This Site is Forbidden by the Government + Commentary of the Week

Interesting developments amongst others over the weekend. I will share two. The first thing was the rush of going on stage this past weekend and singing a song with my friends who were playing a gig in my hometown. I sang this song.

The second was finding out that this website is "Forbidden by Ratings Check" by a government agency! You see, my friend works for an arm of the government which will remain unnamed for now, and when he tried to log in at work, he found out the Headquarters in Ottawa banned it. Oh well. Must have been the foul language content. In my friend's honour, I will post an email he sent to me not too long ago which I enjoyed. Here it is:

I can remember so clearly when 30 was old. Now here I am, married, a steady job, and about to turn 30. Where in the hell did it all go? Don’t get me wrong. I am satisfied to a certain extent with the way things have turned out up to this point, but I cant help but think, is this all there is? Is this all I can expect for the rest of my life? Buy a house, have a couple kids, buy a bigger house, move to the States and play golf and die. As I enter my middle age years I have begun to reflect on some of the things I was certain I would get a chance to do but still haven't got around too. Here are a few of them.

- I have never jumped in front of a bullet to save my best friends life while yelling “Nooooooooooo”.
- I never had my best friend jump in front of a bullet to save my life while yelling “Nooooooooooo”.
- I've never told my team to “win one for me” as I get carried off the field on a stretcher in the fourth quarter of a tied high school football game
- I have never walked into a room that fell silent before a “slow clap” finally builds into a standing ovation.
- Never been engaged in a long kiss with a women in a crowded subway as bystanders cheered and clapped.
- Had somebody call me a “magnificent bastard” after choosing the right wire to cut as the red digital numbers count down to one on a bomb.
- Been face to face with the barrel of a gun and hear a gun go off and check myself for bullet holes then see the shooter drop dead and see somebody I had presumed to be dead standing behind him with a smoking gun.
- Discovered a trap door.
- Said, “If you mess with him you mess with all of us”.
- Been stuck in an inescapable position with a number of cultural stereotypes.
- Been in a dark house and heard a noise and went into a dark damp basement to investigate and have a cat jump out at me and scare the living hell out of me and after laughing at myself proceed to turn around and stare into the face of a deranged escaped mental patient holding a butcher knife.
- Been informed that I had just swallowed poison and had to solve a riddle in order to find the antidote.
- Chased a car down a highway in the wrong direction.
- Had an anonymous voice tell me over the phone “your closer than you know”.
- Accidentally booked two important dates for the same evening and try to keep the other from knowing by rushing back and forth between them all out of breath
- Been a few days from retirement only to be placed with a wise cracking minority partner.
- Been tied to a chair as the evil plotter reveals to me his plan.
- Said, “cover me”.
- Had a girl fall for the “popular jock” in high school and then have her realise that she was really in love with me all along but then talk her out of it because I realise the popular jock has learned the error of his ways and become a good person.

I have said "cover me", "if you mess with him you mess with all of us", and I've also been called a magnificent bastard.

Have a great day folks. With love, I remain, The Magnificent Bastard.