Which CBC news headline is most interesting?

#1: "Threat leads to Goose Bay high school lockdown: RCMP"

or

#2:"St. John's city council debates 'last call' for alcohol"


I'll leave it too you Huddlin' Googlers to find out the details yourselves.

And then we vote.

Phil, this is your chance for your 'ideal life.' So long as Mme. Brunet doesn't kill someone first.

Name that Broad[way Actress]

Born Bernice Frankel in New York City on May 13, 1922, has a sister whose name is Kay and lives in Montreal. She soon moved to Maryland where her father, Philip, operated a women's clothing shop. After attending the now-defunct Blackstone College in Blackstone, Virginia, [?] became a medical technologist before World War II. She also served in the U.S. Marine Corps.

Hints (don't skip ahead... see how many clues do you need):

LEVEL ONE:
A remarkable entertainer and an American icon, we can only assume that the Rowe family is obsessed with her.















LEVEL TWO:
Five simple words: "Sophia Angelo Spirelli Petrillo Weinstock"




















LEVEL THREE:
She might have developed "empty nest" syndrome after an unwanted spin-off bit into her ratings, but to us, she was always pure gold...






RATINGS:
Level Three = You have the trivial knowledge of a retarded sea monkey.
Level Two = Better bone up on your classic CBS.
Level One = You're a Rowe!

Chance encounters...

Hey gang,

Guess who Jill and I encountered by pure chance on the streets of Melbourne?? It was Heather and Krista Veitch!!

It was crazy!!

Anyway, we talked to them for a while but they had to go back to Adelaide... Hopefully we'll have many more chance encounters with Newfoundlanders in the upcoming six weeks...!!

I'se yer father

If you haven't heard yet of the Dance Party of Newfoundland, you lose.  BUT, you win, by listening to the clip displayed here.

click on the second one down "Dave Sullivan doing classical movies, in Newfoundland dialect."  

Hint:  the first one's from Star Wars.  It gives me many a hearty laugh, even on the 6th listen.

This just in:

Just released the other day:
If you look not-so-closely, you can see me in the Viking ship on the right (assuming it's an actual photo, it's hard to tell). Release date still hasn't been announced yet, but the unofficial word is sometime mid-August.

Yup, this movie is going to be epic, alright. John "V for Vendetta" Hurt AND Ron "Hellboy" Pearlman both playing Vikings? How could it NOT be??

Birthday Salutations!

This is obviously someone else's responsibility, but nevertheless, I am happy to remind everyone that today is our youngest Huddler's DAY OF BIRTH!

So.... Happy Birthday Ms. Kerri!

The job of all huddlers, in your honour, is this:

Name the item you would get Kerri with the sum of 50$ or less.    The more extravagant, the better.

IN other news, it is also my sister's birthday... Hooray!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  She's now officially in her Twenties.   Yay Cass.

ALERT! ALERT! ALERT!

Every-huddler should know that Screamers 2 (!) is now filming in the mines of Bell Island!!

!!

Very exciting! Time for Janes to get some more work!

Excerpts from Dumphries Pt. 1

By the by, in my ongoing pursuit of knowledge where all Crosbies are concerned, I've been reading Rare Ambition: the crosbies of Newfoundland. Contrarily for those who've read Tom's emails or blog posts, the book is both quickly read and full of actual information.

In an effort be better understand our man in the "land of Tans," behold the first of (hopefully) a few excerpts:

Andrew Crosbie of Holm became Dean of the Faculty of Advocates in 1765. Considered a genius by his law professors and fellow students, Andrew was a daring and eloquent advocate who, according to the custom of the day, conducted most of his business in the taverns and coffee houses of High Street in Edinburgh. His favourite haunt was The Crown Taver, but he could also be found at The Star and Garter, or Clarihugh's, a tavern in Writer's Court.

The Flamboyant advocate was the model for the character High Jinks Pley dell in Sir Walter Scott's novel Guy Mannering. When Dr. Samuel Johnson visited Scotland in 1783, Andrew was considered to be the only local who held his own in conversation with the great English wit. Two years after Johnson's sojourn, Crosbie paid him a visit in in London where the two men discussed a mutual interest — alchemy.

Andrew had an extensive library (the motto "Resurgam," or "I shall rise again" graced all his book plates). . . Warmed by liquor, "nothing could be more joyous and interesting than his discourse, there being a happy mixture of wit and humour and information." In addition to literature and the law, he was also fond of "dogs, horses and cocks," on which he regularly wagered. [the more things change, the more they stay the same, eh gents?] . . .

In the wake of [later] financial reversals, Andrew sought refuge in the bottle, "which indeed had long possessed for him a dangerous fascination (Harris 28-9).

Obviously this particular relative bears little to no resemblance to Our Man in Taz— the fondness for drink and cock notwithstanding— but deserves our equal attention and diligence nonetheless. Perhaps Huddlers have further likenesses to discuss.

Truth flying at-choo

what up, what up!





Just received the hud shirts-- thanks to you Luke! All is as it should be size and font wize. My only complaint is that it isn't sicker-! Just joshing, sucker, it's not unsick.

In other knews, I have a new job, involving the naked male form. In fact, it involves naked males-- naked men to be precise. The job is the following: I am now a disability support worker, which is to say I attend classes with disabled students and take notes, help them walk, or otherwise facilitate their studies. (Long time admirers will note that I've finally been given the dream job of my teen years: being paid to read. This is because during their classes, normally I just sit there reading.) As it happens, one of the students is an artist and her studies involve LIFE DRAWING, which revolves around the strange concept of sitting about as a male nude model poses in highly revealing poses.

Yessir, that's the news, that's the news alright!

Thanks for shirts luke!

Ps just watching Nip/Tuck, which features the comment: "Drop your pants, Quinton"

Time to repent.

Have you seen this two faced baby? It's making me reconsider my entire life. Is it even worth getting out of bed if there's a two faced baby out there walking around? Should I work twice as much so I can help support the two faced baby? I wish she would just grow up already so she can tell us uni-faces how to live our lives. But which face should we listen to, left or right?

http://www.cbc.ca/cp/Oddities/080408/K040806AU.html

Les Habitants!

Let's give it up for Les Bleu-Blanc-et-Rouge! Top spot in the Eastern Conference and ready to do some damage in the playoffs. I'll be expecting everyone to be tuning in this Thursday night to watch the Habs begin their 16-game winning streak.

Happy April Birthdays!

A big "Happy Birthday" to the other half today as he turns the big 2-6! We'll be celebrating with pizza and imaginary cake!

Also, happy birthday to the Lukeners tomorrow who's also turning 26. Hope it's a great day, buddy!