The SBP Archives - Your less than frequent dose of SBP!

- A fun weekend lined up for SBP. Saturday night we got my main man, Georges St Pierre, in his first title defense since his historic win in Montreal, along with Brock Lesnar making his 2nd UFC fighting appearance. Sunday, it's a music double bill at Scotiabank Place, with Billy Idol and Def Leppard taking the stage. What else can you say except, "Nice!"

- I picked up The Orange Box for my Xbox 360, and for $40 it is one sweet deal. You get three episodes of Half Life 2, a puzzle game called Portal which is extremely addictive, and an online game called Fortress 2 (don't play online though so I haven't given that a try). I love the first person shooters so this was definitely a nice pick up.

- How many people do you know would substitute for an Ultimate game on a Monday long weekend? SBP, that's who. Unfortunately, it's also a reflection on how much spare time I have. Don't be shy to get in touch with me if you're up for something.

- Anyone going to bother tuning in to the opening ceremonies of the Olympics at 7am tomorrow? Me neither. By the way, about one-third of the Canadian athletes feel the same way and won't be attending the ceremony

- Speaking of the Olympics, this is likely the first time I won't bother watching any of it, even though it was mentioned to me it might be worth it just to watch in HD. It's been said many times before, but the fact that it's being held in Beijing where journalists are told what they can and cannot say & do, where half the factories are shut down and half the cars are being told to keep of the roads because the pollution is so bad, is a reflection of how corrupt this whole "process" is. I sincerely hope the Olympic committee has learned it's lesson and won't considering a country like China hosting it again.

- Greyhound had to pull an advertising campaign where it's tag line was something along the lines of "Have you ever heard of bus rage?" Bad timing.

- Sick of the Mats Sundin saga? The guy had since April to make up his mind on what he wanted to do. What's taking him so long? Just make up your mind already. Even Steve Yzerman chimed in, saying if you have doubts just play otherwise you'll regret it. Agreed.