Musings – Page 124

On A Somewhat Happier Note…

Montreal will only be getting 2 to 4 centimeters of snow, thus avoiding the brunt of Winter Storm Juno that will hit the American Northeast. It’s a happier note to me because it means no need to pull out the shovel… and also a little snow might pad out the parking lot full of ice.

Folks, be mindful of your surroundings and watch your step. Drive carefully, avoid taking unnecessary risks, and just be careful. It’s either to make light of Americans taking precautions of snow, but even us Northern folks have a tendency to act like crack addicts whenever a snowstorm hits.

Be good and be safe… the posting spam ends now.

RAW Was Meh, So Here's JR Begging Roman Reigns Not To Talk

Review #336 – Star Trek: The Next Generation: The Transinium Challenge (MS-DOS)

Kimberly Is “All-Time Greatest Ranger”… Tommy Is Not Even In The Top 1000

You see? Even Original Pinky is more “Greatest Ranger Of All Time” than Douchebag Tommy.

Also, let’s be fair here. She’s only 2nd greatest after Aragorn… going after rings will tilt the winds in your favor there.

Target Pulling Out Of Canada, Closing All Its Canadian Stores

Source: http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/target-to-close-all-133-canadian-stores-gets-ccaa-protection-1.2901618

Well, that didn’t last long. I’m contemplating doing a vlog on this to perhaps further discussion, but I doubt that I could add much to it. I’ll say this much for sure; clearing off the shelves shouldn’t be much of a problem since they were barely filled to begin with.

I suppose the lesson of the day should be; if you’re going to buy out a long-tenured Canadian discount store chain and replace it with your own, you’d better be able to deliver the same kind of quality service and products or else you will fail.

A shame.

Macho

So, it’s been a couple days… and I’ve had time to digest this, but I decided to share a quick thought on the long-awaited induction of Randy “Macho Man” Savage into the WWE Hall of Fame. An induction that has been a long time coming and oft-delayed due to issues that have been documented elsewhere. You know what? I’m glad Savage is finally getting into it. It’s something that he deserved for a long time coming. Even in a business that is on the take and with a Hall of Fame whose legitimacy can be deemed “dubious” at best, it’s still a top honor to a top legend who has left us way too soon.

At the same time, however, this whole thing seems to reek of desperation on the part of WWE. That much is evident when it was announced that the Macho Man would be inducted posthumously by Hulk Hogan. The Hogan/Savage relationship has been “shaky” to put it nicely and while Hogan claims that fences were mended before Randy’s untimely passing, I’d have to question that because, well, Hulk Hogan… he’ll say just about anything to make himself look good.

Let’s be honest here; is this induction nothing more than a ratings grab? You’re damned right it is. There’s nothing subtle about it. WWE is desperate for eyeballs on their (currently shitty) product and they’ve reached a point where they’ll do anything to try and get there.

But even so… does that point make this induction any less meaningful?

Not a chance.