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.

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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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