Unbelievable Finish

There was "The Play" we've all seen 1,000,000 times, even if we are not sports fans we can picture the player nearing the endzone, bowling over the tuba player before scoring what is ultimately the best Touchdown in the history of any level of football. Now while the band is lacking on this particular DIII school's play, it's great none the less.

And oh how the announcers attitude changes after the first 10 laterals, when maybe, just maybe, they may have something going.

Enjoy

Addictive Game Alert: Portal

The first few stages are to teach you the fundimentals, and while the game principle reamins the same each level, and I'm not a huge fan of the controls, the game itself is a great concept and a lot of fun. I think there are 40 levels, and from the same computer you can load any previous level. Enjoy

Portal

Art Vandelay 2

So I picked up the Drunk Monkey and the Sandman on Saturday (They look fantastic!), and scored a kick ass deal on the Spaghetti Clown. A 1921 piece that's actually not framed, it's on a massive over sized canvas that is now hanging in my dining room, kinda looks like an original painting that way. bringing the red from the kitchen to the yellow that is our living room. Got to be honest, it looks great.

Here it is, the Spaghetti Clown:

Whoop

There it is.

American Gladiators Returns

American Gladiators Returns 2

Art Vandelay

What do you call a no armed, no legged man hanging on my wall?

ART!

While I would like to recap the rest of those school yard jokes including: Phil, Russell, Bill, Bob & Matt, it's simply an intro to my main point, not the actual steak and potatoes of this blog dinner. You see in my new house, while I love every inch, I currently have many a barren wall and I need to do something about it. The closest I've come to owning actual art in my past would involve sports stars or empty beer bottles in one fashion or another. And although my empty beer bottle wall did accrue to an impressive $50, I don't think that's what Monet or,... or... or those other guys had in mind when they created their version of "Art".

But aside from a punchline, Art is funny in another way. Most people can look at 2 similar pieces, one created by a 3rd Grader with finger paint, and another created by Jackson Pollock with well... finger paint, and not tell the difference. Now although that may be an extreme example, the point is, people know what they like, beyond that knowledge is pretty limited. Makes sense to me: I need to find something I(in the we sense) like.

Something I've always really enjoyed is advertising pieces, specifically vintage advertisements. A family friend of mine, with a long LONG history of family vendors / retailers had numerous examples of vintage advertisements in their home that they collected over the years, and I always found it very appealing - partially the reason why I began in advertising to begin with. After looking through various themed vintage pieces, the alcohol themed ads emerged as my favourites. Advertising & Alcohol... hmm, obviously not a new concept. There is a LOT of it.

2 stuck out as winners, and although there are 15-20 more that would also look nice, like most Art, 'she ain't cheap'. So two will have to do for now. And I don't really have that much room anyway since the two I bought are very large, replica prints, nearly 3' x 5', framed, mounted, matted and put behind glass forever! I decided on the 'Drunk Monkey' and 'Sandman', or that's what I'll call them from now on. After all, the point is: I (we) really like them. You've probably even seen them once or twice before.

Here they are:



Porto & Sherry Sandeman, 1931
"The Sandman"




Anisetta Evangelisti, Liquore Da Dessert
"The Drunk Monkey"

For Posts Sakes!

Bad Blogger!


- Have a lot of visitors coming by the house the next 2 weeks, all of which I'm looking forward too. 2 couples are coming over for dinner tomorrow night, see the new house, maybe brush some dust of the Wii, that should be fun. Thanksgiving is this upcoming weekend where it's my Dad's turn to see the new house, maybe even the mythical older brother will make an appearance as well. The following Wednesday M&K are coming by, squeezing us into their Ontariopalooza 2007 Tour - which I'm sure is jammed packed so we're lucky to the whole night with them, the Wii dust will be long gone that night and I may just have to be sick that Thursday *cough cough* i feel the cough due to cold setting in now. 3 Day Week!!!

- Clue: Master Detective is simply put a fantastic game! We received this masterpiece (it was only ever produced in 1988) as a housewarming gift from our other obsessed sleuther friends S&S - Ebay and weeks of searching.. thanks guys!!! 4 New Characters, 2 new weapons, 7 new rooms (although they cut out 4 for a net of 3 rooms) make for a harder more intense game. I've gone a little cold in my reign as Master Inspector, losing my last two games. I started the series by winning the first 4 games, we've now played 6 total, 7 if you count the one where Col. Mustard killed Mr. Body with the revolver in the... lead pipe (oops). Although I still have a respectable ratio, I'm quickly being out sleuthed by the competition, which makes for really close fun games! The gameplay is much better than the original as well, 2 Dice (vs 1) and rooms being closer together mean very few turns are wasted - and even with a horrible roll, there may be an option for you to gain an advantage over your competition! If you would like to visit for a night of murder solving, just let me know.

- The PVR is going in full force. I'm trying out new shows like Cavemen, Big Bang Theory, Rules of Engagement, Bionic Women before making my yearly cuts. So far BBT is pretty funny, and the Bionic women simply may not be hot enough for the show to survive, I know sexist right? But oh so true. Heroes, CSI, Survivor are all back so those are back into the mix, and final cuts must be made before Friday Night Lights / Lost and 24 comes back. Studio 60 was cut for me, which wasn't cool at all, but I've grieved, and now must move on.

- The NHL Season is back. I don't get near as excited as I used to. And I'm only in one hockey pool. Crazy! Maybe football has taken away some of the importance, or maybe with the outlook for the Leafs the past few years lucky to get the 6-7-8 seed, it's hard to get excited. Anyway, I'll watch for sure, but seeing all 82 Leafs games this year is not going to happen.

- Speaking of football, WTF happened this weekend? Some craziness is taking place in the world of the NFL, as well as my world of Fantasy Football. I think the ship will right itself soon...

- Big Halloween party coming up, I'm currently the defending costume champion for both the 70's party and last year's Halloween Party, so there's a lot of pressure with my choice this year. So I may (MAY!) just cut some holes out of a sheet this year and phone it in, let someone else win ;) If the party is anything like it was last year, perhaps I dress up as a hobo trying to collect spare change, so this way when I wake up on the sidewalk with the worlds worst hangover at 4 in the afternoon covered in my own urine, maybe I'll have made a few bucks.

Okay enough for now, back to work.
Talk to you all soon,
Greg.