Camping Toys

Tell me if this isn't the coolest little camping toy you've seen in a while. It's really amazing what they are doing with led lights these days. This camping light is designed to be used as a campsite latern/flood light which can wrap around a tree with the retractable wire tucked inside. The head adjusts up and down to provide light at different angles. It also has a magnetic back with a metal plate on it. This makes it handy to use inside your tent too so that you can have light shining down from your tent ceiling. I'm not sure how bright this little guy is, but it might just do as a replacement for a standard propane lantern. Plus the led's make it very battery friendly, so it won't use as much power to throw a lot of light. I'm sure there are better lights out there but this guy is so portable and compact that it looks like a winner in my book!

Brain Bucket

I have thrown away comon sense and replaced it with a desire for comfort. Not the best reason to go this direction I have to admit, but it has been +30 C for last few days and this choice will definitely favor comfort. What, you ask... did I do?

Well I have gone and purched a new motorcycle helmet that only covers half my noggin'. For obvious reasons they are called "half lids", beanies, or brain buckets. They provide enough protection to satisfy motorcycle helmet laws and that's about it. Boy are they comfortable though. It is soooo nice to ride with the wind blowing against your face. Your temperature doesn't rise as much and the motorcycle experience is that much more fun to enjoy. Unfortunately when I crash now, I have to make sure that I land exactly on top of my head. It's a good thing that I have lost a few pounds, so now the gymnastics required to do this will be slightly easier to accomplish.

There are a few drawbacks to wearing one of these puppies though (besides the obvious saftey concerns)... I now have to put up with bugs hitting me in the face with all the force of a bb gun pellet. Ouch... who would have thought that a mosquito hitting you in the face at 100+ km/hr would sting so much. Oh and now that I enjoy the wind rushing by my face, I also get to enjoy more road noise too (a slight ringing in the ears on occasion). Last but not least I need to keep a pair of glasses with clear lenses handy, so that I might be able to see where I am going when I ride at night. Still, at least I look more like a biker now.

So I figured if I was going to get a half-lid, I might as well pick one with a bit of style. The graphics on this helmet are pretty kewl looking if I do say so myself - which I do. Some may beg to differ but unless they want to foot the bill and supply me with something else, then this little number will be the one I wear for the next while. If you have a kewl looking lid that you'd like to share, send me a link to the photo's, I'd love to take a look at what's out there.

The Matador

Well, I had to put this down somewhere and this might as well be the place. I had a chance to watch "The Matador" on the weekend. I ended up seeing a movie that was pretty much what I expected - except... for the ending.

It was a great role for Pierce Brosnan. He displays more depth to a character than he's done in any other movie so far. Brosnan is an aging hitman (Julian) who's been in the business for more than 20 years and happens to have a chance drink with a straight laced "Average Joe" - Danny - played by Greg Kinnear. Little does Danny realize how much this drink will change his life. Comedy ensues as the quirks and foibles of Julian's character are revealed. He is a hard living, alcohol consuming, sex obsessed facilitator of death. While Danny is your hard luck, hard working joe just trying to make a life worth living for him and his wife. Once these two meet, their lives are changed forever.

I really enjoyed this movie and found myself laughing through most of it. Unfortunately, I thought the ending fell a little flat. They build you up for a twist, and just when you think you have it figured out, it hits the screen without much pizzaz. Definitely a weak moment after a good deal of emotional up's and down's. It was a safe way to end this movie and it left me feeling rather dissapointed. I'd say the rest of the movie makes up for this hum drum finish, so I'd give 7 stars out of 10.

Puma Bandit Dart Board

Puma Bandit Dart Board
Originally uploaded by megabitgeek.

Here is probably one of the best Dartboards you'll ever have the pleasure of throwing darts on. It actually comes with a gaurantee that you'll have less bounce outs with this board than any other board, or your money back if you can believe it! With features like, blade wire technology - embeded right in the board, and no staples anywhere, I can see why they find there are less bounce outs with this board. The Puma Bandit also features a white powder coated number ring. The section dividing ring is also painted white. You have more room to play in the doubles and triples if only because there are no staples and the wire is so thin. The color is vibrant and really looks sharp when up on the wall. Definitely a good value as far as quality dart boards go.

One thing to note, in the U.S. these boards are sold under the DMI brand and not PUMA, although they are identical boards with different branding. Go with a Bandit, it's the only board you'll want to shoot darts on!