Sigh. How infinitely disappointing. All the research and effort I've put into my fantasy football teams has yielded depressingly paltry results. A double loss this weekend have put me at the bottom of both leagues. I think I need another hobby. Maybe I'll switch focus to more practical pursuits like, say, studying Japanese - especially…
September 14, 2013: Dog stuff!
This is what comes of having three dogs and fully 80% of your facebook friends/groups being animal-related organizations. Last night, I dreamt that I took my sister's new puppy to the park - and promptly lost him!. In the dream, I fell into conversation with a fellow dog owner, then turned to check on the…
September 13, 2013: If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again! Especially when it comes to chocolate souffles!
Akemi has been chocolate souffles lately. A lot of chocolate souffles lately. It started the other day with her attempt to recreate a successful chocolate souffle she'd made. "So, how is it?"she asked as I cracked the hard top, dipped my spoon into the soft chocolate center, and tasted her creation. "Amazing,"I told her. "Is…
September 12, 2013: Whither Stargate?
With the recent news that Roland Emmerich would like to make a second, big screen, Stargate movie, questions surrounding the future of the franchise have again started popping up throughout fandom. It's been three years since Stargate: Universe was cancelled and fans want to know: What's next? Whither Stargate? Well in my humble and somewhat…
September 11, 2013: Snow Monkeys win! And lose! Well, this is disconcerting!
Well, one week into the 2013 fantasy football season, and my Snow Monkeys have tasted their first victory AND suffered their first loss of the year. The win came in impressive fashion, on the very last play of the opening weekend. Down late, my Snow Monkeys snatched victory from the jaws of defeat with…
September 10, 2013: Fearless Food! Cotechino!
When I was growing up, my parents would split dinner duties. On weekdays, my father would handle suppers. His meals tended to be typically North American (steak, roast chicken) with the occasional classic upscale surprise (Oysters Rockefeller, Duck a L'Orange). My mother's weekend meals, on the other hand, consisted of Italian and seafood-themed plates (eggplant…
September 9, 2013: The Supermovie of the Week Club reconvenes! Cookie Monster reviews The Guyver!
Movie begin wit an opening scroll, just like Star Wars. Unlike Star Wars, however, opening scroll accompanied by voice-over because Guyver fans either illiterate or too damn lazy to read. As far as info dumps go, dis be as big a dump as a movie can take. We learn dat dere be creatures living among…
September 8, 2013: The party was subarashii!
Last night's party was a success. Everything went as planned, the guests seemed pleased and, most important of all, I was NOT violently ill like that time I had a bunch of people over for home made ice cream, ate thirteen different flavors and ended up very sick. Less ice cream this time around but…
September 7, 2013: News of note!
Tonight, I'll be hosting a little party for the staff of the Granville Island Veterinary Hospital. With two hours to go before festivities get underway, I'm doing a final check: Dinner = Check! Japadog will be setting up shop in my backyard to serve up their Japanese-inspired hot dogs. Dessert = Check! I picked up…
September 6, 2013: Oh, this and that!
Yesterday, Akemi hit me with another one of her only in Japanese terms. "What do you call a girl who's always interested in good-looking guys?"she asked me. "Uh, a girl,"I offered, following the logic that men who are always interested in good-looking women are most assuredly referred to as men. "Why? I suppose the Japanese…
September 5, 2013: Underappreciated comic book characters who need their own t.v. shows!
ANIMAL MAN He can soar like an eagle, swim like a shark, run like leopard, and eat like a pug! Awesome! BOOSTER GOLD A hero who comes from the future, not in search of bad guys, but personal fame and fortune. Delightfully anti-heroic. DEADMAN The ghost of a murder victim is permitted to temporarily inhabit…
September 4, 2013: Free to good home = Bad Mojo!
"Why,"I wondered, "is there a homeless man walking around my backyard?" I parted the blinds and watched him, in his work boots, ratty jeans and Harley Davidson t-shirt, circle round the side of the house and over to the back gate where he fell into conversation with some guy standing in the alley, on the…
September 4, 2013: It shouldn’t be this difficult!
Great. Now my treadmill is broken. Over the past couple of weeks, it has seemed increasingly reluctant to get going, no doubt mirroring my general attitude. Every time I would turn it on, instead of immediately rolling like it used to, it would pause as if considering. Again? This guy just worked out last night?…
September 2, 2013: The Supermovie of the Week Club reconvenes! Cookie Monster reviews The Toxic Avenger!
Dis movie about as subtle as Grover at a stripper convention. It take a potentially funny premise, den beat it into de ground wit de most obvious and heavy-handed execution possible. It as if makers of dis film assume audience be so stoopid dey need to make absolutely certain dere be no doubt dis supposed…
September 1, 2013: The New Fall Line-up!
I try. Believe me, I do try. At the beginning of every fall season, I try to catch as many of the new shows as possible, dropping those that fail to capture my interest and sticking with those that hold my attention. Slowly but surely, as the weeks pass, various of these new shows fall…