Well it has been awhile since I updated my list of my favorite female celebrities. I have gone in a new direction with a number of petite celebs making their way onto my list. Gone are some of my favorites like Jessica Alba, Stacy Keibler, Evangeline Lilly and Rosario Dawson. New to the list are Rachel Bilson, Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell and charging her way back onto the list is none other than local talent and Battlestar Galactica vet Grace Park. So without further ado here is my top ten list.

1.Natalie Portman

Natalie continues to hold top spot. I think it will take a monumental effort of the others on the list to take down this flawless beauty. Damn Nat!

2. Zhang Ziyi

Oh Ziyi! She still holds the number two spot and in all honesty only she can really over throw the Nat. Unfortunately she hasn’t appeared in enough movies lately for my liking, so my fondness for her may start to wane. That is until she picks it up, I happen to know she’s got a couple of movies I am very interested in seeing on the way.

3. Rachel Bilson

Storming on to my list is Rachel Bilson. Now I have never seen an episode of The OC so before you start to think that that is when I started to like this chick, let me assure it is not. She has been in a few movies of late most notably Jumper. She has such an innocent look about her and her voice is so sexy.

4. Grace Park

After my oh so fortuitous meeting with the very lovely Grace Park at the Battlestar Galactica Series wrap party this past summer it was a no brainer bringing back this sexy Korean to my top ten. Coupled with her very enticing role on AE’s The Cleaner I don’t think Grace will be going anywhere anytime soon.

5. Eva Mendes

My spicy Latina Eva stays strong at spot 5. She ain’t going anywhere for some time to come. She is amazing.

6. Scarlett Johansson

Scarlette dropped a few spots this year. Of all the chicks on this list she is by far the most curvy and voluptuous. As with Eva I don’t see her going anywhere for some time. Ooooh and I just saw some outtakes from her Allure Magazine shoot and damn she just move up this list.

7. Mila Kunis

Mila had a very strong year appearing in two modest hits this year but I will only talk about Forgetting Sarah Marshall. She shined in this movie so much so Kristen Bell paled in comparison. Now I was never a Mila fan at all, on That 70’s Show I was more interested in looking at Laura Prepon. The truth is Mila was way underage then and Laura was over the age of 18 at that time. Now that she is 25 it’s all good.

8. Jarah Mariano

Jarah is my one and only model on the list. She has appeared in numerous commercials and music video’s as well such notable magazines as Victoria;s Secret and Sports Illustrated. You can have your Marissa Miller’s, Miranda Kerr’s, Allessandra Ambrosio and Adriana Lima’s! I will take this Asian/Polynesian.

9. Kristen Bell

Well this pint sized pretty made my list because of two things. One she is an avid Hockey Fan and two she is kind of a geek. It goes without saying that she is really pretty. Her turn on Veronica Mars and now Heroes has brought her to the attention of all young men. In all honesty I am actually waiting for her appearance in Fanboys’ a movie that comes out next year. In it she will will don the most famous Bikini ever worn. That’s right! Princess Leia’s Gold Bikini from Return of the Jedi.

10. Jessica Biel

Well Jessica has dropped on my list for one reason only. JT! Justin Timberlake is dating her. For that alone she has dropped to the bottom of my list. If she continues dating him she may find herself off the list entirely.

So that is my updated list.

The Vancouver Canucks Unveiled their new third jersey yesterday. It basically looks like their vintage uniforms from the past couple of season’s. I am gonna be a nitpicker here because I am not truly happy unless I am complaing about something to do with the Canucks.

What the fuck is with the chest logo? Why they felt the need to make changes to it is beyond me. I can just see the brain trust behind this move in the creative meeting.

“The Fan’s love the vintage uniforms, unfortunately last year when we unveiled our gawd awful new streamlined jerseys with the Orca and Vancouver emblazoned over it people’s reactions were not that positive. So our solution is to give them their Vintage uniforms back!.” A smattering if applause and clapping ensued. Then some hip young creative type looking to make an impression on the General Dick Gillis pipes up with this little gem. “Hey what if we modernized the logo and make it a little more fresh!” “What do you have in mind young upstart” say’s Gillis as he finishes swallowing his fourth Ding Dong. “Well I was thinking let’s take the stick and askew it a bit, let’s have it look like it’s actually on the ice. Also we can sharpen it up a bit!…Oooh oooh oooh and and and we can also add a little Johnny Canuck face logo. That will really make the old timers really happy!” the eager young whippersnapper grinned from ear to ear hoping beyond hope that he had impressed his new boss.

All eyes were on Gillis as he leaned back in his chair. He started to crack a smile that slowly turned into a massive rictus grin. The young exec had done it, he had impressed the boss, or so it seemed. In actuality Gillis was smiling at the fresh plate of Ding Dong’s that had just arrived. In between the 5th and 6th Ding Dong Gillis choked out a “Let’s do it!”

Yup that is pretty much how it went down.

You can check out this brand new site for NHL Jersey’s that my buddy has. Just click the link below and it will take you there.

www.buynhljerseys.com

With today being Remembrance Day I thought I would continue on with what I began with last year and post a tribute to our fallen Canadian soldiers. I posted about the anniversary of Vimy Ridge and this year because it is garnering attention due to Paul Gross’ new movie Passchendaele I thought I should post something in regards to that devastating battle.

The First Battle of Passchendaele, on 12 October 1917 began with a further Allied attempt by 5 British and 3 ANZAC divisions (the New Zealand Division and the Australian 3rd and 4th Divisions) to gain ground around Poelkapelle. The heavy rain again made movement difficult, and artillery could not be brought closer to the front owing to the mud. The Allied troops were fought-out, and morale was suffering. Against the well-prepared German defences, the gains were minimal and there were 13,000 Allied casualties.

On this day there were more than 2,700 New Zealand casualties, of which 45 officers and 800 men were either dead or lying mortally wounded between the lines. In terms of lives lost in a single day, this remains the blackest day in New Zealand’s recorded history.

By this point there had been 100,000 Allied casualties, with only limited gains and no breakthrough.

At this point two divisions of the Canadian Corps were moved into the line to replace the badly depleted ANZAC forces. After their successes at Vimy Ridge and the Battle of Hill 70. Upon his arrival, the Canadian Commander-in-Chief General Sir Arthur Currie expressed the view that the cost of the objective would be sixteen thousand casualties. While Currie viewed this figure as inordinately high in relation to the value of the objective, Haig had estimated that the casualties from remaining in place would be worse if this objective was not taken.

The Canadians moved into the line during mid-October, and on 26 October 1917, the Second Battle of Passchendaele began with twenty thousand men of the Third and Fourth Canadian Divisions advancing up the hills of the salient. It cost the Allies twelve thousand casualties for a gain of a few hundred yards.

Reinforced with the addition of two British divisions, a second offensive on 30 October resulted in the capture of the town in heavy rains. For the next five days the force held the town in the face of repeated German shelling and counterattacks, and by the time a second group of reinforcements arrived on 6 November, four-fifths of the infantrymen in two Canadian divisions had been lost.

Their replacements were the First and Second Canadian Divisions. German troops still ringed the area, so a limited attack on the 6th by the remaining troops of the Third Division allowed the First Division to make major advances and gain strong points throughout the area.

One such action on the First Division front was at Hill 52; the Tenth Battalion, CEF were called out of reserve to assist an attack on Hill 52, part of the same low rise where Passchendaele was situated. The Battalion was not scheduled to attack, but the Commanding Officer of the Tenth had wisely prepared his soldiers as if they would be making the main assault – a decision that paid dividends when the unit was called out of reserve. On 10 November 1917, the Tenth Battalion took the feature with light casualties.

A further attack by the Second Division the same day pushed the Germans from the slopes to the east of the town. The high ground was now firmly under Allied control.

After all was said and done, General Currie’s casualty estimations sadly proved to be remarkably accurate. The battle of Passchendaele cost the Canadian Corps 15 654 casualties with over 4 000 dead to take roughly 6.25 square kilometres of German held territory in 16 days of fighting.

Canadian soldiers won a remarkable 9 Victoria Crosses in the fighting at Passchendale.

Canada

After the war, Canada placed memorials at eight sites where the Canadian Corps had made significant contributions to the fighting in the Great War. The Canadian Battle of Passchendaele Memorial is located at the former site of the ‘Crest Farm’ on the southwest fringe of Passendale village. The memorial is on a street named Canadalaan, which leads from the village further southwest to the final resting place of many of the Canadians killed in the battle, Tyne Cot Cemetery.

Poker wise that is. Lately I have been having some fantastic luck when I play poker. Two weeks ago I won a Backroom poker tourney as well as some more money in a cash game before hand. I followed that up with turning $30 US into $290 US on Party Poker. Then this past weekend I played a few $100 tourneys while watching the BC Lions destroy the Saskatchewan Roughriders at my former Bosses Footbal bash! I ended up winning the second of the three tourneys taking home $700 for the cause(my cause).

Overall I have had a great string of luck and with the BC Poker Championships coming up next week it has got me thinking of entering at least some satellites to gain an entry fee into the Main Event. I will ponder a little more but I am not one that likes to part with his cash.

SHOCKED I tell you! I am SHOCKED! Zack and Miri make a Porno hit theater’s this past weekend and it was beat out by High School Musical 3! It barely cracked 10 million while HSM3 made 15 million. Ridiculous!

Now in fairness it was Halloween this past weekend and most people were at Halloween parties. Regardless it was till beat out by a piece of fluff! Now I have long been a fan of Kevin Smith’s work. I think he is a brilliant writer, his directing is somewhat suspect but as a wordsmith he is at the top of the heap. Coupled with Seth Rogen who has vaulted to the top of the heap this past year as a comedic talent I was really looking forward to this movie.

A lot of big cities in the States were refusing to even allow this movie to be seen while others removed the “Make A Porno” for the advertising entirely. I will never understand the Americans need to sweep all sexuality in movies away while at the same time allow the most horrific murder and deaths to be seen in film.  It is a double standard that just makes no sense.

As for the movie itself, I went with Bonnie to see it on Saturday and I loved it. I thought it was a great movie with well drawn out characters. Elizabeth Banks who plays Miri is the standout of this movie. Elizabeth’s Miri glows in every scene and you just can’t help but fall in love with her. One scene early on in the movie where she is trying to pick up her old high school crush at their 10 year reunion is priceless. She cannot stop putting her foot in her mouth as she trying to get him to come back to her place; “I’ve fucked a lot of guys!” she drunkenly laughs. It’s gets better and better and then she finds out he is gay and the stunned look on her face makes it all worth it.

Other standouts for me were Craig Robinson who plays Delaney, Zack’s co-worker and producer of the Porno. Also Jason Mewes shines in a Non-Jay role this time as Lester an “Actor” in the movie. He gets to do a lot of fucking and seems none to shy showing off his Penis.

I tell Bonnie all the time that good acting is always in the eyes. When Seth and Elizabeth are on screen together as Zack and Miri you really believe that they are in the situation that they are in. Scenes where there were no dialogue their eyes spoke volumes.

I think this is Kevin Smith’s strongest work to date. Although for laughs Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back still kicks ass this movie will be added to my collection when is comes onto DVD.