Hearing Impaired

Last night, I went to see Chevelle at La Zona Rosa. It was one of the best shows I've seen in a long time (despite the fact that they didn't have any pyrotechnics.). It was just a good, solid rock-and-roll show. I'd write more about it, but my head hurts a little today. I'm also quite deaf today.

www.benedictxvi.com

A month ago, a guy by the name of Rogers Cadenhead registered a bunch of internet dot-com domains using names he suspected the new Pope would choose (i.e. LeoXIV.com, PaulVII.com etc.) He got it right with www.benedictxvi.com

He's a pretty good writer too. I enjoyed reading his blog.

I Rock

...because I just bought a Kiss belt buckle. Party on, Wayne.

Bomb it

Click here to drop nuclear bombs on this blog.

Orb streaming TV

Orb provides a really cool new service that allows you to stream a TV signal (amongst other things) from your home PC to other networked devices (such as your PDA, or your computer at work). I think my friend Eric might have mentioned this to me be before, but a co-worker was watching TV on his computer at work today (I guess he had lots to do!) and that's when I realized how cool the service could be. Check them out.

Another use

Our dishwasher died again. This is the third or fourth time this has happened, so we bought a new one. While removing the old dishwasher, I realized that I didn't have the proper tool required to remove the drainage hose. The clamp required a flat-head screw driver to loosen the screw. Since I was in the kitchen, I saw no need to walk to the garage and get a flat-head - for in the drawer next to the dishwasher was a perfectly good tool for the job... a butter knife!

Butter knife

Yesterday, Heidi stuck the SD card into my Canon SD300 camera upside-down. It got very, very stuck. I was as mad as a hatter (but I calmly did not let on). I got it out with a little help from a butter knife.

The butter knife is really quite a versatile tool. I suspect its most common secondary purpose is to act as a flat-head screwdriver. My earliest memories of the butter-knife-as-a-tool involve a TV and the little cylindrical transformer that you had to use to connect the cable to the back of the television. Remember those things? Remember using a butter-knife to tighten those little screws that held that thing to the TV?

I've also heard you can use them with an empty 2-litre Coke bottle, an electric stove (with those coil elements) and some hashish. "Hot-knives" is what all the kids called that use of the butter knife.

And of course it spreads butter. But its versatility allows it to spread much more than just butter. Other common items that can be spread include:

• Peanut butter (a form of butter, made from peanuts)
• Jam (or jelly)
• Cheeze Whiz (available in Canada only I think. But that's okay. It's gross.)
• Cinnamon Spread (available in Canada only I think. Too bad. It's great stuff).
• Cream Cheese (I prefer a dedicated "spreader" for this, but a butter-knife works in a pinch.)
• Margarine
• Mayonnaise (I prefer Miracle Whip.)

Wow, look at the crap I wrote. I only intended to talk about Heidi and the SD card (you forgot about that, didn't you?), and it turned into this whacky thing.

It's St. Patrick's day. I'm going to go get a beer.

Dogblog

Poor dogs.

Dogblog

Dance, White Boy, Dance

I'm sure this was staged, but it's still funny...

Dance, White Boy, Dance

Ironic?

In my previous post, I used the word "blog" and "blogging" a few times. Before publishing my post, I spell-checked it. Did you know that the dictionary used by this site (blogger.com) does not contain an entry for "blog" or "blogging"? Crazy, eh? I bet Alanis Morissette would have sung about it back in the 90s...

New Blog

I have created a new blog on another blogging site. Not that I write here very often, but the content will be slightly different on the new blog. Mostly family-related items and what not. The reason it's on MSN is because it offers space for photo albums as well as blogging. Take a look at the new blog here.

P.S. I pretty much use Firefox exclusively now as my web browser. However, I must admit that the photo album feature of the new blog is much nicer if you're using Internet Explorer.

Napoleon Dynamite

I had heard from several people that they thought this was the funniest movie of all time. So as I was flipping through the channels last night, I saw that it was playing on one of my movie channels. Because of the hype, I decided to watch it. I had been hoping for an hour and a half of gut-splitting comedy. I was sadly disappointed. While it did generate a few laughs (I particularly liked the dance routine near the end of the movie), I found it pretty dull overall.

It always seems that when a movie generates hype, I am very disappointed. I enjoy movies much more when I watch them with few or no expectations.

Read more about "Napoleon Dynamite" at IMDB.com.

Real Men Love Jesus

It must be true, because it was stencilled in huge letters on the back window of a some guy's pickup truck in the parking lot at work.

Grocery store

Lately, I've been doing most of the grocery shopping in our household. Heidi compiles the list and I head out and get the goods. (Before I forget, I must comment on the lists she compiles for me. Knowing that I don't really enjoy the grocery store, she does all she can to make it as painless as possible. So, when she creates the grocery list, she writes the items in the order in which I will come upon them on the shelves of the store - starting from produce, and finishing with any toiletries. Isn't that nice? I think so.) There is something that really bugs me about the grocery store though. What irks me the most, is other shoppers. It's amazing how preoccupied people get with their own grocery buying. They seem to forget that there are other shoppers in the store. Did you ever notice how you are always bumping in to people at the grocery store? Ever notice how people just leave their shopping carts in the middle of the isle, blocking all other people who want to get past? It's really, really annoying. I compare it to people who can't drive while talking on cell phones. So the next time you're grocery shopping, please be aware of everybody else. They'll appreciate it.

I'm a geek

A neutron walk into a bar and orders a beer. He pulls out his wallet to pay, but the bartender won't accept his money. "For you," the bartender says, "no charge."

Heheh....

Jenny, are you there? (867-5309)

This person clearly had too much time on their hands...

Jenny, are you there? (867-5309)

Rent a Midget

I think they're serious...

"Think about the best party you've ever been to, wouldn't it have been better if there was a midget there? Another boring day at the office, why not have one of our little people go down and bring some life in there!"

If you think you need a midget around to bring a smile to your face, visit them here.

Cleaning Costs

So Merry Maids came by the house today to provide an estimate for their house-cleaning services. It sounds a little costly to me: a one-time fee of $200 to clean the house from top-to-bottom, then every two weeks, they'll clean the place for $95. I don't think I'll go for it, but I'll let Heidi decide if the cost is worth it. I'll keep shopping around too - I'm sure I can find some cheaper labour.

Ass-fu#&ed!

Now what do you suppose is going on here?

Shizzy's Mailbag

This is kind of funny. If you have a minute, check it out:

Shizzy's Mailbag