I guess the Swine Flu's been around for awhile. Here is a propaganda ad from 1976.
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Sometimes I wish...
Sometimes I wish...
that I lived in Stars Hollow.
that I shopped at famers markets.
that I could play guitar.
that I could sing and compete on American Idol.
that my dog would let me clip his nails.
that I could fit into those cool vintage slim shirts and skinny jeans and I could walk around like a hipster.
that I could grow a real beard.
that I could meet Gordon Ramsay.
that I went to a coffee shop/small cafe where the proprietor knew me and always knew what I wanted to order, and I would bring my laptop and do work during lunch in the corner booth.
that I knew magic.
that I lived in Stars Hollow.
that I shopped at famers markets.
that I could play guitar.
that I could sing and compete on American Idol.
that my dog would let me clip his nails.
that I could fit into those cool vintage slim shirts and skinny jeans and I could walk around like a hipster.
that I could grow a real beard.
that I could meet Gordon Ramsay.
that I went to a coffee shop/small cafe where the proprietor knew me and always knew what I wanted to order, and I would bring my laptop and do work during lunch in the corner booth.
that I knew magic.
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Go Canucks
I love playoff hockey. But there is something special about the playoffs when your home team is in it. The thing I love most is you always have something to talk about with strangers.
I don't advocate talking with strangers for no reason but when you're in an elevator or chatting with the Subway Sandwich Artist you always have something in common. Even people who don't follow hockey have no choice to know what is happening in the playoffs because the Canucks are everywhere!
I don't advocate talking with strangers for no reason but when you're in an elevator or chatting with the Subway Sandwich Artist you always have something in common. Even people who don't follow hockey have no choice to know what is happening in the playoffs because the Canucks are everywhere!
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Monday, April 13, 2009
91 cents
Today I bought a bottle of water at Staples. Including tax it cost $1.09. I gave the cashier $2. She had to get out a calculator to figure out my change. The other girl working with her said "I thought you were in college" she replied "ya, but I didn't take math".
Saturday, April 11, 2009
Observe and Report
I just had the pleasure of watching Observe and Report. It was amazing. Freaking hilarious. Half the time your laughing at the sheer audacity of the movie, which isn't always a good thing but in this case it works. It is a departure from Seth Rogan's usual loveable stoner characters and light hearted movies. It is definately a dark comedy. Ray Liota goes on an epic rant, there is the sickest male nudity scene ever captured on film, and a truly cringe worthy sex scene. What more could you ask for.
Boom.
Boom.
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Sluggish Economy Affects Number of College Girls Going Wild
Tom McCaffrey wrote a very funny tongue and cheek article for the Huffington Post about the sluggish economy and its effect on Spring Break revelers.
The shaky economy has really affected every aspect of American culture. Less people are spending, people are losing their homes and unemployment is at its highest since the 30's. But one truly disturbing sign that our country is in a slump is the noticeable drop in college girls going wild during Spring Break. Spring Break '09 showed the lowest amount of drunken women taking off their tops for video cameras ever. Many people are speculating as to why this is happening. A psychologist had this analysis; "Women are scared. They don't have the money to go out and get drunk enough to make horrible decisions anymore. And due to the sluggish economy most bars have done away with their 'ladies drink free' nights. Also women know how bad the job market is now and they don't want to do anything to hurt their chances with potential employers." A young woman enrolled at University of Colorado had this to say; "I just don't feel like I can afford to go wild right now. I'm staying in more and saving my money. In this economy everything is suffering. We all need to cut back. I don't even take off my clothes when I shower anymore. I was wild for years and look what it's done to our economy."
The shaky economy has really affected every aspect of American culture. Less people are spending, people are losing their homes and unemployment is at its highest since the 30's. But one truly disturbing sign that our country is in a slump is the noticeable drop in college girls going wild during Spring Break. Spring Break '09 showed the lowest amount of drunken women taking off their tops for video cameras ever. Many people are speculating as to why this is happening. A psychologist had this analysis; "Women are scared. They don't have the money to go out and get drunk enough to make horrible decisions anymore. And due to the sluggish economy most bars have done away with their 'ladies drink free' nights. Also women know how bad the job market is now and they don't want to do anything to hurt their chances with potential employers." A young woman enrolled at University of Colorado had this to say; "I just don't feel like I can afford to go wild right now. I'm staying in more and saving my money. In this economy everything is suffering. We all need to cut back. I don't even take off my clothes when I shower anymore. I was wild for years and look what it's done to our economy."
Daughter sues father over being grounded
If there was any evidence that our legal system is screwed here it is.
A Quebec father who was taken to court by his 12-year-old daughter after he grounded her in June 2008 has lost his appeal.
Quebec Superior Court rejected the Gatineau father's appeal of a lower court ruling that said his punishment was too severe for the wrongs he said his daughter committed.
The father is "flabbergasted," his lawyer Kim Beaudoin told CBC News.
In its ruling, issued Monday, the province's court of appeal declared the girl was caught up in a "very rare" set of circumstances, and her father didn't have sufficient grounds to contest the court's earlier decision.
The family's legal wrangling started with a dispute over the girl's internet use.
'Either way, he doesn't have authority over this child anymore. She sued him because she doesn't respect his rules. It's very hard to raise a child who is the boss.'
— Kim Beaudoin, the father's lawyerShe had been living with her father after her parents split up when he grounded her in 2008 for defying his order to stay off the internet. The father caught her chatting on websites he had blocked, and alleged his daughter was posting "inappropriate pictures" of herself online.
Her punishment: she was banned from her Grade 6 graduation trip to Quebec City in June 2008, for which her mother had already granted permission.
The father — who had custody — withheld his written permission for the trip, prompting the school to refuse to let the girl go with her classmates.
That's when the girl asked for help from the lawyer who represented her in her parents' separation, and petitioned the court to intervene in her case.
"Going to court was a last resort," said Lucie Fortin, a legal aid attorney who represented the girl. "The question was that there was a problem between the father and the mother, and the child asked the court to intervene because it was important to her.
"The trip was very important to her."
Legal battle destroyed father-daughter relationship
A lower court ruled in the girl's favour in 2008. She went on the trip, but her father appealed the decision on the principle of the matter.
He doesn't have regrets, his lawyer said.
"Either way, he doesn't have authority over this child anymore. She sued him because she doesn't respect his rules," Beaudoin said. "It's very hard to raise a child who is the boss."
The girl — who now lives with her mother — doesn't have much of a relationship with her dad now, Beaudoin said.
"We went from a child who wanted to live with her father, and after all this has been done, they're not speaking anymore."
"We have a lot of work to re-establish a link between those two."
Beaudoin believes the ruling reflects a loss of moral authority in Quebec's court system.
"Is this what we want in our society? Laws are supposed to reflect our values. And if the courts aren't reflecting that, maybe the government will, to prevent children from going this way," she said Tuesday, adding her client may take the case to Canada's Supreme Court.
In its Monday ruling, the appeal court warned the case should not be seen as an open invitation for children to take legal action every time they're grounded.
- CBC
A Quebec father who was taken to court by his 12-year-old daughter after he grounded her in June 2008 has lost his appeal.
Quebec Superior Court rejected the Gatineau father's appeal of a lower court ruling that said his punishment was too severe for the wrongs he said his daughter committed.
The father is "flabbergasted," his lawyer Kim Beaudoin told CBC News.
In its ruling, issued Monday, the province's court of appeal declared the girl was caught up in a "very rare" set of circumstances, and her father didn't have sufficient grounds to contest the court's earlier decision.
The family's legal wrangling started with a dispute over the girl's internet use.
'Either way, he doesn't have authority over this child anymore. She sued him because she doesn't respect his rules. It's very hard to raise a child who is the boss.'
— Kim Beaudoin, the father's lawyerShe had been living with her father after her parents split up when he grounded her in 2008 for defying his order to stay off the internet. The father caught her chatting on websites he had blocked, and alleged his daughter was posting "inappropriate pictures" of herself online.
Her punishment: she was banned from her Grade 6 graduation trip to Quebec City in June 2008, for which her mother had already granted permission.
The father — who had custody — withheld his written permission for the trip, prompting the school to refuse to let the girl go with her classmates.
That's when the girl asked for help from the lawyer who represented her in her parents' separation, and petitioned the court to intervene in her case.
"Going to court was a last resort," said Lucie Fortin, a legal aid attorney who represented the girl. "The question was that there was a problem between the father and the mother, and the child asked the court to intervene because it was important to her.
"The trip was very important to her."
Legal battle destroyed father-daughter relationship
A lower court ruled in the girl's favour in 2008. She went on the trip, but her father appealed the decision on the principle of the matter.
He doesn't have regrets, his lawyer said.
"Either way, he doesn't have authority over this child anymore. She sued him because she doesn't respect his rules," Beaudoin said. "It's very hard to raise a child who is the boss."
The girl — who now lives with her mother — doesn't have much of a relationship with her dad now, Beaudoin said.
"We went from a child who wanted to live with her father, and after all this has been done, they're not speaking anymore."
"We have a lot of work to re-establish a link between those two."
Beaudoin believes the ruling reflects a loss of moral authority in Quebec's court system.
"Is this what we want in our society? Laws are supposed to reflect our values. And if the courts aren't reflecting that, maybe the government will, to prevent children from going this way," she said Tuesday, adding her client may take the case to Canada's Supreme Court.
In its Monday ruling, the appeal court warned the case should not be seen as an open invitation for children to take legal action every time they're grounded.
- CBC
Ever wonder where your lost luggage goes?
Ever wonder what happens to lost luggage that never makes it way to the rightful owner? Well it may endup in this guys hands.
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Oliver would be screwed.
This is a crazy story. It got me thinking that Oliver would probably be screwed. But the things pets are capable of are amazing.
A canine castaway lost at sea has been reunited with her owners after spending more than four months living off goats on a Queensland island.
Owner Jan Griffith said her family were devastated when their cattle dog, Sophie Tucker, fell off the side of their boat in choppy waters off the Mackay coast in north Queensland in late November.
But unbeknown to them, their hardy hound swam five nautical miles to St Bees Island, where she survived until last week by hunting baby goats.
She was last week returned to her family after rangers captured what they believed was a wild dog.
Ms Griffith said she and her husband had contacted rangers after friends suggested the dog - who had earned a name for herself on the island - might be their long-lost pet.
Last Tuesday the couple met the rangers' boat as it ferried the dog back to the mainland and were blown away to find Sophie Tucker on board.
"We called the dog and she started whimpering and banging the cage and they let her out and she just about flattened us," Ms Griffith said.
"She wriggled around like a mad thing."
But even more unbelievable was hearing how their domesticated "inside" dog had survived, she said.
"She had looked really poor (on the island), the story was, and then all of a sudden she started to look good and it was when the rangers had found baby goat carcases so she'd started eating baby goats," she said.
"We think she'd swum close to five nautical miles from the boat where she went in and then some people believe she went backwards and forwards from Keswick to St Bees (islands)."
Ms Griffith said their pet had been quick to embrace her now easier existence - complete with air conditioning.
APP
Friday, April 3, 2009
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Home Away From Home
My job requires a fair bit of travel, which I enjoy for the most part. You get to get out of town, eat some room service, check out a new city and the most satisfying part of it all is sending my company the expense bill. But there are a few annoyances that you cannot escape while traveling and they are as follows in no particular order:
1) Being stuck in the middle seat on the plane.
2) No arm rest in the rental car. This usually only happens when I rent the economy car. I cannot overstate how annoying this is.
3) Hotel rooms are very dry and I get cotton mouth.
4) Hotel pillows are way to puffy.
5) Not every hotel has wireless, I know this doesn't sound like much, but when you have had the pleasure of eating onion rings in bed while on facebook, you won't ever want to go back.
1) Being stuck in the middle seat on the plane.
2) No arm rest in the rental car. This usually only happens when I rent the economy car. I cannot overstate how annoying this is.
3) Hotel rooms are very dry and I get cotton mouth.
4) Hotel pillows are way to puffy.
5) Not every hotel has wireless, I know this doesn't sound like much, but when you have had the pleasure of eating onion rings in bed while on facebook, you won't ever want to go back.
Super old cylinder music restored and digitized
Syracuse University is restoring some really old cylinder music. "The Belfer Cylinders Digital Connection provides online access to digital audio files of cylinders in the Belfer Audio Laboratory and Archive. Belfer’s cylinder collection includes over 22,000 cylinders, 12,000 of which are unique titles. The goal of this digitization project is to provide 6,000 audio files by 2010."
Pride Prejudice and Zombies
For everyone who couldn't get through Pride and Prejudice, it now comes chalked full of Zombies. They took the original text and added a Zombie theme. You can check out the first three chapters here
Matchstick men taken to a new level
Patrick Acton builds crazy matchstick sculptures. Here is his sculpture of Hogwarts.
He also had no Tokien's City of Kings.
He also had no Tokien's City of Kings.
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