Blog Question Of The Day:
Why does Fergie spell something in all of the singles she's released from her debut album? Is she worried that her fans don't know the alphabet?
Thursday, March 08, 2007
Tuesday, March 06, 2007
Saturday, March 03, 2007
If you like my blog then you'll probably like this site:
Ill Will Press
I especially like the one - 'Cell Phones and Car Ads'
Ill Will Press
I especially like the one - 'Cell Phones and Car Ads'
Friday, March 02, 2007
Monday, February 26, 2007
That's it. I've had it. Enough is enough already. I shoveled for an hour tonight to get my driveway clean. Its just about March for crying out loud! I have to push all the snow to the sidewalk in front of my yard, and then push it down the sidewalk to find a spot on my lawn I can toss it on to. What the hell is up with that?
I've have enough. I am at war with snow. Its me or the snow. One is going to break, and I swear it won't be me.
The snow, the snow, the snow has got to go!
The snow, the snow, the snow has got to go!
The snow, the snow, the snow has got to go!
I've have enough. I am at war with snow. Its me or the snow. One is going to break, and I swear it won't be me.
The snow, the snow, the snow has got to go!
The snow, the snow, the snow has got to go!
The snow, the snow, the snow has got to go!
Saturday, February 17, 2007
Friday, February 16, 2007
I have to tell someone about this because it just pissed me off so much.
I left my computer on last night. I had a couple of songs queued up but they weren’t actively downloading, so I figured I’d leave the computer running and see if they came down overnight. I got up this morning and my computer had rebooted. Windows, in its infinite wisdom, had seen fit to grab a patch, install it, and then conveniently re-boot my computer. Because its so painfully obvious that I want to re-boot whenever Windows thinks its appropriate.
God do I hate that. I wish Windows was a person, so I could wrap my hands around its neck and throttle it. If my computer is on then its on for a reason. I don’t WANT to reboot every stupid time it does something. Install a program, download a patch, change a setting, these do NOT raise within me a spontaneous desire to reboot. I hate rebooting! I’ll do it when I want, not because Windows thinks it should be done.
In short, Windows sucks.
Thursday, February 15, 2007
I can't believe how clueless some people are when they drive.
Not everyone will know where I'm talking about but bear with me. To come home I have to come south on Idylwyld. I turn off of this freeway at 51st Street to come home. Between where I enter Idylwyld and where I exit it, Highway 16 from North Battleford merges into traffic.
To exit at 51st Street I have to move into the outside RIGHT lane. This is the lane that belongs to traffic that is merging in from Highway 16. So, as the semi-trailer came up from Highway 16, I had to speed up to pull ahead of it, and be in my proper lane to exit the freeway.
This idiot in a car behind me also wanted to exit at 51st Street. However, rather than be courteous and speed up to be well ahead of the monster truck, he just signaled and idled across, RIGHT in front of the semi-trailer. I didn't even have to be in the cab to hear him curse.
Not everyone will know where I'm talking about but bear with me. To come home I have to come south on Idylwyld. I turn off of this freeway at 51st Street to come home. Between where I enter Idylwyld and where I exit it, Highway 16 from North Battleford merges into traffic.
To exit at 51st Street I have to move into the outside RIGHT lane. This is the lane that belongs to traffic that is merging in from Highway 16. So, as the semi-trailer came up from Highway 16, I had to speed up to pull ahead of it, and be in my proper lane to exit the freeway.
This idiot in a car behind me also wanted to exit at 51st Street. However, rather than be courteous and speed up to be well ahead of the monster truck, he just signaled and idled across, RIGHT in front of the semi-trailer. I didn't even have to be in the cab to hear him curse.
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
Sunday, February 11, 2007
Thursday, February 01, 2007
Monday, January 29, 2007
I have a question.
Do drinking straws really need to be individually wrapped? Yes, I know, its a hygiene thing. I understand the generic reason behind individually wrapping the straws. That's not my question. What I want to know is do we actually NEED that?
We seem to study any and every inane thing on the planet so I wanted to know, did someone do a study and determine that massive amounts of people were getting ill from germs acquired from drinking straws? It seems like a bit of a stretch to me that we might be passing germs on drinking straws. Only take one and don't share it. It seems pretty logical to me.
Do germs even last on a plastic drinking straw? I thought part of the point of a plastic straw was that it was fairly antiseptic. Am I wrong about this? It seems that everywhere I go, the straws are all individually wrapped. I wouldn't mind so much if it wasn't so damn hard to get the straw out of the wrapping. But the inordinate amount of time I've been needing to get at my straw has made me ask, do we really need this? Is society being advanced by drinking straw condoms? Is there value for the money here?
Inquiring minds want to know . . .
Do drinking straws really need to be individually wrapped? Yes, I know, its a hygiene thing. I understand the generic reason behind individually wrapping the straws. That's not my question. What I want to know is do we actually NEED that?
We seem to study any and every inane thing on the planet so I wanted to know, did someone do a study and determine that massive amounts of people were getting ill from germs acquired from drinking straws? It seems like a bit of a stretch to me that we might be passing germs on drinking straws. Only take one and don't share it. It seems pretty logical to me.
Do germs even last on a plastic drinking straw? I thought part of the point of a plastic straw was that it was fairly antiseptic. Am I wrong about this? It seems that everywhere I go, the straws are all individually wrapped. I wouldn't mind so much if it wasn't so damn hard to get the straw out of the wrapping. But the inordinate amount of time I've been needing to get at my straw has made me ask, do we really need this? Is society being advanced by drinking straw condoms? Is there value for the money here?
Inquiring minds want to know . . .
Friday, January 26, 2007
Thursday, January 25, 2007
Sunday, January 21, 2007
Tuesday, January 16, 2007
You know, I try to suffer people with a smile. Even though on a regular basis they frustrate and annoy me. But there are times when no amount of gentle patience will make you ignore someone's idiocy.
This pinhead (and I use the word accurately) comes up to the bar tonight and wants a double rye. I don't phrase this as, asks for a double rye, he all but demanded it. We are not allowed to serve doubles. Its in the liquor license for the building. The actual text of the statement is something like, drinks must not contain more than 5% by volume. Even the biggest of lunkheads should be able to do the math that a 40% by volume rye whiskey needs to be diluted with something to make it a 5% alcoholic drink.
Of course this jackass is completely self-absorbed and won't see his way clear to understand the rules. He's an alcoholic idiot and wants a double shot of rye with nothing to get in the way of his liver being shriveled to something resembling a prune. He wants what he wants and we're supposed to accomodate him, despite the rules.
My first question is, if you're this much of a drunkard, why not stay home and drink the damn Jack Daniels straight from the bottle, like any other reasonable person might drink a Gatorade? If your life is so predicated on the consumption of alcohol in extreme volumes, then please do us a favor and lock yourself in and get the death by alcohol finished. Spare us the abrasiveness of your panting fury for alcohol.
What I can't grasp, and will probably struggle with until the day I die, is how you can behave as if the rules don't apply to you. The principle of the 'mixed drink' was plainly explained to him, including the percent by volume. Still he persisted in the absurd rationale that we should ignore the 'rules' because he wanted a pair of double whiskeys. Why!?! How come this was so damnably important to him? Why couldn't he drink a drink like a normal person.
And this happens all the time. Its not contained to this one, specific incident. Lots of people come up and immediately ask for a double. These individuals too, are habitual drunks that should really look into their behaviour before much longer passes. However the majority of people that ask for a double will acquiesce and accept the two singles in compensation. But every once in awhile a belligerent idiot will come along and insist that he should be granted a double shot of alcohol in a single cup. And this insistence will persist beyond all reason. I don't get it and I doubt I will ever understand.
P.S. And for the record, the concert sucked ass.
This pinhead (and I use the word accurately) comes up to the bar tonight and wants a double rye. I don't phrase this as, asks for a double rye, he all but demanded it. We are not allowed to serve doubles. Its in the liquor license for the building. The actual text of the statement is something like, drinks must not contain more than 5% by volume. Even the biggest of lunkheads should be able to do the math that a 40% by volume rye whiskey needs to be diluted with something to make it a 5% alcoholic drink.
Of course this jackass is completely self-absorbed and won't see his way clear to understand the rules. He's an alcoholic idiot and wants a double shot of rye with nothing to get in the way of his liver being shriveled to something resembling a prune. He wants what he wants and we're supposed to accomodate him, despite the rules.
My first question is, if you're this much of a drunkard, why not stay home and drink the damn Jack Daniels straight from the bottle, like any other reasonable person might drink a Gatorade? If your life is so predicated on the consumption of alcohol in extreme volumes, then please do us a favor and lock yourself in and get the death by alcohol finished. Spare us the abrasiveness of your panting fury for alcohol.
What I can't grasp, and will probably struggle with until the day I die, is how you can behave as if the rules don't apply to you. The principle of the 'mixed drink' was plainly explained to him, including the percent by volume. Still he persisted in the absurd rationale that we should ignore the 'rules' because he wanted a pair of double whiskeys. Why!?! How come this was so damnably important to him? Why couldn't he drink a drink like a normal person.
And this happens all the time. Its not contained to this one, specific incident. Lots of people come up and immediately ask for a double. These individuals too, are habitual drunks that should really look into their behaviour before much longer passes. However the majority of people that ask for a double will acquiesce and accept the two singles in compensation. But every once in awhile a belligerent idiot will come along and insist that he should be granted a double shot of alcohol in a single cup. And this insistence will persist beyond all reason. I don't get it and I doubt I will ever understand.
P.S. And for the record, the concert sucked ass.