Cinderella Man

Yesterday, while riding my bike through the Canadian National Exhibition (CNE), I saw a movie set for Cinderella Man. I had never heard of that title, so I assumed it was nothing special. According to IMDB, the movie is directed by Ron Howard (wow) and stars Russell Crowe and Renee Zellweger. Russell Crowe is an idiot, but I wouldn't mind bumping into Renee Zellweger...

By the way, the scene I saw being filmed had dozens of old 1930's style cars. At first I thought it was some type of auto show, but all the cars were basically identical, so I wondered "who would want to pay to see 50 identical cars"?

I bet those cars aren't worth very much, because there more than likely just golf carts that have an old "Model T" looking body over them.

 

Become an Amazon.com Reviewer, See the World

Right now I rank 79,045 as an Amazon.com reviewer. I'd like to see if I could improve that drastically. I should be able to rank in the top 10,000 with a little more effort.

Annoyances

Everyone has their pet peeves. Let me share one of mine. (I apologize in advance if your pet peeve is other people sharing their pet peeves.)

Have you ever been out with another couple (married or not), who don't mind arguing in front of you? What makes it worse is when you feel like their argument is over something that is very small - like somebody being 10 minutes late for dinner. It makes it even worse when they attempt to include you, like "You would call if you were going to be late, wouldn't you Scott?". Ugh. Get me outta here.

Iraq Secrets: Casualties and Nukes

Wow, I had no idea the death toll had gotten so high. How sad...

From CNN:

Thursday's attack brought the number of U.S. troops who have been reported dead since the start of the war to 879 -- 656 of them were killed by hostile fire.

The number of multinational forces reported to have been killed in the war is 999.

Also this interesting story:

The United States removed nearly two tons of radiological and nuclear materials from Iraq last month, according to the Energy Department. The material could have potentially been used to make a "radiological dispersal device" -- a so-called dirty bomb -- "or diverted to support a nuclear weapons program," the department said Tuesday.

Of course, the official Pentagon press release (which got reported widely in the media) doesn't tell the whole story.

From the Washington Post:

The International Atomic Energy Agency kept Iraq's uranium under seal in storage facilities for more than a decade before the U.S. invasion in March 2003, but the storerooms were looted when Baghdad fell several weeks later.

The IAEA was allowed back into Iraq to help clean up the facility, and it urged U.S. officials to protect Iraq's former weapons sites from further looting.

But in recent months, radioactive equipment and Iraqi weapons components have been showing up in scrap yards and ports in Europe and the Middle East.

So it's a huge victory for Bush that 2 tons of nuclear material was removed one year after the war (however 400 tons remain). But what about the nuclear material looted after the fall of Bagdhad. You'd think that would be the FIRST thing the U.S. Military would have protected, even more than the ministry office buildings.

The Amazing Amazing Race

You know, I forgot how good the Amazing Race is. Thank goodness season 5 has started. I hope there is a season 6!

The Point of Voting

The last three elections I have voted in (federal, provincial and municipal), none of the candidates I voted for won.

So the question I have to ask myself is, what's the point in voting in a election where I know my candidate will lose?

I don't know the answer.