Opens Friday at theatres everywhere

My life is rated PG.
What is your life rated?

How can Kerry lose...

...when heavyweight celebs like Bobby "Boris" Pickett are campaigning against Bush? By the way, there's a lesson to be learned. Political satire is rarely funny when weighed-down by such a sincere message. See JibJab for how to do it right.

You... asked for it

You got it, Toyota. I mean, Chapter Three of Franklin's Quandary.

Zappo!

A really cool site on early computer animation.

I call it progress

Chapter Two of my attempt at the Great American Novel is now up.

Hear ye, hear ye

Be it known by all that the Evil Colonel is trying his hand at writing a novel, on the advice of someone named "Blogger Dashboard". Furthermore, henceforth said novel can be read, a bit at a time, at the following link:

Franklin's Quandary

Hell freezes over

I have a good friend who's a long-suffering Red Sox fan. I've ribbed him mercilessly over the years, especially when the Blue Jays won back to back Series titles. But I'm happy to have seen history tonight, I'm happy for my friend, I'm watching WFXT tonight and they're having a great time in Boston, so congrats to them, and, well, that's all I wanted to say. Oh, and curse the fog that rolled in late this afternoon, as though it knew there was a celestial event some of us might have wanted to see tonight.

Another pointless logo change

I missed one

Another automaker has given its used vehicles the unique "Certified" brand name. This is bizarre.

Points for originality

Just noticed, driving down the street the other day, a Toyota dealership with a sign for Toyota Certified Used Vehicles, on the next block, a Saturn dealership with a sign for Saturn Certified Pre-Owned, and another block down, a Honda dealership with a sign for, you guessed it, Honda Certified Used Cars. Oh, and across the street, a Ford dealership that decided to be different... they have Ford Quality Certified Pre-Owned Vehicles. The only thing that would have completed this picture is an American GM dealership with GM Certified Used Vehicles. However, in Canada, they must have been bitten by the creativity bug, because they have Optimum used cars here.

Dumb Dora was so dumb

For a rare treat, check this out: an entire episode of the short-lived Match Game Hollywood Squares Hour from 1984. For the uninitiated, here's the deal: The first half hour was the old Match Game, hosted by Gene Rayburn. They then played Hollywood Squares, Rayburn trading places with Jon "Bowser" Bauman. The consensus in the game show community is that the concept failed because of:

a) Bowser. Pretty tough to fill the shoes of Peter Marshall after 15 years.

b) The show was produced by Goodson-Todman. G-T didn't create Squares; it was licenced from its then-owner, Orion. In the show's original long-running incarnation, the celebs were briefed in advance so they could think up bluffs (and jokes, or have jokes written for them.) Mark Goodson wouldn't allow any advance information to be given to panelists, and the show lagged as a result.

The program did make one lasting contribution to game shows: its theme music, used today as prize music on The Price is Right.

New logo alert

Sears has gone and updated its logo, changing from all caps to mixed case, and adding a Visa "swoosh". It'll take about 20 years for them to retrofit all their stores, of course (if they even bother in Canada.)

Stacks and stacks of... well, one letter

Anonymous writes

"Hey, great to see you're back. For a second, I thought maybe the chickens had revolted.... "

For the record, the chickens possess neither the brainpan nor the motivation to stage any kind of organized revolt. The turkeys, on the other hand...

...and by that, I mean, "Happy Canadian Thanksgiving!"

Who said that?

All right, I'm back. Just went through a move, which is why I was out of the picture. Hope all 3 of my regular readers haven't deserted me. Expect posting frequency to be unpredictable and capricious.