LAST ONE FOR THE DAY

Posted on Fri,September/3/2004 by Ken

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I promise, this is the last one of the day. Last week I posted my thoughts about the Pit Bull controversy that is raging in Toronto. To make my point, I talked about our two sadly departed dogs and how different they were.

You’ve already seen pictures of Jace “The Gentle Giant”. This is one of the best pictures of Misha who was known as “The Unguided Missle”. This picture has a story to go with it.

For about 10 years, we had a cottage near Campbellford Ontario on the Trent River. No one told us that the Trent has a habit of flooding in the Spring. Misha is standing in the middle of what was usually the main road into the cottage. The dogs and I went up one weekend after a particularly stressful workweek and ran straight into this. I drove a Jeep Cherokee then so a little water wasn’t any problem and luckily the water didn’t get high enough to flood us out. Misha thought it was great fun to paddle around and chase ducks and geese that were floating in the back yard. We had a good time until it was time to go. The Jeep had been parked in the water all weekend and the level was high enough to reach the starter. It rusted up and refused to turn over. A neighbour was nice enough to tow me out and we got on our way.

WHERE WERE YOU WHEN THE LIGHTS WENT OUT

Posted on Tue,August/10/2004 by Ken

I really don’t understand it. This Saturday (August 14) is the first anniversary of the GREAT BLACKOUT (bold for your viewing pleasure).

Everywhere you look somebody’s writing an article about what a great time we had. Neighbours coming together, community BBQs, citizens directing traffic, etc. etc. Sorry, I don’t remember it as being that much fun.

I manage an IT group for a large logistics company and my memories of those 48 hours are that it just plain SUCKED (bold because that’s the way I feel).

I didn’t sit around the front step with the rest of the surburbanites singing Kumbyah and seeing what else we could throw on the grill because it was in danger of spoiling. When I wasn’t in the office looking at dead machines and fielding angry calls from other parts of Canada where the lights were on and “Goddamm it, I need to get this order shipped and I don’t care what the problem is” and “Do you know when the power will be back” conversations were being conducted on a crummy old rotary phone, I was at home lying in my own sweat hoping Mr. Edison’s wonderful invention would be on soon so I could go take a nice dump without looking like I was holding a vigil to save the whales or the spotted owl or some other helpless creature that is at the back of the pack in the Darwin 500.

You thought the blackout was fun? Good for you. Get all your friends together, hold hands, turn out the lights and relive the defining point of your life. I’ll be listening to the hum of the AC unit and sipping a cold drink.

BTW, this Friday is the 13th. You don’t think we could be that unlucky again??? ………..Naaahhh!

THIS JUST IN

Posted on Tue,July/27/2004 by Ken

President George W. Bush demonstrates once again that simple tasks, like riding a bike or eating a pretzel, are too much for his motor skills.

This man has his finger on the nuclear button?

ANOTHER DARWIN AWARD CANDIDATE

Posted on Fri,July/23/2004 by Ken

EL PASO COUNTY – Sheriff’s deputies have recovered a body from the rubble of a home that exploded near Black Forest Wednesday afternoon.

The house went up in flames. Thursday, searchers found the body of an adult male in the rubble.

The sheriff’s office isn’t identifying him yet, but the owner of the home hasn’t been seen since the explosion. Neighbors say he was known to experiment with rockets and fireworks.

YOUR OWN CRUISE MISSLE

Posted on Thu,July/15/2004 by Ken

How often have you said to yourself “If I only had my own cruise missle, the world would take me more seriously”? That annoying dog that barks in the middle of the night, that neighbouring country that really pisses you off. You’d make them pay.

Well Bruce Simpson is the man you want to meet. Bruce is a little teed off that the New Zealand government would let him build one there so he’s offering his services.

As Bruce himself puts it:
Whether you’re a very small nation looking to extend its military capabilities while perhaps creating a highly profitable export industry, or an entrepreneur seeking to enter the massive market low-cost UAVs, RPVs and other pilotless vehicles, or whether you just want a single missile to mount on your SUV as a roof ornament — I’m your man.

Act now, a man of his singular talents won’t last long in today’s hot WMD job market.

BLOG IN A BOX

Posted on Thu,July/8/2004 by Ken

Blogging Tools – Blog In A Box

Oh good, now all the sleazy telemarketers and spam artist wannabes can have a blog.

There goes the neighbourhood.

The best line: “ANYONE Can Create Their Own Blog Quickly AND Successfully Make A Profit, Even If They Have NO IDEA What A Blog Actually Is”

I have a pretty good idea of what a blog is but I’ll be dammed if I can think of a way to “successfully make a profit”. Perhaps I should buy one of these magic boxes.

THERE GOES THE NEIGHBOURHOOD

Posted on Sat,June/12/2004 by Ken

Perhaps it’s time to get out of the blogging game. David Berkowitz has a blog. Who’s David Berkowitz? Perhaps you remember him from The Son of Sam murders.

Old Dave’s found religion now and wants to tell you about it here.

(From MetaFilter)

ANGELS IN AMERICA

Posted on Sun,January/18/2004 by Ken

It’s 8pm on Sunday night and I’m just starting to watch part 2 of “Angels In America”. This superb HBO miniseries is probably the finest thing I’ve seen on TV since the first year of “The West Wing”. Equal parts of sadness, humor and hope with incredible performances and brilliant direction by Mike Nichols.

Check out HBO’s site. Do yourself a favor, watch it if you can.

Through The Mist Darkly

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