What the? How the? Yikes!
I don’t even want to think about what this could mean. At least they could have said whether it was plumbing or electrical… that would take some of the “yuck” out of it.
[ File under: Entertainment & Foolishness ]
My friend Karen gave me a set of awesome tickets to an Oilers game last week – this is how I am repaying her… with my guitar, my MacBook and my pride. Thanks Karen!
Lyrics:
Saturday at home with nothing much to do
There’s a game on tonight but its only pay per view
Then the phone rings, I grab it and say “hello”
Karen can’t use her tickets, do I think I can go?!
Put your bum in the seat
and the bun around the meat
throw some popcorn in the air ‘n
be so happy you know Karen.
Closer to the bottom than the top
So close that you can see Mc T’s bald spot
You can feel the wind off that hard Souray shot
Next time I see Karen gonna tell her “Thanks a lot!”
Put my bum in the seat
and my beer between my feet
my arms are in the air ‘n
feel so happy I know Karen.
Roli makes the save and Horcoff takes it up
A blistering shot by Nilsson but someone mucks it up
Hemsky to Pisani but it bounces off his shin
Oh man, I can’t fricken believe that didn’t go freakin’ in!
Put our bums in the seats
the off-side whistle goes tweet
our middle finger’s in the air ‘n
be so happy we know Karen.
Put my bum in the seat
and my beer between my feet
my arms are in the air ‘n
throw some popcorn in the air ‘n
middle finger’s in the air ‘n
I’m so happy I know Karen… Douglas that is.
I received this email from my buddy Geoff Berner yesterday and thought I needed to share it with the 3 of you who are still reading my blog from time to time.
I just came back from Alberta, Canada. They’re using 5 barrels of fresh water to get every barrel of oil out of the ground, but at 100 bucks a barrel, by God, they’re gonna get it. There’s money to be made, and jobs to be had, if you can find a place to live, which you can’t. Nowhere for the homeless to go, and winter’s coming on. Fun!
Meanwhile, because there’s so much demand and nowhere to live, there’s a huge labour shortage there. This means that nobody will come to fix your plumbing or electricity, because the tradespeople are all busy on the rigs.
This has led to the revival, in Alberta, of jokes about the unavailability of electricians, like the ones I first heard told about Eastern Europe before the fall of the Berlin Wall. I always loved those jokes about how the electrician never comes, and to think I’d hear them in 2007 in Canada, for entirely different reasons!
The best part is the fact that it’s probably the same East German electrician, now emigrated to Canada, who’s still not coming.
Good old Geoff. When he is not talking crazy, he only speaks the truth.
[ File under: Polictics & Foolishness ]
Me & E spent the last week in California and it was lovely. I do enjoy their silly money and their funny accents. I also enjoy their burritos, chocolate and inexpensive shoes. Actually there wasn’t much I didn’t enjoy about the trip, other than catching a cold halfway through… that kind of blew… my nose. Heh.
Anyway, here is a map of one of our San Francisco outings. We rented bicycles from the wacky folks at Blazing Saddles and headed out in the fog and the mist, nearly turning back for warmer clothes, only to find that across the bay it was a beautiful sunny morning/day. We rode 27km (the blue line on the map is where we rode), crossed the Golden Gate Bridge, then stopped for some of the best sushi I am likely to ever have in my lifetime at a place in Sausalito called Sushi Ran.
We finished off the ride, caught a ferry back to SF and had a great Italian dinner at the Washington Square Bar and Grill. We washed our food down with a local wine, that I have already forgotten the name of (hic!), bought some Cannoli and caught a cab back to the hotel... It was a great day.
[ File under: Me & Foolishness ]
I just realized that it has been a couple weeks since I blogged last and in the Web 2.0 world that could be considered sort of rude. So, I thought I should explain myself… although, I expect everyone who reads blogs to be in the same summery position (away from their computer) as I am.
Is that enough? Do you forgive me?
[ File under: Me & Foolishness ]
We’ve all heard it, we’ve all (sort of) lived by it, but now it seems we must change our ways… for the better!
A college professor and her students challenged the “five-second rule”, which for generations has governed how long food can remain on the floor before it becomes “too gross to eat”.
It seems the actual time is really more like 30 seconds… read more about the study at www.newsday.com.
[ File under: Health & Foolishness ]
This is the absolute best and nerdiest thing I have ever inspired. Make sure you watch all the way to the end. The dance scene will make you cry! Seriously.
Worth a mention is The Last Saskatchewan Pirate of the Caribbean.
Also worth a look is aladdin is the last saskatchewan pirate.
And I guess I should add the original in here as well… starring me.
[ File under: Me & Foolishness ]
This is where we were on this day, May 9, back in 2006.
Sigh…
This is where I am on this day, May 9, 2007.
Sigh…
[ File under: Me & Foolishness ]
So, I finally did it. I signed up for Facebook.
It wasn’t as easy as I had anticipated. Apparently Skywalker is not a legitimate name… who knew? But, after a few emails with the folks over there, all was well and I now (not even 24 hours later) have 38 friends. Now this is nothing compared to the 1088 friends I had on MySpace but… I actually know all of these people and none of them are half naked or named “Donkey F$%&^er”. You may think that sounds boring but believe me… it is.
Anywho… I am on Facebook, and if you are too, you can look me up and then we will have internet confirmation of our mutual friendship.
In bigger news, I finally broke 10km!
[ File under: Me & Foolishness ]
We saw this sign yesterday on 109 street and 87 avenue.
I don’t think I need to say anything other than: Teehee.
[ File under: Foolishness & Me ]
