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My message for Bush

I came across a Rap song called “Not In our Name” by DJ Spooky. I wanted to share the lyrics. We believe that as people livingin the United States it is ourresponsibility to resist the injusticesdone by our government, in our names Not in our namewill you wage endless warthere can be no more deathsno ...

Election quotes of the week

Since the US elections are coming up soon, I thought it was appropriate to post some election related quotes. “Suppose you were an idiot….And suppose you were a member of Congress….But I repeat myself”. (Mark Twain) “Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation.” (Henry Kissinger) “Only two things are ...

Hand dryer hypocracy

I would consider myself rather conscious about the environment. I always promote the installation of automatic hand dryers as opposed to towel dispensers. But it seems that I’m also a hypocrite, because today there was an automatic hand dryer and a towel dispenser next to each other, and I chose the towel dispenser. It just ...

More men willing to have sex with their boss?

More men are willing to sleep with their boss to receive a promotion or salary increase than women according to a poll in Belgium. Yahoo News: Click here What the survey doesn’t discuss is how many females dress to impress their bosses with the intent of receiving a promotion. I would expect this survey to ...

Home Renovations

My roommate Ned and I have spent most of our weekend digging in our basement. We are building a basement apartment in our house, so we are creating a separate entrance into the basement and digging out a new room in the basement. As a result, we have a huge pile of dirt in our ...

10K Results

The weather turned out to be nice; no rain, the sun was shining, and the temperature was probably around 10 or 11 Celsius. I ended up running the race in 41mins and 57 seconds. Not my best time, but I’m not in as good shape as I was in the summer, and the hills in ...

10K Race

I’m running a 10K race this morning at the Toronto Zoo. I’m not looking forward to it though, it’s 8 degrees celsius outside right now, and they are calling for isolated showers this morning. So I get to run the race cold and wet. I guess it’s better than running in extreme hot weather. Wish ...

George Costanza’s Quotes of the Week

This week’s quotes of the week come from Seinfeld’s George Costanza. “I always get the feeling that when lesbians look at me, they’re thinking, ‘*That’s* why I’m not a heterosexual.'” “If I owned a company, my employees would love me. They’d have huge pictures of me up the walls and in their home, like Lenin.” ...

I can’t wait to have kids

Check out these T-Shirts for kids. When I have kids, this will be the first place I go shopping 😉 Link Examples: “I sh#t my pants, and all I got was this lousy T-Shirt”“Now that I’m safe, I’m pro-choice”“I can kick your baby’s ass”

Dirt biking thrill

I had a great thrill today. I rode my dirt bike 120KMs on the QEW to visit my Mom for Thanksgiving. My Uncle Dave and his son Nick also brought their dirt bikes to my Mom’s house on the back of their pickup truck. Dave rides a 2000 Kawasaki KX 250cc. Nick rides a 1993 ...