Napoleon Dynamite (Jon Heder) dies in a car wreck... Oh wait a minute... No he's not. You know you've made it when you end up on Snopes.com as the subject of an urban legend.

Holy shit, Batman! I can't wait until I can see THE MACHINIST from Paramount Classics starring Christian Bale. It looks extremely creepy. Christian Bale apparently slimmed down to 120 lbs from his usual 180+ for this role. What's more amazing is that he put all the weight back on again to play the caped crusader in the upcoming Batman Begins. That's dedication to your work.

How in the hell did I miss this?

Thanks to Chuff for the link.

R2D2 DONE FOR DRINK-DRIVING Feb 26 2005


THE force was with Star Wars' R2D2 star Kenny Baker - when police nicked him for drink-driving. Kenny, 70, was spotted weaving across the road after downing two glasses of wine. The 3ft 8in actor - robot R2D2 in five Star Wars films - was yesterday given a one-year road ban and told to pay £110 fines and costs. After signing autographs outside court, he joked: "I'm on the lookout for a lady chauffeur, but I'd prefer it if she was 2ft 6in."

Kenny will give his Mercedes to his son and sell a Rolls-Royce. He added: "I did break the law, so I have to be punished."

The actor, of Ashton-on-Ribble, Lancs, was pulled over in nearby Leyland in December following a theatre rehearsal.

A blood test showed he had 92 milligrams of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood. The legal limit is 80mg.

From here via MetaFilter.com

Sonos Digital Music System to stream digital music wirelessly from PC to any speakers in your home. "All your digital music. All over your house. All from the palm of your hand." Thanks Denis.

My point for point review of Hollywood's big night:

Highlights:
Tim Robbin's flipping off Chris Rock, Charlie Kuafman's being intimidated by the 'shot clock', Sidney Lumet's acceptance speech for his Lifetime Achievement Award (What a classy dude).

Best Supporting Actor - Morgan Freeman: Hey you guys! It's the Electric Company. I liked Clive Owen.

Best Supporting Actress - Cate Blanchet: No brainer. Hollywood does so love itself.

Best Actress - Hiary Swank: Forgot the back of her dress. Another no brainer.

Best Actor - Jamie Foxx: Enough already. You're not Ray Charles. You can shut up now and go hang with Cuba Gooding in his shitty roles. See ya in Soulplane 2.

Best Director - Clint Eastwood: Yep, he gets the 'you're-ready-to-tip-over' Directing Oscar. Scorsese dissed again.

Best Picture - Million Dollar Baby: *Mike making a fish face with flapping gill action* Fished in. You all fell for it... What a sad commentary. It was good, but not that good.

Bitches:
Beyoncé - Do you really know what you were singing? Shut up!
Sean Penn - Still a brainless egotistical turd.
Barbara Striesand - Still with the big nose but now you're fat too.

Overall:
My prevailing thoughts during the bradcast: *yawn* When will this end.

I can't wait until next year.

A link - CBC Arts: Million Dollar Baby takes top Oscar prizes

Above is Tim Robbins' onstage repsonse to this year's Oscar host Chris Rock's comments about his 'boring' politics.

Superfriends meets Office Space: This Place Sucks

Yahoo! News - Kan. Police Arrest Suspected BTK Killer

The Absolutely Weird Bookshelf, 100 Best Horror Novels

What's in it? GirlHacker knows. Here's the list anyway:

A Krups kitchen set including a toaster, electric kettle and a year's supply of coffee and tea ($700)
A two-night stay at The Carlyle hotel in New York ($2,300)
A red leather case full of Shu Uemura cosmetics, including mink eyelashes ($600)
A DuWop cosmetic kit filled with a selection of products and a gift certificate for a session with a Cloutier makeup artist. ($740)
A year's supply of Vonage broadband phone service ($500)
A Sprint PCS Phone from Samsung
A three-night stay for two at Palmetto Bluff in South Carolina ($3,600)
A two-night stay for two at Bernardus Lodge in Carmel Valley, CA($2,500)
A three-night stay for two at St. Regis Monarch Beach Resort & Spa in Dana Point, CA (includes personal "surf butler") ($5,900)
A dinner party at Morton's, The Steakhouse ($1,500)
Kay Unger cashmere pajama bottoms ($500) (only the bottoms??)
An assortment of Manni Oils' extra virgin olive oil ($540)
One day of services at Cornelia Day Resort in Manhattan ($3,500)
A three-night stay at San Ysidro Ranch in Montecito, Calif. ($3,000)
An 18-inch baroque Tahitian pearl necklace from PearlParadise.com ($3,200)
A Dyson DC11 canister vacuum (y'know, the one that "doesn't suck")
A T3 Tourmaline Hairdryer "100% crushed tourmaline gemstones infused into patented T3 components give it more ionic power than any other dryer" ($200)
iXi collapsible bike ($1,289) (this is actually in the Donum gift bag, see this press release, but it's kinda cool so I've left it here for you bike/gadget geeks)
Two nights in a Bellagio suite and Two therapies at Spa & Salon Bellagio and Dinner for two at Sensi Restaurant and Dessert at Jean-Phillipe Patisserie and Two tickets to "O" and a $1,000 shopping spree for Jurlique products (read the press release for even more detail)
"A Catherine Original" jewelry by Cathy Jordan: sterling silver choker/bracelet/earring sets made of pearls and Bali beads ($500) (local news story)
Mr. Handyman gift certificate redeemable for one full day of Mr. Handyman service, presented in a confetti-filled paint can with an upscale black, red and gold design featuring the Mr. Handyman logo. The lid's label reads, "Your Handyman is Inside."
From Portland's Moonstruck Chocolate Co, 15 handcrafted truffles in a hand made Thai Silk Truffle Box and a certificate for a year's worth of chocolate. (local news story)
$10,000 package for a three-night stay at the Opus Hotel in Vancouver, three nights at the Four Seasons Resort in Whistler, lift passes, helicopter transfers, limo transfers, numerous meals, Pilates session, spa treatments, and two OXIA oxygen personal canisters (the second time Opus has made the cut with their astonishing roundup of Canadian hospitality!)

Thanks for the tip Jackson.

Paris Hilton's Cellphone! Hacked! Creepy flash gag!

BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Arts | Thompson 'shot himself on phone' ... Man what a thing to do to your wife. Yikes.

Bright Lights, Political Fights: The Canadian Film Industry - Arts and Entertainment - CBC Archives

CBC Arts: N.S. tale slays Atwood giant in Canada Reads It's called the classic novel of Nova Scotia's South Shore, which is where I'm from, so I must read it. It's available on Amazon.ca so I guess I'll pick it up.

As well as the Oscars this weekedn I think I'll take in the IFCTV.com 'Indie Spirit Awards 05'. It's also known as the awards show for the cool kids. Fun! I like IFC, but I'm not to sure about Henry Rollins and his Film Corner. Might be funny, but why do I have the urge to punch him (and then run away squeeling of course)?

Jan from CFJC TV sent along this link to a mughot of Christian Slater's wife on Mugshots.com, the biggest Directory of Mug shots on the internet. Very timely as Christian Slater has filed for divorce due in part to the violent outburst mentioned in the mugshot link I'm sure. Here's a PDF of the divorce petition (371 kb). I usually go to the standards like The Smoking Gun or Celebrity Justice for my fix of whacky celebrity baddies, but this will come in handy too. Thanks Jan.

Touching Poo at Kontraband ... yep ... just what it says

From IMdb Pro and Hollwywood Reporter:
Call it Kill Gil. Quentin Tarantino has signed to direct the season-finale episode of primetime's most-watched series, CBS' CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. Tarantino also has come up with an original story for the episode, which is expected to shoot in early April and air May 19, according to CSI executive producer Carol Mendelsohn. Tarantino has long been a fan of the stylish forensic drama as series creator/executive producer Anthony Zuiker learned when he bumped into Tarantino at an awards show during CSI's first season. They have pursued him to direct an episode for some time, and after members of the CSI crew ran into Tarantino a few weeks ago while the show was doing some location shooting in Las Vegas, the stars finally aligned for him to helm the show's fifth-season closer, Mendelsohn said.

Tarantino's official site: A Band Apart

I don't normally watch this show, but I'll watch this one. If this is a test to see whether or not Hollywood directors will make an impact on veiwership I think the folks behind it will be pleased with the result. I love the novelty of the idea for sure. It could get a little tiring though. Imagine it being an ordinary thing to see a Scorsese directed toilet paper commercial. Would sort of take the shine off the whole turd.

CBC News: Ailing Pope undergoes tracheotomy
I sense that the end is near. The Pope is an 84 year old man after all.

This gentleman has done a lot to serve as long as he has. The dedication to his work is inspiring. I'm not Catholic, so I'm not sure I understand the idea of having a Pope or why it's necessary. I'm not saying it's good or bad, I'm just uneducated in that regard.

Now John and Jackie Knill's story is showing up on more global news sites like:
CNN.com - Recovered digital photos show tsunami wave
and BBC.co.uk - Tsunami couple's last moments.

Here's the gallery alone from CBC.

It's such a terrifyingly tragic twist to the end of their story. Carol and I talked about them when we first heard that they were missing. They were last seen drinking coffee at a small beach front café so we had fantasized that the Knills hadn't seen it coming. The fact that they had just makes me feel sick. Having had no experience with a Tsunami who knows to run?

Thanks to Monkeeboy and Moselle for the links.

Check out the dj! Thanks Graham!

According to Variety.com's Award Central section as of this writing this is how Variety readers are voting for the big 6 Oscar categories. This is a fairly good indicator of what we may see on Sunday night at the big show. No big suprises so far.

Best Picture

• Aviator, The (40%)


• Million Dollar Baby (24%)


• *Undecided (20%)


• Sideways (9%)


• Finding Neverland (6%)


• Ray (1%)

Best Actor

• Jamie Foxx (Ray) (59%)


• *Undecided (16%)


• Leonardo DiCaprio (The Aviator) (9%)


• Johnny Depp (Finding Neverland) (9%)


• Don Cheadle (Hotel Rwanda) (5%)


• Clint Eastwood (Million Dollar Baby) (3%)

Best Actress

• Hilary Swank (Million Dollar Baby) (46%)


• Imelda Staunton (Vera Drake) (17%)


• Annette Bening (Being Julia) (14%)


• *Undecided (12%)


• Kate Winslet (Eternal Sunshine) (9%)


• C. Sandino Moreno (Maria...Grace) (3%)

Best Supporting Actor

• Morgan Freeman (Million Dollar Baby) (41%)


• Thomas Haden Church (Sideways) (22%)


• *Undecided (16%)


• Clive Owen (Closer) (10%)


• Alan Alda (The Aviator) (6%)


• Jamie Foxx (Collateral) (5%)

Best Supporting Actress

• Cate Blanchett (The Aviator) (46%)


• Virginia Madsen (Sideways) (20%)


• *Undecided (17%)


• Laura Linney (Kinsey) (8%)


• Natalie Portman (Closer) (7%)


• Sophie Okonedo (Hotel Rwanda) (3%)

Best Director

• Martin Scorsese (The Aviator) (41%)


• Clint Eastwood (Million Dollar Baby) (29%)


• *Undecided (19%)


• Alexander Payne (Sideways) (9%)


• Taylor Hackford (Ray) (<1%)


• Mike Leigh (Vera Drake) (<1%)

I wish I could be there. Some people from our company are in LA this week and are partcipating in Oscar related events, so you never know what will happen in the future. Anything's possible...

Now the Wall Street Journal:
WSJ.com - Online Gambling Sites Get Creative To Beat Advertising Restrictions
What's next? The World! Muhahahaha! Nicely done Todd.

'I'm not sure why they didn't run' Photos from deceased parents' camera returned to grieving sons.

At least we know what happened to them now. Though, it doesn't make it any less sad.

Thanks to Matt for link.

Sam's Archive has a great article on How to destroy the Earth. Apparently it's harder than we've been led to believe. Thank God. I thought one more cow fart in Brazil and we'd be done for... Who needs Kyoto anyway? Damned hippies and their propensity for panic.

NOTE: The above (as is most of what I have to say) is intended to be funny and for amusement purposes only. I am not professing in anyway to be a journalist of any sort, like Jeff Gannon and his ilk, but am an individual trying to have fun. Prior to flaming me with horrifically personal comments about my intellect or bad hair, you should have your psychological and emotional difficulties or anger problems seen to. I do actually give a damn about a lot of things. Thanks for your attention.

More at Jeff Gannon's expense here... hahahaha

...with a gunshot rather than a note. According to this article there was no note left by Hunter S. Thompson upon his suicide. I guess all we'll ever have is speculation as to why. Very 'gonzo'...

Thanks to Monkeeboy for the link.

Check out this list of The 10 greatest rock'n'roll myths from The Observer via FARK.com. One of my faves is number 8.

Improv Everywhere Mission: McDonald's Bathroom Attendant
I just wanna have a pee. Leave me alone creepy tuxedo man...

Yahoo! News - Writer Hunter S. Thompson Kills Himself
No more fear or loathing anywhere on this plane of existence.

Mobile PC - Features - The Top 100 Gadgets of All Time Personally I couldn't have lived for this long without having entertained myself with without the Rubik's Cube, Pong, Speak & Spell or an Atari 2600 (which was actaully what made me finally come to terms with the whole Santa thing when I found it in my parents closet before Christmas).

This guide to computer slang sure makes Microsoft look like a corporation full of old farts. LOL! I got m4d sk1llz! w00t!

Meatsicle! All Things Meaty ... ewwww

Thanks to Jenn for the link to DOG JUDO!

The Best of British - The American's guide to speaking British... Necessary today. Darned Brits.

Check out Inside The Jackson Grand Jury thesmokinggun.com rocks!

Here's a couple of ads for Boost Mobile.

boost-skater (1.58mb quicktime) ... boost-party (1.58mb quicktime)

The lingo doesn't quite cross the generations does it?

Hey Biatches, check out my blog in Gizoogle! Thanks to Wicostein for the link.

Here's some ads that were produced by The Embassy VFX the owner and co-foundthe brother in law of a guy here at work. All were shot in Vancouver. Especially cool is the Citroen ad with Vancouver landmarks in the background. They're really cool:

nike movie 1 ... citroen robot ... nike movie 2

We're going to talk to this company for sure about helping us with our ads. I've been on the phone with Digital Kitchen for the past two days as well. Their stuff is the shiznit!

BBC NEWS | England | Cambridgeshire | Serial burglar caught on webcam ... not sent by Doogster the Brit, but Monkeeboy instead

NHLFU ... 'nuff said

Watch the trailer on Amazon.com. Thanks Tommy Boy! This looks fun! Hi 'Tim'! "You're a cock!"

SoBe Beverages - Product Info > SoBe Adrenaline Rush TM. My review: Yummy, pineapply, zoooooom! The guys here hate it when I drink the sugar free Red Bull. This is cheaper and tastes way better. Sorry dudes. Mikey's gonna be bouncing off the walls.

...is a fudge packer. Coming to you via Screenhead.com

20 seconds ago... Booooooooooooooooooooo! Gray Bettman apologized to the fans and said it was his 'sad duty' to cancel the 2004-2005 season. F%$k you Gary! Shoot him? Nah. I want to blow up and drive over the messenger with a steamroller or maybe this. Perhaps the most hated man in Canada right now.

CBC link
Yahoo! link

Check out GQ's 100 Funniest Jokes of All Time list. I haven't read them all but comment as to the numbers you think are the funniest.

CBC Sports: NHL delivers final offer to players What's that sound? Oh yeah, that's a toilet flushing as this hockey season circles the bowl like so much waste.

Apple - Trailers - Kung Fu Hustle. OMG! I am so in! It's like Bruce Lee meets Airplane meets Chicago meets Evil Dead. Hell yeah! Thanks to Corey for the scoop on this gem. Here's the official movie website for Kung Fu Hustle.

fuckvday.com: fuck valentine's day! And some more...
I detect a slight amount of hostility.

Electric Chicken presents the Apple iToilet. Thanks Matt!

Had I been born a few years earlier, there's no doubt I'd have been a beatnik, poetry aside for the weird assed dark sweaters and propensity for heavy smoking. So it's needless to say that all of the Jack Kerouac I've read I like.

I have a copy of Kerouac's "On the Road" but it waits in line with a whack of other books that I have to read. However this article about Kerouac's original manuscript got me interested again. I'd love to see the scroll but it's not touring anywhere close to here but it's going to be in Vegas from March until May so maybe there's another reason to head that way... hmmmm. Time to bump this book up on the reading ladder.

“The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars..."
...“On The Road”

RedNova News - Can This Black Box See Into the Future?
All I want are Wednesday's lottery numbers or the next great stock symbol (of course I could ask Martha Stewart for that) ... get on it little box.

Carol and I have decided that Valentines Day in the tradtional sense is far too much to bear. On both sides of the coin are people a) who expect great things from their mates on February 14 (and are often disappointed) and b) feel hugely pressured to perform. The stakes are too frickin' high. How many people have broken up with somebody around Valentines Day? The stats are high. And most likely for just these afore mentioned reasons (as part of it). Hell, it was a year ago today my sister announced her split with her husband of only two years. UGH.

As we were frsutratedly looking for someplace nice to spend too much money on Saturday for dinner and faced with hour long waits no matter where we went we had a thought. Why not buck the norm and call it Crappy Valentines Day and celebrate it as such. Dinner at a not-so-great restaurant (this year Red Robin won, but we'll go even lower next year) perhaps a really crummy asian buffet with far too much MSG for my poor head to take. After dinner we must either rent or go to a movie that's getting absolutely terrible reviews. The capper to a perfect evening would be an optional homemade card. This way we get to stick it to 'the man' and not be mindless consumers for yet another made up holiday. I like Carol everyday, not just on Valentines.

I made my card in word this year... Carol you can download it by right clicking and choosing 'save as' and print it out right here: valentine.doc ... I'm not doing it for you ;)

Remember this gem given to Ralph by Lisa on the Simpsons?


If you are really lazy and want a couple of cool cards to print out, Simpsons style, you can get them here at this link: deconcept > I Choo Choo Choose You
Thanks Graham and Jackson.

Yahoo! News - Blockbuster Late-Fee Policy Raises Questions. Fishy, fishy...

Check out ... Insane Films especially Cooking on LSD... definitely not for kids. Thanks Graham.

Dex sent me this link to his buddy's site: 2JTF Airsoft Image Gallery I wanna play!!! Holy Crap! Airsoft looks fun! Here's links to Airsoft Canada, BC Airsoft Club and 007Airsoft.

I play online games like a maniac, but I'm getting pretty tired of them. I like the people I play with, but it's just another way of isolating really. I end just hiding out with my PC all weekend. If I were to hook up with this group I'd probably get way more exercise and make some new friends. Cool! Not a big leap from playing war as a kid to Airsoft. Only difference is that the weapons are way more expensive (and far cooler) and you get shoot plastic BB's at each other. Seems more attractive to me than paintball does. Same pain with less the mess.

Last night Moosh, our 12 year old Springer Spaniel sat on the stairs and shook uncontrollably; visibly afraid. As there wasn't anything going on we were really concerned as to why she was so confused. She's steadily, over the last year, begun to display symptoms of Cognitive Disorder ('Senility'). The onset has been so gradual that we didn't really think anything was wrong until last night's episode. Today the vet confirmed that she probably is experiencing CDS. I feel really sad. I don't like the thought of our dog losing her mind, but it seems like a reality we have to face. There's always Prozac... *sigh* Poor Moosh.

Another link... and another

Check out Poseidon Undersea Resorts... it's going to be an underwater resort hotel off the coast of the Bahamas. How cool is that?

Triumph the Dog rips Simon Cowell ... no one deserves it more

Waxy.org: Daily Log: Pirating the Oscar 2005 Screeners Do you think these may have found their way online with 'help'? I'm not sure if any of the metioned filmmakers have done that, but I would were I to release something I needed some buzz around.

Check out the concept for the new VW camper at verdier.ca. Thanks Graham.

Thanks to Big Al Mac for the pic!

Check out Google Maps. They've teamed with MapQuest and made another really cool tool for us nerds to use in our ever increasing quest to have everything we need online.

People are complaining to the FCC about Sunday's Superbowl Halftime show being boring. Now that's funny stuff.

eHomeUpgrade | CinemaNow Unveils a New Chapter in Television Viewing
I love it. Finally the entertainment industry is catching on. There's no use trying to stem the tide of technology. Bucking against what the masses really wants is doing nothing but causing them to hemorrhage cash and prompting the resentful overcharged masses to turn to downloading for free rather than paying to watch or listen. Why download a crappy version when I can get a high quality one for 1 - 3 bucks? Nice. Sites like Apple's iTunes and PureTracks are the music industry's answer to the problem, and their libraries, although no yet quite complete, are fairly comprehensive.

CinemaNow doesn't appear to have a ton of blockbusters, especially in my favourite genre of Horror, (in fact none that I can see) but there are a many I haven't seen. So if you're into obscure B-Horror like me it makes sense. Perhaps the majors will catch on and see the value of this medium. We can only pray. Right now it's a great forum for the currently unknown filmmaker suffering from a lack of marketing dollars to get his or her films out to a wide audience.

I love it that we don't have a need to pay the overhead to keep the doors of those land-based eyesore superstores open anymore. With Amazon and other online retailers we can get what we want without leaving our homes. Nothing like shopping in my drawers. Of course on a dare I might go out that way too. ;)

I would love to go to the 2005 Coachella Valley Music Festival. Looks at all of those bands! Holy shitballs Batman. We've seen Weezer before and they were great. But some of the other headliners and undercards are bands I've wated to see for a long time. Especially Nine Inch Nails, Bauhaus, Keane, Chemical Brothers, New Order, The Prodigy, Doves and Cocteau Twins to name a few.

CBC Saskatchewan - Sask.-born actor known for Wojeck, Animal House

I gotta get me one of these badass hearses with a flamethrower.

At least the actor who played him in Bubba Ho-tep:
Yahoo! News - Actor Ossie Davis Found Dead in Hotel

GUNNER PALACE | Some war stories will never make the nightly news. This is one of them.

Thanks Scar for the heads up on this one.

Plot outline (according to IMDb Pro)
"American soldiers of the 2/3 Field Artillery, a group known as the "Gunners," tell of their experiences in Baghdad during the Iraq War. Holed up in a bombed out pleasure palace built by Sadaam Hussein, the soldiers endured hostile situations some four months after President George W. Bush declared the end of major combat operations in the country."

It looks interesting to say the least. I must see it. There's even a blog that was written during production. I wonder, however who's paying for this? Is it a middle of the road look or are their leanings (and pocket linings) from either the hawks or the doves? I guess we'll see when we see it.

I'm enjoying documentary more an more. Gone are the days of grass growing and hours of paint drying on PBS hosted by Jiminy Crickett and Smokey the Bear. Thank God.

More on this from Blogcritics.

ESPN.com - NHL - Owner: League will cancel this season by Friday

A brief message to both parties involved in this mess:

NHL - You suck
Players - You suck too

Thanks for nothing.

We got brand new Aeron Chairs for everyone in our department. At $1100+ each they are the nicest office chair I've ever sat in. We didn't mess around and went all out for the full lumbar support a.k.a. PostureFit model. It even smells like a new car. My back is already way happier. Thanks Riptown! It's nice to work for a company that's doing okay.

Here's one for Tyler: krautboy: 'Women will get sterile just looking at you.' - Charles De Mar
I know you love Star Wars (as do I) but after seeing the other people who are passionate about this franchise, I'm reconsidering any sort of involvement. That or wearing my own Boba Fett costume to hide the fact that I'm a 35 year old man who goes to this latest speight of crappy prequels. God help me.

MSNBC - Groundhog predicts 6 more weeks of winter ... Bastard rodent. Appropriate that he hangs out in a place called Gobblers Knob.

I'm in trouble. With Dex's help I've stumbled upon Videomatica Online - VHS and DVD. They stock all those obscure and interesting films that I want to see. It's also a land based store here in Vancouver that I know I've been to but totally forgot about.

I'll have to get another job to pay for all the flicks. Ugh.

Another from ewarz. He's rockin' today. I'm mostly Fark but sometimes Amazon.com

Another Alone in the Dark review .... and the best ever: dear dr boll

CollegeHumor.com - Napoleon Dynamite soundboard ... Yay! Thanks ewarz!

Lara Flynn Boyle - Scandalous Nude Flight
We watched her go nuts on Huff last night, now I read that she really is bananas. Method acting rocks.

I just got this email from Blockbuster.ca:

Hi MIKE,

The last time you rented from us, did you spend more time watching the movie or watching the clock? Happily, those days are over.

BLOCKBUSTER® announces the end of late fees.

We promised you MORE and it’s here right now: No Late Fees means MORE time to enjoy your entertainment from BLOCKBUSTER and way less stress.

Under the new No Late Fees policy, rental terms and due dates remain basically the same: two-nights for the hottest new releases and a full week for other new releases and favourite titles. What we've eliminated is the stress involved with rushing to return a movie or game when you're not ready. So, if your plans change, and you don't have time to enjoy your movie or game, or return it on time...relax. Take an extra day or two.

Here's how it works:

Any movie or game you rent will still have a due date. However, if you need to keep the product an extra day or two, you can. In fact, you’ll have up to a one-week’s grace period to return it at no additional charge. At that point, if you want to keep the movie or game, BLOCKBUSTER will automatically sell it to you, less the rental fee. But if you decide you don’t want to own the movie or game, then simply return it within 30 days for a full credit to your account, less a minimal restocking fee.

So come in to BLOCKBUSTER and experience the freedom of No Late Fees today!

This appears cool, but it doesn't get me the money I've already spent with them for being an hour or two late returning really crappy movies. I'll be really happy if they retroactively return them. LOL! And pigs are about to fly out of my backside. Also, this looks like they're actually only giving a couple of extra days prior to charging you with the extire cost of the movie and, as people I know in the US have suffered, if you attempt to return the movie after the alloted time when you have been charged for the cost of the flick, you are charged a 'restocking fee' of $1.50. It will probably be $3.00 bucks here in Canada. Nice try Blockbuster, but no thanks.

Great news - not. I can't even get a consultation for the dental surgeon I've been referred to until March 29th. Yes, that's right, two months from now. Jeebus H Cripes! They've put me on the 'cancellation list' but there's no guarantee I'll get in prior to the end of March. Holy shit! That sucks a large portion of my ass. To deal with the chronic pain of my impacted teeth (as I can't take narcotics) I guess I'll just pound the Extra Strength Tylenol until my liver shuts down or I go nuts and put a heavy claw hammer and chisel to my own jaw to relieve the ache. Anyone know a dental surgeon? *sigh*