so i'm sitting on the bus on my way to work this morning and there's this guy napping in a pair of seats a little bit ahead of me... i don't think anything of it, of course, because that sort of thing happens - public transit can be very interesting that way... he's not the cleanest cut guy in the world but he didn't exactly look homeless either... still, when he got off the bus and proceeded to unzip his pants and piss in the grass just past the sidewalk it's hard to come to any other conclusion...
and that's why i love public transit... not because i get to see guys writing their names in the grass (that i can definitely do without) but because it makes life so much more interesting... i'd miss out on so much weirdness if i were driving a car to work everyday...
Monday, January 30, 2006
it's that time of year again
well, another birthday has come and gone for my good friend mark robinson who left to live the life of riley down in the british virgin islands... still no word, no idea if he's alive or dead (hey, with mother nature kicking so much ass last year it could have happened)...
oh well... happy birthday mark...
y'know, i really ought to do this for other people i've lost track of too... who knows when they'll be searching for me or themselves online...
oh well... happy birthday mark...
y'know, i really ought to do this for other people i've lost track of too... who knows when they'll be searching for me or themselves online...
Tuesday, January 24, 2006
linkroll test
so, i'm trying something new, i don't know if this will work but if it does then below should be a list of links to descriptions of tv shows (that i happen to like)
that's a javascript linkroll that shows some of my del.icio.us bookmarks
that's a javascript linkroll that shows some of my del.icio.us bookmarks
Monday, January 23, 2006
my loony toons adventures
y'know if i'm not crashing into walls wile-e-coyote style, it's something else just as comical... like last friday - i'm late for work but they're expecting me late because i have a dental appointment... i'm right on schedule for making the dental appointment too until i slip and fall down in the mud (yes, i slipped and fell down in mud in january in canada - and some people don't believe in global warming)...
my left knee, my butt, my left elbow and hand are all smeared with mud at this point and i have to rush back home and change my clothes and wash my hand and hurry back out in hopes of getting to the dentist in time... only it was already laundry day and i didn't have any clean clothes so i had to dig through my laundry bag for a pair of pants to wear (even dirty pants wouldn't have been as dirty as pants smeared with mud)... and it's not as though i have a bunch of spare jackets lying around - it's a good thing it was so warm, it gave me the luxury of going back out without my now mud smeared jacket... of course if you do that it's always a good idea to make sure you get the important contents from your jacket - you know, like keys and bus fare... oh well, at least i got to the dentist alright...
my left knee, my butt, my left elbow and hand are all smeared with mud at this point and i have to rush back home and change my clothes and wash my hand and hurry back out in hopes of getting to the dentist in time... only it was already laundry day and i didn't have any clean clothes so i had to dig through my laundry bag for a pair of pants to wear (even dirty pants wouldn't have been as dirty as pants smeared with mud)... and it's not as though i have a bunch of spare jackets lying around - it's a good thing it was so warm, it gave me the luxury of going back out without my now mud smeared jacket... of course if you do that it's always a good idea to make sure you get the important contents from your jacket - you know, like keys and bus fare... oh well, at least i got to the dentist alright...
everytthing old is new again
y'know, i used to blog fun stuff like this but it's been a while... i came to realize that hunting for fun stuff to blog about wasn't really a very productive use of my time and there really are lots of things i want to get done...
that said, when i stumbled across this, i just couldn't help myself... i mean really - who wouldn't want this flying car i found on the raw feed?
that said, when i stumbled across this, i just couldn't help myself... i mean really - who wouldn't want this flying car i found on the raw feed?
Sunday, January 22, 2006
today's demolition is brought to you by the number google
ok, google isn't a number, a googol is... but this video is definitely demolition... i've always wondered what thermite melting through an engine block would look like... now i know...
Monday, January 16, 2006
weird garbage
so i'm walking along to work this morning when i see some packaging on the ground up ahead of me... it was a familiar style of packaging - clear plastic with a cardboard backing so that you can see the product... the void in the clear plastic, though, was a shape i was not expecting to see... somewhat conical for the most part, flaring out at the widest point to 3 or 4 inches... it's - i don't know, a christmas tree shaped space in the packaging... hold on, i'll draw a picture
and as i walked by i was able to make out the label on the packaging - it said butt plug... yes, that's right it was the discarded packaging from a butt plug...
now i've seen used condoms and condom wrappers in parks (and sometimes even on the sidewalk on city streets, and the reaction some people make when they step on that and realize what it is is quite humourous) but this was a first...
can you imagine? someone was so enthusiastic about their new toy that they couldn't wait until they got home... they had to break it out of the packaging right then and there and then what? drop trou' right there and try it on/in? nevermind the fact that it's farking cold out there... and then there's the whole size issue - 3-4 inches wide (not around, but across)... ouch!
it's a weird world out there, that's for darn sure...
and as i walked by i was able to make out the label on the packaging - it said butt plug... yes, that's right it was the discarded packaging from a butt plug...
now i've seen used condoms and condom wrappers in parks (and sometimes even on the sidewalk on city streets, and the reaction some people make when they step on that and realize what it is is quite humourous) but this was a first...
can you imagine? someone was so enthusiastic about their new toy that they couldn't wait until they got home... they had to break it out of the packaging right then and there and then what? drop trou' right there and try it on/in? nevermind the fact that it's farking cold out there... and then there's the whole size issue - 3-4 inches wide (not around, but across)... ouch!
it's a weird world out there, that's for darn sure...
what kind of girl are you interested in?
have you heard that question? i certainly have... i never really had a good answer but i was asked it last friday, and so soon after a commenter on the blog mentioned that i was probably single (i am, i admit it) it got me to thinking... how does a guy decide what kind of girl he's interested in?
i've always been a fly by the seat of my pants sort of guy, i always figured i'd know what i want when i saw it... and it's not like that hasn't happened yet, either, but i don't really see that the girls who've piqued my interest actually fall into a particular type or category... aside from all of them being female (yes, that is a requirement), physically fit, and caucasian, they didn't really have much in common... long hair or short hair, brown hair or red hair or blond hair, tall or short, scientist or artist or other, voluptuous or not so much, girl-next-door or something more, etc...
oh, wait, there is one other thing they all seemed to have in common - they weren't particularly interested in me... i think i'm going to leave that out of the specification, though...
they were all pretty (nobody's specifically looking for an ugly girlfriend), at least to my eyes... i guess they've all been warm hearted too... and had good senses of humour...
do those attributes qualify as a type? i dunno... i think i'm going to continue with my i'll know it when i see it strategy, though, cause sticking to a type is too much like following rules... i don't like rules...
i've always been a fly by the seat of my pants sort of guy, i always figured i'd know what i want when i saw it... and it's not like that hasn't happened yet, either, but i don't really see that the girls who've piqued my interest actually fall into a particular type or category... aside from all of them being female (yes, that is a requirement), physically fit, and caucasian, they didn't really have much in common... long hair or short hair, brown hair or red hair or blond hair, tall or short, scientist or artist or other, voluptuous or not so much, girl-next-door or something more, etc...
oh, wait, there is one other thing they all seemed to have in common - they weren't particularly interested in me... i think i'm going to leave that out of the specification, though...
they were all pretty (nobody's specifically looking for an ugly girlfriend), at least to my eyes... i guess they've all been warm hearted too... and had good senses of humour...
do those attributes qualify as a type? i dunno... i think i'm going to continue with my i'll know it when i see it strategy, though, cause sticking to a type is too much like following rules... i don't like rules...
how lucky am i?
are you a lucky person? what is luck and how do you measure it?
it seems to me that one way to measure luck is by the frequency with which you win contests... it seems like lots of people have won something or other over the years...
i, on the other hand, only seem to be able to win arguments... somehow, that just doesn't seem like the kind of thing you can attribute to luck so i guess i'm really not very lucky at all...
it seems to me that one way to measure luck is by the frequency with which you win contests... it seems like lots of people have won something or other over the years...
i, on the other hand, only seem to be able to win arguments... somehow, that just doesn't seem like the kind of thing you can attribute to luck so i guess i'm really not very lucky at all...
Wednesday, January 04, 2006
where have all the mounting brackets gone?
what kind of a world do we live in when not only do small computer shop proprietors not know what hard drive mounting brackets are, but they actually insist that it's not possible to secure a 3.5 inch drive in a 5.25 inch drive bay...
craziness!
hello?! 'mounting brackets'... i'm not making up new terms here... i've seen them, i have them, i need more... not only do they exist, some hard drives are actually sold with them...
guess i won't be going back to that store...
craziness!
hello?! 'mounting brackets'... i'm not making up new terms here... i've seen them, i have them, i need more... not only do they exist, some hard drives are actually sold with them...
guess i won't be going back to that store...
Monday, January 02, 2006
i'm a person of interest
ok, i'm not really a person of interest, i just play one on TV...
ok, i don't really play one on TV, i just look like one...
no really, i do... so much so that as i was wating for the bus, minding my own business, a cop car pulled a u-turn right in front of me, pulled up on the sidewalk, got out and started asking me questions like who am i, where do i live, am i waiting here for the bus, where am i going, have i been in trouble with the police before, what do i do, do i have any ID on me... you know, standard cop questions... apparently i look familiar, but he doesn't think i'm the guy...
ok, i don't really play one on TV, i just look like one...
no really, i do... so much so that as i was wating for the bus, minding my own business, a cop car pulled a u-turn right in front of me, pulled up on the sidewalk, got out and started asking me questions like who am i, where do i live, am i waiting here for the bus, where am i going, have i been in trouble with the police before, what do i do, do i have any ID on me... you know, standard cop questions... apparently i look familiar, but he doesn't think i'm the guy...
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