tonight's jeopardy was hot, real hot -- the first round of questions was too hard even for three of the smartest men i've ever seen on a game show

brad cleaned up again, but that wasn't what earned him my 'i'm rooting for him' button, it was that he clapped when the other players did good -- what a nice boy he is! -- although part of my heart still belongs to ken jennings, who shows more useless knowledge in one game that i will in a lifetime (and yes, i want that useless knowledge)

keeping up on the news here is a blah blah deal, nothing overly interesting happening ... top stories of the night involved saving a dog that'd gone down a cliff, and more info on the canadian parliament debates ... and i vaguely recall something about people hunting down cats, but that was during the dinner hour, where news is background noise for fifteen minutes

there was a sad tale of a busload of young bright ones in ireland that turned over, losing five young girls ... very tragic ... well wishes and prayers are for the families of the others, six of whom (as of the last update) were in critical condition ... well wishes also for the canadian oilsands workers involved in a bus accident in alberta on friday, where six workers lost their lives

one of western canada's most infamous men, robert pickton, is up to 22 murder victims ... 22! ... it seems rather amazing someone could do that much and no one really noticed ... and it's more than a little disturbing to think that pickton farms were selling pork products on the lower mainland ... of course, not a lot of detail is known, as there is a canada wide publication ban on news from the pickton trial, much like there was on the homolka/bernardo trials

speaking of which, karla's getting out this july ... she will have served twelve years in jail for her part in the kidnapping, rape and murders of three girls, one of which being her own sister ... it's also been made into a new movie ('deadly') starring that gal who plays donna on 'that 70s show' (her name escapes me, and i'm too tired to look it up) ... slated for release in late summer or early fall, apparently the movie portrays karla as a victim rather than as a co-conspirator in the crimes, something that may not sit too well with many canadians ... question now is whether or not the film would break any 'publication bans' in place (although the books already out there are probably far more detailed than the movie would be)

but hey, what do i know? i'm just a hamster