Spring has Sprung?

Sorry for ignoring the blog so much as of late but I haven't found the desire to write as much as I was in say January ;-)

Spring does seem to be on it's way here in Manitoba, although winter doesn't want to go without a fight. Two days ago it was -28 with the windchill when I went to work and when I went out for lunch is was +5. Yesterday was warm, then turned to snow, then to rain and this morning's commute was a slippery one as the said rain decided to turn to ice.

With all that said, the snow is still melting and there is lots of bare ground showing now. To top it off I saw some Canada geese yesterday on my drive home. That's a pretty good clue that Spring is here. The number of people out walking in the evenings has quadrupled at least. Cedar is very happy to see other dogs on her walk.

On the entertainment front I have some movies to recommend:

Children of Men: set in the UK in 2027 all humanity has for some unknown reason become infertile. I'll leave it at that as I don't want to ruin the story. Cinematography was good and the acting suited the feel of the film.

Layer Cake: Staring Daniel Craig (the new James Bond), Colm Meany and a host of actors who have done time in other british "gang" films. Daniel plays the part of a drug dealer attempting to retire from the business. If you like the gangster films, especially the british style (ie: Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels), then you'll have to see this one.

Trailer Park Boys: the Movie: Ricky, Julian, Bubbles and the rest of the Sunnyvale crew in their first feature length film. If you love the show, you'll love the movie.

Eragon: Don't bother. The best part of the movie is when the dragon hatches. Other than that the entire movie is set up for a second part (whenever that arrives). Boring.

Casino Royale: The newest James Bond movie is simply one of the best. Daniel Craig plays the best Bond since Sean Connery. Hands down, bar none. A "real world" story line, believable action and Craig has just the right amount of cockiness/arrogance to play an effective James Bond. I look forward to more from him.

And in closing, I'll show a recent picture I did from Gran Turismo 4 of a Mercedes SL300. This is one of the best and more realistic shots I've done in this game (the full size image can be found here: http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/7822/01vw0.jpg):