(Royal) We Recommend.

Learning How to Cook
This is one of those immediately rewarding sort of things. Possible downside: you might be bad at it. Overwhelming upside: You get to eat tastier and healthier food than you would normally and also everyone will immediately consider you to be more impressive.

No Country For Old Men
My movie of the year. Honesty made me rethink how I could tell stories and make movies. Make sure you pay attention because this film won't hold your hand all the way through the story, cemented my belief that the Coens are geniuses.

A Nice Wool Overcoat
I know Hans will back me up on this one. They are warm and the thick wool will generally keep out most of what the weather can throw at you. Not recommended that you test that theory in a force 5 hurricane, but for Vancouver rain these are just the trick.

The War On Terror
Not the real war on terror that is slowly eroding the civil rights of our neighbours to the South, but rather a hilarious board game which is sort of like Risk. I prefer to play for maximum hilarity value by backstabbing, openly funding terrorism, and general being a right bastard (just like a real country) but you might find it equally enjoyable to play another way. Whatever your style this game has the goods.

The Wii
Funny name? Yes. Most fun I've had with a video game in ages? Also Yes. The system that made video games a party pastime deserves the praise it has received. Plus it is cheaper than the other two big consoles out there.

The Hollywood Stock Exchange
Buying fake stock in upcoming films and movie stars with fake money has never been so fun.

Letting Me Sign You Up To The HSX
If only because I get 100,000 fake dollars for doing so.

Kenny Vs. Spenny
I'll let the tag line do the talking on this one: Since the beginning of time mankind has been forced to compete for survival. This spirit of competition has reached a pinnacle in the relationship of two best friends who battle against each other. Why? Glory for the winner; humiliation for the loser. This IS Kenny VERSUS Spenny. If that didn't precede each show you would probably have no idea they are best friends (best friends don't usually fake a letter from the ministry of health saying you have AIDS to win a who's funniest competition).

Electric Organs
Or as I like to refer to mine: The Electric Fun Machine. Best if obtained for free, but generally awesome regardless of price. I can't even play it with any modicum of skill and I still have a blast.

Soon I Will Be Invincible by Austin Grossman
Dr. Impossible is a mad scientist, and he really is going to take over the world this time. This book is a look into his mind. The style is one of sincerity and deadpan in the face of Battle-Blimps, Death Rays, and Faerie Warriors fighting side by side with caped superheroes. Hilarious and smart, not just recommended but highly recommended.

Yorkshire Pudding
Healthy? Doubtful. Delicious? Incredibly

There Will Be Blood
Second Best Movie of the Year. P.T. Anderson makes a movie that is reminiscent of Kubrik and Daniel Day Lewis gives a scorchingly good performance (though I think that applies to pretty much any one of his roles).

Asking Daniel Day Lewis if His Son is Alright
No he is not.

Dexter
This may very well be the best show on television. Its premise is unbeatable: A Serial Killer works for the Cops and Kills other Serial Killers. Michael C. Hall is brilliant in the title role. The opening credits alone are enough to keep me watching.

A Led Zeppelin Reunion Tour
Seriously, if you are reading this Robert Plant I will pay inordinate amounts of money to attend a Led Zeppelin concert. Especially since the Reunion Show was apparently amazing.

Neil Gaiman
Brilliant writer. He is on a different level than the rest of us. His stories can be stylish and sharp or playful and heartbreakingly beautiful. For every person that has a lack of imagination it seems this ex-Brit is picking up the slack. American Gods, Neverwhere, and Stardust (the movie or the book) are good places to start.

Crooked Little Vein by Warren Ellis
If Neil Gaiman were formed from pure evil he would take the shape of fellow British writer Warren Ellis. Creator of some of the most delightfully twisted and depraved comic books known to man he has branched out to novels with Crooked Little Vein. It starts with Godzilla Bukkake and grows more Fucked Up (pardon my French) from there, anything else would be giving the story away.

Winning Stuff
Makes free stuff better by attaching a false sense of achievement and an element of surprise to it. Highly Recommended (recent winnings include: A t-shirt and a DVD of The Great Escape).

Planet Earth
Not the giant ball of rock and water but rather the achingly beautiful documentary about the place we all live. You will see things that have never been witnessed by mankind until the film crews captured them on camera (sometimes after waiting for month upon months just to get a shot).

Using the Rock Hand Point as a Greeting
Discovered at my hometown pub this Christmas, it has become my new favourite way of letting friends know that they totally rock! So extend those index and pinky fingers in their direction and let your friends know how you feel.

Deciding Against Recommending That People Wear Joker Make-Up in Public.
Because it feels like now it would just be in bad taste, you know?

Chuck
Not the Best Show On Television, but secretly my favourite. It balances geek (done right! no less) and Spy-Fi nearly perfectly. Plus it had Rachel Bilson for two episodes as a girl who makes the perfect sandwich (which I prefer to believe is a talent she holds in real life and that one day I will marry the sandwich making starlet of my dreams) and grown men dressed as a dancing Sand Worms.

Watching Movies That Flopped
Sometimes they can be plain bad, but more often than not you will find a hidden gem or a failure so magnificent in scope and terribleness that it can't help but be good. Plus filmmakers in the making will learn valuable lessons such as don't invest 175 million dollars in a movie about a surly, pee-drinking, man-fish (points to whoever guesses the film first).

Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs by Chuck Klosterman
In this compilation of essays by Esquire writer Chuck Klosterman the American Soul is revealed through musings on The Real World and the age old rivalry between the Boston Celtics and the Los Angeles Lakers. Bitingly Witty and strangely insightful, a must for anyone who is way to invested in pop culture (like me).

Keys to the VIP
Aimless mysogeny at its best. Self-proclaimed pick-up artists compete in the game of games (ie picking up women in clubs) all while being made fun of by a panel of 4 men representing different areas of the male psyche. It's also the only game show I have ever watched that refused to hand out a prize based solely on the fact that the technical winner was a giant douchebag.

Cory Worthington
To quote Kellen, "That guy is a major Douchtackle." This is probably true but the Aussie teen, who threw a party that was so awesome ("Best Party Evah, So Far") it destroyed a neighborhood and repelled police (and he's throwing another in a couple of weeks), is kind of hilarious in his Bitchy-Newscaster-Out-Witting appearance on Australian TV. Plus his sunglasses are famous.

Not Having A Bird Hit Your Plane Before Take-Off
Serious "Class: Aves" what the Hell? Waiting in Airports at Christmas sucks balls.

The Mist
Surprisingly effective horror movie which focuses on the characters and not the effects. It also has the single most depressing ending ever. Prove me wrong.

Actually Reading Harry Potter
Though I hate to admit it these books aren't half bad, in fact they are down right decent. Though Snape is much much much less likable when played by my imagination instead of Alan Rickman.

Ending on a Happy Note
Stuff is awesome!