The Time of Darkness is Fast Approaching

Ugh! Daylight Savings ends on November 2nd. I hate winter hours. Go to work in the dark...come home from work in the dark and only see daylight from the office window. That's when it's not raining.

I need a job that lets me travel to warmer and sunnier climes in the winter. I needs me my sun!

Chad VanGaalen

Check out this video. My new favourite (for this week, anyway). Haunting and beautiful at the same time.

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=DLw5b70OJH8

Strangest Pictogram...Ever!

What the hell is this supposed to tell you?

A)Do not sing with a bag over your head

B)Do not choke yourself while your head is in a plastic water jug.

C)Do not place this plastic bag over the head of a blow up doll.

Willy Alert

With all the bad press coming out of China about melamine contamination in everything from pet food to baby food to (horror of all horrors) chocolate, I thought I'd seen it all. Well, apparently not. It seems now that your willies may be involved in this debacle. The CBC has reported that chocolate flavoured body spreads (the kind you buy in sex shops) are also contaminated with the stuff.
From my understanding, melamine was added to these other food products to artificially elevate the estimates of protein content. Why then, is it being added to chocolate flavoured body spreads? I should think that protein content would be the least of your concerns during this type of activity.
Am I wrong?
By the way, I know this picture is not of a willy, nor is probably chocolate flavoured body paint, but it is damn freaky, non?

Trial By Liar

So...I spent my day yesterday sitting outside of a courtroom, waiting to testify in an assaut trial. Let me go back in time with a quick synopsis for you...

In April 2008, six of us from my softball team were practicing in Strathcona Park when a couple of teenagers broke into the Jeep of one of our players. We confronted them and were surrounded by more teenagers. A 'rumble' ensued and two of the teenager were charged, one with assault and the other with assault with a weapon (a police baton). The kid charged with assault pleaded guilty and the other went to trial.

Yesterday, we went to court to testify. After the fire alarm went off, we had to vacate the building and wait to be let back in, delaying the procedings by over an hour. Once back inside, the defence attorney saw that there were 4 witnesses waiting outside the court room and another one on the way. Additionally, the Crown attorney told him that I and one of my teammates would perform well on the witness stand. At this point, the defence called for a recess to speak with his client. An hour later, the kid changed his plea to guilty. Little bastard! Waste everyone's time in the hope that the witnesses won't show up and he can squeek through without any consequence.

I'm proud of my teammates for showing up to testify and let this kid know that we weren't going to pretend like nothing happened. Maybe this way he'll see that there are actually consequences to his actions and become a more responsible person for it.

Or maybe I'm just dreaming.

$300 Million Later and Almost Nothing Changes

Thank you Stephen Harper for breaking your own fixed election date law to spend almost $300 million tax dollars and accomplish very little change in the House of Commons. Your party is still leading a minority parliament which will once again deteriorate into partisan sniping and eventually deadlock, resulting in another election in 18 to 24 month from now.

With bullshit like this, it's no wonder fewer and fewer people vote anymore.

Jackass.

Roast of Bob Saget

Holy Crap! Watched the Comedy Central Roast of Bob Saget last weekend. Many of the regulars were there on the dais but the stand out performance had to be Cloris Leachman. She opened with, "I'm not here to roast Bob Saget, I'm her to f*ck John Stamos" This was later followed up with "Go f*uck a donkey and then come talk to me". This from an 82 year old woman! This roast wasn't quite up there with the Pamela Anderson Roast, but it was pretty close.

Here's the clip...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmTiAflugSc

Madge

Klaus has two extra tickets for Madonna on October 31st that he's selling to Jay & I at cost! Wasn't sure originally if I wanted to go but then I figured that the ol' girl ain't gettin' any younger and I may not have a chance to see her again. Although, if she pulls any farewell to the farewell stunts like Cher has done, there will be other opportunities.

Just in case though, I'm going to this one.