DOOD.CA: Guy Stuff

Disney has now picked up Marvel comics, which seems like a match made in heaven, so long as Mickey Mouse doesn’t start making Cameo appearances in the X-men. Shares have jumped, and the payoff for investors is quite good, citing $30/share dividend payments as well as Disney Shares.

The recent blockbusters from Marvel comics such as Iron Man, Spider-Man and X-Men have done very well at the box office.

I had a few people ask me where I got that amazing cake in the earlier wedding photography post. It is a seven-tier cake with bridges and fountains and a cake topper that is quite nice. Decorated with approximately two dozen roses.

The Cake was purchased from Yan Bakery in East Hastings in Vancouver. It is a husband and wife owned bakery that specializes in large-scale cakes for weddings and birthdays. The wife handles the customers, and the husband does the baking. We sampled the cake and fresh cream prior to ordering the cake, and without a doubt it was the tastiest wedding cake we had ever had.

They loaned us all the items needed to display the cake as well, so we did not need to purchase them… it was not only relatively economical (Wedding cakes can rarely be called economical), but also quite impressive. At least we thought so. Helen and her husband at Yan Bakery are excellent!

Canadian Pop superstar Avril lavigne may be back on the market shortly as her and her hubby Deryck Whibley are rumored to be having a divorce. While Avril isn’t quite as hot as she was a couple years ago as seen in this photo, she is still one helluva looker, and her voice is pretty darn good too. Talent and beauty.. can’t go wrong with that!

The Bay in Canada is now carrying the Polo by Ralph Lauren line of cothing throughout all their stores. This is a SIGNIFICANT step for the Bay as traditionally they have only carried clothing from Ralph Laurens cheapest lines such as Chaps and Lauren Green Label. While the Polo Blue Label line is not their top tier, it is still a bona fide luxury brand, with much brand awareness and iconic status.

This will start to bring the Bay just a little bit closer to the department stores of US fame such as Nordstroms, Saks and Neiman Marcus… but they are still far from that.

The legacy is over… The huge torrent site known as The Pirate Bay has been shut down on and off over the day as their largest ISP was required to pull the plug on the webserving or face a large fine. The Pirate Bay is negotiating with companies to acquire licenses to distribute software legally, and possibly make the transition that Napster made to the light side.

Only time will tell how that works out. Til then.. bye bye Pirate Bay.