Archive for August, 2008
Sunday, August 24th, 2008
Star Wars: The Clone Wars Is A Huge Disappointment.
Last night my wife and I joined some friends for a showing of Star Wars: The Clone Wars. As a huge Star Wars fanatic, I was looking forward to seeing this stylized animated flick. Regardless of the bad reviews, I took them with a grain of salt and hoped that it wasn’t as bad [...]
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Thursday, August 21st, 2008
Whatever Happened to Workmanship?
Whatever happened to workmanship? Doing your job well and being proud of the work you do? For the most part, it seems like quality work by quality people is a rare find these days. Customer relations from trades people seem to fair no better.
Over the last few months I’ve had a few incidents that I’ve [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Life, Ottawa by Luc "Sandman" G.
Monday, August 11th, 2008
Dark Knight Marches On
The Dark Knight continues to smash its competition and records in its 4th weekend in theaters. Over the past weekend, TDK remained in the #1 spot for a 4th weekend, a feat that was last accomplished by Lord of the Rings back in 2003. What’s even more impressive is that TDK is able to [...]
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Tuesday, August 5th, 2008
Dark Knight Still #1
The Dark Knight continued to dominate at the box office this weekend, holding on to the #1 spot for the 3rd weekend in a row. Batman and the Joker managed to fend off the second Mummy sequel by raking in almost $44.5 million. Unfortunately it did not surpass the previous record holder, Spiderman 3, which [...]
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Monday, August 4th, 2008
Carnivale Lune Bleue
My wife and I attended the opening of Carnivale Lune Bleue on Friday night in Kars, Ontario. Lune Bleue is a trip back in time to an authentic 1930s carnival, complete with a freakshow, a circus performance, a ferris wheel and games of chance.
We arrived around 6:15pm in the heart of Kars, where we lined [...]
