404 - bye bye

Perhaps it's fitting that this is post # 404, since 404 is the "not found" error message you get when a web file is not there.

That's because I am shutting down Brain Capacity for good. After 400 posts in 2005 and 2006, I went on hiatus to do other stuff, with just three posts added in 2007. Now, here it is, the first day of 2008, and I'm turning out the lights.

I'll leave the entries on blogspot.com for awhile. My thousands of readers would deserve that much, at least. But despite the tearful, and I should say moving, requests, demands and entreaties to begin posting again, I must politely decline. I'm too busy with other stuff - completing three doctorates, planning a major round-the-world trip, writing two screenplays and a novel, helping guide world peace talks etc.

Ha ha. No. I just have other stuff to do. I'm sure you will find other much more important and worthwhile stuff to read in the blogosphere.

Adieu.

Articles 14: the ad campaign

The advertising business is always coming up with new techniques. Ovelle Pharmaceuticals, the Irish maker of Elave skin care products, recently launched an innovative campaign to promote its wares. The products are free of harsh chemicals such as sodium laureth sulfate, parabens and perfumes, which can trigger skin flare-ups.

There have been a lot of articles written about the web advertising campaign. Nothing to Hide has nothing to hide, as you will see if you check out the site here. A 60-second clip is here.

The managing director of the company, Joanna Gardiner, makes a cameo appearance in the video. (But she's not the host of the clip, as some articles have mistakenly stated.)

Apparently sales have risen significantly since the campaign was launched about a month ago. Unfortunately, you can't purchase Elave items in North America.

40th anniversary

It's been four decades since the release of the Beatles' monumental and influential Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album.

Here in 2007, 40 years later, it might not be obvious to some how important this album was (and is), and how much impact it had on the music and social scene of the 1960s and the Summer Of Love.

Though it's not my favourite Beatles LP, I still think this is one heck of a record. I wrote about it in my album spotlight last year. As I said then, "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is so much a statement of its time, yet it still reverberates through the world of music four decades after its debut."

back again / 401 / carefree highway

At long last, Brain Capacity resumes publication. I could tell you that I've spent the last five months travelling the world, seeing exotic sites, jetsetting with the rich and famous ... But I won't because it's not true. I've just been busy with life.

This is the 401st post to this blog, so I have to refer to the freeway that is often called "the main street of southern Ontario" - the McDonald-Cartier Freeway, more commonly known as Highway 401.

Luckily, I don't have to drive on this road every day to commute to work. But it is a great throughway, though it's pretty busy these days. You can see highway views of the GTA at the COMPASS Traffic Cameras site. There's also a thorough article about the highway at Wikipedia.

Hiatus | 400 | Index

Brain Capacity is on hiatus.

Please check again later.

This post, my 400th entry to Brain Capacity, will be my last for awhile. I have really enjoyed posting my (non) thoughts here. The album and song spotlights have been my most regular type of entry. I've shared my love of all things related to the Beatles, ELO / Jeff Lynne, Guess Who / Bachman / Cummings and other classic rock heroes. I've also posted write-ups on cameras and cars; revealing posts about articles; occasional political rants; and many, many lists, including: dog names; TV stations in Illinois; electronics stores in Saskatchewan, Utah or Ireland; hospitals in New Zealand; cities in France and Argentina; KFC locations in Australia; scientific and cultural topics; Star Trek; and so many other useless subjects.

I originally planned to keep Brain Capacity running for a year. I have done that, with 10 preview posts in 2005, and 390 in 2006 – an average of just over one post a day. It has been swell. I am taking a bit of a break from posting for now. But beware ... I will return. Probably. Maybe.

As a way of noting all that I have posted here, I leave you with a complete index of all the posts to Brain Capacity.

1. That name again is Mister Plow! (12/19/2005)
2. My ELO includes Jeff Lynne (and my Guess Who includes Burton and Randy) (12/19/2005)
3. Child care plans (12/21/2005)
4. Kids these days (12/21/2005)
5. Bacon online (12/21/2005)
6. Calculus and driver's licences (12/23/2005)
7. Radio gaga - a first (12/23/2005)
8. This kind of trouble .... (12/23/2005)
9. Jeff Lynne Song Database (12/31/2005)
10. Happy Burthday Burton! (12/31/2005)
11. Imagine vanity plates (1/2/2006)
12. Preview (1/2/2006)
13. A$# 001 Beatles | Please Please Me (1/2/2006)
14. It's George Martin's birthday (1/3/2006)
15. S$# 001 Byrds | She Don't Care About Time (1/3/2006)
16. Icelandic female names (1/4/2006)
17. Words of wisdom (1/4/2006)
18. aPpLejAm (1/5/2006)
19. Dear Mr. Harper (1/7/2006)
20. Rock me gently ... on a weekend morning (1/8/2006)
21. A$# 002 Blue Rodeo | Tremolo (1/9/2006)
22. S$# 002 Guess Who | Of A Dropping Pin (1/10/2006)
23. Fun with phone numbers, part 1 (1/12/2006)
24. Fun with phone numbers, part 2 (1/12/2006)
25. A$# 003 Paul McCartney | Flaming Pie (1/16/2006)
26. Ringo's many all-starrs (1/16/2006)
27. S$# 003 Police | Dead End Job (1/17/2006)
28. The power and powers of 2 (1/18/2006)
29. Encryption (1/19/2006)
30. Icelandic male names (1/19/2006)
31. And or & (1/20/2006)
32. Ideas for a cold Saturday night in January (1/21/2006)
33. ccTLDs (1/21/2006)
34. Down to the wire ... (1/22/2006)
35. Music for the ballot box (1/23/2006)
36. A$# 004 Electric Light Orchestra | Time (1/23/2006)
37. S$# 004 Beatles | If You've Got Trouble (1/24/2006)
38. The numbers . . . (1/24/2006)
39. Lack of class (1/24/2006)
40. Dana Delany (1/26/2006)
41. Like no porpoise could ever do (1/26/2006)
42. Miscellaneous ramblings for January 27 (1/27/2006)
43. And Spock said .... (1/27/2006)
44. A$# 005 Beatles | Let It Be (1/30/2006)
45. Did I dream about these? (1/31/2006)
46. S$# 005 Eurythmics | When Tomorrow Comes (1/31/2006)
47. Travel to friendly Manitoba (2/1/2006)
48. Worth another viewing (2/2/2006)
49. Frown (2/4/2006)
50. Winter's not over yet (2/4/2006)
51. Definitely worth another viewing (2/5/2006)
52. A$# 006 Jethro Tull | Heavy Horses (2/7/2006)
53. S$# 006 Elton John | The Last Song (2/7/2006)
54. Arrival (2/7/2006)
55. I remember Beep (2/8/2006)
56. I got it for the articles ... really (2/9/2006)
57. Flying by the letters (2/9/2006)
58. An auspicious debut (2/9/2006)
59. Beep update (2/10/2006)
60. Expo 67 was cool! (2/11/2006)
61. Dividends with divs? (2/12/2006)
62. A$# 007 Roy Orbison | Mystery Girl (2/13/2006)
63. S$# 007 Bob Dylan | Positively 4th Street (2/14/2006)
64. Eating wood (2/15/2006)
65. TV stations in Illinois (2/16/2006)
66. Stop and go (2/17/2006)
67. Calculus gets a reprieve (2/17/2006)
68. Rock is his life (2/19/2006)
69. A$# 008 Traveling Wilburys | Vol. 1 (2/20/2006)
70. S$# 008 Traveling Wilburys | Nobody's Child (2/21/2006)
71. A fine SF TV writer (2/22/2006)
72. Traffic in the LA of 24 (2/23/2006)
73. It just all turned to merde (2/25/2006)
74. George Harrison's birthday (2/25/2006)
75. A$# 009 Bob Seger | Stranger In Town (2/27/2006)
76. S$# 009 Mike & The Mechanics | Word Of Mouth (2/28/2006)
77. More interesting articles (3/1/2006)
78. Some dog names, A - M (3/1/2006)
79. Dog names, N - Z (3/2/2006)
80. When there isn't much to say (3/5/2006)
81. Bad taste? (3/5/2006)
82. A graphic (3/5/2006)
83. A$# 010 Roger McGuinn | Live From Mars (3/6/2006)
84. S$# 010 Peter & Gordon | A World Without Love (3/7/2006)
85. Rules of Acquisition and other Trek minutiae (3/9/2006)
86. Today (3/10/2006)
87. Paul and Linda (3/12/2006)
88. Dana Delany turns 50 (3/13/2006)
89. A$# 011 Ringo Starr | Ringo (3/13/2006)
90. S$# 011 Ironhorse | What's Your Hurry Darlin'? (3/14/2006)
91. First time around - not for me ce soir (3/14/2006)
92. Another Beatles release coming (3/19/2006)
93. A$# 012 Guess Who | American Woman (3/20/2006)
94. S$# 012 Moody Blues | Question (3/21/2006)
95. A$# 013 Beatles | Rubber Soul (3/27/2006)
96. Finding the long weekend in spring (3/27/2006)
97. So what is up? (3/27/2006)
98. S$# 013 Beatles | Nowhere Man (3/28/2006)
99. This weird guitar (3/29/2006)
100. This update about that guitar (3/31/2006)
101. A preview of a bonus nugget (3/31/2006)
102. Recap of some music stuff (3/31/2006)
103. A$# 014 Jeff Lynne | Armchair Theatre (4/3/2006)
104. S$# 014 Electric Light Orchestra | Everyone's Born To Die (4/4/2006)
105. Articles during an anniversary (4/5/2006)
106. Long list of words (4/5/2006)
107. Words, rearranged (4/7/2006)
108. Town without Pitney (4/7/2006)
109. First Ever Brain Capacity Readers Poll (4/9/2006)
110. A$# 015 Joni Mitchell | Blue (4/10/2006)
111. S$# 015 Gene Pitney | That Girl Belongs To Yesterday (4/11/2006)
112. New Burton Cummings site online (4/12/2006)
113. 6fu (4/14/2006)
114. Dick vs Dick (4/15/2006)
115. What are you thinking right now? (4/16/2006)
116. Poll results (4/17/2006)
117. Linda Mac (4/17/2006)
118. A$# 016 George Harrison | Gone Troppo (4/17/2006)
119. S$# 016 Mary Hopkin | Turn! Turn! Turn! (4/18/2006)
120. It's not about the bra (4/19/2006)
121. bc1ta (4/21/2006)
122. Useless measurements (4/22/2006)
123. Frivolous and vexatious (4/24/2006)
124. Dumb business names (4/24/2006)
125. A$# 017 Beatles | Abbey Road (4/24/2006)
126. S$# 017 Beatles | Here Comes The Sun (4/25/2006)
127. Know fly list (4/29/2006)
128. Three's company (4/29/2006)
129. A word (4/30/2006)
130. A$# 018 Brian Wilson | Smile (5/2/2006)
131. Interruptus (5/2/2006)
132. S$# 018 Youngbloods | Get Together (5/2/2006)
133. Articles and a first (5/3/2006)
134. Action (5/3/2006)
135. Camera (5/3/2006)
136. Lights (5/3/2006)
137. Articles and a mayor (5/4/2006)
138. Tailfins (5/4/2006)
139. Strum and pick (5/4/2006)
140. The world's BEST soup? (5/6/2006)
141. How much bonus is the bonus? (5/7/2006)
142. A$# 019 The Move | The Move (5/8/2006)
143. A Macca playlist - just solo and Wings (5/8/2006)
144. S$# 019 Ian Thomas | Coming Home (5/9/2006)
145. Kiwi places to recuperate in (5/10/2006)
146. Articles and the TV reporter (5/10/2006)
147. Name that kid in la la land (5/10/2006)
148. Just because I like the elements (5/10/2006)
149. The original voyages (5/12/2006)
150. Five vegetables (5/14/2006)
151. Articles and the reactionary so-called therapist (5/14/2006)
152. Not even if you're desperate (5/14/2006)
153. A Macca playlist - no words (5/14/2006)
154. A$# 020 Byrds | Fifth Dimension (5/15/2006)
155. S$# 020 Chicago | Gone Long Gone (5/16/2006)
156. Vivitar (5/18/2006)
157. In the astounding years to come (5/20/2006)
158. Five fruits (5/20/2006)
159. A$# 021 Sarah McLachlan | Touch (5/22/2006)
160. S$# 021 Elvis Presley | Edge Of Reality (5/23/2006)
161. Bob's birthday (5/24/2006)
162. Sunrise and sunset in Stockholm during June (5/24/2006)
163. Articles and the rock star (5/24/2006)
164. Cities in France with more than 20,000 people (5/24/2006)
165. Looking back at the Opel GT (5/25/2006)
166. Birthdays today (5/26/2006)
167. Some airplane stats (5/26/2006)
168. 27 - 147 (5/27/2006)
169. best of tng (a baker's dozen) (5/28/2006)
170. There is a 14th (5/29/2006)
171. A$# 022 Beatles | With The Beatles (5/29/2006)
172. S$# 022 Split Enz | Six Months In A Leaky Boat (5/30/2006)
173. Members of the United Nations (5/31/2006)
174. Articles and the women of Star Trek (5/31/2006)
175. Dickens in Swedish (5/31/2006)
176. Eight condiments (6/1/2006)
177. Condiments or toppings? (6/3/2006)
178. Chapter 2 (6/3/2006)
179. Restaurants in Hilo (6/3/2006)
180. A$# 023 Buckingham Nicks | Buckingham Nicks (6/5/2006)
181. S$# 023 Alanis Morissette | Everything (6/6/2006)
182. Articles and another first (6/7/2006)
183. Adieu Billy Preston (6/7/2006)
184. Ringo on tour again (6/7/2006)
185. Who won that award? (6/7/2006)
186. GH bonus tracks – coulda, shoulda, didna (6/10/2006)
187. Macca playlists - span (6/11/2006)
188. A$# 024 Randy Bachman | Axe (6/12/2006)
189. S$# 024 Burton Cummings | With God On Our Side (6/13/2006)
190. Ringo's rendezvous with Rama (6/15/2006)
191. Who runs all those machines? (6/15/2006)
192. Math is still on (6/16/2006)
193. 10 digits (6/16/2006)
194. More housekeeping (6/16/2006)
195. Dying for business (6/17/2006)
196. When he's 64 (6/18/2006)
197. A$# 025 Burton Cummings | Heart (6/19/2006)
198. S$# 025 Randy Bachman | Our Leaves Are Green Again (6/20/2006)
199. 20062006 (6/20/2006)
200. 200 | summer solstice (6/21/2006)
201. three / drie (6/21/2006)
202. The contrabulous, fabtraptious film career of Troy McClure (6/22/2006)
203. LITMW remaster coming (6/23/2006)
204. Milestone of mediocrity in sitcom history (6/24/2006)
205. Lost (?) in translation (6/25/2006)
206. A$# 026 Beatles | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (6/26/2006)
207. S$# 026 Ringo Starr | Early 1970 (6/27/2006)
208. Randy and Burton tonight (6/27/2006)
209. Fine state of affairs (6/27/2006)
210. Space for Serena (6/28/2006)
211. ELO in the fall (6/29/2006)
212. Quarterly music recap (6/30/2006)
213. Save Studio 2 (7/1/2006)
214. Canada Day (7/1/2006)
215. Thunderball (7/2/2006)
216. A$# 027 Bachman Cummings | The Thunderbird Trax (7/3/2006)
217. S$# 027 Fludd | What An Animal (7/4/2006)
218. Unusual elements (7/5/2006)
219. Is it really? (7/6/2006)
220. It's Ringo's birthday (7/7/2006)
221. Have space suit, will write SF books (7/8/2006)
222. Some of my bad poetry, volume 01 (7/9/2006)
223. A$# 028 Murray McLauchlan | Gulliver's Taxi (7/10/2006)
224. S$# 028 Murray McLauchlan | Try Walkin' Away (7/11/2006)
225. Beep beep (7/12/2006)
226. Hippie hippie hooray (7/12/2006)
227. Jeannie the hip hippie (7/13/2006)
228. Monkees remasters (7/14/2006)
229. ~ and name mangling (7/14/2006)
230. Some of my bad poetry, volume 02 (7/15/2006)
231. Columbus was a moron ... and a villain (7/16/2006)
232. A$# 029 Blue Rodeo | The Days In Between (7/17/2006)
233. S$# 029 Prism | Young And Restless (7/18/2006)
234. Yashica FR (7/19/2006)
235. industriousness (7/20/2006)
236. What sucks? (7/22/2006)
237. Capricorn One (7/22/2006)
238. break / building (7/26/2006)
239. A$# 030 Lawrence Gowan | ... But You Can Call Me Larry (7/27/2006)
240. mac buffalo (7/28/2006)
241. S$# 030 Stan Rogers | Northwest Passage (7/28/2006)
242. Some of my bad poetry, volume 03 (7/29/2006)
243. University of Iceland (7/30/2006)
244. A$# 031 Beatles | Help! (7/31/2006)
245. S$# 031 Elton John | Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds (8/1/2006)
246. PS (8/1/2006)
247. My Jeff Lynne wish list for the years to come (8/2/2006)
248. Seek (8/3/2006)
249. Australian Capital Territory (8/4/2006)
250. A$# 032 George Harrison | Cloud Nine (8/7/2006)
251. S$# 032 George Harrison | I Don't Want To Do It (8/8/2006)
252. The title is longer than the post (8/9/2006)
253. The post is longer than the title (8/10/2006)
254. 58008918 (8/11/2006)
255. Lotus Europa (8/12/2006)
256. With a capital C (8/13/2006)
257. A$# 033 Paul McCartney / Wings | London Town (8/14/2006)
258. S$# 033 Paul McCartney | Sweet Sweet Memories (8/15/2006)
259. Pentax ME (8/15/2006)
260. The passing of a King (8/16/2006)
261. Keeping up with John Carter (8/17/2006)
262. = (8/18/2006)
263. Bacon tastes good (8/19/2006)
264. Asimov on religion (8/20/2006)
265. A$# 034 Electric Light Orchestra | Eldorado (8/21/2006)
266. S$# 034 Electric Light Orchestra | Don't Walk Away (8/22/2006)
267. Keef on lead vocals (8/24/2006)
268. 13 (8/25/2006)
269. no Zep or Doors (8/26/2006)
270. Representation abroad (8/27/2006)
271. A$# 035 Beatles | White Album (8/28/2006)
272. S$# 035 Beatles | Revolution (8/29/2006)
273. So many laws (8/30/2006)
274. 15 answers to creationist nonsense (8/31/2006)
275. Grease is the word (9/1/2006)
276. Zehrs (9/2/2006)
277. shift (9/2/2006)
278. New Byrds box set out this month (9/3/2006)
279. Contax RTS (9/4/2006)
280. A$# 036 Moody Blues | Seventh Sojourn (9/4/2006)
281. S$# 036 Tracey Ullman | They Don't Know (9/5/2006)
282. landlocked (9/6/2006)
283. Some of my bad poetry, volume 04 (9/7/2006)
284. Lunar peaks (9/8/2006)
285. Avengers (9/10/2006)
286. A$# 037 ABBA | Super Trouper (9/11/2006)
287. S$# 037 FM | Phasors On Stun (9/12/2006)
288. Not all over the world (9/12/2006)
289. ww on the www (9/13/2006)
290. His name is Earl (9/14/2006)
291. Thanks for the invitation … but no thanks (9/15/2006)
292. A heavy horse and a tumbling sky, brewing heavy weather (9/16/2006)
293. A$# 038 Bob Dylan | Blonde On Blonde (9/18/2006)
294. S$# 038 Big Country | In A Big Country (9/19/2006)
295. In my hands at last (9/19/2006)
296. So many laws, again (9/20/2006)
297. Expo blog (9/21/2006)
298. September 22 many years ago (9/22/2006)
299. Linda McCartney's birthday (9/24/2006)
300. 300 (9/25/2006)
301. A$# 039 Beatles | A Hard Day's Night (9/25/2006)
302. S$# 039 Olivia Newton-John | Suspended In Time (9/26/2006)
303. Third quarter music recap (9/26/2006)
304. Bachman at 63 (9/27/2006)
305. Apply for this job (9/28/2006)
306. Was it really that bad? (9/30/2006)
307. the hunt for warm October (10/2/2006)
308. A$# 040 Electric Light Orchestra | A New World Record (10/2/2006)
309. 56 years ago today ... (10/2/2006)
310. S$# 040 Beach Boys | Don't Back Down (10/3/2006)
311. KFC down under (10/4/2006)
312. Apply for these jobs too (10/5/2006)
313. Some of my bad poetry, volume 05 (a really short one) (10/6/2006)
314. Lopsided (10/7/2006)
315. unload / reload / shift (10/9/2006)
316. Mamiya M645 1000S (10/9/2006)
317. A$# 041 John Lennon | Rock 'N' Roll (10/9/2006)
318. S$# 041 Tragically Hip | Bobcaygeon (10/10/2006)
319. 10/10 (10/10/2006)
320. Know where these stores are (10/11/2006)
321. Some cities in Argentina (10/12/2006)
322. Some of my bad poetry, volume 06 (10/13/2006)
323. A$# 042 Rolling Stones | A Bigger Bang (10/16/2006)
324. loudenklickenschplugen (10/16/2006)
325. S$# 042 Gerry Rafferty | Baker Street (10/17/2006)
326. Opel GT redux (10/18/2006)
327. Ugunja Community Resource Centre (10/20/2006)
328. Revisiting the original voyages (10/22/2006)
329. A$# 043 Byrds | (Untitled) / (Unissued) (10/23/2006)
330. S$# 043 Pink Floyd | Summer '68 (10/24/2006)
331. Dream of a midsummer night (10/26/2006)
332. Tangerines and Summilux; this is what they said (10/29/2006)
333. An interesting and useful blog (10/29/2006)
334. A$# 044 Beatles | Beatles For Sale (10/30/2006)
335. S$# 044 Janis Joplin | Move Over (10/31/2006)
336. New Macca DVD coming (10/31/2006)
337. Jeff Lynne IS an icon (10/31/2006)
338. Bachman Cummings DVD out this month (11/1/2006)
339. all you need is LOVE (11/2/2006)
340. camp SF (11/4/2006)
341. A$# 045 Elton John | The Captain And The Kid (11/6/2006)
342. S$# 045 Dolly Parton | Here You Come Again (11/7/2006)
343. gone (11/8/2006)
344. Biz (high tech) in three cities, in a triangle (11/9/2006)
345. NOC NOC … who's there? (11/11/2006)
346. A$# 046 Guess Who | Road Food / Power In The Music (11/13/2006)
347. S$# 046 Kinks | Days (11/14/2006)
348. The automotive quests of Mr. Tran's cousins (11/15/2006)
349. Got my DVD (1) (11/16/2006)
350. Articles 11: the return (11/17/2006)
351. George Harrison's musical genius (11/17/2006)
352. Chess - the game is afoot (11/19/2006)
353. A$# 047 Andersson / Rice / Ulvaeus | Chess (11/20/2006)
354. S$# 047 Bob Seger | In Your Time (11/21/2006)
355. Elaine Paige (11/23/2006)
356. Articles 12: a comeback? (11/24/2006)
357. CHUM top 100 for 1971 (11/24/2006)
358. Shore Leave (11/25/2006)
359. A$# 048 Beatles | Magical Mystery Tour (11/27/2006)
360. S$# 048 Eagles | The Last Resort (11/28/2006)
361. Long live the memory of George Harrison (11/29/2006)
362. Snows of December (12/2/2006)
363. Black Christmas (12/3/2006)
364. A$# 049 T'Pau | Bridge Of Spies (12/4/2006)
365. S$# 049 Blondie | Dreaming (12/5/2006)
366. Chewing off more than you can bite (12/5/2006)
367. Got my DVD (2) (12/5/2006)
368. Moon unit (1) (12/5/2006)
369. Moon unit (2) (12/6/2006)
370. Moon unit (3) (12/7/2006)
371. Moon unit (4) (12/8/2006)
372. Long live the memory of John Lennon (12/8/2006)
373. Another vote on same-sex marriage (12/9/2006)
374. A$# 050 Elvis Presley | Command Performances (The Essential 60s Masters II) (12/11/2006)
375. S$# 050 Who | I Can See For Miles (12/13/2006)
376. Airdrie, Alberta (12/15/2006)
377. Articles 13: the pop tart (12/15/2006)
378. Canadian MPs (12/15/2006)
379. Provincial and territorial legislators (12/16/2006)
380. UK MPs (12/16/2006)
381. A$# 051 Various Artists | Beautiful: A Tribute To Gordon Lightfoot (12/18/2006)
382. S$# 051 Gordon Lightfoot | Hey You (12/19/2006)
383. has my brain reached capacity yet? (12/19/2006)
384. Seeing Things (12/21/2006)
385. The rest of the remasters (12/22/2006)
386. Maltese Bippy (12/23/2006)
387. Rolleiflex SLX (12/23/2006)
388. A list of things (12/24/2006)
389. A$# 052 Beatles | Revolver (12/25/2006)
390. S$# 052 Mary Hopkin | Goodbye (12/26/2006)
391. Q4 music recap (12/27/2006)
392. Elizabeth Montgomery (12/27/2006)
393. Everybody loves Patricia Heaton (12/28/2006)
394. Places to stand, places to grow, in Ontari-ari-ario (12/28/2006)
395. Unlikely compilation (12/29/2006)
396. Leaders of SAG (12/29/2006)
397. Jeff Lynne at 59 (12/30/2006)
398. Penultimate day (12/30/2006)
399. Burton Cummings at 59 (12/31/2006)
400. Hiatus | 400 | Index (12/31/2006)

Burton Cummings at 59

Today’s birthday goes to Burton Cummings, who turns 59. Rock on, man.

It’s been great having him work with Randy Bachman again. There’s more to look forward to in 2007. Some completely new music would be most appreciated, but I’m not holding my breath.

Penultimate day

The word penultimate actually means "second to last".

So this day, December 30, is actually the penultimate day of 2006.

Jeff Lynne at 59

My music hero Jeff Lynne turns 59 today. Rock on, man.

It’s been great having ELO remasters streaming out once again. There’s more to look forward to in 2007. Some completely new music would be most appreciated, but I’m not holding my breath.

Jeff, I hope you have a great birthday, and a great 2007.

Leaders of SAG

There have been 24 people who have served as president of the Screen Actors Guild since 1933, including three women.

• Ralph Morgan - 1933, 1938-1940
• Eddie Cantor - 1933-1935
• Robert Montgomery - 1935-1938, 1946-1947
• Edward Arnold - 1940-1942
• James Cagney - 1942-1944
• George Murphy - 1944-1946
• Ronald Reagan - 1947-1952, 1959-1960
• Walter Pidgeon - 1952-1957
• Leon Ames - 1957-1958
• Howard Keel - 1958-1959
• George Chandler - 1960-1963
• Dana Andrews - 1963-1965
• Charlton Heston - 1965-1971
• John Gavin - 1971-1973
• Dennis Weaver - 1973-1975
• Kathleen Nolan - 1975-1979
• William Schallert - 1979-1981
• Edward Asner - 1981-1985
• Patty Duke - 1985-1988
• Barry Gordon - 1988-1995
• Richard Masur - 1995-1999
• William Daniels - 1999-2001
• Melissa Gilbert - 2001-2005
• Alan Rosenberg - 2005-present

Unlikely compilation

I never intended for the songs from the Song Spotlight to be a collection of songs. But I have made a playlist featuring the 52 highlighted songs. It's more than three hours of great music.

Places to stand, places to grow, in Ontari-ari-ario

Here's a list of municipalities in Ontario from the web site of the Association of Municipalities of Ontario.

Unfortunately, the list doesn't include interesting places that have been amalgamated out of existence (such as Walkerton or Freelton), or unincorporated places like Tin Cap, Staffa or Moltke.

• Addington Highlands, Township of
• Adelaide-Metcalfe, Township of
• Adjala-Tosorontio, Township of
• Admaston/Bromley, Township of
• Ajax, Town of
• Alberton, Township of
• Alfred and Plantagenet, Township of
• Algonquin Highlands, Township of
• Alnwick/Haldimand, Township of
• Amaranth, Township of
• Amherstburg, Town of
• Armour, Township of
• Armstrong, Township of
• Arnprior, Town of
• Arran-Elderslie, Municipality of
• Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh, Township of
• Asphodel-Norwood, Township of
• Assiginack, Township of
• Athens, Township of
• Atikokan, Township of
• Augusta, Township of
• Aurora, Town of
• Aylmer, Town of
• Baldwin, Township of
• Bancroft, Town of
• Barrie, City of
• Barrie Island, Township of
• Bayham, Municipality of
• Beckwith, Township of
• Belleville, City of
• Billings, Township of
• Black River-Matheson, Township of
• Blandford-Blenheim, Township of
• Blind River, Town of
• Bluewater, Municipality of
• Bonfield, Township of
• Bonnechere Valley, Township of
• Bracebridge, Town of
• Bradford West Gwillimbury, Town of
• Brampton, City of
• Brant, County of
• Brantford, City of
• Brethour, Township of
• Brighton, Municipality of
• Brock, Township of
• Brockton, Municipality of
• Brockville, City of
• Brooke-Alvinston, Municipality of
• Bruce, County of
• Bruce Mines, Town of
• Brudenell, Lyndoch and Raglan, Township of
• Burk's Falls, Village of
• Burlington, City of
• Burpee and Mills, Township of
• Caledon, Town of
• Callander, Municipality of
• Calvin, Township of
• Cambridge, City of
• Carleton Place, Town of
• Carling, Township of
• Carlow/Mayo, Township of
• Casey, Township of
• Casselman, Village of
• Cavan-Millbrook-North Monaghan, Township of
• Central Elgin, Municipality of
• Central Frontenac, Township of
• Central Huron, Municipality of
• Central Manitoulin, Township of
• Centre Hastings, Municipality of
• Centre Wellington, Township of
• Chamberlain, Township of
• Champlain, Township of
• Chapleau, Township of
• Chapple, Township of
• Charlton and Dack, Municipality of
• Chatham-Kent, Municipality of
• Chatsworth, Township of
• Chisholm, Township of
• Clarence-Rockland, City of
• Clarington, Municipality of
• Clearview, Township of
• Cobalt, Town of
• Cobourg, Town of
• Cochrane, Town of
• Cockburn Island, Township of
• Coleman, Township of
• Collingwood, Town of
• Conmee, Township of
• Cornwall, City of
• Cramahe, Township of
• Dawn-Euphemia, Township of
• Dawson, Township of
• Deep River, Town of
• Deseronto, Town of
• Dorion, Township of
• Douro-Dummer, Township of
• Drummond/North Elmsley, Township of
• Dryden, City of
• Dubreuilville, Township of
• Dufferin, County of
• Durham, Regional Municipality of
• Dutton/Dunwich, Municipality of
• Dysart, Dudley, Harcourt, Guilford, Harburn,
• Bruton, Havelock, Eyre and Clyde, United Townships of
• Ear Falls, Township of
• East Ferris, Township of
• East Garafraxa, Township of
• East Gwillimbury, Town of
• East Hawkesbury, Township of
• East Luther Grand Valley, Township of
• East Zorra-Tavistock, Township of
• Edwardsburgh/Cardinal, Township of
• Elgin, County of
• Elizabethtown-Kitley, Township of
• Elliot Lake, City of
• Emo, Township of
• Englehart, Town of
• Enniskillen, Township of
• Erin, Town of
• Espanola, Town of
• Essa, Township of
• Essex, County of
• Essex, Town of
• Evanturel, Township of
• Faraday, Township of
• Fauquier-Strickland, Township of
• Fort Erie, Town of
• Fort Frances, Town of
• French River, Municipality of
• Front of Yonge, Township of
• Frontenac, County of
• Frontenac Islands, Township of
• Galway-Cavendish and Harvey, Township of
• Gananoque, Town of
• Gauthier, Township of
• Georgian Bay, Township of
• Georgian Bluffs, Township of
• Georgina, Town of
• Gillies, Township of
• Goderich, Town of
• Gordon, Township of
• Gore Bay, Town of
• Gravenhurst, Town of
• Greater Madawaska, Township of
• Greater Napanee, Town of
• Greater Sudbury, City of
• Greenstone, Municipality of
• Grey, County of
• Grey Highlands, Municipality of
• Grimsby, Town of
• Guelph, City of
• Guelph/Eramosa, Township of
• Haldimand County
• Haliburton, County of
• Halton, Regional Municipality of
• Halton Hills, Town of
• Hamilton, City of
• Hamilton, Township of
• Hanover, Town of
• Harley, Township of
• Harris, Township of
• Hastings, County of
• Hastings Highlands, Municipality of
• Havelock-Belmont-Methuen, Township of
• Hawkesbury, Town of
• Head, Clara and Maria, Township of
• Hearst, Town of
• Highlands East, Municipality of
• Hilliard, Township of
• Hilton, Township of
• Hilton Beach, Village of
• Hornepayne, Township of
• Horton, Township of
• Howick, Township of
• Hudson, Township of
• Huntsville, Town of
• Huron, County of
• Huron East, Municipality of
• Huron Shores, Municipality of
• Huron-Kinloss, Township of
• Ignace, Township of
• Ingersoll, Town of
• Innisfil, Town of
• Iroquois Falls, Town of
• James, Township of
• Jocelyn, Township of
• Johnson, Township of
• Joly, Township of
• Kapuskasing, Town of
• Kawartha Lakes, City of
• Kearney, Town of
• Kenora, City of
• Kerns, Township of
• Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards, Township of
• Killarney, Municipality of
• Kincardine, Municipality of
• King, Township of
• Kingston, City of
• Kingsville, Town of
• Kirkland Lake, Town of
• Kitchener, City of
• La Vallee, Township of
• LaSalle, Town of
• Laird, Township of
• Lake of Bays, Township of
• Lake of the Woods, Township of
• Lakeshore, Town of
• Lambton, County of
• Lambton Shores, Municipality of
• Lanark, County of
• Lanark Highlands, Township of
• Larder Lake, Township of
• Latchford, Town of
• Laurentian Hills, Town of
• Laurentian Valley, Township of
• Leamington, Municipality of
• Leeds and Grenville, United Counties of
• Leeds and the Thousand Islands, Township of
• Lennox and Addington, County of
• Limerick, Township of
• Lincoln, Town of
• London, City of
• Loyalist, Township of
• Lucan Biddulph, Township of
• Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional, Township of
• Machar, Township of
• Machin, Township of
• Madawaska Valley, Township of
• Madoc, Township of
• Magnetawan, Municipality of
• Malahide, Township of
• Manitouwadge, Township of
• Mapleton, Township of
• Marathon, Town of
• Markham, Town of
• Markstay-Warren, Municipality of
• Marmora and Lake, Municipality of
• Matachewan, Township of
• Mattawa, Town of
• Mattawan, Township of
• Mattice-Val Côté, Township of
• McDougall, Township of
• McGarry, Township of
• McKellar, Township of
• McMurrich-Monteith, Township of
• McNab/Braeside, Township of
• Meaford, Municipality of
• Melancthon, Township of
• Merrickville-Wolford, Village of
• Michipicoten, Township of
• Middlesex, County of
• Middlesex Centre, Township of
• Midland, Town of
• Milton, Town of
• Minden Hills, Township of
• Minto, Town of
• Mississauga, City of
• Mississippi Mills, Town of
• Mono, Town of
• Montague, Township of
• Moonbeam, Township of
• Moosonee, Town of
• Morley, Township of
• Morris-Turnberry, Municipality of
• Mulmur, Township of
• Muskoka, District Municipality of
• Muskoka Lakes, Township of
• Nairn and Hyman, Township of
• Neebing, Municipality of
• New Tecumseth, Town of
• Newbury, Village of
• Newmarket, Town of
• Niagara, Regional Municipality of
• Niagara Falls, City of
• Niagara-on-the-Lake, Town of
• Nipigon, Township of
• Nipissing, Township of
• Norfork County
• North Algona Wilberforce, Township of
• North Bay, City of
• North Dumfries, Township of
• North Dundas, Township of
• North Frontenac, Township of
• North Glengarry, Township of
• North Grenville, Municipality of
• North Huron, Township of
• North Kawartha, Township of
• North Middlesex, Municipality of
• North Perth, Municipality of
• North Stormont, Township of
• Northeastern Manitoulin and The Islands, Town of
• Northern Bruce Peninsula, Municipality of
• Northumberland, County of
• Norwich, Township of
• O'Connor, Township of
• Oakville, Town of
• Oil Springs, Village of
• Oliver Paipoonge, Municipality of
• Opasatika, Township of
• Orangeville, Town of
• Orillia, City of
• Oro-Medonte, Township of
• Oshawa, City of
• Otonabee-South Monaghan, Township of
• Ottawa, City of
• Owen Sound, City of
• Oxford, County of
• Papineau-Cameron, Township of
• Parry Sound, Town of
• Peel, Regional Municipality of
• Pelee, Township of
• Pelham, Town of
• Pembroke, City of
• Penetanguishene, Town of
• Perry, Township of
• Perth, Town of
• Perth, County of
• Perth East, Township of
• Perth South, Township of
• Petawawa, Town of
• Peterborough, County of
• Peterborough, City of
• Petrolia, Town of
• Pickering, City of
• Pickle Lake, Township of
• Plummer Additional, Township of
• Plympton-Wyoming, Town of
• Point Edward, Village of
• Port Colborne, City of
• Port Hope, Municipality of
• Powassan, Municipality of
• Prescott, Town of
• Prescott and Russell, United Counties of
• Prince, Township of
• Prince Edward County, City of
• Puslinch, Township of
• Quinte West, City of
• Rainy River, Town of
• Ramara, Township of
• Red Lake, Municipality of
• Red Rock, Township of
• Renfrew, County of
• Renfrew, Town of
• Richmond Hill, Town of
• Rideau Lakes, Township of
• Russell, Township of
• Ryerson, Township of
• Sables-Spanish Rivers, Township of
• Sarnia, City of
• Saugeen Shores, Town of
• Sault Ste. Marie, City of
• Schreiber, Township of
• Scugog, Township of
• Seguin, Township of
• Severn, Township of
• Shelburne, Town of
• Shuniah, Township of
• Simcoe, County of
• Sioux Lookout, Municipality of
• Sioux Narrows-Nestor Falls, Township of
• Smith-Ennismore-Lakefield, Township of
• Smiths Falls, Town of
• Smooth Rock Falls, Town of
• South Algonquin, Township of
• South Bruce, Municipality of
• South Bruce Peninsula, Town of
• South Dundas, Township of
• South Frontenac, Township of
• South Glengarry, Township of
• South Huron, Municipality of
• South River, Village of
• South Stormont, Township of
• South-West Oxford, Township of
• Southgate, Township of
• Southwest Middlesex, Municipality of
• Southwold, Township of
• Spanish, Town of
• Springwater, Township of
• St. Catharines, City of
• St. Clair, Township of
• St. Joseph, Township of
• St. Marys, Town of
• St. Thomas, City of
• St.-Charles, Municipality of
• Stirling-Rawdon, Township of
• Stone Mills, Township of
• Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, United Counties of
• Stratford, City of
• Strathroy-Caradoc, Township of
• Strong, Township of
• Sundridge, Village of
• Tarbutt and Tarbutt Additional, Township of
• Tay, Township of
• Tay Valley, Township of
• Tecumseh, Town of
• Tehkummah, Township of
• Temagami, Municipality of
• Temiskaming Shores, City of
• Terrace Bay, Township of
• Thames Centre, Municipality of
• The Archipelago, Township of
• The Blue Mountains, Town of
• The Nation, Municipality of
• The North Shore, Township of
• Thessalon, Town of
• Thornloe, Village of
• Thorold, City of
• Thunder Bay, City of
• Tillsonburg, Town of
• Timmins, City of
• Tiny, Township of
• Toronto, City of
• Trent Hills, Municipality of
• Tudor and Cashel, Township of
• Tweed, Municipality of
• Tyendinaga, Township of
• Uxbridge, Township of
• Val Rita-Harty, Township of
• Vaughan, City of
• Wainfleet, Township of
• Warwick, Township of
• Wasaga Beach, Town of
• Waterloo, Regional Municipality of
• Waterloo, City of
• Welland, City of
• Wellesley, Township of
• Wellington, County of
• Wellington North, Township of
• West Elgin, Municipality of
• West Grey, Municipality of
• West Lincoln, Township of
• West Nipissing, Municipality of
• West Perth, Municipality of
• Westport, Village of
• Whitby, Town of
• Whitchurch-Stouffville, Town of
• White River, Township of
• Whitestone, Municipality of
• Whitewater Region, Township of
• Wilmot, Township of
• Windsor, City of
• Wollaston, Township of
• Woodstock, City of
• Woolwich, Township of
• York, Regional Municipality of
• Zorra, Township of

Everybody loves Patricia Heaton

I've been enjoying Everybody Loves Raymond reruns lately. It's quite an entertaining show. Patricia Heaton as Debra Raymond is really quite entertaining.

She can also really turn the heat on.