Lost Marathon Final (Finale) Stretch: The Candidate

I did it. I did what some people thought was impossible but more sophisticated people knew was just plain... I don't want to say "dumb"... stupid! What I did is I watched the "entire" 5 & 3/4 seasons of ABC's hit series Lost in a mega marathon crunched into 30 days. During this time I caught up on 110 episodes of the show in defiance of all logic. With episodes lasting 42-43 minutes, that's about 75-80 hours of genuine commercial-free network drama. Now, I'm not one to gloat, but I really took this thing to town. Devoting almost all my TV viewing efforts to this monumental task (NHL Playoffs being the exception), I caught up on almost 6 years of story line. Plus anyone who knows anything about Lost is aware that that story line is not straight, but is indeed looped, twisted and frayed.

During the first 3 seasons I was pretty intense. I analyzed things and came up with a bunch of theories and stuff as can be read in my piece entitled LOST - Season 1, 2 & 3 (Relationships, Characters and Plot) (which is just a run through of some of the ideas I had). From season 4 on, I really didn't try to come up with any new theories but just sat back and enjoyed the ride, occasionally eliminating a theory, but more often than not, confirming one. At this point my theory that they are in Hell was semi-confirmed by the character who is supposedly the devil. I don't consider anything confirmed until the show is over. Especially things that were stated by the one character you shouldn't trust.

Anyway, all theories will be confirmed or disproved over the next 3 weeks. As for me, tonight I will watch my first live episode! The episode is called "The Candidate" and according to ABC "Jack must decide whether or not to trust Locke after he is asked to follow through on a difficult task." I'm sorry, isn't that what happened in the first 110 episodes? At least they're consistent.

You know what? If it wasn't before, then this blog is now officially lame. I really need some new material or maybe some real writers...

Sleep tight, mates, in your quilted Chambray nightshirts.

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Ottawa Senators: Brian Elliot

Here are two Ottawa Senators videos that I filmed a couple months ago. I was on the Ottawa Senators bench during the beginning of a game against Boston (i think). Brian Elliot had been named Molson Cup player of the month (December 2009) and awarded $1000 which he was to donate to a charity. He didn't have any charity in mind so Nick Foligno suggested that he donate it to the Sens Foundation Bear Hug.

Short aside: Nick is the captain of The Bear Hug. The Bear Hug is a fundraiser that the Sens Foundation has adopted a few years back. Generally money is raised by high school students. The students raise funds door to door, then they come together on the day of the "hug" and attempt to beat a Guinness world record for largest bear hug ever. It was an organization called "The Force" that originally came up with the idea. Later they approached a group of people (mainly at St. Matthews high school, my dad included. They raised over $100,000 that year and they beat the Guinness record 5 117. Some Romanians came and beat that record so the Ottawa group tried it again raising $318 000, but failing to beat the record.

Anyway, they wanted to show Brian donating the money to the Foundation in a pre-game ceremony in from of all the fans and so my dad was asked to ceremonially accept it. He was also given two tickets to the game so I went along too. These videos are of me behind the Sens bench during the pre-game warm up. The first video is the national anthem which I enjoyed along with the likes of Pascal Leclaire. The second video is of Brian Elliott receiving an over-sized check from Molson then handing to my dad who accepts it on behalf of the Bear Hug.

LOST - Season 1, 2 & 3 (Relationships, Characters and Plot)

A couple weeks ago on April 1st 2010, I decided that it is about time to start watching the ABC TV series phenomena known as LOST. I had been warned years ago that it was amazing but addictive, so I decided not to start watching until I know that the series is almost over. The two-hour series finale is scheduled to air on May 23 so that gave me over 2 and a half months to catch up and watch in suspense with everyone else. So far I am way ahead of schedule and have watched seasons 1, 2 & 3.

One thing that I was told about the show is that it has many layers to it. So apart from having complicated plots and twisted time-lines, the series is also packed with themes, literary and historical references as well as hidden plots and sub-plots. Knowing this when I began watching, I decided that I would dig into the details and try to identify themes, unravel plots and deduce the premises of the story. I would do this by attempting to identify references and allusions made throughout the show then research them to whatever depth I thought appropriate or interesting. The goal of all this is to be able to guess the plot and determine the premise on which the plot was imagined (I believe that the show was written with a premise in mind). The only rule I made for myself was to avoid reading any other material on Lost which could contain other peoples observations and theories. I wanted to be sure that everything I found I had done on my own.

Since the beginning, I have been successful at identifying references and predicting sub-plots. For example, the story seems to be loosely based on "Lord of the Flies". From people being stuck on an island, to wild boar, to a leader named Jack, to an unseen beast in the jungle; the parallels are numerous. So far however, the most meaningful references that I have found have come from Season 2 Episode 4 (Orientation). This is the episode during which Locke watches the orientation video left by DHARMA. This episode is important because it helped me validate one of my previous theories. The theory was not confirmed until about 40 episodes later towards the end of season 3. The most important clue from the Orientation episode is a book seen beside the Orientation video in the Swan hatch. This book is called "The Third Policeman". My theory is that this book is like an "Orientation" for TV viewing audience which foreshadows the entire series. It would be quite poetic wouldn't it? Anyway I researched the book and drew some interesting conclusions which served as the basis for my theories for the series. Here are some of the conclusions I came to:

1) There is a box on the island. This box contains anything you desire.
2) Characters must relive the suffering from their past.
3) Old laws do not apply (social law or scientific laws)
4) The Island is Hell (possibly Jack's personal Hell).
5) The main character is a healer and a killer. (probably Jack)

There are other clues in the book which predict:
- the Russian dolls (box in a box) which contained the diamonds (not necessarily diamonds)
- conflicts between Jack and Locke
- the time warp
- implosion of Swan Hatch

All of these seem to be coming true so I have begun to track certain things about the characters to figure out how it will all end. One of the most important things I feel should be kept track of is which of the characters killed someone before the flight. If they are actually in Hell this will probably matter. I made a chart to help store all this information.



If you click on this picture you can probably open it in a bigger window and be able to read it properly. I probably made some mistakes on this chart so feel free to leave comments. I also may have made some assumptions. One such assumption is that Jack was a killer in his former life. We know that he has often made choices that let some people live while others died. I believe that this is one of the most important traits about Jack; he makes life and death decisions (he will also always need to fix things). In my opinion the most critical moment in Jack's life is when he decides to try to save the lady with the crushed spine (his future wife). I believe that this moment is significant because there was another patient in the operating room who ended up dying. I think that other person is significant and that letting him/her die may be the reason that Jack is on the island (on in Hell, if there is a difference). But all that is just an unsubstantiated theory of mine based purely on intuition, which I am trying to fit into my other theories.

Also other literary references lead me to believe that the entire series may be a figment of Jack's imagination that takes place during the fraction of a second before he actually dies (possibly in the plane crash).

One last thing and this is a shout-out to Michael Johnson: In Season 2 Episode 21 (Two for the Road), Hurley tributes the scene from movie Say Anything where John Cusack hold ghetto blaster over his head playing Peter Gabriel music and the girl falls for him. Hurley wants to do the same thing with this awkward radio that Sayid build. Just thought that this was hilarious.

Tributing Stuff (Part 11): Tribute to the 30 Rock Tribute to Scotiabank Place and the Ottawa Senators

Two of the best things in the sports and entertainment world... ok, in the entire known world, are the NBC series 30 Rock and the Ottawa Senators (at Scotiabank place). I think this goes without saying. Now what if those two things were combined into one mega-best thing? Has this question been keeping you up at night and haunting your dreams? Have no fear! Your dreaming days have come to an end!

In this 30 Rock scene, Danny had made a "psych-up" song for the Ottawa Senators which had been nominated for a Juno in the same category as Sir Dave Coulier (who must be the same Dave Coulier who played Joey Gladstone in Full House).

The catchy lyrics were:

“The crowd’s getting loud at Scotiabank Place!
Make a hockey lovin’ face at Scotiabank Place!”

The sad thing is that this is the caliber of "psych-up" music that they would actually play Scotiabank Place. 'Tis a sad day in Canadian sport "psych-up" song history when NBC writers can write "psych-up" songs at will, which are as good, if not better than the ones that Canadian our teams play.

One final thing: In the video of Danny while he is singing... look at his pants. Are they skin tight and beige? Or he simply not wearing pants? Why would you write that into the scene!?!?! This show is so ridiculous that even I can love it. Bless your tender heart 30 Rock, bless your rock-tender heart.



I think we should petition to get this song as our official psych-up song. If I could do that I would probably consider it my life's biggest - and shortest lived - accomplishment. A man can dream can't he?

The Internet? Bah!

Here is a reminder of why you should not believe something just because someone says it with confidence or authority. Not even NewsWeek can predict the future. Enjoy!

The Internet? Bah!
Hype alert: Why cyberspace isn't, and will never be, nirvana
By Clifford Stoll | NEWSWEEK
From the magazine issue dated Feb 27, 1995

After two decades online, I'm perplexed. It's not that I haven't had a gas of a good time on the Internet. I've met great people and even caught a hacker or two. But today, I'm uneasy about this most trendy and oversold community. Visionaries see a future of telecommuting workers, interactive libraries and multimedia classrooms. They speak of electronic town meetings and virtual communities. Commerce and business will shift from offices and malls to networks and modems. And the freedom of digital networks will make government more democratic.

Baloney. Do our computer pundits lack all common sense? The truth in no online database will replace your daily newspaper, no CD-ROM can take the place of a competent teacher and no computer network will change the way government works.

Consider today's online world. The Usenet, a worldwide bulletin board, allows anyone to post messages across the nation. Your word gets out, leapfrogging editors and publishers. Every voice can be heard cheaply and instantly. The result? Every voice is heard. The cacophany more closely resembles citizens band radio, complete with handles, harrasment, and anonymous threats. When most everyone shouts, few listen. How about electronic publishing? Try reading a book on disc. At best, it's an unpleasant chore: the myopic glow of a clunky computer replaces the friendly pages of a book. And you can't tote that laptop to the beach. Yet Nicholas Negroponte, director of the MIT Media Lab, predicts that we'll soon buy books and newspapers straight over the Intenet. Uh, sure.

What the Internet hucksters won't tell you is tht the Internet is one big ocean of unedited data, without any pretense of completeness. Lacking editors, reviewers or critics, the Internet has become a wasteland of unfiltered data. You don't know what to ignore and what's worth reading. Logged onto the World Wide Web, I hunt for the date of the Battle of Trafalgar. Hundreds of files show up, and it takes 15 minutes to unravel them—one's a biography written by an eighth grader, the second is a computer game that doesn't work and the third is an image of a London monument. None answers my question, and my search is periodically interrupted by messages like, "Too many connectios, try again later."

Won't the Internet be useful in governing? Internet addicts clamor for government reports. But when Andy Spano ran for county executive in Westchester County, N.Y., he put every press release and position paper onto a bulletin board. In that affluent county, with plenty of computer companies, how many voters logged in? Fewer than 30. Not a good omen.
Point and click:
Then there are those pushing computers into schools. We're told that multimedia will make schoolwork easy and fun. Students will happily learn from animated characters while taught by expertly tailored software.Who needs teachers when you've got computer-aided education? Bah. These expensive toys are difficult to use in classrooms and require extensive teacher training. Sure, kids love videogames—but think of your own experience: can you recall even one educational filmstrip of decades past? I'll bet you remember the two or three great teachers who made a difference in your life.

Then there's cyberbusiness. We're promised instant catalog shopping—just point and click for great deals. We'll order airline tickets over the network, make restaurant reservations and negotiate sales contracts. Stores will become obselete. So how come my local mall does more business in an afternoon than the entire Internet handles in a month? Even if there were a trustworthy way to send money over the Internet—which there isn't—the network is missing a most essential ingredient of capitalism: salespeople.

What's missing from this electronic wonderland? Human contact. Discount the fawning techno-burble about virtual communities. Computers and networks isolate us from one another. A network chat line is a limp substitute for meeting friends over coffee. No interactive multimedia display comes close to the excitement of a live concert. And who'd prefer cybersex to the real thing? While the Internet beckons brightly, seductively flashing an icon of knowledge-as-power, this nonplace lures us to surrender our time on earth. A poor substitute it is, this virtual reality where frustration is legion and where—in the holy names of Education and Progress—important aspects of human interactions are relentlessly devalued.

STOLL is the author of "Silicon Snake Oil--Second Thoughts on the Information Highway," to be published by Doubleday in April.

© 1995

Thanks for that reality check Clifford Stall! Next thing you know, he'll be telling us that we CAN'T use LaserCats to travel through time to safe destroying the initial conditions which allowed LaserCats to even exist in the first place. You're not the boss of me NewsWeek writer Clifford Stall, you're not the boss of any of us!

Tributing stuff (Part 10): Tribute to Brasil's interest in Canadian Olympics

This post is one that I commissioned myself to write in response to the many emails and messages that I have received from my amigos and amigas in Brasil, who were congratulating Canada in it's amazing Olympic victories, particularly the stand out win in hockey over the Americans.

I thought that I should reciprocate by summarizing how much these Olympics meant to Canadians and Canada as a nation. Although Canadians were reminded of the significance of the games to Canada every hour by the Canadian media, I am not sure how much of the positive propaganda proliferated beyond the boarders of Canadian media networks. So here is my review of what transpired over those 17 some days and why it these Olympics will be remembered as a true Canadian fairytale.

First, things got off to a bad start. Snow conditions were not great. Then tragedy struck and Greogian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili was killed in during a practice run. Backup plans for the snow were put into action and Nodar was honored during the opening ceremonies.
But then the ceremonies (although very cool) had some problems of their own. The first nations leaders had not arrived at their seats when it was time to introduce them and the governor general had arrived just minutes earlier, so that whole scene was awkward and unrehearsed. Then, for the grand finale of the ceremony - the lighting of the torches - one of the torches didn't come out of the floor, leaving Catriona Le May Doan without anything to light. Also the flames that were being carried by Catriona and the others apparently went out seconds later off camera. Don't get me wrong, the ceremonies were great, but the errors happened at the worst possible times.

Despite the less than perfect start, Canadians were really excited. Visitors and foreign Olympians were interviewed and commented on the unexpected energy and patriotism shown by the Canadians in Vancouver. These traits didn't really fit our "conservative and reserved" idiom which is typically defined us.


Then the games begun. Although Canada had won Gold in winter Olympics in the past, we had never done it on home soil. This was our jinx and there was an underlying fear it would continue to haunt us. Almost two days into the games the jinx was still on. Some "dreams of gold" were shattered and others downgraded to silver and bronze. But then, along came Alexandre Bilodeau who drew inspiration from his cerebral palsy sticken brother Frederic, and won the Gold in men's mogle freestyle skiing. The jinx was broken and Canada has something to celebrate.


Over the next few days our momentum kept building as we won medals here and there, but Canada's OTP - Own The Podium plan didn't seem to be working. But somehow, the nation didn't seem to care. We had our stage and we had our pride and medals - although great focus points - were only icing on the cake (which we also intended on eating).

Then on February 19th, Jon Montgomery wons gold in men's skeleton. Jon didn't really have a sad or particularly inspirational prelude to his performance. He was a just a hard working "Joe" who trained hard and won. But it was the prologue to his victory that captured Canadian's hearts: his patented victory stretch, his parade through the Olympic village with a pitcher of beer in his hand and his jump onto the top of the podium expressed what many Canadians wanted to see: A competitive, patriotic and emotional Canadian uninhibitedly celebrating his victory and his country. Canada had it's mascot.


Two days later Canada has another tragedy on its hands; Therese Rochette, mother of figure skater Joannie Rochette died only hours after arriving in Vancouver to see her daughter skate.
Joannie decided to continue skating earning the utmost respect of Canadian, competitors and views around the world.

In the meantime and over the next few days the hockey and curling competitions moved along. (For those who don't know, these are the blockbuster events of the games and there is a huge pressure on Canada to win both in the men's and women's). Curling was going as planed as was women's hockey but Canada's men are having a tough time in the hockey department. We almost lost to Switzerland (Switzerland!?!?) and then we actually lose to the USA which meant that we didn't qualify us for an automatic ticket to the quarter finals.

As the games progressed we still picked up some inspirational victories and we were subject to some crushing defeats, but the "Own The Podium" strategy is definitely in question. The USA took the lead in medal standings and it didn't look like Canada would even do better than the last Olympic games where we won 24 medals. But again the country didn't seem to care that much. The general public seemed to be fueled by it's own inner momentum.

But then along came the "TSN Turning Point" (TSN is a Canadian TV channel that only shows sports. Towards the end of a match TNS will declare a "TSN Turning Point". This is the moment in a game when the momentum shifted towards the eventual winner). The turning point according to me was February 24th. We had won a bronze medal in speed skating but the men's hockey team was playing an elimination game against the the Russians. Not only does Canada have a deep rivalry with Soviets (see 1972 Summit Series which was one of the defining moments in Canada's hockey history) but Russia also had Alexandre Ovechkin, arguably the best player in the world and one of my favorites. This was "do or die" for team Canada and the whole country was watching with excitement and nervousness. With very little suspense, our Canadian boys came out very strong and seemed to surprise the Russians and even some fans with their explosiveness and grit. The game was a 7-3 blowout victory for Canada. Ovechkin compared the Canadian players as "gorillas coming out of a cage". On that same night Canada took 3 more medals: a silver in Women's Relay Skating and both the gold and silver in the women's woman bobsled, totaling 4 medals for the day.

The next day (Feb 25th) the USA continued to dominate in the medals standing but Canada's women hockey team beat team USA for the gold. Then our new hero Joannie Rochette puts on an tearful and emotional preformance winning bronze.



February 26th was a day of mixed emotions for me. Although it probably topped the 24th in terms of accomplishments: Canada Hockey team won the elimination game vs. Slovakia; Our men take gold and bronze in short track skating as well as a gold in the relay; The women take silver in Curling (We totaled 4 medals!); but I was really hoping for the gold. It had really started to enjoy curling for the first time in my life while watching the women's teams. I was certain that they would beat Sweden. Our ladies took the loss in stride and with dignity so I felt a bit better.

The next day, February 27th Canada does the unthinkable. Winning 2 gold medals within minutes of each other: The first medal was our 11th which set a new Olympic record for "most golds won by host nation" then the second broke that record in record time. Next we won a bronze medal as a break while we waited for the much anticipated Gold medal game in men's curling. The game was exciting but our team was too strong and defeated Norway 6-3. This 3rd Gold medal of the day was huge! Not only did it break the record for "most golds won by host nation" for the third time that day, but it also tied the record for most golds won by any nation in any winter Olympic games. 4 medals and 3 of them gold, one Olympic record broken several times and another one tied. The fairly tale seem also complete.

Finally on February 28th, it was time for the event that hockey fans anticipate for 4 years: the gold medal game for men's hockey. The game was the last event of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Canada was watching. Half of the Canadian population watched the entire game and 80% watched at least some of it. Compare that to last years Superbowl which was the most watched event in US TV history which drew the attention of a mere 35% of the US population.

As for the game itself, both teams came out strong but it was Canada who scored first. Then Canada scored again. The US came back with a goal but it seemed that Canada would be able to hold them to a single goal. In the last two minutes however, the US pulled their goalie and put on the extra skater. The move paid off and the US scored with only seconds left. It felt like a moose kicking you in the stomach but it stunk even worse. The game went into "instant death" 4-on-4 overtime during which I must have gone through about 3 pairs of Snuggies. Finally on a second effort Iginla and Crosby connect and "Sid the Kid" Crosby (or as I like to call him: "Sidney the Kidney" Crosby) scores the game winning goal.


SIDE NOTE: For those who don't know. Sidney Crosby is a young Canadian who was the most anticipated player in hockey history since Wayne Gretzky. He was basically the new "Messiah" meant to renew interest in hockey in North America back in 2005 when the National Hockey League (NHL) was recovering from a player strike and was re-branding itself.

Anyway, the idea is that to some extent, Sidney Crosby represents the future of Canadian hockey (Alex Ovechkin is his Russian equivalent). That said, you can appreciate how symbolic it was that Sid scored one of the most important goals in Canadian hockey history. Naturally the country went crazy and the streets filled with people. That gold medal was not only revenge against the team that beat us in the preliminary round, but it also meant that Canada would now hold the record for most gold medals won by any country in any winter Olympics!

Finally it was time to end the games. The theme of the closing ceremonies was to make fun of ourselves. Whoever was in charge of the show certainly took advantage of the early mistakes in the opening ceremonies. The first thing they did was make fun of the torch that didn't work.
The rest of the show may remind my fellow collegues at Instituto Stela of my "Stereotype Busters" presentation which can been seem below. My presentation was obviously less amazing and instead of displaying pictures of great canadian comedians (like Michael J. Fox), the ceremonies showcased the real ones. (For all you Michael J. Fox fans out there, you may want to check out my Tribe to Alex P. Keaton.) Neil Young sang "Long May You Run" which as by far the most touching performance of the closing ceremonies, possibly outdoing K.D. Lang's haunting rendition of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah". Joannie Rochette was chosen to carry the flag and lead Canadian athletes in the ceremonies which was touching and she was later given the Vancouver 2010 Terry Fox Award along with Slovenian cross-country skier Petra Majdic who competed despite terrible injury and also won. The Terry Fox was intended to go to atheletes who embody the spirit of Terry Fox. (For non-Canadians, Terry Fox was a young Canadian who lost a leg to cancer and began a historic run across Canada in an effort to raise money and awareness for cancer. Terry died during his run but is considered one of the greatest Canadians of all time. Over half a billion dollars of cancer research funds has been raised in his name.)


The fairytale was now complete: We had confronted our past demons and defeated them with Alexandre Bilodeau's gold medal. We had found our spirit in Jon Montgomery. We had shown courage against adversity through Joannie Rochette. We had won the final battle against our closest rivals defeating the US. Finally to top it all off we concluded with some good old fashion self deprecating Canadian humor and celebrated by being serenaded by some of out great artists. Most importantly however, Canada was able to show it's pride and patriotism not only to the outside world, but to itself. Canada somehow found it's collective voice and as it turns out we have a beautiful one.

So I hope this helps non-Canadian readers understand how important these games where to Canada. Particularly, I hope this will help my amigos and amigas in Brasil, understand Canadian patriotism. It may also help explain my occasional over exuberance when it comes to my country. It is also something to consider for 2016 when the Summer games will come to Rio de Janeiro. This will be a chance for Brasil to define itself, come together as a nation and give the world a chance to fall in love with "The Brasilian Way".


Before I end this post and show you all the clips I was talking about, I would like to apologize to my regular readers for the change of pace from my normal meaningless yet hopefully entertaining ramblings.


"Stereotype Busters" was a presentation I put on in Brazil where I try to make fun of Canadians and how people see us. You can see most of the presentation below, minus my narrative (which was the best part in my not-so-humble opinion).

This is Neil Young singing "Long May You Run" in the closing ceremonies.


This is K.D. Lang singing "Hallelujah" in the opening ceremonies.