' Goes DVD
I guess he needs to get the cash for his defense from somewhere.

ABCNEWS.com : Bin Laden Said to Warn of Attacks

If this is true it's horrible. If it's not true it's an awful hoax. Why an audio tape and not a video tape? Probably because it's not him. My guess is that after analysis it will turn out to be some jackass from Al Qaeda pretending to be him to scare us all and perpetuate the bin Laden myth. It think Osama is dead as a door nail.

Maybe it's Rich Little.

CBC News: Queen drops puck, raises cheer in arena

I wish we could have been at GM Place for this last night. I bet it would have been a gas.

Every town has an old cat lady. This story is pretty grim.

I wasn't sure at first what to make of Flip Flops Flying, but after I clicked on the pictures and photo after photo came up I just started laughing. Kind of a cool concept.

Whew! That was close!

CBC News: MacLean back as host of Hockey Night in Canada

She's coming to Vancouver and will be staying at The Fairmont Waterfront very close to where Carol works.

The Queen will also be hanging with Wayne Gretsky and dropping the puck at the Canucks game on Sunday. I say give her a stick and let her play a few shifts.

Yahoo! News - Falwell Calls Muhammad 'Terrorist'

Wow! Is this guy for real? I've known a number of islamic people throughout my life who were NOT terrorists. Nor would any of these people, that I know of, have approved of any of the things that have happened over the past year supposedly in the name of Islam.

Falwell has been making boneheaded remarks about many important issues for far too long. I know that freedom of speech gives him a right to blather on as much as he likes, but how about some room for reprisal? Maybe he should be held down and have a large L (for loser) tattooed on his forehead to indicate his stupidity. That way he can talk and everyone with half a brain will know not to listen.


He has more in common with Usama bin Laden than he'd like to admit.

Webster?



God save us. It's "Surreal" Life with Webster.

Nor is he Prince Charming. CNN.com - Fallen star Adam Ant pleads guilty - Oct. 2, 2002

2 more makes 13. Good Lord this man is sick. If he did half as much as he's been charged for that would be hideous. This is too insane for words.

See also here.

UPDATE: Make that 4 more for a total of 15.

And one was a guy.

Even Reuters is reporting on this as well as the Guardian in the UK and CNN.

Like Carol said, "What nice neighbours we have."

I took Mom and Dad by the farm on Saturday. The excavation is extreme. It looks like just about every piece of topsoil has been turned over on the property.

I know that there's a subdivision on land that used to be owned by the Picktons and sold only a few years ago. Some people believe that there are bodies buried over there as well. I wonder if the police are going to dig under those homes. The poor folks in that area must be overjoyed at property values as well as all the media coverage. It just keeps getting better.

CBC News: Hockey fans angered Ron MacLean leaving Hockey Night in Canada
... I agree!

Uh Oh! Another cool game to become obsessed with.

I'm thinking about a new computer desk. Perhaps one from Poetic Technologies would suit my needs. Perhaps, but I doubt that it would fit our budget.

What's tackier than Outhouse Salt and Pepper shakers?



I'm not sure. You may find something at TackyTreasures.com.