As the winds blow a wintry cold across our fair city we are all feeling that instinctive need to hibernate, or drink heavily, one or the other. Before you start either, here's is yet another Friday Time Waster Supreme to put a summery smile on your face and warm your cockles (whatever those are).
Ah, Brett Favre-re-re-re...in the news again for all the wrong reasons. Allegations floating down the media sewage system claim that Favre is involved in a texting, or sexting, scandal involving one Jenn Sterger (a model and journalist ...okay, sure) and two massage therapists for his former team the New York Jets.
Presumably not all at the same time, although it would explain his long off-season.
Among the alleged explicit text messages were rumours that the on-again-off-again retired quarterback sent the women pictures of his boy parts.
Longtime friend (now former friend) Ryan Longwell leaked details of Favre's tearful locker room apology to the press. Favre allegedly told team mates he was sorry for being a distraction to the team. Something he's never, ever, done before. Unless you include keeping the entire franchise on hold while awaiting news if he is going to play or retire for three consecutive seasons.
A transcript of Favre's apology can be found on a photo of his left buttock.
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Speaking of celebrity pariah's, poor Mel Gibson was dealt year another blow this week...that is, not the one he wanted. Turns out the producers of the upcoming sequel The Hangover 2 were trumpeting a proposed cameo by Gibson in the film. Once the cast got news of this, there was a virtual rebellion. Under pressure, the producers dropped Gibson like a bad habit (a bad habit not unlike drinking to excess, blacking out and forgetting what happened the night before).
You know your career is going bad when you can't even get a gig in a movie about moral depravity.
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I know you're all on the edge of you seats, but here it is. The $1.2 billion contract for the new metro cars goes to: Bombardier. Wow, that's a shocker. Who knew they were even in the running?
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Here's a guy who knows the value of a dollar: A Delaware man named James Solakian, a shareholder in the website Bible.com, is suing the board of directors for 'breaching their duty' because the company is not making enough profit. Wow, bibles not making money, the economy really is in ruins.
It seems Solakian might have a case. He cites the company's business plan that states: "it is the goal of the board of directors of Bible.com to become very, very profitable." Gee, how very...um...meek.
No word on a court date as of yet, but the state of Delaware is currently under a smiting alert.
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Another local transit item. The good folks in charge of Parc Jean Drapeau are thinking of building a monorail to take passengers to and from Île Ste. Helene and Île Notre Dame, as well as from one part of the park to another. The suggested cost is a mere $440 million, a third of which is expected to be public cash, the rest presumably from the private sector. This is part of a plan to give the park a nice modern look in time for the 50th anniversary of Expo 67 in 2017.
Critics of the plan say that the city has more pressing transit issues than building monorails. Like, fixing roads so that city buses don't vanish into massive craters.
Frankly, I'd love to see a monorail 'cause back in 1967 it was touted as being the transportation wave of the future. It's the future isn't it? And besides, with a name like Jean Drapeau, how could this project possibly run a deficit?
Stay warm and have a great weekend.
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