I can’t remember what I was up to during Earth Hour last year, but this year I made sure to participate. At first, I was worried about the timing since we were having a little get-together, but we ended up playing Cranium by candlelight and it was really fun.
Now, I know that Earth Hour really doesn’t have an impact on energy savings and such, but that’s not the point… it’s an awareness thing.
And I’d like to think that a good percentage of the people who really took part in Earth Hour are also people who commit to doing other things with more lasting effects. Like carpooling, keeping your tires inflated and driving eco-friendly, using public transit, turning off lights when not in use, lowering thermostats, using CFL bulbs, and on and on.
But I really didn’t know there would be people who vehemently oppose Earth Hours and the surrounding ideals.
I love club sandwiches. I always have. Chicken, lettuce, bacon, bread, mayo – what’s not to like? Combine it with fries and you have a staple of most restaurants, particularly pubs. It’s usually the first thing I order at a new restaurant. To me, it can be representative of what the rest of the food is like. If you can’t make a decent club (or give it your own twist), close your restaurant. Or take it off the menu.
I’ve eaten a lot of clubs. Some have been memorable, most have not. Miss Halifax Eats suggested I start reviewing them. So here it goes. But first, Mitch Hedberg on the history of the club sandwich:
Not Good
A few weekends ago, we went to a restaurant that my family frequents at least weekly. We’ve never had any major issues… indeed, we are almost always treated to fantastic food with great service in a lovely environment. This time around, it was much the same… until Amber took another bite of her sandwich and discovered two things: one, it was missing one of the main ingredients, and two, there was an entire bread tag embedded inside.
2009 was a great year in film. There were enourmously huge blockbusters, quiet indie films, a Tarantino flick, some great comedies, and some amazing animation. Unfortunately, I’m once again catching up before the Oscars air. There were a lot of films that had limited releases that I just didn’t get to see yet, and several of those films are nominated.
This year’s Oscars are also quite interesting. There are ten best picture nominees, though it’s sort of easy to tell which five are the “gimmes” and which would’ve been the top five. That said, it’s going to be one of the most difficult set of predictions that I’ve done yet… Enough Oscar talk, though. Here are some movies I enjoyed in 2009:
My favourite films, in alphatbetical order, are:
(500) Days of Summer
Anvil! The Story of Anvil
Avatar
The Hangover
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious
Star Trek
Up
Up in the Air
I was sad to learn that Miramax films is no more. Thought it hasn’t been anything near the powerhouse it was when the Weinstein’s owned it, it is still sad to see such a great company close its doors.
Miramax has been responsible for some incredible and important films over the past twenty years. I have fond memories of that big, block-letter M logo fading in at the beginning of some of my favourite films.
Came across this link on MacStories’ twitter feed. Funny to look back at some fanboy reaction to the iPod.
One of my favourite posts:
I have no use for an Mp3 player.
My house has a CD player.
My car has a CD player.
My Mac has a CD player
I don’t use headphones.
The iPod requires me to change my lifestyle to meet it’s needs…
I need round holes, not square holes.
For $99 I might buy the toy, for $399? Why?
Doesn’t a Mac with a CDR undermine the need for most of this? All that’s left is the number of songs you can play and the ability to listen to all of them with headphones anywhere. Do I really need ALL my songs ALL the time?
I can’t remember what I was up to during Earth Hour last year, but this year I made sure to participate. At first, I was worried about the timing since we were having a little get-together, but we ended up playing Cranium by candlelight and it was really fun.
Not Good
2009 was a great year in film. There were enourmously huge blockbusters, quiet indie films, a Tarantino flick, some great comedies, and some amazing animation. Unfortunately, I’m once again catching up before the Oscars air. There were a lot of films that had limited releases that I just didn’t get to see yet, and several of those films are nominated.
I was sad 
