tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35998932011-04-21T20:20:37.076-06:00Miscellaneous ramblings of little or no importance to anyone but the blogger.toneroonoreply@blogger.comBlogger901100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3599893.post-38637102746781754392008-11-27T09:53:00.001-07:002008-11-27T09:53:26.236-07:00

Finally, someone who isn't all doom and gloom about the world. Thank-you Charles Adler. A number of weeks ago I decided to swear off reading about, Tweeting about, "liking", and otherwise supporting all of the panic that the media and others are spreading about the fate of the world economy. Why are we panicking and dwelling on only the bad things? Don't get me wrong, many people are in really

toneroonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3599893.post-48642545683176144772008-09-08T11:27:00.001-06:002008-09-08T11:27:59.236-06:00

Just when the U.S. election was getting fun, we are stuck with a staid boring Canadian election. Oh well, a lot more fodder for blogging.First thing I noticed? There are 3 pictures of Stephane Dion on the home page of the Conservative Party of Canada. There are only 3 pages of Dion on the home page of the Liberal Party of Canada. What does that tell you? I don't know but the Conservatives are

toneroonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3599893.post-42754636387778704732008-09-02T18:14:00.001-06:002008-09-02T18:14:04.810-06:00

So I have said that I think Sarah Palin is a good thing for the McCain campaign. However, that doesn't mean I necessarily agree with the Republican's platform. This article shows conservative hypocrisy at its best."Palin on Monday revealed that her daughter Bristol is pregnant and willmarry the baby's father, adding that she and her husband are "proud ofBristol's decision to have her baby and

toneroonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3599893.post-33716739029423735202008-08-29T09:45:00.001-06:002008-08-29T09:45:55.759-06:00

I would just like to say two things for the record...1. McCain will likey be the next POTUS2. If McCain chooses a female running mate, Obama has no chance.If McCain chooses Sarah Palin as his running mate, it will be a brilliant move. Obama and Clinton would have been unbeatable and I think Obama blew it by not sucking it up and asking her to be VP. I have thought from day 1 that if McCain won

toneroonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3599893.post-57538437989380256682008-08-26T15:08:00.001-06:002008-08-26T15:08:52.062-06:00

Alright, so the Canadians had a pretty fair showing after all. They beat their medal count over Athens, but... there will still plenty of opportunities left behind. A lot of the favorites didn't perform as hoped and it was often the underdogs who did. I'm not sure what that means. Why did van Koeverden place 8th in a race that he was expected to medal in, yet we had a mountain biker who placed

toneroonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3599893.post-69935912115780496042008-08-18T14:16:00.001-06:002008-08-18T14:16:55.004-06:00

Well, Canada now has as many medals as Michael Phelps! It's been a good weekend and it looks as though we're in line for some more. I've also been hearing a number of athletes say that they will be disappointed if they don't win a medal. That's more like it! I still stand by my more funding rant though. China had a plan after the Sydney Olympics to increase their medal count. They went about it

toneroonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3599893.post-7183636413145162812008-08-13T12:58:00.002-06:002008-08-13T13:05:12.283-06:00

I don't intend this post to appear as a slam against any of our athletes currently competing in the Olympics. I can't do what they're doing and they're working hard to represent our country. My concern is that these people aren't being given the tools then need to be competitive and I don't think it's fair to them...OK, so we're only six days into the Olympics, but already Canada is behind

toneroonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3599893.post-37333141111949656762008-07-08T10:47:00.002-06:002008-07-08T10:53:33.920-06:00

Yet another example of what Robert Mugabe has done to this country.I'm not sure how history will deal with the way other African leaders have handled this situation, but I hope it is harshly. The leaders have watched from the sidelines as a single person has financially ruined a country at the expense of it's citizens. Mugabe should be taken out of office and forced to live the way he has forced

toneroonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3599893.post-40499624665591765522008-05-30T14:32:00.002-06:002008-05-30T15:08:40.085-06:00

So I haven't had a whole lot more time with the Mac so I can't really update my impressions on the OS after having used it for a while. However I am going to comment on the hardware. Just an FYI; as an IT manager I've used notebooks from IBM/Lenovo, Acer, HP, and Dell within the last two years so I'm not just comparing this to a Thinkpad T62 or something.As I mentioned in my previous post, I am

toneroonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3599893.post-77069987348387340132008-05-23T11:11:00.003-06:002008-05-23T11:34:27.207-06:00

Those of you who read my post a long time ago regarding American Idol will be surprised to hear that this season I watched the entire thing from start to finish. Well almost, I didn't record it if I was going to be out, but I always watched some of it if I was home.Why the change of heart? I'm not sure, but I do have a couple of theories.1. I normally watch until the final 12 and this year the

toneroonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3599893.post-27802619967085571432008-05-02T16:09:00.001-06:002008-05-02T16:09:37.374-06:00

What is it about Apple products? How have they achieved such a lofty reputation and rabid following? Why don't people just view the products as over-priced, form-over-function devices? Are they really that much better? Well, here is my opinion (note, I said opinion).I am currently typing this on a MacBook Pro running OS X 10.5 and MS Office 2008 (although I'm using ScribeFire in Firefox to create

toneroonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3599893.post-79683214420791759542008-04-22T14:57:00.005-06:002008-04-22T14:59:19.952-06:00

I haven't tried this yet, but I'm going to. It looks like creating your own Outlook Today page is easier than I would have thought.Tech Recipes Blog

toneroonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3599893.post-51758378142648434842008-04-22T13:50:00.001-06:002008-04-22T13:52:27.613-06:00

So here I am, a year and a half later. I have a new job, the Liberals didn't get elected and there is an upcoming election in the US of A. Should be some good blog fodder.

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...I will be voting "Liberal". Here are my reasons:Because I believe in the extent to which the Official Languages Act is carried out and enforced; that every public servant even in the most remote part of B.C. should be fluent in the French language, but that government business in Quebec should be in unilingual French. Because I believe that only lawyers from the province of Quebec are

toneroonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3599893.post-1135285058684096422005-12-22T13:57:00.000-07:002005-12-22T13:57:38.740-07:00

Two more rings discovered around Uranus - Space News - MSNBC.com: "Astronomers aided by the Hubble Space Telescope have spied two more rings encircling Uranus" Well, you'd better get that checked then. Sorry, couldn't resist a little childish humour there.

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The Spoof - Oil Found in Antartica - Bush Sends in Military: "'We know those penguins are hiding Weapons of Mass Destruction. ' says President George W. Bush, " What more needs to be said...

toneroonoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3599893.post-1131394044679818242005-11-07T13:07:00.000-07:002005-11-07T13:07:24.723-07:00

The Politics of Playtime - Newsweek National News - MSNBC.com: "'Girls Inc.,' one mother warned, 'is pro-abortion and pro-contraception and pro all the other lies the secular world wants our girls to believe.' " All I can do is shake my head.

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Florida begins long, costly cleanup after Wilma - Hurricane Wilma - MSNBC.com: "“I wasn’t prepared for anything. I never thought it would be this bad,” said Virginia Davila, 29, as she waited at the stadium." You have got to be kidding! People! Listen to the hurricane forecasters, they are pretty good at what they do. Anyone who says they weren't prepared should have to stand at the back of the

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Pregnant woman allegedly beaten for fetus - Crime & Punishment - MSNBC.com: "Peggy Jo Conner, 38, of Ford City, was arraigned Thursday on charges of attempted homicide, aggravated assault and aggravated assault of an unborn child." This kind of story really gets me into the "What's this world coming to?" mood. Really, this is absolutely sick. If it wasn't for the fact that Peggy Jo is obviously

toneroonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3599893.post-1128723040745533872005-10-07T16:10:00.000-06:002005-10-07T16:11:28.316-06:00

Attention: testy visitors risk being shot in Florida - Yahoo! News: "Supporters call it the 'Stand Your Ground' law, while opponents call it the 'Shoot First' law."Sounds like it should be called the, " Hey we've all been given an excuse to shoot people!" law. How is this going to protect people? All a criminal has to say is, "I was robbing his house when he came in and looked like he was going

toneroonoreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3599893.post-1127157403622860082005-09-19T13:16:00.000-06:002005-09-19T13:16:43.656-06:00

Ex-Tyco executives get up to 25 years in prison - Corporate Scandals - MSNBC.com: "He’s a good man. He’s a decent person and his reputation has been tarnished but his life should not be destroyed.”" Right, aside from the fact that he and his buddy stole $600,000,000.00 so that they could throw huge parties and have fancy houses. Thanks goodness the juries in these trials aren't falling for any

toneroonoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3599893.post-1126288365067042472005-09-09T11:52:00.000-06:002005-09-09T11:52:45.136-06:00

Massachusetts' Move to Open Format is Close-minded: "Opinion: The State of Massachusetts should not forsake Microsoft file formats, which are 'open enough' for many users. " There are so many things wrong with this column, I'm not sure I even know where to start. The whole reason MS is what it is today is because it's products are good enough, or open enough, or stable enough. I think what MA is

toneroonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3599893.post-1124816009316036292005-08-23T10:53:00.000-06:002005-08-23T10:53:29.360-06:00

Calgary Herald - canada.com network: "The majority of crops in Alberta are in good or excellent condition." Once again, the media dooms the farmers to another year of crop failures. Now that those words have been printed something has to go wrong. I'm going to place my bets on an early snowfall. Check back in a month or see to see if I'm right.

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Gretzky 'excited' about coaching the Coyotes - Yahoo! News: "By no means am I (Hall of Fame coach) Scotty Bowman" The "Great Question" about "The Great One". Can he coach? Lots of people are saying that he was such a natural talent that he won't be able to explain what he wants from his payers. I tend to disagree though. He's worked with at least one excellent coach in his career (Glen Sather),

toneroonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3599893.post-1123269994049056142005-08-05T13:26:00.000-06:002005-08-05T13:26:34.093-06:00

Copy-protected CDs iPod-incompatible but sell well - Yahoo! News: "Meanwhile, record industry officials said the Dave Matthews and Foo Fighters CDs are selling well." Of course they're selling well, people want the CD's. If they put out a non-copywrite version of it, I'll bet it would sell even better. Why can't the recording industry just wait until the technology is there? This type of thing

toneroonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3599893.post-1121282828270112682005-07-13T13:27:00.000-06:002005-07-13T13:27:08.273-06:00

Sports | Hockey | canada.com If I was the player's union I'd be getting ready to turf Bob Goodenow. All he did was screw the players out of playing for part of a year. It was obvious from the beginning that the owners weren't going to cave, obviously Goodenow thought they were bluffing. Now he has a bunch of union member who've just had there salaries cut waaaay back, I bet some players will

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WorldCom's Ebbers Sentenced to 25 Years Justice is served. I'm sure every one of the people who lost their pensions and life-savings will be a little happier today.

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Court: Some Ten Commandments Displays OK - Yahoo! News: "The Supreme Court struggled in a pair of 5-4 rulings Monday to define how much blending of church and state is constitutionally permissible, allowing the Ten Commandments to be displayed outside the Texas state capitol but not inside Kentucky courthouses."If someone could explain this whole thing to me I'd really appreciate it. How can

toneroonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3599893.post-1118333007067978282005-06-09T10:03:00.000-06:002005-06-09T10:03:27.116-06:00

www.MichaelGeist.ca "Copyright owner rhetoric aside, it is unfortunate that we are also unlikely to see many people actually referring to statistical evidence to support their claims that copyright reform is desperately needed." It is unfortunate, but that is what happens when you have special interest groups. They're only interested in furthering their cause, and we all know that statistics

toneroonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3599893.post-1118163202888908832005-06-07T10:53:00.000-06:002005-06-07T10:53:22.916-06:00

PETA on Yahoo! News Photos This was good for a laught this morning. "The protest, in which three people placed themselves in containers resembling supermarket meat trays, was meant to compare eating meat with cannibalism." Maybe they were aiming this marketing campaign at al the cows that buy beef at the supermarket? That's crazy, cows don't shop at the supermarket... silly PETA. Am I missing

toneroonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3599893.post-1118088603773937762005-06-06T14:10:00.000-06:002005-06-06T14:10:03.803-06:00

Citi notifies 3.9 million customers of lost data - Consumer Security - MSNBC.com: "the tapes were lost by the courier UPS Inc. in transit" Here's an idea... Stop giving these kind of jobs to companies don't care what they're transporting. Make transporting tapes the responsibility of Joe in I.T. and make sure he know his job is on the line if he loses the tapes. If he gets robbed or carjacked or

toneroonoreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3599893.post-1116620131424340142005-05-20T14:15:00.000-06:002005-05-20T14:15:31.466-06:00

Bush 'very concerned about cloning' - Stem Cell Research - MSNBC.com: "“I’m very concerned about cloning,” the president said. “I worry about a world in which cloning becomes accepted.”" This from a man who can't even pronounce the word nuclear. Yet he's expert enough on stem cell research that he can confidently veto any bill that deals with embryonic stem cell research. I'm sure there aren't

toneroonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3599893.post-1114025288124524742005-04-20T13:28:00.000-06:002005-04-20T13:28:08.123-06:00

News | canada.com network: "'If there needs to be change, it needs to be in the world, not in the doctrine,' said Marc Cardinal Ouellet, archbishop of Quebec." OK, sure, that shouldn't be too tough. What do they need 6 or 7 weeks? This must be some incredible Pope if they think they're going to change the minds of all the free-thinking extremist Catholics that aren't toeing the line. Their views

toneroonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3599893.post-1113951488163423322005-04-19T16:58:00.000-06:002005-04-19T16:58:08.163-06:00

Yahoo! News - Canadian Catholics react with dismay, joy, on choice of new conservative pope: "'He's saying, no no no, we have to be upfront and in love with the whole world and at the same time hold the truth that the church teaches and knows to be true,' he said." This has got to be the ultimate paradox for the Catholic Church, and one in which they seem to have managed to alienate a

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Yahoo! News - Federal Judge Weighs Florida Right-To-Die Case: "'We are very hopeful that the federal courts will follow the will of Congress and save my sister's life,'" All I'm going to say for now; The will of congress? Lady, what about the will of your sister?

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The Car Connection [ The Web's Automotive Authority ]: "We will argue that the jury was tainted by Diana Palacios, that Guy Allison had no authority to represent Saul Guerrero Jr., and that the plaintiffs did not meet their burden of proving a defect.'" Thank goodness they're going to appeal this. It sounds even worse than the initial stories.

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Explorer suit costs Ford $31 million - 03/03/05: "A jury in Texas found Ford Motor Co. liable for $31 million in the deaths of two 19-year-old women in an Explorer rollover accident." Wow! Where do I start? They were speeding, drinking (not too much though), and not wearing seatbelts. And it was Ford's fault for not exceeding NHTSA standards, just meeting them. How many deaths is it going to

toneroonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3599893.post-1109710660519288812005-03-01T13:57:00.000-07:002005-03-01T13:57:40.520-07:00

Yahoo! News - Ontario passes legislation to ban pit bulls throughout province: "Ontario's controversial bill to ban pit bulls has been passed in the provincial legislature." This has got to be the most rediculous, knee-jerk legislation in a while. They're going to be busy passing a lot of breed bans everytime a kid gets attacked by another dog. I'm waiting for the Yorkie Ban.

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MSNBC - Missile shield test fizzles out: "a malfunction with the ground support equipment at the test range on Kwajalein Island, not with the interceptor missile itself" Sorry Seattle, the system failed and you have been nuked. On the bright side, the interceptor itself didn't fail.

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It's Windows vs. Windows as Microsoft battles piracy: "the company plans to require computer owners to verify that their copy of Windows is properly licensed before allowing them to download software from Microsoft's site. " No big surprise here, and anyone who decides to convert to Linux or another O/S because of this is probably running a pirated version of Windows. And they probably would

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MSNBC - Drivers on cell phones kill thousands: "When young adults use cell phones while driving, they're as bad as a 70-year-old on the verge of a nap and signaling for that eventual left turn." I notice they didn't do any studying of women doing their makeup or people reading the paper and drinking their Starbucks. I guess that stuff doesn't lead to distractions like talking on the phone will...

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MSNBC - On campaign trail, a single shot: "On the campaign trail in Iraq, U.S. troops are almost alone." I don't imagine GWB will have read this, but it's an excellent "on the scene" report. I'm Canadian and it hit me pretty hard. I think many of us have no idea what it is like for these guys on one of their patrols. This is going to be a brutal weekend in Iraq and it's a real shame that the "

toneroonoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3599893.post-1106760544684459472005-01-26T10:29:00.000-07:002005-01-26T10:29:04.683-07:00

I don't see MS getting concerned until their share drops into the low 80's. Right now they can say that it's just a knee-jerk reaction to security problems and people will go back to IE once they've had a chance to use Firefox. Could it be also that MS doesn't care that much about IE anymore? They've successfully thwarted Netscape's attempt at making the browser an more like an O/S. They have

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Lincoln Journal Star: "'It is my choice what type of safety precautions I take,' he wrote." Darwin...

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I did a fair bit of traveling over the last month, and here are a few of my observations: WestJet - Thank goodness some people know how to run an airline. I discovered later that automatically assigning seats to families is a novel approach to making people happy. Vancouver Island RCMP - Where are you? Do you know that everyone travels a minimum of 15km/h faster than the posted limit on the

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What corporate America can't build: A sentence: "'E-mail has just erupted like a weed, and instead of considering what to say when they write, people now just let thoughts drool out onto the screen,' Hogan said." This is so true. There seems to be some kind of mental block for people when they're writing email. Grammar? Who needs it. Spelling? "The spell checker didn't pick it up." Sentence

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A very real commentary on the state of message board posts these days. Caution: May be offensive to some. Penny Arcade

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I wonder if they're going to be able to fit the 10 Commandments into these books too? You know, because they should always be readily available, particularly when you're talking about evil things like sex . For all you homophobes, there's a new catch phrase; "asexual stealth phrases", that's a good one. MSNBC - No same-sex marriage in Texas textbooks

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OK, so I have to admit that I'm a little happy that my prediction came true. I am also disappointed that it came true because like the rest of the world, I felt John Kerry was the lesser of two evils. What really disappoints me is the reaction by many of John Kerry's supporters (or GWB's haters). Here's the way I see it from outside: GWB 51% - Lots of people hate him, but fewer than last time

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Disclaimer: Some information contained in the post may be deemed offensive. I am in no way trying to insult Americans or their intelligence. I have great respect for many Americans and I think that through the years as Canadians we have many legitimate reasons to be thankful of Americans (as do they of us, but that's for another post). So why not get back into things with a bang? As a Canadian I

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Due to the fact that a number of users use a plugin that makes their Mozilla/Firefox browser appear to be IE, I think these numbers are probably a little high for IE. If the trend continues much longer, I predict that Microsoft will do an about face on not realeasing any more stand-alone versions of IE. Study: Firefox still gaining on Internet Explorer

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On the vulnerability issue; Anyone who had to patch all their company's machines for the JPEG vulnerability last month know how MS deals with vulnerabilities. And yes, I'm sure it is much less expensive to upgrade to a newer version of Windows than to do a complete changeover from Windows to Linux. Thanks for clearing that up though, Yankee Group. Ballmer cites 'facts' in Microsoft's battle

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It's a little cold, but I'm going to see if I can get this thing started again. Stay tuned...

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Saw "The Matrix Reloaded" yesterday. Very enjoyable flick I think. The first half was a little lame, too many pointless fights, the sex scene was totally contrived and out of context, and not enough mind twisting. The second half, however, totally sucked you in to get you to come back in November. I'm going to have to go back to this one first though so that I can totally understand what the

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I turned 35 the other day...yup...35... It's amazing how it doesn't seem all that old anymore. Oh, well. Decided that I should get back to this again, so here I am. I can hear the cheers around the world. I was walking back to the office a little while ago, and I saw a guy talking to a girl. Nothing unusual about that, but he was doing the imaginary golf swing thing. You know, where someone

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Woa, over a month since my last post! Forgive me ... Cold here today -14C, and not a lot to say. Maybe my brain is frozen. However, I thought that I should at least post something so that all of you loyal readers (ha, ha, ha, I kill me) wouldn't stop coming by. One of the people I work with has a poster in his office of G.W.B. with infamous quotes all over it. It got us to discussing the fact

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I've been reading the historical novels of Michael and Jeff Shaara over the last few months. They are excellent books, and even if you aren't a history buff, you'll find them a great read. One of the things I find amazing is how small the world really was back then. If someone was to write a movie about guys who fought side-by-side in a war (or more than one), only to end up in battles against

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Well I have lots of things to talk about but no time to do it. I received feedback! A reader of my American Idol post suggested I checkout the Idol thread on his site. Go to perotheus.com and click around. The link to the discussion groups is "on the right side column, way at the bottom under the webrings and stuff is a picture/link to a message board". Vancouver was nice. After an hour and a

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Thought for the day: "Beware the leader who bangs the drums of war in order to whip the citizenry into a patriotic fervor, for patriotism is indeed a double-edged sword. It both emboldens the blood, just as it narrows the mind...And when the drums of war have reached a fever pitch and the blood boils with hate and the mind has closed, the leader will have no need in seizing the rights of the

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Busy week! I can't believe it's Thursday already. I discovered last week that I've actually had visitors to this blog! I don't think they've ever come back... Off to Vancouver tomorrow for the day. I'm going for a course and it's in Richmond. That means I may make the trip all the way to Vancouver and not smell or see the ocean. That'll be a bummer, but I'm going to try to get to the water for

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I'm not quite getting this blog everyday thing done, but I'm doing it a lot more frequently than before. I noticed the other day that there's going to be an American Idol 2-hour special where everyone gets back together for one last show (bilk the advertisers out of more stupidly spent money). It started me thinking (again) about this whole show. I'm not one for reality shows so I'm probably

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Oops missed a day or two there... When I started to wirte this post, it was going to be about how much I love fall. That changed as I love all the season's (I think that's why I love living here, where we actually get 4 different seasons, sometimes all in one day, but those are the risks. Anyway...), but I think what it is is that I love the transistions more than anything. September is the

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Do you say Pop or Soda? Apparently this is a large enough debate that a guy from CalTech is doing a mapping study. He's doing an online survey of what term people use to describe carbonated beverages (non-alchoholic of course). Go here to add your self to the map. It's quite interesting how regional it is, who knew people referred to them as "coke"?

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After seeing the effect of the Sept. 11 attacks on the WTC on the North American (and world I suppose) population, I have to wonder about countires where this happens all the time. Obviously you would get somewhat desensitised to it, but it must be an awful stress in people's lives. Somewhere like Isreal or India (just 2 of many possible examples), at least once a week, sometimes much more

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A few days ago, James Lileks talked about what it was that he liked about blogs versus the general media. One of those things was that he felt most bloggers write just for the sake of writing, where columninsts must satisfy many people and come up with topical things to write about. It's this slice-of-life sort of banality that he felt really set blogs apart from other forms of media. At least, I

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When I awoke this morning to the unending drivel on the radio marking the 1 year anniversary of the "attacks", I was more determined than ever to criticize the way this anniversary is being handled by people. Really, how many times to we have to hear "Imagine" edited to include news clips of the latest disaster. I still feel that way, however after reading a number of blogs and news sites, I've

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Boy, that's a little disgusting, almost a month between posts. I know from all of the feedback (LOL) that you have all missed me terribly. I'll try to think up something usefull to say.

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Summer colds are another reminder of what's in store when summer's over. It's kind of like snow in August (see my post from 8/6/2002), and yes they are once again forcasting snow tonight. A summer cold is more than just a warning though. It is also a reminder of days gone by. Ahhh... Oh yeah. Remember when you were a kid and you got sick in the summer? There really was nothing worse. You

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This is very cool, I think I'm going to make it permanent. Click on it to go get your own.

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Anyone who comes in here now after I've replaced the template, will think that my last two template comments are a little bizzarre. What was I thinking? Oh well, no one is reading anyway, so who cares? Had a great weekend. I missed the snow that everyone (well not quite) is bitching and complaining about. It's just snow, it's not the end of the world. I think it's just Mother Nature's way of

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Okay, that wasn't quite as painful as I had expected. This template is a little more me.

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I hope you're taking note of how cool this new template is... I'll get to it eventually. James Lileks mentions something in his blog today that is a big pet peeve of mine too. The whole seasonal stock thing in stores. Why is it that they can't have the current season's stuff in the store during the season? We encountered a really typical example of this a couple of summers ago. We're visiting

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Well, today is World System Administrator Appreciation Day. Don't believe me? Go here. So hooray for me and the others like me. For me I get to realize how lucky I am to work someplace where people voice their appreciation all the time. Enough of that stuff. I'm thinking about changing the template, I think I need something a little less stark. What do you think? Hello...? Hmmm, I guess it

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Have you ever had one of those days when you realize just how messy your desk is? Today's my day. Yikes! OK, this is the last of the WorldCom whining, honest. Hello, investors! Did you not think they would file for chapter 11?! What's with all the panic now that they have? This has got to have been the worst case of lemmings I've ever seen. These people really need to get away from the office

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I received today what has to be one of the most bogus marketing attempts ever. In the mail I received a thing from Microsoft. On the front it says: "Nobody told me there was a virus attached to that email" and below it - Solutions to this and other IT challenges inside. I open it up and what is inside? Demo versions of Windows XP and Office XP. Most people (myself included) would consider these

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Ah, it's working again! I'm quite fascinated by this whole Northern Snakehead situation in Maryland. The whole issue surrounding non-native species introduction is interesting to me. I remember when I was in Australia a number of years ago, they were having (and continue to have) problems with Cane Toads. These are poisonous frogs that kill a lot of native animals. The whole problem with

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There seems to be posting problems with blogger these days. I'm just writing this to see if it's fixed.

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So we're driving in the car the other day and my daughter says, "Why don't you smoke?". My wife, seeing the opportunity to pounce on this issue early in our child's life, says "Because it's dirty, ugly and makes you sick." The reply is "But Uncle Don smokes." Ah yes, throw it back in our faces. Mom says, "Yes but Uncle Don is old enough to decide whether he wants to stink of smoke and get sick

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I think Bob the Builder is going to single-handedly convince millions of our children to become construction workers (not that there's anything wrong with that). There was a parade in our fair city last week and I watched it on TV with my 3 yr. old daughter. It's a big parade with lots of marching bands and floats, horses, baton twirlers, even the lonley Maytag repairman (I guess he had nothing

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I think it's kind of funny that I thought I had lots of things to say and lots of time in which to say it. Now that I have gone ahead with a blog...not enough of either. I do have something to say about this whole Worldcom thing. Does anyone care? Probably not, but this is my blog and I'll say whatever I want (I don't think anyone reads it anyway). Having worked for more than one public company

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Had a great long weekend, but then ended up having more work to do to catch up. Tony Pierce (http://www.tonypierce.com/blog/bloggy.htm I haven't got links working here yet) said, on July 1, that Canada Day is the day Canada celebrates it's independence from America. Uh, thanks for playing Tony (of course nothing you read on his blog is true apparently). Canada has never been part of "america" (I

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Hey, does donating blood count as helping a stranger? And I do know how to spell wierdest.

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I gave blood today for the first time. That's right a blood donation virgin. It wasn't that bad...had to admit I was a little nervous. I'm not afraid of needles or blood or anything like that but my body tends to take control and do unexpected things. Like the time I almost passed out when my wife shut her finger in the car door. Anyway no problems this time. Wirdest part of the whole thing? I

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The Friday Five, I can do this: When was the last time you... ...Sent a hand wirtten letter? Whoa, too long ago to remember; probably when I was about 8. ...Baked something from scratch or made something by hand? Does yardwork count? It's probably been a few years since I baked something from scratch. I did build a fence a couple of years ago. ...Camped in a tent? That's easy, last weekend. Yup

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Okay, here comes my very first public (assuming someone else reads it) rant. There is a debate among many people in our city about protesters and the issues surrounding many of the violent protests of the last few years. Namely world domination by big multi-national corporations. I'm going to get this out of the way before I go any further: Everyone should have the right to freely speak their

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...there, that's better. Send me feedback and check the links. I'm sure I'll have something to say a little later.

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Just testing to see if my template changes worked. I can't bear to push the button...

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Ahhhh, panic! In Blogger, the posts show who posted them. I'm trying to keep this somewhat anonymous. OK I freaked for second. Ready to throw in the towel. Go to my actual blog and lo and behold, no names. Whew! Yeah, I know it all makes sense to me now.

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Hey, it worked! Uh oh, writer's block. Think, think, think...

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So here I go. I've been reading various blogs for a little while now and I thought that I'd give it a try. You know how we all think we're funny and intelligent and have interesting things to say? This is my test to find out if I am. I hope, of course, that the answer will be that I am, but I'm fully prepared to find out that I'm not. I guess I'll only find out when you have some way of sending

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