Stuff from all over...

Alright, well, stealing from WWTDD's format when he doesn't have enough to actually make individual posts about various items, here we go...


Refinery Fire

People have been asking if I have any idea what happened in Sarnia. The short answer? No. Aside from the fact that I don't do much work with Esso, these kinds of things are really really kept hush-hush for legal reasons. As for why Shell and Petro-Can are alos hiking their prices, well... they all buy product off of each other, and other than the Nanticoke refinery, Sarnia's about the closest one to Toronto... which is insane, of course, but whatever. The part that annoys me is that the Refinery process isn't exactly the last jumping off point before the pump. That's bullshit. Slightly less bad than the Katrina-related price spike (actual crude is about a year away from the pump), but it's still bullshit. The terminals in the Toronto area have more than enough product on site, and you still have Petro-Can's feed coming in from Montreal, plus the aforementioned Nanticoke supply. Knowing more just pisses you off more...


Craig Ferguson has a heart?

It seems that Craig has called off the dogs on Britney Spears. He will not be doing any more jokes about her, which I have to say shows a certain amount of compassion. I'm sure this comes fromteh news that she was in rehab, left, and is now back in. Craig being a recovering alcoholic, himself, probably has a soft spot for that kind of trouble. As long as she seems to be honestly trying to get better, you can safely bet he's going to be leaving her alone for a while.


Tom Brady gets blindsided


Turns out he found out he had slipped one past the goalie at the same time everyone else did. Kinda crazy, huh? Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.... In other Brady-related news, his new lady friend, Giselle whatever-her-name-is, apparently had to gain 14 pounds in order to model at some show in Europe. Turns out Europe has a minimum BMI in order to work as a model. And while this was brought on my models dying, good for them!!



John Amaechi is gay; getting rich(er) from it


In case you hadn't heard, a former NBA player has a new book coming out, and in it, he comes out of the closet. Well, lovely. Statistically, you knew this had to be true. But just like the former Bengals lineman, he came out when he was comfortably retired. Convenient, huh? Don't you think that we're overdue for a dude to come out while he's playing a major professional sport? Obviously, it's going to have to be some immensely talented gentleman, because if he's some scrub, the team he's on will drop him like a hot potato, not to mention he's going to have all the homophobic players on other teams gunning for him, and have to back it up.


Aside from that, the guy'll probably have enormous marketing potential, and likely make a freaking boatload of money off of it.



Has nobody else thought of this?


Now, Justin Timberlake has already won a Grammy for his supposed revenge song aginst Btriney Spears, "Cry Me a River"... and now why isn't anyone buzzing about his newest hit "What goes around... comes back around" as a revenge track for Cameron Diaz? The lyrics seem to fit the story of their break up pretty clearly. And the fact that he hooked up with Scarlett Johansson while making the video is just icing on the proverbial cake....



Back from... well, wherever unemployed actors go...?


I saw a commercial for the upcoming Black Donnellys series on Global, and I got quite the blast from the past.... If anyone remembers Alex from The OC (quick reminder: the chick Marissa had a lesbian tryst with in, I believe, Season 2), well, she's the chick in the series. Good times!! I might even watch it now....







Last but Certainly not Least...

If you have any interest, it seems The Sarah Silverman Program is going to start airing on The Comedy Network March 1st. I haven't seen any of it, but I'm still going to highly recommend you check it out...