· 1000 blank white cards (April 2005 )

I need to find a few people to play 1000 Blank White Cards with me. It sounds like a real hoot! (A bunch of sample cards can be had here (hit refresh)...

· Some movies I liked (April 2005 )

I saw me some movies.

· Soliloquouy against suburbanism (April 2005 )

What I want may very well be impossible....

· Satan in a packet (March 2005 )

I'm eating Easy Mac for lunch today, because we really didn't have any leftovers from dinner last night. Watching this stuff change from watery soup to non-watery mac & cheese is really quite frightening. I'm pretty sure that Satan is somehow involved in the process....

· Argh. (March 2005 )

Argh. Linux box died the other day... looks like it's finally time to replace the case/power supply. :(...

· Christobel! (March 2005 )

I must own these....

· I thought (March 2005 )

I thought I lost my shoe. But it was only under my desk....

· Discuss. (March 2005 )

Home renovations. Discuss....

· Peter Jennings Reports (February 2005 )

Did anyone else catch Peter Jennings Reports last night? Did it seem odd to you that a fairly well-known and respected journalist would report on the UFO phenomenon?...

· Film recommendation (February 2005 )

Also, I highly, highly recommend The Life Aquatic. Watched it over the weekend, and it was fantastically good. Bill Murray is turning out to be a better and better actor every time I see him....

· We have an allergic dog... (February 2005 )

I just got a call from Kirsten, who had taken Cayce to the vet this morning for an ear infection. It turns out Cayce is allergic to both corn and rice, the two main components of dog foods everywhere (including all the "Allergic" blends). According to our vet (Edmonton Holistic Veterinary Clinic - yes, you read that right, our vet is basically a pet naturopath), Cayce has the classic symptoms of a rice/corn allergy: she licks her paws almost obsessively, and gets ear infections at 2 month intervals. It turns out that in humans, rice is a completely hypoallergenic food, suitable for anyone with any sort of allergy to eat. It was assumed that this was the same for dogs, but it turns out that this is not the case. So, we're going to have to get her a special dog food, made by a company called Natura, which has no grains in it. And we're going to have to be careful when we're giving her scraps that there's no corn or rice in them....

· Happy Anniversary! (February 2005 )

I'm coming out of hiding for only a minute... to say Happy Anniversary to Nat & Del!...

· Hellboy II (January 2005 )

Rumour is that Hellboy II is being produced as we speak... little do they know that I happen to have a copy of it sitting on my coffee table at home, courtesy of a trip Kirsten's mom took to Hong Kong... I still haven't seen it, because I wanted to watch Hellboy I first, so as not to lose any of the story. :) Update: OH. MY. GOD. It turned out to be a movie called Skinned Deep, which is quite possibly the worst movie ever to stain celluloid. It's bereft of plot or action, and is quite possibly the least scary horror movie I've ever seen (and I sat through Coven). If you see this movie, throw holy water on it, stab the video clerk, and burn down the store, then burn your clothing and bathe yourself in lye. It's just that bad....

· That's a lot of space... (January 2005 )

I think it's time I rebuilt my Linux development box... apparently there's 2.28PB of free space. That's 2.28 petabytes, my friends, or 2,334.7 terabytes....

· Cutest. Puppy. Ever. (December 2004 )

Every once in awhile, we give Cayce a bone to chew on. We get them for free from the local bison store, and they always put lots of meat on their dog bones. Cayce will chew on it for awhile, and eventually want to bury it. This is great for her in the summer, as she can take it outside, but in the winter she has to use other methods... (click for AVI file) (No, I didn't realize sound was being recorded... and yes, I realize this puts us in 'crazy dog people' territory)...

· Brilliant yet disturbing (December 2004 )

These drawings are both brilliant and disturbing. Michael Paulus has created skeletal systems for well-known cartoon characters. The attention to detail is astounding, but looking at the drawings is just a little creepy....

· Winter's back... ()

Winter, after a brief sojourn up north, has returned to Edmonton. On Friday, it got up to 10°C. On Saturday, it dropped, and snow started coming down... today, after two days of snow and dropping temperatures, it's -21°C. I'm looking forward to the trip down to BC more than ever now. :)...

· Roger Wilco (November 2004 )

I think I now have a goal for my two weeks Christmas vacation: play all the Space Quest games. Abandonia is a collection of "abandoned" DOS games that are freely downloadable... it looks like their collection is pretty complete, and they have some great classic games (like Quest for Glory, and even Adventure....

· The Life Aquatic (November 2004 )

I just discovered there's a new Wes Anderson movie coming out, The Life Aquatic. I must see this movie. That is all. (Wes Anderson is one of my favourite Hollywood directors/writers. He and Charlie Kaufman can do no wrong) Oh, and here are some clips...

· Things that suck. (November 2004 )

So. Very. Busy.

· Helpetica (November 2004 )

Kottke has a helper monkey.

· Our new catch phrase... (October 2004 )

Watching yet-another-stupid-reality show last night, Kirsten and I came across a phrase that we will, from now on, use as our battle cry: "I shaved my pits this morning... I didn't do that to lose." (Mondo-surprise points to anyone who can name the show.) Oh, and as an aside... what the hell has crawled onto Peter Mansbridge's face and died?...

· Yum! (October 2004 )

We made 5 pounds of fudge last night. It was really easy, and is so, so tasty. Update: Mmmmmmmmm... fudge....

· 10 inches (October 2004 )

10 inches of white stuff. Winter's here to stay.

· Things the dog does. (October 2004 )

In the spirit of this entry on dooce, here's a list of all the weird things our dog Cayce (incidentally, we're pretty close to just renaming her Case, since everyone calls her "Cay-See", even after we call her "Case") does: destroys sticks - We used to have a box of kindling downstairs, to use with our non-usable woodstove. Over the course of a couple of days, Cayce had chewed them all up, leaving little bits of stick and bark all over the basement floor dances - when we come home (after an hour, three hours, ten minutes), Cayce runs around the yard, grabs a stick/toy/pail, sits down in front of us, and does this hoppy thing with her front paws, which then turns into pawing in the air in our general direction. couch-hopping - Cayce is allowed to come up on the couch downstairs when we're sitting on it, but not the couch upstairs. So, she takes full advantage of the situation, and crawls up onto the couch any time we're there. It's generally starts with a little hop to get her two front paws on to one of us; then, she tentatively puts one of her back paws on the couch and boosts herself up. Usually, she crawls over top of Kirsten, and plunks her rear down on K's chest. Something to keep in mind here is that Cayce is 65 pounds. dreams - Cayce takes a lot of naps during the day, and if her behaviour is any indication, she does a lot of dreaming. Dreaming for Cayce starts with a little twitch of a paw, then grows to more twitches and more paws, and - if she's having a particularly good dream - her lips will start moving as if she's barking her little heart out. going to the crate - when Cayce is tired, she'll put herself to bed in her kennel. A couple of nights ago, Kirsten and I were downstairs watching TV. When it came time to go to bed, Cayce wandered right upstairs and straight to her kennel. It was heartbreaking to have to haul her outside for peeps, then put gunk in her ear (she has an ear infection). There's more, but I have a tonne of work to get back to. ;)...

· The Great Grey Hunter (October 2004 )

So much for our built-in mouse catchers...

· Rank amateur (October 2004 )

Kvetch kvetch kvetch.

· Joe Schmo 3... (September 2004 )

So they played a reality TV show prank on a witless bachelor... then, they played the same prank on a bachelor AND bacherlorette. What could they do next? Enter Invasion Iowa, supposedly a shoot for a new William Shatner movie. Instead, it was a new reality TV show produced by the same guy who brought us the Joe Schmo series, where they trick an entire town....

· That's suicidal... (September 2004 )

Arnie has a deathwish.

· Things stuck in my head (September 2004 )

"It's Bart's moon party in outer space... with R2-D2 playin the bass" is being sung over and over again in my head. Someone make it stop!...

· A question... (September 2004 )

Who's our superhero?

· The world of Tomorrow! (September 2004 )

Short review of Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow: it rocked!

· Cutest thing in the world (September 2004 )

Cutest dog ever.

· An open letter to George Lucas (September 2004 )

A letter to Mr. Lucas

· Apt title. (August 2004 )

Sitting in the lobbyish area of my office is a magazine called Car Man Mag. I wonder who their audience is?...

· mea culpa (August 2004 )

busy. talk later.

· why? (August 2004 )

crap-crap-crappity day

· Brooklyn Superhero Supply (July 2004 )

"Serving Brooklyn and the Greater Metropolitan area"

· Congratulations Pam & Igor (July 2004 )

Pam and Igor were married on Saturday in Kamloops... congratulations to both of you!...

· .999~ = 1 (June 2004 )

Apparently 0.999~ = 1

· Geminis rule, Cancers drool. ()

Happy birthday!

· Pet Names (June 2004 )

Alternate pet names...

· Happy Solstice! (June 2004 )

Happy Solstice, and thanks to everyone who came for the birthday.

· Other happy birthdays (June 2004 )

Other happy birthday greetings go out to Suzanne at Synaptic Impluse, and Darren Naldrett, whereever you are. Update: I wrote the exact same entry last year. Eerie....

· Lawn darts! (June 2004 )

Weird craving.

· And in other news... (June 2004 )

I just picked this CD/MP3 player up for the car, to replace the stereo that was damaged when my car was broken into. It turned out that Certified Audio (where I got K's CD player, and had extremely good service) was having a MASSIVE SALE (so emphasized, because they had to rent out Edmonton SportEx center to hold it) last weekend. It was a fortunate coincidence that I'd just received the insurance cheque the Friday before. Kirsten and I wandered over to the North side after humming and hawing over whether we wanted to make the journey. I'm glad we did, because I wound up saving $130 on the deck. I likely wouldn't have spent that much to begin with, but since I had an insurance cheque and it was on sale, I decided what the heck. ;) Once the window is replaced tomorrow, I'm going to install that puppy in the car and burn a disc of MP3s to "test" it. :) Alan - since you've got an MP3 deck too - any suggestions for MP3 organizing software? (this disjointed entry brought to you by the Chemical Brothers and lack of sleep)...

· Two weird things... (June 2004 )

Weird things that have happened.

· And in other news... (June 2004 )

When'd we move to BC?

· yum! ()

yummy paprika sausage.

· Doggie-do (June 2004 )

I taught Cayce to swim!

· Theez peepl hav no lievs. (June 2004 )

Lazy people against learning right!

· Yes, this is what you think it is... (May 2004 )

We got snowed on last night....

· Fifth sentence (April 2004 )

Neat little literary meme.

· Theory.org.uk action figures (March 2004 )

Monitor toys for academics.

· for reference (March 2004 )

tool for home

· Who are you? (March 2004 )

Who are you? Let me know!

· Happy International Women's Day! ()

Wouldn't you know it? It's International Women's Day Be sure to wish your better halves a happy International Women's Day!...

· What to rent... (February 2004 )

Answer some questions, get a movie recommendation!

· eep. (January 2004 )

still bitching about the cold...

· Winter in Edmonton (January 2004 )

an unbelievable picture.

· Urgent Request (January 2004 )

Got a mac? Let me know.

· You know you're an Edmontonian when... (January 2004 )

<nobrr>

· Happy New Year (December 2003 )

A new years greeting from everyone at staticred.net

· Uszkalo exhonerated; Uszkalo found guilty (December 2003 )

A story of intrigue, suspicion, and vindication.

· Humbug! (December 2003 )

A link to A Christmas Carol

· All about Pantookas (December 2003 )

Christmas-inspired hallucinations

· Holiday cookies! (December 2003 )

cookies, yum!

· This is just a test (December 2003 )

Testing the excerpt field, and wanting to start getting in the habit of using it.

· Cat (Nap) in the Hat (December 2003 )

A quick and simple movie review for Cat in the Hat: When Kirsten and I saw the ad for the Cat in the Hat movie, she turned to me and said, "That will either be really good, or really long." It was really, really long....

· Happy Birthday Nat! (November 2003 )

Happy birthday Natalie!...

· Turkey soda (November 2003 )

Ick. I've known Jones Soda to come up with some pretty interesting flavours... but this one takes the cake....

· Science Trivia Questions of the Day! (November 2003 )

Some true/false questions about water reflecting the current temperature in Edmonton. Let's see how many you folks get right: True or false: 1. Water melts at the same temperature it freezes. 2. Water is the only material that expands when it freezes 3. Ice can transition directly to a gaseous state. 4. Salt melts ice at any temperature. 5. Ice is less dense than water....

· How to smudge. (November 2003 )

Grounding Your House: Creating the Right Energy Field for Your Home Or, how to Smudge your house. This was the least "pray to $deity" type ritual I could find....

· Sprite Ice (November 2003 )

I was thirsty and needed a pick-me-up a few minutes ago, so I nipped down to the store and got a Sprite Ice. Drinking it is like being violated by Peppermint Patty....

· Nifty! ()

In about 20 minutes, Kirsten will be flying to Baltimore from Toronto on one of these....

· Air Canada Sucks! (October 2003 )

Air Canada Sucks Kirsten just got off the phone with them... apparently they called to say that the were cancelling her flight to Baltimore (she's going to a conference) and rescheduling it... She wasn't allowed to know why it was cancelled, and no compensation was offered to her for the short notice... and, of course, the woman she was dealing with was a complete bag - saying, "I can cancel the flight entirely, if you'd like." And they wonder why people are fleeing them and going to Westjet. Update: There's apparently a "step by step" process to file a complaint with Air Canada. The steps? Deal with it your damned self. For customer service complaints, they only have a fax number. You can't actually talk directly to a person about your customer service complaints....

· Winter's here... ()

Winter's here. :PEdmonton City Centre - Canada - Current Conditions and 5 day forecast, Provided by EC Text Forecast from Environment Canada Edmonton City Centre: Issued 11:00 AM mst Tuesday 28 October 2003 Today .. Wet snow at times heavy developing near noon. Amount 2 to 5 cm. Wind east 20 km/h. High plus 4. Tonight .. Snow at times heavy. Snowfall amount 15 to 25 cm. Wind east 30 gusting to 50. Low minus 3. Wednesday .. Periods of snow. Amount 2 cm. Wind north 30 km/h. Temperature steady near minus 3. Thursday .. Cloudy with 60 percent chance of flurries. Low minus 10. High minus 3....

· soaked to the bone (October 2003 )

Dear Vancouver, It has come to my attention that we have inadvertantly received your weather, through some sort of meteorlogical mix-up. We'd like to resolve this situation as soon as possible, so that you have your rain back, and we have our sun. Please let me know as soon as possible when we can arrange the weather-swap. Yours truly, Edmonton....

· elict.org (October 2003 )

Can anyone tell me what's on this site? It's showing up as a major referrer, but I can't see anything there (could just be the work proxy)....

· These men have no girlfriends... (September 2003 )

LA Weekly: Features: Keepers of the Magic Kingdom tells the oddly compelling story of obsessive Disneyphiles - people who obsessively visit Disneyland several times a week, collect Disney memorablia (or, in one case 'ephemeral ephemera'). They know the Disney cast members, they notice if a new speaker is placed on a ride, or plants are placed around a fountain. They have memorized the entire history of every square foot of the park. Are these people mentally unhealthy, or do they just really like Disneyland? In one Disneyphile's case, a traumatic event is associated with Disneyland: his father had a heart attack there, within minutes of stepping into the park; he never got to see it as a child as a result. Another Disneyphile has seen almost every showing of "The Power of Blast", which opened in November of 2001 and performs four times a day. Sometimes she "takes off Tuesdays to run errands." Read the article, step into the world of the Disney obsessive, and decide for yourself....

· Hail to the King, Baby! (September 2003 )

I really want to see this movie. "Bubba Ho-Tep" is the "true" story of what happened to Elvis. And it stars Bruce Campbell. Could life possibly get better?...

· Favourite Movies (August 2003 )

Natalie has put out a challenge to list our favourite 100 movies... I'll see what I can come up with here, listed by director....

· Dec 17th... ()

I wonder what I'll be doing on December 17th......

· interview, cnt'd (again) (August 2003 )

Keth & Dave's questions... And as a special, added bonus, since nobody else offered, I'm forcing Anders to answer five questions....

· feelin' wonky (August 2003 )

Feeling pretty wonky right now... Keth and Dave - your questions are coming, but you probably won't get them until Monday. Update: Basically, all the stress and negative feelings I accrued working for the company I was talking about yesterday have invaded my body... my neck's near-seized, and I just feel icky. I'm looking forward to this weekend, because Kirsten and I are heading down to the mountains (there's ONE trail in the Kananaskis area that's open, and that's where we're heading. I've been pretty cranky all week, so I was raining on K's "Let's go Hiking!" parade yesterday... and now that I'm looking forward to getting into the wilderness, I feel like a heel for it, so I publicly apologize. :)...

· 5 Questions, cnt'd (August 2003 )

Squid has answered his questions... ...and so has Pam! I need two more of you kids to interview.... c'mon out of the woodwork!...

· ... (August 2003 )

So, uh. Hi. What's new?...

· The Compendium of Lost Words (August 2003 )

Compendium of Lost Words Basically, this is a collection of words that have fallen out of common use in the English language. Some of them are pretty nifty!...

· Ugh. (August 2003 )

Seriously. Who didn't see this coming? The US is in a bad way with regards to the situation in Iraq. What better timing for a great piece of anti-Iraq propaganda about their 'star soldier', Jessica Lynch? Yes, I'm sure that they'll protray the Iraqi doctor that helped her in a positive light, since it's told from his perspective... but just watch what they do with the initial 'battle' and subsequent dealings with Iraqi soldiers. The funniest thing about this, however, is that they've cast a Canadian actress to play Jessica Lynch....

· Which character are you? (August 2003 )

I always knew I was wise beyond my ears....

· believe it or not (August 2003 )

And, I have the theme song from The Greatest American Hero stuck in my head. (listen) Will the Gods' punishment never stop?...

· Hit the bigtime! (July 2003 )

I've been getting quite a few hits at the Comic Book Guy page today, and now I know why... I've hit the big time! A link to the Ask the Comic Book Guy script was posted in alt.religion.kibology, by N Gergen. Here's the bulk of the post: From: N. Gergen (gergen@armory.com) Subject: Comic Book Guy says: "Worst Government Ever!" Newsgroups: alt.religion.kibology Date: 2003-07-31 06:12:11 PST Ok, I lied. It's not the Comic Book Guy, but a Nobel laureate in Economics. Although I don't know what he does on the weekends. And just which gummint is teh WORST EVAR? Iraq? North Korea? France? http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/0,1518,258983,00.html -> Akerlof: I think this is the worst government the US has ever -> had in its more than 200 years of history. It has engaged in -> extraordinarily irresponsible policies not only in foreign and -> economic but also in social and environmental policy. This is -> not normal government policy. Now is the time for people to -> engage in civil disobedience. In order to confirm this quote, I asked over at "Ask the Comic Book Guy!" page: http://www.staticred.net/comicguy/index.php -> You asked, "Does the US indeed have the worst government ever?". -> The Comic Book Guy's words of wisdom are: -> -> Well since my breakfast burrito is congealing rapidly I will be -> blunt. No. -> You asked, "But you said...". The Comic Book Guy's words of -> wisdom are: -> -> Since my breakfast burrito is congealing rapidly I will be blunt. -> I sold your soul last night. I found a buyer right away for that -> item. -> You asked, "Uh, no more questions.". The Comic Book Guy's words -> of wisdom are: -> -> You made me get off my stool for that? Creepy, non? Wmst. N. Gergen -- "You're King Dead!"...

· IQ (July 2003 )

Hmm... according to the Emode.com IQ Test, my IQ's at 135 these days, making me (in their words) a "visionary philosopher". What do you folks score?...

· a new name... ()

From now on, I'm going to try to refer to K as QTπ. Perhaps I'll reveal why later. :)...

· Email address change... (July 2003 )

Just a note: I'm changing my email address to webmaster@staticred.net, as I won't be renewing the nasty.cx domain next year. So update your address books!...

· ssssssss (July 2003 )

To check out from home: Welcome to Steam...

· Cat update (July 2003 )

Kirsten just got back from the vet's with Heidegger... apparently he's healing up just fine. But we did find out he has another condition we didn't know about: Obsessive Licking Disorder. I kid you not. The entire time Heidegger's been in his cone, he's been very steadfast about keeping it clean... he'd often sit there for minutes licking the inside of the cone. We just assumed that he was doing it because he couldn't groom anything else! ;)...

· BANZAI! ()

I don't really know what FOX! FOX! FOX! BANZAI! BANZAI! BANZAI! is, but I know their web ads are annoying the hell out of me....

· Publish and perish (July 2003 )

Dissertation Could Be Security Threat (TechNews.com)Invariably, he said, they suggest his work be classified. "Classify my dissertation? Crap. Does this mean I have to redo my PhD?" he said. "They're worried about national security. I'm worried about getting my degree." For academics, there always has been the imperative to publish or perish. In Gorman's case, there's a new concern: publish and perish. It doesn't surprise me in the least that the subject of the article, Sean Gorman, would be more concerned about his degree than national security. Having seen first-hand the blood, sweat and tears that goes into getting your PhD through K's efforts, I can't imagine someone wanting to give up years of research, especially when the research is comprised of publicly available material. Gorman says he is facing a dilemma with his research between publishing as an expert in his field, and preserving national security. Since his research uses publicly available material, however, how much of a threat to security is it? Yes, it makes that information easier to access -- but the information is already out there. It opens interesting questions: should the government have the right to shut down research projects? If so, what are the criteria for shutting down a project, and who should wield the authority to do so?...

· Hi there... (July 2003 )

By the way, I see someone from one of my old employers is lurking around the site again.... c'mon, don't be shy... say hi!...

· This just in... (July 2003 )

Vancouver has been selected to host the Winter 2010 Olympics Yay our team!...

· Test your Canadiana quotient. (July 2003 )

The CBC is running a Canada Day 2003 Survey to test your Canadiana knowledge. There's a couple quizzes linked off the site... I did pretty well, scoring 100% on the Dominion Institute poll. :) Apparently, the rest of the country didn't do quite as well. Only 38% of young adults passed, according to the article. There's a strong sense among Canadians that Canadian history isn't all that interesting, or important. As a result, a lot of Canadians know very little about their own country. Having studied Canadian history, I know the above to not be true; Canadian history is quite rich, and full of interesting stories. Some of these are:The Underground Railroad The Avro Arrow William Lyon Mackenzie King, the Prime Minister responsible for unemployment insurance, family allowance, "conscription if necessary, but not necessarily conscription", and gaining political advice from his dog and deceased mother. the Métis, a group that is alternately glorified and villified by Canadian history, depending on the year....

· Happy Canada Day... ()

Happy Canada Day! I'm in the office today, because I took yesterday off for a long weekend. It's quiet here, and was eerily quiet on the bike ride in. Though I did catch a glimpse of a Canadian SuperFan, who I'll post tonight (if the shot is decent... I was pretty rushed at the time). What are you doing today?...

· wikipedia (June 2003 )

I just spent some time on Wikipedia. An interesting concept in gathering knowledge, for sure (and not banned by the company proxy, like everything2 is)....

· So I'm right-brained... (June 2003 )

Mind Media Brain Persuasion Test Your Brain Usage Profile Auditory : 46% Visual : 53% Left : 38% Right : 61% Summary of results in the entry......

· Boring 3D... (June 2003 )

Boring3D Daily Archive Very nifty 3D renderings......

· Birthday list, cont'd (June 2003 )

Just thought of another thing to put on the birthday list.... a topographical map of the kananaskis country. It costs about $10, and I'll get one for myself after my birthday anyways... but it's a thought. ;)...

· It's Monday (June 2003 )

Hi....

· webmessenger (June 2003 )

WebMessenger Something to install when I get home....

· haystack (June 2003 )

Something to check out at home: Haystack Our research seeks to bring modern information management and retrieval technologies to the average computer user in order to make computers a more compelling place for users to interact with their information. Haystack looks into the use of artificial intelligence techniques for analyzing unstructured information and providing more accurate retrieval. We also deal with the modeling, management, and display of user data in more natural and useful ways.Update: I tried haystack last night, and the authors weren't lying about how slow it was... it took 20 minutes to load everything, and was glacially slow to use. I think it'll have to wait until I get a new processor and more RAM before playing with it in any detail....

· since it's going around... (May 2003 )

The haxor handle of darren is "Ghost Death". What's yours? Enter your name: So far, I think mine is the coolest. :)...

· I love the CBC (April 2003 )

CBC Archives Quite literally, days of entertainment to be found here....

· leet speak for reference... (April 2003 )

Leet-speak For my own reference, for a future project....

· west nile... ()

As some of you may already know, the West Nile Virus is coming to Alberta. But no worries! Alberta has a West Nile plan in place. Instead of spraying for mosquitoes, they're embarking on a public education campaign about how to prevent yourself from getting West Nile. The basic message: "Don't get bit by mosquitoes." Wow! Thanks! Next time I see a mosquito, I'll look it square in the eye and say "No thank you, mister mosquito. You're not allowed to bite me! Stay away, or I'll hit you with this shoe! I mean it!"...

· Huzzah for the Internet! (April 2003 )

I love the Internet. About a week and a half ago, we lost the free cable we so enjoyed for the previous year and a half. Sure, we weren't paying for it (it was a great side-effect of the older cable internet network we were on... they couldn't filter out the full cable signal, so when you got a cablemodem connected, you also got full cable), but it was still a shock ot the system. Today, thanks to Foz, I stumbled across Torrents. Basically, Torrents is a way to grab the latest episodes of all your favourite shows, usinb BitTorrent. I think we'll be checking this out in much more detail when I get home tonight....

· colour me happy... (February 2003 )

I've just placed the #1 and #2 rankings on Google for edmonton web designer. Yee ha!...

· and now, a shameless plug (February 2003 )

Profile > The Fabulous Beefeeders" href="http://www.edmontonplus.ca/profile/812886/">The Fabulous Beefeeders The guy at our local quickie mart is part of this band, a 70s rock/funk combo... they're playing tonight and tomorrow night at the Sidetrack Cafe. If you're in Edmonton, and don't already have plans for tonight, you can meet Kirsten and I there for their show at 9....

· out of work blues ()

Looks like I'll definitely have a job by 2011...

· take over the world! (February 2003 )

help staticred take over the world in Referer Risk!...

· flash game (February 2003 )

Gridlock is an annoyingly addictive little flash puzzle game....

· Great Flash (January 2003 )

This is a fantastic use of flash. It's an explanation of Kubrick's 2001: A Space Oddysey. Go watch it now!...

· bandwidth thief! (January 2003 )

This is what happens when you steal my images, and don't bother putting them on your own server.... :)...

· please note! (January 2003 )

Just got this from my friendly, neighbourhood sysadmin... Monday January 20th the ufies.org box will be going down (along with, of course, all associated services and hosted sites) between 9 and 10am PST. I don't anticipate the box being down for an extended amount of time (more than an hour or two). "...

· Addictive Java game (January 2003 )

trials - dna internet. Highly addictive....

· CSDiff (January 2003 )

ComponentSoftware Visual Diff for Windows just made my night MUCH easier. It's basically diff (a unix app that identifies differences between two files) for windows, but gives you the ability to read Word files, and outputs as a Word file with changes highlighted. It probably saved me an hour's worth of work....

· in other news... (January 2003 )

Microsoft just spammed me. Subject: Slamming spam is the best revenge. Do it now! It was a spam for MSN, claiming that using MSN will help me reduce me spam. Stupid muggles....

· Things I've learned today. (December 2002 )

Today, I learned that hash brownies have an Edmonton connection. It seems that hash brownies were pioneered by the Edmonton artist Brion Gysin [artist bio]. I'm so proud....

· nifty. (December 2002 )

I just got to use the term 'killer app'. That is all....

· the first. (December 2002 )

DNA/HHGG Infocom Adventure This was the first computer game I ever played. I never managed to get past the Vogon poetry....

· sweet! (December 2002 )

I'm now result #7 for Google Search: comic book guy Those cease & desist letters should come any day now....

· meh. ()

Urge to kill....rising......

· arachnophobia (November 2002 )

The spiders are starting to take over the world!...

· stupid blowhard! (November 2002 )

Some American blowhard posted a stupid comment to one of my old entries... Fuck all Canucks.I hate their vile guts cause they hate Americans just because we beat shit out of them when they started a war in U.S. in 1812.Canadians are asshole hypocrites,condemning American warfare while they support the Brits and Castro in all their sneaky imperialist shit. --Greg Ackers...

· The Incredible Hulk... ()

Stan Lee is Suing Marvel......

· now that's a club. (November 2002 )

The God of the Month Club Every month, a different deity to worship. Cover your bases, and worship them all!...

· what style of learning suits you best? (November 2002 )

The Multiple Intelligence Inventory is a test which tells you what styles of learning you are best suited to use. Here's my results... it turns out I'm best suited to "Musical Learning"...

· 50 places.. ()

the BBC's 50 Places to see before you die I've been to 6 of them: 3. Florida (once) 11. Canadian Rockies (too many times to count) 15. Niagara Falls (it's not worth the trip) 23. Yosemite (as a kid... it's time to go back) 24. Hawaii (meh.) 36. San Fransisco (twice) How many have you folks gone to?...

· whee (November 2002 )

This article gives new meaning to the phrase, "They're working me sick"...

· there goes the last musician.. (November 2002 )

RollingStone.com: News: Tom Petty Is Pissed Tom Petty's got some stuff to say about the music industry, and culture in general....

· happy guy fawkes day ()

The Traditions Of Guy Fawkes Night...

· which means... (November 2002 )

I can post this site, which promises "an astounding discovery will be revealed to the world" on March 8, 2003....

· fun (November 2002 )

gamebutton arcade - fun with Javascript...

· for those of you... ()

For those of you who haven't seen Bowling for Columbine yet: locations it can be seen in. For the BC people: The 5th ave theatre is easy to find. Head into Vancouver, take the Grandview Hwy exit, drive along 10th ave (grandview Hwy) until you hit Burrard and turn right. It's on your right, a block or two before the Labatt's brewery....

· now THAT is cool. ()

It looks like I'm in the top 5 for css guru on Google....

· I wish this was a hoax... (October 2002 )

O.J. No Longer 'Percent Sure' He is Innocent If you ever doubted OJ's intelligence before, this is the article for you......

· tronrific (October 2002 )

A techno artist called Amon Tobin has a video out that's pretty reminiscent of Tron... [Quicktime] Listening to the song (which I really liked), it occurred to me that this sort of music is really post-verbal......

· GAAH! (October 2002 )

Just when you think a particular film maker can't sink any lower, they do....

· oldness ()

Going through some old site designs, I came across some old links... f ” ® s T - m o ń d @ „ Metropolis Magazine Core 77 Design Magazine Publish: The how-to and know-how to publish on the web...

· ? (October 2002 )

What ever happened to Pong?...

· #1 source... (September 2002 )

I've been getting a few comments on my entry about Nigerian spam, so I figured I'd see how people were getting here. It seems I'm the #1 source of all things Prince Marthins spam related on Google. In fact, I'm the ONLY source for "prince marthins spam" on the web. It's enough to make a guy feel all special inside....

· you know... (September 2002 )

I've never understood why geeks use ^H^H^H^H^H when a simple ^W is so much more efficient....

· This makes me very sad... (September 2002 )

An article in the Globe & Mail made me very sad... It seems some alzheimers patients are being forced to relive life in the Holocaust by their disease....

· in deference to the Maestro (September 2002 )

Today's turned into a "Listen to old Canadian pop hits" day... I'm listening to Maestro Fresh Wes, Dream Warriors, Rusty and Rainbow Butt Monkeys... What are you listening to today?...

· *yawn* ()

I just spent way too much time tracking down MP3s from two old Canadian bands - Rainbow Butt Monkeys (yes, it was a real band - they're now known as Finger 11) and Rusty. If any of y'all are looking for them, let me know - I can now help you out. ;)...

· I used to live there... (September 2002 )

It appears there's been a drive-by shooting on the street I used to live on a few years ago. I'm not sure, but I think it's even the block we were on. Creepy!...

· moved... (August 2002 )

I moved the image of Moe Bush inside the entry... it was too eerie looking at my website, and seeing Dubyah's smiling face looking back at me....

· cryptic note #23 (August 2002 )

If you really care about someone's well-being, you'll tell them to take a good opportunity being given to them, rather than hold them back for your own benefit....

· you can shake his hand... ()

Just about anyone will be able to shake the hand (or foot, or just about anything else) of "Steady Ed" Headrick, the inventor of the modern Frisbee. Sort of. "Steady Ed" passed away on the 12th, and there are some very odd plans for his ashes. As it turns out, his ashes will be used to make several limited edition Frisbees, given to family and friends, and sold to help fund a Frisbee Golf museum. "Oh, that Ed... he's so flighty."...

· sleep deprivation induced touretts syndrom (August 2002 )

so my life continues down the long slippery road to shitsville. kirsten c uszkalo» disgruntled blog pirate....

· yuck ()

Why is it the Lion King's circle of life is significantly less appealing when it is played out by two flys mating on your keyboard kirsten c uszkalo» disgruntled blog pirate....

· prophets and blogger and pirates OH MY! (August 2002 )

The prophetic self is neither entirely transcended of sublimated. Rather, as an editorial authority, she frames her own text. Her voice speaks for God. She protexts herself from textal violence by splitting verbal and interpretive subjectivity between her possition as active translator, informed but passive speaker and critical authoritative editor. kirsten c uszkalo » blog pirate....

· *snap* what if they are hiding too? ()

Is it possible that what ealry modern sectarian women see in thier visions, is so awesom and terrible, that the prophet must remove herself and textually return ownership to God? Does she proclaim, trembling in the margins, "This is HIS!" to shield her own frightened soul from the torture of prophecy? kirsten c uszkalo » blog pirate....

· Kirsten goes crazy, steals blog-news at 11 ()

I think I am becoming a hermit. kirsten c uszkalo » blog pirate....

· From the makers of the least scariest movie on earth... ()

There's a new movie coming out, fear.com that I've resolved to Never See In A Million Years. Why, you may ask, would I make such a statement about a movie I've never actually seen? Here's why: 1. It's made by the same people who made House on Haunted Hill, a movie that scared me only by being so pathetically NOT scary. A movie who spawned such memorable lines as, "The house doesn't care what's fair, who lives or dies. Know why? Cause it's a fucking HOUSE!" 2. They didn't even bother to secure the domain 'fear.com'; the actual film website is www.feardotcom.com. Shouldn't that be reflected in the movie's title? For what it's worth, Fear.com (the real site, not the movie site) looks like a very interesting project: "Questioning the wisdom of FDR's statement daily..."...

· new meanings to the master of my own domain (August 2002 )

Somebody needs to buy me this....

· camera goodness (August 2002 )

And speaking of photographs, someone in the States should buy this for me - I'll be your best friend if ya do. ;) Update: Here's the charger....

· great big sky ()

This, by the way, is the original picture used for the header above. Nothing's been done to this - the clouds were just that well-defined. Oh, and for those who are curious, this is what I look like without a beard. (I shaved it off in the beginning of July, and started growing it back about 5 seconds later. It was scary and unnatural. Thankfully, it's back to its old, flourishing self again. God bless facial hair!)...

· *yawn* ()

My God. The last few days have been like BC up here. Nothing but rain for the last 3 days, and rain forecast for the next 6 days! It's funny, but you really don't realize how much better the constant sun in Alberta makes you feel until you're cloistered under a ceiling of clouds. The weather may also explain why I've been feeling so tired this week. :P...

· it's coming! (July 2002 )

It's just about time again for yet another Edmonton Fringe Festival. The list of players is already out, and I'm ecstatic to see that our favourite Shakespearian(ish) troup, Sound&Fury is back with a NEW production: "Canned Hamlet." A lot of the old stand-bys are there, such as Merrie Mary, Nikolai, Bikeboy and DIE NASTY (an ongoing parody of soap operas. Supposed to be extremely funny, but I've never seen it). There are some new kids on the block too, such as Pamila's Porn Story Hour, which beg to be checked out. And, I just discovered that the Group Formerly Known as Mind the Walrus Productions has regrouped to become Hidden Insanity Theatre. Mind the Walrus was our first direct exposure to the Fringe Festival. When K and I first moved up to Edmonton in August of 1999, we had to live in the University of Alberta dorms. (why is another story for another time. Basic reason: landlord wouldn't give us our apartment until Sept 1; we moved up for Aug 15, after he told us we could move in immediately). Mind the Walrus was also billeted at the University, in the same section of the dorm as we were in. As a result, K got to know several of the players quite well while I was working, and we went to catch their show. After that summer, they disbanded... I'm happy to see that some of them regrouped to form a new troup, and we'll have to see if we can catch one of their shows this year....

· Happy SysAdmin Day... ()

Today is the day - go hug your sysadmin and tell him how much you appreciate him. (Gifts of caffeine greatly appreciated)...

· Employing a Hacker (July 2002 )

The Hacker FAQ The thought of editing this for creative people came up today at work, as one of the projects I'm working on with Creative was micromanaged to hell and back this morning....

· Odd email... ()

I got a very odd email this morning from "Ryan and Jacob"...

· spam fightin' (July 2002 )

I stumbled across a great hosts file here. Grab this and put it on your system to block out pretty much all of those damned ad servers. (UNIX users put this in /etc. Windows 2000 users, put this in c:\winnt\system32\drivers\etc. Windowd 9x users, put this in c:\windows\system)...

· neat... (July 2002 )

I was looking for some info on an old Lincoln Continental, when this fell into my browser - an early draft of the script for The Matrix....

· Happy Independance Day (July 2002 )

Happy July 4th to all my 'Murrican friends....

· dug this up from the archives... (July 2002 )

Happy Canada Day!...

· Star Trek Nemesis trailer (June 2002 )

guh!...

· how much d'ya love me? (June 2002 )

Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Trailer - this is the longer, bootleg version of the Two Towers trailer. (19.3MB, Zipped)...

· you can tell it's friday... (June 2002 )

...when the topic of heated debate in Webdesign-L is the pronounciation of GIF....

· soak up those rays... ()

Happy Solstice!...

· Weird web (June 2002 )

Where's George? - Some people have too much spare time....

· music picks ()

MP3.com - Jack Off Jill Good angry music - similar in style to liveonrelease and old Bif Naked....

· product placement ()

Has anyone else tried Vanilla Coke? I'm undecided on whether or not I like it (after having bought a case... sorry honey)...

· Which classic car are you? (May 2002 )

You are the 1955 Ford Fairlane Crown Victoria. Take the Which Classic Car Are You? quiz! By Harry and Bren....

· Sam Raimi is a GOD. (May 2002 )

Saw Spiderman last night, and Sam Raimi just made Deity status, right alongside Peter Jackson for his efforts. Despite paying a record $27 for K and I to get in (she treated me to the movie, which is why I love her), we were not disappointed. Raimi did an outstanding job in directing and David Koepp did a great job with the screenplay. There were so many great moments in the film, but possibly the best were Raimi-isms that made it in (such as spoiler and spoiler). The casting was perfect as well... Toby McGuire made a great Peter Parker, and nobody but Willem DeFoe could have pulled off the Green Goblin. It was also great to see Raimi's trademarks showing up: Bruce Campbell, his brother Ted, and the old 1973 Delta '88. It's good to know that as long as Raimi's around, none of these will be without work....

· wow! (May 2002 )

I had no idea so much stuff happened on June 18, my Birthday... Find out what happened on your birthday......

· Survey says... (May 2002 )

According to my stats, one of the main search terms this month is "creating a website for a startup company.' Is that why y'all are dropping by? I wonder if that's what my next article should be about. I actually am starting to think about the next series of articles I'll write, because I have exactly 2 weeks (if the contract is renewed) to come up with something. The articles in progress you can see at the top right of the screen there. What would you guys like me to write about? Thoughts at the moment are: Content Management Systems Intro to SSI & ASP Surviving the Deadline - Time Management Techniques Anything else?...

· witchily good (May 2002 )

Salem Witch Trials Archive - a complete archive of all documentation pertaining to the Salem Witch Trials. Includes court records, maps, and contemporary literary material....

· Nethack is my god. (May 2002 )

NetHack - Falcon's Eye a total rework of NetHack to display in a Diablo-like manner... check it out!...

· designers need groovier things ()

This is what my Work Desktop looks like these days... neat, eh?...

· One ring to rule them all... (April 2002 )

Thanks to Joe, I now have a local copy of a Two Towers trailer. You can view it here (in glorious ASF)....

· new issue of nasty out. (March 2002 )

It's time to get a little nasty....

· Hitch-hiking will be easier, I bet. (March 2002 )

Apologies to my faithful reader for not updating all that much over the past few days. I've been riding an extreme stress high, and haven't had much time to spend with the content of the site. But I did manage to find a funny news item for today; apparently the thumb has become the most dextrous digit in people under 25, due to excessive mobile phone / gameboy / arcade usage. Wonder what the human hand will look like in a thousand years?...

· *sigh* (March 2002 )

Seems like everyone's heading off to South by Southwest Interactive... One of these days I'd love to go, but $250USD just to attend is more than I really want to spend. Maybe one of these days, an employer will pay for me to go down there. ;)...

· This could change everything. ()

Chinese explorers 'discovered America' - MARCH 5, 2002 - according to this article, the Chinese may have charted the way to the Americas as early as 1420 CE, mapping Australia, the Cape of Good Hope and the Straits of Magellan. If this hypothesis is true, it makes the ancient Chinese an even more advanced civilization than previously thought (and that's pretty advanced)....

· arrrgle. (March 2002 )

This story annoys me. Two amateur treasure hunters came across an important archaeolgical find in the hills of Germany, a circular disc "depicting the heavens with sun, moon and stars . . . at least 3,600 years old." It was eventually sold for enough money to "buy a stereo and some beers," then hawked on the international antiquities black market. The context of this piece has been forever destroyed. We'll likely never know where it came from, or who the people who produced it were. It's a significant find, because it places astonomical knowledge far earlier in Europe than originally thought. Yet without the context, this knowledge is utterly useless....

· nice and symmetrical. that's me. (March 2002 )

So which letter of the alphabet matches YOUR personality, huh?...

· looks pretty groovy (February 2002 )

Looks like Jesus is Back, and he's got an e-commerce site....

· mover & a shaker (February 2002 )

Found a cute little flash animation... weird, but neat....

· Happy V-Day ()

Happy Valentines Day... And for those of you out there who don't revel in the day, Happy Anti-Valentines Day!...

· ok... 'fess up... (February 2002 )

OK, 'fess up... who sent me a secret kiss from SecretlyKissed.com? I'm not going to go through their obstacle course to find out (I don't especially want to perpetuate this thing), so I'm counting on the guilty party to step forward and confess. ;)...

· nooooooo....... (February 2002 )

A Future For Futurama Petition First the bastards cancelled The Tick. Now they're cancelling Futurama -- when will the madness end??? Go sign that petition NOW!...

· three more little words... 'Thank you Carole'. ()

Welcome to those who followed the link from netdiver. Here's the link you're looking for....

· woohoo... ()

It looks like Lord of the Rings has swept the nominations in the 74th Annual Academy Awards -- with 13! (hat tip to joe) LoTR is up against "A Beautiful Mind", "Gosford Park", "In the Bedroom" and "Moulin Rouge" in the Best Picture category. Moulin Rouge and A Beautiful Mind are really its only competitors... here's hopin'...

· yours, for only 5 easy payments... (February 2002 )

Three magic little words that will help stop telemarketing......

· -- for foz (February 2002 )

Google Programming Contest...

· the last of the hitlers... (February 2002 )

CNN has an interesting story about Hitler's great nephews......

· Language Policing ()

LSSU's Banished Words 2002...

· Get yer kilt and prepare the haggis! (January 2002 )

Mith-ology: Happy Robert Burns Day! - I totally forgot. Bad scotsman!...

· the next Kevin Smith flick... (January 2002 )

Vulgar -a Kevin Smith film I haven't seen before......

· happy MLK day (January 2002 )

Happy Martin Luther King Day to our southern neighbours....

· glTron r0x0rs (January 2002 )

The glTron Homepage -- great little game to waste some time with......

· they never should have left Vancouver... (January 2002 )

Fox to close ``X-Files'' in May Yes! This show should have died YEARS ago!...

· oh the horror. (January 2002 )

They replaced my Simpsons and Malcolm in the Middle last night with this fecid pile of manure. How low is Fox/CBS/etc willing to go with these stupid game shows? What's next -- "Who wants to be a murderer?"...

· way fscking cool. (January 2002 )

This is a very cool contest. Seems some guy has a whack of frequent flyer miles and is offering to give them to the person who can come up with the most provocative travel plans. The catch? You have to keep an interesting web journal of your travel experiences. (link via caitriona)...

· Idiots! (December 2001 )

It's very rarely that you'll catch me blogging about sports, but this just couldn't escape. Brian Burke, the complete moron 'running' the Vancouver Canucks, traded away Brashear for some Czech guy from Philidelphia. Brashear! One of the few guys on the team that was sure to make the game interesting, if not successful. If they're serious about running a good team, they need to really take a hard look at their management. Lord knows, we've changed everyone else....

· no wonder they're so hard to get rid of... (November 2001 )

According to fossils found, Cockroaches were alive before dinosaurs -- up to 300 million years ago....

· ah, ancient history... (May 2001 )

I found this page by accident today... it's a historical list of BBS's in North America. Some of you may know that I used to run a BBS before I became the great Internet personality I am today. Dirk Gently's Holistic BBS / Holistic BBS / Fascination Street OIS used to be my home, from '92-'96 (they got the dates wrong in the list). I wasn't like the rest of the BBS's in town, which were all Online Games, large filebases and (more often than not) pirated commercial software. Fascination Street turned into something entirely different. Our downloads consisted (after time) mostly of text files, focussing on the occult and alternate religions. I spent a lot of time trying to create a place where people could talk freely and comfortably about their beliefs. One of the regulars, Larry Ingersoll (a pseudonym used by Samuel Wagar, someone who later went on to cause quite the scandal in BC politics) was a Wiccan high priest. He and I set up 'lessons' for the other board members, as a primer to Wicca. We had a small, but great bunch on that board -- I was very sad to shut it down when I moved in '96. Some of the members are still friends today -- most have faded away. If you were a member of Fascination Street, or Holistic BBS, drop me a note - I'd love to hear from you....

· erp. (April 2001 )

Wow. Fundamentalist Christians will believe anything....

· we interrupt your regularly scheduled inanity for the following public service announcement... ()

My public service announcement for the day: Poisonous plant mislabelled as 'tasty in soups'...

· whee... (April 2001 )

Plastic | "Whatever It Takes" -- Defending Taiwan, Dubya Throws Out Two Decades Of US-China PolicyLots of discussion over at plastic.com...

· feh! (April 2001 )

You know, just when you think your view of humanity is on the upswing, you read something like this....

· ha! (April 2001 )

RIAA Challenges SDMI Attack has been mirrored here....

· oh the humanity! ()

This is what happens when a climber waits too long to go climbing. Rectangles, yeesh! (Btw: a square is technically a rectangle :) )...

· Love, peace and Linux (April 2001 )

You know... this is pretty radical for IBM... It seems they've finally started to break the black-tie image they've held on to for so long......

· Hitting it right on the nose... (April 2001 )

Caught this little rant about Mulder on The Gillian Anderson Experience:The guy's a dickweed, let's face that, first and foremost. Yeah his character is necessary to the show, rah rah, yeah yeah, his quest, his X-Files, his enormous cajones. But the guy's an asshole. Always has been, always will be. If you don't think that that's an essential part of his character, you've been watching a different show for the last eight years. all I can say is huzzah! :)...

· blast from the past... (April 2001 )

LEGO(R) Instructions and Catalog Scans...

· Welcome to Vancouver, black hole of the sports team universe... (April 2001 )

Seems we made someone's cool site list. Dude. All I can say is at least you don't have to deal with the Pro Sports Teams Curse (the Canucks, the Grizz...). 'nuff said. ;)...

· Punk Pioneer Joey Ramone Dead ()

Punk Pioneer Joey Ramone Dead At 49Gabba Gabba Hey....

· wowza. (April 2001 )

fixed bad linkBeoplayer - this is the MP3 player I've *always* wanted. It turns out Bang & Olufsen, creators of some damned fine audio equipment, have put out their own MP3 player. It's incredible. Not only does it stay visually OUT of the way when it's not being interacted with, but it is intuitive & easy to use when it IS visually prominent. Though its minimalistic design is very nice (would have been nicer if you could change its appearance/colors). But here's the killer feature: It organizes your MP3s in the following manner (with collapsable trees): Album/Artist/Genre/Playlist/Folder. No longer do I have to search through a long, long list of MP3s to find the right artist or album -- beoplayer makes it much, much faster to browse.About the only negative point against it is that it's a Windows-only application -- no Mac (which is surprising, given the partnering of B&O-heads and Mac-heads), no Linux. 'course, if the design catches on, it may only be a matter of time until Xmms/GQMpeg decide to add in elements of beoplayer....

· For crying out loud, let it GO already! ()

CNN.com - Members of Congress consider slapping sanctions on China - April 15, 2001Members of Congress on Sunday were considering sanctions against China in response to its detainment of a U.S. military surveillance crew. For crying out loud. Let it go already - you got your people back, you didn't have to apologize, just let it go....

· what to get for the Scotsman that has everything... (April 2001 )

What to get the Scotsman who's got everything (cos he sure as hell won't have this!): the Utilikilt. {nods to fozbaca}...

· Ah, those were the days. ()

caught in channel today, talking about working support... hmmm .. at work: "Hi Maria, I have $LUSER from $PLACE saying that he is having problems with his email" "can you tell them I have died, and will call them back when i have reincarnated?" "no"...

· Hear, hear! (April 2001 )

I'd forgotten how much I love the Discovery channel.Whether you like it or fear it, the Internet is the ultimate testament to the rise of the nerd....

· zombierific (December 1999 )

i'm dead tired today. and i don't know why. i had a bundle of energy this morning, and stuck around the house to be with k (sure it made me late for work, but it was worth it).. but it seems the closer i got to work, the more tired i became. it could be because i was run off my feet yesterday. i've had to start getting things ready here at work for my big 2-week move to vancouver (vacationing only, don't worry)... it could also have something to do with the fact that i ran around after work shopping with k, after eating far too little dinner (just wasn't hungry. i'll know to eat anyways next time). i did have an entry for yesterday, by the way... i wasn't able to finish it on time, or post it for that matter. i'd planned on finishing it up last night, but k and i were out shopping far too late (but, on the bright side, we only have two people left to buy for. by the time we had got back and wrapped all our presents.. well, we were both too tired to do anything else. and today, i'm too tired to even sit upright. now, normally i sit at my desk at an angle - i hate sitting straight-on at a desk. but today, i'm slumped over, leaning *real* hard on one elbow, trying to maintain some semblance of uprightedness. and failing. oh... just as a note, my email address is going to be changing in january. mark down 'solas@ufies.org' as the new address. for now it'll forward through to my normal @direct.ca address, but that may change when i get the cablemodem in january. we're 100 percent, for sure leaving on sunday. if you're really lucky, and i have my computer set up by then (not likely), i'll do up a quick journal entry to let you all know k & i got to the valley in one piece. for sure i'll have one on monday. so. how tired are you?...