It's the end of yet another busy week ... busy celebrating a Grey Cup that is. With so much revelry, I hardly had time to write anything substantive, or at least worth publishing. I usually save those dregs for today. Did I say dregs? I meant insightful and witty commentary on the issues of the day... naw it's the dregs. Who cares? It's Friday, so let's kill some time before punching the clock.
Sorry, my bad
Kudos to rookie P.K. Subban for admitting to multiple brain cramps in Wednesday's overtime loss to the Edmonton Oilers. A surprising lemon to veteran Mike Cammalleri for not admitting to at least one.
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Congratulations, it's a ... penguin
The Montreal Biodome is looking like a nursery these days as officials announced the recent hatching of two gentoo penguin chicks. They are one of four new chicks to hatch in recent weeks. The Biodome has been closed for renovations for several months as workers installed new interactive displays, improved access for visitors and better lighting.
Now you know what penguins get up to when the lights are out.
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Overheard in the hallways of hell
"What? Some guy stole a bunch of Pat Burn's stuff from his widow's car?"
"Man, is he in shit."
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Oh Those Wacky Japanese
An aquarium in Japan has found a weird yet eco-friendly solution for the holidays. The aquarium located in Kamakura, just south of Tokyo, uses an electric eel to illuminate its Christmas tree. Every time the eel moves some sort of high tech gadget collects the electricity to light up the tree.
Of course it wouldn't be a true Japanese display unless it involved a robot. This year the aquarium has added a Santa droid that sings and dances using kinetic energy collected from visitors stomping on a pad.
While the display is an interesting example of eco-energy innovation, I'm not sure a tank of electric eels is necessarily the best way to run my dishwasher. I do like the idea of the stomping pad, though. If we could convince our six year-old to use it every time he has a tantrum we'd be off-the-grid in no time.
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A Kick in The Grass...
England recently lost its bid to host the 2018 World Cup (of soccer, if you have to ask). The announcement came just days after a BBC program called Panorama aired a news report accusing football's (that is soccer's) governing board FIFA, of rampant corruption. England not only lost the 2018 World Cup, they also failed to get a shot at the 2022 World Cup, which went to the oil rich nation of Qatar where the midsummer temperature hovers around 400ยบ Celsius.
Thankfully, FIFA dispelled any suggestion of corruption and favouritism by selecting Russia for 2018 ... ya, that should do it.
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Well, I guess the cat is out of the bag. I confess, in grade five I cheated on my math quiz by copying answers from Billy Thompson when the teacher wasn't looking. Damn you Wikileaks!
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Chew on that...
In the days leading up to the CFL Eastern Conference final between the Toronto Argonauts and the Alouettes, Argos defensive lineman Adriano Belli proclaimed to the media: “This team does two things well — kick ass and chew bubble gum, and we’re out of bubble gum.”
The Als trounced the Argos 48 - 17 on their way to their second Grey Cup.
Now that the confetti has settled I think it's fair to say the Alouettes do two things well - and the other one involves a parade.
Enjoy your weekend.
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