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There’s a very catchy Nike commercial airing right now, featuring what appears to be old stock footage of basketball games in the old ABA. And a very funky soundtrack.

Except the team featured in the commericals, the Roswell Rayguns, never existed.

The commercial was produced by Method Studios, known for digital special effects and morphing, as seen in Alanis Morrisette’s video “So Pure.”

So, did Method film completely new footage of basketball players in afros and manipulate it to look old? Or did they manipulate old footage to superimpose Roswell Rayguns players into the action?

Probably a bit of both.

(If you have the patience and the time, you can check out Nike’s flash site about the “Rayguns.”)

New m@b.

Go now.

Got take-out sushi
My two cats are most intrigued
Yet they will eat none

I finally got my cam hooked up and took a pic of myself with my beard.

Ahem. It looks better in person.

I’m straight and I want Portia de Rossi to serve me sangria.

Is there something wrong with me?

I’ve been such a busy little cub reporter lately. Here are some of the stories I’ve written:

• U.S. Senate rejects arctic oil drilling plan
• U.S. pilot had no orders to drop bomb: Pentagon
• N.S. teachers face sex-related charges
• U.S. to create North American command zone
• Feature: The Auditor General

I swore I’d never do one of these tests, but a blog post is a blog post…

Looks like Canoe has finally tipped.

A CP story (carried on Canoe…) says Quebecor has cut 67 jobs from the Web site. That’s pretty much the whole editorial staff.

According to an online news mailing list, the only people left there are a few Web designers and some sales staff.

Doesn’t bode well for people trying to get into online news, eh?

This beard site recommends that you don’t shave at all for six weeks when first growing your beard.

But, but…

Don’t they realize that I’d be a hideous freak with hair down to my shirt collar and a big bald patch under my chin!?

As if being from the Ottawa Valley isn’t embarrassing enough.

Last week, Cheryl Gallant, the Alliance MP from the riding of Renfrew-Nipissing-Pembroke yelled “Ask your boyfriend!” at Foreign Affairs Minister Bill Graham during an exchange in the House of Commons.

Today, she apologized.

Incidently, Cheryl Gallant is my dentist’s wife.

Well, former dentist. I haven’t seen a dentist in a year that begins with a 2.