Awesome Vancouver band that should be on their way to stardom. Discovered these guys thanks to The Peak 100.5 FM.

I had this game when I was a kid. It was in elementary school to be sure. I loved it so much. They don’t make games like this any more. It came with a HUGE pre-pressed fibre glass board unlike anything you will find today. All sorts of little pieces to get lost.

Anyhow … the game is sort of a Indiana Jones style adventure. The object of the game is to grab the crystal from the top of the mountain and make your way down the other side beating all the other competitors.

The paths are basically little chutes that allow for marbles or “Fireballs” to run down as cards are played. Fireballs are used to hinder your opponents in their quest to take YOUR jewel.

The game play is really very simple. You race for he jewel taking shortcuts and the like along the way. Once a player gets the jewel it’s a chase to get it from them and make it to the end. Along the way you thwart your competitors with FIREBALLS! Sometimes if you’re lucky the marble won’t touch your guy and you’ll dodge a bullet and get to say “neener-neener”. I don’t recommend it as karma has a habit of punching you in the ear. Smug inner satisfaction is the key here people.

It’s a simple game but one that I’ve never forgotten and praise ebay quarterly for having got it back.

This is a really cool exercise in minimalist living. These are prefab houses that are 12x12x12. They have bedroom, living room, bathroom and kitchen. They are a great option for laneway housing or extra accommodation at family cabins and the like.

The owner of the company James Stuart lived in one for a year to prove that it can be done.

You can find them here: http://www.twelve3.ca/about.html

If you are thinking of laneway housing or just putting some guest accommodation in you should seriously have a look at this.

Love this tune. It was on “The Zone” in Victoria last week and I’ve been listening to it almost non-stop since. Noveau Disco FTW.

On a note it makes watching meteors THAT much cooler.

Enjoy!

Which is to say that I’ve been busy and haven’t had much time to dedicate to da blog.

However I must say that if you are in Vancouver, or wherever you are really, support your local comedy scene. There are some people out there that will seriously make you laugh.

I had the opportunity to take in a competition last night and meant to catch it again but got tied up and tired. So many funny people that have a lot of courage and a whole lot of talent.

Local comedy. Get into it.

I’ve got nothing. Been busy the last little while and had much on the go. I’ll come up with something new soon … I hope.

You may have already seen these.

I love these pictures. In the 3 wishes category time travel is top of the charts. Just as an observer though. I’d lov eto experience any given era but have no effect on it. No Butterfly Effect for me as it were. I’d just like to be a bit of a ghost. Those pictures are as close as I’ll ever get I think.

I think it’s why I love period movies. It’s kinda like a little window into another time. Where you can take a peek and see what was what. Same thing for historical novels. Though I prefer movies because I’m simple like that. If there is anything that historical pictures can’t do it’s give you a sense of colour and smell. That’s what I really want to see. I want to see and feel what things were like. That’s all. I don’t want to get rich or change what is or what was. I just want to see it.

I wouldn’t even know where to begin. I think WWII would be high on the list along with the post war era in Europe. I don’t know why WWII has always interested me. I think war is abhorrent but this is the last war that really see being a necessity. It had to be fought. From my North American perspective in any case. Germans might have a different view.

What did a Shakespeare play look like in 1600?

What did a Mozart concerto sound like in 1781?

How did the battle of Hastings really go down in 1066?

The list goes on and on and has so many permutations. That’s what I think of when I see those pictures linked at the top.