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]]> http://issmatblog.wordpress.com/?p=464 Sat, 20 Sep 2008 20:55:35 +0000 Issmat A. http://issmatblog.ro.wordpress.com/2008/09/20/hrm-elections-candidates-score-card/ With the impending triple election saga this fall (US + Canadian Federal Elections + Halifax Municipal Elections), it appears that many local news outlets in Halifax have determined that US and Canadian federal elections are more worthy of coverage than the more relevant Halifax municipal elections. Therefore, that leaves social media to do as much as we can to cover this important event and scrutinize the candidates so the public can make an informed decision when they head to the polls.

First, allow me to clarify the parameters of this review. This review will not delve into the experience of each candidate. It will not scrutinize them on key issues either. While important, a review as thorough as that is simply beyond my capacity for time. Therefore, I hope readers will accept my attempt at deciphering the suitability of a candidate based solely on: Their use of technology in their campaign.

My reasoning is simple:

1. For a city to grow and prosper, it must have a vision of how it wants its future to look like, and appoint capable people to lead it towards that future,
2. Any talk of working towards or within ‘the future ultimately involves some form of interaction with the tools of this future, namely existing and upcoming technologies that are designed to provide leaders with the ability to efficiently and productively collect, analyze, and communicate information.

In other words, if a candidate can not collect, analyze, understand, and communicate information quickly, accurately, and efficiently, then they will not be able to plan/implement/respond in a timely manner to the continuous pace of changes that are needed for a successful march towards the future. Of course, this is only a problem if a united vision of the future is present and if there is a collective will on council to achieve it within this lifetime.

THE SCORE CARD below will attempt to reflect a candidate’s ability to work with the communication tools of existing mainstream technologies (the internet), which may tell whether or not a candidate has access to the tools that open a world beyond Halifax or their district for their consideration, tools that allow this candidate to draw on this world’s marvel when it’s time to envision the future of Halifax as a city with its place in Canada and the world.

You may disagree with the above criteria. Certainly, an elections candidate can serve his/her immediate district constituents very well without ever having to send a single email. “What’s that Bob? Need snow plows to clear your cul-de-sac twice a day? I’ll call the person responsible and see what can be done about that right away.”

However, I contend that a candidate that can get the street plowed AND use the internet is infinitely more productive, and more informed. But that’s just me.

The big question is: can a candidate’s awareness of technology (the internet, productivity and communications tools, etc.) be a good indicator of their capacity for visioning a future for Halifax? Does this mean this candidate is completely unfit for council duties? Is it more acceptable for a candidate to be less apt with technology, vision, and the future if these things are not a priority to their target voter? Where is the line drawn between individual district priorities and the priorities of the city as a whole? These are the questions that keep me up at night.

I will leave this determination to your individual and collective priorities for the city and your understanding of the qualifications you require of your elected leader to achieve these priorities.

So then, let’s proceed to the rankings!

Measurement Criteria:

To offer a fair comparison, we will mainly analyze a candidate’s use of the internet to communicate in their campaign. If a candidate is unable or unwilling to use the most basic form of today’s communication technologies (a website), then I am willing to safely assume that this candidate does not have the knowledge of the tools of today’s productive leaders and visionaries. But, again, that’s just me.

Candidates will get 1 point on their use of each of the following online communication tools in their campaign. This does not mean that the candidate has to know how to program or create any of the following. It would suffice if they were merely aware of their existence/importance and have directed the appropriate resources towards addressing them.

- Website Presence
- Website professionally built?
- Mobile version of website? (For text message campaigns)

- Website contains:
- Bio
- Platform
- Clear description of represented district boundaries
- Contact Info
- Form to join an email list or newsletter

- Press Kit:
- Downloadable/Printable High-Res Candidate Photo
- Downloadable/Printable High-Res Campaign Logo
- Downloadable/Printable Bio
- Downloadable/Printable Platform
- Notable Candidate Quotes
- Dated Press Releases
- Log of Candidate mentions in the media
- Voting Information
- Volunteer information
- Donations information
- Support information
- Online Support signup form
- Online Volunteer signup form
- Online Donations capability (Paypal, etc.)
- Useful links to related external information
- Video clips (1 point for each video up to a max of 5)

- Use of Social Media tools
- Presence on Social networks (Facebook, etc.)
- Presence on YouTube or other Vlog (Video Blog) sites
- Frequently updated Blog
- Provide link-back tags/banners/widgets
- Use of RSS (Really Simple Syndication)

With the limited time at hand, I am only able to rate candidate websites that I am able to easily find. For those who do not have a readily identifiable web presence, I have assumed they don’t have a website altogether and are therefore marked as ‘0’ in the score card. If you know that a candidate marked with a ‘0’ actually does have a website, please send the web address and I will revise their score accordingly.

Notes:

1. The information in the score card is accurate as of Friday September 19.
2. Please allow for human errors.
3. If a candidate has updated their website to include any of the above elements after Friday, let me know and I will update their score.
4. If you wish to apply your own criteria to rate the candidates, please feel free to use this score card format. You can download the Excel file by clicking here.

Here are some excerpts from the score card. Click on image to enlarge. The complete score card is available as a PDF file Here.

[caption id="attachment_490" align="alignleft" width="42" caption="Bedford Candidate Online Campaign Analysis"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_465" align="alignleft" width="51" caption="Halifax Mayoral Online Campaign Scores"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_493" align="alignleft" width="53" caption="Downtown Candidate Online Campaign Analysis"][/caption] ]]> http://sometimessophomoric.wordpress.com/?p=209 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 02:54:45 +0000 g.peaceburton http://sometimessophomoric.ro.wordpress.com/2008/09/04/i-love-these-commercials/ I'm watching the Vandy game and they keep showing some of my favorite commercials, Jack Link's Beef Jerky Messin' With Sasquatch. Those frickin' commercials crack me up. Here are a couple of my favorites.

I really think if Leblanc and I were out and about and ran into Sasquatch this would be something we probably would do. But I do love how old Sasquatch gets his revenge in the end every time.

]]> http://sometimessophomoric.wordpress.com/?p=189 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:25:46 +0000 g.peaceburton http://sometimessophomoric.ro.wordpress.com/2008/08/18/melancholy-monday-august-18th-2008/ Yes, yes.....another Monday has arrived. Sadly we mourn the death of another weekend. I had a different song picked out for this week, but while hanging out with Leblanc and Cluttered Brain this weekend, I stumbled upon an even more appropriate song for Melancholy Monday. This is a band called Theory of a Deadman with a song called "Hate My Life". Crappy Monday everyone!!!!

]]> http://sometimessophomoric.wordpress.com/?p=170 Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:32:28 +0000 g.peaceburton http://sometimessophomoric.ro.wordpress.com/2008/08/11/yeah-im-a-rebel/ I have seen several folks in the Nashville blogging community, including good friends Leblanc and Cluttered Brain (aka the School Girl and Mrs. Mixologist), participating in what is being called "Feel Good Friday". While I tend to normally feel good on Friday, I also feel like crying on Monday knowing I have to fight my way through another week to get to the fun of the weekend. Not to mention that I tend to like sad, tearjerking ballads. So I am starting my own thing, which I'll call Melancholy Monday, in which I will pick a sad, depressing song to go along with those emotions equated to the beginning of another work week.

I've decided to begin the tradition with a song that has a very strange effect on me....I never fail to get choked up when I hear it. It's called "Autumn" by a very talented singer-songwriter named Paolo Nutini.

So, Crappy Monday to everyone and here's hoping the week goes by quickly and the beer is cold once the weekend finally arrives!

]]> http://sometimessophomoric.wordpress.com/?p=158 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:19:38 +0000 g.peaceburton http://sometimessophomoric.ro.wordpress.com/2008/07/16/come-party-this-friday/ Just an FYI for any of you out there that may care......you can join Leblanc, the School Girl, Crafty Momma, and myself at Windows Off the Cumberland (515 2nd Ave. South) in good ole Nashville, TN this Friday, July 18th for the Flat Rock Revival CD release party. We'll be there drinkin' beer, smokin', and rockin' out! Read Leblanc's kick-ass review of FRR's spectacular new CD, then go out to their website to check some of it out for yourself, and then come see them live with us Friday night!!!

]]> http://sometimessophomoric.wordpress.com/?p=155 Mon, 14 Jul 2008 19:45:38 +0000 g.peaceburton http://sometimessophomoric.ro.wordpress.com/2008/07/14/meandbaseball/ I love that I spent most of my childhood in the 80s. There are so many things from that decade that I remember fondly. I have revisited some of those things and found that it was just the memory of the thing that I loved because the thing itself actually wasn't that great. I'll be doing some separate posts down the line to illustrate some of these things. One of the things I look back on with fondness from that period is baseball.

My love affair with baseball began in 1988 when, having some extra money burning a hole in my pocket, I went to a convenient store to buy some candy and instead bought a pack of Topps baseball cards on a whim. I think a pack of cards cost like $.50 back then. Anyway, I got home and tore the package open, stuffed the nasty chewing gum from it into my mouth, and chewed away while shuffling through the cards. Most had names and faces on them that I'd never heard of, but it was a thrilling experience to say the least and I was hooked. The players were unfamiliar to me because I had never really been interested in baseball up to that point. I'm not even sure why I wanted to buy that initial pack of cards to this day. But once I got that first pack, something was sparked within me and I had to have more cards and I also had to know more about the players on the cards and the game that they all played.

Luckily, I had a good source of information about all of it in my dad. He had grown up in Oregon, rooting for the San Francisco Giants and this of course made him an automatic Los Angeles Dodgers hater. He also hated the New York Yankees, which he passed along to me and I hate the Yankees to this very day. But by this time he had begun to follow the Chicago Cubs and the first baseball I ever watched was with him, listening to Harry Caray announcing on WGN. Dad was a Ryne Sandberg fan and I found that I liked him as well and I also became a fan of Mark Grace, Shawon Dunston, and Andre Dawson(who should be in the HOF, IMO). Soon I was watching every Cubs game that I could and loved summer because it meant that I could pretty much watch every day. There were so many Cubs greats that came before this time period, but to me, this was the golden age of the Cubs and I'll never forget the excitement I felt when they made it to the post-season in 1989......even if it was short-lived thanks to the Giants.

I also found out that Dad had been a baseball card collector back when he was a kid and he broke out his collection to show me when he found out about my new hobby. This was the beginning of my education in baseball history as I had never before heard of players such as Mickey Mantle, Ernie Banks, Willie McCovey (Dad's childhood fave), or Willie Mays. And once Dad had a look at the baseball cards I had bought, the fire was rekindled in him as well and we found a hobby that we could participate in together. We bought boxes of packs of cards, tried to build complete sets for each year and baseball card manufacturer, and attended countless baseball card conventions (filled with greedy card dealers who would cheat you faster than you can say "Lenny Dykstra", but I digress). We spent hours at the department stores going through the rack packs to try to find some with star players visible on the front. It was a great way for a father and son to spend time together and we really enjoyed it.

Unfortunately, it wasn't long before Upper Deck began producing high-quality baseball cards. Sure I loved them and collected them as well, but soon the likes of Topps, Donruss, and Fleer couldn't keep up. This gave birth to the specialty baseball cards such as Topps Stadium Club and Fleer Ultra that cost like $3.00 a pack and soon flooded the baseball card market and brought it to its knees. But it also took all the fun out of card collecting and that was the end for our mutual hobby. I still have all of my baseball cards and thought that someday I might pass them on to Big D, but I think the days of kids being interested in sports card collecting is a thing of the past. I'll just hang on to them and see what happens, I suppose, just as Dad has done with his.

This all coincided with me coming to the age where my thoughts were turning more to cars and having the freedom of mobility. Going out on the town with my friends left me less and less time to watch baseball and I soon lost interest altogether. At least I got to make it out to Chicago with Dad in the late 80s or early 90s and it was a very special day. It was one of those rare occasions when the Cubs and White Sox were playing at home on the same day.....so we got to watch the Cubs play the Giants at Wrigley Field in the afternoon and the Sox and the Yankees that night in the long since torn down Comiskey Park. Harry Caray even announced our names on the Cubs broadcast that day and I'll never forget the singing of "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" during the 7th inning stretch.

After high school, I didn't keep up with baseball much and I haven't really since.....until this year. It all started when Leblanc recommended that I read "Shoeless Joe" by W.P. Kinsella. I had always loved Field of Dreams, so I decided to give it a shot. I didn't like the book as much as the movie, but there was something about the love for baseball that the main character, Ray Kinsella, displayed that started up that old spark again. I have begun watching the Ken Burns Baseball documentary.....I know I am a little late, but baseball history from way back in the day never changes and I have kept up with the headlines enough to have a pretty decent idea of the major events since 1994. I am really enjoying that show and am also planning on reading some books on the history of the Cubs. I have even gone so far as to watch a couple of innings of a Cubs game this year....probably the first since the game after Harry Caray passed away in 1998. It's kind of weird since I am not familiar with the players like I was back in 1989, but I figure I will learn who I like soon enough. Also, this season is the 100th season since the Cubs won a World Series and they are currently in first place in their division. I find myself checking the standings every few days and am enjoying keeping up with what's going on in the baseball world. We're even thinking about making a trip out to Chicago next year and I'll do everything I can to get into Wrigley again.

Whether or not it will last this time is unknown, but I have a feeling that it will. Dad doesn't really keep up with baseball anymore but at least I've got Leblanc to share the enthusiasm. Here's hoping the Cubs can break the curse exactly 100 years later.......if not, it'll be fun to watch anyway and anyway "there's always next year".

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The highly anticipated film production of TV series Friends has finally been given the go-ahead, MailOnline has learned.

Cast members Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Matthew Perry, Matt LeBlanc, Lisa Kudrow and David Schwimmer will reprise their roles for a big-screen adaptation 'within the next 18 months', according to insiders.

The actors have been inspired by the recent success of Sex And The City, which recently hit cinemas worldwide.

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Together again: Courteney Cox, Matt LeBlanc, Lisa Kudrow, Matthew Perry, Jennifer Aniston and David Schwimmer will star in the Friends movie

A source said: 'Jennifer, Courteney and the rest of the cast are keen to reprise their roles, under the right circumstances.

'The box office success of Sex And The City has really got their wheels spinning about how a Friends film could be just as big, if done right.

'Timing and the script are really important, but now that Courteney and Jen both have production companies, they can potentially get very involved in those decisions.'

Talk of a reunion for the loveable gang from New York's Central Perk has been bandied around Hollywood ever since the show aired its final season in 2004.

While Cox, 44, LeBlanc, 40, Perry, 39, Kudrow, 45 and Schwimmer, 41, were believed to be keen on the reunion, Aniston, 39, is believed to have dragged her heels.

Now, however, she is keen to move ahead with the project, which will be produced by Warner Bros.

The source added: 'As the biggest star of the Friends franchise, Jennifer can't help but look at what's happened with Sarah Jessica Parker and the Sex And The City film and be a little jealous.

'What's held back a Friends movie so far is that people were worried that Jennifer had simply become too famous to play Rachel again.

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Inspiration: Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Cynthia Nixon and Kirsten Davis's success has provided the incentive for a Friends big-screen reunion

'But the truth is that Jennifer is finally willing to do it, and she'd love to work with that whole team of actors and producers again.

'She says she and Courteney have already talked this summer about what they want out of a Friends movie, and if deals can be made with them, everything else can fall into place rather quickly.

'It really comes down to money, and I don't think Jen has a problem with all of the Friends getting huge paydays for the movie.

'In that sense, it's Sex And The City all over again. There's no movie unless you can reunite the whole cast and keep them all happy financially.'

The Sex And The City film, which had series star Sarah Jessica Parker as a producer, is headed for a global box office total of well over $300million.

That number exceeds all pre-release expectations and insiders say US studio Warner Bros is now mining its recent library of TV hits for other projects ready for the movie treatment.

The source told MailOnline: 'Friends is at the top of the list of properties that can do the same level of business Sex And The City did.'

Since going their separate ways, the actors have stayed in the entertainment sphere, with varying success.

Aniston, who depicted lead character Rachel, has starred in a series of romantic comedies but her professional endeavours have been overshadowed by romantic upheaval.

Following her divorce from Brad Pitt in 2005, she endured a reportedly volatile relationship with actor Vince Vaughn before recently embarking on a romance with musician John Mayer.

Courteney Cox, who depicted neurotic Monica, enjoyed relative success with her TV show Dirt, where she played a ruthless tabloid media mogul.

Lisa Kudrow, who co-starred as ditzy folk singer Phoebe, continues to work in film - but mostly lower profile independent ones.

Matt Le Blanc has laid low in Hollywood since the failure of his Friends spin-off series Joey, passing on TV and film roles to focus on his home life.

David Schwimmer, aka Ross, now seems most comfortable playing the role of movie director. He recently directed hit comedy Run Fatboy Run.

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]]> A:B00149NCW4|T:xbox 360|D:121096989 Fri, 16 May 2008 20:31:36 +0000 bloblog21 http://360xbox360.ro.wordpress.com/2008/05/16/aliens-colonial-marines-cd-rom-newly-tagged-xbox-360/

Aliens: Colonial Marines (CD-ROM)
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First tagged "xbox 360" by D. Leblanc
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Présentement, l'A-19 commence au nord de l'autoroute Métropolitaine, si l'on se fie à la signalisation routière en place, sous la forme d'un boulevard urbain à six voies, qui est, dans les faits, l'avenue Papineau.  Il serait plus juste de parler de sept voies, puisqu'en plus des trois voies dans chaque direction, il y a une voie réservée pour les autobus en direction nord.  Ça va comme cela jusqu'au chemin de fer du CN, au nord de l'avenue Charland; de là, sous le viaduc du CN, qui date de plusieurs décennies, il n'y a plus que deux voies par direction.  Entre la rue Sauvé et le boulevard Henri-Bourassa, il y a l'espace pour une troisième voie de chaque côté, mais des véhicules y sont constamment stationnés.  C'est au nord du boulevard Henri-Bourassa que l'A-19 commence, sur les cartes routières.  Il faut dire que c'est aussi là qu'elle prend enfin la forme d'une autoroute véritable; elle passe sous le viaduc du boulevard Gouin, puis sur le pont Papineau-Leblanc, plus long pont à haubans en Amérique du Nord lors de son ouverture, en 1969.

En quittant le pont Papineau-Leblanc (nom donné pour le lien entre l'avenue Papineau, à Montréal, et le boulevard Leblanc, qui longe l'A-19 entre les boulevards Lévesque et Saint-Martin, à Laval), on passe sous les viaducs des boulevards Lévesque, de la Concorde et de Blois, respectivement.  L'autoroute est en dépression, le long de ce parcours.  Elle remonte à la surface, puis passe au-dessus du boulevard Saint-Martin (route 148), pour ensuite se doter de voies de service, le temps de passer au-dessus de l'A-440.  L'autoroute prend ensuite la forme d'une route à simple chaussée, à deux voies, au niveau du feu de circulation du boulevard Dagenais, ainsi que la désignation de route 335 (depuis l'A-440), et le nom d'avenue Papineau.  Elle traverse ainsi tout le reste de l'île Jésus, jusqu'au boulevard des Mille-Îles, où elle passe de deux à quatre voies, toujours sur une chaussée unique.  Elle emprunte le pont Athanase-David, et continue vers le nord à travers Bois-des-Filion, où elle devient le boulevard des Laurentides.  Au nord de l'intersection du chemin Adolphe-Chapleau (route 344), elle passe à nouveau de quatre à deux voies, puis emprunte le plus à l'ouest des quatre viaducs qui surplombent l'A-640, viaducs qui furent construits en prévision de deux chaussées principales, et de deux autres, pour les voies de service.

Si l'on revient à l'article, on apprend que l'actuelle route 335, à Laval, a été conçue pour accueillir 15,000 véhicules par jour, mais en reçoit au moins trois fois plus, selon Jacques Chagnon, responsable du réseau autoroutier du grand Montréal, au MTQ.  Le maire Larocque parle, quant à lui, "d'au moins 60,000 voitures par jour, soit 10,000 de plus que sur l'autoroute Bonaventure, à Montréal".  Un tel achalandage cause son lot de problèmes; en plus des 96,000 tonnes de CO2 par année, la circulation est tout simplement infernale, lors des heures de pointe, à l'intersection du chemin Adolphe-Chapleau, qui constitue la rue principale de BDF.  Le MTQ, qui a encore une fois tenté de sauver son image, a construit une bretelle d'entrée, de la route 335 nord vers l'A-640 est, question d'éviter la congestion à l'intersection des bretelles d'entrée/sortie de l'A-640 est, et devrait, en principe, construire une autre bretelle directe, vers l'A-640 ouest, cette année.

Le plus comique, c'est que les approches des quatre viaducs furent complétées en même temps que les viaducs eux-mêmes, soit en 1975, et que celles-ci avaient eu tout le temps de se compacter; lors de la construction de la nouvelle bretelle, on a "grugé" les accès aux viaducs, du côté sud.  Résultat: En plus de devoir reconstruire, et donc de laisser se compacter, les accès aux viaducs, au moment où l'on se décidera à aller de l'avant avec l'A-19, le fait d'avoir creusé la butte jusqu'au bord du viaduc le plus à l'est risque de déstabiliser la première travée de celui-ci!  Encore une fois, le MTQ a fait fort!

Depuis le temps que tout le monde parle de la gestion à courte vue, au MTQ, c'est là une nouvelle preuve de celle-ci.  L'affaire du viaduc de la Concorde n'aura donc donné aucune leçon aux "in-gné-nieurs" du MTQ; on fait n'importe quoi, et on réparera les dégâts après!

This movie features some of the most creative minds in snowboarding using natural backcountry terrain to get their shred on. I guarantee you, some parts will blow your mind. MFM's step-up to back lip on a cornice, Mikey LeBlanc's "tobogganist" antics, Matt Beardmore's tree tap reverts and absolutely everything Gigi Ruf and Nicolas Muller touch with snowboards attached to their feet.

If you haven't seen it yet, grab yourself a copy or, at least, try to find some clips on YouTube. It will change the way you look at the mountain (or your local resort).

Keep an eye on the Absinthe website for updates on a 2008 release and to check out some behind-the-scenes features from all the movies. jp.

A groovy vibe for a rather cool groovy thingl

Yeah, it's better than good sometimes.

Jacques Leblanc et Lorraine Côté se donnent corps et âme pendant deux heures où il est impossible de s'ennuyer, tellement le rythme des changements de scènes et d'émotions est vif et soutenu. Dans un univers froid, noir et inox, nous sommes témoins du machiavélisme de Richard Trois qui est prêt à tout pour accéder au trône. La mort et la tragédie sont au rendez-vous... et aussi le rire, jusqu'au larmes dans mon cas, car la mise en scène regorge de clins d'oeil humoristiques. Il semble que Shakespeare même devienne encore plus grand qu'il ne l'est déjà, grâce au talent de  Marie-Josée Bastien, la metteure en scène, et aux trouvailles et à la générosité d'interprétaion de nos deux comédiens.

Mon ami et moi avions le souffle coupé à la fin de la pièce... par tant d'intensité! Si vous n'aviez qu'une seule pièce à voir cette année, c'est sans aucun doute celle vers laquelle vous devriez courir, de peur de la manquer. Digne du Masque de la production théâtrale de Québec ou de ceux d'interprétation féminine et masculine, Richard Trois m'a conquise à 100%.

Vous avez le goût de faire aimer le théâtre à quelqu'un de votre entourage? C'est le moment!

Richard Trois
Au Théâtre de la Bordée
http://www.bordee.qc.ca/richardtrois.html
jusqu'au 12 avril

First off, a hate how younger people (especially those who recently turned 21) go out of their way to basically say, "Hey, look at me!  I'm out drinking alcohol......in public!!!"  Everywhere I looked there were young folks dancing around with their beer bottles or hoisting them in the air or using them as a pretend microphone to sing into.  Here's a tip for you guys:  No one is jealous or thinks you are cool, except maybe the 18- to 20-year-olds in the crowd.  Everyone else has pretty much been there and done that.....and to many of us, it's pretty old hat.

The second thing kind of goes hand-in-hand with the first.....and doesn't necessarily just include younger people.  People who go out to shows and get so wasted that they lose control of their bodies were in abundance the other night.  Leblanc has already documented the instance of the girl dancing around wildly, flailing her arms and carelessly hitting unsuspecting men in the ding-ding.  There was also the crazy-haired guy in the front row who stumbled passed us during the show smelling as if he had soiled himself and the guy in the suit who claimed to have gone to high school with Will Hoge who got so enthusiastic about seeing Will play that he almost fell on and crushed the afore-mentioned ding-ding smacking girl.  I saw some of these same folks at the Exxon station on Broadway after the show and I hoped to God they weren't driving themselves home.

OK, next point and this one also probably applies more to the younger folks than the older ones, but I don't know.  People, please, when an artist is up on stage singing a quiet, soulful song with all their heart, please shut the hell up.  The buzz of conversation made it impossible to hear opening act Dawn Landes's ballads but I just thought that was because she was the opening act and nobody was familiar with her music, but sadly, no.  Even when Will was performing one of his slower tunes I could barely hear him for all of the yakking.  That is so disrespectful and I am really impressed that Dawn or Will didn't stop in mid song to yell, "Hey, y'all shut the f&*# up, I am trying to sing here!!!!"  I know I would have.

My annoyance with all of this is probably pretty normal and in another ten years I'll probably be posting about how people in their early 30s really just get on my last damned nerve and it'll continue on until I'm complaining about those damned 80-year-olds when I'm 94.  Hopefully I'll make it that long so I can find out for sure.

Anyway, so now it's back to the non-fiction book in my cycle.  This time, I've chosen The Masters: Golf, Money, and Power in Augusta, Georgia.  I'm not a huge golf fan.....I don't play at all and only rarely watch it on TV, but the description on the back cover sounded interesting, so I'm going to try it.  I'll let you know what I think of it soon.

 Any Jack Johnson fans out there?  I know I'm a little late for New Music Tuesday, but if you haven't checked out his new album "Sleep Through the Static", it is very good.  I have enjoyed all of his albums thus far.  This one has a bit of a different sound, but is still an excellent choice if you are looking for music to just chill out to.  I am amazed at the way Jack can make such mellow protest songs.  Also, I love the fourth song on the album called "Angel".  It reminds me of my Crafty Momma.  Check it out if you get a chance.

I must say, though, that I thoroughly enjoyed watching "Pretty Boy" Brady get smeared throughout the game.  That was great.  My theory that Mr. Brady would not be all that great if he was not given 20 years to pass the ball by his O-line was proven absolutely true.  Do you think he could have escaped the clutches of the D-lineman the way Eli did late in the 4th quarter to make a huge downfield throw?  I seriously doubt it.

 So, in closing, congrats to the New York Giants and Patriots, please enjoy the revenge beat-downs you will be receiving in the next few years from all the other teams in the NFL. 

Update:  OK, so upon watching Sportscenter, I saw that Vader did shake hands with Coughlin after the game and I admit when I'm wrong.  My bad.

The Boston Herald quoted a source who said that on the eve of their first Super Bowl win, the Patriots videotaped a St. Louis Rams walkthrough. Former Patriots video assistant Matt Walsh has hinted to a few media organizations that he has some seriously damaging info on the Pats' videotaping practices.

The Pats are denying this, but it is being reported by a newspaper from their own city.....what reason would they have to lie?

With all apologies to Leblanc, this puts the Patriots in the "Barry Bonds" category. It casts doubts upon the validity of all of their Super Bowl wins. In fact, the only people who will not be in favor of putting asterisks next to those achievements will be Patriots fans themselves. Leblanc has told me all along that he thinks Belichick will retire if the Pats go 19-0 and Michael Rosenberg, the author of the article linked above, goes even further to suggest that even if the Patriots lose today, it could happen as well as NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell will most likely deal out a lengthy suspension for Belichick if these allegations do turn out to be true.

I also agree with Rosenberg that this is not only a huge black eye for the New England Patriots, but for the entire NFL as well. Here's hoping that the good guys defy the odds and pull out the victory today.

1. Please Don't Tell Her - Jason Mraz
2. Bleed the Freak - Alice in Chains
3. Josephine - Brandi Carlile
4. Just for the Record - Jordin Sparks
5. Sunshine - Alice in Chains
6. Shadow on the Wall - Brandi Carlile
7. Hold You in My Arms - Ray Lamontagne
8. Downpour - Brandi Carlile
9. Mr. Curiosity - Jason Mraz
10. Until I Die - Brandi Carlile

I thought that an artist would probably have more than one song on the list, but I never thought that multiple artists would have multiple songs or that an artist would have several songs in the list. Looking at the list, you would think that I only have like four albums on my MP3 player, but this is not the case. In addition to the artists above (all of which have only one album each on my MP3 player), I also have albums by Amos Lee, Third Eye Blind, and Emerson Hart.....not to mention a two-disc Anthology by George Thorogood and the Destroyers AND the "Singles" Soundtrack! Very interesting, no? This leads me to believe that my MP3 player has a mind (and musical tastes) of its own and is a very big Brandi Carlile fan.

We are so very happy for Green Machine and Hoosier Girl and can't wait to see you all again! Crafty Momma is just itchin' to hold the baby!

Vue du chantier du passage inférieur de l'A-25 sous le chemin de fer du CN, au nord du boulevard Henri-Bourassa, du côté de Montréal.

Une section temporaire de chemin de fer a été construite pour les travaux. Vue vers l'est.

Vers l'ouest, maintenant. Le chemin de fer normal est fermé, et les trains passent sur la section temporaire, à gauche.

L'excavation creusée pour créer le passage inférieur.

La machinerie, à l'arrêt pour l'instant.

Du côté de Laval, l'avancée est encore plus évidente. Ici, c'est la nouvelle bretelle de sortie vers la montée Masson, le rang Saint-François et le boulevard Marcel-Villeneuve, sur l'A-25 nord actuelle, qui deviendra l'A-440 est lors de l'ouverture du nouveau pont. Au loin, les panneaux indiquant l'ancienne sortie sont toujours là.

L'intersection des bretelles de sortie/d'entrée de l'A-25 nord, avec la montée Masson, vue de l'entrée de la polyvalente Leblanc.

La nouvelle montée Masson, dont la mise en forme est terminée. Il ne reste qu'à l'asphalter. Vue vers le sud.

La montée Masson, vers le nord, cette fois, avec l'intersection du rang du Bas-Saint-François et de la voie réservée aux autobus, sise sur le dessus de ce que j'appelle "le monstre".

Une vue latérale de la montée Masson, vers le nord, qui montre un meilleur aperçu du monstre.

Le voilà donc, ce monstre. Ici-bas, le passage des deux bretelles, soit celle de l'A-25 nord vers l'A-440 ouest à gauche, et à droite, celle de l'A-440 est vers l'A-25 sud, et sur le dessus, l'intersection de la montée Masson, du rang du Bas-Saint-François, et de la voie réservée aux autobus en site propre. J'essaie seulement d'imaginer le bordel quand viendra le temps des rénovations.

L'ancien panneau de directions, qui sera retiré à un moment donné lors de l'avancement du chantier. On peut voir que le nom "Av. M.-Villeneuve" a été ajouté sur le panneau. Auparavant, cette route s'appelait le boulevard 440, tout simplement parce qu'il est construit dans l'emprise de la future A-440 vers l'est. C'est le cas pour quelques autres voies de circulation, à Laval, dont l'avenue des Bois, construite sur celle de la future A-440 vers l'ouest, la route 335, au nord du boulevard Dagenais, qui devrait laisser place à l'A-19 avant longtemps, et l'avenue Roger-Lortie, qui sera déplacée pour laisser place à la nouvelle section de l'A-25.

Parlant de l'avenue Marcel-Villeneuve, la voici, droit devant. L'intersection réunit à droite, la nouvelle avenue Roger-Lortie, et finalement la montée Masson, à gauche, ainsi que derrière l'endroit où je me trouve pour prendre ce cliché.

Ici, on voit la nouvelle avenue Roger-Lortie, vers le sud, presque terminée, et toujours fermée à la circulation. L'embranchement vers la droite est temporaire, et permet le lien avec l'actuelle avenue Roger-Lortie.

Cette fois, la nouvelle avenue Roger-Lortie vers le nord, à partir du point d'intersection des bretelles de sortie/d'entrée de l'A-25 nord vers le boulevard Lévesque. Au loin, le passage à niveau du chemin de fer Québec-Gatineau.

Pas facile à distinguer, les poteaux, au beau milieu d'un champ, mais ce sont les signaux du passage à niveau du chemin de fer Québec-Gatineau sur la nouvelle avenue Roger-Lortie. La photo fut prise de l'actuelle avenue Roger-Lortie, qui deviendra la chaussée de l'A-25 vers le nord.

Une vue de l'avenue Marcel-Villeneuve vers l'est, avec au loin la nouvelle intersection Marcel-Villeneuve/Roger-Lortie/montée Masson.

Les travaux que l'on voit ici sont ceux réalisés de façon conventionnelle par le MTQ, via un sous-traitant privé. Ceux de la partie du projet réalisée en partenariat public-privé, avec le consortium Concession A25, devraient en principe commencer au début de 2008, dont ceux du pont de la rivière des Prairies, qui devraient se mettre en branle dès mai prochain.