Mike Browne’s Blog

Our favourite show, Six Feet Under, from HBO has been nominated for 23 Emmys this year. It’s humorous look at a family that runs a funeral home in LA called Fisher and Sons. Nathaniel Fisher, the dad, dies in the first episode but haunts the minds of his family. Especially haunted is his his namesake Nate who comes home from Seattle to face the family business he thought he’d avoided.

Frankly, having worked in that industry, they do a bang up job. People really act strangely around death. The folks who deal with death and dying with it daily should get medals.

These are the sons of Fisher and Sons, David (played by Michael C Hall) and Nate (played by Peter Krause). Both are nominated for Best Lead Actor in a Drama Series.

Nominated for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series is Lauren Ambrose who plays the younger sister of the Fisher brothers, Claire.

She also starred as Chicklet, a multi personalitied teen, in a much maligned and little known flick called Psycho Beach Party prior to landing her current Six Feet Under role.

The other actors/actresses in the series, and a lot of the other tech and creative folks involved got nods as well were nominated as well. It’s nice to see shows with truly talented people getting the recognition they deserve. I hope they clean up.

Why would someone as stupid as this moron call himself “The Brain”?

There’s an online tool at AnalogX called VIN View. Your Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) can tell a lot about you vehicle. Try it and see.

We’re having a few disputes about property lines and noise with the woman next door. I think she would qualify as a Neighbor from Hell. She is pretty nasty. We’ve asked her nicely to stop the things she’s doing, to no avail (I don’t want to be specific in this forum). Carol had words with her this evening and she spent the rest of her time outside in her back yard ranting about how we are bad people. It’s very hard not to feel really angry at this perso. It’s like she wants to fight with us. We’re seeking legal help etc. All we want is to be left alone. I hope we can get this out of the way. It’s making me nuts (and I’m crazy enough).

Every once in a while I feel like heading home to Nova Scotia. I get tired of the big city here and want to go back to the little city there. My buddy Malcolm is moving back to Shubenacadie at the end of the month. I sort of envy him a bit. It’s still home.

Lots of history there. The whole city got blowed up good in 1917. See pic below:

Many people died. It was the largest man made explosion until Hiroshima. Dad’s mom lived through it. My parents have a silver teapot that was damaged in the explosion and later repaired and inscribed with the cause of the damage and the date.

Save your dollars for your life in the future. I should have put 50 bucks away when I was two.

I guess some people like the really, really outdoorsy types

Too bad you’re so camera shy:

Our friendly neighbourhood sys admin.

Waste some time with Battleships – General Quarters.