Here's a cool and refreshing way to end a stinker of a week. It's another instalment of the much feared and despised, yet misunderstood and deeply sensitive, edition of the Friday time-waster supreme. See how I made it sound like a character from Twilight as a desperate attempt to sound relevant even though I'm really old? Clever, huh?
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I heard a rumour about some guy in a sport I never watch getting a terabazillion dollars as a free agent. You know, it would be kinda neat if somebody in the television business would dedicate an entire hour of primetime coverage so that we could learn so much more about this important event. Nah, who would watch such an idiotic, self-aggrandizing showcase of blatant avarice and narcissism?
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While I'm on the subject of television, Lisa LaFlamme has been tapped as the replacement for Lloyd Robertson who is finally stepping down as anchor of CTV News sometime next year. L-Rob has commanded the news desk since the invention of the lightbulb. He outlasted quite a few of his news peers including Harvey Kirk, Knowlton Nash and local boy Bill Haugland. Not sure what Lloyd plans to do with his retirement time, but to borrow a Ron Burgundy line:
Ladies and gentlemen, can I please have your attention. I've just been handed an urgent and horrifying news story. I need all of you, to stop what you're doing and listen.
Cannonball!
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Today, like all Prime Ministers before him, Steven Harper made good on his promise to abolish the Senate by appointing another senator. Apparently the plan is to fill the chamber so full of fat, lazy, overpaid do-nothings that the chamber will just collapse under the weight.
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A woman in Iran today has apparently received a reprieve from being stoned to death. In a completely unrelated story, the Calgary Stampede kicks off today. I think the Flux Capacitor in my car must be busted because I can't decide if it's 1892 AD or BC.
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The quote of the week comes courtesy of Virgin Radio's Nat Lauzon who asked readers to complete the sentence: "It's so hot in Montreal, that..."
The winner is Sheila Tibbo-Côté with: "Two trees were fighting over a dog!!!"
Stay cool everyone. Enjoy the weekend.
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