Last week we missed Friday Bullets because I had to take off to the Ski and Snowboard Festival… poor me. We’ll go over some of what we missed and a couple new things as well. Don’t worry, I’ll keep it under 10-thousand words.
First thing, I’m disappointed in myself. I had another title ready to go for the last entry. I went the “Freedom Fries” route because it was a pop culture reference I knew everyone would get. Big mistake. It wasn’t bad, but it could have been better. How much better? Try this on for size; “Outlawing Anorexia? Can you belive ‘De Gaulle’ of the French?”
- Notice something strange about this map? Yeah, so did the USA. Well done, Absolut! Unfortunately, the add only ran in Mexico so we didn’t get to witness the full wrath of America’s lack of sense of humour.
- The Hot Sauce Diet - I don’t know who else saw this in MSN’s little news section when you log into hotmail, but it certainly got my attention. And yes, it is exactly what it sounds like!* This could be the greatest thing to happen to me since pants that zip off into shorts. The whole “diet” world makes me laugh. Isn’t this exactly what we’re all waiting for? There are so many diets out there that the objective these days isn’t to find a way to change how we eat, it’s to google our way into a “diet” which is exactly what we’re already doing. (this story is part of last week’s bullets that never made it to air. It’s even funnier now. In the same section of MSN’s site that posted the Hot Sauce Diet last week, they had a new article this week titled, How to Spot Diet Scams)
- Has ‘God Particle’ been found? - Good news and bad news here, I think. Peter Higgs, the guy who first came up with the theory for the subatomic particle, aka the “God Particle,” says he’s almost sure its existence will be confirmed in the next year. If it happens, it’ll happen in a 27-kilometer circular atom-bashing tunnel under the Swiss-French border by a European Lab known as CERN (what all this means is that scientists are close to recreating a mini-version of the Big Bang. As you would imagine, I don’t get how it works, but it’s a big deal). The good news; this could be one of the greatest things to happen in science ever. What it could lead to? Well, I honestly have no idea. The bad news; if this happens there is a scripture that says a massive conspiracy will ensue within the walls of the Vatican. It’ll be a race to find out where a little canister of anti-matter is as the Illuminati threaten to blow up the palace. The Pope will be dead. The Cardinals will be locked in a chamber and confusion will spread throughout the world. Luckily, Harvard Symobologist Robert Langdon will be there to save the day! …I’m kind of worried that, because of this story, one day we’ll have to refer to Dan Brown as a prophet. I’m not ready for that.
- Great weekend for fight fans! - Not because of some dude from Montreal engaging in a caged pub-brawl with some other dude, because there is a real prize fight happening and the best part; it’s free on TSN! Bernard “The Executioner” Hopkins vs. Joe Calzaghe is one of the most intriguing fights, and 
potentially a top ten fight for 2008. I know a lot of people are into this UFC business but if you’ve never watched a real big fight, this is a chance to see it without dropping the usually mandatory 50-bucks. Unfortunately, I’m sure I’ll have to watch it from my own place. I’d love to go out to a bar and watch the big fight but I’m sure most spots will undergo the typical transformation into a trailer park, as they always do for a UFC fight. (sorry, I know it’s not that bad. It’s just that whenever I find myself in an atmosphere where there’s a 400-1 tattoo to degree ratio, I’m not comfortable) HOPKINS/CALZAGHE, TSN, Saturday evening. (my phone just started ringing and I haven’t even posted this yet? I challenge CSIS to an intelligence competition with Rogers’ “conflict of interest patrol” any day. I may never be heard from again)
BONUS CODE TRIVIA for the weekend… I went on a little rant there about Dan Brown’s subatomic particle “scripture.” What book is that from?
*study sponsored by Franks Red Hot.
