Burg42

The Last Pitch.

2009-06-29T12:36:00.003-04:00

The man I called the Hyper-Active Megaphone died Sunday. Billy Mays was a pitchman for various, direct response products. He was loud, annoying, obnoxious and became rich by using a 'Yell and Sell' tactic to push near useless/novelty/fringe products to millions of gullible, late night TV watching folks. I mean come on, Mighty Putty...wtf? I never finished my psych degree but man, what makes

Lost Icons.

2009-06-26T07:10:00.008-04:00

Unless you're a member of a forgotten hunter-gatherer tribe from Australasia, you know that the King of Pop and the Hair Queen have died. Michael Jackson passed away on thursday from an apparent heart failure, he was 50 years old. Farah Fawcett also passed away after a battle with cancer. She was 62.Truth be told, I'm not a real Farah fan because I never watched Charlie's Angels as a kid. I

Right of Way.

2009-06-18T09:01:00.010-04:00

To all the arrogant Merc and Beemer drivers out there (males & females, I don't discriminate). Stop acting as if we, Society, should go down on our collective knees to blow you, simply because you drive a penis car. The Highway Safety Code makes no mention that compensating retards, such as yourselves, live in an alternate reality or that you own the roads. Those pretty blue xenon headlamps

A parting gift.

2009-06-12T09:38:00.006-04:00

We've been preparing to move from our Downtown apartment. D-Day was Saturday, the 6th of June.Now, for those of you who know me and/or follow this blog y'all know of my "special" gift. For those who don't, I suffer from acute MurphysLawtinitis. It's an aggressive, viral form of that old adage, so I know something will come up at some point during the move.All the crap we've been hoarding in

You're doing it wrong.

2009-06-12T08:32:00.005-04:00

Special shout out to the dude in the red Ford Focus I saw in the Tim Horton's parking lot this morning. Head-a-bobbin' while the sound system's blasting away, (it's 6:40am, mind!) he made his way towards the drive-through and zealously believed in his own magnificence.Buddy, no amount of time, effort or money you spend on those low profile tires, CNC-machined mags, spoilers, superstar

I like what you did with the place!

2009-05-10T13:50:00.004-04:00

To: J.J. Abrams, director.Subject: Star Trek, 2009.Dear M. Abrams,Your newest creation is not my father's Star Trek and for that, I am grateful. Don't get me wrong, I have very fond memories of me, as an 8 year old kid, watching the (syndicated) TOS every sunday morning with my Old Man. We both thoroughly enjoyed the show and I think that's where my love of Sci-Fi was born. Times have

The Enterprise gets pwned

2009-05-08T15:22:00.005-04:00

A videographer by the name of mhorn put this little fanfilm together and it's absolutely brilliant. I'm still LMAO....keep up the good work, M. Horn!Thanks to Adi, for the heads-up.

Vote for Change

2009-05-04T22:04:00.002-04:00

Had to rib my colleague on this, the 'International' Star Wars Day.May the 4th be with you.

Photowalk, 13 april '09.

2009-04-13T20:47:00.005-04:00

DaffodilOriginally uploaded by Burg42 Photowalk with Johnny LeCanuck today. Not a lot of panorama to be had so I concentrated on close-ups, macros and shots that I'm either gonna call 'Industrial Textures' or 'Rust Punk'. Not sure which yet...

Textures

2009-03-21T02:32:00.005-04:00

TexturesOriginally uploaded by Burg42 Went on a photowalk with Johnny Canuck, on this, the first day of spring. Got a few good shots, imho. So go ahead, check out Flickr, look around and feel free to post a comment.

Trying something new

2009-03-21T00:44:00.002-04:00

Some peeps I know have made it a point to say that it was hard to identify with me because I was using a Nom de Plume (pretentious, I know). I am notorious for keeping my 'Life' out of the public eye yet had a need to write, vent, cuss and rant about things out here, in the AetherNet.Well, ok...I've changed my nick, to accommodate some and to not mystify new arrivals. It's almost me but not

Was The Curse Lifted?

2009-02-02T00:40:00.003-05:00

If anybody's been reading my blog, they might recall that I wrote about the Curse of the Underdog, right after last years Superbowl. To briefly recap; whichever team I root for (especially the underdog) will loose, no matter what. The reverse is also true; if I change my mind and go for the sure bet, they will loose....prime example, last year's New-England debacle.Just ahead of yesterday's SB

Super Bowl XLIII

2009-02-01T15:49:00.003-05:00

It should be an interesting game. A defense heavy team vs and an offense-lead team. It will probably not be a repeat of last year's embarrassing showcase. So, here goes...this is the prediction. Steelers over Cards - 10 point spread.We'll talk later about the Curse!!

Winter Solstice, Part II

2009-01-21T23:27:00.003-05:00

My previous Day-in-Hell post still has ramifications. The repairs cost me 95$. Half for parts ; 23$ for a connector, 4$ for a bolt that I had in my pockets and 20$ for plastic clips for the front bumper. The other half was labour and no more than 30 minutes worth, I'm sure. Those clips had a very brief but intense existence and are now strewn somewhere along Rte 132 West. Gather 'round

Happy Winter Solstice.

2008-12-22T17:40:00.008-05:00

It figures that on a Neo-Pagan "Holiday" I feel as though I've been cursed. It all started last night, as the storm was ending. I figured I'd be smart and shovel the driveway and the sidewalk because the plow had already packed the snow pretty tight. An hour and a half later, I'm done and congratulating myself for my wisdom and foresight. Right, about that.I wake up to the very unpleasant

Also Sprach Ecclestone.

2008-11-16T15:08:00.011-05:00

Just finished watching the press conference given by the delegates of the Montreal Grand Prix. These guys tried to bring Bernie Ecclestone to reason and negotiate a feasible monetary plan to help save our race venue. To no avail. Bernie's demands are absolutely unreasonable and especially, uncompromising. 175 million dollars for five years and with a bank guaranty to boot! Why does he need

Sticky Fingers

2008-11-09T23:54:00.003-05:00

From the time we parked the car on the street late Saturday to around 9 p.m Sunday night, some shit sonovabitch stole our fog lights right out of their housings. We don't drive a Beemer, Merc, Porsche or any other fancy/ expensive car....nope, just your average middle class Toyota and an older model at that. Fuckwit here took his time, reached underneath the car and just yanked everything out.

"He" ain't here...yet.

2008-11-05T23:38:00.006-05:00

In 1989, Public Enemy were jawin' hard to the inner city youth that they had to unite and Fight the Power. Their manifesto was simple; the root of all Black America's problems came from the fact that the ones in charge were Rich and White. It was never that simple and I won't get into it. Suffice it to say that The Man had it all, shared nothing and would do anything to have more. Greed,

The Changing of the Guard.

2008-11-04T23:51:00.009-05:00

History was made in the good 'ole US of A. Tonight, an African-American was voted in as the 44th President of the Republic. Over the next several while, we will be inundated with all sorts of historical references from Abraham Lincoln to Rosa Parks. If it's closely (or not) related to Race and Colour, it will be heard. Hell, it wouldn't surprise me if the good Rev. Jesse Jackson tries to

BIXI or the little bicycle that shouldn't, part II

2008-11-03T12:30:00.005-05:00

Looks like I was wrong, people. Time magazine has just ranked Montreal’s new PBS systems #19 in their Top 50 Inventions of 2008! If you check all 50 inventions, you’ll be able to see for yourself why a Rent-A-Bike made that dubious list. It's still just a bloody bicycle folks, not the cure for the common cold! Was there nothing else invented in 2008 to better our lives? Has Man reached Entropy

Scaling back, slightly.

2008-11-03T12:12:00.001-05:00

I’m gonna try a something new from now on. Whenever I’m hit by sheer stupidity or come across something worthy of mention, I’ll post short entries under the Rapid Fire label.

F1 Montreal 2009 - The Circus won’t be coming to town.

2008-10-08T23:11:00.005-04:00

The 2009 F1 calendar was released by the FIA and Montreal was not listed as a host city. It seems that Uncle Bernie, Max “Cosplay” Mosley and Co have decided to renege on their commitment and scrapped the Canadian Grand Prix even though we were assured to have it until 2011.Shanghai, Bahrain, Sepang, Turkey, Singapore and Valencia can be considered some of the reasons why Circuit

BIXI or the little bicycle that shouldn’t.

2008-09-24T01:28:00.013-04:00

Well, another 15 million dollars of tax, sorry, parking money thrown out the bloody windows by our mayor and his team. M. Tremblay et all, decided that Montréalers needed a cure from daily public transit woes, chronic traffic congestions and never ending, debilitating road work and coughed up a cure…wait for it…a downtown bicycle rental service, the deftly named and oh so original; Public

The Thunder is gone.

2008-09-03T22:38:00.005-04:00

Sad news from the entertainment world, Don "Thunder Throat" Lafontaine, passed away on the 1st of Sept. He was 68 years old. Mr. Lafontaine was a voiceover artist and was known as The Voice of the movie trailers.You've heard him say this before, hundreds of times "In a world..."He was the ubiquitous narrator of the two minute trailer with a voice so grovely, so baritone that you'd swear

The Big Grey Box has landed.

2008-07-25T21:54:00.002-04:00