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Dec. 8th, 2011 09:51 amIt was a miserable, wet and windy morning getting to work though i notice now, mid morning, the rain has let up a bit for a moment. Still quite windy though. Better than if it was snow, mind you.
Last winter, Halifax hosted the Canada winter Games and built an outdoor skating "oval" for the speed skating competitions. It circled the Halifax Commons in the peninsular city centre and it was opened to the public to use before and after the games. It was a huge hit and popular opinion was that the City should keep it. It encourages fitness, it's free, it's a great family thing. People living in the area aren't overly happy mainly because of the music they play over speakers to make skating fun. Fast forward, the city decided to keep it but wanted to offer sponsorships to contribute towards the maintenance. The end result of this was sponsorship by two corporations. One is Emera, the people that you pay your electric bill to and the other? Molson Canadian. Beer people.
A lot of people are not happy with an alcohol company sponsoring it and plastering their signs all around it. I don't know if they think that's going to encourage people to drink more beer or what. Maybe if they erect a beer tent i suppose but as far as i'm aware, that's not a plan. What difference does it make, really? The important issue is the ongoing sponsorship of a popular outdoor skating arena that is open for a few months of the year, weather dependant. And considering our weather, they might have wanted to add a few lanes for swimming or boating to cover all possibilities.
Beer corporations sponsor lots of events, often adding a beer/entertainment tent to the event as well. Heck, the local junior hockey team is named after a beer, the Halifax Mooseheads and are owned by Moosehead beer i think.
New movie opening this weekend, Atlas Shrugged, Part 1. Wow! Did anyone else know about this? I hadn't heard this book was being filmed. It's a big book, but not widely known in general, not one you'd really think of to make a movie from let alone in two parts. I'm quite impressed. I know the classic book by Ayn Rand is well known but i wonder how many people in their 20s and 30s have heard of it or read it. That's usually the demographic group for movies if not younger. It's only playing here at Bayer's Lake, though, which is a bit tricky to get to for me. Maybe it will still be around over Christmas and i can borrow Mom's car.
Checking imdb, the cast list is mostly unknown to me and it looks like a lowish budget. That could be a good thing. Big Budget means loads of special effects, big name actors, with less story. Wow and the movie's site says it was released in April and the DVD is now available! It's just getting to Halifax now. I think this is definitely on my "to watch" list, either in the theatre or on dvd.
On a sad note, actor Henry Morgan died. He played Colonel Sherman T. Potter on M*A*S*H for most of the time it was on television. The first couple of years, the unit was led by Col. Henry Blake but Potter was the one most people remember. I really loved that character. The actor was 96!
Last winter, Halifax hosted the Canada winter Games and built an outdoor skating "oval" for the speed skating competitions. It circled the Halifax Commons in the peninsular city centre and it was opened to the public to use before and after the games. It was a huge hit and popular opinion was that the City should keep it. It encourages fitness, it's free, it's a great family thing. People living in the area aren't overly happy mainly because of the music they play over speakers to make skating fun. Fast forward, the city decided to keep it but wanted to offer sponsorships to contribute towards the maintenance. The end result of this was sponsorship by two corporations. One is Emera, the people that you pay your electric bill to and the other? Molson Canadian. Beer people.
A lot of people are not happy with an alcohol company sponsoring it and plastering their signs all around it. I don't know if they think that's going to encourage people to drink more beer or what. Maybe if they erect a beer tent i suppose but as far as i'm aware, that's not a plan. What difference does it make, really? The important issue is the ongoing sponsorship of a popular outdoor skating arena that is open for a few months of the year, weather dependant. And considering our weather, they might have wanted to add a few lanes for swimming or boating to cover all possibilities.
Beer corporations sponsor lots of events, often adding a beer/entertainment tent to the event as well. Heck, the local junior hockey team is named after a beer, the Halifax Mooseheads and are owned by Moosehead beer i think.
New movie opening this weekend, Atlas Shrugged, Part 1. Wow! Did anyone else know about this? I hadn't heard this book was being filmed. It's a big book, but not widely known in general, not one you'd really think of to make a movie from let alone in two parts. I'm quite impressed. I know the classic book by Ayn Rand is well known but i wonder how many people in their 20s and 30s have heard of it or read it. That's usually the demographic group for movies if not younger. It's only playing here at Bayer's Lake, though, which is a bit tricky to get to for me. Maybe it will still be around over Christmas and i can borrow Mom's car.
Checking imdb, the cast list is mostly unknown to me and it looks like a lowish budget. That could be a good thing. Big Budget means loads of special effects, big name actors, with less story. Wow and the movie's site says it was released in April and the DVD is now available! It's just getting to Halifax now. I think this is definitely on my "to watch" list, either in the theatre or on dvd.
On a sad note, actor Henry Morgan died. He played Colonel Sherman T. Potter on M*A*S*H for most of the time it was on television. The first couple of years, the unit was led by Col. Henry Blake but Potter was the one most people remember. I really loved that character. The actor was 96!
