Making it work

"Mom! Dad! Bart's dead!"

"Oh, no! Bart!"

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"That's right. I'm dead--dead serious--about going to Itchy and Scratchy Land."

Today was a productive day and a reflection of the implosion of the old Kitimat General Hospital (a.k.a. da 'Pink Elephant).' Yes, it was a mostly pink-coloured building that sat on a prime piece of land perched abolve the downtown area.

It was a pretty big deal. It garnered more attention and more traffic at 6 a.m. than the town has ever seen. I watched it from atop the fire ladder on one of the fire department trucks. One-hundred feet in the air with three other people including a guy named Earl who works for a company that covers implosions and blow ups for the Discovery Channel.

If you're thinking how'd he get that job? It was the first thing I asked him.
"I was in the right place at the right time," he said.

Anyway the elephant was brought down in about 10 seconds followed by an ever-expanding pillow of smoke that drifted to the southwest and out of harms way (used to be asbestos inside it and inevitable still some left).

**Was reading on Wired that some film directors are on board with coming up with a program that would allow companies to send movies to theatres via a computer program. It would reduce about 90 per cent of the costs of the current method of shipping film reels to theatres. Audiences wouldn't have to worry about those lines and glitches that pop up occasionally in film reels as a result of digital technology.

Sounds cool and would allow theatres to have more screening options. For example movies that are good could run longer and movies that suck could be shelved sooner.

^^Is cereal a guys thing? Cuz I'm sitting here munching on some Shreddies right from the box. Sometimes when I eat cereal - like if it's Cap'n Crunch or Vector - I could eat a half box at a sitting.

Tell me you favourites and tell me if it's a guy thing. If it is we could start a cereal club.