1. Well, the big news today is that Anna Nichole Smith has died.

   Conspiracy by Rosie O’Donell? Or some other circumstance? Either way, details aren’t known at the moment.

   Um, not sure what else to say at the moment. I’m not exactly touched by her death, and don’t get me wrong, I’m certainly not happy she died, but I was certainly surprised. I’m just not really impacted tremendously, though I do feel a bit bad for Howard Stern…

2. On a more upbeat note, let’s talk about those wacky Canadians and their crazy money.

   Hockey players on five dollar bills, Loonies and Toonies, and more colors than a bag of M&M’s. What else can they possibly do to make their currency stand out?

   How about making it bigger?

   And that’s just the plan, it seems, in both size and denomination. The Canadian Mint has been approved to create a one-million dollar coin.

   Who would want such a thing? Probably some guy with several millions stashed away somewhere, just sitting anyway. Hell, why not get a coin to represent a part of it?

   “Coin experts say it would likely be made of gold, be the size of a pizza and be extremely heavy.”

   

   On the bright side, if anyone were to steal it, they’d be pretty damn conspicuous if they tried to spend it. I mean, I doubt there will be that many of these things around. Think they’d be personalized?

   “To Mr. Rich Uncle Pennybags: Thank you for your support of the economy. Sincerely, Canada.”

   Don’t know if that’d be worth a million, but you have to admit, it’d be a pretty neat conversation piece in the old living room.

3. I normally don’t post stuff from Yahoo! News, simply because they take it down and then my links eventually become outdated. But in this case, I felt like making an exception.

   Remember that whole deal about Aqua Teen Hunger Force Lite-Brites in Boston?

   Well, after all that hassle, it didn’t make a damn bit of difference in the ratings.

4. I don’t know how I feel about this. A Power Rangers cartoon? Something just seems… wrong, about that.

   On the other hand, if done well…

5. Guitar Hero.

   Wii.

   Makes sense to me.

   But the DS?

6. Metal Gear Celluloid?

   The Sony connection initially leaves more of a bitter taste in my mouth than it should. They did quite well with the Spider-Man movies, after all.

   Though this makes me wonder if they’re wanting to plan some sort of Metal Gear double-whammy to push the PS3 down the line…

7. Hmm, guess it’s little wonder EB/GameStop will fire half the store if an M-rated game is sold to a minor.

   It is just a tad extreme, though.

8. Interesting.

   Japan’s Nintendo Power program (completely different from the US magazine) is shutting its doors at long last.

9. And Rockstar goes on the defensive.

   Personally, I don’t think that Wii’s Manhunt 2 will make anyone a killer any more than Pong, but I do think that they’re preparing to give anti-gaming types a loaded gun, so to speak.

10. I really don’t know what to say about this. Long story short, a guy who stole a 360 called Microsoft to get a new power cord, and they just sat on the info until police produced a court order, two weeks later.

    I’d be livid if in that timespan, the dimbulb brightened and got the hell out of Dodge before police could do anything. I know I’d be demanding a new system in its place…

–LBD “Nytetrayn”

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