22Feb 2010 by R&O 1 Comment

Paper Tiger

Of Interest, People
Tiger Woods' recent shallow, rehearsed and ridiculous apology was the low point of a career in decline. Are we really expected to believe that his 13 1/2 minute speech atones for his recent fun and frolics and his wife is willing to forgive a guy that had more sex in the last few years than most men will get in their entire lives? His little chit-chat amongst an invited group of friends and business associates was clearly created to get the word out to his fans and sponsors that he's oh so sorry and he'll try not to do it again. Well at least until he finds himself in a hotel room with a hooker, stripper or cocktail waitress (or any combination of the three) that is. This guy is…
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11Feb 2010 by R&O No Comments

Olympic Torch on April Road

Of Interest, Olympics
Our neighbour called the other night to advise that the 2010 Games Olympic Torch would be starting at the foot of April Road. Sounds good. The run will begin at 6:33 am. Not so good. My wife convinced me to walk to the foot of our street and join the surprisingly large crowd that had collected on this cold, rainy morning and watch someone in a questionable jumpsuit run down the road with an over-sized Bic lighter. Sounds like real hoot, right? Actually, I have to admit that seeing so many people at the foot of my usually very quiet street so early in the morning was worth the trip and I'm glad I brought along my video camera. Below is video of the main event including the lighting of…
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10Feb 2010 by R&O No Comments

Michael Jackson’s Autopsy

Of Interest, People
Information from the Michael Jackson coroner's report has been released and it sheds a not-so-new light on the wacky guy that anointed himself The King of Pop. You can download the entire report in PDF format from Aprilroad.com to read along but be warned that it may destroy any thoughts you had about his thick head of hair. That's because Michael was bald. Yup, it states on the report that the King was suffering from male pattern baldness and also had a burn scar on the back of his head from the Pepsi Incident which added to his follicle woes. The report states "There is frontal balding and the hair can be described as short and tightly curled." There are a few other interesting revelations in the report such as:…
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14Jan 2010 by R&O No Comments

The Israeli Method

Business, Observations, Of Interest, Politics
Air travel security is reaching a level of absurdity and everyone is paying the price except terrorists and upper-tier politicians. We're being subjected to probes, scans, pat-downs, interrogation and intimidation just because we have chosen to travel by air. Every new terrorist incident results in more and more ridiculous rules and procedures at our airports but the sad fact is that it's grossly inefficient and target the innocent passenger rather than the dedicated Jihadist pin-head that make air travel scary and unpredictable. Our governments hire an army of sub-literate, socially inept security personnel who root through our personal belongings, scan our bodies and send us to interrogation rooms if we act remotely suspicious or have the audacity to complain. It's time something was done but who can do it and…
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