And now for something completely different...

I am just going to rhyme off random things tonight...

I miss dice rolling, I haven't had a D&D game in weeks or a Warhammer game in months. I need to play soon, as I am doing some serious Jonesing for it...

Watching Ms. Hart sing O Canada tonight (and butchering it) I am reminded again that Ottawa currently has the most distinctive anthem singer in Lyndon Slewidge. (The late Roger Doucet is still the best). And why is Bob Cole doing this series when the top team is supposed to be Jim Hughson & Craig Simpson?

I would like to go to Medieval Times again. I saw on TV that all tickets are now priced the same (although I would still get green if I could to be consistent.) This time I would pay to get knighted, becasue frankly, I deserve a title. The crap I put up, I need something to make myself feel superior to somebody. This time, I think I'd buy the cutlass as well. I used to handle one in Sea Cadets, they have a nice feel and balance to them, then say a longsword. Now those are awkward to handle if you don't have any strength or training. You also really need a strong and quick wrist, which you don't see much of in movies.

I have always loved swords. I got this interesting book from my godson last Christmas that showed many different types of swords. Swordmastery is a dying art; even the small fencing that still exists is only for about seven types of swords (all of them made for competition and stoppered in order not to do any permanent damage. Wouldn't the Olympic fencing events be better if the loser died?) They only make collector swords now. If I could afford it, I'd fence. Not with a foil though. As cool as the fight between Ignacio and Westley in the Princess Bride is, foils take a lot of effort for such a small blade. If the hilt wasn't so big, the bastard sword would have a great balance for a guy like me. (Mostly because I like any excuse to write "bastard".)

(1-0 Philadelphia. I think Montréal is in for a spanking again.)

I read an article today about the Star Wars kid, and how he has grown up now and is running some sort of charity in Trois-Rivières. Yet, they still call him the Star Wars Kid. I guess this means that the Internet truly is forever (and if you haven't seen the Star Wars Kid footage by now, see here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPPj6viIBmU ) and that you can't escape your destiny. Just like Luke Skywalker.

Isn't Luke Skywalker like the biggest whinebag in history in "A New Hope". If I was Uncle Owen, I would have let him go to Toschii Station to pick up those power converters just for some peace and quiet. Hey here's soemthing for Fox to show: "Celebrity Whining" Sydney Crosby vs. Luke Skywalker. Can you just envision Darth Vader's hand closing now after finding Crosby's lack of faith disturbing?

And one last thing...

Mentioning the Princess Bride makes me want to watch it again. Inconceivable!

Have a great day, folks!