Threw, Through, Throw

I just opened a piece of mail. It was an anonymous complaint letter from one of our communities. In it, the self-described Early Childhood Educator who has been working with children for ten years, repeatedly used 'threw' when she meant to use 'through'. These were minor errors among other glaring offences to English.

I put it away to stop my head from involuntary shaking it's sad back and forth and opened an e-mail I received from a co-worker about some broken glass on my floor. He suggested that "we through the glass out" when the movers arrive.

I want to throw them both off the payroll.


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If I Had 70 Million Dollars

You would be all invited to lounge in a "living room [that] is considered the most magnificent privately owned room in the world. This incredible space was the original ballroom at The Pierre Hotel, with 23 foot high curved ceiling and 20 foot French doors overlooking the park and the city. Four adjoining terraces add to its phenomenal dimensions." Or enjoying the "16 grand rooms - including five master bedrooms, 7 full baths and three half-baths, five working fireplaces, oak flooring with mahogany borders throughout, separate guest suites plus staff accommodations".

Oh, and this is not just any old mansion. It's the top three floors of a hotel on Fifth Avenue in New York motherfraking City.

Did I mention that those are five working wood burning fireplaces? I am unspeakable shades of envy.

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More Copfoolery

So the cops hassle the men for having open alcohol at UBC on Canada Day while flirting with women carrying open alcohol and playfully handcuffing them for photo ops.

I'm not at all surprised - don't tell me you are?!

Folded into the end of the piece in a comment about local Canada Border Services Agency officers being morons by posting their misdeeds on the obscure networking site, Facebook.

I'm so proud.

Maybe It's Only Funny To Me

"In a pre-season game in September, Flyers rookie Steve Downie received a 20-game ban for leaving his feet and delivering a shoulder to the head of Ottawa's Dean McAmmond."

...for leaving his feet! *lol*

Recall Everything

Starbucks is recalling children's mugs that were made in China, further spurring the panic that all products from that country are dangerous.

These nefarious plastic mugs have animal faces glued to them, and "if the cup is dropped, it's possible for the face to break off and leave sharp edges that can choke or cut children."

The recall is because if you drop the cup it might break.

Now I'm pretty sure there are lots of items around my house that if I dropped, might break, and then be dangerous to babies who want to eat pieces of glass. I'm also certain it doesn't make everything that is breakable a dangerous made-in-China defect.

Spageism #7: "With a w-e-d."

I went to the beach with a friend of mine a while ago to take night pictures of the city. After many smoked bowls, when we were cold enough to warrant leaving, I picked up my tripod which was wet from dew that settled while we were talking. I realized that we also got dew on us, which contributed to our coldness so I said, "Dude, we've been dewed...with a w-e-d."

The New Duct Tape

Someone at DiY Life thinks that tennis balls should be as highly revered for their multi-purposeness.

Here are 17 other uses for the tennis ball.

Waiting For The 2008 Summer Tour

I was in Los Angeles for a couple of days to take in the last two shows of the Dave Matthews Band 2007 Summer Tour at the legendary Hollywood Bowl. The shows were phenomenal. More than that. During the N2 set closer, I told Lance that the night was my blue heaven.


We were treated to an incredibly rare song (#34) that Dave dedicated to his wife on her 34th birthday made even more rare by the addition of lyrics (not done since 1993!). We had Danny Barnes join in both nights on the banjo (love the banjo!). There was John Mayer guesting on #41. And yet another rarity, Exodus, made even more rare by the guest vocals of Stephen and Ziggy Marley (and some of their band mates). For the first time ever, the band also invited the entire crew onstage during the encore break. The energy and atmosphere was, to be corny, magical. The music was innovative for both nights, I met great people, and curled up with old friends on the DMB circuit.


Then there was L.A. You know, I really hate L.A. I can't believe how bad the roaming paparazzi has gotten down there. It's noticeably worse than when I was last down. Guys with cameras and video cameras everywhere. Just waiting. Skulking. It's a soulless place, no doubt. It somehow has a complete lack of character - how do they do that?

Wookiee - thought of you on Tuesday. The club next door to my hostel (so trendy it had no name visible and was constantly stalked by paparazzi), hosted the Jericho Season 1 DVD release party.

Anyway, picture upload to follow...eventually.

Did I remember to post about the Guster show in Seattle the other weekend? I gotta get on this shit.

Collection Of Videos

• This one is a mash up of Bert & Ernie / De Niro & Pesci in a not quite seamless version of a scene from Casino.
  
  
• Then you've got an awesome vid of Prodigy's "Smack My Bitch Up" dubbed over an old-phat hippie music video.
  
  
• Of course, who doesn't want to see what has been dubbed "The best five second video on the internet"? See The Dramatic Chipmunk here. It is all in the turn.
  
  
• Something tells me Fatboy Slim would like Walk It Out, Fosse.
  
  
• How is it that I never used this method to close and save a bag of chips...or any other bagged goods? I'm trying it right now.
  
  
• Firefighters are flying a car on jets of water!
  
  
• Japanese ads - gotta love 'em, same as it ever was. This one is from the early 80's for the Honda City car.
  
  
• Tell me men, does this battery hack apply to Canada?
  
  

It's no wonder that a recent survey of 1,011 American adults, conducted by advertising agency JWT showed, among other things;

While slightly more than half (55 per cent) of the respondents said they could go without connecting online "for a few days," only about a fifth (18 per cent) said they could abstain for a week, the survey found.

Similarly 48 per cent of respondents agreed with the statement: "If I cannot access the internet when I want to, I feel like something important is missing."

This is entertaining (I mean, important) shit! My friends don't spontaneously break into dance parody when a bouncing song is on the speakers. You don't want to go a whole week missing this stuff!

7 Amazing Holes

As the poster says, "if you’re expecting filth you’ll be disappointed".

Pictures and blurbs on seven holes found on the planet.

$1 Cdn = $1 US

Woohoo!

Perfect timing; I'm heading to the States this weekend :)

In your face doom and gloomers, in your face.

Flickr Update

I've got a few new sets up on my Flickr site.

Wookiee's Wedding Weekend



1208 Greatest Hits Tour



Gorge 2007

Jack Black Top Ten

Like all Late Night Top Ten Lists, it isn't particularly funny - except this time Jack makes the Number 1 spot hilarious. Check it on YouTube.

Okay, the "Dance...dance...dance.." one is pretty funny too.

Effrontery

This is the side of Shaquille O'Neal's big pimpin' party bus. Yes, he is painted alongside characters from The Godfather, Scarface, and Goodfellas...and then there's the Superman symbol.




For interested parties, some background on where it was photographed.

Google's Lunar X Prize

Awesome.