Changing My Tune
When it comes to sports, and especially hockey, I’ve always been pretty opinionated. I’ve followed the NHL as far back as I can possibly remember. I used to have hockey cards pinned up on the kitchen wall. I used to know the name of every player in the league, what team they played on, and their stats for the last several years. As a hockey fan, I’ve always been a Wayne Gretzky, Detroit Red Wings, and Edmonton Oilers fan. Maybe you’ve heard the buzz around Winnipeg lately, you might have figured …continue reading
More Than Meets The Eye
AKA: my Transformers: Dark Of The Moon review! Stephanie and I went to see the third installment of the Michael Bay Transformers movie franchise last night. After the first two, I’ve been eagerly awaiting this final movie, as it’s been touted as the “end of the trilogy”, and I wanted to see what Michael Bay and Co. had come up with. But, before I let you know what I thought of everything, I have to issue the following SPOILER ALERT! That’s a HUGE spoiler! Actually, here’s the REAL …continue reading
Me? On iTunes? You Bet!
Alright everyone, I need to make an announcement. *stands up and addresses the crowd* My name is Jarret, and I’m a pro wrestling fan. I have been for an awful long time. I watch wrestling on television. I’ve participated in fantasy wrestling federations where we role-play as wrestling characters and developed our own wrestling tv shows. I’ve been to many live professional wrestling events, and for a while, I wanted to BE a pro wrestler, and even started training to do just that. <begin …continue reading
Let Me Hear You Scream
Alternately: A date with Ozzy Osbourne I’ve been on a pretty good streak the last couple weeks. On the 13th, I got a phone call to tell me that I’d won a draw to be one of the first 25 in line to see The Dog Whisperer himself, Cesar Millan, in a meet in greet on the 15th. On the 14th, it was Cesar’s seminar (more on that coming up), and on the 15th, Stephanie and I got to meet him! Then on the 17th, I got an email from the folks at LiveNation, informing me that I’d won a pair of tickets to …continue reading
Life In The Center of The Universe
Or, “Our Quick Excursion to Toronto”. I used the phrase “Center of the Universe” to describe Toronto because that’s the way most of us in the West of this great country feel about Toronto; they get everything, the government caters to them, we’ve been assaulted with FAR too many Maple Leaf games on CBC… everything in this country seems to revolve around Toronto, or at least, that’s the way it feels sometimes. Didn’t feel like that when we traveled there, though. Stephanie and I went to …continue reading
Welcome Back: Vegas: Day 4
What-a-do, everybody? Welcome back to the blog, and Happy New Year to y’all. I hope everyone had an excellent holiday season, and we’re all healthy and happy. I know we’re all a few pounds heavier thanks to all the massive amounts of food! Mmmm… Aunt Elvie’s meatballs!! So, where were we? Oh yeah… Vegas. Day 4 of 5. This was going to be our last full day in Vegas, so we had a lot planned. The weather continues to be awesome. Should have pulled out the shorts while I could! Hmm. Maybe …continue reading
Vegas: Day 2
So, how do we follow up the extra-spectacular eye-candy that was KA the night before? You don’t, really. TOMORROW IS A NEW DAY! We open up Day 2 with brunch. Specifically, the MGM Grand buffet (on this blog, pronounced “boo-fay”, in honor of Phoebe on the “Friends” TV show). We’ve been told by everyone – “You have to check out the buffets!”, so here we are. And, let me tell you, Mister (or whatever title you prefer)… WHAT A SPREAD. There’s like a dozen rows of glass stations, …continue reading
Vegas: Day 1
So, after a pair of $6 tickets to ride part of the Strip from the airport to our hotel, we arrive at the front door of the MGM Grand. On the outside, it’s really big. And really green. On the inside, it’s rather spectacular at first look. The main lobby floor is covered in shiny white marble, streaked with black. On the left, is the MGM Grand & Company Store, where they look to take even more of your gambling money away with merchandise sales. On the right, the hotel’s business services …continue reading
Holy Ginormous Gathering of Geekery, Batman!
…or, Jarret’s ComicCon 2009 report. ComicCon (formally known as the Central Canada Comic Con, or C4, clicky) has grown leaps and bounds the last few years, exploding out of the confines of the tiny Victoria Inn and onto the vast expanses of the Convention Center’s entire second floor. Much like last year’s ComicCon (clicky) the place was chock-a-block full of games, toys, demonstrations, artists, cars, and being that it was also Halloween, that meant scores of superheroes, video game characters, …continue reading
Practice makes perfect…
Or in this case, a lot of practice makes you a bit better. Nah… just some fun video of my puppies (and Stephanie) navigating the agility course. Enjoy! …continue reading