THE TIME I FORGOT ABOUT CATURDAY

Dear Cornelius Readers,
   I apologize. I forgot about Caturday! So here is a special Christmas Caturday Sunday Special. The extra special is because it is extra special.

SPECIAL CHRISTMAS CATURDAY SUNDAY SPECIAL

I wanna start this Christmas post by telling you a story about how I found a picture of a cat on Google Image Search that looks just like my cat. I googled: "Cat looks like Panda" and you can even see in this screen cap that the fifth picture is a cat that is playing with a plush panda doll. What the hell is that sixth picture?

Anyways here is a closer look at the Google Image Search Panda cat:

And here is Snicklefritz on my couch: 

CATURDAY

BINDERS FULL OF CATS

Hello everyone. Sorry I have not posted much this week. I have been writing my final exams for university. I have two exams left to write next week and then I will be done on the 18th. Snicklefritz has been helping me study by parking her butt right in the middle of my binder. Thanks Snicklefritz. Now I have binders full of cats.

Smooth Mellow Jam

Hey guys, here is a smooth mellow jam that I found.
This is a really great track. I heard it at the end of the film 'Domino'.
Domino was written by one of my all time favorite writers Richard Kelly creator of 'Donnie Darko' and Southland Tales; a couple of my favorite films. Domino was directed by Tony Scott who was in the news this past year because he died after he jumped off of the Vincent Thomas Bridge in Los Angeles.

Whenever I hear a song in a movie I wonder if the director chose the song or if it was part of the script of if one of the actor's was listening to it and someone said: "Hey that is good! Let's use it in the movie!" Maybe it was just added in post-production. Either way. Here is the jam. Have a nice day folks.

IT'S CATURDAY!!!!!!

HAPPY CATURDAY EVERYONE!

Last Day of Classes was Yesterday

Hello Readers, 

Yesterday was the last day of classes at Mount Royal U. It was a challenging semester. Today I slept in until 1pm. It felt great. I just watched the film 'Ted' on the couch with my cat for two hours and now I have to go to work. We have a huge christmas order coming in today at the liquor store. Lifting all of those beer boxes is my version of going to the gym. I get a good workout. Stay tuned for more posts now that I'm out of school.

Cheers

-Cobes

And the winner is...

If you are on Twitter then perhaps you have seen author Brett Easton Ellis' twitter account. It is funny and over the top pretentious. He is talking a lot about the movies that are eligible to be nominated for Academy Awards at the Oscars in February. I love the Oscars. They are always around the same time as my birthday.
Anyways, Easton Ellis has been mentioning that The Silver Linings Playbook by director David O. Russell is a contender. David O. Russell is a pretty good director but he is known for having an outburst during the filming of I Heart Huckabees.
I still think that David O. Russell is a good director regardless of the way he acted during the outburst. I  have not seen The Silver Linings Playbook yet. I wanted to get caught up on David O. Russell's work so I watched his Academy Award winning film The Fighter. Its a good one. Your thoughts?

UNIVERSE

Here is a link to a really cool program that will show you the scale of the universe.
Did you ever wonder what a nebula is? Or a parsec? Now you can!

Scale of The Universe

Enjoy this one and turn up your speakers, the music is great!

Pro-Hab Helmet Society

I emailed my friend Shane some questions about a non-profit organization that he is involved with in Calgary. The Pro-Hab Helmet Society wants you to know that you should love your brain.

WHAT IS PRO-HAB AND WHAT CAN THEY DO FOR ME?

Pro-hab is a non-profit organization aimed at promoting the use of bicycle helmets. We try to encourage people to wear helmets by overcoming the objections often used against helmet use - cost, and image barrier. We provide helmets on a by-donation basis, and we feel that by wearing a helmet while cycling you look more confident and it shows a lot of respect to those who care for you. We have a slogan, "safety is sexy" because we truly believe that you look smarter and more confident, and by wearing a helmet it shows that you care for yourself and those who care for you. Pro-hab can give you a brand new helmet in exchange for a cash donation of any amount.

HOW MUCH SHOULD I PAY FOR A PRO-HAB HELMET?

This is probably one of the most common questions, naturally. There is no recommended donation; the helmets cost us, on average, $25-$30, so any donation of a similar amount helps to perpetuate our program and get another helmet for someone else.

WHY IS IT IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO WEAR BIKE HELMETS?

Wearing a helmet is akin to wearing a seat-belt while driving. It may not necessarily save your life, but it can. It's a small 'burden' to decrease your chances of sustaining a sever, or life-threatening, injury in the event of an accident.

SHANE, HOW DID YOU GET STARTED WITH PRO-HAB?

Pro-hab originally started in Vancouver. We adopted the model and opened up a chapter in Calgary following the death of my cousin, Dan Winnick, who was injured in an accident involving a motor-vehicle while cycling. Dan wasn't wearing a helmet. We hope to prevent this situation from happening again by promoting the use of helmets and making them more accessible to those who wouldn't ordinarily seek them out on their own. My main motivation is to save others from going through what i, my friends, and my family went through in coping with the loss of a loved one.

Members of The Prohab YYC Team

WHERE CAN I GET A HELMET? WHERE CAN I GET MORE INFORMATION?

We share an office with the Sled Island music festival at 2206a 4th st. SW. We don't have a full-time staff of volunteers, so if someone is looking to get a helmet from us they can fill out our helmet request form at prohab.ca and we will contact them and arrange a time for a fitting. We can also be contacted via Facebook: facebook.com/prohabyyc -or- twitter: @prohabyyc.

IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD?

Shane Rempel

I guess our main point is: although wearing a helmet is a personal choice (we are not trying to change the law, because we support personal liberties) if you suffer a severe injury as a result of not wearing a helmet, such as brain damage or even death, it affects everyone who cares about you. One simple accident can be life-altering for you, your family and your friends. There is no good reason not to wear a helmet. 

I was really stoked to do this blog post for Shane. It is not always easy for him to talk about what happened to his cousin. Shane has done a lot of good work getting the helmets to the people. The success of ProHab Helmet Society in Calgary can be attributed to the many people who volunteer their time to the organization and to Shane's passionate leadership. 

Graffiti on a C-train platform

CALGARY C-TRAIN GRAFFITI

This week's graffiti was sent in from one of my highly esteemed blog readers Scotland's Shame.


It looks like it says "Kill (A) Nazi Scum." I am interpreting the (A) as an anarchy symbol. It is very poorly drawn and as a result this graffiti "artist" is going to lose a lot of points in the visual style and artist dexterity categories. Unfortunately the (A) is so poorly drawn that this artist will not be able to make up any of those points in the creativity or effort categories. What I am willing to do is consider that the medium is the message. While trying to draw the symbol for anarchy you have committed the highest order of artistic anarchy by defying all norms. For this I salute you.

I want to talk a bit about how the word scum has been scratched out. I wish that I could interview the artist and ask him if this was intentional or if it was added afterwards. My impression of this artist is that they would lie to me to make it seem as though they actually scratched that out on purpose for visual effect.



Visual Style                   1 out of 5
Artist Dexterity              -2 out of 5 (negative)
Creativity                       0 out of 5
Effort                            -3 out of 5
Cultural Relevance        1 out of 5

TOTAL: negative [3] out of 25


I am not aware of a mathematical way to express this score as a percentage.
Comments:
There are many ways to interpret this graffiti. As a result, the viewer is confused about which role they play in this graffiti. "Kill Anarchy, nazi-scum." "Kill anarchy-nazi, scum." Is nazi-scum the subject of this poorly structured sentence ? or are there people out there who are 'anarchy-nazis'? Should I be scared? I think that the only thing that I am really scared of is that this "graffiti artist" is out there "creating" more of these abominations. My only advice for this artist is to work on visual style and grammar so that people won't dismiss you as a worthless teenager who will grow up to be a 28 year-old deadbeat father of three children who skips town and then dodges his child-support payments and complains about his manager at KFC expecting too much from him for the amount of his paycheque that gets garnished by collection agencies. Who is the anarchy nazi now?

HAPPY CATURDAY

Have a nice Caturday everyone!