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Well, it's done - the kids roll in-and-out of sugar comas and the jack o' lantern has been retired for another year. All-in-all? A success! I took the boy out for an hour or so, of course our departure was immortalized for all to enjoy:

Yeah - I threw on my football gear for the walk. What the hell? I clearly understand that I look like a complete idiot but the boy seemed to enjoy it.

In unrelated news, some of you may be aware that I keep a joke section here on Canucklehead. Not only that, I actually read the jokes for you so you don't have to read them yourself. You can find them HERE. In truth, I've kind of neglected that part of the site recently -- I suppose I should throw a couple of more up there. Anyway, the point is that I awoke this morning to find the following feedback in my email:

Please stop me if i,m missing something but i thought when someone tells a joke, there is a bit at the end called the punchline where it usually contains the funny part of the joke. But alas, in the case of these jokes, there was no funny part, either at the end or the middle or at the beggining. To be honest john, i listened to every single one, and not even a fucking smile came across my lips, i thought i was at a jimmy tarbuck show,…

Okay, in fairness - you can’t steal what is given freely. This is actually sharing, not theft.

I understand that many of my peers do like their posts getting stolen, as copyscape widgets and such will no doubt attest. Me? I could care less – there is little to nothing on my blog worth stealing and I believe the number of requests I get from people asking if they can use my posts reflects this. (READ: NONE) What’s a Canucklehead to do? Well, I ask people to steal my stuff – last time people actually stole it, so – I thought I’d try it again … now to come up with something worth stealing … not more worthless crap! Oh wait, I’ll steal from myself and dust off this drunken gem from one year ago … well, one year ago yesterday (Oct. 27th, 2008) … I seem to remember it being a limited hit at the time.

Top 10 Movie Quotes

You may or may not be surprised to learn that I went to the BEER STORE today. Of course, 'Beer Store' is in capitals because that is the way us Canadians roll. Those not from Ontario will likely be surprised to learn that our beer stores stock a free magazine. It's true! Anyway, it is called CHILL. There was an article in there about the top 10 movie quotes of all time. Regardless of who you are, there is no way you…

In retrospect, I suppose it was inevitable. I got an award - it was a good one and I was happy to get it. So, as per the rules I passed it on to exactly seven others (see post below) and even as I was typing it I knew we had a problem. You see - normally I give it to everyone, so picking seven was the problem. How to choose? I used a complicated formula that I won't go into here but I can report that at some points it involved playing 'rock, paper, scissors' with myself and tossing chicken bones while repeating certain incantations. It's my way. Anyway, I've heard from a couple of people(, joking or otherwise) that they felt a bit left out. I mean, can you blame them? Everyone is SO nice to Canucklehead and here I am trying to single certain people out! It's not right - I knew it then and I know it now. Well, I've done the only thing I could -- I've created a shiny new award, which I will humbly suggest it about to become the blogosphere's most coveted ... ladies and germs, allow me to present .... (drumroll) ...

NOTE: I don't know if it is guilt or a combination of ouzo and cheap Greek wine ... but I'll even host it for you -- just copy and paste this code: 

<a href="http://www.canucklehead.ca/meh.html" target="_blank"><http://w…

I first heard of ‘Zack and Miri Make A Porno' about a week or so ago. Apparently one of the television networks (I'm looking at you Fox) refused to show ads for the upcoming film because it had the word PORN in the title. I knew nothing of the movie and actually never gave it another thought until earlier today. My wife asked me if I had seen the previews yet, when I answered that I had not she assured me that I had to -- as it looked like the kind of movie I would love. Love? Really?! I mean I love the thought of PORN but I'm not really what you would call a fan of the genre. So, I hesitatingly did (you can yourself by clicking the title above) and once again she was 100% correct - this movie looks awesome! Of course, all the TV ad controversy will assure this will have the exact effect that actually showing the ad would have -- only to a greater degree -- generate 'buzz' and put asses in the seats. In fact, I'm trying to use the word PORN as many times as possible for the exact same reason - I want to attract my target demographic to the site - the creepy, perverted one-handed keyboarders that bring value to any site just by visiting ... ah, I see you've arrived -- let's continue on then.

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

In short, friends…

Based solely on the hit counter at the SNL website, I going to go ahead and assume that many of you have seen this (well, 3,025,805 of you) but since I get So many more visitors than that, well, I'm going to include it here anyway. I make no secret of my crush on Tina Fey (Sarah Silverman as well) and I'm delighted to see her back on SNL. Well, it's not like I ever watch the show -- no, I'm not part of the 'too cool for Saturday Night Live' crowd who claim "oh, it sucked since Chris Farley left' or 'its gone downhill since Belushi'. The sad truth is that I try my best to stay up for it every weekend and end up waking up at around 3:00AM on the couch vowing to do better the following weekend. Anyway, I had to look it up anyway ... so here is the much-heralded opening from last Saturday ...

As well, while I have your attention, on an unrelated note - here is a reminder:

Are you like me? NO - not like that! I mean, do you LOVE the Halloween? Clearly my trick-or-treating days are well behind me now but I still look forward to October 31st every year. Anyway, what I'm trying to ask is - do you have an awesome costume?

1) If you answered yes, would you like to win $500.00?!!

2) If you answered no, do you blog?

3) If you answered…

As I sit typing this, I have about 12 minutes until I learn the results of today's election. As always, I'm currently optimistic ... however there is a good chance this will soon turn to disbelief and nausea. What are you going to do? I do not really consider myself a political person and am often surprised when I realize that others view me that way.

I would like to think and say that becoming a parent is what made me think and act towards a better tomorrow. Sure, I'm not perfect but I do what I can and look to leaders who share my vision. Furthermore, I truly believe that people CAN and DO make a difference and anyone who says otherwise is simply copping out. It is with this in mind that I will urge everyone out there to see the soon-to-be-released movie Battle in Seattle, which is a dramatization of the 1999 WTO protest. It looks promising in the fact that it has a great cast (Charlize Theron, Woody Harrelson, Ray Liotta, Martin Henderson) and perhaps more importantly in that was loosely modeled on a documentary (This Is What Democracy Looks Like) that uses real footage to tell stories of this historic protest.

For those who don't know about it, In late November 1999, forty thousand demonstrators descended into downtown…

Quite often it is the case as of late where I just cram a bunch of unrelated things together and call it a post. Now is one of those times. However, as some of you will already be aware - there are times when you can pull together a bunch of seemingly unrelated items and come out a winner - that's when you're holding the royal sampler!

I'm sure many are going crazy with our beloved Entrecard having server issues this weekend. Me? Not so much. I actually spent a lot of time looking at, well- basically looking at all the sites that link to mine, among other things. This will certainly be old news for most of you, but for those that are not aware of it -- well here:

Can you read that? Basically in the search box you type "link: yousitename.com" and it will show you all the sites that link to yours - I assume in some sort of Google importance, but maybe not. A few of mine surprised me - different languages, LOTS of people stealing my bandwidth - anyway, it was cool.

As well, the whole Canucklehead family went apple picking today - one of those places in the country that have a corn maze and wagon rides and all sorts of fun. I have no idea why I would make something like this up, but if you're looking for proof you can see us HERE…