"Do you want to watch cheese, or snow?"

"It's only a flesh wound!"

"I think he's gonna pork her"

If any of these quotes make sense to you, then you're a child of the 80's.

Not to diminish the sorrowful hardship of people that have been sexually violated, but I have an inkling of what that experience might feel like. I just spent $10.65 for a common, household, wire mesh strainer.

Goal for the summer of 2005:

Go to a REAL amusement park for a day

Who's with me?

I'm going to have to give an enthusiastic thumbs up to the Delissio pizza that gets advertised on TV so painfully often. Yes, the commercials are irritating, and too frequent, but as freezer ready pizza's go, the Delissio is top notch.

Toodles!

Blog Survey of the Week:

With the playoffs now on TV, and the announcement of my beloved Expos only a recent memory, I am brought to the following question.

Now that the Montreal Expos are no more, to whom do I switch my allegiance?

Blog Question Of The Day:

Will Tiger Woods golf better, now that he's resolved the marriage situation?

Now a question for just the girls!

How important is ear hygiene to a man's attractiveness?

*** UPDATE ***

As previously mentioned, I FINALLY began the, improve my lifestyle, plan on Monday. It is now mid-week and I can confirm that I have fulfilled the exercise component of the plan for 3 days in a row. The eat better plan is also going well, as I've found some tasty treats in my house but have rationed my consumption.

Things look good, but its early. Stay tuned.

Blog Question Of The Day:

Am I too open, honest, or forgiving?

Today is the first day of playoffs in Major League Baseball. As it is the season, every professional, semi-professional and rank amateur has advanced who they think will win each series, and how the next month of baseball will turn out, as the competitors have been reduced to eight.

I will advance a different question. As the powers that be have killed the one and only baseball team I have ever cared about, I am left in need of a team to cheer for. Why not begin that look in the 2004 playoffs?

New York Yankees versus the Minnesota Twins

For me this is a no brainer. Tara would disagree with me on this one (sorry sweetie) but I gotta pick the Twins. The Yankees are like Goliath. They are always the favorite and its so nice to see them taken down. Will it happen? It might, as these Yankees are not the same as the ones that obliterated teams in previous years. Nevertheless, my cheering will be directed in favor of the Twins.

Boston Red Sox versus the Anaheim Angels

I'm torn on this one. I like both teams. In direct opposition to why I have to cheer against the Yankees, I must cheer for the Red Sox. They have been a good team at so many times in their history, only to be turned back at the last mile, the victims of the so called 'curse'. I hope they win every time they get to the playoffs.

But I also like the Angels. I know they've won the World Series since their inception, but they still have that veneer of the under-dog. I can feel it, but I can't explain it. When it comes to playoff time, I'm still impressed they made it in, and I can't help but root for them.

This series will be interesting for me.

Houston Astros versus Atlanta Braves

This one is a no-brainer, much like the Yankee series. The Braves do nothing but irritate me. In the first place they have always won the division that my beloved Expos have competed in. Except for 1994 when Major League Baseball and the Players Union conspired to prevent the Expos from winning the World Series, and thus continuing the streak of Canadian teams holding the baseball championship. That particular conspiracy I will elaborate another day. None of that has anything to do with why I hate the Braves. Enough already! Let's get someone else from the NL East into the playoffs.

I did not mean to disregard the reasons for cheering for the Astros. I like the team. They even made me like Roger Clemens, which didn't happen when he played for the Blue Jays. I could easily cheer for the Astros in the World Series final.

St. Louis Cardinals versus Los Angeles Dodgers

This one kinda goes under my radar. I haven't got much of a sentiment for either team. All my thoughts about either team are rooted way back in my childhood history. I could cheer for the Cardinals, but I could similarly cheer for the Dodgers. After a few moments contemplation I still do not know who I like more. Can they tie a series?

Now that I've bored you all, I will go. If you need me, I'll be in front of the TV, checking the score.

Blog Question Of The Day:

Visions in Saskatoon, on Saturday morning, had the Phillips 642 DVD players in stock, for $109 a piece. This is the DVD player that will play ANY format. Should I get in a panic to pick one up ASAP?

Good eeeeeeeevening

(Sorry, having a Flintstones moment there. Remember the episode where Fred thinks his new neighbor killed his wife?)

Slow day in news, with the exception of one thing. I finally began the exercise plan I've been talking about for so long. Its not much but, I got in 20 minutes on the exercise bike and with my weight set. If things follow my plan, a heavy bag will be added in the near future.

Toodles!

Blog Question Of The Day:

Would you drink a beer that had a fly in it?

Another snippet of my life, brought to you in photographic form

A Milestone

For the more statistical minded of you, a few thoughts on this 40,000 km milestone. That is my contract limit number of kilometers for the Trailblazer, on the lease. Actually, that's 1/3 of my 3 year total, so it works out to being my Year 1 allotment of kilometers. I just entered my 12th month of the lease, so everything from here until November 1 is over the 'budget' limit.

Which, I suppose brings us to a Blog Question Of The Day, even though I hadn't been intending one.

Should I invest in a second vehicle, to defray this overage on lease kilometers?

Answer as always. Toodles!

What's the deal with all these beheadings? Most of them are coming out of Iraq, but the concept itself seems popular among all terrorist organizations. Why beheading? Are they looking for some kind of gratuitious form of vulgar aggression? I don't understand what is their motivation behind this kind of violent display.

I think I see where they are going with these actions. They think, as erroneous as it is proving to be, that by randomly executing innocent civilians, that they can force remote governments to do what they want. I have two problems with this logic, and the continuing use of it.

a) its not working
b) its too extreme

Its not working. They keep beheading people they pull of the street, and nobody is evacuating the country. All that's happening is poor, innocent people, that committed no crime beyond being in the wrong place, at the wrong time, are losing their heads. Fine, if you think it will work, chop off a couple heads. But, after doing that, if you're not getting results, I really think logic dictates that you try another approach.

Which brings me to my second point. Its far too extreme a thing to do. Nobody is going to act the way you want them to, based on the threat. The threat is so far beyond what any rational person could concieve doing, that its not really a valid threat. No one acutally BELIEVES you'll do it, so they don't take action to halt the behaviour. Then, you chop off the innocent person's head, thus proving your point and validating it as a threat. Now you've created a new problem for yourself.

Once you've cut off the head, any sense of duty a government might feel, to prevent other beheadings, is washed away by the revulsion a rational person feels at having witnessed such a shocking behavior. No rational person will concede the point to you, and give in to the demand to prevent beheadings. Instead it prompts outrage, and a desire for swift and brutal retribution.

So you're end up screwed. You can't threaten beheading, and have people give in to your demands, because you're commitment isn't believed. You can't behead someone and force anyone to act in any way besides out of anger or a sense of retribution. So really, what is this beheading nonsense accomplishing?

Can someone explain to me what the deal is with deer? Don't these stupid animals ever sleep!?!

I'm driving home tonight, around 1:30 in the pitch black morning. On my way from Rosetown to Saskatoon you have to pass through this nature preserve, or whatever the hell they want to call it. Anyway there's the obligatory 'deer ahead' signs, to be acknowledged as you pass into Hell's obstacle course.

Its 1:30 in the morning. Why aren't these stupid animals sleeping!?! I see three or four of them, wandering around somewhat aimlessly in the ditch. Someone smacked one earlier in the day, as the carcass, and its blood, are spilled over the asphalt. You'd think the deer would sleep at night, when they get a rest from the relentless pursuit of hunters keen for a set of antlers or some meat for sausage. Nope, deer are party animals, using the cloak of darkness to play suicide games on human roads.

Stupid animals. Why haven't we hunted them to extinction?

So, what's the average length of freight trains these days? TWENTY-SIX MILES like the one I had to wait 14 minutes for this evening!!!

You are never more indignant than when you have to wait for a train, with your final destination being within a 9 irons distance of the train that you have to wait the better part of 15 minutes for.

What are five goals that you would like to accomplish in the next year?

I don't really want to do it, because of all the places there is to get one, I like this brand the best. But I have to give a, thumbs down, to today's Subway Sweet Onion Chicken Teriyaki. I don't think the girl that made it, remembered to cook the chicken first.

I was flipping through some of the pictures I have stored on my hard drive. There's a lot of stuff on there. I am sometimes amazed by what I have, that I don't remember, and how I can not find some things I would have sworn should have been available. I probably need to trim the archive just a bit, and get some stuff on active storage, and into offline storage. Bygones.

I was looking at pictures of Avril Lavigne, since I added four pictures to that directory this morning. Has anyone ever looked closely at the girls smile? If you can, find a picture where she's smiling (I know, she is rarely shown in a 'happy' state). Take a look at her grin, when she is flashing her teeth. Doesn't it kinda look like she has vampire teeth!?!

Just a thought for a Saturday morning.