My new favourite spokesperson

Not to make light of this, but the spokesperson for the Agglomeration de Longueuil police department is kinda awesome

“The initial call was that two men had gone to Duhamel’s home,” David said. “They rang the doorbell, and when he opened the door they beat him up and they stole goods from his house. So conspiracy would be setting this up or planning the event. There’s four people in this event, so somebody at some point planned this.”

I'm glad to hear that there have been arrests in this case and that they have recovered part of Duhamel's property. But the spokesperson explaining why it was a conspiracy made the story.

(BTW, check out the 2+2 thread on this story for a story about a thread started earlier in the year warning Duhamel about the ex that was arrested, and Le Journal de Montreal to show how dumb one of the arrested apparently was.)

In lieu of those promised Survivor thoughts...

I present to you possibly the dumbest gameshow contestants ever.

Who knew old home movies could be so cool

Getting ready for a trip to Vegas, and on a Message board I frequent these videos were posted. They're of the strip circa 1987 and 1993...

In this second video, take particular note of the Stardust. That it ended up being imploded and not kept around is a shame.

This video is great for the look at the current MGM Grand's initial interior

Random findings

My random find for today: ESPN.com's baseball analyst/prospect maven Keith Law's list of Top 100 old-school hip-hop songs.

While he admits that it is mostly his personal preferences, comments #21 and #69 cover my complaints about the list pretty well.

(Note: I also posted this for Mike to look at and possibly comment on.)

Dragon's Breath, F-18s, Poetry and All That Jazz

A variant on my original Things that Grind My Gears post happened today.

I was all ready to lay out why I think that the Charlie Sheen stuff is overplayed (My first clue: Rex Murphy's column where he tries to link Sheen's actions to the success of Two and a Half Men. Sheen's current antics came to light well after (a) Sheen was getting paid his significant salary for the show and (b) the show becoming a smash hit; any substantive attempts to link Charlie Sheen the person to Charlie Harper the TV character are very much hindsight being 20/20 here.)

But then I read this: Mark Cuban, Charlie Sheen in talks. Apparently they are discussing putting together some sort of TV show, whether it be a reality show, or a talk show, or something. And the first thought that entered my head was "AWESOME".

So I guess he isn't overplayed after all.

(In passing, I present Live the Sheen Dream, a Charlie Sheen random quote generator.)

Paying tribute via hockey mask

Alex Auld has a new mask - one that pays tribute to Jacques Plante, Ken Dryden and Patrick Roy. It is awesome.

The hidden downside of Adrian Beltre leaving the Red Sox

Adrian Beltre does not like having his head touched. Unfortunately, his Red Sox friends liked to touch his head.

Things that somebody else did when they got married which I wish I had thought of

He's done it again!

After successfully training Anderson Silva to victory over Chael Sonnen, Steven Seagal turns his attention to helping Lyoto Machida in training for his fight with Quentin "Rampage" Jackson:

Your funny of the day

Penny Arcade brings the funny here (Warning: slightly salty language). Great use of the single panel New Yorker/Playboy style.

Your awesome video for today

Shaq comes out of rap retirement to freestyle a version of Oh Canada

Breaking News!

Not only is Polkaroo on Twitter, Polkaroo has a Tumblr account!

Stuff I couldn't make up if I tried

Steven Seagal teaches Anderson Silva Aikido:

A link that deserves it's own post

What Would Tyler Durden Do? delivers a vicious verbal beating to Perez Hilton. (Site is probably NSFW).

Your lazy post of the day

Classing up the joint

The Library of Congress announced they acquired the entire Twitter archive. Which puts my inane ramblings in the same spot as the brilliance of Dickens, Shakespeare and many other talented writers.

Yup, time to stock up for the impending apocolypse.

(h/t to Toronto Mike)

Brillance

The Four Habs Fans present Born To Be Our Goalie.

(At this point I probably need to point out that the Four Habs Fans site might be NSFW, though the specific Bon Kovy post is SFW.)

Congratulations in order

My friend Mike Croft is the latest member of the writing staff at Toronto Thumbs. Here is his first article about Star Trek online.

Your early contender for viral video of 2010

Boise State band member killing it on the cowbell.

December Can't Get Here Quick Enough

Steven Seagal: Lawman - debuting on A&E in December