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Moosh loves to come for rides in the truck a.k.a. the moving couch. She sits on the passenger’s lap as we only have a pick-up, but it looks as tough that’s not smart. Apparently pets in the car can steer you wrong. Maybe Carol and I should look into buying a Fido-Rido.

CBC News:Judge extends Air Canada bankruptcy protection to May 21

It’s like watching your grandma die a slow and painful death. Just when you think she’s gone for good she rallies back for a month or two. Bail out coming? I don’t think this time.

I don’t know how this works but I got the Subservient Chicken to moon me, do kung fu, dance and wave. Really weird.

Thanks to Bubba for the link.

Yeah right… Here’s their story. Thanks to Lance for the link.

I did not so badly on points in the hockey pool last night. The ‘big line’ for Vancouver did very well, especially on the powerplay. Brendan Morrsion had a great night coming out of it with three points and being awarded the games first star.

Vancouver played a great first period, a so-so second and an awesome third. Defensively they looked great. The first two Flames goals were garbage. I know, they still count, but the scoring chances weren’t coming fast and furious for Calgary. They just got some lucky bounces. Let’s hope the Canucks can keep it up for three more games and sweep the series.

There were a ton of powerplay chances for both teams as the clown fest known as the NHL refereeing staff couldn’t just let the game play out. They called everything including a very questionable ‘too many men’ penalty against Vancouver which put the team down two men and cost them a goal. Perhaps we should let the players play the game. What do you think? Stupid zebras!

Whatever. We won anyway.

Flames suck (Sorry Cathy)! GO CANUCKS GO!

Canucks.com – Official – Game Recap

The Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA) has stated that it is “incensed to hear that Telefilm Canada [the Canadian government’s film and TV financier] is using taxpayer’s money to buy Hollywood talent.”

As a Canadian actor I understand this. Spend taxpayer dollars on talent at home. Isn’t there a largere problem here though? Why not amalgamate ACTRA with it’s US counterpart SAG creating one large union that spans borders. That way we Canadians can easier get the the US market where the real money is in film. In a perfect world maybe. Will it happen? I doubt it.

It’s about time that these infant death traps were banned in Canada. I’m not sure why it took so long. Perhaps the federal Liberals have been in the back pocket of the ultra-powerful baby walkers lobbyists.

When I was a child, before all the real dangers were apparent, my folks had me in an olive green walker tooling around the house like a madman. One day, according to mom, I was really cooking along in my walker, most likely chasing the long suffering ‘Miss Kitty’, and I hit the basement door. The door popped open and I went crashing down the stairs. I’m told I was unconscious on the concrete floor for a few minutes, which could explain a lot. My walker was totalled. Thankfully, after being checked by our family doctor (this was when they still made house calls) I was deemed to be okay. I’m sure he missed some brain damage as has been evidenced by my later behaviour and sadly lacking decision making.

After that Mom and Dad installed a chain lock on the door to prevent further accidents.

Though I’m too young to remember the incident, I still say buh-bye walkers.

It’s NHL Stanley Cup playoffs time! We have a pool at work here (of course). I had to pick 7 forwards, 4 defenceman and 1 goalie. Points work like this, 2 points for a goal, 1 point for an assist, 1 point for a goalie win, 2 points for a shut out. The picks I made were as a fan, believe me not because of any vast hockey knowledge. It’s more like a wish list; the people I would cheer for. Here are my picks:

Forwards:
Markus Naslund – Vancouver
Daniel Sedin – Vancouver
Mats Sundin – Toronto
Joe Thornton – Boston
Mark Recchi – Philadelphia
Martin St. Louis – Tampa Bay
Glen Murray – Boston

Defensemen:
Ed Jovanovski – Vancouver
Mattias Ohlund – Vancouver
Bryan McCabe – Toronto
Sergei Gonchar – Boston

Goalie:
Ed Belfour – Toronto

Yes there are Leafs in my picks. They can go as far as they like as long as they lose in game 7 of the finals to my Canucks 5 – 2. My red hot burning hatred for Detroit prevented me from choosing any players from that team. And, in true Canucks fan fashion, I could not bring myself to choose players from any other teams in the Western Conference as they don’t matter. Insane I know, but what the heck.

I chose Canucks (GO CANUCKS GO!) in every category but one – goaltending. Although Clouts has had a good season I’m not too keen on him in pressure situations. It’s way too easy to get to the guy. I like Toronto’s Belfour as a net minder. He’s cool as a cucumber and good for a couple shut outs even if TO only goes so far.

It all begins tonight with Vancouver meeting Calgary. I’d like to see Vancouver in 4 straight (stinkin’ Flames), but my guess is that it will be Vancouver in 6.

As a side note, here’s a funny song (2.62 MB MP3) from a Toronto radio station about how Ottawa is going to choke. You can’t download it Pauly. It’s an MP3. That would be wrong. 😉

Thanks to PR Todd for the link.