Light Entertainment for Your Enjoyment

Since I can't come up with anything of much substance, I turn to my typical back-up plan: scouring the internet for interesting links that can provide the readers with some light entertainment for a short time. Here we go...

- Why are movie producers filming more and more in Canada? Because its cheaper, you don't have to deal with the crazy unions in the US, and the Canadian Government actually subsidizes foreign film makers a portion of their labor costs. So the next time you watch a movie and think that it's taking place in New York City or some town in the Midwest, you'll be shocked to know that it was actually filmed in Toronto or Vancouver.

- Regardless of the fact that the Winter Olympics are currently taking place in Italy, the athletes are now complaining that the food they're being served in the Olympic village is not up to par. Well, let's see... you have more than 1,000 athletes being served 3 meals per day, and my guess is that they probably need a few more people cooking. But what do you expect? Did they want a fine, five course Italian meal any time they want it? Granted, these athletes should be given some decent food, but you aren't going to please everyone. Like the famous saying goes... You can please all of the people some of the time. You can please some of the people all of the time. But you can never please all of the people all of the time. I think Abraham Lincoln said that. I could be making that up, but you get the idea. You have athletes coming from North America, Europe, and Asia... do you really think they could cater to everyone? My guess is no. Let's not complain that your country is footing the bill for you to be there. Take the food for what it's worth and go win some gold.

- I love Philadelphia. I really do. But promos like this, although they have the right intentions, really make it too easy for others to make fun of the City of Brotherly love. (We'll deem this one my Link of the Day.)

- Uh-oh.... there's plenty of people out there who think that MySpace is Bad news, with a capital 'B'. (Several links behind that link). Many of the articles have the premise that a bunch of child molesters are being led to victims through MySpace sites. Just another heartwarming story. I always report all of the good news here on the RPR!

- Darren Daulton was one of my favorite baseball players when I was growing now. Now we find out that the former Phillies' catcher is going a little cuckoo.

- See what happens when the winner of the $365 million PowerBall doesn't come forward? You get these assclowns from a radio station in Colorado making prank calls to the officials claiming to possess the winning ticket. Will someone please bring this person forward already? Or at least give them a deadline before they throw all the money back into the pot and do another drawing. This is getting ridiculous.

That oughta keep you busy for a little while. Enjoy, and if you ever come across any good links that would be good to be posted for everyone reading the RPR, feel free to send them along. If you really like the bizarre stories, there's plenty more to read at Fark.