So apparently there was an US Supreme Court ruling that upheld "Obamacare".  And I just read a flurry of tweets from irate Americans who think the country is going to shit and have declared they are moving to Canada!  One tweet literally says, "#SCOTUS holds up free healthcare for everyone?! Screw this commie country, I'm moving to Canada ( Read more... )

Sacrifice: Japanese pensioners volunteering to help at Fukushima plant. OK 'sacrifice' doesn't seem to be the correct word -- there is little risk of immediate danger -- but my sleep-deprived brain can't think of another one. Touches the heart, reading stuff like this. Gotta give props to the Japanese, dealing with such a huge disaster and I ( Read more... )

RIP Farrah Fawcett. RIP Michael Jackson.

I never watched the original Charlie's Angels and know very little of Fawcett's career. And although I grew up in the Michael Jackson era and I still own the Thriller vinyl record, MJ had no dramatic effect on my own life. Both of them, for a time, became more famous for their personal lives than their ( Read more... )

I seem to do a lot of these catch-all posts.  I have this bad habit of starting a post but then changing my mind and when I do get in the mood to post, I go kinda crazy.

** Finally watched The Christmas Cottage and yes, it is cheesy (and not in that good HSM way) and schmaltzy and I don't care cause I kinda loved it.  Jared looked STUNNING in this ( Read more... )

Fellow Canucks, y'all know about the National Do Not Call List?

Fellow Torchwood fans, the Hub Convention was this past weekend and there was snogging (John/Gareth, Kai/Gareth) and flashing of bums (Gareth & Kai)!  Oh why wasn't I there?  *plans on going to Hub2*  Check out smirnoffmule 's LJ for awesome pictures.

Fellow SPN fans, I have still not watched " ( Read more... )

** 2 co-workers were let go today  =(  The one from my office (this firm has 2 offices), everyone liked so it was very surprising and sad ( Read more... )

A little break from the Chicago Con squee (did I mention that I touched Jared?), I found this helpful link (thanks to a TWoPper in the Chuck forums) about what we can expect from our favourite shows as the strike rolls on.

Ausiello's Strike Chart

For the shows I watch, as of today, the # of episodes left:

Supernatural -- 4 to 6
Pushing Daisies -- 4 
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Our dollar keeps rising against the USD.  We've broken the $1.10 barrier.  This in turn has led to massive cross-broder shopping.  Unlike some of my friends, I have never been one for cross-border shopping.  However, since I will be in Chicago (IN TWO DAYS) this weekend, some shopping will need to be done.  Oh yes.  But I have this small, guilty ( Read more... )

The big news around these parts today is the fact, for a brief moment yesterday, the Canadian dollar was worth MORE than the US dollar.  Granted it was only worth more by $0.0008 but still.  And today, for the most part, we are at parity.  The last time this happened was back in 1976 ( Read more... )