Filed under: Animals & Nature, Countdowns & Lists, Issues & the Environment | Tags: albert gonquin, bears, beavers, camping, chipmunks, environment, forest, hulk hogan, jason voorhees, luciano galasso, pabst blue ribbon, puppets, safety, woods
Hello, everyone. I know you probably came here looking for Luciano Galasso to regale you with tales of whatever it is he usually talks about. Unfortunately, he’s not here at the moment…so I guess you’re just stuck with me. Allow me to introduce myself, though I don’t expect you to remember my name or ever bring it up in conversation again. That’s fine, by the way.
I hope you like feeling bored and disappointed. I'm Al Gonquin.
Filed under: Arts & Entertainment, Countdowns & Lists, Humour & Comedy, Television & New Media | Tags: bob saget, clair huxtable, craig ferguson, drew carey, full house, gilmore girls, happy days, holiday, list, lorelai gilmore, marge simpson, marion ross, moms, mother's day, roseanne, that 70's show, the cosby show, the fresh prince of bel air, the simpsons, top 10, top ten, vivian banks, will smith
Mother’s Day is nearly upon us, blog world. For most of us, that means last minute shopping for flowers, cards, chocolates, wine, or whatever gift you (and I’m speaking to primarily the male audience out there) think constitutes an acceptable gift for a woman. And not just any woman, either – the woman. The most important woman you’ll ever know – at least until you get married and your allegiances shift, whether you want them to or not.
And to all a good night!
Filed under: Countdowns & Lists, Humour & Comedy, Issues & the Environment, The GTA | Tags: alternative, arrested development, back to the future, bicycles, cars, city, energy, environment, horses, hoverboards, list, martin short, marty mcfly, segways, top five, toronto, traffic jam, transportation, urban
As we all know, driving your car around the city is not only hazardous to the environment, but do to poor drivers and road conditions, can also be hazardous to your safety – and that’s not even counting the levels of stress and frustration that seem to come with it. But people love their cars, I guess.
TOTALLY worth it.
Filed under: Arts & Entertainment, Countdowns & Lists, Humour & Comedy, Issues & the Environment, Movies & Films, Technology & You | Tags: anarky, ant-man, aquaman, batman, batman & robin, books, bruce wayne, comics, environment, issues, jaws, legs, list, mr. freeze, poison ivy, politics, spider-man, superhero, superman, the batcave, the dark knight, the hulk, tobey maguire, top five, wayne enterprises, wayne manor
After an unfortunate two week-ish hiatus, (I won’t bore you with the details surrounding it) I have returned to you, dear readers – bigger, blacker, and more environmentally aware than ever.
On that note, we awkwardly segue into today’s post – looking at some of the “greener” superheroes out there (environmentally green, not Hulk green) and how their unique and individual powers can be viewed as not only extremely useful in times of meta-human inspired mayhem, but also eco-friendly.
And no, arbitrarily and indiscriminately destroying everything in your path does not equal “environmentally friendly." Sorry, big guy.
Filed under: Animals & Nature, Countdowns & Lists, Strange & Bizarre, Technology & You | Tags: anaconda, club, cows, dancing, energy, greenhouse, hampster, jackets, jon voight, law & order, methane, ralph fiennes, renewable, resources, rotterdam, sean connery, tesla, the avengers, tornado
Many people might not know this about me, but environmental and energy issues are something of an interest of mine, so that’s what we’ll be discussing today!
For as long as mankind has had power, we seem to be trying to develop new and interesting ideas to create it.
I'm not sure if this counts.
Filed under: Arts & Entertainment, Countdowns & Lists, Movies & Films | Tags: academy awards, avatar, citizen kane, dances with wolves, fargo, forrest gump, goodfellas, how green was my valley, james cameron, joseph fiennes, kathryn bigelow, kevin costner, orson welles, oscar, pulp fiction, quentin tarantino, saving private ryan, shakespeare in love, steven spielberg, the coen brothers, the english patient, the hurt locker, the shawshank redemption, tom hanks
Ah, the Oscars.
That wonderful time of year when rich people come together to act rich, dress rich, eat rich and generally be rich, all without actually having to spend any money, of which they have a lot more than your sorry ass will ever see.
After all, they’ve earned it…right?
In case you're wondering, it's not actually gold - just a gold plated, naked-man-shaped diamond.
Filed under: Animals & Nature, Countdowns & Lists, Humour & Comedy, Movies & Films, Television & New Media | Tags: 3d, avatar, babe, captain planet, dancing, dennis quaid, disaster, environment, ferngully, george miller, james cameron, lost, mad max, message, michael caine, mr. eko, na'vi, nature, on deadly ground, pandora, penguins, planeteers, robin williams, smoke monster, steven seagal, the day after tomorrow, the witches of eastwick, tim curry, unobtainium, world
Movies are great. Movies with a message…not so much.
Now, I’m not saying that I only enjoy mindless entertainment full of one-liners and blood and gore splattering over naked women while they blast away at zombies with artillery that is needlessly devastating (though, I have to admit, that’s pretty okay too), I’m just saying that if you want to teach me something with your film, at least make an attempt to be subtle.
For the record, this is not subtle.
