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Bertuzzi not yet reinstated by NHL

by Mike Browne on April 26, 2005

in hockey

CBC Sports: Bertuzzi not yet reinstated by NHL
The whole decision is “under advisement” with the ultra-evil Sesame Street count lookalike and NHL Chair, Gary Bettman. Under advisement? Come on. Make a a friggin’ decision already. We’ve been deprived of hockey for over a year and want to see at least some of our favourite players. Let Bertuzzi play. I can’t think of a better way to ease him back into elite play than at the international level where, if he acts like a knuckledragging bonehead again, he’d be shunned by the entire country. It’s okay to embarrass the city, just don’t make Canada look bad.

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Taxes done…

by Mike Browne on April 26, 2005

in old stuff

Another year has gone by and I took care of the taxes and netfiled today. We’re getting money back again this year. That’s good. we need it.

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That’s a wrap…

by Mike Browne on April 25, 2005

in old stuff

What a gas I had on Daingerfield. We had four awesome days shooting the pilot for Michael’s show. I can’t wait to see the finished product after post production. Jason, the director, said it would take roughly a month. We laughed a lot (and in all the right places) throughout the entire process. Even though we were only together as a team for 4 days, it had the feel of a family at the end. We all got along famously, which isn’t the way things always go. When things gel like that it does show in the work, so we’re keeping our fingers crossed that the show gets picked up quickly.

I actually had a line in the show. It was the first spoken line in the whole thing other than Michael’s voiceover. I was playing a casting director reading a line to Michael in a bathing suit on a couch with two fully dressed women. My line: “How’s the problem with the diarreah?” Can you beat that? LMAO! I guess as well as my 2nd Assistant Director credit I’ll probably get an acting credit as “Casting Director – Diarreah”. LOL!

One really cool thing was Michael telling me that he really appreciated my energy and sense of humour, and that he felt I added a lot to the shoot. I told him that it wasn’t welcome everywhere and I appreciated his compliments. He also told me that when the show gets picked up he would bring me back to play a character in it! I can’t wait to work with him and everyone else again. Hard work, but fun work. Actually it really didn’t seem like work that much at all.

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Undead

by Mike Browne on April 25, 2005

in old stuff

Here’s the trailer for Undead. We’ve seen it and it’s good. I know it doesn’t come out until July 1, but it’s been out in Australia for two years. A great flick.

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Happy Earthday

by Mike Browne on April 22, 2005

in old stuff

It’s Earthday.

Don’t forget to go to the gas station three or four times in your Hummer today. When you’re done there go to a fast food joint that has styrofoam containers, over eat and throw the litter out the window as you barrel down the highway on the way to nowhere.

Ensure also that you smoke a cigarette and throw it out the window of your gas guzzling SUV into some dry underbrush to start a forest fire.

Trees. Who needs ’em? They only block your view of the beautiful concrete buildings.

Finally, find as many old hairspray cans as possible and just spray everywhere to celebrate. Hooray for Earthday!

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