Look at my new baby! Isn't it pretty?! He is a Beaver Creek BCB05 4 string acoustic base. He is 124cm tall and 42cm wide at the bottom. The case is huge and looks like it could hold a cello! I love it but oh man do my fingers hurt!
What an absolutely hilarious little production! Up there with the Angry Alien 30 second bunny movies for sure, if a little lower tech. This is Rabbit and Mouse from Meerkatmedia. They are basically flash videos of black and white drawings about the misadventures of a rabbit and mouse. They have a MySpace page here but their website with the actual videos is here. Anyway, here is a video they did called "you, a rock, or nothing". I was totally betting on the rock to win, dang.
So what do you do when you don't have cable? Go outside? Read a book? Write your thesis? NO you fool! You turn to the internet:
There are sites that are hubs to take you to videos of TV and movies posted on the internet. For example, Alluc.org, Ch131, FreeTVonline, and SurfTheChannel. Besides that many TV stations from CTV to MTV have a lot of online content (in fact most networks have many of their shows viewable online) I am so not going to make a list of them (it's called Goggle boys and girls). Although many channels have video that is not viewable in Canada due to copyright laws (but you can get around that sometimes by going through a Canadian channel that carries the show, such as Global for SNL videos) . That being said, there are sites like wwiTV that give you links to hundreds of TV stations with online content, broadcasts, and streaming video from all over the world (there are like 6 music TV stations from Poland, who knew?). There are quite a few wacky stations out there (the Canadian ones are the standard fare, mostly CBC, there are a lot of online religious channels from the States). Beeline TV is much the same but arranged by language of the station instead of country of origin. These sites can't possibly list all stations though and they don't.
Now of course there is YouTube for all your video needs but there are other similar sites that are more geared towards movies and TV like vid2c, DivX has Stage 6, Megavideo, and Veoh has a lot of movies and videos (but sometimes the content is restricted to members).
Don't worry D, life without TV ain't so bad (though I guess I do have those 3 fuzzy channels), eventually you'll learn to live again. Welcome to the world of goal oriented watching, where TV isn't the background noise of your life. And, as always, TV is better with the simpsons:
p.s. Unfortunately, I could see this actually happening. Ha, ha! Imagine a whole thesis worth of "no TV and too much beer make Denise go crazy! Urge to kill RISING!"):
Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan was the first professional summer Shakespeare festival other than Stratford and Toronto. Unlike Calgary's sumer theatre it is held in tents by the river which are set up and completely torn down every summer. Also, while it is done by professional actors it costs money. Anyway, was rally good and I was pleased.
There seems to be a bit of a theme but I can't quite put my finger on it...hmmm.
sorry I couldn't find one that was more gluten intolerance friendly but this fits you better I think.
Badgers are Mustelids (members of the Weasel family) and are related to such smelly and/or angry animals as wolverines, ferrets, otters, fishers, martens, and minks. Yeah sure he looks cute but he'd kill ya soon as look at ya. They are the only carnivore in Canada that burrows after and eats other burrowing animals, so we like them here because they eat things like ground squirrels (and anything else they can get there claws on). The species of badger that occurs in North America is the North American badger (Taxidea taxus) which is somewhat related, but quite different from the European badger (Meles meles). 
Badgers are very distinctive looking, especially their faces (a good way to tell between the Euro and north american badger is by snout length). Badgers have a noticeable white stripe that runs down the top of their head as well as black cheek patches (called “badges” which is how badgers get their name). They are about 60-90 cm (2-3 ft.) in length and generally weigh about 7-8 kg (15.4-17.6 lbs.) for adult females and 10-14 kg (22-30.8 lbs.) for adult males. Badgers have a sort of “flattened” appearance because their hair is short on their backs and long on their sides (also because they have stubby little legs). Their forefeet are actually much larger than their hindfeet (all the better for burrowing with grandma). Badgers are quite highly adapted for digging and can actually dig up to a metre deep in a minute! 
Now is that a probe or a test he's digging because I doubt that takes screening into account.
This is in contrast to Meles meles (right) which has a much more flattened M1
Here is that same episode from the last post but in German. At least I think it's German. I wonder how well it translates?
The first thing you need to learn about bettin' on the ponies is how to read the racing form. 
Racing forms are sort of like the periodic tables of horse racing. There is a whole bunch of information crammed into a small space but it is only useful if you already know what numbers are where and what they mean.
Yes you can just go and randomly pick a number (which I have done), or colour (which I have also done). FYI the same numbers are always the same colours. Or, if you are a little more advanced, on the coolness of the horse name. But I feel it is important not be ignorant (or at least attempt to be conversant with basics of anything you are going to spend money on) so here is an interactive tutorial on racing form literacy.
At the top of the page for a given race will have the number of the race (say 2 if it is the second race), the type of race it is (say 6 furlongs), what sorts of horses are competing, what the purse is, weights, and any other general info about the race itself, as well as any allowed combination or multiple bets. See the tutorial for the rest.
I was also privilaged enough to see the blues legend Buddy Guy play at the Bess Gardens. Now that's good blues! Among other things, he went out into the crowd (see below), cussed out a guy for not listening to his stories, and rambled on incoherently about guitar players he's known and even imitated the guitar stylings of such musicians as Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix to illustrate. Good stuff!
Though woefully ignorant about the particulars of the White Stripes' awesome Canadian tour, I was the happy witness to both their official concert and the secret show at Eastview Bowl on July 1st. What a way to celebrate Canada Day! Both concerts were amazing (for different reasons)! The real concert itself was great (we had amazing seats) but a little different because we were sitting down (it was at the TCU), but I think that added to it because no drunk people could spill beer on you. The stage was all red and had a candy striped drum set on the left and a bunch of keyboards, guitars, etc. on the right. They played some faves from their albums, some new stuff from Icky Thump and a bunch of different things (hmmm stuff and things). During the encore Meg sang "In the Cold,Cold Night" while Jack hid behind the drums and played the simple background guitar. I bought a poster it was great. Overall I'd say different and brilliant!
Here is their website and here is their myspace. Also, even though there was a request for no video, some rebels out there took video anyway. Of course, being a good girl I didn't but that doesn't mean that I won't benefit from those who did (until it is ripped off Youtube that is). It's a fine moral line but what are ya gonna do.
At the bowling alley:
At the concert (can you spot me down there?):
Also, like everything, White Stripes are better with the Simpsons...
Update: Turns out we were especially lucky to have had the opportunity to see them because they have decided to scrap the rest of their tour (the American leg) due to Meg's anxiety and say they won't tour anymore!
