Archive for October, 2009

This Is Not A Post

Oct 29 2009

Uhm, ok. So, I’ve been told. My good buddy Kevin, who apparently is a dedicated fan of my website, is sick and tired of my occasional “writer’s block” posting. By “sick and tired” I mean he took the time to write a lengthy comment on the subject and by “occasional” I mean every other post.

For your convenience, I’ve included his comment below. I’ve taken a couple of liberties and corrected Kevin’s occasional fat-finger misspellings.

I don’t know if this is actually a post.

It is, on the other hand, an affirmation of neglect to the site, of which I am a fan, and now that you’ve undoubtedly found a calculator to do the math, maybe we could continue in the same vein and figure out how long you’re gonna take before you realize that there may be more like me out there, waiting, biting at the bit, for a little or a lot more than you’ve given us. Producing and maintaining a site like this takes on another role of responsibility than that of it’s upkeep. The responsibility is to the readership and or viewership, whichever you prefer, of the site. The poor sod, not unlike myself, who routinely takes the time to check in is more often then not, eager to become involved in the antics and happenstance of what the latest post has to offer. Whether it be biting satire, the odd run-in with the local public at large, the ongoing and sometimes heated exchanges between “wifey and the other half or third”, or maybe an observation to ponder or make fun of. Any of these are relished and sought after day in and day out but to initiate a post in the name of how long it’s been since the last one, is merely taking a breath and informing your awaiting public that it will be longer still before anything of valuable substance appears to satisfy our insatiable appetites. Calculators aside, we sometimes have a right to demand more, after all, you did start us on this road turning quickly into the habit that is our bane to carry; likewise it’s your duty not to cut the cord but to make sure the content is as strong and entertaining or thought provoking as it has always been. Other than that, how’s your day going?

How’s my day? Fine… just freaking fine, until somebody volunteered to be my conscience. Thanks a bunch Kevin. You’re a pal.

In a related news story, doctors have found that one may cure erectile dysfunction by simply looking the afflicted person directly in the eye and yelling “No excuses, mister! Just get it up! NOW!!

 
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Posted by Steve at 5:42 pm, Oct 29, 2009

 

1,209,600 Seconds

Oct 27 2009

Two weeks, with love.Twenty thousand, one hundred and sixty minutes.
Three hundred and thirty six hours.
Fourteen days.

Yup. It’s been two weeks since I put a post up here. I really have nothing to blame other than sheer laziness. That and a relatively uneventful fortnight.

(yaaaaawn)

 
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Posted by Steve at 2:23 pm, Oct 27, 2009

 

Miners Refuse To Work After Death

Oct 13 2009

funny-headlineI would think not. Time to negotiate that into the collective agreement.

I was reading my news feed from CBC today and a couple of headlines jumped out at me.

  • Man Sentenced For Abuse Of Puppies Left In Snow. I hope they let him wear his snow boots.
  • Mother Urges School and Parents to Stop Bullying. Man! Shouldn’t they be setting a better example?
  • Wrongfully Convicted Man’s Trial Delayed Two Weeks. Jeez. It’s bad enough to be railroaded, but to have to wait a fortnight knowing it’s gonna happen is just cruel!

In other news, Condom Truck Tips, Spills Load.

 
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Posted by Steve at 12:55 pm, Oct 13, 2009

 

Marge Simpson, Playboy Playmate

Oct 09 2009

Homer Simpson’s wife, Marge Simpson is set to appear on the cover of November’s issue of Playboy. This is a historic moment in that she will be the first cartoon character to grace the cover.

Marge Simpson, PlayboyAs reported on CBC.ca:

Marge isn’t going to bare all, though, as the magazine says, there will be “implied nudity” in the three-page pictorial. New Playboy chief executive Scott Flanders said the idea is to attract readers in their 20s to a magazine where the average reader’s age is 35.

Playboy chief executive Scott Flanders? Seriously? I’ll bet old Ned put him up to it.

 
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Posted by Steve at 10:42 pm, Oct 9, 2009

 

Raceday!

Oct 03 2009

Recently I was fortunate enough to be invited to a promotional event put off by a local information technology services vendor (Bulletproof Solutions) partnered with Cisco. They had rented a local racing oval and secured a couple of racecars and, you guessed it, I got to drive one!

It was quite a rush to say the least! Check out the photos in the stack below. Click to see more.

For those of you reading this in Facebook, click here to go to my blog so you can see the pics.

 
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Posted by Steve at 10:54 pm, Oct 3, 2009