William Jans

JUST SAVED A LIFE AND GOT HAIL FOR IT

2011-11-08T13:13:00.000-08:00

What a day. Managed to coax a young man off of a bridge who was going to jump (he was on the wrong side of the railing too!) and then got pelted by hail during the same run.

http://www.wrjphoto.com/blog/just-saved-a-life-and-got-hail-for-it/

HORRIBLE MOVIE ALERT!

2011-11-08T13:01:00.000-08:00

In short, AVOID three musketeers! Here is what I had to say about it... and a couple other notable reviews too!

http://www.wrjphoto.com/blog/horrible-movie-alert/

*The poster is there too... at least it is painted extremely well.

LANGARA SEMINAR

2011-11-08T11:59:00.000-08:00

I had the pleasure of lecturing for the First Year students at Langara's Photography program again.

Here is a photo of the stragglers that hung out afterwards to chat :-)

http://www.wrjphoto.com/blog/langara-seminar/

INTENSE VIDEO... TOO MUCH TO HANDLE?

2011-11-08T10:57:00.000-08:00

I posted two videos here. One that is pretty tame will freak you out and the other that was perceived as pretty wild seems pretty darn mild now.

http://www.wrjphoto.com/blog/intense-video-too-much-to-handle/

WORLDS COLLIDE... A NEW IMPOSSIBLE COINCIDENCE!

2011-11-08T09:55:00.000-08:00

This is really trippy and yet another one of those crazy impossible things that, based on the odds, should NOT be able to happen...

http://www.wrjphoto.com/blog/worlds-collide/

Photos there too. As you can tell I have been blogging on my new website more, but will keep linking from here.

WORST BUSINESS CARD TYPO EVER?

2011-10-12T06:53:00.000-07:00

This is my favourite business card! I just love the size of this error! With so few words it is amazing to have a typo! And, to misspell a word so common as this is hilarious. It would be like writing a book called “My Trip to Idnia”

http://www.wrjphoto.com/blog/worst-business-card-typo/

COFFEE TABLE OF THE GODS (CRAIGSLIST POSTING)

2011-10-06T06:51:00.000-07:00

This is a very fun ad. The photo really helps sell the table too!

http://www.wrjphoto.com/blog/coffee-table-of-the-gods-craigslist/

DRAGONFLY SILHOUETTE ON MY TENT

2011-09-11T19:13:00.001-07:00

9:30 am on my tent fly. Shot with my phone.

Not a bad place to camp!

2011-09-11T19:12:00.001-07:00

Thirty three degrees celcius. Yum!

WELDING BY FULL MOON (REAL PHOTO I TOOK)

2011-09-08T19:39:00.000-07:00

I had to get my excavator bucket welded and never expected it would be done with a full moon! Real photo from two days ago...

GREAT CRAIGSLIST AD (FROM VANCOUVER TOO!)

2011-08-11T16:02:00.000-07:00

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DENTAL PORTRAIT

2011-07-26T09:30:00.001-07:00

Just got another dental "portrait" taken but they would not let me smile. I tried to show off by using the word "frenectomy" in a sentence.

KITTY LITTER...

2011-07-21T22:03:00.001-07:00

I bought 150 pounds of kitty litter today! Really! - Big sale at Costco. I feel and equal amount of shame and satisfaction at the same time.

WHY DANGLE?

2011-07-21T09:32:00.000-07:00

Testing out a new super "why dangle" lens (say it out loud and it will make sense... ha ha). This fish eye is wide enough you could see where you parked, who you were with and what was going on in every direction! Crazy!

SIX VIALS OF BLOOD!

2011-06-07T10:07:00.001-07:00

Holymoley! They pulled six of these from me to test me out after trip to china. I bet I am even lighter now ( already lost 14 pounds).

I can hardly wait to do the stool tests! Wahoo.

CHECK OUT MY "OLDER POSTS" (BRAND NEW postings put under appropriate date) I can access blog now that I am out of China!

2011-06-05T17:18:00.000-07:00

I am posting NEW images now that I am out of china (can access blog now). One post per day for last 2 month adventure - and I am dating them for the date they took place... More going up daily. Go to "older posts" if only to see the CRUCIFICTION Photos that you will not easily forget!

I SLEPT ON THE GREAT WALL (NOT LEGAL BUT VERY COOL)!

2011-05-26T20:11:00.000-07:00

Well it was really tough to get there on my own and the torrential rains and thunder as I arrived posed challenges to get on the wall, but once that stopped, it got nice and I was amazed to find I had about 10 km section of the Great Wall totally to myself for 2 days. Not a soul to be seen. In the photo where you see the run down sentry tower to the left you can see the wall snaking in the back. The middle tower (middle of photo) is the one I slept in.

STREET MASSAGE IN BEIJING

2011-05-25T09:51:00.000-07:00

I got rooked into a massage while traipsing around this little lake in Beijing. Little did I know I would get an eyelid massage too.

Was she trying to pop my eyes out? I was not sure, but she sure was "working it"

One small man with a bicycle can move anything!

TIANANMEN SQUARE. PLEASE DONT POINT THAT AT ME.

2011-05-24T09:39:00.000-07:00

Please dont point that thing at me! (see guy on right... he seems upset)? These guys are right outside of Chairman Mao's Mausoleum. Wait till you hear my story about visiting Mao in the show (under construction). * Make sure you are on my email list for show announcements.

You get used to being a moving photo op for chinese tourists who all want photos with the random foreigner (it will happen to you too), but this was the first guy who paid a professional Tiananmen photographer to shoot our photo and then he PAID for this print.

I ATE A SCORPION, A CATERPILLAR and A SILK WORM.

2011-05-23T10:02:00.000-07:00

And I dont think I would order them again. Eee-yuk.

*The scorpion was the least iccky.

This centipede might be way smaller than the scorpion, but it packs a quite a punch of "flavour." I will likely never be found in a line up to order another.

GREAT WALL MARATHON!

2011-05-21T08:48:00.000-07:00

What a cool event. Capacity crowds and a really great day. I did the half marathon distance but now wish I did the full just for the pleasure of covering that section of the wall again.

People from 52 countries came to partake and everyone seemed to have had a good time. Not a fast time though since those walls are steep!)

This South American fellow raced it pretty much barefoot!

TRYING TO GET TO REMOTE HUANG HUA... FIASCO EXTRAORDINAIRE

2011-05-20T21:30:00.000-07:00

It might seem easy enough, but getting basic transport to the small town where the marathon was taking place was just a crazy adventure... an array of subways, trains, buses, cabs, hitchiking, etc. A 3 hour trip took me SEVEN HOURS!

Little did i know the village I was asking for was SO tiny that no one really knew where it was and how to help me.

Fastest train in China. 339 km per hour... sadly NOT in the right direction.

A packed bus.

Thanks so much to these kind non english speaking strangers who threw me in their car and helped me SO much to get further along. They even helped find another car to get me to my final destination before 10 pm. I am so lucky!!

TREACHEROUS CLIFF CLIMB AND GREAT VIEWS

2011-05-16T13:36:00.000-07:00

This is one of the main reasons I went to China... There are two really challenging pathways in mountains that I heard of about 6 years ago. One in Spain called Camino Del Rey, and this one in Hua Shan in China. I had such a grand adventure here and will have quite a story to tell in the show... meanwhile here are images of this amazing mountain.

West Peak. The most high traffic area of the mountain (15000 per day going up this!?) *but by tram... the cheesy easy way.

The scetchy part you can opt to do. Some less comfy on this...

And some just a bit too foolhardy (thats me!)

1600 meters down likely.

Lovely view.

South Peak

You may have seen a spam email that talks about free restaurant if you hike there... well...

This is the restaurant at West Peak (photographed from a challenging spot outside of the fence) and I can assure you it is certainly not free. It turns out I ran out of money and had to be shrewd for accomodation (see below)

Normal room costs here were $160 plus per night. I simply didnt have it. I only had $70 Kwai... and the folks here took it all to let me sleep in an attic. I guess I am lucky. That meant hiking all the way down next day with no money for food. What an adventure. More about this in the show when it is ready. Please make sure you are on the email notification list (register at wrjphoto.com)

KANGDING - YOU COULD WHITEWATER KAYAK IN THE CITY.

2011-05-12T20:00:00.000-07:00

This might be the only city where you could actually whitewater kayak right through town. The water is really moving and there are some white caps for sure.

THANKS TO A FRIEND FOR BYPASSING THE CEN SORS

2011-05-12T14:07:00.000-07:00

Thanks so much to Mariska in Vancouver for posting some of my bl og stuffs from China. Cen sorship here means that FB, T wit, Yo utube and all Bl ogs are inacc essible in Ch ina. Intentional mispellings. I am sure you will figure it out.

(Location: William is in Kangding, Kham province, China - - pretty much Tibet really)

AMAZING CATARACT SURGERY RESTORES VISION (IN 10 MINUTES)

2011-05-12T09:50:00.000-07:00

Ok, maybe 12 minutes. but totally amazing. These sisters had cataracts in both eyes and this is what they travelled 3 days (1200 km) for. Surgery on the first eye. Fascinating procedure and I was lucky to be witness to it all while in Kangding.

A weight is placed on the eye before surgery - I think to help freezing work best.

Me in surgery. Moving delicately. This is precise work.

Recovery is fast and she will be able to see immediately when patch removed in the morning That is a great "reveal" to witness! - Seeing someone regain their vision after many years is pretty powerful stuff!

This group of 17 was brought in on a Seva Provided bus and were pretty excited about arriving!

BEST MONEY I HAVE EVER SPENT! I BOUGHT VISION FOR THREE TIBETANS

2011-05-11T13:06:00.000-07:00

Seva (based in Vancouver) is a wonderful group that helps subsidize Cataract Surgeries for countless Tibetans (and people all over the world). I was lucky to get to Kangding to see this great hospital in action. I had planned to cover the cost of one person's surgery, but after meeting these three sisters who travelled THREE DAYS to cover the 1200 KMS to get here, I felt compelled to pay for all three. Best money I have ever spent. Not often you can say you really got to change someone's life with just a few dollars. Amazing experience.

Here is a link for SEVA if you might wish to find out more or helpout: www.seva.ca

Three sisters - all whom have cataracts. The sister closest to me could only recognize a pen light when waved in front of her eyes and could not even see fingers.

That is a cataract visible in ZHUO DUO's eye

Despite being normally squeamish about anything to with eyes, I found watching the surgeries both compelling and fascinating.

CHALLENGING CHINESE ROADS?

2011-05-10T16:54:00.000-07:00

On the way to Kangding, I saw this truck that went over the edge. Nasty accident.

You can see in the other photo that people pass like crazy too where there is not really too much room.

On the way to Kangding, I saw this truck that went over the edge. Nasty accident.

You can see in the other photo that people pass like crazy too where there is not really too much room.

MONKEYS ALWAYS WIN

2011-05-09T14:00:00.000-07:00

Monkeys on the trail up Emei Shan are infamous for taking exactly what they want. Very Aggressive. Bringing up a plastic bag here!? Not a good idea at all. Great to watch the mayhem from silly tourists who ignored all warnings.
(Location: Emei Shan, Sichuan, China)

HEY BIG EARS! (GIANT BUDDHA IN LESHAN)

2011-05-08T14:04:00.000-07:00

The Giant Buddha in Leshan, Sichuan, China. At over 71 M tall this guy is the biggest. Each toe is 8.5 Meters. His ears are 7 m tall. I got a nice photo of the little sprig growing in his left ear that maybe you can see in this photo. This was taken on a Sunday... all are warned NOT to go on Sundays due to massive crowds, but as you can see that made it lucky for me since the packed stairwell looks very cool.

(Location: Leshan, Sichuan, China)

20 HOURS IN BED. SICK SUCKS

2011-05-07T20:03:00.000-07:00

I dont know what I got, but it was rough. Didn't really leave bed for 20 hours. Totally listless and in pain. Harsh yucckiness for days.

(Location: Chengdu, Sichuan, China)

THIS DVD PLAYER DOES NOT PLAY ACTION FILMS

2011-05-05T19:54:00.000-07:00

The first DVD player made that clearly prefers films to be less violent.

(Location: ZHAOXING, Guanxi, China)

ENJOY YOUR FREEDOM

2011-05-01T22:08:00.000-07:00

Censorship in China... William asked me to post this for him: "Hello from China where the authorities are not so keen on you being able to access blogs, Facebook or Youtube. None of those are accessible online. I am trying to find a workaround (and there are some), so stay tuned. I have lots more cool stuff to share. *Apparently looking for Tianamen Square in Wikipedia can either direct you to a grey screen with happy faces or nothing at all!" William Jans in Yangshuo, Guilin, China.

MUD PIT! THE COOLEST (AND DIRTIEST) CAVE IN ASIA

2011-05-01T09:33:00.000-07:00

One of the more intriguing caves you can visit in Asia. Funny we spent 6 hours in there (including 5 power outages - *with no backup lighting of course) and had a great time. Even better when we finally exited to find out we missed a massive downpour. Some worried cave water was rising though!

Boating into the cave

This will do wonders for my complexion.

Freaking out the guide

Why bother changing to exit the cave?

RICHARD DREYFUSS' FAVORITE GAS STATION?

2011-04-29T21:58:00.000-07:00

OK, this is a bit of a test of your pop culture savviness? Do you get it? Ba ha.

This photo taken upon arrival in Yangshuo China at 10:00 pm

SALUTE TO MANNERS...

2011-04-27T15:44:00.000-07:00

This is self explanatory I think :-). This was within 20 meters of a toilet.

(Location: Dragon Backbone Terraces, Guilin, Guanxi, China)

HIDE AND SEEK IS FUN NO MATTER YOUR AGE

2011-04-27T13:33:00.000-07:00

April 27, 2011 - this was taken at the start of the trek of the "Dragon's Backbone Terrace" near Guilin China.

Not often you get ancient stone carvings to hide behind.

KFC DELIVERS!

2011-04-27T13:26:00.000-07:00

What more do you need in life?

(Location: Guilin, Guanxi, China)

WELCOME TO CHINA. WOULD YOU LIKE YOUR NEON BRIGHT, EXTRA BRIGHT, OR INSANE-TACULAR!?

2011-04-26T13:00:00.000-07:00

This is low key traffic toll both on the way to Chengdu after flying in from Shenzhen.

(Location: Chengdu, Sichuan, China)

MATH IN AN ELEVATOR

2011-04-25T13:21:00.000-07:00

Not every elevator goes to every floor, so you better pay attention (there will be a test)

(Location: Mirador Mansions, Hong Kong, China)

HONG KONG HOTEL ROOM

2011-04-25T05:47:00.001-07:00

25 US per night and the room is as big as the bed. What a hoot!

Sumptuous breakfast just for me! (room 2)

2011-04-25T05:42:00.001-07:00

Six delicately arranged pure white bread toast-ettes, one "orange" beverage, a plop of jam and lump of margarine... A complete breakfast!

HONG KONG HEADACHE... MSG is bad!

2011-04-25T04:20:00.000-07:00

I think that won ton soup I had for breakfast might have had its share of Mono Sodium Glutamate. Used for flavour, but famous for giving whopping headaches. I have a one now... no fun. I hope I can avoid MSG for the rest of the China trip.

MORE RICE TERRACE PHOTOS

2011-04-25T02:02:00.001-07:00

"Trekking the Banaue Rice Terraces" is a great addition to any bucket list.

BROCCOLI BATHROOM

2011-04-24T20:43:00.001-07:00

I am in Hong Kong in a room so small that you have to get on the bed to close the door. It is as big as the bed! Toilet here too but it reeks like old Broccoli! Gross. If you are unfamiliar with this smell I encourage you to find some so you too can relive this classy hotel experience.

WHY DID THE CHICKEN CROSS THE ROAD?

2011-04-23T20:05:00.000-07:00

To become dinner! This was is a creative way to cook chicken.... Hey is that your van by the way?

(Location: Manila, Philippines)

SPELUNKING!

2011-04-23T17:29:00.001-07:00

This cave in Sagada was just amazing! Just like any other at first, but once it got to the wet part (where you remove your shoes to squirm through well tunnels, it got really amazing! I just loved it!

CRUCIFICTION ANYONE?

2011-04-22T17:45:00.000-07:00

Just back from the "Crucifiction Festival" north of Manila. Great fun for the whole family. Watch people get nailed to crosses while eating your ice cream and buying "Sponge Bob" balloons. Really.

WANT TO VOLUNTEER TO BE CRUCIFIED? LINE UP.

2011-04-22T14:09:00.000-07:00

Yep, they really nail them to crosses on Good Friday in San Fernando Pampagna. Their is also a parade of men doing some self flagellation. If you want to you can stop at places where other people will swat you, whip you or brush your back with a broken glass brush (see photos!) Thousands of spectators watch and eat ice cream and buy souvenir Spongebob SquarePants balloons. Every word is true.

(Location: San Fernando Pampangna, Philippines)

LIKE EGGS? MAYBE NOT AFTER THIS

2011-04-21T11:42:00.000-07:00

Most everyone LOVES BALUT in the Philippines. They are eggs that have been boiled just 5 days before hatching. That means you get to eat feathers, claws, eyes, beak and all the other exciting bits. Seriously everyone loves them. Wait till you hear in the show what happened when I ate one.

(Location: Road back to Manila from Sagada, Philippines)

SUPER SPELUNKING!

2011-04-20T11:40:00.000-07:00

I have been in lots of caves, but this one was really amazing! Wait till you see the video of us navigating through tiny openings in the water filled cave. Just trippy. I loved it and am darn lucky I didn't wreck all my gear!

(Location: Sagada, Mountain Region, Philippines)

WOULD I LIKE A WOOD BIKE? WOULD I EVER!

2011-04-20T11:00:00.000-07:00

Shot from the roof of a Jeepney, but I met these boys the day before. They use these scooters (with brake) to bring wood down the hill.

(Location: Sagada, Mountain Region, Philippines)

2 DAY WALK IN RICE PATTIES IN BANAUE PHILIPPINES

2011-04-19T05:25:00.000-07:00

This should go on your bucket list. GREAT place to walk. Spectacular, but you need a good sense of balance...

28 HOUR BUS RIDE WHEN YOU ARE SICK SUCKS...

2011-04-17T06:08:00.000-07:00

Left Legaspi yesterday at 6:30 pm and arrived in Banaue at 8:30 pm. I am not only exhausted, I am really sick. on the mend a bit now, but the first 16 hours were horrendous. I ate a BALUT (because I had to for the show) and didnt expect it would almost kill me ;-). What is a BALUT... well that is a 25 day old egg... only 4 days from hatching and then the cook it and eat it. Little beak, eyes, claws, feathers and all... Guess I should have known

DIVING WITH WHALE SHARKS

2011-04-15T20:09:00.000-07:00

This 18 M long Whale Shark is a smaller one. Largest one I heard of here was 36 M. They are harmless and feed on plankton that cloud the sea here. This taken from video.

(Location: Donsol, Bicol, Philippines)

MOUNT MAYON VOLCANO

2011-04-13T07:28:00.000-07:00

It might not look too tough and it is only 2400 m, but... one went to hospital, one got sunstroke, one ripped arms and hands up quite a bit and we were all totally exhausted.

I was served dinner by a man named Dong Dong

2011-04-11T16:59:00.000-07:00

What more need be said. You know it is going to be great food when Dong Dong serves it up. The Restaurant was called "Fort Wally" which is equally inviting!!

(On the 7 hour bus trip from El Nido Back to Puerto Princessa.

Thank goodness for air con.

2011-04-11T03:08:00.000-07:00

Fans are fine, but it is hot and sticky here, so the a/c in this room is welcome! Now have to foray out into the hot wet air for dinner. Will I lose more weight than I consume on the 30 min walk there? Stay tuned ;-)

The Taj Mahal is in the Philippines...

2011-04-10T22:31:00.001-07:00

with just a minor mispelling.

CHICKEN...

2011-04-10T22:29:00.000-07:00

Well Chicken Intestines. Same thing... Pretty much?

EL NIDO BEACHES. SUPER WOW

2011-04-10T22:26:00.000-07:00

The big vertical rock in the middle of the image is the climb I did that I posted a couple days ago.

The water is the same temperature as the air here.

Your going to pay for that Slurpee... right?

2011-04-10T22:24:00.001-07:00

Security gaurds are outside of every business in Manila it seems.

Banks have three security... two outside (one to search your bag, one to open door) and one inside to bolt door seconds before and after you get in.

Good candy?

2011-04-09T05:47:00.001-07:00

This was the best jackfruit and purple yam candy I have ever had! ;-)

El Nido cliff climb...

2011-04-08T22:34:00.001-07:00

Amazing view after a challenging climb. Class 4 scrambling in the heat.

Menu item today...

2011-04-08T07:01:00.001-07:00

I could have ordered a "hand job pizza" today in palawan, philippines. Did I miss a great meal I wonder?

So, a priest and a giraffe go into an airport....

2011-04-05T20:58:00.001-07:00

Oh... Uh.... Nevermind I guess that joke would have bombed...

WHERE IS MY PHONE... COOL LOCATOR

2011-04-05T05:39:00.000-07:00

My friend Paul showed me how a computer program can locate my phone (and hopefully me) anywhere in the world. It is working rather well and keeping my somewhat worried Mom at ease in being able to see the exact street intersection I am at at almost any given moment. She even followed my for a few seconds as the plane TOOK OFF in Vancouver. Very cool. She saw me on the runway... then advancing down the tarmac... then suddenly gone as signal was lost at altitude. Really impressive software. With the map of Manila here the only thing you cannot tell is how crazy big this city is! I am a waaayyyyy smaller dot that the blue one you see there!

The program is me.com and it is free. You can pay for a bigger version that does more (or get it free for 60 days like I am doing).

MANILA AT DUSK

2011-04-04T20:25:00.000-07:00

ARRIVED IN MANILA

2011-04-03T04:45:00.000-07:00

Arrived at around 1 pm or so and it was 30 degrees or 85 F. I must have looked like I was dressed for winter with long pants and boots.

Hot and sticky but a welcome feeling that brings back great memories of tropical asia :-)

I hope I can eat my own weight in Mangos while I am here!

SLEEPING IN A SECRET CORNER OF THE BEIJING AIRPORT

2011-04-02T16:42:00.000-07:00

You are not supposed to do this, but with just about 8 hours till my 7 am departure to Philippines, I thought it made more sense to hunker down in the airport. This is supposed to be adventure anyway right? This is in the shopping mall area right by a children's store. No one bothered me... not even night cleaners. How lucky.

I got to use the wifi in the morning too. Nice :-)

My accommodations on the floor of the hong kong airport

2011-04-02T15:43:00.001-07:00

Not so fancy this time. Like sleeping on concrete floor of a shopping mall!

MY "ROOM" ON THE PLANE

2011-04-02T15:26:00.001-07:00

I love flying on points! Here are my accommodations on the plane to Beijing. Yahoo ( sent from hong kong since Beijing disallows blogging)

Test from beijing... Will china let me blog? ;-)

2011-04-02T15:25:00.001-07:00

FIRST TEST OF BLOG FROM PHONE

2011-03-30T23:27:00.001-07:00

This was 48hours before I leave for china. Thanks paul for the help

THE KINGS SPEECH (remade for US Audiences)

2011-03-18T19:13:00.000-07:00

This is quite fun. From Jimmy Kimmel Show... The King's Speech remade for US audiences... Starring George Bush and Mike Tyson...

THE MODERNETTES - BARBARA

2011-03-11T17:17:00.000-08:00

A wonderful video - just brings me right back. Super fun power pop song. Woohoo!

You can memorize the lyrics in seconds!

Starring Buck Cherry and Mary Jo Kopechne!

A BIKE RACE ROUTE YOU HAVE TO SEE!

2011-03-07T09:46:00.000-08:00

This is great. A chilean Urban Bike Race... Wait till you see the route! Amazing. I think the spectators are almost as daring too!

PHOTOGRAPHER AND REPO MAN

2011-01-27T08:38:00.001-08:00

Oh no, is this who I am competing with now? "Dog the Bounty Photographer?"

Egads...

ELEVEN!!

2011-01-23T21:51:00.001-08:00

PHONE COMPANYS GET PAYBACK!!

2011-01-23T21:28:00.000-08:00

If you dislike customer service at most phone companies (like I do) you will really get a kick out of this prank pulled on a much disliked Belgian phone company. Really impressive! And we can ALL relate!!

Really worth watching till the end. It is subtitled for you non flemmish folk!

I LOVE IT!

Thanks to Owen for alerting me to this!

SCTV - BOB AND DOUG

2011-01-20T13:48:00.000-08:00

Cant resist. Anyone who remembers this can also recall how the infamous call became "the thing" to hear on the ski slopes or in the outdoors. This segment will teach you how to get free beer.

SCTV - - THREE C P ONE

2011-01-20T13:42:00.000-08:00

The wonderful SCTV episode where the Caesar Live Broadcast gets interrupted by Russian Broadcast and their new minicam.

Take note of "Bobby Bittman" in the starring role. Ouch.

TRUTH IN ADVERTISING?

2011-01-12T11:25:00.000-08:00

Don't get your hopes up after seeing this WENDY'S Ad.... might look promising, but look below to see what you get. I created this after being really shocked on how little they delivered on their promise.

I took the liberty of editing the text down to the facts too...

SCUBA DOG

2011-01-04T17:56:00.001-08:00

Say no more!

PREGNANT BABY...

2011-01-04T17:54:00.000-08:00

I hope you can read this ok, since it is really rather entertaining. Happy New year

CHUCK NORRIS JEANS

2010-12-30T10:15:00.001-08:00

They won't bind your legs!

As seen on TV?

Where can I get the shoes too?

Is that Century Martial Arts Logo really what you want to go with?

CELEBRATING 111 YEARS...

2010-12-30T09:09:00.000-08:00

When Japanese Officials arrived at the home of Tokyo's oldest citizen, Sogen Kato, to celebrate his 111th birthday, they found the man had actually been dead for 30 years. The mans family had been living with his mummified corpse and benefitting from his widower's pension payments.

SCHWEDDY BALLS - S.N.L. WITH ALEC BALDWIN

2010-12-23T15:18:00.000-08:00

A timeless festive piece of TV. Imagine if you really heard this in your car on NPR while driving. What a hoot. Funny that whenever SNL is hosted by Alec Baldwin there are never any free "stand by" seats. All ticket holders show up knowing it will be a great show. The writers like when he is there (and Chris Walken, Tom Hanks) since they know they can write just about anything and the host will go for it. They get to be particularly irreverent. Works for me :-)

WOW CHOREOGRAPHY AND TIMING!

2010-12-17T23:36:00.000-08:00

I was really impressed with the timing and choreography of this. Really wow in my opinion. See what you think. even the first 30 seconds is impressive. This guys are really in sync! Nice shooting too... Check it out...

Metrodome collapse Dec 12

2010-12-12T14:08:00.000-08:00

This looks almost unreal, and also very similar to our old "BC Place" in Vancouver.

DOUGLAS ADAMS AT TED...

2010-12-07T15:11:00.000-08:00

Douglas Adams (the hitchhikers guide through the Galaxy), had such a great way with words. In this at one point he says

"... we spent night after night trapsing through the forest in what can only be described as rain..."

and

".... we boarded vessels that decreased in excellence..."

Leslie Nielsen...

2010-11-29T09:27:00.000-08:00

How sad to hear of the passing of great Canadian Actor Leslie Nielsen. I hear he was such a friendly fellow as well. Just don't call him Shirley.

A WONDERFUL WELCOME HOME...

2010-11-16T09:28:00.000-08:00

GREAT PUMPKIN!

2010-10-29T17:37:00.001-07:00

Well if Linus could exclaim it, so can I... and these really are just that. made by Ray Villafane and he does nice work! I guess he virtually pumps them out. Baha

DOES THIS DOG LOOK GUILTY?

2010-09-29T13:02:00.000-07:00

My girlfriend's dog did a wonderful job on shredding a carpet in my house. It almost looks like she is "back peddling" out of the shot saying... "That wasnt me... seriously... I dont know how that happened there... did you talk to the cat?"

Holy Cow... These really are close calls...

2010-09-17T18:44:00.000-07:00

Some people really did get lucky in these bits of footage. The one fellow in the desert is impossibly lucky as the car virtually danced around him as he stood almost still. Crazy.

GRUMPY TREKKER!

2010-09-02T11:50:00.001-07:00

This is one of my more famous clips from "Trekking in Tibet." This fellow from Newcastle is less than thrilled with his trekking experience in Tiger Leaping Gorge.

You can see this show live in Vancouver on Oct 21, 2010 and Courtenay Nov 6, 2010.

Tickets: http://www.wrjphoto.com/tickets.html

info: http://www.wrjphoto.com/live-shows-tibet.html

SALT IS BAD FOR YOU...

2010-08-21T12:09:00.001-07:00

Saw the film "SALT" yesterday and wonder if there was payola involved with any critics who gave it a good review. I am all for popcorn fun films, but that had so many rediculous plot holes in it that it became downright annoying. Just a mess. Hard to enjoy while having to ask so many questions...

- one simple one is: why did she take the military disguise off to be in a building where everyone was looking for her?

and a sillier one...

- when did she have time to cut her black hair short?

Skip it and see Inception for a second time.

PHOTOSHOP DISASTER... OUCH

2010-08-18T09:25:00.000-07:00

Well you might not spot it at first glance, but if you have a closer look you will note that the entire stomach area of this ad (supposedly from Victoria's Secret Catalogue) has been complelely replaced. The skin type does not match and more amusingly the vertical line going up from her belly button is completely misaligned and looks downright scary if you think about it... unless models with severe scoliosis are the rage now.

THE FRONT FELL OFF...

2010-08-05T14:13:00.000-07:00

A wonderful interview done in OZ regarding a ship accident. just great. check it out...