Mike Browne’s Blog

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Those of you who know me are privy to my “dark side”. One aspect of which is my fascination with serial killers and true crime. I have read literally hundreds of books on those subjects. I think I enjoy it because it scares the living bejeezus out of me. How on Earth do these people justify the heinous crimes they commit? How do they sleep at night after doing such hideous things to another human being? Living just minutes away from the pig farm where Willy Pickton (allegedly) murdered and disposed of 15+ women from Vancouver’s downtown East Side has brought this kind of murder closer to home and stoked my interest even more. I bought the collection of DVD’s you see at left today at lunch. I’ve seen these movies before and they are too scary to pass up. One of these monsters, Ted Bundy, committed many of his crimes in Washington state just below BC. Driving through WA and seeing signs for the various places made notorious for Bundy’s actions gives me the creeps. The other two, the homosexual cannibal Jeffery Dahmer and Ed Gein, the inspiration for films like Psycho, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Silence of the Lambs are just as creepy. If I can find it, I’ll be picking up Gacy the newly released bio-pic of John Wayne Gacy.

I know it’s creepy, but I can’t help myself.

Finally after three decades of reports, planning and debates the RAV Rapid Transit Project has been approved by the City of Vancouver. People were apparently quite vocally opposed to Translink’s plan. I heard one gentleman saying his bedroom window faces Cambie and he wouldn’t be able to sleep. I love democracy and all, but putting the kibosh on something that would make many lives easier because one dude can’t sleep? Come on! That’s just retarded. I’m all for it. It makes getting to the airport just that much easier.

CBC News: Loonie jumps above 73 cents US

Carol and I are going to see The Matrix: Reloaded this weekend. I’ve been waiting for this for a long time and hope it lives up to what I’ve been expecting. It’s getting a whopping 77% fresh rating at Rotten Tomatoes so it seems it may be worth seeing. Even Roger Ebert gave the flick 3 and a half stars and he’s a tough guy to please. But watch out. The merchandizing has begun already. Samsung has already released this obvious marketing gimmick, ‘The Matrix Phone’. I don’t know. This kind of smacks of the Star Wars style hyper cash-grab to me. I hope the film doesn’t get lost in a sea of greed.

I love to know whats happening moviewise before anyone else. Staying informed as to what’s upcoming is fun. If you’d like to know what’s what check out CHUD – Cinematic Happenings Under Development. As long as Hollywood is pumping it out I’ll be lapping it up. I’m a sucker for a good flick.

We have it. “Travellers from far and wide rate Vancouver the best airport in North America.”
Vancouver rates number 8 globally. I Love YVR. It’s a great airport. Even little tiny Halifax International Airport is number 5 on the North American list. Not suprisingly, Toronto’s Pearson International Airport is nowhere on the list. I hate that place.

Ghettopoly Board game “This game is da shiznit!”

A movie with a title like MONSTURD! has to be worth at least a rental.

Speaking of weird movies, Carol’s co-worker RonK gave us Bad Boy Bubby to watch last night. It’s apparently a cult classic filmed in RonK’s homeland of Australia. He said the first half was dark but didn’t really say how dark. It was disturbed, but I watched anyway. When it was over, I was glad we had seen it but wished I could wash some of those images out of my noodle.