MOVIE REVIEW- THOR

I did not have high hopes for this movie but I thought I would give it a go. Turns out it was pretty good. The acting was pretty impressive and the special effects were even better. The fight scene with the icemen was the highlight. There was a lot of unexpected humour that was quite funny, mostly coming from the actor   Chris Helmsworth  who played THOR. He was a perfect fit for the part. I am looking forward to seeing the AVENGERS – should be quite action packed. Next on my list will be CAPTAIN AMERICA- heard it was “ok”. I will let you know.

KING TUT EXHIBIT

KING TUT EXHIBIT

The King Tut exhibit at the Minneapolis Museum was in one word “AMAZING”. I have been a King Tut and Egyptian fan since grade 2. To actually see with my own eyes- objects I have seen only in pictures was incredible. My only disappointment was that you were not allowed to take pictures. It was because of these objects were sensitive to flash’s.  I am a picture taker and that was a killer for me not to take any.  Object that were in the exhibit were

-          A bed – the one in the famous picture of the first chamber. A museum employee told me how the bed was damaged by the priests after an early break in. The priests put the bed back on a pile of objects and a horn of the cow statue went through the reed material. You can clearly see it in the original picture.

-          A chair used by Tut as a child

-          His necklaces, earnings, belt buckle, wrist bracelets

-          The mini sarcophagus- just like his main coffin-  used to hold his stomach

-          An exact replica of his mummy made from special CT scans and imagery

-          His golden sandals (on the mummy)

-          His gold fingers and toes covers (on the mummy)

-          His fan with superimposed 3d feathers- made from a picture taken before the original feathers turned to dust after the tomb was opened

-           A giant 20 foot statue of Tut

-          A checkers like game board and pieces

-          His miniature boat made to take him into the afterlife

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The only thing which was not there which I really wanted to see was his death mask. That to me is the most amazing object in history. It is considered too fragile and does not leave Egypt.

Other interesting Egyptian artifacts were

-          A cat sarcophagus with mummified cat inside which belonged to Ramses 2 

-          A golden death mask belonging to   PSUSENNES 1   which was beautiful.

-          Countless statues 

A TON OF OTHER AMAZING ARTIFACTS

MAN'S BEST FRIEND

Everybody has stories about their dog. Here are some from my dog Bandit (RIP).  Bandit was a border-collie/husky. He looked like a border/collie but twice the size. He had one blue eye and one brown.

-        Got so scared during a thunderstorm he chewed the steel handle off the outside tap-nothing left but pieces

-        Jumped out of my car while I was driving (50 km) trying to get to another dog- he loved to fight. I could see him in my rear view mirror doing somersaults on the pavement- he got to his feet and chased that dog down the street. Ripped off one of his paw pads in the process.

-        Again while chasing another dog took a corner too fast and went head first into a chain link fence doing his best accordion impression. Got to his feet and continued the chase.

-        After Thanksgiving I gave him all the leftovers on a metal pie plate. He ate all the leftovers and the pie plate.

-        Was woken up at 7:00 am by a McDonald’s employee to come and pick him up. He had jumped my 6 foot fence- ran 5-6 blocks and crossed Henderson hwy during morning rush hour. When I got there he was sitting by the front entrance with his best “I’m starving- please give me a Big-Mac “ face.

-        Ate about 92% of my friends brand new leather runners

-        Stripped of all the leather from my new lazy-boy recliner

-        Had a major scrap with a semi-tame wolf (who was twice his size). I went to visit my friend who had just come back from a long stay in the Yukon. Little did I know he had brought back this wolf with him. I brought Bandit with me – we got out of the car and headed for the back yard. Bandit ran ahead of me. When I got to the back Bandit was nose to nose with this giant. Neither dog was moving, just eyeballing each other. Then somebody twitched and the fight was on. It was quite the struggle to pull these two apart. One of the two bit my friends hand pretty good. I’m not a fan of dog fights but that was a good one, Bandit held his own with this monster. I was proud.

-        He ate an entire 1 pound chocolate rabbit and lived to tell the tale. (chocolate is poison to dogs)

-         Got locked by accident in a basement room- chewed his way through the door.

-        Had both top fangs removed. Both cracked

-        Had the tops of both ears amputated due to some medical problem. Pockets formed inside his ears and filed with blood, had to have them stitched and the tops cut off.

-        1 bad seizure (cause unknown)

-        Loved to fight-but would take all the abuse my cat Oreo could dish out. After the first year they became lifelong friends. He loved my other cats Muffy and Sammy as well.

-        Extreme arthritis in his back legs finally took its toll on him in his 16^th year. That’s amazing for a dog his size. He was a great dog and an even greater friend. I miss him.   

SPEED AND DONUTS

The year was 1989 or so.

 The place somewhere in sticksville USA.

 Me and my buddies Hugh and Dale were on a road trip to California. I was driving Hugh’s parent’s station wagon. I was going a good 130 km- 140km when I see a state trooper patrol car on the opposite side of the highway flip his lights on- drive into the ditch and start heading my way.  I pulled over and he comes to the window and say’s “do you know how fast you were going”. I said ya I was going pretty fast. He says”it took me a while to catch up”. He goes on to say “well you have two choices”

1.” I can give you a ticket and you can come back here in a month for a court date”   or

2. “You can give me a hundred bucks right now and me and my partner can go for donuts”

I quickly pulled out my wallet and forked over the hundred bucks. I’m not above bribing the law. I guess that’s southern justice for you.