{"version":"https:\/\/jsonfeed.org\/version\/1","title":"Shelby's Blog","home_page_url":"https:\/\/www.heartfm.ca\/blogs\/shelbys-blog\/","feed_url":"https:\/\/www.heartfm.ca\/blogs\/shelbys-blog\/json","description":"Shelby's Blog","items":[{"id":"122-391324-597520292729d","url":"https:\/\/www.heartfm.ca\/blogs\/shelbys-blog\/post\/the-cant-miss-trailers-of-comic-con\/","title":"The Can't Miss Trailers of Comic Con","date_published":"2017-07-23T22:16:00+00:00","summary":"As Comic Con wraps up Shelby takes a look at just a few of the best trailers released over the weekend.","content_html":"<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\">San Diego Comic Con has ended for another year.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\">If you, like me, were eagerly waiting for new trailers and new footage, your wish was certainly granted.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\">Here&rsquo;s some of the can&rsquo;t miss trailers that debuted at SDCC<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:22px;\"><b>Thor Ragnarok<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\">Okay, let&rsquo;s get this out of the way first &ndash; Thor: The Dark World was a dud. But so far what we&rsquo;ve seen of Ragnarok looks promising. Maybe it&rsquo;s a healthy injection of Jeff Goldblum and Cate Blanchett, or maybe its because the Marvel Universe is transitioning away from doom and gloom and going back to just good old fashioned fun, but something here is working.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"youtube-embed-wrapper\" style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;padding-top:30px;height:0;overflow:hidden\"><iframe allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ue80QwXMRHg\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:22px;\"><b>Kingsman: The Golden Circle<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">Kingsman: The Secret Service blew me away in 2014 with its freshness and wry humour. Here&#39;s hoping they can double down on that with The Golden Circle.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"youtube-embed-wrapper\" style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;padding-top:30px;height:0;overflow:hidden\"><iframe allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0fvqnGmr9S8\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:22px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><b>Stranger Things Season 2<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">Grab a box of Eggos because just in time for Halloween we&rsquo;ll have more adventures in the Upside Down! I dose of nostalgia, horror, and Vincent Price &ndash; this show was made for me!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"youtube-embed-wrapper\" style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;padding-top:30px;height:0;overflow:hidden\"><iframe allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vgS2L7WPIO4\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:22px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><b>Pacific Rim Uprising<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">If you&rsquo;re looking for a high brow film with deep moral questions and philosophical debate, keep looking. Pacific Rim was just good, kaiju walloping fun.&nbsp; Del Toro may not be directing this one, but I&rsquo;m excited to see where Steven S. DeKnight takes it.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"youtube-embed-wrapper\" style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;padding-top:30px;height:0;overflow:hidden\"><iframe allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Am-gG-VyXPg\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:22px;\"><b>Justice League<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">And finally Justice League. Now, DC&rsquo;s trailers tend to be pretty darn impressive, but then the movies come up short. Here&rsquo;s hoping the can keep up the momentum from Wonder Woman and smash this out of the park.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"youtube-embed-wrapper\" style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;padding-top:30px;height:0;overflow:hidden\"><iframe allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/g_6yBZKj-eo\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","image":"https:\/\/mm.aiircdn.com\/122\/597520002ebd1.jpg","author":{"name":"Shelby Knox"},"_mobile_inapp_url":"https:\/\/www.heartfm.ca\/_app_pages\/stations\/3316\/blogs\/posts\/29991"},{"id":"http:\/\/www.heartfm.ca\/blogs\/shelbys-blog-391324\/entry\/33\/","url":"https:\/\/www.heartfm.ca\/blogs\/shelbys-blog\/post\/superheroes-of-the-great-white-north\/","title":"Superheroes of the Great White North","date_published":"2017-06-30T20:35:22+00:00","summary":"Shelby takes a look at the superheroes who proudly claim their Canadian heritage just in time for Canada Day.","content_html":"<p>When you think of superheroes do you think of the iconic red, white, and blue of Captain America&rsquo;s shield or Wonder Woman&rsquo;s costume?<\/p>\n\n<p>It&rsquo;s no surprise American superheroes are considered titans of the genre, but here in the Great White North we can lay claim to some epic crime fighters of our own.<\/p>\n\n<p>Here are some of the best comic book crusaders we proudly call Canucks.<\/p>\n\n<hr \/>\n<p><img alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.writeups.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sasquatch-Alpha-Flight-Marvel-Comics-h5.jpg\" style=\"width: 500px; height: 290px;\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size:11px;\"><span style=\"color:#bdc3c7;\">Image Courtesy Marvel Comics<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><b>Sasquatch<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p>Most people know by now that Gamma Radiation isn&rsquo;t something to mess with but Walter Langkowski didn&rsquo;t get the memo. All in all he led an amazing life &ndash; pro football player, happily married (for a time), retired to a teaching gig at McGill with a cool million in hand. But his fascination and obsession with Bruce Banner&rsquo;s transformation into the Hulk would lead him down a dangerous path.<\/p>\n\n<p>After exposing himself to Gamma Radiation he opened a mystic barrier allowing &lsquo;the Great beast Tanaraq&rsquo; to pass through a mystic barrier. Walter would then assume that beast&rsquo;s form and become Sasquatch.<\/p>\n\n<p>Eventually he joins Alpha Flight (our Canadian super hero team).<\/p>\n\n<p>The moral of our story? Gamma radiation is bad. Stop messing with it!<\/p>\n\n<hr \/>\n<p><img alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/comicsalliance.com\/files\/2012\/05\/northstarheader.jpg\" style=\"width: 500px; height: 271px;\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size:11px;\"><span style=\"color:#bdc3c7;\">Image Courtesy Marvel Comics<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><b>Northstar<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p>Speedster, hero, and let&rsquo;s face it &ndash; a bit of a jerk &ndash; Northstar is another icon from Alpha Flight and XMen.<\/p>\n\n<p>His past is troubled to say the least; orphaned at a young age Jean-Paul Beaubier grew up never knowing he had a twin sister. He joined the circus as an acrobat before eventually returning to Quebec where he joined up with Le Front de Liberation du Quebec. Before you write him off, know that once he learned of their terrorist connections he thwarted a bus bombing and left the group entirely to pursue an Olympic skiing career.<\/p>\n\n<p>Northstar made international headlines in 2012 when Marvel published a book featuring him marrying his longtime partner Kyle. As well as being an awesome Canadian superhero, he is also Marvel&rsquo;s first openly gay major character.<\/p>\n\n<hr \/>\n<p><img alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.comicbookdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/1d305a027548ccc8a65f06cd9d39b97d_large.jpg?resize=350%2C200\" style=\"width: 500px; height: 286px;\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size:11px;\"><span style=\"color:#bdc3c7;\">Image Courtesy Hillborough Studios<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><b>Nelvana of the Northern Lights<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p>Canada can proudly boast of one of the world first female super heroes. Nelvana of the Northern Lights first appeared in 1941 &ndash; predating Wonder Woman by a good few months &ndash; during the WWII embargo on US luxury goods.<\/p>\n\n<p>Drawing her powers from the Northern Lights, Nelvana can be invisible, fly incredibly fast, change form, and even become pure light. She uses those powers to take down fur traders, interdimensional beings, and Nazis (of course).<\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/Nelvana-Northern-Lights-Adrian-Dingle\/dp\/1631401289\">Thanks to a successful 2014 Kickstarter campaign, you can pick up copies of her collected adventures.<\/a><\/p>\n\n<hr \/>\n<p><img alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/a.dilcdn.com\/bl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2016\/09\/53c04a6a17db5.jpg\" style=\"width: 500px; height: 281px;\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size:11px;\"><span style=\"color:#dddddd;\">Image courtesy Marvel - Death of Wolverine Variant Cover<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><b>Wolverine<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p>Of course I have to mention one of the most famous Canadian superheroes of all &ndash; Wolverine himself! Because obviously a Canadian superhero would have the ability to self-heal!<\/p>\n\n<p>Born in Alberta in the late 19<sup>th<\/sup> Century part of Wolverine&rsquo;s powers include an extremely long life span &ndash; at one point he even ran into Steve Rogers while serving as part of the Canadian Army in WWII.<\/p>\n\n<p>While most of his time has been spent with the XMen he did serve as a member of Alpha Flight before being recruited by Charles Xavier.<\/p>\n\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><b><img alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i.cbc.ca\/1.4099398.1493915732!\/fileImage\/httpImage\/image.jpg_gen\/derivatives\/16x9_1180\/captain-canuck-july-1975.jpg\" style=\"width: 500px; height: 281px;\" \/><\/b><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size:11px;\"><span style=\"color:#bdc3c7;\">Image Courtesy Comely Comix<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><strong>Captain Canuck<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p>No one waves the red and white prouder than Captain Canuck.<\/p>\n\n<p>After Canada becomes the most powerful country in the world in the 1980s (we all remember that, right?) a hero rose to defend our proud nation from attackers. The original Captain Canuck &ndash; Tom Evans &ndash; gained his powers from&hellip;aliens?<\/p>\n\n<p>Regardless of how strange it gets at times, Captain Canuck is as Canadian as a beaver sitting down to a nice plate of pancakes smothered in maple syrup while clutching a double-double in his little beaver-y hand.<\/p>\n\n<p>There have been several attempts to revitalize the series, including a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mFinqPnt7So\">five episode web series in 2013<\/a> starring Kris Holden-Reid (Lost Girl) and Tatiana Maslany (Orphan Black). A Free Comic Book Day edition was released and organizations like Crime Stoppers will call on him once in a while to get the message out.<\/p>\n\n<hr \/>\n<p>So which Canadian heroes did I miss? Let me know who&rsquo;s your favourite!<\/p>\n\n<p>If you want to learn more about our Canadian super heroes, there&rsquo;s a great documentary called Lost Heroes.<\/p>\n\n<p><iframe allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"360\" mozallowfullscreen=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/134679856\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"\" width=\"640\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/134679856\">Lost Heroes<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/juicedistribution\">Juice Distribution<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>","image":"https:\/\/mm.aiircdn.com\/122\/5956b4e1a66e7.jpg","author":{"name":"Shelby Knox"},"_mobile_inapp_url":"https:\/\/www.heartfm.ca\/_app_pages\/stations\/3316\/blogs\/posts\/29990"},{"id":"http:\/\/www.heartfm.ca\/blogs\/shelbys-blog-391324\/entry\/32\/","url":"https:\/\/www.heartfm.ca\/blogs\/shelbys-blog\/post\/vlog-60-second-review-wonder-woman\/","title":"Vlog - 60 Second Review: Wonder Woman","date_published":"2017-06-09T23:04:04+00:00","summary":"In Shelby's latest 60 second review she gives you her thoughts on Wonder Woman, no Lasso of Truth required.","content_html":"<p>So the big question: with Wonder Woman still sitting at 93% on Rotten Tomatoes is it really that good, or is this just another by-product of the hype train?<br \/>\n<br \/>\nOur resident nerd Shelby Knox takes a look at the Wonder Woman movie and tries (key word there, &#39;tries&#39;) to sum it up in 60 seconds.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"youtube-embed-wrapper\" style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;padding-top:30px;height:0;overflow:hidden;\"><iframe allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Lfwqyd6xqZg\" style=\"position: absolute;top: 0;left: 0;width: 100%;height: 100%;\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","image":"http:\/\/mm.aiircdn.com\/122\/593b288f7996a.jpg","author":{"name":"Shelby Knox"},"_mobile_inapp_url":"https:\/\/www.heartfm.ca\/_app_pages\/stations\/3316\/blogs\/posts\/29989"},{"id":"http:\/\/www.heartfm.ca\/blogs\/shelbys-blog-391324\/entry\/31\/","url":"https:\/\/www.heartfm.ca\/blogs\/shelbys-blog\/post\/not-your-grandmothers-riverdale\/","title":"Not Your Grandmother's Riverdale","date_published":"2017-05-26T19:14:12+00:00","summary":"If you've been watching Riverdale and thinking 'This isn't how I remember Archie' boy do I have news for you.","content_html":"<p>Archie is one of those iconic comics that pretty much everyone ran into at sometime in their life; for me it was always a badly dog eared, coffee stained digest hiding in the recesses of my grandmother&rsquo;s coffee table in the mid-90s.<\/p>\n\n<p>So most people think they know Riverdale&rsquo;s favourite ginger pretty well by now &ndash; a sweet, fallible, but ultimately loveable loser.<\/p>\n\n<p>Turns out, that&#39;s not so true anymore.<\/p>\n\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><strong>Riverdale<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n\n<p>The CW has taken all those syrupy sweet, malt shop kids you know and twisted them into a dark <em>Twin Peaks<\/em>-eaque meta commentary on Riverdale and how times have changed.<\/p>\n\n<p>It&rsquo;s intrinsically self aware as these symbols of &lsquo;The All American Boy and Girl&rsquo; delve into classic teenage debauchery and a murder mystery. And part of the reason it works so well is because it knows exactly how ridiculous that is.<\/p>\n\n<p>And it&rsquo;s no wonder this show capitalizes so well on taking those long held Archie conventions and flipping our expectations right out of the park &ndash; veteran writer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa is at the helm of <em>Riverdale<\/em>. His work on <em>Afterlife with Archie<\/em> and <em>Chilling Adventures of Sabrina<\/em> has&nbsp;been artfully breaking the rules for a while now.<\/p>\n\n<p>But I&rsquo;m getting ahead of myself.<\/p>\n\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><strong>Life With Archie<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n\n<p>If I&rsquo;m going to talk about the deliciously twisted things going on in the Archie-verse right now, we have to begin where things started to take a more serious turn.<\/p>\n\n<p>The big question has always been &lsquo;Who will he choose?&rsquo; Down-to-earth tomboy Betty or rich gal Veronica?<\/p>\n\n<p>The answer?<\/p>\n\n<p>Both.<\/p>\n\n<p>Well according to <em>Life with Archie<\/em> anyway. In 2010 <em>Life With Archie<\/em> looks at two diverging timelines &ndash; in the first timeline he marries Veronica, in the second he goes with Betty. The book received outstanding critical acclaim, even being nominated for an Eisner (one of the biggest awards for comics) as writer Paul Kupperberg twisted an amazing journey into Archie&rsquo;s adulthood that ultimately ends the exact same way, no matter which team you were pulling for.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"color:#c0392b;\">-- Beware &ndash; there are spoilers below --<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>At the end of the run in 2014 the stories converge and Archie takes a bullet to save newly elected US Senator Kevin Keller (the first openly gay character in the Archie Comic Universe). His heroic sacrifice is remembered by the folks of Riverdale as the books time skip one year later where we see Riverdale High is now known as Archie Andrews High School.<\/p>\n\n<p>These books were sold incredibly well and it set the stage for more adult themes in Archie comics. The kids who had grown up reading those digests were now cynical adults looking for something a little more mature and maybe, just maybe, a little more gruesome as well.<\/p>\n\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><strong>Afterlife with Archie<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n\n<p>The last thing most people expected to see shambling around Riverdale was the undead. Understandably so. But during the <em>Life with Archie<\/em> run artist Francesco Francavilla was tasked with creating a zombie themed variant cover* for the smash hit.<\/p>\n\n<p>This cover was a resounding success and disappeared from shelves as fast as it could be stocked.<\/p>\n\n<p>Clearly there was an audience for a darker take on Archie.<\/p>\n\n<p>And so Francavilla teamed up with writer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa for an entire zombie themed book called <em>Afterlife with Archie<\/em>. It kicks off with the death of Jughead&rsquo;s dog Hot Dog. Distraught, Jughead begs Sabrina&nbsp;for help. When the teenage witch gives in and uses the Necronomicon to resurrect the pooch, things start to go terribly wrong: Sabrina faces the wrath of her aunts and Hot Dog becomes patient zero for a zombie plague.<\/p>\n\n<p>The first eight issues completely sold out and Archie Horror was born. There&rsquo;s even overtures of <em>Afterlife<\/em> in <em>Riverdale<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n<p>If you like <em>Afterlife<\/em>, check out <em>Chilling Adventures of Sabrina<\/em>. These books are far more than just a marketing gimmick &ndash; they&rsquo;ve become required reading for many comic and horror lovers.<\/p>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"color:#999999;\">*Variant covers are alternative art covers used on books. They hold no sway on the actual content of the book, but many serve as collectors items <\/span><\/p>\n\n<hr \/>\n<p>So what do you think?<\/p>\n\n<p>Are you a fan of flipping the script on Archie, or do you just want some good clean malt shop fun? If you&#39;ve been watching <em>Riverdale<\/em>, are you liking it?<\/p>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p><br \/>\n<span style=\"color:#dddddd;\">Cover image courtesy: Warner Bro. Television<\/span><\/p>","image":"http:\/\/mm.aiircdn.com\/122\/59287be670adc.jpg","author":{"name":"Shelby Knox"},"_mobile_inapp_url":"https:\/\/www.heartfm.ca\/_app_pages\/stations\/3316\/blogs\/posts\/29988"},{"id":"http:\/\/www.heartfm.ca\/blogs\/shelbys-blog-391324\/entry\/30\/","url":"https:\/\/www.heartfm.ca\/blogs\/shelbys-blog\/post\/vlog-60-second-review-guardians-of-the-galaxy-vol-2\/","title":"(Vlog) 60 Second Review - Guardians Of the Galaxy Vol 2","date_published":"2017-05-12T21:32:59+00:00","summary":"In Shelby's latest vlog she takes a look at the good and bad of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2.","content_html":"<p>The Guardians of the Galaxy are back!<\/p>\n\n<p>But the big question is how does Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 stack up to the original? Well here&rsquo;s my micro 60 second review.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"youtube-embed-wrapper\" style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;padding-top:30px;height:0;overflow:hidden;\"><iframe allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/r5pE5Nrb3DU\" style=\"position: absolute;top: 0;left: 0;width: 100%;height: 100%;\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","image":"http:\/\/mm.aiircdn.com\/122\/591629d5681cd.jpg","author":{"name":"Shelby Knox"},"_mobile_inapp_url":"https:\/\/www.heartfm.ca\/_app_pages\/stations\/3316\/blogs\/posts\/29987"},{"id":"http:\/\/www.heartfm.ca\/blogs\/shelbys-blog-391324\/entry\/29\/","url":"https:\/\/www.heartfm.ca\/blogs\/shelbys-blog\/post\/best-books-to-buy-on-free-comic-book-day\/","title":"Best Books to BUY on Free Comic Book Day","date_published":"2017-05-05T16:50:00+00:00","summary":"Free Comic Book Day is Saturday, but while you're picking up some freebies, Shelby encourages you to help support the store and pick up other books as well.","content_html":"<p>It&#39;s the Sweetest Sixteen of all - <a href=\"http:\/\/freecomicbookday.com\/\">Free Comic Book Day<\/a> will celebrate it&#39;s sixteenth year on Saturday, May 6th.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nPeople will crowd into comic book stores to get their hands on one of the 52 freebies offered up this year. They have everything from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, to Spider-Man, and even a wicked little girl who&#39;s trapped in Fairyland.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nIf you do find yourself in one of the participating stores this weekend please look through the shelves as well and try to buy something to support the great people behind the counter.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nHere are some books I recommend to get you started!<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"youtube-embed-wrapper\" style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;padding-top:30px;height:0;overflow:hidden;\"><iframe allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oes60PDytsA\" style=\"position: absolute;top: 0;left: 0;width: 100%;height: 100%;\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","image":"http:\/\/mm.aiircdn.com\/122\/590caccb3cc0b.jpg","author":{"name":"Shelby Knox"},"_mobile_inapp_url":"https:\/\/www.heartfm.ca\/_app_pages\/stations\/3316\/blogs\/posts\/29986"},{"id":"http:\/\/www.heartfm.ca\/blogs\/shelbys-blog-391324\/entry\/28\/","url":"https:\/\/www.heartfm.ca\/blogs\/shelbys-blog\/post\/ed-sheeran-the-dark-tower-and-the-defenders-oh-my\/","title":"Ed Sheeran, The Dark Tower, and The Defenders - Oh My!","date_published":"2017-05-04T11:27:05+00:00","summary":"So many good things came out yesterday! New music videos and trailers for The Dark Tower and The Defenders? Yes. So much yes.","content_html":"<p>It was a good day on the internet yesterday &ndash; new trailers, new music videos, all the hype.<\/p>\n\n<hr \/>\n<p>Ed Sheeran dropped his video for Galway Girl. It&rsquo;s shot from Ed&rsquo;s perspective as he follows the Galway Girl (Saoirse Ronan from <em>The Grand Budapest Hotel<\/em>, <em>Brooklyn<\/em>) around town. He also gets his lights punched &ndash; does anyone else feel like he&rsquo;s losing a lot of fights in his music videos lately?<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"youtube-embed-wrapper\" style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;padding-top:30px;height:0;overflow:hidden;\"><iframe allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/87gWaABqGYs\" style=\"position: absolute;top: 0;left: 0;width: 100%;height: 100%;\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n<hr \/>\n<p>Paramore was the soundtrack of my teen years &ndash; I couldn&rsquo;t get enough of Misery Business. Well Paramore is back and (kind of) all grown up in Told You So off their upcoming album After Laughter.<\/p>\n\n<p>At first listen I love it! It&rsquo;s fun and funky, but I have to wonder if this song has any real staying power.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"youtube-embed-wrapper\" style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;padding-top:30px;height:0;overflow:hidden;\"><iframe allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yw-RPm1uOM4\" style=\"position: absolute;top: 0;left: 0;width: 100%;height: 100%;\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n<hr \/>\n<p>It feels like we&rsquo;ve been waiting forever, but a trailer finally dropped for <em>The Dark Tower<\/em>, the sequel to Stephen King&rsquo;s novel series. Stars Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey even had an amazing Twitter exchange in the lead up.<\/p>\n\n<p><img alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/mm.aiircdn.com\/122\/590b0de2bc403.jpg\" style=\"\" \/><\/p>\n\n<p>I am all about this film. Please be good, please be good, please be good -<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"youtube-embed-wrapper\" style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;padding-top:30px;height:0;overflow:hidden;\"><iframe allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GjwfqXTebIY\" style=\"position: absolute;top: 0;left: 0;width: 100%;height: 100%;\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n<p>And last but certainly not least, fans of the Netflix Marvel shows have something new to sink their teeth into; the trailer for<em> The Defenders<\/em> it up! Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Daredevil, and Iron First will join forces to take on the newest threat.<\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"color:#c0392b;\">Warning: Some strong language<\/span><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"youtube-embed-wrapper\" style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;padding-top:30px;height:0;overflow:hidden;\"><iframe allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4h3m7B4v6Zc\" style=\"position: absolute;top: 0;left: 0;width: 100%;height: 100%;\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","image":"http:\/\/mm.aiircdn.com\/122\/590b0ffae5c9c.jpg","author":{"name":"Shelby Knox"},"_mobile_inapp_url":"https:\/\/www.heartfm.ca\/_app_pages\/stations\/3316\/blogs\/posts\/29985"},{"id":"http:\/\/www.heartfm.ca\/blogs\/shelbys-blog-391324\/entry\/27\/","url":"https:\/\/www.heartfm.ca\/blogs\/shelbys-blog\/post\/vlog-beyond-monopoly-a-geeks-guide-to-tabletop-day\/","title":"[vlog] Beyond Monopoly - A Geek's Guide To Tabletop Day","date_published":"2017-04-27T20:06:00+00:00","summary":"Grab some dice, your character sheet, and a few friends - it's Shelby's favourite holiday: International Tabletop Day!","content_html":"<p>International Table Top Day is finally here!<br \/>\n<br \/>\nFor those of you thinking, &lsquo;What is International Table Top Day?&rsquo; it&rsquo;s a day when we celebrate all the best things about board games. Whether you&rsquo;re into deception, co-operative strategy, or Lovecraftian horror there is something out there for everyone.<\/p>\n\n<p>If you&rsquo;ve only scratched the surface that is Monopoly and Scrabble I encourage you to branch out and try something new! Board games have become more popular than ever - there&rsquo;s nothing better than getting a group of friends together and viciously accusing each other of being no-good traitors. That&rsquo;s how all the best relationships start!<\/p>\n\n<p>Here are five of my favourites to get you started:<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"youtube-embed-wrapper\" style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;padding-top:30px;height:0;overflow:hidden;\"><iframe allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Hvs_YIdvTkc\" style=\"position: absolute;top: 0;left: 0;width: 100%;height: 100%;\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","image":"http:\/\/mm.aiircdn.com\/122\/59024ef3199a4.jpg","author":{"name":"Shelby Knox"},"_mobile_inapp_url":"https:\/\/www.heartfm.ca\/_app_pages\/stations\/3316\/blogs\/posts\/29984"},{"id":"http:\/\/www.heartfm.ca\/blogs\/shelbys-blog-391324\/entry\/26\/","url":"https:\/\/www.heartfm.ca\/blogs\/shelbys-blog\/post\/comedian-saves-relationships-in-ikea\/","title":"Comedian Saves Relationships in Ikea","date_published":"2017-04-12T10:23:00+00:00","summary":"One comedian had an absolutely genius idea to help couples keep their cool in Ikea.","content_html":"<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Shopping can put any relationship to the test, especially if you&#39;re shopping at the literal maze that if Ikea.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">That adorable scene from <em>500 Days of Summer&nbsp;<\/em>where a young couple flounces through the bedroom section playing pretend and making jokes just doesn&#39;t happen - or at least, you can&#39;t hear it over the sound of a middle-aged couple who&#39;ve been trapped for two hours arguing over kitchenware.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">But never fear! Comedian <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/obviousplant_\">ObviousPlant<\/a> has the solution!&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">He snuck in a &#39;Relationship Saving Station&#39; and I can think of a few other stores that need this so. badly.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p><img alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/mm.aiircdn.com\/122\/58edfa68b505e.jpg\" style=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"font-size:11px;\"><span style=\"color:#999999;\">Image: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/obviousplant\/\"><span style=\"color:#999999;\">Facebook.com\/ObviousPlant<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p><img alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/mm.aiircdn.com\/122\/58edfc3be7dad.jpg\" style=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"font-size:11px;\"><span style=\"color:#999999;\">Image: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/obviousplant\/\"><span style=\"color:#999999;\">Facebook.com\/ObviousPlant<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p><img alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/mm.aiircdn.com\/122\/58edfc5f944a9.jpg\" style=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"font-size:11px;\"><span style=\"color:#999999;\">Image: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/obviousplant\/\"><span style=\"color:#999999;\">Facebook.com\/ObviousPlant<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p><img alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/mm.aiircdn.com\/122\/58edfc75666eb.jpg\" style=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"font-size:11px;\"><span style=\"color:#999999;\">Image: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/obviousplant\/\"><span style=\"color:#999999;\">Facebook.com\/ObviousPlant<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p><img alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/mm.aiircdn.com\/122\/58edfca1350c4.jpg\" style=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"font-size:11px;\"><span style=\"color:#999999;\">Image: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/obviousplant\/\"><span style=\"color:#999999;\">Facebook.com\/ObviousPlant<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p><img alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/mm.aiircdn.com\/122\/58edfd1a559f8.jpg\" style=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"font-size:11px;\"><span style=\"color:#999999;\">Image: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/obviousplant\/\"><span style=\"color:#999999;\">Facebook.com\/ObviousPlant<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">No word yet if Obvious Plant is going to set up another Relationship Saving Station in the parking lot for that family trying to fit a full bedroom suite into a tiny little car.<\/span><\/p>","image":"http:\/\/mm.aiircdn.com\/122\/58edff7c8ce0d.jpg","author":{"name":"Shelby Knox"},"_mobile_inapp_url":"https:\/\/www.heartfm.ca\/_app_pages\/stations\/3316\/blogs\/posts\/29983"},{"id":"http:\/\/www.heartfm.ca\/blogs\/shelbys-blog-391324\/entry\/25\/","url":"https:\/\/www.heartfm.ca\/blogs\/shelbys-blog\/post\/guess-whos-back-back-again\/","title":"Guess Who's Back. Back Again.","date_published":"2017-04-07T20:12:57+00:00","summary":"A familiar face is returning to Doctor Who (Oh the joys of Time Travel!) Shelby shares some other villains she'd like to see return.","content_html":"<p>The Master will be returning to Doctor Who with a familiar face.<\/p>\n\n<p>John Simm <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/blogs\/doctorwho\/entries\/9ecdaaa1-10e1-45a7-a266-bdd7a1adcdf2\">confirmed the news to the BCC<\/a> saying, &ldquo;Thanks to the power of time travel I&rsquo;m back. It&rsquo;s always a pleasure to work with this great team of people.&rdquo;<\/p>\n\n<p>Now that raises some questions about Missy&rsquo;s future, but it looks as though both the Master (Simm) and Missy (Michelle Gomez) will share the screen. Time travel can get messy like that.<\/p>\n\n<p>To celebrate the return of John Simm, here&rsquo;s a look at some of my favourite one off villians from New Who that I&rsquo;d love to see make a reappearance.<\/p>\n\n<hr \/>\n<p><img alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net\/villains\/images\/a\/af\/Doc-who-waters-of-mars.png\/revision\/latest?cb=20140520144437\" style=\"width: 500px; height: 250px;\" \/><\/p>\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size:18px;\">The Flood <\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color:#999999;\"><em>The Waters Of Mars <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p>Everyone seems so enthralled with the idea of colonizing Mars these days, but did anyone stop to think about what could be waiting there?<\/p>\n\n<p>The Flood is a viral species capable of infecting human beings and turning them into shambling, water logged death machines. They are damn hard to kill and given that 71% of Earth&rsquo;s surface is covered in water I don&rsquo;t fancy humankind&rsquo;s chances if The Flood ever made it to Earth.<\/p>\n\n<p>Thankfully that didn&rsquo;t happen, but a whole colony had to be destroyed to prevent The Flood from escaping!<\/p>\n\n<p>For squishy humans like us who need water to live The Flood is a perfect villain. Not to mention if they are waterborne, who&rsquo;s to say they haven&rsquo;t already spread out all over the galaxy?<\/p>\n\n<hr \/>\n<p><img alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/am22.akamaized.net\/tms\/cnt\/uploads\/2014\/08\/tumblr_ln7e2yoTPs1qh4y4vo1_500.gif\" style=\"width: 500px; height: 250px;\" \/><\/p>\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size:18px;\">Vashta Nerada <\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color:#999999;\"><em>Silence in the Library \/ Forest of the Dead <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p>Ah, as if we needed another reason to fear the dark.<\/p>\n\n<p>These piranhas of the air can strip a human down to the bone in seconds when they group together in large numbers.&nbsp;And the name literally means &lsquo;the shadows that melt the flesh.&rsquo;<\/p>\n\n<p>One swarm managed to take out a few members of Mr Lux&rsquo;s crew at The Library before The Doctor could find a way to stop them. Imagine what an even bigger collection could do. Not to mention The Doctor himself confirmed Vashta Nerada already inhabit Earth and a billion other worlds. &ldquo;Where&rsquo;s there&rsquo;s meat, there&rsquo;s Vashta Nerada.&rdquo;<\/p>\n\n<p>Not exactly comforting.<\/p>\n\n<p>Who&rsquo;s to say the colony on Earth hasn&rsquo;t just been biding their time, growing in number and awaiting the biggest feast of their lives.<\/p>\n\n<p>Let&rsquo;s also not forget that The Doctor didn&rsquo;t really defeat them, he simply bargained for the lives of the people &lsquo;saved&rsquo; by CAL. Would he be able to talk his way out a second time?<\/p>\n\n<hr \/>\n<p><img alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/24.media.tumblr.com\/4eba3475c35071991ec24b50dc4be821\/tumblr_mvydhzACM91sjzftro2_500.gif\" style=\"width: 500px; height: 261px;\" \/><\/p>\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size:18px;\">??? <\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color:#999999;\"><em>Midnight<\/em> <\/span><\/p>\n\n<p>Our fear of the unknown is almost as instinctual as our fear of the dark, and the creature on the planet Midnight played on that big time.<\/p>\n\n<p>After the tourist tram shuts down in the middle of a treacherous journey some unseen entity begins to wreak havoc, infecting at least one passenger&rsquo;s mind and forcing the others into a state of paranoia.<\/p>\n\n<p>This creature is so deliciously intriguing because we still don&rsquo;t know what it was almost ten years later. We don&rsquo;t even know if it was one thing or a whole species.<\/p>\n\n<p>Even more terrifying we don&rsquo;t know if it really was destroyed at the end. The host was vaporized sure, but if the creature managed to survive on the surface of Midnight before, I have a hard time buying that a little trip out the airlock could get rid of it for good.<\/p>\n\n<hr \/>\n<p><img alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/68.media.tumblr.com\/62438df365217247bc3578a8d27cc91d\/tumblr_nh64leIMUK1u3kolao1_500.gif\" style=\"width: 500px; height: 265px;\" \/><\/p>\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size:18px;\">Kantofarri (Dream Crabs) <\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color:#999999;\"><em>Last Christmas Part <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p>H.R. Giger Facehugger, part <i>Inception, <\/i>Dream Crabs pacify a person by filling their mind with happy, euphoric dreams while wrapping around their victims heads to snack on the brains within.<\/p>\n\n<p>Yum.<\/p>\n\n<p>The scary thing here is they actually kind of make you want to give in. Either fight your way out of layer upon layer of increasingly terrifying dreams, or simply submit and go out with a smile on your face.<\/p>\n\n<p>The idea of an unreliable narrator is always fascinating for me, and knowing that the characters are just as lost as you are is both thrilling and disconcerting. My kind of thing!<\/p>\n\n<hr \/>\n<p><img alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.doctorwhoreviews.altervista.org\/2007-09_files\/The%20Family%20of%20Blood%20(17).jpg\" style=\"width: 500px; height: 283px;\" \/><\/p>\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size:18px;\">Sister of Mine <\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color:#999999;\"><em>Human Nature \/ The Family of Blood <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p>The Family of Blood is a group of telepathic predators hell bent on consuming the essence of a Time Lord to gain ever-lasting life. For a time The Doctor managed to evade them by taking on the guise of John Smith, an ordinary human man.<\/p>\n\n<p>Eventually though the bill came due and he had no choice but to give them exactly what they wanted &ndash; Son of Mine is locked in time, forced to spend eternity as a scarecrow, Father of Mine will spend eons wrapped in unbreakable chains made in the heart of a dwarf star, and Mother of Mine is trapped in the event horizon of a collapsing galaxy.<\/p>\n\n<p>But Sister of Mine is forced to spend the rest of time trapped in every mirror in existence. Son of Mine says The Doctor still visits her &ldquo;once a year, every year.<\/p>\n\n<p>That&rsquo;s an awful lot of time to hold a grudge and plot your revenge. Plus living in mirrors could provide the perfect vantage to gain intel from all over the galaxy.<\/p>\n\n<p>If she&rsquo;s learned anything from her brother she&rsquo;s surely come up with a fiendish and gruesome plan.<\/p>\n\n<p>And I mean, creepy little kids. &lsquo;Nuff said.<\/p>\n\n<hr \/>\n<p>So what do you think? Did I miss a really obvious choice? What villains would you like to see come back - let me know in the comments down below!<\/p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"color:#999999;\">Photos Courtesy BBC<\/span><\/p>","image":"http:\/\/mm.aiircdn.com\/122\/58e7eed1a6c7b.jpg","author":{"name":"Shelby Knox"},"_mobile_inapp_url":"https:\/\/www.heartfm.ca\/_app_pages\/stations\/3316\/blogs\/posts\/29982"},{"id":"http:\/\/www.heartfm.ca\/blogs\/shelbys-blog-391324\/entry\/24\/","url":"https:\/\/www.heartfm.ca\/blogs\/shelbys-blog\/post\/shelbys-picks-for-the-video-game-hall-of-fame\/","title":"Shelby's Picks For the Video Game Hall of Fame","date_published":"2017-03-30T23:43:18+00:00","summary":"Buster Swords, Barrels, and Bulbasaurs - Shelby takes a look at the nominees for the 2017 Video Game Hall of Fame.","content_html":"<p><span style=\"font-family:Arial\"><span style=\"color:#999999;\">Cover Photo Courtesy: Bethany Mosher, The Strong Museum of Play via Associated Press<\/span><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<span style=\"color:black\">The Video Game Hall of Fame has announced its crop of nominees this year and there is going to be some stiff competition: Donkey Kong, Final Fantasy VII, Halo: Combat Evolved, Windows Solitaire, Mortal Kombat, Myst, Pokemon Red and Green (or Red and Blue in North America), Portal, Resident Evil, Street Fighter II, Tomb Raider, and Wii Sports are all vying for a spot in the hall.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Arial\"><span style=\"color:black\">All of these are iconic in their own ways, and I think this is a great roster. But in the end there are winners and losers &ndash; here&rsquo;s my top three picks to move on to the leader board.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n<hr \/>\n<p><img alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com\/originals\/81\/29\/ae\/8129aedf02989ab2f9ce4269ed6f4a05.jpg\" style=\"width: 500px; height: 350px;\" \/><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial\"><span style=\"color:black\">Donkey Kong<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Arial\"><span style=\"color:black\">When Donkey Kong came out in 1981 it gave us two new characters and introduced us to the tour de force that is designer Shigeru Miyamoto. Although he wasn&rsquo;t known as Mario at the time, it is also the first appearance of our favourite Koopa stomping plumber (sorry Luigi).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Arial\"><span style=\"color:black\">Miyamoto has credited this game with influencing his approach to future games like Mario Brothers. He even says it helped him to loosen up and find the fun in games instead of stressing about the physics of it all.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Arial\"><span style=\"color:black\">Sure &ndash; kids today might not find the platforming arcade cabinet as charming as everyone did in the 80s, but without Donkey Kong, there would be no Mario. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n<hr \/>\n<p><img alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/25.media.tumblr.com\/0764ace63bd2cad7692b4efa4d91dc40\/tumblr_muza53eNVo1s6w8l6o1_500.gif\" style=\"width: 500px; height: 247px;\" \/><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial\"><span style=\"color:black\">Final Fantasy VII<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Arial\"><span style=\"color:black\">I&rsquo;m a big RPG person &ndash; give me an open world populated with diverse NPCs and a top notch story and I&rsquo;m on board. So it should come as no surprise that I&rsquo;m a big, big Final Fantasy fan. I can remember being around 8 or 9 and my brother picking up a copy of Final Fantasy VII with his hard earned snow shovelling money. All three of us kids would gather around the warm glow of the CRT TV to watch as my oldest brother got soundly thumped by Sephiroth. This game really started my love of games. Like the Legend of Zelda, it&rsquo;s one of those games I&rsquo;ll go back to playing again and again and again.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Arial\"><span style=\"color:black\">And of course it launched the veritable titan that is Final Fantasy here in North America. Sure, other Final Fantasy titles preceded this one (The &lsquo;VII&rsquo; is the clue there) but nothing stuck out quite like this before. This game alone has several anime adaptations and Square Enix even spun it off into more games like Crisis Core. With a remake in the works, it&rsquo;s no surprise this game is a favourite of so many people.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Arial\"><span style=\"color:black\">It showed off the real power of the Playstation, introduced us to icons of the gaming world like Cloud Strife and Aeris, strung us along with an immersive plot, all set against the near-perfect soundtrack. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n<hr \/>\n<p><img alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/68.media.tumblr.com\/aa45607a80c1cb2561d850f41b449dd5\/tumblr_nio1zbdjI01u5kopdo1_500.gif\" style=\"width: 500px; height: 267px;\" \/><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial\"><span style=\"color:black\">Portal<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Arial\"><span style=\"color:black\">There are some games that whisk players away for hours and hours with deeply engrossing world building, a multitude of side quests, and a whole host of complex characters. Portal is not one of these games, but that&rsquo;s exactly why it&rsquo;s on this list.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Arial\"><span style=\"color:black\">It&rsquo;s one of those games that you can thoroughly enjoy even if you aren&rsquo;t a hardcore gamer willing to sink 100+ hours of your life into it. It&rsquo;s relatively short, endlessly fun, and will challenge your problem solving ability. I know many very staunch &lsquo;non gamers&rsquo; who love Portal thanks to its humour, wit, and superb storytelling prowess. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Arial\"><span style=\"color:black\">The game has even become a kind of gaming icon in the pop culture world. You may know the phrase &lsquo;the cake is a lie&rsquo; even if you&rsquo;ve never played Portal. And of course even though she&rsquo;s devising numerous different horrific ways to off you, you still kind of look forward to hearing from GLaDOS just to find what she&rsquo;s going to say next.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Arial\"><span style=\"color:black\">It may not stand the test of time in the years to come like some of these other games have, and it hasn&rsquo;t spawned double digit sequels, but it is a charming addition that shows off how a simple concept can make a real impact.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n<hr \/>\n<p>Honestly, narrowing it down to these three was really tough! I could go on and on about Pokemon, Tomb Raider, and Master Chief is practically synonymous with gaming these days. Let me know what your top picks are in the comments down below!<\/p>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p><em><span style=\"color:#bdc3c7;\">Photos Courtesy: Nintendo, Square Enix, Valve<\/span><\/em><\/p>","image":"http:\/\/mm.aiircdn.com\/122\/58dd969b6493d.jpg","author":{"name":"Shelby Knox"},"_mobile_inapp_url":"https:\/\/www.heartfm.ca\/_app_pages\/stations\/3316\/blogs\/posts\/29981"},{"id":"http:\/\/www.heartfm.ca\/blogs\/shelbys-blog-391324\/entry\/23\/","url":"https:\/\/www.heartfm.ca\/blogs\/shelbys-blog\/post\/review-beauty-and-the-beast-enchants\/","title":"Review: Beauty and the Beast Enchants","date_published":"2017-03-20T15:41:00+00:00","summary":"The Tale As Old as time gets an update for modern audiences. Shelby reviews the live action remake of the classic story.","content_html":"<p><span style=\"font-family:Arial\">It&rsquo;s one of the most highly anticipated movies of 2017 so far &ndash; Beauty and the Beast smashed the North American box office in its opening weekend bringing in $170 million.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Arial\">So naturally, being the Disney-phile that I am, I was one of the first people in line.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<hr \/>\n<p><img alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/m.popkey.co\/c4a470\/brELo.gif\" style=\"width: 500px; height: 200px;\" \/><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size:20px;\"><b><span style=\"font-family:Arial\">New Music<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Arial\">Alan Menken and Tim Rice have really outdone themselves. The new music blends in so seamlessly with all your favourites from the original 1991 film, and in some cases those classic songs get a bit of a boost thanks to unused lyrics from the great late Howard Ashman &ndash; Gaston in particular gets to pull on those brand new tidbits that didn&rsquo;t make the original cut. It gives you something new and unexpected to look forward to all while keeping with the spirit of the music you fell in love with more than 20 years ago.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Arial\">The stand out new song for me was undoubtedly Evermore, the Beast&rsquo;s heart wrenching ballad. In fact, it&rsquo;s been stuck in my head since I saw the movie. It borrows a little bit of the feeling from the stage show as the Beast&rsquo;s voice slowly and subtly becomes more and more human as the song progresses. For someone who hasn&rsquo;t had to do a whole lot of singing in his professional career, Dan Stevens shows a lot of promise.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Arial\">Which brings me to my next point<\/span><\/p>\n\n<hr \/>\n<p><img alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn4.teen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/josh-gad-beauty-and-the-beast-lefou-clapping.gif\" style=\"width: 500px; height: 281px;\" \/><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size:20px;\"><b><span style=\"font-family:Arial\">Performance<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Arial\">Hands down, Josh Gad as LeFou was my favourite. He brings a sense of realism and believability to a role that was largely nothing more than a running gag in the original. LeFou has his own character progression, he has wants and needs, and Josh Gad blends this together with exceptional comedic timing. There&rsquo;s no doubt why Gad earned that Tony Nomination for The Book of Mormon &ndash; he completely steals the show with his rendition of Gaston.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Arial\">And oh what a guy that Gaston! Luke Evans steps into the red coat and gives his all as the heavy on brawn, light on brain villain. He&rsquo;s slippery, and a little more devious than the original. Another actor with an impressive musical pedigree in <st1:city w:st=\"on\">London<\/st1:city>&rsquo;s <st1:place w:st=\"on\">West End<\/st1:place> - when he leads the mob up to the Beast&rsquo;s castle, I could feel my heart racing. What a performance!<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Arial\">Dan Stevens as the Beast is also mighty impressive, especially given the fact he was weighed down with a 40 lbs muscle suit and wearing stilts for most of his performance. Pulling off the ballroom dance alone must have been a monumental undertaking. He&rsquo;s vicious, charming, and at times dangerous &ndash; not unlike his character is Legion. He brings far more humour to Beast than I remember in the original, and it&rsquo;s easy to see how Belle would fall for him.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Arial\">Emma Watson actually gave one of my least favourite performances in the movie &ndash; she felt at times tepid, but that could easily be accounted for by my love of the original portrayal.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Arial\">Overall the actors managed to capture the spirit of the original cartoon, while still finding ways to ground their characters in reality. They felt like believable people instead of just caricatures of traditional kids&rsquo; movie tropes.<\/span><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<hr \/>\n<p><img alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn4.teen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/beauty-and-the-beast-tale-as-old-as-time.gif\" style=\"width: 500px; height: 210px;\" \/><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size:20px;\"><b><span style=\"font-family:Arial\">Overall Impression<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Arial\">The film is a perfect re-imagining for people who can remember falling in love with the original while still standing on its own feet so kids can also be sucked into the beautifully crafted world of magic, talking clocks, and suave candlesticks.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Arial\">Die hard fans of the original might find the small changes too hard to swallow, but for the rest of us it&rsquo;s well worth the price of the ticket. <\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Arial\">I know I&rsquo;ll be seeing it again <\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"color:#c0392b;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial\">4\/5 Enchanted Roses<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color:#7f8c8d;\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial\"><em>Images courtesy&nbsp;Disney<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>","image":"http:\/\/mm.aiircdn.com\/122\/58cff7f733a32.jpg","author":{"name":"Shelby Knox"},"_mobile_inapp_url":"https:\/\/www.heartfm.ca\/_app_pages\/stations\/3316\/blogs\/posts\/29980"},{"id":"http:\/\/www.heartfm.ca\/blogs\/shelbys-blog-391324\/entry\/21\/","url":"https:\/\/www.heartfm.ca\/blogs\/shelbys-blog\/post\/chris-evans-hangs-up-the-shield\/","title":"Chris Evans Hangs Up The Shield?","date_published":"2017-03-16T14:10:14+00:00","summary":"It looks like Chris Evans is getting ready to ride off into the MCU sunset, but who - if anyone - will take over as Cap?","content_html":"<p><span style=\"font-family:Arial\">As far as the Marvel Cinematic Universe is concerned, Chris Evans is Captain <st1:country-region w:st=\"on\"><st1:place w:st=\"on\">America<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region>, but that could all change.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Arial\">Evans originally signed on for six appearances as Steve Rogers and he&rsquo;ll have met his obligation pretty soon &ndash; he&rsquo;s started his very strict workout preparations for <em>Avengers Infinity War<\/em> and Avengers 4 which will shoot back to back next month. After that, he could be ditching the red, white, and blue forever according to an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.esquire.com\/entertainment\/a53656\/chris-evans-fights-back\/\">interview with Esquire.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Arial\">This news isn&rsquo;t really a revelation to anyone who has followed his career &ndash; he has wanted to try his hand at directing for quite a while now.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Arial\">But it leaves an important question to be asked &ndash; who will take up the shield?<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Arial\">Will Marvel continue the Cinematic Universe without Cap? Should someone else take up where Steve Rogers left off? If so, who?<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Arial\">Here&rsquo;s my take on it, but beware there are potential spoilers from the comics.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Arial\">There are already at least two characters poised to take over if Steve Rogers decides to walk off into the sunset &ndash;Sam Wilson AKA&nbsp;Falcon and Roger&rsquo;s best buddy Bucky Barnes both took over the gig in the comics.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Arial\">If they are going to replace Cap, my money is on one of these two.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><img alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/mm.aiircdn.com\/122\/58ca8ae3eb907.jpg\" style=\"\" \/><\/p>\n\n<p><font color=\"#999999\"><i>Anthony Mackie as Falcon and Sebastian Stan as Bucky Barnes in Captain America: Civil War - Photo Courtesy Marvel Studios\/Disney<\/i><\/font><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Arial\">I would love to see Sam take it up because up to this point his character hasn&rsquo;t really been well fleshed out. We see very little of Falcon, and when we do it&rsquo;s usually either for a quick quip or to act as a listening post for Steve Rogers. Seeing them finally give him his due would be a breath of fresh air. There&rsquo;s a lot to dig into with Falcon &ndash; not only was he a military combatant, through the comic history he was a social worker for inner city youths and in <em>The Winter Soldier<\/em> he was leading a support group for people living with PTSD. He would be the perfect replacement to lead the Avengers balancing both the raw brawn and the brain needed.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Arial\">And let&rsquo;s not ignore the elephant in the room &ndash; up to this point the MCU is&hellip;well, let&rsquo;s just say it&rsquo;s not very diverse.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Arial\">Right now I don&rsquo;t think Bucky Barnes is ready to take up the mantle quite yet. He&rsquo;s still deeply entrenched in the Winter Soldier storyline and has to worry about saving himself before he can worry about helping to save the world. As much as I think Sebastian Stan would rock the role, I think we need more Bucky learning how to be himself again. Personally, I&rsquo;d love to see a short spin off series with Bucky and Natasha Romanoff. <em>Civil War<\/em> gave a subtle wink to the pair&rsquo;s sordid past, and I really hope they expand on that. Give me a short Netflix series run on Black Widow and Winter Soldier &ndash; that&rsquo;s all I ask.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Arial\">And as for America Chavez and the Young Avengers taking over for the original MCU Avengers in Phase Four, I just don&rsquo;t see it happening. We haven&rsquo;t been introduced to any of the characters yet and I think we&rsquo;ll be a little too busy, you know, fighting Thanos over the Infinity Stones. Too bad though &ndash; I think fans would really dig Kate Bishop as Hawkeye.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Arial\">So what do you think? Do you agree with my pick? Or do you think they&rsquo;ll lay the shield to rest for good &ndash; it&rsquo;s not like Marvel has a shortage of characters to bring in.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Arial\"><em>Photos courtesy Marvel Studios\/Disney<\/em><\/span><\/p>","image":"http:\/\/mm.aiircdn.com\/122\/58ca89b2576ce.jpg","author":{"name":"Shelby Knox"},"_mobile_inapp_url":"https:\/\/www.heartfm.ca\/_app_pages\/stations\/3316\/blogs\/posts\/29979"},{"id":"http:\/\/www.heartfm.ca\/blogs\/shelbys-blog-391324\/entry\/20\/","url":"https:\/\/www.heartfm.ca\/blogs\/shelbys-blog\/post\/beauty-and-the-beast-coming-to-a-crosswalk-near-you\/","title":"Beauty and the Beast: Coming to A Crosswalk Near You","date_published":"2017-03-16T10:40:00+00:00","summary":"James Cordon invited stars of the upcoming Beauty and the Beast film to be his guest for a special performance.","content_html":"<p>The live action version of <em>Beauty and the Beast <\/em>will finally come to theatres this weekend and a lot of people are beyond excited. But I don&rsquo;t think anyone is more excited than James Cordon.<\/p>\n\n<p>He and the crew of the <em>Late Late Show<\/em> invited stars of the film Josh Gad (LeFou), Luke Evans (Gaston), and Dan Stevens (Beast) to join them for a very special performance of the show. The catch? It all happens in a crosswalk.<\/p>\n\n<p>Nothing like getting into the swing of Be Our Guest and having to dodge a bus, eh?<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"youtube-embed-wrapper\" style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;padding-top:30px;height:0;overflow:hidden;\"><iframe allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nu4Pzsolyhg\" style=\"position: absolute;top: 0;left: 0;width: 100%;height: 100%;\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>Let&rsquo;s just hope that Dan and Emma have the same kind of on screen chemistry as Dan and James do.<\/p>\n\n<p>Are you looking forward to the movie? Let me know by leaving a comment down below!<\/p>","image":"http:\/\/mm.aiircdn.com\/122\/58ca6b67e4987.jpg","author":{"name":"Shelby Knox"},"_mobile_inapp_url":"https:\/\/www.heartfm.ca\/_app_pages\/stations\/3316\/blogs\/posts\/29978"},{"id":"http:\/\/www.heartfm.ca\/blogs\/shelbys-blog-391324\/entry\/19\/","url":"https:\/\/www.heartfm.ca\/blogs\/shelbys-blog\/post\/inspiring-women-in-literature\/","title":"Inspiring Women in Literature","date_published":"2017-03-08T22:32:20+00:00","summary":"Books are the best weapon in the world! In honour of International Women's Day Shelby shares some of her favourite quotes from powerful female writers.","content_html":"<p>Growing up I loved to read &ndash; I voraciously devoured any book I could get my hands on. Most afternoons I was stumbling through Middle Earth with Bilbo and his gang of not-so-merry dwarves or delving into J.K. Rowling&rsquo;s entrancing world of wizardry. So it&rsquo;s no surprise that I credit authors and the universes they created with making me the person I am today.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nI learned to accept my inherit know-it-all nature (and my frizzy hair) thanks to Hermione Granger, Eowyn taught me to challenge the status quo, and Princess Elizabeth from the Paper Bag Princess was my first real introduction to bravery.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nFemale heroes in stories formed who I am, but that only happened because someone put pen to paper and created exceptional characters.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nI thought, in honour of International Women&rsquo;s Day, I would share some of my favourite quotes from female writers in hopes of inspiring other people.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nSome of these are things the writers themselves have said, while others come straight from the mouths of their characters.<\/p>\n\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size:22px;\">&ldquo;A word after a word after a word is power.&rdquo;<\/span><br \/>\nMargaret Atwood<br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color:#999999;\">Spelling<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size:22px;\">&ldquo;Real courage is when you know you&rsquo;re licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through not matter what.&rdquo;<\/span><br \/>\nHarper Lee<br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color:#999999;\">To Kill A Mockingbird<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size:22px;\">&ldquo;The question isn&rsquo;t who is going to let me; it&rsquo;s who is going to stop me.&rdquo;<\/span><br \/>\nAyn Rand<\/p>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size:22px;\">&ldquo;Have you ever seen a little girl run so fast she falls down? There&#39;s an instant, a fraction of a second before the world catches hold of her again... A moment when she&#39;s outrun every doubt and fear she&#39;s ever had about herself and she flies. In that one moment, every little girl flies. I need to find that again. Like taking a car out into the desert to see how fast it can go, I need to find the edge of me... And maybe, if I fly far enough, I&#39;ll be able to turn around and look at the world... And see where I belong.&rdquo;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration:none\"><span style=\"text-underline:none\">Kelly Sue DeConnick<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color:#999999;\">Captain Marvel #1<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size:22px;\">&ldquo;You wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down.&rdquo;<\/span><br \/>\nToni Morrison<br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color:#999999;\">Song of Solomon<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size:22px;\">&ldquo;Some people say, &ldquo;Never let them see you cry.&rdquo; I say, if you&rsquo;re so mad you could just cry, then cry. It terrifies everyone.&rdquo;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration:none\"><span style=\"text-underline:none\">Tina Fey<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration:none\"><span style=\"text-underline:none\"><em><span style=\"color:#999999;\">Bossypants<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size:22px;\">&quot;A wise woman wishes to be no one&rsquo;s enemy; a wise woman refuses to be anyone&rsquo;s victim.&quot;<\/span><br \/>\nMaya Angelou<\/p>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size:22px;\">&ldquo;It&#39;s not just children who need heroes.&rdquo;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration:none\"><span style=\"text-underline:none\">Tamora Pierce<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size:22px;\">&ldquo;I hate to hear you talk about all women as if they were fine ladies instead of rational creatures. None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives.&rdquo;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration:none\"><span style=\"text-underline:none\">Jane Austen<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration:none\"><span style=\"text-underline:none\"><span style=\"color:#999999;\"><em>Persuasion<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size:22px;\">&ldquo;Some failure in life is inevitable. It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all&mdash;in which case, you fail by default.&rdquo;<\/span><br \/>\nJ.K. Rowling<\/p>","image":"http:\/\/mm.aiircdn.com\/122\/5899a47a5a85f.jpg","author":{"name":"Shelby Knox"},"_mobile_inapp_url":"https:\/\/www.heartfm.ca\/_app_pages\/stations\/3316\/blogs\/posts\/29977"},{"id":"http:\/\/www.heartfm.ca\/blogs\/shelbys-blog-391324\/entry\/18\/","url":"https:\/\/www.heartfm.ca\/blogs\/shelbys-blog\/post\/why-its-high-time-for-an-r-rated-wolverine\/","title":"Why It's High Time For An R Rated Wolverine ","date_published":"2017-03-03T16:44:00+00:00","summary":"Let's face it - Wolverine is not a nice man. I'm ready to see him unleashed in an R rated adventure.","content_html":"<p><span style=\"font-family:Arial\">Hugh Jackman is stepping back into the claws of Wolverine for the ninth (and quite possibly final) time for <st1:city w:st=\"on\"><st1:place w:st=\"on\"><i>Logan<\/i><\/st1:place><\/st1:city><i>.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Arial\">This newest instalment of Wolverine&rsquo;s journey promises to be gritty, dark, and violent &ndash; all set in pre-apocalyptic-esque back drop where mutant children are hunted. For fans of the character, the R rated film holds a lot of promise, but some people aren&rsquo;t sold on a super violent take on the berserker.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Arial\">I say bring it on.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Arial\">I&rsquo;ve been an X-Men franchise fan for a long, long time and the comics have never been shy about tackling complex, mature issues. There&rsquo;s drug use, terrorism, and decapitation; and that&rsquo;s just in <i>Planet X<\/i>! <st1:city w:st=\"on\"><st1:place w:st=\"on\">Logan<\/st1:place><\/st1:city>&rsquo;s backstory alone is rife with loss, crushing loneliness, and a good deal of blood and viscera. And let&rsquo;s be frank &ndash; he&rsquo;s not a nice man. He&rsquo;s a man fighting down an almost uncontrollable rage, so it&rsquo;s no surprise the character was tapped for an R rated experience. <\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Arial\">Given the overwhelming success of Deadpool, I&rsquo;m glad the studios had enough faith to trust director James Mangold to inject just enough gore without turning this into some kind of over the top slash fest. Superhero movies are not solely the realm of children, nor do I think they should be. There are so many great stories touching on really heavy topics. On the surface it might be a plucky group of mutants out to save the world, but scratch the surface and those stories stand for tough, real world questions we&rsquo;re dealing with in the real world today.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Arial\">And that&rsquo;s just the thing &ndash; from the looks of things the violence in the movie isn&rsquo;t done just for the sake of gratuitous violence. Through the course of the film the blood on <st1:city w:st=\"on\"><st1:place w:st=\"on\">Logan<\/st1:place><\/st1:city>&rsquo;s hands haunts him. Many reviews say the movie asks important questions about death, especially under the guise of a &lsquo;righteous cause.&rsquo;<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Arial\">Overall I&rsquo;m for it &ndash; we&rsquo;ve had the PG13 Wolverine, and I&rsquo;m ready to see him unleashed.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><em>Logan&nbsp;<\/em>is in theatres today.<\/p>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p><em>Photo courtesy 20th Century Fox<\/em><\/p>","image":"http:\/\/mm.aiircdn.com\/122\/58b99bfd9132e.jpg","author":{"name":"Shelby Knox"},"_mobile_inapp_url":"https:\/\/www.heartfm.ca\/_app_pages\/stations\/3316\/blogs\/posts\/29976"},{"id":"http:\/\/www.heartfm.ca\/blogs\/shelbys-blog-391324\/entry\/17\/","url":"https:\/\/www.heartfm.ca\/blogs\/shelbys-blog\/post\/why-cant-we-be-friends\/","title":"Why Can't We Be Friends?","date_published":"2017-02-14T16:46:00+00:00","summary":"For Valentine's Day Shelby celebrates 5 on screen relationships that are better off as friends than lovers.","content_html":"<p><span style=\"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">Many people will be watching romantic comedies today;&nbsp;you know the old story, boy meets girl, boy and girl are best friends for years until finally, one day, they realize they are meant for each other.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><st1:city w:st=\"on\"><st1:place w:st=\"on\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">Bologna<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:city><span style=\"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">. <\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">Sometimes friends are just friends, no romantic attachment needed.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">Here&rsquo;s my list celebrating the best of platonic relationship in pop culture.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:16px;\">Malcolm Reynolds &amp; Zoe Washburne (Firefly \/ Serenity)<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/readeroffictions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/gif-at-last-we-can-retire-firefly.gif\" style=\"width: 500px; height: 211px;\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color:#999999;\"><em>Courtesy 20th Century Fox<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<br \/>\nMal and Zoe are thick as thieves &ndash; probably because they do spend a good amount of time, you know, thievin&rsquo;<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">The pair served together during the battle of <\/span><span style=\"font-family:Tahoma\"><st1:place w:st=\"on\"><st1:placename w:st=\"on\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">Serenity<\/span><\/st1:placename><span style=\"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"> <\/span><st1:placetype w:st=\"on\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">Valley<\/span><\/st1:placetype><\/st1:place><\/span><span style=\"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"> and found the perfect partner in each other. Mal thinks with his heart, while Zoe is often the sober second thought.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">But romance? Never. In fact this is even addressed in the episode <em>War Stories<\/em>&nbsp;when Zoe&#39;s husband&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-family:Tahoma\"><st1:state w:st=\"on\"><st1:place w:st=\"on\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">Wash<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:state><\/span><span style=\"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"> gets more than a little jealous of their repartee. <\/span><\/p>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:16px;\">Joey Tribbiani &amp; Phoebe Buffay (Friends) <\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/49.media.tumblr.com\/aade8b96b0deb5081e32945e9e3b8950\/tumblr_ndo7bcC9K41snxoweo1_500.gif\" style=\"width: 500px; height: 250px;\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color:#999999;\"><em>Courtesy Warner Brothers Television<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<br \/>\nThe two free spirits of the Friends group &ndash; who would be better suited? I&rsquo;m so glad they didn&rsquo;t go down this road (mainly because it gave us Paul Rudd as Mike).<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">While we&rsquo;re watching Ross and Rachel&rsquo;s almost tedious&nbsp;on-again-off-again relationship, and&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-family:Tahoma\"><st1:place w:st=\"on\"><st1:city w:st=\"on\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">Chandler<\/span><\/st1:city><\/st1:place><\/span><span style=\"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"> and Monica fall for each other it was nice to see the obvious remaining pairing look outside the friend&nbsp;group for love.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">Plus can you imagine what those kids would have been like?<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:16px;\">Donna Noble &amp; The Doctor (Doctor Who)<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/fleekweek.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/08\/ten-noble-mate-4.gif\" style=\"width: 500px; height: 270px;\" \/><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"color:#999999;\"><em>Courtesy BBC<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">The Doctor was still hurting when Donna Noble strolled into the TARDIS. He&rsquo;d lost Rose, he&rsquo;d accidently snubbed Martha (though she came out better for it) and what the lonely man in the blue box really needed was a friend.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">And he got it in total sass-master Donna Noble.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">She was exactly&nbsp;what he needed &ndash; someone to push his buttons and hold him accountable. Trying to stir in a hasty romance would have been disastrous. Plus, we all know she only had eyes for Captain Jack.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:16px;\">Leroy Gibbs &amp; Abby Sciuto (NCIS)<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/media.tumblr.com\/tumblr_m1rzd6HvdS1r1ddrx.gif\" style=\"width: 500px; height: 285px;\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color:#999999;\"><em>Courtesy CBS Television<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<br \/>\nFull disclosure &ndash; I haven&rsquo;t watched NCIS in years. But the Abby and Gibbs relationship is the one I remember most.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">They flirt, he brings her giant caffeinated drinks. But they are friends at the end of the day, and I think that&rsquo;s an essential relationship for the show. He&rsquo;s like a father figure to her, and I&rsquo;m glad they didn&rsquo;t try to smash them together in some ill conceived romance option.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><strong>Leslie Knope &amp; Ron Swanson (Parks and Recreation)<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.quotesgram.com\/img\/83\/70\/627445317-5229d050-3048-0131-1d66-56c0d77f1c8c.gif\" style=\"width: 500px; height: 250px;\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color:#999999;\"><em>Courtesy NBCUniversal Television<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<br \/>\nIt&rsquo;s rare to see friendships form between two wildly different people, but it&rsquo;s because they&rsquo;re so different that Leslie and Ron go together so well. Deep down they need each other to find balance &ndash; she&rsquo;s driven by her emotions and wears her heart on her sleeve, he&rsquo;s driven by bacon and eggs.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">Thankfully the creators know it&rsquo;s better to keep these two friends than have them take a stroll down <\/span><span style=\"font-family:Tahoma\"><st1:street w:st=\"on\"><st1:address w:st=\"on\"><span style=\"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">Lovers Lane<\/span><\/st1:address><\/st1:street><\/span><span style=\"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\">. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/291625\/parks-and-recreation-boss-on-tom-and-ann-shocker-it-s-real-they-will-have-a-relationship#ixzz1lcEiwUu4\">Co-creator Mike Schur spoke to E! back in 2012<\/a> and said, &ldquo;The one thing we&rsquo;ve never contemplated at any level is Leslie and Ron&hellip;I know there are people who are Leslie and Ron &lsquo;shippers, as they say. But their relationship is so great as platonic friends without any hint of any interest in each other. It&rsquo;s like Lou Grant and Mary Tyler Moore. They will never date. We will never do that.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","image":"http:\/\/mm.aiircdn.com\/122\/58387a4f6498c.jpg","author":{"name":"Shelby Knox"},"_mobile_inapp_url":"https:\/\/www.heartfm.ca\/_app_pages\/stations\/3316\/blogs\/posts\/29975"},{"id":"http:\/\/www.heartfm.ca\/blogs\/shelbys-blog-391324\/entry\/16\/","url":"https:\/\/www.heartfm.ca\/blogs\/shelbys-blog\/post\/the-hits-and-misses-of-the-superbowl-commercials\/","title":"The Hits and Misses of the Superbowl Commercials","date_published":"2017-02-06T16:50:00+00:00","summary":"Shelby takes a look at her choices for the best and worst commercials from the Superbowl.","content_html":"<p><span style=\"font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:10.0pt\">Whether you watch the Superbowl for the thrilling athletics or the half time show the commercials can steal the spotlight.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:10.0pt\">Just like in the game itself, there are winners and losers. Here&rsquo;s my hits and misses of the Superbowl commercials.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color:#006633;\"><span style=\"font-size:22px;\"><strong>Hit<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;\"><i>Avocados from Mexico<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"youtube-embed-wrapper\" style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;padding-top:30px;height:0;overflow:hidden;\"><iframe allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VneoEvAJX0g\" style=\"position: absolute;top: 0;left: 0;width: 100%;height: 100%;\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>It&#39;s funny, it deals with a heavy issue with some levity, and it takes a dig at the Patriots. Who could ask for me? Plus do you remember when people were freaking out over the avocado shortage? People take their avocado toast very seriously.<\/p>\n\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color:#c0392b;\"><span style=\"font-size:22px;\">Miss<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;\"><i>Kia - Hero&#39;s Journey<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"youtube-embed-wrapper\" style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;padding-top:30px;height:0;overflow:hidden;\">\n<p><iframe allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1dQ9a5EFZeI\" style=\"position: absolute;top: 0;left: 0;width: 100%;height: 100%;\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><br \/>\nI&#39;ll admit it - I&#39;m not a huge Melissa McCarthy fan. She&#39;s got some good jokes, but I find it all starts to sound the same after a while. At the start I thought, &#39;This commercial could be funny!&#39; but then after using the gag 4 times, I was just waiting for it to be over. This commercial needed more than a hero to save it.<\/p>\n\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color:#006633;\"><span style=\"font-size:22px;\"><strong>Hit<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;\"><i>Snickers<\/i><\/span><\/span>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"youtube-embed-wrapper\" style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;padding-top:30px;height:0;overflow:hidden;\"><iframe allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_9M_wQDTTdk\" style=\"position: absolute;top: 0;left: 0;width: 100%;height: 100%;\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>There was a lot of hype surrounding the &#39;live&#39; commercial with Adam Driver. A lot of people didn&#39;t like it. I did.<\/p>\n\n<p>I thought they did it very smartly - even if all hell broke loose at the 11th hour, they could just play it off like it was planned all along. Plus, rigging all those set piece to fall just right so no actors could get hurt is no easy feat. And Driver&#39;s deadpan delivery is perfect here.<\/p>\n\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color:#c0392b;\"><span style=\"font-size:22px;\">Miss<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;\"><i>Bud Light<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"youtube-embed-wrapper\" style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;padding-top:30px;height:0;overflow:hidden;\"><iframe allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aYeXldMEpV8\" style=\"position: absolute;top: 0;left: 0;width: 100%;height: 100%;\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>I don&#39;t even know what&#39;s going on here. Some Charles Dickens-esque ghost dog? The whole thing was just a little too strange for me.<\/p>\n\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color:#006633;\"><span style=\"font-size:22px;\"><strong>Hit<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;\"><i>Strangers Things 2<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"youtube-embed-wrapper\" style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;padding-top:30px;height:0;overflow:hidden;\"><iframe allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9Egf5U8xLo8\" style=\"position: absolute;top: 0;left: 0;width: 100%;height: 100%;\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>&#39;Cause <em>Stranger Things.&nbsp;<\/em>&#39;Nuff said. (Still no sign of Barb though...)<\/p>\n\n<hr \/>\n<p>So what do you think? Did I miss your favourite commercial or a total flop? Let me know in the comments down below<\/p>","image":"http:\/\/mm.aiircdn.com\/122\/5898a8965689f.jpg","author":{"name":"Shelby Knox"},"_mobile_inapp_url":"https:\/\/www.heartfm.ca\/_app_pages\/stations\/3316\/blogs\/posts\/29974"},{"id":"http:\/\/www.heartfm.ca\/blogs\/shelbys-blog-391324\/entry\/14\/","url":"https:\/\/www.heartfm.ca\/blogs\/shelbys-blog\/post\/ed-sheeran-gets-all-nostalgic-for-castle-on-the-hill\/","title":"Ed Sheeran Gets All Nostalgic for Castle On the Hill ","date_published":"2017-01-24T11:35:00+00:00","summary":"Ed Sheeran's video for Castle On the Hill features kids from his high school and a good dose of nostalgia.","content_html":"<p>Ed Sheeran has released a touching ode to growing up as his first music video for &divide;<\/p>\n\n<p>The <em>Castle on the Hill<\/em> music video gives us a bit of peak into what life was like when Sheeran was growing up &ndash; it was even filmed in his hometown of Framlingham in Suffolk, England.<\/p>\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Loved filming this in Fram All these kids are actually from my high school! Go watch it &amp; share it far and wide x <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ToY5FC6mRa\">https:\/\/t.co\/ToY5FC6mRa<\/a><\/p>\n&mdash; Ed Sheeran (@edsheeran) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/edsheeran\/status\/823490693595353089\">January 23, 2017<\/a><\/blockquote>\n<script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>The video is completely nostalgic and even touches on growing up and growing apart. You may want to call your best friends from high school after watching this.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"youtube-embed-wrapper\" style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;padding-top:30px;height:0;overflow:hidden;\"><iframe allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/K0ibBPhiaG0\" style=\"position: absolute;top: 0;left: 0;width: 100%;height: 100%;\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","image":"http:\/\/mm.aiircdn.com\/122\/5887b2790d84d.jpg","author":{"name":"Shelby Knox"},"_mobile_inapp_url":"https:\/\/www.heartfm.ca\/_app_pages\/stations\/3316\/blogs\/posts\/29973"},{"id":"http:\/\/www.heartfm.ca\/blogs\/shelbys-blog-391324\/entry\/13\/","url":"https:\/\/www.heartfm.ca\/blogs\/shelbys-blog\/post\/kiwi-dad-shows-us-how-to-wash-a-car-and-go-viral\/","title":"Kiwi Dad Shows Us How to Wash a Car and Go Viral","date_published":"2017-01-18T16:44:00+00:00","summary":"A man has gone viral with an adorable 'How To' video with his baby. But if you've only seen 'How to Wash A Car' you're missing out.","content_html":"<p>Having a cute baby on the internet is like licence to print money. Even mundane, every day chores like washing a car can end up going viral.<\/p>\n\n<p>Take &lsquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCNJTPOFN-13sb5JGrY1mNQg\">How to DAD<\/a>&rsquo; on YouTube for example:&nbsp;He proves that all you need to rack up over 1.5 million views is a car, a bucket of suds, and a baby.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"youtube-embed-wrapper\" style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;padding-top:30px;height:0;overflow:hidden;\"><iframe allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5NaLsFKW_hU\" style=\"position: absolute;top: 0;left: 0;width: 100%;height: 100%;\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>This isn&rsquo;t his first brush with internet stardom either. Dad Jordan Watson had his first viral hit with <em>How to Hold a Baby<\/em> and all he needed was his daughter Alba and a couple of beer cases to get the camera up to the right height.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>I very quickly fell down the YouTube rabbit hole, and an hour later I now know <em>How to Fly with a Baby<\/em>,<em> Go Grocery Shopping with a Baby<\/em>, and <em>How to Put a Baby to Sleep.<\/em><\/p>\n\n<p>Here are some of my favourites:<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"youtube-embed-wrapper\" style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;padding-top:30px;height:0;overflow:hidden;\"><iframe allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_a8wtqgSxos\" style=\"position: absolute;top: 0;left: 0;width: 100%;height: 100%;\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>Because I&#39;ve definitely seen these parents at the grocery store. I don&#39;t know how you do it - that&#39;s some serious multitasking.<\/p>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"youtube-embed-wrapper\" style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;padding-top:30px;height:0;overflow:hidden;\"><iframe allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZvcElQ2ow-w\" style=\"position: absolute;top: 0;left: 0;width: 100%;height: 100%;\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>I usually feel bad for parents trying to travel with babies; they know how loud their child is, but kids will be kids! Maybe these techniques will help.<\/p>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"youtube-embed-wrapper\" style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;padding-top:30px;height:0;overflow:hidden;\"><iframe allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UiHrA1Si0Gw\" style=\"position: absolute;top: 0;left: 0;width: 100%;height: 100%;\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>I have a feeling I&#39;d be a big user of the &#39;Give Up&#39; technique.<\/p>","image":"http:\/\/mm.aiircdn.com\/122\/587f98ea4dda0.jpg","author":{"name":"Shelby Knox"},"_mobile_inapp_url":"https:\/\/www.heartfm.ca\/_app_pages\/stations\/3316\/blogs\/posts\/29972"},{"id":"http:\/\/www.heartfm.ca\/blogs\/shelbys-blog-391324\/entry\/11\/","url":"https:\/\/www.heartfm.ca\/blogs\/shelbys-blog\/post\/superstitions-for-the-21st-century\/","title":"Superstitions for the 21st Century","date_published":"2017-01-13T17:36:00+00:00","summary":" Freaking out over a black cat crossing your path so pass\u00e9 - it's time to update our superstitions for the 21st century.","content_html":"<p><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">If you&rsquo;re one of those people who buy into superstitions today is a bad day for you &ndash; Friday the 13<sup>th<\/sup>. Personally, I&rsquo;m not superstitious, but in going through some of the most commonly held superstitions, I thought it might be time for a bit of an update &ndash; after all, who&rsquo;s going to find lucky pennies on the ground anymore?<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Here are some of my suggestions for modern superstitions we can start adopting.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:16px;\">Phantom Vibrate<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Grandma Knox used to always tell me, &lsquo;If your ears are burnin&rsquo;, it&rsquo;s because someone&rsquo;s talking about you.&rsquo;<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">I&rsquo;m not sure if that&rsquo;s true, but I have definitely felt my phone vibrate only to pull it out of my pocket and find out there was nothing there. No text, no missed call - nothing. I know people who feel this phantom vibration 2 or 3 times a day even when their phone isn&#39;t even on them.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">But what if it&#39;s more than just out mind playing trick on us?<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">What if this is the modern equivalent of those &#39;burning ears?&#39; Someone, somewhere is talking about you, and you can feel it.<\/font><\/p>\n\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">404 &ndash; Item Not Found<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">If you&rsquo;ve spent any time on the Internet, you&rsquo;ve encountered the error 404 &ndash; page not found. You could have sworn this page was here yesterday, but now it&rsquo;s disappeared into the ether.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">So it stands to reason that April 04 (4-04) is the day you are guaranteed to lose something important. Let&rsquo;s stop worry about Friday the 13<sup>th<\/sup> and start worrying about 4-04.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">The Bringer of Bad Luck - A Dead Battery<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">You&rsquo;re absolutely sure you plugged your phone in last night. You distinctly remember doing it. And yet here you are, just finishing your first cup of coffee at work only to see your phone start flashing 5% battery.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">And to make matters worse, you don&rsquo;t have a charger.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">If you&#39;ve ever had this happen to you, know know you&#39;re already in for a bad day. But what if it was predestined to be that way?<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><font face=\"arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Maybe a dead battery is just a harbinger of bad luck.<\/font><\/p>\n\n<hr \/>\n<p>So there are my suggestions for some modern superstitions - what do else do you think we should add?<\/p>","image":"http:\/\/mm.aiircdn.com\/122\/58790fedec008.jpg","author":{"name":"Shelby Knox"},"_mobile_inapp_url":"https:\/\/www.heartfm.ca\/_app_pages\/stations\/3316\/blogs\/posts\/29971"},{"id":"http:\/\/www.heartfm.ca\/blogs\/shelbys-blog-391324\/entry\/10\/","url":"https:\/\/www.heartfm.ca\/blogs\/shelbys-blog\/post\/5-surprising-celebrity-appearances-in-video-games\/","title":"5 Surprising Celebrity Appearances in Video Games","date_published":"2017-01-03T14:21:00+00:00","summary":"With Ariana Grande coming to Final Fantasy, Shelby takes a look at other celebrity performances in video games.","content_html":"<p><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Celebrities are known for wanting to branch out &ndash; actors becoming musicians, musicians becoming actors, and sometimes even trying their hand at voicing video game characters.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Here are 5 strange video game appearances from celebrities, for better or for worse.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">(Beware &ndash; there be spoilers below)<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><strong>Ariana Grande - Final Fantasy Brave Exvius<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-version=\"7\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<div style=\"padding:8px;\">\n<div style=\" background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:50.0% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;\">\n<div style=\" background:url(data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC\/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5\/P8\/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo\/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI\/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf\/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p style=\" margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BOvV7qMFAC7\/\" style=\" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;\" target=\"_blank\">a little peek at DW featured in #FFBEWW ????? ?????<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">A video posted by Ariana Grande (@arianagrande) on <time datetime=\"2017-01-01T23:11:43+00:00\" style=\" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;\">Jan 1, 2017 at 3:11pm PST<\/time><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Final Fantasy is a cherished video game series for fans of RPGs. The franchise really gained traction when Cloud and his impractically huge Buster Sword Limit Broke onto the scene in 1997 and has been a staple ever since with more than 15 titles.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Well now it looks like Ariana Grande will be featured in the free-to-play mobile RPG entry to the series.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">She shared a quick peek of her character &lsquo;DW&rsquo; on Instagram. The sprite is based on her appearance on the Dangerous Woman album cover, and she seems beyond excited to be involved.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><strong>Kit Harrington, Connor McGregor, Lewis Hamilton, and the Hoff - Infinite Warfare<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><img alt=\"Infinite Warfare Screengrabs, Courtesy Activision \" src=\"http:\/\/mm.aiircdn.com\/122\/586bb12b99fd0.jpg\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">The Call of Duty franchise is no stranger to bringing in A-List celebrities to lend a little star power to their FPS games.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare has a plethora of celebrity sightings including Game of Throne&rsquo;s Kit Harrington as the big bad, highly punchable (and regrettably named) Admiral Salen Kotch.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">UFC Champion Connor McGregor joins in as Harrington&rsquo;s right hand man, Captain Bradley Fillion. This seemed like a strange choice, but then again do you really want to be the one who tells Connor McGregor he can&rsquo;t be in the game?<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">British Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton also pops up as an engineer aboard the player&rsquo;s ship Retribution.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">And who better to have at your side while playing the Zombies in Spaceland map than David Hasselhoff himself?<\/span><\/p>\n\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><strong>Michael Jackson - MoonWalker<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"youtube-embed-wrapper\" style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;padding-top:30px;height:0;overflow:hidden;\"><iframe allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TmB9wiqJb14\" style=\"position: absolute;top: 0;left: 0;width: 100%;height: 100%;\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>Michael Jackson was an early adopter of video games, and even went so far as to work with Sega to put together a pair of games of his own based on his 1988 film Moonwalker. The first was a sidescroller destined for the Sega Genesis while the second was a beat-em-up arcade cabinet that could be played by up to three people.<\/p>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>Michael could dispatch his enemies with the amazing power of&hellip;dance?<\/p>\n\n<p>Seriously. Check out those finishers.<\/p>\n\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><strong>Martin Sheen - Mass Effect 2 &amp; 3<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><img alt=\"The Illusive Man, Courtesy Bioware\" src=\"http:\/\/mm.aiircdn.com\/122\/586bb20123b27.jpg\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">You expect a character going by the moniker &lsquo;The Illusive Man&rsquo; to be &ndash; well &ndash; illusive and mysterious. This fell a little short of the mark when Bioware cast Martin Sheen as Commander Shepard&rsquo;s shadowy benefactor in the second instalment of the Mass Effect series.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">But once you got over the fact that yes, that is Martin Sheen, he gave a pretty solid performance.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong>John Cleese &ndash; Fable III<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><img alt=\"Jasper from Fable III, Courtesy Lionhead\" src=\"http:\/\/mm.aiircdn.com\/122\/586bb24c9acbe.jpg\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">And in another instance of &lsquo;No, that can&rsquo;t be who I think it is, is it?&rsquo; John Cleese lends his voice to the main protagonist&rsquo;s butler in Lionhead&rsquo;s Fable III. Although they didn&rsquo;t use his likeness for Jasper, you still kind of expect the butler to break into a Silly Walk at any moment.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">What&rsquo;s your favourite celebrity video game appearance? Let me know in the comments down below.<\/span><\/p>\n<script async defer src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script>","image":"http:\/\/mm.aiircdn.com\/122\/586bb12b99fd0.jpg","author":{"name":"Shelby Knox"},"_mobile_inapp_url":"https:\/\/www.heartfm.ca\/_app_pages\/stations\/3316\/blogs\/posts\/29970"},{"id":"http:\/\/www.heartfm.ca\/blogs\/shelbys-blog-391324\/entry\/9\/","url":"https:\/\/www.heartfm.ca\/blogs\/shelbys-blog\/post\/join-the-naughty-side\/","title":"Join the Naughty Side","date_published":"2016-12-20T10:39:45+00:00","summary":"And you thought getting the kids to sit still for Santa was tough","content_html":"<p><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Everyone knows this is a busy time of year for Old Saint Nick, but Darth Vader might not be the best guy to fill in.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">The folks at Vat19 ask, &ldquo;What would happen if you replaced Santa Claus with the most feared villain in all the galaxy?&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Children cry. That&rsquo;s what.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Though to be fair, I&rsquo;m sure Ani is just trying to earn his place on the Nice List for a shiny new Deathstar.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">And how cool would it be to see the sleigh pulled by a TIE Fighter?<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><iframe allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CPCg89BnOm0\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe><\/p>","image":"http:\/\/mm.aiircdn.com\/122\/58590a2991279.jpg","author":{"name":"Shelby Knox"},"_mobile_inapp_url":"https:\/\/www.heartfm.ca\/_app_pages\/stations\/3316\/blogs\/posts\/29969"},{"id":"http:\/\/www.heartfm.ca\/blogs\/shelbys-blog-391324\/entry\/6\/","url":"https:\/\/www.heartfm.ca\/blogs\/shelbys-blog\/post\/did-this-commercial-just-win-christmas\/","title":"Did This Commercial Just Win Christmas?","date_published":"2016-12-08T12:28:00+00:00","summary":"This heartfelt Christmas ad by Allegro is making people cry, and I can totally see why.","content_html":"<div class=\"youtube-embed-wrapper\" style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;padding-top:30px;height:0;overflow:hidden;\">\n<p>We can pack it up - the best Christmas advertisement of the year is here.<\/p>\n\n<p>Polish company Allegro, an online auction site, put out a very touching ad about a grandfather learning English and meeting his granddaughter.<\/p>\n\n<p>Sure the H&amp;M ad by Wes Anderson is beautiful, the dog from the John Lewis commercial makes us all want a trampoline, but this one takes the cake.<\/p>\n\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/>\nNo, I&rsquo;m not crying. There&rsquo;s something in my eye. Both of them.<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color:#FF0000;\">**This commercial does contain very strong language!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"youtube-embed-wrapper\" style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;padding-top:30px;height:0;overflow:hidden;\"><iframe allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zO6AUFdgcgU\" style=\"position: absolute;top: 0;left: 0;width: 100%;height: 100%;\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","image":"http:\/\/mm.aiircdn.com\/122\/584951801c6a0.jpg","author":{"name":"Shelby Knox"},"_mobile_inapp_url":"https:\/\/www.heartfm.ca\/_app_pages\/stations\/3316\/blogs\/posts\/29968"},{"id":"http:\/\/www.heartfm.ca\/blogs\/shelbys-blog-391324\/entry\/5\/","url":"https:\/\/www.heartfm.ca\/blogs\/shelbys-blog\/post\/5-movies-that-just-happen-to-be-at-christmas\/","title":"5 Movies That Just Happen To Be At Christmas","date_published":"2016-12-06T17:52:02+00:00","summary":"These aren't Christmas movies per se, but they do happen around the holidays!","content_html":"<p><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">You get it &ndash; the Grinch&rsquo;s heart grew two sizes that day, Hermey wants to be a dentist, and every time a bell rings an angel gets its wings.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">But if you have to watch your kid queue up Elf one more time, you might actually explode.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Here&rsquo;s some movies you can pass off as Christmas movies without actually having to sit through another stereotypical Christmas movie.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.heartfm.ca\/blogs\/mcmillans-blog-847583\/entry\/3\/\">not including Die Hard because Chris McMillian beat me to the punch<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><strong>Gremlins<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">No heartfelt, sticky-sweet lessons in this movie - unless you count don&rsquo;t get it wet and don&rsquo;t feed it after midnight!<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">The whole thing kicks off because a man wants to find a Christmas present for his son. Little does he know giving the cute little mogwai to his son will end up so badly.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">But c&rsquo;mon &ndash; how cute is Gizmo in that hat?<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><img alt=\"Gizmo In a Santa Hat\" src=\"https:\/\/media.giphy.com\/media\/eu79aukuvpHwI\/giphy.gif\" style=\"width: 450px; height: 210px;\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><strong>Edward Scissorhands<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">It&rsquo;s sweet, sad, and deliciously dark. Edward Scissorhands might not be the first movie you think of when decking the halls, but a huge part of the movie is looking at why it snows. Okay, so the whole movie isn&#39;t around the holidays, but it plays a part.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Grab a warm mug of hot chocolate, snuggle up on the couch, and hold your significant other close as you watch the story unfold.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><img alt=\"Hold Me\" src=\"http:\/\/67.media.tumblr.com\/c535021d6cf4012de52aadd87b115be4\/tumblr_nqb0hxRUrF1sac64no1_500.gif\" style=\"width: 450px; height: 215px;\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><strong>Batman Returns<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Tim Burton makes a second appearance on this list with Batman Returns. There&rsquo;s no denying this is a Christmas movie &ndash; there&rsquo;s the lighting of the Gotham Christmas Tree (I don&rsquo;t recommend decorating with bats BTW), Christopher Walken handing out presents, and more mistletoe than you can throw a Batarang at.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><img alt=\"Selena Kyle Mistletoe\" src=\"https:\/\/media.giphy.com\/media\/3rgXBJx64sAFeaNv7W\/giphy.gif\" style=\"width: 450px; height: 212px;\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><strong>Iron Man 3<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Moving from DC to Marvel, Tony Stark gets into some holiday hijinks of his own. He gives Pepper a truly terrible giant rabbit as a Christmas gift, and there&rsquo;s even a &lsquo;Ghost of Christmas Past&rsquo; element in Aldritch Killian.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Not to mention the final battle is backlit by twinkling Christmas lights. Doesn&rsquo;t that give you the warm-and-fuzzies?<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><img alt=\"What Are You Waiting For\" src=\"http:\/\/31.media.tumblr.com\/2f8f007064ad56d3c2a2e897de5b9f96\/tumblr_my9ygkVAA51qzkdnwo1_500.gif\" style=\"width: 450px; height: 180px;\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><strong>Lethal Weapon<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">This is definitely not your typical feel good Christmas movie &ndash; in fact its easier to forget that it is actually set at Christmas time with all the non stop cops-and-robbers mayhem and violence. Definitely not one to share with the kids.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Writer\/Director Shane Black has already appeared on this list for Iron Man 3, and those aren&rsquo;t his only Christmasy Non-Christmas movies &ndash; The Last Boy Scout, The Long Kiss Goodnight, and Kiss Kiss Bang Bang all happen with a yuletide backdrop. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slashfilm.com\/why-iron-man-3-is-a-christmas-movie\/\">In fact Black claims that Lethal Weapon&rsquo;s Christmas setting helped to inspire Die Hard.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/mm.aiircdn.com\/122\/5846f817765a5.gif\" style=\"\" \/><\/span><\/p>","image":"http:\/\/mm.aiircdn.com\/122\/5846f8ef942f7.jpg","author":{"name":"Shelby Knox"},"_mobile_inapp_url":"https:\/\/www.heartfm.ca\/_app_pages\/stations\/3316\/blogs\/posts\/29967"},{"id":"http:\/\/www.heartfm.ca\/blogs\/shelbys-blog-391324\/entry\/2\/","url":"https:\/\/www.heartfm.ca\/blogs\/shelbys-blog\/post\/5-things-to-get-the-geek-in-your-life\/","title":"5 Things to Get the Geek In Your Life","date_published":"2016-11-25T18:08:00+00:00","summary":"What DO you get a Wookiee for Christmas?","content_html":"<p><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Finding the perfect gift for the geek in your life can be a little daunting. I&#39;ve travelled through time and space to put together a list of some of my favourite things&nbsp;to help you get a gift they&#39;ll love - no TARDIS required.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/mm.aiircdn.com\/122\/5838766243a3b.jpg\" style=\"\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><strong>Espionage Cosmetic Nail Wraps<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<br \/>\nNerdy and fabulous! <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espionagecosmetics.com\/\">Espionage Cosmetics<\/a> has a whole line of pop culture related nail wraps &ndash; everything from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espionagecosmetics.com\/collections\/nerd-manicures\/products\/baker-street\">Sherlock<\/a>, to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espionagecosmetics.com\/collections\/nerd-manicures\/products\/redrum\">The Shining<\/a>, comics, video games, and even just really awesome looking <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espionagecosmetics.com\/collections\/nerd-manicures\/products\/orion-nebula\">star-scapes<\/a>. It&rsquo;s a great way for the nerd in your life to subtly show off their fandom. And they&rsquo;re cruelty free!<\/span><\/p>\n\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/mm.aiircdn.com\/122\/58387763478ab.jpg\" style=\"\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><strong>Loot Crate<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">It&rsquo;s the gift that keeps giving! This is a subscription-based service that will deliver a box of epic-ness every month, so they&rsquo;ll know you&rsquo;re always thinking of them. They have different price points and packages and the theme changes each month but you can get some really sweet exclusive stuff. The original &lsquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lootcrate.com\/\">Loot Crate<\/a>&rsquo; comes with shirts, figures, and other cool knick-knacks. I&rsquo;ve been a subscriber for a while now, and it&rsquo;s a lot of fun trying to guess what&rsquo;s in the box.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><img alt=\"What's in the box?\" src=\"https:\/\/media.tenor.co\/images\/d3ab39405ffb94d8494592324b63beb1\/raw\" style=\"width: 498px; height: 220px;\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/mm.aiircdn.com\/122\/583878952ccdf.jpg\" style=\"\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><strong>Books!<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">In my opinion you can never go wrong with a good book! I&rsquo;m constantly running into the problem of &lsquo;not enough bookcase.&rsquo; If you know someone who&rsquo;s going through A Song of Ice and Fire withdrawal (AKA Game of Thrones for you TV lovers) I suggest picking up a copy of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms for more adventures in George R. R. Martin&rsquo;s universe. If you&rsquo;ve already burnt through that, try Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson to tide you over.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">If you&rsquo;re looking for a little girl power, check out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rejectedprincesses.com\/book\">Rejected Princesses<\/a>. It&rsquo;s a fun mix of history, myth, and art book that takes a look at the women you won&rsquo;t see in the forest crooning to woodland creatures and waiting for her prince like some other princesses out there. This is an amazing blend of female empowerment and beautiful artwork.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/mm.aiircdn.com\/122\/583879928ff79.jpg\" style=\"\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><strong>Board Games<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Let&rsquo;s be real, you&rsquo;ll be spending a lot of time with family this holiday season and sometimes you just can&rsquo;t stand listening to another story about how great your cousin is. So instead of making uncomfortable small talk, why not give a gift that will help alleviate a little of that awkward tension.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Ticket to Ride is a great game if you&rsquo;ve got a wide range of ages &ndash; it&rsquo;s very easy to learn, but even the grown ups will have fun trying to outdo each other. You&rsquo;ll collect cards, try to build up your train empire, and claim railway routes between countries and cities all while also trying to assemble the longest route. If you&rsquo;ve ever had the longest road sniped from you during a game of Settlers of Catan, you know how competitive this can get. I don&rsquo;t suggest playing this on a table that can easily be flipped.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-EfpvVojKFRI\/T5sVTTD1ZdI\/AAAAAAAAAJ0\/Vcgey4pmrYk\/s400\/tumblr_luqbw1H83s1qzr7oy.gif\"><img alt=\"Table Flip\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-EfpvVojKFRI\/T5sVTTD1ZdI\/AAAAAAAAAJ0\/Vcgey4pmrYk\/s400\/tumblr_luqbw1H83s1qzr7oy.gif\" style=\"width: 400px; height: 202px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">If you&rsquo;re an older family games like Werewolf and Resistance are great. As a team you&rsquo;ll need to discover who among you is a dirty traitor. Wild speculation and accusations fly as you try to form alliances and find out who has the best poker face. In the Resistance you&rsquo;ll try root out the double agents, and while playing Werewolf you&rsquo;ll try to discover who among you is really a wolf in villager&rsquo;s clothing. &ldquo;Oh Granny, what big ears you have!&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/mm.aiircdn.com\/122\/58387a4f6498c.jpg\" style=\"\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><strong>Donate and Spread the Love!<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">And of course you can always help to build a better world by submitting a donation in your geek&rsquo;s name! There are some awesome charities out there started by fellow nerds here are two of my favourite:<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p style=\"margin-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/worldbuilders.org\/\"><em>World Builders<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p style=\"margin-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Patrick Rothfuss built an incredible world through The Kingkiller Chronicles, but he&rsquo;s also working to make this world better too.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p style=\"margin-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Right now they are running a campaign with the proceeds going to Heifer International. For every $10 you donate, your name goes into a hat to win thousands of very cool prizes including board games, rare books, and other items of geekery. (This campaign ends on December 9<sup>th<\/sup>)<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p style=\"margin-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">They also run auctions full of unique items like signed books, cool board games, and even special experiences like having Patrick Rothfuss critique up to 150,000 words of your manuscript! This way you can get a cool, one of kind item to give and know that you&rsquo;re also helping make a better world at the same time.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p style=\"margin-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/childsplaycharity.org\/\"><em>Child&rsquo;s Play<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p style=\"margin-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;\">Being in the hospital sucks. It especially sucks when you&rsquo;re just a kid. Child&rsquo;s Play tries to help kids retain some of their childhood during lengthy hospital visits by bringing video games into hospitals. They bring play back into hospitals all over the world.<\/span><\/p>","image":"http:\/\/mm.aiircdn.com\/122\/583875b13474c.jpg","author":{"name":"Shelby Knox"},"_mobile_inapp_url":"https:\/\/www.heartfm.ca\/_app_pages\/stations\/3316\/blogs\/posts\/29966"}]}