Nerd-dom.

• February 9, 2009

I have now gotten into the shower while still wearing my glasses. I will be proudly accepting all wedgies and whatever it is you people do to nerds. C’mon.. Think back to whatever they did to you in Jr. High, will ya? Read More

Signs that your day may not go exactly according to plan....

• February 2, 2009

Have you ever had one of those days where you’re really looking forward to what the day promises to bring? I’ve booked my vacation - a whole week of time to myself to get all those naggly little bits done that I never seem to get time to do. To have a little bit of “me” time where I can care and pamper myself. Some loverly time to knock off a few dozen things from my personal todo list. Read More

I Can't Stand Still

• January 4, 2009

“I feel the frustration In this funky old city tonight. There’s a pack of dogs on the lawn And they’re hung-a-ry for a bite.“ Ah, the new year. Time for reflection on what’s transpired and rumination on what is to come. What did I do last year for my pseudo-contemplative musings? Oh, right. Nothing. I was going through the cold-soon-to-be-pneumonia with the side trip of “Does cancer run in your family? Read More

Pfffth thhhhhhpb fnurt

• December 26, 2008

The nicest thing about having a Blackberry is the constant contact with the world. The nicest thing about having a blog is the constant imposition of my opinion on the rest of the world. Mix the two of them and magic happens. Some observations: Bell changed to a new ad campaign a while back. I don’t know precisely how they did it, but they made it dumbER, lamER and much lousiER than before. Read More

Remembrance Day 2008

• November 11, 2008

It’s that time of year again, I’m sitting at home in the basement listening to the radio and getting ready to pick up the kids and head down to the Jube. At Bow Valley Music Club, John Clarke always sings one of a couple songs for Remembrance Day. My personal favourite is his own “Photograph”, the other he sings is the fantastic “No Man’s Land” by Eric Bogle. This morning, I was flipping through the news picks on Groklaw when I found a little gem. Read More

I just flew in and boy are my knees achey.

• October 29, 2008

What’s the point of doing something stupid if you can’t share it for the world to see, right? I’ve officially began my Couch to 5k programme. I’m tired of the high blood pressure and I figure it’s time I put my foot down. One at a time. I have to say, “officially” since I have been working on getting my activity level up for a while after the pneumonia. But although I feel my lungs getting stronger, my weight’s continued to climb (along with the aforementioned blood pressure). Read More

So I had a nightmare last night

• October 14, 2008

I woke up in the wee hours this morning in a cold sweat. In my dream, my parents had joined a newfangled cult and one of the cool “features” was the surgical removal of their hands in a “welcoming ceremony for our visitors.“ Some extra-terrestrial sadists or something. WARNING: Any organization wishing for you to intentionally remove your hands surgically is a monumentally stupid idea. Thanks, I’m here to serve. So the big woo of the whole thing involved my parents waving their no-longer-extant fingers in the air in a sign of welcome to our alien guests. Read More

It's time I come clean..

• September 30, 2008

Honey, you remember when I woke you up at 4:00 AM when I was crawling back into bed and you were wondering what I was doing? I was up late, trolling on American political message boards. Next week, I’m moving on to Nancy Pelosi. Read More

Hard drive recovery, the hard way.

• September 18, 2008

Here’s a surprise. I’m a professional System Administrator. My standard joke here goes, “Because I get paid for it, not because I’m any good at what I do.“ I have long and hard declared my own ineptitude along the way. Yes, I forward spam. Yes, I have the coding skills of a 1970’s monkey strung out on polyester. Yes, Virginia, even I can fail to count to three starting from zero. Read More

Hello, Copyright Police? I'd like to report a crime against good judgment.

• September 8, 2008

Okay, I’m reading through the news Sunday when I spot this article from the BBC.  “Rock band Heart have called in lawyers after US vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin used their track Barracuda at a Republican Party rally.“  Yay! This is so messed up I don’t know where to begin. How about I start with copyright law itself. The continual re-extension of copyright terms is utterly ridiculous and deserves all the ridicule we can heap upon it. Read More