Miscellany

I'm watching tv.

Why do infomercials say to call "in the next 20 minutes!" when the ads themselves run non-stop, all day? Fer instance, I just watched that stupid Slap-Chop ad for the third time this morning. Linguini. Bikini. Ugh. "Your gonna love my nuts". Little known fact that everyone knows: that dude was arrested in Florida for beating up a prostitute. Slap, chop!

Wow - I just saw a Nike Canadian Olympic ad that featured TV On The Radio's "Wolf Like Me". It was awesome. Also - it featured Dion Phaneuf. Ha ha! This Olympics, Pierre Maguire will have to come up with a new name to use as a verb for "crushing hit"...

Links:
- I love these: http://www.avclub.com/articles/ballistic-ecks-vs-sever,36587/;
- Canadian Olympic perspective: http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/blog/index?entryID=4782986&name=lebrun_pierre.
- Only two links? Lame.

To do list:
- wake up.
- finish pot of coffee, resist urge to put on another.
- shave silly beard for New Year's date.
- learn about sushi for said date (I'd like to order something other than The Boat or Bento Box).
- carry out detailed atheist New Year's ritual to ensure best chance at a successful 2010 (involves dozens of round chocolate sacrifices, transcendental meditation, preaching to stuffed animals, aromatherapy and self-applied safety pin acupuncture).

Happy New Year, all.