SOMEONE IS PLAYING SKATE 2 EARLY

Skate 2 doesn’t hit retail shelves until January 21st at the earliest but look at what I found on Xbox Live last night. It appears someone has been playing the game and already earning a stack of achievements for it. Actually, it’s someone on our team, a producer, who must have an early copy of Skate 2. I tell ya, between the trips to exotic places to talk to the media and perks like this, those producers sure live the easy life!

PATTON OSWALT TALKS ABOUT GEORGE LUCAS

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Patton Oswalt, at least to me, is an underrated comic who probably deserves more fame. From his “boots of escaping” to his bit about which four hours of Einstein’s life he’d make a movie on, I find his material quite entertaining.

In the above bit, he muses on how a meeting would go between him and George Lucas, if Oswalt were able to go back in time. As a slight warning, Oswalt uses a few potty mouth words in the above piece, so if you have or are around sensitive ears, you may want to listen privately.

THE WEATHER

I suspect that most of us will be returning to work and/or school today. I hope everyone had an enjoyable and restful holiday. If you live in the greater Vancouver area, you must have noticed it snowed once again yesterday! I have lived in this city for many years and I cannot remember another winter where we’ve had this much snow with snow coming at this high of a frequency.

In years past, snow was not unheard of but usually the moderate amounts we got we would melt and go away before more snow would fall. This year, it is my belief that we never did fully melt away all the snow before the next accumulation arrived. That means there is still snow on the ground from the middle of December. This crazy weather for Vancouver.

The forecast keeps promising higher temperatures and rain but that appears to never come true. I’ve seen it somewhat rain for about fifteen minutes before it stops or turns right back into snow. Even tonight, the forecast was supposed to be for rain but as I look outside a window, snow is falling.

I know this is going to make for a less than ideal commute tomorrow as many workers and students head back to their daily routines. I feel somewhat lucky in that I’m not due back to work for a few more days yet.

When will the snow finally stop and the rain arrive in earnest?