Month: July 2005

Don’t be fooled by the commercials for the new “dream pie” blizzards at Dairy Queen. I had the banana cream and it was crap. The “pie crust” bits were more like stale cookies.

It was revealed that the aviator Charles Lindbergh had seven illegitimate German children by three German mistresses.[CNN] Seven hundred thousand chickens expired during a power blackout in Moscow that cut off their ventilation; not long afterward the dead chickens started exploding.[Pravda] Berlin police, acting on a kidnapping tip, stopped a car and pulled a man from the car’s trunk; it turned out the man, wearing only a thong and collar, was a voluntary sex slave.[Reuters] Scientists found that a single “switch gene” determined whether a fruit fly turned out gay or not.[The Independent] Ralph Nader called for the impeachment of George W. Bush based on reports of the Bush Administration “fixing” the intelligence over Iraq. John Kerry wondered why the intelligence-fixing, which came to light in a leaked British memo, has received so little attention in the United States. “Is there a way for this to break through,” he asked, “ever?”[Boston.com][Al Jazeera] Five Buddhist monks in Nong Khai, Thailand, were defrocked for brawling with other monks from a rival temple. “When an ordinary person is given a middle-finger sign he will be mad; so am I,” said monk Boonlert Boonpan. Scientists began work on a complete, molecule-level computer simulation of the human brain. The project will take at least ten years.

I find it interesting that when 40 people are killed in Britain there is a much larger media reaction than when 40 people are killed in Iraq.

Of course Bush will use this to justify his fear-mongering, which may be the worst news of all for most of us.

Today is the 10 month anniversary for Marlo ‘n’ me! That makes me want to use Kodos like a bongo drum. He loves/hates it.

I’ve got a lot of drawing to do this month so happily I’ll be taking lots of time off of the mind-numbing soul-killing body-tiring day job. Taylor thinks we get our free copies of Harry Potter and the Sixth Story on Friday the 15th so maybe I’ll bring Marlo in to work that day.

We, the Thickets, had a show scheduled for the 16th but I had to cancel it because of silly old Bob, our bassist. What a crazy guy! But I hope to go into Chilliwack next Wednesday to practice and write new songs anyway. Jordan says we should have a weekend practice where we hang out and socialize too, and I think that’s a good idea. Hear that Woodsy? Get the GODZILLA warmed up.

The good news is that I’m no longer commited on the 16th to the rock show so I can go to see Kate & Theo, for it has been too long.

I watched some movie trailers online this evening, including King Kong, The Corpse Bride, and my personal favourite – Deep Blue. I’m pretty excited about it. It’s a documentary from the makers of the “Blue Planet” series which was great. The episode on the deepest parts of the ocean totally blew me away. I can only hope David Attenborough does the voiceover, and I hope it comes to Tinseltown. Aw yeah. http://www.apple.com/trailers/miramax/deep_blue/lg_vid.html

Marlo got me the Life Aquatic Soundtrack, a Bill Hicks CD, sripey socks, and best of all the Spirited Away DVD! Hooray for girlfriends!