Not all chicken restaurants are created equally.
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My wife and I took in the Picasso special exhibit at the Art Gallery of Ontario over the weekend. I highly recommend it to anyone with an interest in the artist or art history. The temporary collection features roughly 150 pieces of his work from various periods of his life and career. Make sure to spend $3 to take the added audio tour. The information shared on the audio tour was worth the extra cost.
Below is Picasso's "Massacre in Korea" which is featured in the exhibit.
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Some random graffiti shots I took in Toronto's Kensington Market yesterday.
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I plan to skip our family dinner when my sister attempts this meal from Martin Picard's recipe book "Cabane à Sucre, Pied du Cochon".
My French Canadian roots have their limit when it comes to eating squirrels no matter how appetizing the meal looks in a book.
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Doing some preparations on what could become the worst podcast ever made.
I'll be posting info here on my blog and on my twitter feed when the first episode is up and running.
In the meantime... (the Helmet song just came to me) I'm looking for quirky / creative people with interesting backgrounds to come on as guests. Send me a note if you think you're one of them. You can contact me directly right here.
Stay tuned... Or better yet... Hide!
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What scares me the most is knowing there may be three more of these weirdos floating around. I may not sleep tonight with this overwhelming information on my mind.
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If you look up above you'll notice a new link called 'music'. That thing of beauty contains info on various music projects I've been involved with over the past 25 years. Enjoy at your own risk.
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About 15 years ago my friends Phil Giroux and Derek Harvie took opposing ends in an argument of "who would win in the battle of Cougar vs Bear". The argument was recorded in a one hour Television special that aired on Canadian Television.
The argument that took place that day was as ruthless and fact filled as they come. In the end the battle was too close to declare a winner. Over the years the discussion has arisen between us as it did again this past week. I felt obliged to post this last discussion here on my blog.
I hope you'll enjoy it as much as I did.
Here is how the latest discussion began:
I received a video recently from a Twitter follower that I sent to both Derek and Phil. It opened up some old feelings between the two. Unfortunately the video featuring a battle between a Cougar and a Bear is no longer online. I did find a computer generated re-enactment of the incident that took place.
This is the email discussion that took place between the two after viewing the original video:
Glenn
Hey Guys, I think you should watch this video. I'd like to get your opinion on it.
Derek
jeeze... the cougar didn't stand a chance!
Phil
The mountain lion was the one stalking the bear in first place... The bear is lucky that the mountain lion was busy taking down the human and that it became a two on one situation... The mountain lion just casually strolled away when both the human was hacking away at it with a pick axe and combo with the bear sneaking up from behind (the only chicken way it would approach the mountain lion since it was busy with the human)...
Even in a 2 on one situation (2; human and bear vs. 1 mountain lion), the bear couldn't even damage the mountain lion... Wow !!
Derek
The cougar was sneaking around trying to get to the baby bear but was too scared to try anything. Bears don't sneak and stalk. When they want something they just march up to it and attack. Like it did to the cougar... Grabbed it by the throat and in one move, flung it back into the forest. Hopefully the 90 year old man it tried to kill (but couldn't) will find it and make sure it's ok! We're all hoping the cougar isn't hurt too badly!
Phil
Clearly, that mountain lion was going after the bears, and it definitely wasn't scared at all (obviously)... That bear couldn't even fight the mountain lion even though there was a human trying to fight it off as well, 2 on 1...
Poor mama bear, it was her only chance, by ganging-up with the man, to attempt to hurt the mountain lion... All the bears are probably done by now as we write about this... I feel sorry for the bears, but the mountain lion sees them as easy food, including the mama bear - nice meal for the mountain lion...
Glenn
With this new video evidence can we consider this argument settled once and for all.
Phil
Already was settled... Cougar wins ;)
Glenn
Derek, Any closing remarks? I want to post this discussion you guys just had on my blog.
Derek
I think the video speaks for itself. Mountain Lion tried to kill a weak old man... bear comes along, grabs the mountain lion by it's neck and throws it into the forest. If the cougar was so strong it would have been pissed off after that humiliation and would've retaliated and attacked the bear but he was too scared so he ran away with his tail between his legs. Now the old man is walking around the woods looking for the cougar to make sure its not hurt. Those are the facts... based on that, which of the two animals do you think is stronger?
Glenn
I've always been on the fence with this argument but I must say the video is pretty convincing. There are details that may have skewed the battle however.
Was the cougar already injured prior to the battle? Age of the cougar. Was he elderly?
In our lifetimes I don't think we'll ever know who would win a battle between a Cougar and a Bear.
(Thanks to AJ Taylor for providing the Biological Crossfire pic)
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My wife and I have a few of our paintings showing at the 'Strut your Stuff' art show in Ottawa's Glebe Community Centre this week. I popped in Thursday and was impressed by a lot the artwork available for sale this year.
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Phil Giroux and I are big fans of old French Canadian taverns and the colorful characters that frequent them. We stumbled upon a beauty this past week as we took a walk through the older section of Hull Quebec. The couple of cold quarts we quaffed made us happy men.
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