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Much Music Video Awards 2005 4

The MuchMusic Video awards were held tonight, but unfortunately I only have Basic cable so I don’t get MuchMusic on my television. Forutnately I have a perfect view from my patio and the speakers were extremely loud, it was almost shaking my apartment. The bands that played tonight according to the MuchMusic website were: The ...

The Future of beggars 1

Walking down the street a few minutes ago and passing by multiple beggars prompted me to question the future of beggars and methods of receiving money from passerbys. Eventually physical cash will be nonexistent and all transactions will be card-based. The world is already halfway to achieving this. The lack of on-hand cash is going ...

Helping someone move 4

This sounds like something from a Seinfeld episode, but I’m going to ask the question. How well do you have to know somebody before you can ask them to help you move? I went to a hockey tournament in Montreal a few weeks ago, and I only knew 1 person on the hockey team pre-weekend. ...

Special High Intensity Training memo

TO: All Employees From: Management Subject: Special High Intensity Training In order to assure the highest levels of quality work and productivity from employees, it will be our policy to keep all employees welltrained through our progrom of Special High Intensity Training (S.H.I.T.). We are trying to give employees more S.H.I.T. than anyone else. If ...

Picture of Me

I leave my buddy Tim with my computer for 10 minutes, and when I go back on my computer, I realize my MSN picture has changed. Here is the picture that Tim set as my MSN image:

Charles Montgomery Burns quotes 2

I’m in a Simpson’s mood right now, so I’m posting some quotes from Mr. Burns. Mr. Burns: So, Smithers, what are you doing this weekend. Something gay, I expect?Smithers: What?!! Mr. Burns: You know, light and fancy free! Mothers, lock up your daughters! Smithers is on the town! Smithers: Oh! Of course. Mr. Burns: “Ooh, ...

I told you so! 4

Went out for dinner tonight with a girl, and when we were walking toward the restaurant, I noticed a man sitting on a park bench chatting on his cell phone that resembled the recent Prime Minister candidate Jack Layton. I then also noticed that the lady he was with was also on her cell phone ...

Frugal, not cheap! 2

I want to clear something up. Being cheap is much different than being frugal, and I take offense when I’m called cheap. Frugal implies absence of luxury and simplicity of lifestyle whereas being cheap implies always looking to pay for something below it’s value. I see myself as the type of person that cuts out ...

Double Washing

Why is it that every time I go to the washroom of a restaurant to wash my hands before dinner, I finish washing my hands and all of the sudden I have to take a leak. So then I take my leak and I have to wash my hands again. Before entering the bathroom, there ...

Donny Dumbsfeld brain dead? 1

Is Donald Rumsfeld brain dead? At a regional security conference in Singapore, Donald Rumsfeld has warned China about its military buildup, stating that China is spending more than its leaders acknowledge, expanding its missile capabilities and developing advanced military technology. China now has the world’s third-largest military budget, he said, behind the United States and ...