Well I’ve met to post this for a while now but it’s pretty bloody obvious that this blog is on a hiatus now.
This blog has a history that was tied to a certain comic book store in Vancouver, Canada (You know, where the 2010 Winter Olympics were) called ELFSAR COLLECTION COMICS & TOYS. Sadly Elfsar had to close down in May so in many ways, it’s closing has also put the final nail into the coffin of this blog. If I had ANY thought of returning and sparking this sucker up, it’s all gone now. Elfsar was the spark that had me start REALLY bad reviews over on Happy Harbor Comics website. That went on for a while until I thought, why not just start my own blog doing the same thing and ranting about whatever else I wanted. So I did and BtS was born. It went through many looks & feel until finding the latest incarnation. Now don’t get me wrong, I do miss it at times but overall I think running this blog took a great deal out of me in ways I haven’t still realized. I managed this blog almost as much or more than working 8 hours a day and that got to be too much in general. That and I feel my appreciation for comic books lately has been at an all time low so I have little to talk about.
I know many friends I know wished I kept the blog up and running but never truly understood it was like feeding a forever hungry zombie… and I FUCKING HATE Zombies!
So for now the blog is again on a Hiatus. If you feel the fucked up strange need to listen to my rambles, you can catch me on Twitter here:
http://twitter.com/RobertParizek
I’m not closing up shop as I like the digital footprint this leaves so feel free to browse and lick the carpet, you might find something you like. That said, I’m closing the comments now for the entire site and all older posts.
Commonly I do not post about anything outside comics, movies, TV and other such related geek. I am changing all that today with a post about a sport I very much enjoy. On Sunday morning, Bob Ackles passed away from a sudden heart attack. He was 69. Bob Ackles was the president of the British Columbia Lions, a team in the Canadian Football League. My home team and when I heard the news this morning (I missed it yesterday), I was just remembering all the fun I ever had with my friends from high school and how much of our great times involved the BC Lions in some way. Flash forward to today and I now have season tickets to the BC Lions and go with good friends from high school to the games. I often have another ticket to bring along other friends and family as well but the binding part of the games is the tie to my high school friends.
I won’t go on further other than to say my condolences to the Ackles family at this time and that hearing about times like these it makes me cherish family and friends even more so.
“Bob is the franchise. He is Mr. B.C. Lions. He’s football in B.C,” Lions owner David Braley
From TSN:
http://tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=242666&lid=headline
The book The Water Boy about the life and times of Bob Ackles in Football:
http://www.amazon.ca/Water-Boy-Sidelines-Owners-Inside/dp/0470153458
Bobby Lou’s *new* mask for the Nucks! ‘Nuff said!
This and Mason Raymond making the team ROCKS!
Check out more shots and info on the Luongo’s mask here! Check out Mason Raymond’s blog here:
http://forum.canucks.com/index.php?automodule=blog&blogid=5&
Not ONLY is today, Weds. Oct. 3rd, New Comic Books day but also the first day of the 2007 / 2008 National Hockey League season! YAY! WOO HOO! Go and enjoy: http://www.nhl.com/
If only the ‘Nucks had good jerseys like super hero costumes I would truly be in bliss (while laughing my ass off on the costumed jerseys!). 
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Go Canucks Go!
Vancouver Canucks – I Believe!
I just LOVE this latest ad for My NHL. Take a moment to watch…
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Also the Sedins have their own My NHL Commerical…
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Well the boys did it, they won Gold! Congrats to Team Canada at the World Jr’s Hockey Championship. You deserve it!
Okay I heard of this a while ago but I never believed that it would be an issue but it seems that the Canucks themselves today were wearing “Vote for Rory” t-shirts. Check it out, Rory Fitzpatrick a Vancouver Canuck defenceman now has around 30 thousand votes for the NHL All-Star game. Go vote! Send Rory to the NHL All-Star game, why not, its grassroots!
http://www.voteforrory.com/
Go buy some pins, shirts or thongs for Vote for Rory here:
