http://www.theg33k.com/blog Chris Eng's whims and fancies Fri, 31 Aug 2007 14:07:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Today was a nice day. Mrs. C and I woke up in our own time, had a lovely breakfast (including smoothies!) while we watched an episode of my new favourite sketch comedy show Human Giant, went for a bike ride, flew a wind-up airplane in the park, browsed at the ... http://www.theg33k.com/blog/index.php/2007/05/29/where-i-been/ A heads-up for everyone in Vancouver that likes good comics, literature, art, design and non-fiction: the bookstore I work at, Sophia Books (450 W. Hastings) is having a 30% off sale on almost all of our English language stock (except magazines, language reference materials and tattoo books) right now until ... http://www.theg33k.com/blog/index.php/2007/05/10/sophia-books-30-off-almost-all-english-stock/ “Ah lub yooo!” http://www.theg33k.com/blog/index.php/2007/04/28/i-lub-yu-pida-mans/ Today’s Diesel Sweeties is particularly excellent: It’s funny because it’s true. http://www.theg33k.com/blog/index.php/2007/04/24/with-great-upload-ratios/ In case you were looking for that perfect hockey season wallpaper for your desktop, this guy seems to have the best one out there (as well as a nice drawing of some kind of livestock with a bad puncture wound). I mean, I’m not using it–I’ve got a desktop of ... http://www.theg33k.com/blog/index.php/2007/04/24/hockey-desktop-2007/ Okay, why is Kurt Russell having lunch with the Stanley Cup? And why does it have arms?! He’s feeding it with his fork! I mean, seriously–what the fuck?!?! http://www.theg33k.com/blog/index.php/2007/04/23/kurt-russell-and-the-stanley-cup/ Graeme: Hi Chris, you have a new account. Your username is chriseng and your temporary password is forestocelot. Me: I want my new pen name to be “Forest Ocelot”. It sounds like a character from Metal Gear Solid… a character who sneakily eats a lot of Doritos and covertly watches Buffy ... http://www.theg33k.com/blog/index.php/2007/04/15/an-email-conversation-between-graeme-and-me/ I’m not the first person to complain about this and I know I won’t be the last, but I’ve really got a problem with the pricing structure Marvel’s got for their graphic novels. Here’s an example. We get the comic shipment in yesterday. Amongst the goodies are All-Star Superman, Volume 1 ... http://www.theg33k.com/blog/index.php/2007/04/13/thats-right-marvel-stab-me-in-my-pocketbook/ Aw, fuck. Yeah, I know he was 84. But he wrote one of those books that changed my life: Cat’s Cradle. That fucked all my brains up in Grade 8. I’ve read it at least once every two years since (and usually every year) and every time I get something ... http://www.theg33k.com/blog/index.php/2007/04/12/kurt-vonnegut-jr-is-dead/ My first installment as film columnist for This Magazine is on newsstands now and online for the electronically inclined (which will no doubt be most of you). If you were wondering how I felt about the portrayal of Vikings in the upcoming movie Pathfinder, well, this is your chance to ... http://www.theg33k.com/blog/index.php/2007/04/09/my-1st-film-column-in-this-magazine/