Runaway Future

I watched the Terry Fox TV movie tonight on CTV. Done well. It’s fueling my desire to do the run next sunday. There was a couple of pledge sheets at work on Friday, so I’ll see if we’re putting a team in.
Here’s the Toronto Star’s Archive on Terry Fox. Link
Leslie Scrivener was the one who wrote the book that I read back in Grade 5. Next step is tracking down the book.

I bought the McKeen’s Hockey Pool Yearbook and the Sporting News Hockey preview. I also have the Hockey News Yearbook on the way.
And then I had a revelation. I already planned on not renewing my Hockey News subscription because it’s crap writing and I can find updates sooner and more accurately on my own with my own sources and research. But then I was reading the masthead for McKeen’s: George Bachul, ex writer at Hockey’s Future, Evgeny Belashchenko, writer at Hockey’s Future, Mikko Vuori, writer for Jatkoaika, Max Giese, a 15 year old kid who posts on the HFBoards. I mean seriously, not to discredit my peers, but what’s the point in dishing out the cash? Somewhere in the past three years, my knowledge has equaled or exceeded the standard media. Could it really be true that the hockey media world is so small? Bob McKenzie and Gord Miller frequent HFBoards, so does Kevin Paul Dupont and numerous others. Then there’s stuff like Eklund. Or Peter Baptista, a former HF writer who’s now an agent. I mean seriously, what the hell? I should have applied for the GM job in Anaheim apparently.
Just the shock of it makes sports writing less appealing. It’s not a big mysterious world, it’s like a bunch of guys sitting on a beer cooler shooting the shit. Soooo political journalist perhaps?

So today wasn’t too bad in rolling out the tired imagery from four years ago. Thank God.

Meanwhile, in New Orleans, there’s finally a smoking gun in the blame game. Everyone was saying who’s fault the inaction was. This White House release puts it in the Federal Government’s hand, by declaring a State of Emergency before the disaster.
Or does it?
Looking further at the parishes listed, it’s all the ones on the interior of Louisiana. No mention of the parishes on the coast or the parishes adjoining the parishes on the coast. Here’s a graphic and further explanation to make it easier: Link.
What does this all mean? Washing your hands of blame if everything goes bad, but looking prepared before the game? Seriously, what the hell? Could a federal government be so cavalier with people’s life?

Ok, so I’ve been watching a lot of TV. I really enjoyed the War at Home. But for some reason, American Dad now has a warning in front of it? Like the standard warning for violence and viewer discretion. It’s a cartoon?

Finally, I’m looking for some new blogs to browse. Some of those on the right are getting stale or just stupid. Any suggestions would be welcome.

Oh and check this out: New Sigur Ros video.