It's Peeps Season!!

Someone tell Hank that's not how you become a member of PETA. mmm Peeps...

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The Rankin Family Concert - Halifax, NS - Feb. 28, 2009

WOW! What an amazing concert from the Rankin Family last night at the Halifax Metro Centre. This band never ceases to put on a show that oozes energy. Backed by a band that absolutely rocked. The powerful voices of those 3 girls is the show stopper. Raylene puts her entire being into those songs and her version of Rise Again is always a crowd pleaser. If these guy's never tour again, it will be a shame. Do not miss The Rankin Family, if they tour again.

Here are a few pictures I took.

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Cape Breton Baby Boy

A Cape Bretoner is drinking in a New York bar when
he gets a call on his cell phone. He hangs up, grinning
from ear to ear, and orders a round of drinks for everybody
in the bar because, he announces, his wife has just produced
a typical Cape Breton baby boy weighing 25 pounds.

Nobody can believe that any new baby can weigh in at 25
pounds, but the Cape Bretoner just shrugs, "That's about
average down home, folks...like I said, my boy's a typical
Cape Breton baby boy." Congratulations showered him from
all around, and many exclamations of "WOW"! were heard.
One woman actually fainted due to sympathy pains.

Two weeks later he returns to the bar. The bartender says,
"Say, you're the father of that typical Cape Breton baby that
weighed 25 pounds at birth. Everybody's been making bets
about how big he'd be in two weeks. We were gonna call you,
so how much does he weigh now?" The proud father answers,
"Seventeen pounds." The bartender is puzzled, and concerned.
"What happened? He already weighed 25 pounds the day he was
born." The Cape Breton father proudly says, "Had him circumcised".

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Quick Quote(s)

No man is exempt from saying silly things; the mischief is to say them deliberately.
- Michel de Montaigne

The advantage of a classical education is that it enables you to despise the wealth that it prevents you from achieving.
- Russell Green

Quick Quote

My wife and I were happy for twenty years. Then we met.
- Rodney Dangerfield

Talking 'bout my g-g-generation...

Does your kid suffer from the Caudling Virus? This is a must-watch video for everyone.

Find out: Click Here!

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Quick Quote

"For a list of all the ways technology has failed to improve the quality of life, please press three"

Alice Hahn

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Here's a band I'm liking more and more with each listen. Porcupine Tree. The Fear of a Blank Planet album was released in 2007 and I've been hooked for months.

From Wikipedia:
The concept of the album was heavily influenced by Brett Easton Ellis' novel Lunar Park[8]. The novel is told from the perspective of a father, whereas the album is mostly from his son's perspective. Many of the lyrics for Fear of a Blank Planet are lifted directly from the novel, particularly "My Ashes", which is an homage to the last chapter, in which the ashes of a cremated father are scattered and cover the memories of his life.

From their site:
Porcupine Tree was born in 1987 as a psychedelic, experimental, and progressive music outlet for the home studio explorations of Steven Wilson. In fact, Wilson had already been making music for several years, as a musically precocious teenager who taught himself to play guitar and keyboards, and whose early tape releases with bands such as Altamont and Karma had already become known in the London musical underground (these tapes, which included early versions of later PT tracks like "Nine Cats," "Small Fish," and "This Long Silence," would eventually become highly-valued collectables, a circumstance Wilson describes as "a bit like a painter having his nursery school blots exhibited"...click here for more...




Sentimental

I never wanna be old
And I don't want dependents
It's no fun to be told
That you can't blame your parents anymore.

I'm finding it hard to hang from a star
I don't wanna be...
Never wanna be old.

Sullen and bored the kids stay
And in this way wish away each day
Stoned in the mall the kids play
And in this way wish away each day

I don't really know
If I care what is normal
And I'm not really sure
If the pills I've been taking are helping

I'm wasting my life
Hurting inside
I don't really know
And I'm not really sure...

Sullen and bored the kids stay
And in this way wish away each day
Stoned in the mall the kids play
And in this way wish away each day

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A very brave lady...

Saw a funny bumber sticker on the commute to work this morning on the back of a VW with plates from Massachusetts.

Be nice to America
Or we we'll bring democracy to your country.

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Enough...

Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays...Pick the one you prefer and everyone else...Shut the fuck up about it.

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Quick Quote

"There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened"

Douglas Adams

Hi...

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Suck it up Princess...

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Too much time on your hands...

Poor Bubbles, this does not compute.

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Quick Quote...

"Humanity is acquiring all the right technology for all the wrong reasons"

R. Buckminster Fuller

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This lyric is for Jerry Falwell who died today, May 15, 2007 - The world has one less Religious Terrorist. Click here to see the real Jerry Falwell.

This is a song by Rush. The boy's have released a new album called Snakes & Arrows. I probably could have picked several songs from this album to dedicate to JF but decided Witch Hunt is perfect. I'm seeing Rush in September, for the first time in 20+ years and they are playing this song. This will be the longest summer of my life!



Witch Hunt

The night is black
Without a moon
The air is thick and still
The vigilantes gather on
The lonely torch lit hill

Features distorted in the flickering light
The faces are twisted and grotesque
Silent and stern in the sweltering night
The mob moves like demons possessed
Quiet in conscience, calm in their right
Confident their ways are best

The righteous rise
With burning eyes
Of hatred and ill-will
Madmen fed on fear and lies
To beat and burn and kill

They say there are strangers who threaten us
In our immigrants and infidels
They say there is strangeness too dangerous
In our theaters and bookstore shelves
That those who know what's best for us
Must rise and save us from ourselves

Quick to judge
Quick to anger
Slow to understand
Ignorance and prejudice
And fear walk hand in hand...

Neil Peart - Rush

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Is It Any Wonder Some Folks Go Postal...

Found this here.



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I'm leaving on a jet plane...

There are several flight tracking websites devoted to providing the average Joe with access to real-time flight information. Some are OK and some are horrible. This site is tops, in my book.

Each red dot represents an airplane in flight. This is real-time information.

From the site...
Founded in March of 2005, FlightAware is the first company to offer free flight tracking services for both private and commercial air traffic in the United States. FlightAware launched public operations in September of 2005 and in November of 2005 became the most popular flight tracking service on the Internet.

FlightAware's proprietary flight arrival time algorithms combined with our powerful, intuitive, responsive, and reliable web-based interface yield the most capable and useful flight tracking application.

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Is there anybody out there...

Major Discovery: New Planet Could Harbor Water and Life
By Ker Than - Staff Writer
Space.Com
Posted: 24 April 2007
04:23 pm ET

An Earth-like planet spotted outside our solar system is the first found that could support liquid water and harbor life, scientists announced today.

Liquid water is a key ingredient for life as we know it. The newfound planet is located at the "Goldilocks" distance-not too close and not too far from its star to keep water on its surface from freezing or vaporizing away.

And while astronomers are not yet able to look for signs of biology on the planet, the discovery is a milestone in planet detection and the search for extraterrestrial life, one with the potential to profoundly change our outlook on the universe.

"The goal is to find life on a planet like the Earth around a star like the Sun. This is a step in that direction," said study leader Stephane Udry of the Geneva Observatory in Switzerland. "Each time you go one step forward you are very happy."

The new planet is about 50 percent bigger than Earth and about five times more massive. The new "super-Earth" is called Gliese 581 C, after its star, Gliese 581, a diminutive red dwarf star located 20.5 light-years away that is about one-third as massive as the Sun.

Click here for the rest of the story...

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The shifting shafts of shining weave the fabric of their dreams...

Here is another engineering wonder. A 40 story concrete tower surrounded by 600 mirrors situated to focus the suns energy at the top of the tower. This is the Seville (Spain) Solar Thermal Power Plant.


From the site...

"It is Europe's first commercially operating power station using the Sun's energy this way and at the moment its operator, Solucar, proudly claims that it generates 11 Megawatts (MW) of electricity without emitting a single puff of greenhouse gas.

This current figure is enough to power up to 6,000 homes."


"But ultimately, the entire plant should generate as much power as is used by the 600,000 people of Seville."

"It works by focusing the reflected rays on one location, turning water into steam and then blasting it into turbines to generate power. "


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Quick Quote...

"We can't all be heroes because somebody has to sit on the curb and clap as they go by"

Will Rogers

This one's for Helen...

Quick Quote...

"Some National Parks have long waiting lists for camping reservations. When you have to wait a year to sleep next to a tree, something is wrong."

George Carlin

Missed it by that much....

I Missed St. Patricks Day...D'oh!

Here's a joke for the green folk...

What's the difference between an Irishman and a canoe?

You can tip over a canoe.

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Quick Quote...

"Much of the social history of the Western world over the past three decades has involved replacing what worked with what sounded good"

Thomas Sowell

Sobering thought.

Some Coolness!

Fractals
I played with them a bit a few years ago. I had a DOS program (Fractint) that produced the most incredible fractals. Works of art, all from a mathematical formula. These fractals are a bit different, these pictures are examples of fractals found in nature. Hmmm...sounds like chaos...Mighty cool.

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Wonders of the Chinese Landscapes
These pictures take my breath away. Not sure if they were Photoshopped or not, I hope not. This planet never ceases to amaze.

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A Day in the Life of A Russian Motorist

After seeing some of these pictures and seeing the living conditions some folks endure, I won't complain about the poor condition of our roadways.

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Lenticular Clouds
From the site...Lenticular clouds, technically known as altocumulus standing lenticularis, are stationary lens-shaped clouds that form at high altitudes, normally aligned at right-angles to the wind direction. Have a look...Amazing!

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OPTICAL ILLUSION

I didn't believe it and you won't. I checked the colour values in Photoshop and they both had the same RGB values...

Block A is the same Color as Block B.

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Dark Roasted Blend
Here is a cool little Blog with the motto: Something old, Something New, Something Cool. Plenty of brilliant photography, dear to this writers heart. Have a look. If you visited any of the links above, you will have noticed they all reside at DRS. . .Bookmark this one!


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i-ro-ny (noun) an outcome of events contrary to what was, or might have been, expected.

Indian Embassy Outsourcing Visa Processing
From Political Gateway

WASHINGTON, March 3 (UPI) -- India has so many visa applications from U.S. business executives that its Washington embassy plans to outsource some of the processing.

The embassy placed a classified ad in the Wall Street Journal this week soliciting companies "for outsourcing visa collection and delivery." One reason for the heavy work load is that India is a magnet for U.S. companies that want to outsource back-office functions like telephone call centers, help desks and software design.

Harley Shaiken, a specialist in labor studies at the University of California at Berkeley, told the Los Angeles Times that it's "a man bites dog story."

"It's a small irony in an otherwise serious situation," he said.

The number of U.S. residents applying for visas to India tripled between 2000 and 2006 to about 150,000.

Copyright Political Gateway 2006©
Copyright United Press International 2006

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The Husband Store

A store that sells new husbands has just opened in New York City , where a woman may go to choose a husband. Among the instructions at the entrance is a description of how the store operates: You may visit this store ONLY ONCE! There are six floors and the value of the products
increase as the shopper ascends the flights. The shopper may choose any item from a particular floor, or may choose to go up to the next floor, but you cannot go back down except to exit the building.

So, a woman goes to the Husband Store to find a husband.

On the first floor the sign on the door reads: Floor 1 - These men have jobs.

The second floor sign reads: Floor 2 - These men have jobs and love kids.

The third floor sign reads: Floor 3 - These men have jobs, love kids, and are extremely good looking.

"Wow," she thinks, but feels compelled to keep going.

She goes to the fourth floor and sign reads: Floor 4 - These men have jobs, love kids, are drop-dead good looking and help with housework. "Oh, mercy me!" she exclaims, "I can hardly stand it!"

Still, she goes to the fifth floor and sign reads: Floor 5 - These men have jobs, love kids, are drop-dead gorgeous, help with housework, and have a strong romantic streak.

She is so tempted to stay, but she goes to the sixth floor and the sign reads:

Floor 6 - You are visitor 31,456, 012 to this floor. There are no men on this floor. This floor exists solely as proof that women are impossible to please. Thank you for shopping at the Husband Store.

To avoid gender bias charges, the store's owner opens a New Wives store just across the street.

The first floor has wives that love sex.

The second floor has wives that love sex and have money.

The third through sixth floors have never been visited.


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Brilliant Photo...

Photo by Rich Legg

From the site: What you are seeing is a capture of a lightbulb in the process of burning out. To create the shot, my friend Harley and I removed the glass enclosure of a standard household lightbulb (while leaving the innards intact) and powered it up in a pitch black room. The result was an immediate burn-out, which we were all too ready to photograph. The red hue on the smoke was added in post-processing...click here to visit Rich's site

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Honey, what's the date...?

A study conducted by UCLA's Department of Psychiatry has revealed that the kind of face a woman finds attractive on a man can differ depending on where she is in her menstrual cycle.

For example: If she is ovulating, she is attracted to men with rugged and masculine features. However, if she is menstruating, or menopausal, she tends to be more attracted to a man with tape over his mouth and a spear lodged in his chest while he is on fire. No further studies are expected.

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How to tell the sex of a bird...

Guess which bird in the picture is male and which one is female?














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Infinite Monkey Theorem...

The Infinite Monkey Theorem states that a monkey hitting keys at random on a typewriter keyboard for an infinite amount of time will almost surely type or create a particular chosen text, such as the complete works of William Shakespeare. (Wikipedia)

Robert Wilensky has this to say about that:
"We've heard that a million monkeys at a million keyboards could produce the complete works of Shakespeare; now, thanks to the Internet, we know that is not true." (From a speech at a 1996 conference)

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See Ya 2006...2007 Has GOT to be a Better Year

Lake Superior State University - 2007 List of Banished Words

GITMO -- The US military's shorthand for a base in Cuba drives a wedge wider than a split infinitive. "When did the notorious Guantanamo Bay Naval Base change to 'Gitmo,' a word that conjures up an image of a fluffy and sweet character from a Japanese anime show?"

COMBINED CELEBRITY NAMES -- Celebrity duos of yore -- BogCall (Bogart and Bacall), Lardy (Laurel and Hardy), and CheeChong (Cheech and Chong) -- just got lucky. "It's bad enough that celebrities have to be the top news stories. Now we've given them obnoxious names such as 'Bragelina,' 'TomKat' and 'Bennifer.'" "It's so annoying, idiotic and so lame and pathetic that it's 'lamethetic.'"

AWESOME -- Given a one-year moratorium in 1984, when the Unicorn Hunters banished it "during which it is to be rehabilitated until it means 'fear mingled with admiration or reverence; a feeling produced by something majestic." Many write to tell us there's no hope and it's time for "the full banishment." "The kind of tennis shoes you wear, no matter how cute, don't fit the majestic design of the word." "That a mop, a deodorant or a dating service can be called 'awesome' demonstrates the limited vocabularies of the country's copywriters." "Overused and meaningless.' My mother was hit by a car.' Awesome. 'I just got my college degree.' Awesome."

GONE/WENT MISSING -- "It makes 'missing' sound like a place you can visit, such as the Poconos. Is the person missing, or not? She went there but maybe she came back. 'Is missing' or 'was missing' would serve us better."

PWN or PWNED -- Thr styff of lemgendz: Gamer defeats gamer, types in "I pwn you" rather than I OWN you. "This word is just an overly used Internet typo. It has been overused to the point that people who play online games are using it in everyday speech."

NOW PLAYING IN THEATERS -- Heard in movie advertisements. Where can we see that, again? "How often do movies premiere in laundromats or other places besides theaters? I know that when I want to see a movie I think about going to a shoe store."

WE'RE PREGNANT -- Grounded for nine months. "Were men feeling left out of the whole morning sickness/huge belly/labor experience? You may both be expecting, but only one of you is pregnant." "I'm sure any woman who has given birth will tell you that 'WE' did not deliver the baby."

UNDOCUMENTED ALIEN -- "If they haven't followed the law to get here, they are by definition 'illegal.' It's like saying a drug dealer is an 'undocumented pharmacist.'"

ARMED ROBBERY/DRUG DEAL GONE BAD -- From the news reports. What degree of "bad" don't we understand? "After it stopped going well and good?"

TRUTHINESS – "This word, popularized by The Colbert Report and exalted by the American Dialectic Society's Word of the Year in 2005 has been used up. What used to ring true is getting all the truth wrung out of it."

ASK YOUR DOCTOR -- The chewable vitamin morphine of marketing. "Ask your doctor if 'fill in the blank' is right for you! Heck, just take one and see if it makes you 'fill in the blank' or get deathly ill." "I don't think my doctor would appreciate my calling him after seeing a TV ad."

CHIPOTLE – Smoked dry over medium heat. "Prior to 2005 . . . a roasted jalapeno. Now we have a 'chipotle' burrito with 'chipotle' marinated meat, 'chipotle' peppers, sprinkled with a 'chipotle' seasoning and smothered in a 'chipotle' sauce. Time to give this word a rest."

i-ANYTHING -- 'e-Anything' made the list in 2000. Tech companies everywhere have picked this apple to the core. "Turn on…tune in…and drop out." "Banish any word that starts with it. i am just tired of it. it's getting old.

SEARCH -- Quasi-anachronism. Placed on one-year moratorium. "Might as well banish it. The word has been replaced by 'google.'"

HEALTHY FOOD -- Point of view is everything. Someone exclaimed that the tuna steak for lunch "sounded healthy." The reply: "If my lunch were healthy, it would still be swimming somewhere. Grilled and nestled in salad greens, it's 'healthful.'"

BOASTS -- See classified advertisements for houses, as in "master bedroom boasts his-and-her fireplaces -- never 'bathroom apologizes for cracked linoleum,' or 'kitchen laments pathetic placement of electrical outlets.'"

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Saddam Hussein...1937 - 2006

The threat to America has ended. Saddam Hussein was hanged, I wonder what Osama Bin Laden thinks of that?I'm BC and I'll BC'ing Ya

Shame on the United States Government...

From the AP...

Dec 26, 12:14 AM (ET)

By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - The U.S. military death toll in Iraq has reached 2,974, one more than the number of deaths in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks in the United States, according to an Associated Press count on Tuesday.

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Biting Off More Then You Can Chew...

From The National Geographic Website

September 15, 2006—A fresh lamb dinner might sound like a manageable meal for an 18-foot-long (5.5-meter-long) python. But maybe the hungry snake should have waited for the lamb to be born.

Last week firefighters in the Malaysian village of Kampung Jabor were called in to remove the bloated snake (pictured below) from a roadway. The reptile had swallowed an entire pregnant sheep and was too full to slither away and digest its supersize meal.

But the stress of being captured likely triggered the python to purge—it eventually regurgitated the dead ewe.

Pythons are constrictors, meaning they rely on strength, not venom, to kill their prey. About once a week the large snakes ambush a likely meal, grab hold with backward-curving teeth, and wrap around the victim, suffocating it to death. Pythons then open their hinged jaws wide to swallow their prey whole.


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Another Blonde Joke...

Once upon a time, a blonde became so sick of hearing blonde jokes that she had her hair cut and dyed brown. A few days later, as she was out driving around the countryside, she stopped her car to let a flock of sheep pass. Admiring the cute wooly creatures, she said to the shepherd, "If I can guess how many sheep you have, can I take one?"

The shepherd, always the gentleman, said, "Sure!" The blonde thought for a moment and, for no discernible reason, said, "352." This being the correct number, the shepherd was, understandably, totally amazed, and exclaimed, "You're right! O.K., I'll keep to my end of the deal. Take your pick of my flock."

The blonde carefully considered the entire flock and finally picked the one that was by far cuter and more playful than any of the others. When she was done, the shepherd turned to her and said, "O.K., now I have a proposition for you. If I can guess your true hair color, can I have my dog back?"


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Pearls of Wisdom...

14 things it took me over 50 years to learn by Dave Barry

• Never, under any circumstances, take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night.

• If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, and never will achieve, its full potential, that word would be "meetings."

• There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."

• People who want to share their religious views with you almost never want you to share yours with them.

• You should not confuse your career with your life.

• Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance.

• Never lick a steak knife.

• The most destructive force in the universe is gossip.

• You will never find anybody who can give you a clear and compelling reason why we observe daylight savings time.

• You should never say anything to a woman that even remotely suggests that you think she's pregnant unless you can see an actual baby emerging from her at that moment.
• There comes a time when you should stop expecting other people to make a big deal about your birthday. That time is age eleven.

• The one thing that unites all human beings, regardless of age, gender, religion, economic status or ethnic background, is that, deep down inside, we ALL believe that we are above-average drivers.

• A person who is nice to you, but rude to the waiter, is not a nice person. (This is very important. Pay attention. It never fails.)

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An Engineering Masterpiece

Leave it to the Germans. Here is a water bridge in Germany built over a 6 year period. The idea for this "bathtub bridge" was born in 1919 and construction started in the 1930's. Construction was halted in during the second world war in 1942. During the cold war, Germany split and the project was shelved indefinitely. The project was resurrected in the 1990's when reunification brought Germany back together.


Costing around a half billion Euros, it took 6 years to complete. It will connect Berlin's inland harbour with ports along the Rhine River. The water bridge is almost 1 kilometer in length and took 24,000 metric tons of steel and 68,000 cubic meters of concrete to build. It's important to us to make the waterways attractive to industry as a safe and environmentally friendly transportation way, A German Transportation Minister Manfred Stolpe said.



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Syd Barrett...1946 - 2006











Syd Barrett, a fine line between madman and genius.



Shine on you crazy diamond

Remember when you were young,
You shone like the sun.
Shine on you crazy diamond.
Now there's a look in your eyes,
Like black holes in the sky.
Shine on you crazy diamond.
You were caught on the crossfire
Of childhood and stardom,
Blown on the steel breeze.
Come on you target for faraway laughter,
Come on you stranger, you legend, you martyr, and shine!

You reached for the secret too soon,
You cried for the moon.
Shine on you crazy diamond.
Threatened by shadows at night,
And exposed in the light.
Shine on you crazy diamond.
Well you wore out your welcome
With random precision,
Rode on the steel breeze.
Come on you raver, you seer of visions,
Come on you painter, you piper, you prisoner, and shine!

Nobody knows where you are,
How near or how far.
Shine on you crazy diamond.
Pile on many more layers
And I'll be joining you there.
Shine on you crazy diamond.
And we'll bask in the shadow
Of yesterday's triumph,
And sail on the steel breeze.
Come on you boy child,
You winner and loser,
Come on you miner for truth and delusion, and shine!

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On this day...

Tuesday, April 18th...100 years ago in 1906 San Francisco was shaken to the core. At 5:12am the city was rocked by a 7.9 earthquake. FEMA are on the way.

Thanks to Dave for that one.

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Edna and Walt are a little unhinged...

Walt and Edna were both patients in a mental hospital.

One day while they were walking past the hospital swimming pool,
Walt suddenly jumped into the deep end. He sank to the bottom of
the pool and stayed there. Edna promptly jumped in to save him.
She swam to the bottom and pulled Walt out.

When the Director of Nursing became aware of Edna's heroic act,
she immediately ordered her to be discharged from the hospital,
as she now considered her to be mentally stable.

When she went to tell Edna the news she said, "Edna, I have good
news and bad news.

The good news is you're being discharged; since you were able to
rationally respond to a crisis by jumping in and saving the life
of another patient, I have concluded that your act displays sound
mindedness.

The bad news is that Walt, the patient you saved, hung himself in
his bathroom with the belt of his robe right after you saved him.
I am so sorry, but he's dead!"

Edna replied, "He didn't hang himself; I put him there to dry.
How soon can I go home?"

Thanks to Aunt Kee Kee (again) for this one.

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Maybe the neighbours are fine?

Found this on News of the Weird. I'll never complain about raking leaves again.

Debra Field was convicted of violating the Hobart, Ind., nuisance ordinance in July by keeping two 300-pound hogs as pets, after neighbors complained of the smell produced by the pigs' estimated 35 pounds of waste per day. Fields had testified, apparently seriously, that she personally couldn't smell her pigs at all. [WKMG-TV-AP, 7-25-05]

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Bad Granny's...

Three old ornery grandma's were sitting on a bench outside a nursing home. An old grandpa walked by and one of the old grandma's yelled out "We bet we can tell how old you are." The old man said, "There ain't no way you can guess it." One of the ornery grandma's said, "Sure we can! Just drop your under shorts and we can tell your exact age."

So embarrassed just a little, he dropped his drawers. The grandma's stared at him for a while, asked him to turn around a couple of times, asked him to jump up and down for a little while and then they all piped up and said, "You're 84 years old!"

The old man was stunned. "Amazing! How in the world did you guess that?"

The ornery old grandma's, laughed. Slapping their knees and grinning from ear to ear, all three happily yelled in unison,"Because You Told Us Yesterday"

Thanks to Kee Kee for this one.

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Olympic Stats...

For an easy to use and intuitive Complete Results Database of historical Olympic winners click here


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The Long Way Round...

Trading the red carpet for the open road, follow actors and friends Ewan McGregor (Trainspotting, Star Wars) and Charley Boorman (Deliverance, Excalibur) as they chronicle their four-month transcontinental motorcycle journey in the new seven-part series The Long Way Round on OLN.

Friends since 1997, McGregor and Boorman share a passion for motorcycles. In 2003 they decided to make a seemingly impossible dream come true: to ride motorcycles from London to New York, the long way. Throughout the series' seven one-hour episodes, the two men circumnavigate the longest continuous landmass on earth - travelling through the Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Siberia, Canada and the United States. Watch as they forego their comfortable lives to battle harsh terrain, soak up the stunning scenery and experience the generosity of the people they meet while travelling the Long Way Round the world.

Prior to setting off on this incredible journey, the two friends complete extensive Hostile Environment Training, led by former British Army Special Air Services Officers. These invaluable lessons include how to handle guns and deal with everything from rogue border officials to bear attacks. They also learn how to cope with medical emergencies, including suturing their own wounds and setting their own broken bones. To ensure their total self-sufficiency, the two men also learn how to maintain and repair their BMW R1150 GS Adventure motorcycles. However, as they set out on this journey, it becomes apparent that no amount of training will fully prepare them for the experiences that lay before them.

The series is available on DVD and they also wrote a book about the expedition. The book is a good read with plenty of details about the hardships and personality conflits the group experienced on the adventure. It's not all doom and gloom, the love of family shines throughout with a touching renunion with loved ones in New York.

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Give Peas a Chance...

An 80 year old woman was arrested for shop lifting. When she went before the judge he asked her, "What did you steal?" She replied: a can of peaches. The judge asked her why she had stolen them and she replied that she was hungry.

The judge then asked her how many peaches were in the can. She replied 6. The judge then said, "I will give you 6 days in jail." Before the judge could actually pronounce the punishment the woman's husband spoke up and asked the judge if he could say something. He said, " What is it?" The husband said "She also stole a can of peas."

Thanks to Ebaums World and PETA for this

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Stephen Harper's Promises...

In Stephen Harpers acceptance speech last night, he said "god bless Canadians", this morning Canadians said "Jesus Christ"!?!?

Stephen Harper is our new Prime Minister, by a slim minority. Is anyone happy with the results of yesterdays election? The NDP are probably the only group that are smiling today. I'm happy the Conservatives didn't get a majority. I'm a little concerned the Bloc Québécois will side with the Conservatives in Parliamentnt. The Conservatives had a strong showing in Quebec. It appears this election has quieted the sovereign debate for awhile, the Bloc didn't get the support they expected. The Bloc Québécois received only 42% of the popular vote in Quebec.

Paul Martin...A great Finance Minister, a lousy leader. Where does this leave the Liberals? This is day 1, start the rebuilding process and I look forward to Belinda Stronach as our next Prime Minister. (I'm kidding)









The following is a list of promises made by Stephen Harper. We'll be revisiting this list to see how he does over the next 4 years.

Cities

• $2 Billion for Municipalities
• Maintain Infrastructure Deals
• Tax Credit for Monthly Transit Passes
• Improve Highways
  

Crime

• Scrap Gun Registry
• 14-Year-Olds Tried as Adults for Serious or Repeat Crimes
• Eliminate House Arrest for Serious Crimes
• Hire 1000 RCMP Officers
• Amend Youth Criminal Justice Act
  

Armed Forces

• $5.3 Billion Over 5 Years
• Increase Regular Forces by 13,000 & the Reserves by 10,000
• Arm Border Patrol
• Bring Back Airborne Regiment
• Double the Size of DART
  

Economic Development

• $500 Million Annually to Farm Support
• Back Regional Development Agencies Like ACOA
• Change Equalization Formula
• Address "Fiscal Imbalance" Between Ottawa and Provinces
  

Education

• First $10,000 of Scholarships, Bursaries Tax-Free
• Remove Parental Income as a Consideration for Student Loans
• Up to $500 Tax Deduction for Books
• Allow Trades People and Apprentices to Deduct Cost of Equipment & Tools
  

Environment

• Clean Air Act
• Tax Credit for Transit Passes
• Review "Fatally Flawed" Kyoto Accord
• Long-Term Funding for Cleanup of Contaminated Federal Sites
  

Ethics / Accountability

• Allow MP's to Elect Officers to Enforce Accountability
• Toughen Lobbyists Registration Act
• Elected Senate
• Stop Partisan Polling with Public Money
  

Health Care

• Amend Canada Health Act to Provide Stable, Transparent Federal Funding
• Speed Accreditationt of Foreign Doctors
• Reduce Wait Times
• Stop Advance Toward Two-Tiered System
  

Social

• Free Vote on Same-Sex Marriage
• Appoint Minister of Seniors
• 125,000 New Child-Care Spaces
• $1,200 per Family for Child-Care
• No New Abortion Legislation

Taxes

• Cut GST to %5
• Remove Capital Gains Tax on Fishing Assets
• Maximum $500 Tax Break to Parents Childs' Sports Fees

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Canada decides it's future tomorrow...

Our civic duty is upon us and I hope everyone votes tomorrow. This election is the most important election in my lifetime. The media have sold us the conservatives weeks before the vote. It's time to put some rules in place for future elections. Once the election is announced, no poll results should be talked about in the media. Canadians have endured a constant media barrage of poll results, simplified and reduced to the lowest common denominator. There is no doubt in my mind, the politically uneducated folks are influenced by polls and deservedly, they will vote on Monday. After several weeks of the same, simplified messages, how can people not be influenced?

Stephen Harper is promising everything to everybody, I wonder who will pay? You and I will pay, with our wallet and our hard earned personal freedoms and rights. Canadians don't need government to determine what's right and/or wrong for us. The role of government is to keep it's citizens safe and foster an economic model that is sustainable over the long haul. Not sexual orientation or the right for a women to decide her and baby's future. Not making religion a part of government and forcing it upon it's citizens. We can only hope for a slim minority government.

My biggest fear is this election might split the country in two. What happens if we have a red east and a blue west? Most Canadians I know are in the middle, between the Liberals and the NDP. Is it time for Jack Layton, Paul Martin, and Gilles Duceppe "get together" to keep the country together? Strange bed-fellows, indeed.

Paul Martin blew this election with his negativity, he has the "deer in the headlights" look. Liberals got caught with their hands in the cookie jar. Accountability should have been the PM's catchword during the campaign. Is it any wonder Quebecors are laughing at our national party's and cuddling up to Gilles Duceppe of the Bloc Québécois. I'd hate to think the foolish action of our so called leaders, during the campaign, has an affect on Quebec separating from Canada.

The wild bunch over at Election Prediction Project are Figgerin' on the followin':

(Roman numerals are used because I felt like using them)
Liberals: CIV (Seats)
Conservatives: CXVIII
NDP: XXIX
Bloc Québécois: LVI
Other: I
TOTAL: 308

If you are interested, you can checkout predictions on any riding in Canada. These guys have a decent track record for predicting these things. You can check their methodology here.


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Guess-the-Google...

This is an addictive little game that uses Google's image search. Basically a montage of pictures is shown on the screen and you have to guess what word was used to search for these pics. I can't stop playing. So far my highest score is 276. (Jan 23/06 - New high score: 286) (Mar. 2, 2006 - New High Score: 295)

From the site:
After creating Montage-a-google, several people wrote to me suggesting I make a game based on the same technology. Montage-a-google is a simple web app that uses Google's image search to generate a large gridded montage of images based on keywords (search terms) entered by the user. Guess-the-google reverses this process by picking the keywords for you, the player must then guess what keyword made up the image - it's surprisingly addictive.

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Incredible Art...

Click here to see some art from The Sidewalk Chalk Guy.


More information about the artist (Kurt Wenner) can be found on his website.

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Tattoo to Extreme...

I'm not sure if the this is a tattoo or airbrushed. Whoa!



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Out with the old and in with the new...

I love this time of year, its a time for renewal.

And top ten list time.

Here is a list of banned phrases/words from the previous year. Phrases are banished for

• over-use
• mis-use
• plain uselessness. (Whoa! Checkout the s's in that word)

Thanks to the Lake Superior State University for this list.

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Banned phrases from 2005
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SURREAL – One part opiate of the masses, 13 parts overuse. Oddly, news anchor and television small talk is becoming more surreal. “Dreams are surreal, not daily adjectives.”

HUNKER DOWN – To brace oneself, in anticipation of media onslaught. Trotted out in reports about everything from politics to hurricanes. “I have a hankering to ban all of this hunkering.”

PERSON OF INTEREST – Found within the context of legal commentary, but seldom encountered at cocktail parties. “People with guns want to talk with you.” – Melissa Carroll from Greensboro, NC. “Does this mean the rest of us are too boring to deal with?”

COMMUNITY OF LEARNERS – A five-dollar phrase on a nickel-errand. Value-added into many higher education mission statements. “Not to be confused with ‘school.'”

UP OR DOWN VOTE – A casualty of today's partisanship. No discussion on this one; the committee just tossed a coin. “I see a bright future for ex-senators as elevator operators.”

BREAKING NEWS – Once it stopped presses. Now it's a lower-intestinal condition brought about by eating dinner during newscasts. “Now they have to interrupt my supper to tell me that Katie Holmes is pregnant.”

DESIGNER BREED – Many nominators consider this a bastardization of dog breeding. It may be a good line to use on angry neighbors when an un-neutered dog escapes. “When you mate a miniature schnauzer to a toy poodle, it's not a ‘Schnoodle,' it's a mongrel.”

FEMA – Dedicated to the memory of a great federal agency consigned to the ash heap of parody. “If they don't do anything, we don't need their acronym.”

FIRST-TIME CALLER – Preamble often heard on talk radio. “I am serious in asking: who in any universe gives a care?”

PASS THE SAVINGS ON TO YOU! – Marketing catch phrase that became a lost-leader long ago. “Read: Pass the markup along to you.”

97% FAT FREE – Adventures in delusion. “Still has 3% fat . . . accept it.”

AN ACCIDENT THAT DIDN'T HAVE TO HAPPEN – Best-laid mayhem. “This means some accidents need to happen, for whatever reason, I can't figure.”

JUNK SCIENCE – Banished from the Marketplace of Ideas. “It's not scientists who are using this phrase so much as the people who practice junk politics.”

GIT-ER-DONE – (Any of its variations) It's overdone. “There's no escaping it. It's everywhere, from TV to T-shirts,” says Amanda Tikkanen of LaGrange, Ind. “Please tell me when we're done with this one.”

DAWG – No designer breed here. Someone should wash out this Spot. “Even parents are starting to use it!” – complains Mrs. Swartz's Fifth Grade Class in Church Road, Va. “This is species confusion.” – Rob Bowers, Santa Clara, Calif. “Don't call me ‘dawg'! I'm not your pet!” – Michael Swartz, Albuquerque, NM.

TALKING POINTS – Cover your ears! “Topics which will please those you want to impress.” – Michele Mooney believes the phrase was created after PR staffers stopped attending seminars on how to put a positive ‘spin' on their press releases.

HOLIDAY TREE – Many salvoes were fired during this past season's “war on Christmas.” At the risk of jumping into the breach, the committee feels that “Holiday tree” is a silly name for what most folks hold as a Christmas tree, no matter your preference of religion. Thank goodness we all agree on the first day of winter.


In a similar vain, here are a few new phrases we can use in 2006:

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New Phrases for 2006
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Jump the Couch - This phrase is a direct result of Tom Cruises embarrasing visit on the Oprah show. The Historical Dictionary of American Slang defines "jump the couch" as exhibiting "strange or frenetic behavior. It's a play on the famous "Jump the Shark" phrase from Happy Days when the Fonz was going to jump a shark filled tank with his motorcycle.

Spokesweasle - Any reference to an annoying public relations representative.

Floodweiser - The the canned water Anheuser-Busch donated to hurricane victims

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Are rules are meant to broken?

This site contains links to official rules for games, sports, etc.

From the site:
The first in-depth, informative online Rules weekly. It provides serious coverage, found nowhere else, of constant changes, interpretations, and violations of Rules in sports and other activities. It also offers interviews and quizes to keep you informed and on top of your game.

Our mission is to develop, maintain, and provide simple access to the largest database of Rules in the world. So much of our lives are structured by Rules either unavailable or inconvenient to review.

Also, checkout this site for a huge list of card games and how to play them.

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Shut up and take quiz...

Ever wonder what kind of an impact you, as an individual have on this earth? Click here to find out. This is an online quiz (a short one) to measure the impact on the earths resources. At the end of the quiz, you are giving a couple of ratings.

The result of my quiz stated we would need 3 1/2 earths if all humans lived their life as I do. I know, pretty sad. Answer the questions honestly to see how your (my) piddly little life is affecting our fragile planet.

From the site:
This Ecological Footprint Quiz estimates how much productive land
and water you need to support what you use and what you discard.
After answering 15 easy questions you'll be able to compare your
Ecological Footprint to what other people use and to what is
available on this planet.

CAUTION: THIS QUIZ MAY SURPRISE YOU, SHOCK YOU, OR MAKE
YOU THINK. PLEASE REMAIN CALM...BUT NOT TOO CALM!!

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Everybody's working for the...

For the past few years I have had the desire to travel the American West. Specifically the US National Parks in Utah, Colorado, Nevada, Arizona, and California. Vast deserts, natural caves, and breathtaking scenery is the draw for me. The ultimate trip would be a flight to Las Vegas followed by a 3 week driving tour of the National Parks in the area.

Here is a website showcasing the photography of Kenneth Parker. This site encourages me to make this trip a reality.

About the Photographer:
Kenneth Parker is a large-format landscape colorist working principally in remote pristine wilderness areas throughout the world where he has trekked and kayaked extensively. He is inexorably drawn to the elemental earth/ocean forces and their compelling magic, translating into arresting imagery the depths of these feelings, rich in power, radiant. His early experience as fine art color pioneer Eliot Porter’s field assistant helped to nurture a loving eye devoted to isolating and capturing the mysteries in nature that he struggled for decades to unravel as a research scientist in oceanography and global climate change. Paul Caponigro has also been a principal influence on his development as a consistent mentor to Parker since the mid-70s.

Most of Parker’s photographs are captured over the course of 5-10 day backpacking excursions hauling 75-85 pounds of large-format camera equipment as he becomes immersed in a profound sense of place. Often several days are spent contemplating the changing light and intimacy of a composition before completing a single exposure. Usually only one or two distinctive images will result from one of these journeys.

Over the past three decades, Parker has produced a body of work in several formats that has been widely exhibited and published. While a great deal of that time was occupied with his natural science career, he consistently maintained and exercised the creative passions that have now fully committed his life focus to photography.

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Dubya finally speaks the truth...

This is one of the funniest web applications I have ever seen. Basically you build a speech for George Dubya and he reads the speech. You drag and drop words from a "bank of sayings" to generate the speech, you can save your speech and send it to others.







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Peoples Perception...

Found a cool site that allows users to post their perception of songs and what they take from the lyrics. Currently there are 20,266 artists listed and 234,147 songs available for comments.

It's interesting to read what others see in a song and how it can differ from your own. It's cool how some artists generate wildly different reactions from folks. As usual, there are the idiots commenting on there dislike of musicians but you can skip the bullshit.

You can register and add your own 2 cents.

Click here to have a look.

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What's your type?

Found a neat website containing downloadable themed fonts used for movies, bands, and others. These are fully functioning fonts you can download and install to make the font available for any Windows program.

It's amazing how a simple thing like a font gets associated with a "product" and is easily recognized after many years.

Click Here for the Site.

My favorites:

"That's the secret to life... replace one worry with another..." Charlie Brown

The following is the philosophy of Charles Schultz, the creator of the "Peanuts" comic strip. You don't have to actually answer the questions. Just read the text straight through, and you'll get the point.

• Name the five wealthiest people in the world.
• Name the last five Heisman trophy winners.
• Name the last five winners of the Miss America.
• Name ten people who have won the Nobel or Pulitzer Prize.
• Name the last half dozen Academy Award winner for best actor and actress.
• Name the last decade's worth of World Series winners.
  

How did you do?

The point is, none of us remember the headliners of yesterday. These are no second-rate achievers. They are the best in their fields. But the applause dies. Awards tarnish. Achievements are forgotten. Accolades and certificates are buried with their owners.

Here's another quiz. See how you do on this one:

• List a few teachers who aided your journey through school.
• Name three friends who have helped you through a difficult time.
• Name five people who have taught you something worthwhile.
• Think of a few people who have made you feel appreciated and special.
• Think of five people you enjoy spending time with.

Easier?

The lesson: The people who make a difference in your life are not the ones with the most credentials, the most money, or the most awards. They are the ones that care.

Thanks to Casey for this one.

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Can we see the light at the end of the tunnel for Americans?

If you've read much of my blog you probably noticed my distaste for George Bush and his government. Please, don't get me wrong, the American people are great. I have nothing but good things to say about your wonderful people. During a crisis, no group of people on earth show compassion like Americans, something Canadians and others can learn from.

It just saddens me to see the government spending billions on everything but it's own tax paying public. Hundreds of billions have been spent on the so called Homeland Security since 9/11. You would think with those kinds of dollars they could have kept the disaster in the gulf Coast from happening. Am I off base in thinking evacuating people from a disaster does not fall under Homeland Security?

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Shoulda asked Brownie....

Donald Rumsfeld is giving president Bush his daily briefing. He concludes by saying: "Yesterday, 3 Brazilian soldiers were killed."

"OH NO!" the president exclaims. "That's terrible!"

His staff sits stunned at this display of emotion, nervously watching as the president sits, head in hands.

Finally, president looks up and asks, "How many is a brazillion?"

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Lyricalocity 2

Back in the early to mid 80's the Reagan administration was wreaking havoc all over the world and at home. While most called Ronnie "the great communicator" it was the content of his communicating that many people had trouble with. This song, by the incredibly talented Bruce Cockburn, hit home with me because of the obvious shot aimed directly at Ronald Reagan and his "store of dupes". Now we find ourselves in the same mess with George Bush and his daddies rich friends. The song still rings true after 20 years.

BTW, if you ever get a chance to see Bruce Cockburn in concert, do it. He is the most underrated guitar player in music today and puts on a performance you won't soon forget.

People See Through You
You've got covert action
Prejudice to extremes
You've got primitive cunning
And high tech means
You've got eyes everywhere
But people see through you

You've got good manipulators
Got your store of dupes
You've got the idiot clamour
Of your lobby groups
You like to play on fears
But people see through you

You've got instant communication
Instant data tabulation
You got the forces of occupation
But you don't get capitulation

Cause people see through you

You've got the sounding brass
You've got the triumph of the will
You do what you want to
And we pay the bills
You hype the need for sacrifice but

People see through you

You've got anti-matter language
Contrived to conceal
You've been lying so long
You don't know what's real
You're a figment of your own imagination

And people see through you

You've got lip service tributaries
You've got death fetish mercenaries
You hold the tickets to the cemeteries
You're big and bad and scary

But people see through you

Bruce Cockburn, 1986 (Artist: Bruce Cockburn - Album: World of Wonders)

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Hurricane Katrina: The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly

What a fucking mess along the US Gulf Coast. This natural disaster has turned into a political disaster for George Bush and his appointed friends. Michael Brown, director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has dropped the ball from day one. This bureaucratic piece of waste became a figurehead for FEMA and decided to start his job as director, the day after Katrina made landfall along the Gulf Coast. (He's been on the job at FEMA since 2001!!) He had the same look on his face that George Bush had after 9/11, a deer in the headlights look.

Ole "Brownie", as George Bush calls him, had no disaster relief experience prior to his appointment as Director of FEMA. He was fired from his last private sector job overseeing horse shows. He was formerly an estates and family lawyer. This week he has has made several shocking public admissions, including interviews where he suggested FEMA was unaware of the misery and desperation of refugees stranded at the New Orleans convention center.

Before joining the Bush administration in 2001, Brown spent 11 years as the commissioner of judges and stewards for the International Arabian Horse Association, a breeders' and horse-show organization based in Colorado. "We do disciplinary actions, certification of (show trial) judges. We hold classes to train people to become judges and stewards. And we keep records" explained a spokeswoman for the IAHA commissioners office. "This was his full-time job for 11 years,'' she added. Brown was forced out of the position after a spate of lawsuits over alleged supervision failures. "He was asked to resign" Bill Pennington, president of the IAHA at the time, confirmed. And the Bush administration continues to publicly defend this loser.

The media are having a field day with the political debacle. Mind you, they need to stop slapping themselves on the back for pointing out the obvious. It's incredible to see Ted Koppel show video from New Orleans and then broadcasting Georgie Boy and his "executive staff" being interviewed about conditions in the city. They paint a picture of people being rescued and downplaying the conditions, meanwhile live video of the area shows a completely different story. Do they think people are stupid?

George Bush has declared September 16 as a "national day of prayer" for Katrina victims. Good one Georgie, that will help the dying folks still trapped. Save your "day of prayer" for the Republicans in 2008.

I tried to find some good in this whole mess and can't see any. Sure, there are some real instances of heroism, this however is nothing new. Americans have historically stepped up to the plate during disasters and showed true integrity, too bad we can't say the same for the US Federal Government.



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Lyricalocity 1

Have we passed the point of no return with our environment? Have we let the party go on too long without accountability? What's it going to take to make the masses understand we are likely on the path to extinction? Besides the obvious, what can an individual do? Until we figure out a way to make the "right" people some money, not much will change. Maybe we need to take a generation of children and teach them how to live, not only for today but tomorrow also.

Remember that strange, uneasy feeling you had during the 9/11 terror attacks? You knew something big was happening put it took some time to fully absorb the events unfolding. I'm afraid we may need an environmental disaster that has an immediate impact on the Average-Joe, like 9/11. Something big, that shakes the idea that our world will somehow recover from our colonization.

I used to have the idea that the earth is resilient enough to self repair itself no matter what we, as humans, throw at it. I no longer think this is the case. The earth is resilient, however, we humans have not been here long enough for the environment to adapt to our poisons. Anyway, here's a lyric that stills hit home. Let us not go gently - To the endless winter night

Red Tide
Nature has some new plague
To run in our streets
History some new wrinkle
We are doomed to repeat
Fugitives at the bedroom door
Lovers pause to find an open store
Rain is burning on the forest floor
And the red tide kisses the shore

THIS IS NOT A FALSE ALARM
THIS IS NOT A TEST

Stay out of the sun
It only burns my skin
Sky full of poison
And the atmosphere's too thin
Bless the sun, the rain no more
River running like an open sore
Black wind falling to the ocean floor
And the red tide washes ashore

THIS IS NOT A FALSE ALARM
THIS IS NOT A TEST

Nowhere we can fly away
Nowhere we can rest
The party is disrupted by
An uninvited guest

Deadline approaches
For the weary land
It used to be something
But we let it run down in our hands
Too late for debate, too bad to ignore
Quiet rebellion leads to open war
Bring a sea-change to the factory floor
As the red tide covers the shore

Now is the time to turn the tide
Now's the time to fight
Let us not go gently
To the endless winter night
Now's the time to make the time
While hope is still in sight
Let us not go gently
To the endless winter night

Neil Peart, 1989 (Artist: Rush - Album: Presto)

In Case of Emergence: ICE

Emergency professionals are recommending individuals put an entry into the address book of their cell phone under the Name ICE, ICE1, ICE2, etc. Each of these entries will be a "next of kin" number for emergency workers to easily notify your loved ones if you are involved in an accident.

According to a spokesperson of Vodafone "By adopting the ICE advice, your mobile will now also help the rescue services quickly contact a friend or relative - which could be vital in a life or death situation."

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Cape Breton; It's not the end of the world, but you can see it from there

A man in Vancouver, BC decided to write a book about churches around the country. He started by flying to Calgary and worked east from there. Going to a very large church, he began taking photographs and notes. He spotted a golden telephone on the vestibule wall and was intrigued by a sign which read: "$10,000 a minute." Seeking out the Pastor he asked about the phone and the sign. The Pastor explained that the golden phone was, in fact, a direct line to Heaven and if he paid the price he could talk directly to God. The man thanked the Pastor and continued on his way.

As he continued to visit churches in Saskatoon, Toronto, Montreal, Fredericton, Halifax and all around Canada, he found more phones with the same sign and got the same answer from each Pastor.

Finally, he arrived in Sydney, behold, he saw the usual golden telephone. But THIS time, the sign read: "Calls: 35 cents." Fascinated, he asked to talk to the Pastor. "Reverend, I have been in cities all across the country and in each church I have found this golden telephone. I have been told it is a direct line to Heaven and that I could talk to God, but, in the other churches the cost was $10,000 a minute. Your sign reads 35 cents. Why?"

The Pastor, smiling benignly, replied, "Me son, you're in Cape Breton now... It's a local call."

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Cleanup in Aisle 4

More then the prices are dropping at WalMart!

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Peter Jennings, 1938 - 2005

Canadians lost a friend this week. The voice of ABC news passed away after a battle with lung cancer. Peter changed the way Americans, his adopted home, watched and thought about news. During crisis, most talking heads, covering the issues quickly run into a series of repeating sound bites. Peter stepped backed and challenged the viewer to view the events and how it affects the bigger picture. Nowhere was this more evident then Peter's unprecedented news covering during 9/11.

Peter was born in Toronto in 1938 and it was quickly evident he would follow his father in broadcast news. At 10 years old, Peter started his own Saturday radio show at CBC. He joined CTV and and in 1964 took a job with ABC, a year later he rose to the top to host ABC Evening News at the young age of 27.

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Unusual Homes

Some more strangeness from Seattle...Click Here

The urge to decorate and embellish one's dwelling is a commonand primal force. For some people, though, it becomes an obsession. For some, a hobby develops into a life's work, a quest to leave a uniqueand undeniable mark on the world which reflects their own inner vision. An attempt to create a genuine alternative reality for themselves, their very own earthly paradise.

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I'm not buying it...

After reading several articles about the crash of Air France Airbus A340 at Pearson Airport in Toronto, the term miracle has consistently been thrown out there. The fact that 309 people survived the crash is no miracle. The quick thinking and calm air crew deserve top marks for their professionalism in dealing with the unthinkable, that's the real story here.

The other story is the fact that airlines are learning valuable lessons from air disasters and applying what they learn to make it safe for all passengers. Recent changes to passenger jets probably helped save these people. Fire proofing in the cabin area and more visible floor lighting probably played a factor in keeping these folks alive. Both of these recent changes are a direct result of other crashes.



By definition, a miracle is "An event that is held to be supernatural or an act of god". If all the passengers and crew died and came back to life the next day then the media would be correct in calling it a miracle. By calling the events a miracle, it degrades the crews actions in saving the passengers and themselves. If it was a miracle, where was god before the plane got into trouble?

Based on what I've been reading lately, we better all get used to religious references in daily life. With the republicans in power in America, the media has no choice in pushing the extreme rights', religious agenda. Dominionism, a term we all should know.

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Ummm...Why?

I'll never understand peoples obsession with collecting odd items. This one just makes me say why?

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More "Food Porn" (Sort of)

Love coffee? Need help with your elaborate coffee orders? A truly obsessed individual has made ordering specialty coffee easier for you. Click here for the "HB Coffee Wheel".

Hmmm...I think I'll stick to Tim Hortons coffee, a "double double" is easier.

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Tie and Tie Again

How many possible ways are there to lace an average shoe? This simple question, when answered with mathematics, results in some surprisingly big numbers - on an average shoe with six pairs of eyelets, there are 1,961,990,553,600 ways to feed a shoelace though those 12 eyelets.

Thats almost 2 trillion!

Of course many of these are not "lacing methods" but click here to see countless ways to lace a pair shoes. My favorite is Ladder Lacing.

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Rubber Dolly

Some people have too much time on their hands. Checkout this twisted bit of Flash programming.

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Cows, Constitution, and Carlin...

Is it just me, or does anyone else find it amazing that The U.S. government can track a cow born in Canada almost three years ago, right to the stall where she sleeps in the state of Washington. Then, they tracked her calves to their stalls.But they are unable to locate 11 million illegal aliens wandering around the country. Maybe we should give every illegal alien a cow!

They keep talking about drafting a Constitution for Iraq. Why don't we just give them the american constitution? It was written by a lot of really smart guys, it's worked for over 200 years and they're not using it anymore.

The real reason that we can't have the Ten Commandments in a Courthouse? You cannot post "Thou Shalt Not Steal," "Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery" and"Thou Shall Not Lie" in a building full of lawyers, judges and politicians.

George Carlin said it best about Martha Stewart ..."Boy, I feel a lot safer now that she's behind bars. O.J. Simpson and Kobe Bryant are still walking around; Osama Bin Laden too, but they take the one woman in America who is willing to cook, clean, and work in the yard, and haul her ass off to jail."

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It's such a wonderful toy...

Remember Slinky's? Here's a Slinky related inspirational thought:

Some People are like Slinky's...Not really good for anything...But they still bring a smile to your face when you push them down a flight of stairs.

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Checking In

Sorry for the lack of updates. The workload is too much. The last thing I want to do when I get home is turn on the computer. Once the "Work is done" I will get back to the high quality entertainment...Ya, right!

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Mitch Hedberg 1968 - 2005

Mitch Hedberg wass a comedian that recently passed away from heart troubles at the age of 37. While his style of comedy is not for everyone, I though he was brilliant in his observations. Here are a few of his "one-liners":

• A minibar is a machine that makes everything expensive. When I take something out of the minibar, I always fathom that I'll go and replace it before they check it off, but they make that stuff impossible to replace. I go to the store and ask, "Do you have coke in a glass harmonica? ...Do you have individually wrapped cashews?"

• I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it.

• Someone handed me a picture and said, "This is a picture of me when I was younger." Every picture of you is when you were younger. "...Here's a picture of me when I'm older." Where'd you get that camera man?

• I want to be a race car passenger: just a guy who bugs the driver. "Say man, can I turn on the radio? You should slow down. Why do we gotta keep going in circles? Can I put my feet out the window? Man, you really like Tide..."

• That would be cool if you could eat a good food with a bad food and the good food would cover for the bad food when it got to your stomach. Like you could eat a carrot with an onion ring and they would travel down to your stomach, then they would get there, and the carrot would say, "It's cool, he's with me."

• I have a cheese-shredder at home, which is its positive name. They don't call it by its negative name, which is sponge-ruiner. Because I wanted to clean it, and now I have little bits of sponge that would melt easily over tortilla chips...

• I wish I could play little league now. I'd be way better than before

• I like buying snacks from a vending machine because food is better when it falls. Sometimes at the grocery, I'll drop a candy bar so that it will achieve its maximum flavor potential.
  
  
• On a traffic light yellow means yield, and green means go. On a banana, it's just the opposite, yellow means go ahead, green means stop, and red means, where'd you get that banana?

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Ahh! He's after me lucky charms!

Happy St. Patricks Day to those that are Irish and those that wish they were. It's also my son's 15th birthday. Happy Birthday Tyler! 15 years old, no arrests or convictions so far, keep up the good work!

Traditional Irish Toast
May you never forget what is worth remembering, or remember what is best forgotten.

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Moley, Moley, Moley, Moley, Moley

A family of moles woke up one morning and the father Mole stuck his head up out of the mole hole. This mole hole was right next to a house. The father mole said "I smell sausages". The mother mole stuck her head out and said "I smell pancakes". The baby mole said "all I smell is mole-asses".

Sorry for that joke.

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Jetsgo...Un-fucking-believable!

If a Jetsgo executive does not get a jail sentence because of the sudden shutdown of operations, then there's something seriously wrong with this country. 17,000 travelers are/were stranded. A spokes-person for Jetsgo announced the stranded travelers "will need to make other arrangements".

Those bastards knew for months that the company faced insolvency. They waited until the Friday before March break to halt operations! They were still selling tickets up to 1 hour before they ceased operations. 1350 emloyees are now without jobs.

The one shining moment that I see is Visa, Mastercard, and American Express have agreed to reimburse ticket holders. Kudo's to them.

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Central Park From Space

Click here for a cool image of Central Park from space. (Wait for it to load, it's a large file. Also, hover your cursor over the image and click the icon that pops-up in the lower left corner. This will give you a full size version of the file.)

"Brilliant orange squares line the walkways of New York City’s Central Park in this Ikonos image. Taken on February 12, 2005, the image marks the opening day of The Gates art exhibit. The exhibit was created by Christo and Jeanne-Claude and features 7,500 gates draped with saffron-colored fabric panels. The gates straddle 23 miles of walkways that meander through Central Park, providing an airy golden colonnade to visitors. From space, the gates look more like marquee lights or an exquisite array of orange dominoes stacked in graceful curves through the park. "

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Cape Breton Digital Clock

University College of Cape Breton science students and professors are proud to unveil their new digital clock they have been working on.

Click here to see this little bit of innovation from the island. (Wait for it to load, it's worth it)

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Technology is starting to scare me

This is one of the scariest things I have ever seen. The technology has been developed to take images through any monitor attached to a computer, via the internet.

You gotta try this!

Click here for website

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Movie Organizer

This looks like a great way to catalog and track your movie collection. I currently use the IMDB website but am seriously thinking about switching to this free software.

Get your movie collection organized with the OXD Software Movie Organizer. It's completely free and has no registrations, nag screens, or even banners.

Movie Organizer can be run on Windows 9x/NT/2000/Me/XP.

It's fully integrated with MOOD, the Movie Organizer Online Database. Soon also integrated with Moviegap.com, which will be a movie site where you can buy/sell/trade used movies.

Click Here for Website

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This is the coolest.

NameVoyager

Explore the sea of names, letter by letter...watch trends rise and fall, and dive in deeper to see your favorite name's place in the historical tides.

The Baby Name Wizard's NameVoyager is an interactive portrait of America's name choices. Start with a "sea" of nearly 5000 names. Type a letter, and you'll zoom in to focus on how that initial has been used over the past century. Then type a few more letters, or a name. Each stripe is a timeline of one name, its width reflecting the name's changing popularity. If a name intrigues you, click on its stripe for a closer look.

Click here for site

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AI - The Thinking Machine

Checkout this incredible example of Artificial Intelligence.

"Thinking Machine 4 explores the invisible, elusive nature of thought. Play chess against a transparent intelligence, its evolving thought process visible on the board before you."

"The artwork is an artificial intelligence program, ready to play chess with the viewer. If the viewer confronts the program, the computer's thought process is sketched on screen as it plays. A map is created from the traces of literally thousands of possible futures as the program tries to decide its best move. Those traces become a key to the invisible lines of force in the game as well as a window into the spirit of a thinking machine."

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Bumper Stickers

• All generalizations are false.
• I used to be indecisive, but now I'm not so sure
• Beer: The Reason I Get Up Each Afternoon
• Why does the Vatican have lightning rods?
• Black holes are where Mother Nature divided by zero
• Careful, I’m not wearing clean underwear!
• Children are like farts: your own are just about tolerable but everyone else's are horrendous.
• Condoms are easier to change than diapers!
• Dyslexics of the world, untie!
• First the engagement ring, then the wedding ring, and then the suffering
• It ain't the parts of the Bible that I can't understand that bother me, it is the parts that I do understand
• Give Me Ambiguity Or Give Me Something Else
• Graduate quickly, millions on welfare depend on you
• I Do Whatever My Rice Krispies Tell Me To
• I used up all my sick days so I called in dead!
• Jesus is real! I saw him at a party last week, he was playing cards with Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny
• I wish I were a glow worm a glow worm is never glum, because how could you be unhappy when the sun shines out your bum?
• I would give my right arm to be ambidextrous
• I'm a member of the Redundancy Department of Redundancy
• Heck is for people that don't believe in Gosh
• Jesus Saves… He Passes It To Gretzky… He Shoots… He Scores!
• My Hockey Mom Can Beat Up Your Soccer Mom.
• Come to the dark side, we have cookies
• My karma ran over your dogma.
• Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.
• Quiet brain! or I'll poke you with another Q-tip.
• Rap Is To Music What Etch-A-Sketch Is To Art
• Nine out of ten priests who have tried Camels, prefer young boys
• So you're a feminist - isn't that cute!
• Support Yogurt! It's the only culture some people have.
• On the sixth day God created man. On the seventh day, man returned the favor
• The gene pool could use a little chlorine
• They told me I was gullible...then they took it out of the dictionary
• What if the Hokey Pokey really is what its all about?

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Mergers and Acquisitions

As a public service to others, I present the most recent business mergers to assist in your financial planning.

• Hale Business Systems, Mary Kay Cosmetics, Fuller Brush, and W.R.GraceCompany will merge and become: Hale, Mary, Fuller, Grace

• Polygram Records, Warner Brothers, and Zesta Crackers join forces andbecome: Poly, Warner, Cracker

• 3M will merge with Goodyear and issue forth as: MMMGood

• Zippo Manufacturing, Audi Motors, Dofasco, and Dakota Mining will mergeand become: ZipAudiDoDa

• FedEx is expected to join its major competitor, UPS, and become: FedUP

• Fairchild Electronics and Honeywell Computers will become: FairwellHoneychild

• Grey Poupon and Docker Pants are expected to become: Poupon Pants

• Knotts Berry Farm and the National Organization of Women will become:KnottNOW!

• Victoria's Secret and Smith & Wesson will merge under the new name:TittyTitty Bang Bang

Thanks to Deke for this one.

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13 things PMS stands for

1. Pass My Shotgun
2. Psychotic Mood Shift
3. Perpetual Munching Spree
4. Puffy Mid-Section
5. People Make me Sick
6. Provide Me with Sweets
7. Pardon My Sobbing
8. Pimples May Surface
9. Pass My Sweatpants
10. Pissy Mood Syndrome
11. Plainly; Men Suck
12. Pack My Stuff
13. Potential Murder Suspect

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Jeez, are my #%$&'s Tired

There was a competition to cross the English channel doing only the breaststroke, and the three women who entered the race were a brunette, a redhead and a blonde.

After approximately 14 hours, the brunette staggered up on the shore and was declared the fastest breaststroker. About 40 minutes later, the redhead crawled up on the shore and was declared the second place finisher.

Nearly 14 hours after that, the blonde finally came ashore and promptly collapsed in
front of the worried onlookers. When the reporters asked why it took her so long to complete the race, she replied, "I don't want to sound like I'm a sore loser, but I think those two other girls were using their arms..."

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Local Joke

A young blonde in Halifax was so depressed that she decided to end her life by throwing herself into the harbour. She went down to the docks and was about to leap into the frigid water when a handsome young sailor saw her tottering on the edge of the pier, crying. He took pity on her and said, "Look, you have so much to live for.... I'm off to Europe in the morning, and if you like, I can stow you away on my ship. I'll take good care of you and bring you food every day."

Moving closer, he slipped his arm around her shoulder and added, "I'll keep you happy, and you'll keep me happy." The girl nodded yes. After all, what did she have to lose? Perhaps a fresh start in Europe would give her life new meaning.

That night, the sailor brought her aboard and hid her in a lifeboat. From then on, every night he brought her three sandwiches and a piece of fruit and they made passionate love until dawn.

Three weeks later, during a routine inspection, she was discovered by the captain. "What are you doing here?" the captain asked. " I have an arrangement with one of the sailors," she explained. "I get food and a trip to Europe, and he's screwing me." " He certainly is," the captain said "This is the Dartmouth Ferry."

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Corn(y) Factor 10

What with all the sadness and trauma going on in the world at the moment it is worth reflecting on the death of a very important person, which almost went unnoticed last week.

Larry La Prise, the man who wrote "The Hokey Pokey" died peacefully in his sleep at age 93. The most traumatic part for his family was getting him into the coffin.

They put his left leg in... and then the trouble started.

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Capers Camping

Two Capers go camping and pack a cooler with sandwiches and beer. After three days of walking, they arrive at a great spot but realize they've forgotten a bottle opener. The first Caper turns to the second and says, "You've gotta go back and get the opener or else we have no beer.""No way," says the second. "By the time I get back, you will have eaten all the food."

"I promise I won't," says the Caper. "Just hurry!" Nine full days pass and there's still no sign of the second Caper. Exasperated and starving, the first Caper digs into the sandwiches.

Suddenly, the second Caper pops out from behind a rock and yells, "I knew it! I'm not freaking going!"

Thanks to "Casey's Been Around the Block" for that joke.

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Let 'er rip...

A young, beautiful woman gets into the elevator, smelling like expensive perfume. She turns to an old woman and says arrogantly, "Giorgio Beverly Hills, $100 an ounce!"

Another young, beautiful woman gets onto the elevator and also smells of very expensive perfume. She arrogantly turns to the old woman and says, "Chanel No. 5, $150 dollars an ounce!"

About three floors later, the old woman has reached her destination and is about to get off the elevator. Before she leaves, she looks both of the women in the eyes, turns around, bends over, farts and says, "Cabbage, 49 cents a pound!"

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Achieving the Perfect Society....

The city council of Ota (north of Tokyo) implemented a policy in January to require that male city workers take six separate weeks of paid leave sometime before their new child's first birthday so that (said one official) "men (get) involved in raising children." The men will also have to submit written reports on child-rearing.

Found this here.

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A Cape Bretoner at the local Welfare Office...

A Cape Bretoner walked into the local Welfare Office, marched straight up to the counter and said, "I'm here to pick up my welfare cheque, but I really hate drawing welfare. I would really rather find a job." The person behind the counter replied, "Your timing is amazing. We just got a listing from a very wealthy man who wants a chauffeur/bodyguard for his nymphomaniac daughter. You'll have to drive around in a big black Mercedes and the suits, shirts, and ties are provided. Because of the long hours involved, meals will also be provided and you will be required to escort the young lady on all her overseas holiday trips. The salary package starts at $200,000 a year with room and board and bonuses." The Cape Bretoner said, "You've got to be bullshitting me man!" The clerk behind the counter said, "Yeah, well you started it....."

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What you'll wish you'd known...

I found a very interesting article on the web titled: What You'll Wish You'd Known. It was written by Paul Graham and was meant for a speech he was giving at a High School. Unfortunately, the school authorities vetoed the plan to invite him.


When I said I was speaking at a high school, my friends were curious. What will you say to high school students? So I asked them, what do you wish someone had told you in high school? Their answers were remarkably similar. So I'm going to tell you what we all wish someone had told us.

I'll start by telling you something you don't have to know in high school: what you want to do with your life. People are always asking you this, so you think you're supposed to have an answer. But adults ask this mainly as a conversation starter. They want to know what sort of person you are, and this question is just to get you talking. They ask it the way you might poke a hermit crab in a tide pool, to see what it does......Click here for the entire article

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Cape Bretoners not eligble....

The LCBO (Ontario's NSLC equivalent) started offering Air Miles rewards for liquor purchases. I have some relatives in Cape Breton that would have enough Air Miles for a round trip to Saturn if this was offered in Nova Scotia.

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Any Three Words

A man was sitting at a bar enjoying an after-work cocktail when an exceptionally gorgeous and sexy young woman entered. She was so striking that the man could not take his eyes away from her.

The young woman noticed his overly-attentive stare and walked directly toward him. Before he could offer his apologies for being so rude, the young woman said to him, "I'll do anything, absolutely anything, that you want me to do, no matter how kinky, for $100 on one condition."
Flabbergasted, the man asked what the condition was. The young woman replied, "You have to tell me what you want me to do in just three words."

The man considered her proposition for a moment, withdrew his wallet from his pocket and slowly counted out five $20 bills, which he pressed into the young woman's hand. He looked into her eyes and slowly, meaningfully said, "Paint my house."

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Equal Opportunity Hypocrisy

With the number of priests being charged with sex crimes, it appears some nuns want in on the fun. 12 American nuns went on a 2 week vacation with Club 18-30 Holidays. The nuns, ages 22 to 31 returned to a less then happy Mother Superior. After some "interrogation" one of the nuns spilled the beans. Apparently they had sex with over 34 men during the 2 week period.

When asked why they did it, "We wanted to experience sin"...Ya, right!

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Christmas List 2005

I decided to start my Christmas list for 2005. Click here to see my first gift.

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I'm 30 megabytes from home

In Ireland, they are switching their speed limit signs from imperial to metric. Instead of miles per hour, signs will be posted in kilometers per hour. The Irish distance signs are already in kilometers so it's appropriate the speed signs are also in kilometers. (50 mph = 80 kmh)

Not many people are happy. This is what one person said: "They can list these speeds in watts or grams or, whaddya call 'em, megabytes - I still won't get a ticket," said Pat Cullinane, a Dublin taxi driver who, like just about all drivers in Ireland, has a car with a speedometer principally in miles.

I can hear the police..."You were 30 megabytes over the speed limit"

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Food Porn

Heard a new phrase yesterday, Food Porn. Many fast food joints are introducing health conscience items on their menu. Some are not. According to the Nutrition Action Healthletter, published by Centre for Science in the Public Interest, the American food chain Hardee's is after a different clientele. Hardee's has introduced a new line of burger's that make a Whopper or Big Mac look almost healthy. These burgers are 1/3, 1/2, or 2/3 lb's of beef with 4 strips of bacon and up to 4 slices of processed cheese. They call it A Monster Burger.

The 2/3 lb burger has a whopping 1,200 calories an 45.8 grams of saturated fat, almost 2 day's worth of saturated fat! Total fat is 107.2 grams! Add fries and a coke...2200 calories and 131.66 total grams of fat. I betchya it's delicious!

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Baghdad is Burning

I just found an incredible blog, Baghdad is Burning. It's run by a gal living in Baghdad and reporting on the war situation on a daily basis. From what I've read so far, the people of Iraq are living in hell. She is pleading for the rest of the world to stand up and stop this unnecessary war. The American government need to be held accountable for their actions.

Here is her first blog entry, entered Sunday, August 21, 2003:

The Beginning...

So this is the beginning for me, I guess. I never thought I'd start my own weblog... All I could think, every time I wanted to start one was "but who will read it?" I guess I've got nothing to lose... but I'm warning you- expect a lot of complaining and ranting. I looked for a 'rantlog' but this is the best Google came up with. A little bit about myself: I'm female, Iraqi and 24. I survived the war. That's all you need to know. It's all that matters these days anyway.

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Heres a groner...

A team of sociologists have planned an experiment in isolation. They send an American, a Frenchman and a Japanese man to a deserted island, and arrange to come back and pick them up in a years time to see how they have adapted. The sociologists leave, and the three men decide to split up the tasks amongst themselves.

"I'm an engineer" says American, "So I'll handle building a shelter". He turns to the Frenchman and says: "You French are pretty good cooks, why don't you handle the cooking?" The Frenchman agrees, and the American turns to the Japanese man "That leaves you to organize the supplies" he says. The Japanese man agrees and each man sets about his tasks.

A year passes, and the sociologists return to see how the men have done. They expect to find three desperate men, unhappy with having to live on the island, but instead find a huge wooden house with verandas and porches and balconies. The American comes to greet them, and when they express their surprise about the house he just shrugs and says "Yeah well I had a lot of raw materials so I kind of went to town and did the place up" The teams are amazed and are shown inside to the kitchen where they're greeted with the most amazing smell of delicious food.

The Frenchman sees their surprise and just shrugs "I had lots to work with" he says, "This island has loads of edible herbs and plants."

The team sits down to eat and are about to start when one of them inquires about the Japanese man. "Oh we don't know what happened to him" explains the American, he ran off into the woods to sort out the supplies and hasn't been seen since." They all agree that they should find the man, and a search party is organised. They make it about 100 yards into the woods, when the Japanese man jumps out from behind a tree, stark naked with peacock feathers sticking out of his arse and shouts: "SUPPLIES!!"

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Misfire

Poor old Matilda lost her husband, George, of 56 years. She was heart broken. They spent everyday together since they met. Matilda decided she had nothing left to live for so she got out Georges' gun and decided to take her own life. She wasn't sure how to do it so she called an old friend who was a nurse. She explained her story and her friend told her to shoot herself in the heart. Matilda thought that has appropriate because her heart was broken anyway.

Matilda wasn't exactly sure where her heart was located so she phoned her friend back. She asked "where's my heart located", her friend said "just below your left breast". Later that day Matilda was admitted to hospital with a bullet wound to her left knee cap.

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Look mommy, there's an airplane up in the sky...

Airbus unveil the world's largest airliner, the A380, on Tuesday. Here is how the mammoth double-decker measures up:

• The A380 is 15 metres wider, 4 metres taller, 2 metres longer and 118 tonnes heavier than the Boeing 747 jumbo, which has reigned as the largest airliner for four decades.
  
• The A380 looks like a 747 jumbo with the upper deck stretched all the way back to the tail.
  
• The Airbus double-decker is the length of eight London buses and has enough room on its massive wings to park 70 cars.
  
• The A380 will seat 555 passengers in first class, business and economy cabins. A 747 laid out the same way seats 416.
  
• An all-economy class A380 could seat 853 passengers versus 568 for a 747.
  
• Cocktail bars, billiard rooms, showers, libraries and sleeping quarters for staff tucked under the floorboards are among the novel ways airlines could use the A380's space.
  
• A wingspan of 79.8 metres (261 ft 10 in) means the A380 is too large for most airport docking bays. UK airport operator BAA Plc alone has budgeted 450 million pounds ($842 million) to build larger facilities to handle the planes.
  
• At take-off, the A380's four Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engines will generate as much thrust as 3,500 cars. An alliance between GE and Pratt & Whitney is also building engines.
  
• The A380 has 16 passenger doors and escape slides on both decks, with the upper slides standing 8 metres high.
  
• Some 14 customers have committed to 149 A380s so far. Customers include 11 passenger airlines, two parcel delivery firms and one aircraft lessor. Dubai-based airline Emirates will have the largest A380 fleet with 45.
  
• Customers expect at least a 15 percent improvement in costs per seat-mile versus the 747-400.
  
• The A380 lists for about $260 million each, versus about $210 million for the smaller Boeing 747-400. Both firms usually give discounts.
  
• Singapore Airlines will fly the plane first and is scheduled to take delivery in the first quarter of 2006. + The A380 will be most common on long routes linking Asia and the Middle East to Europe and the United States. Flights to and from Australia are also expected to be a key market.
  
• Airports gearing up for the plane include London's Heathrow, New York's John F. Kennedy International, Los Angeles, Tokyo, Seoul, Hong Kong, Bangkok, Singapore and Frankfurt.
  
• For sheer size, the A380 is larger than almost any plane ever built. Howard Hughes' ill-fated Spruce Goose flying boat, which flew once in 1947 and was designed to carry 750 troops, had a wider wingspan to incorporate its eight engines but was shorter than the A380.
  
• The A380 is topped in size by the six-engine Antonov An-225 Mriya cargo plane, of which only two have been built. Designed to carry space shuttles for the former Soviet Union, the An-225 is 11 metres longer and 8 metres wider but not as tall as the A380.

Thanks to CNN.COM for the information.

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Weekly Whine, Episode 2

This weeks topic:

• Entertainment Information and/or Media Whores

MLB pitcher and recent New York Yankees acquisition, Randy Johnson, apologized yesterday for a run in with a WCBS TV camera man on Monday in Manhattan. Let me ask you a question, how would you react if you were leaving a hotel, on your way to a doctors appointment and a stranger jumped out from behind a bush and stuck a camera in your face? Another question, what would you do if the person continued to force a camera in your face after you told the person you did not want to be bothered? Randy Johnson had every right to push the camera out of his face. The asshole photographer should be the one apologizing to Randy Johnson.

There's something seriously wrong in our society when a baseball player, actor, musician, etc. feels it is necessary to apologize because they do not want to be bothered. If it was during a game, fine, snap a million pictures. Are we at a point in our society where "the need to know" outweigh's an individuals personal freedom? Turn on your TV, any evening, and look at the number of "entertainment information" shows that air most nights. Do we actually care about this shit, or, are we so bombarded with so much of this crap we automatically accept it as something we are interested in? "If it's on the boob-tube it must be important...pass the cheeze-whiz, Martha"

E-Now, E-Talk Daily, Entertainment Tonight...I could accept the need for these shows if the information was based on a celebrity's work and their personal lives were not mentioned, recorded, video taped, or completely stolen. Could someone please, I beg you, please, tell me why we are fascinated by Paris Hilton and Nicole Ritchy? These 2 are the ultimate media whores. They will do anything for attention, media whores personified. How many "celebrity whores" do we need to "go through" before we wake up? These celebrity's are media darlings one day and trash the next day..."move 'em on out, we got a new crew coming through"

And we lap it up and continue to come back for more.

Most importantly, what are we going to do with the ultimate Canadian media whore: Ben Mulroney? (Damn, I shuddered when I typed M-u-l-r-o-n-e-y)...Surely he's whored his 15 minutes away by now, unless he still has his pocketfull of cliches for us Canadians. Send him to America!

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Off the island...

Alister and Gerard, from Cape Breton, were visiting Toronto and decided to take a stroll down Yonge St. As they were walking, Gerard said "Jeeze, bye, look at how cheap the clothes are in dat store, bye". Alister looked and said "ya, bye, suits $4.00, shirts $2.00, trousers $2.50". "If we was smart, we'd buy a whole bunch of those clothes and sell them on the island when we return." Gerard said "good idea, bye, let me do the talkin', I'll pretend like I'm from Toronto so they don't take advantage of us".

In they go. They placed an order for 200 suits, 200 shirts, and 200 pairs of trousers. The store owner said to them "you guy's must be from Cape Breton?" Gerard said "Lard tundering jeesus, how'd ya know, bye?" The owner said "this is the dry cleaners"

(Thanks to Greasy Gary on Q104, Halifax)

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33 Reasons Why you shouldn't post your picture on the internet

Click here to see why a person should never post their own picture on the internet.

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And the award goes to...

I was flipping through the channels last night and stumbled on the "Peoples Choice Awards". Michael Moore had just won the award for "Best Movie". I thought, "wow" it's great to see people being interested in documentary films. I was especially happy to see Michael Moore be recognized for his most decent film, Fahrenheit 9/11. I was sure Spiderman 2 or The Incredibles would pick up the award. I was checking out the winners on a website and was saddened when I realized this awards show might not be what I thought it was. Some of the categories that earned awards: Favorite Hair, Favorite Look, Favorite On-Screen Chemistry, Favorite Movie villain, and Favorite Sequel.

BTW, did Michael Moore get "Queer-eyed"? Jeeze, next year he could be nominated for the Best Hair Award.

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Musicplasma

I'm not going to describe this link...just check it out...It's too cool.

Musicplasma

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Dare To Believe

Everybody Knows...
You can't be all things to all people.
You can't do all things at once.
You can't do all things equally well.
You can't do all things better than everyone else.
Your humanity is showing just like everyone else's.

So...You have to find out who you are, and be that.
You have to decide what comes first , and do that.
You have to discover your strengths, and use them.
You have to learn not to compete with others,
Because no one else is in the contest of "being you".

Then...You will have learned to accept your own uniqueness.
You will have learned to set priorities and make decisions.
You will have learned to live with your limitations.
You will have learned to give yourself the respect that is due,
And you'll be a being that's vitally alive.

Dare To Believe...That you are a wonderful, unique person.
That you are a once-in-all-history event.
That it's more than a right, it's your duty, to be who you are.
That life is not a problem to solve, but a gift to cherish.
And you'll be able to stay one up on what used to get you down.

Author Unknown

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I never make mistrakes

The Top Ten Mistakes to Avoid When Blogging

• No Theme to Your Blog
• Unexplained Time Gaps in Your Blog
• Blogging About Your Workplace Without Permission
• Straying Too Far From Your Blog's Theme
• Involvement in Blogging Spam
• Ignoring Comments Posted to Your Blog
• Posting Libelous Material on Your Blog
• Using Too Much Insider or Regional Talk
• Writing Way Too Much
• Not Realizing That the Internet Has a Permanent Memory

I'm sure I've broken many of these rules, if not, I will. Click here for full article.

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Man, I feel like a woman....

Shania Twain was recently asked "when do you feel the most sexy"?:

"I think it's when I get out of the tub. Your skin is fresh and you've stuck your hair up without even looking. That's when you look your best."

I believe nothing more needs to be said!

Click here for Shania pictures.

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Your living in Cape Breton if...

• Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a tractor on the highway
• "Vacation" means going to Halifax for the weekend
• You measure distance in hours
• You know several people who have hit deer more than once
• You often switch from "Heat" to "A/C" in the same day
• You use a down comforter in the summer
• Your grandparents drive at 100 km/h through 13 feet of snow during a raging blizzard, without flinching
• You see people wearing hunting clothes at social events
• You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked
• You carry jumper cables in your car and your wife knows how to use them
• There are 7 empty cars idling in the parking lot at the Canadian Tire store at any given time
• You design your kids Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit
• Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow
• You think lingerie is tube socks and flannel pajamas

Lightbulb Jokes

How many witches does it take to change a light bulb?
Into what?

How many engineers does it take to change a light bulb?
Avg. Engineer = 130 pounds
Avg. Engineer can lift 1/2 body weight over his head
130/2=65 Pounds
Avg. Light bulb = 4 oz. = .25 Pounds
(1 Eng/65 pounds) * (.25 pounds) = 0.0038 engineers to change a bulb.

Weekly Whine, Episode 1

Welcome to the first post of my Weekly Whine.

I've hit the bitch button so let's go...This weeks topic:

• TV Commercials being played at movie theatres, prior to the movie starting.

First off, I have no problems with a company making a buck, I'm not a communist. However, with the prices we are paying to see these watered-down-for-the-masses Hollywood flicks, the last thing we need is TV commercials. The following is the cost to see a movie (from Empire Theatres, Bayers Lake)...These are Canadian dollars!

Ticket prices (including HST)

• Adult (18-64) $10.75
• Youth (14-17) $8.75
• Children (3-13) $5.50
• Golden Age (64+) $5.50
• Mon-Thur: Matinee & Evenings $7.25
• Fri-Sun Matinees $7.50

Once I've paid admission that should be it, I shouldn't have "to pay" again by being forced to watch ads. When I buy a CD or DVD, I don't expect commercials and I am not forced to see/hear them. The business model is based on profits from sales, not ad revenue. It should be the same from theatres. For years, movie theatres earn most revenue from concession sales (more on concessions, shortly) therefore, the business model, like CD's and DVD's is based on sales. TV is different, we all accept commercials as a necessary evil while watching TV. TV's revenue is generated from ads, we get it and most don't mind. Or, you can change the channel to avoid ads.

Theatres have an unfair advantage, most movie goers try to get to a screening early to get decent seats. Being in a dark theatre with surround sound gives new definition to the term captive audience. We have no choice but to watch, what else can you do, hide under the seat? I go to a movie to escape for 2 hours. Being forced to view TV commercials prior to the movie detracts from that escapism. Some may argue the previews shown for up-coming movies is advertising, it is, but I personally enjoy previews. It helps me decide if I want to spend the money on future movies.

The scary thing is, if people accept this and don't complain, it will only get worse. Will we reach the point where the lines between TV and movies converge? The only difference would be the size of the screen, the admission price (Free vs. $10.75) and if I need to leave my warm rec room. When Empire Theatres opened in Bayers Lake, we as a family could attend a movie and buy concessions for under $30.00. Today that cost would be clse to $80.00...That is shocking! I have not seen many movies in the past 10 years that justify me spending $80.00.

If the theatres forced viewers to watch ads and as a result reduced the price of admission, I wouldn't mind the commercials. It appears the commercials are in place to simply pad the bottom line. How much profit is enough? How much are people willing to spend on a movie? I'm at the point where I would like to save my money for a decent home theatre system and rent or buy previously viewed DVD's. I can make my own popcorn for pennies and use real butter for the topping, not that yellow mystery liquid they serve in theatres.

The other item I would like to cover is concessions. Does anybody really need a 45 gallon drum of soda? And, to top it off, is it worth $4.00? $3.75 for a chocolate bar?!?! Awhile back I watched a documentary on PBS about farmers, specifically corn farmers in the US. They stated corn is so abundant, thanks to government subsidies for US corn farmers, the bag, containing your popcorn, cost more to make then the popcorn itself. These theatres have balls as big as grapefruits to charge me $4.75 for a bag of popcorn. We bring our own concessions and I'm waiting for the day some 16 year old theatre employee tells me I can't bring it in.

So, what can we do? Apparently not much, except notify the theatre owners of our displeasure, boycott the theatre and/or inform the ad companies that we will boycott their products. I read where some viewers boo very loudly or scream "no commercials" while the ads are running. It sounds like a great idea, especially if you have enough people in your group.

Well, that's my little whine for the week, please, pass the cheese.

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Pay it forward...

Formula 1 racing king Michael Shumacher has donated $10 Million to assist with aid for the tsunami victims in Asia. Amazing, Shumi is one of the most disliked drivers in modern day racing. Apparently, most people despise a winner. I say kudos to Michael for such a generous donation. That kind of generosity pays back in dividends.

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Jello Shots

I was surfing and found an article about a guy who said he got drunk on "Jello Shots". Needless to say, it made me say out loud: "What the hell are Jello Shots" and "Where can I get some"?
So I googled it and it is Jello made with Vodka or liqueur. I'd love to try one, maybe I will!

Generic Recipe for "Jello Shots":

6 ounces Jello (large package)
16 ounces Water (boiling)
6 ounces Water (cold)
10 ounces Vodka

Mix the jello mix with the boiling water until the powder is fully dissolved and add the cold water and alcohol. Pour the cooling mixture into either shot glasses or paper cups. Shot glasses are more attractive, but drinker can turn the paper cups inside-out to more easily eat the alcoholic jello. (Thanks DrinkStreet)

Here are some recipe variations:

• Lime jello, tequila and triple sec
• Orange jello, orange cognac/brandy (ie. grand marnier) or peach schnapps
• Cherry jello, cherry brandy
• Raspberry jello, raspberry schnapps
• Tropical fruit jello, mango liqueur or dark rum
• Peach jello, bourbon (rebel yell)
• Unflavored jello + lemonade, kentucky whisky
• Strawberry jello, light rum and strawberry liqueur
• Apricot jello, amaretto
• Grape jello, vodka

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Do we humans really belong on top of the food chain?

I found a very interesting article at CNN.COM regarding the Tsunami that recently killed so many people. It appears very few animals were killed by the giant waves. Scientists are saying the animals "sixth-sense" kicked in and they fled inland immediatly following the large earthquake that caused the Tsunami. You can find the entire article here.

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Hair today, gone tomorrow

I hear Donald Trump is releasing a line of hair care products. Stop laughing, it's true. This has potential for a slew of new products.

Coming to a store near you:

• George Bush's new Dictionary.
• Star Jones will be releasing "Chicken Soup for Other Peoples Feelings"
• Michael Moore's new book "Personal Hygiene for Dummies"

If you are a brave person, click here to see Star Jones in a bathing suit. (Consider yourself warned -and- Someone, Please poke out my eyes!) Also, it might be time to celebrate, Star Jones is #3 on the "Star Magazines Top 10 Most Annoying Celebrities for 2004" list.

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I can see clearly now...

Greetings...Did ya ever have find yourself asking the simple question, why? I did last night. I needed windshield washer fluid in my car. Anyone living in Canada in January will know why. I purchased a "jug" of fluid at the local gas bar in Beechville. ($3.49...fucking thieves!) So I filled the reservoir to the top and was left with about a cup of fluid left in the container. I put the jug in the trunk and noticed I had 4 jugs in the trunk with a small amount of fluid in each one. The jug contains 1 US Gallon and the reservoir has a capacity of 4 Liters. (4 liters equals 1.06 US Gallons)

I wonder how many Canadians are driving around with jugs of fluid in their trunks containing a few drops of fluid? I blame the Americans, because of their refusal to convert to the metric system.

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Take off, eh....Ya Hoser

I just finished reading an awesome book: Beauty Tips From Moose Jaw: Travels in Search of Canada. It is written by Will Ferguson. He attempts to capture the true essence of Canada and Canadians and somehow succeeds. This book gives the reader a history lesson in Canada that everyone should have gotten in school. He eloquently describes the Canadian experience and gives us a visual of the Canadian landscape. The book is riddled with "Canadianism's" that will have you laughing and nodding with his bang-on observations of our contry and people. He describes the country of Canada as being a collection of outposts that collectively make a Country, almost.

This should be required reading for all Canadians. Will has an excellent website with plenty of stuff to get you hooked. Do me a favour, check it out, you won't be disappointed. I especially enjoyed his article published in Flare magazine, titled: An open letter to women.

A few excerpts from Beauty Tips from Moose Jaw:

(On Newfoundland) "This wasn't Ireland. It was Ireland lost. And Ireland found. It was Ireland cast adrift and washed up on a cold island. It was Ireland reconstructed, like a portrait assembled by someone working from memory, getting the mood right if not the details"

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"In one particular seedy St. John's pub, I was adopted by a work crew from Portugal Cove who took an immediate, almost antagonistic liking to me. "You're from Alberta, you say? I have a cousin in Fort McMurray, maybe you know him" (Everybody in Newfoundland has a cousin in Fort McMurray.) The crew from Portugal Cove tormented me with screech and second-hand smoke as they regaled me with tales of how their families were so poor "back when" that all they could afford to eat were lobsters. This was not the first time I had heard this. Apparently half the population of Newfoundland has subsisted on lobster at some point or other".

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Off, with a kick

Greetings...This is a personal blog in which i will try my best to write something everyday.