James Doohan died yesterday. For those of you who didn't know who he was, Doohan was "James Montgomery Scott" aka "Scotty" in the original Star Trek series. Scotty was the chief Engineer of the starship. I have always loved the Star Trek series and often thought that they could never duplicate the characters of the original series. They had so much more depth & colour. Doohan as Scotty had his famous lines : "I just can't do it Captain. I just don't have the power" in his fake Scottish accent. Also any Trekkie will always say "Beam Me Up Scotty"!! He will be sorely missed. Rest In Peace Mr.Doohan.



Stu Barnes (born December 25, 1970 in Spruce Grove, Alberta, Canada) is a Canadian professional hockey forward. He currently plays for the National Hockey League's Dallas Stars. He was drafted by the Winnipeg Jets in the 1989 NHL Entry Draft , First Round, Fourth Overall. He has played for the Winnipeg Jets, Florida Panthers, Pittsburgh Penguins and Buffalo Sabres. Played for Tri-City of the WHL in 1988-89. ...Recorded 141 points (59 goals, 82 assists) that season, earning second-team WHL All-Star honors in the process. Married. He and wife, Julie, have one daughter, Reily and one son, Jack.

Center Stu Barnes, a veteran of 13 NHL seasons and five teams, signed a two-year contract extension with the Dallas Stars on Tuesday. The contract will keep Barnes in Dallas through the 2006-07 season, though financial terms were not disclosed. Barnes, 33, skated in 77 games with the Stars last season, tallying 11 goals and 18 assists for 29 points. He also chipped in 18 penalty minutes. Barnes' 500th career point came on an assist in a January 17 game at Calgary. He has served as the 11th captain in team history since 2001. "In Stu's short time with our organization he has shown leadership and commitment," said general manager Doug Armstrong. "We feel that Stu possesses all the positive attributes we are looking for in a player." In 897 career games, the 5-foot-11, 180-pound Barnes has scored 221 goals and 292 assists for 513 points. He spent time with the Winnipeg Jets, Florida Panthers, Pittsburgh Penguins and Buffalo Sabres before coming to Dallas. Barnes has also played in 90 career playoff games, including five last year in the Dallas-Colorado conference quarterfinal. He has produced 53 points in postseason action.





I saw the movie House Of A 1000 Corpses late last night. Now normally I love watching horror / ghosts / vampire / werewolf / slasher or any erie movie of any sort. I have seen some good ones, some great ones, some okay ones and some downright shitty ones over the years. Some come under categories I cannot define in terms of quality. Like this one over here. It was so bloody (infact it came with a warning by HBO that it contained very violent scenes). True to the warning I was treated to maiming, cutting & killing for...absolutely no reason whatever. To be truthful what did I expect, when the movie was directed & written by this guy over here - Rob Zombie!! This is what he looks like in real life!! Yuck yuck. No, actually I watched the movie just because he was associated with it. Now I regret my decision.




Song for the day - "Transformer Man" (in dedication to James Doohan) - NEIL YOUNG