January 31, 2008: Marty G. and I do it up Iron Chef-style.

  Have you ever sat back watching Iron Chef, marveling over the numerous imaginative dishes, and thought: “Damn! I wish I could find a restaurant that actually served food like this!” Well, Marty G. and I are fortunate enough to have found just such a place. Fuel Restaurant is a little over a year old [...]

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January 30, 2008: And the big news is…coming soon! Plus BOTM nominees.

To those of you (and I know that there are a few) awaiting that announcement regarding Atlantis’s 5th season – I’ve received definite word that absolutely, positively, fer-real, the big press release is coming out this Monday. We’re just awaiting word on one final piece of the puzzle… Here at the nominees for late March-early [...]

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January 30, 2008: Snow Bunny II – The Quickening

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January 29, 2008: School’s been cancelled! Wahoo!

SNOW DAY!!!! Vancouver was hit by a powerful snowstorm overnight that shut down schools and made driving treacherous in some areas. The streets have been likened to skating rinks and, while this kind of weather wouldn’t normally deter a former Montrealer like myself, it’s not me I’m worried about. Fondy’s four-wheel drive Audi A4 is, [...]

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January 29, 2008: Snow bunny

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January 28, 2008: Reactions, Re-Fueling, and Ratings.

  Interesting reactions to last Friday’s episode. Most went something like this: “I really expected to hate Harmony, but I ended up being pleasantly surprised.” “Hey, it didn’t suck!”rave the fans. Thanks for that. And Marty G. thanks you as well. We were both surprised by the volume of positive responses to that painting revealed [...]

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January 27, 2008: The science of power bars

So I was eating a power bar today, looking over the nutritional information, when I noticed the best before date on the inside of the wrapper: “Exp. 07/03/08 08:28AM”. Not “08:27AM” or “08:29AM” or even “8:00AM-ish” but exactly “08:28AM”. How’s that for accuracy. Do you suppose that if I actually set it aside for a [...]

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January 27, 2008: Sheppard lays down cover fire.

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January 26, 2008: So that’s what he was referring to…

Way back on December 31, 2006, I put together a little spoiler poem that offered hints to upcoming episodes, covering the back half of Atlantis’s third season and into season four. Well, almost all of the hints finally revealed, I thought I would give you a breakdown of the clues in the poem and how [...]

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January 26, 2008: McKay at the ruins – Behind the scenes of Harmony

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