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 as […]
Archive for August, 2008
Star Wars: The Clone Wars Is A Huge Disappointment.
Posted: 24th August 2008 by Luc "Sandman" G. in MoviesTags: Ahsoka Tano, Clone War, Jedi, Star Wars, Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, Star Wars: Clone Wars
Whatever Happened to Workmanship?
Posted: 21st August 2008 by Luc "Sandman" G. in Life, OttawaTags: bad workmanship, Customer relationship management, Customer service, lack of workmanship, 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 […]
Dark Knight Marches On
Posted: 11th August 2008 by Luc "Sandman" G. in MoviesTags: Box Office record, Box office records, Dark Knight, Star Wars, Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, Tropic Thunder
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 do […]
Dark Knight Still #1
Posted: 5th August 2008 by Luc "Sandman" G. in MoviesTags: Batman, box office, Box Office record, Box office records, Dark Knight, Joker, Movies
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 […]
Carnivale Lune Bleue
Posted: 4th August 2008 by Luc "Sandman" G. in Entertainment, OttawaTags: Carnival, Carnivale Lune Bleue, Circus, Cirque du Soleil, Kars Ontario, Performing Arts
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 […]