Seasons of Change...

Happy Holidays.

In honour of the holiday season I shall share with you this picture that i have found of Santa a-la-South Park.


In other news my tiny area of the unread web will go on a small but temporary hiatus over the holidays while I visit some family and gorge myself on Turkey and gravy... mmmmm Gravy.

In yet, more news, who knew that this would be such an exciting day?, I have accepted a position with another company less than 3 months after starting the job that I'm currently at. I'm leaving before I even finished my probationary period.

Coincidentally, its the same company that I left in the first place. They had contacted me to contract out some work for 3 or 4 months when we started talking about things that have opened up. My basic job function will still remain the same, I'll be responsible for maintaining some web servers and applications as well as providing some training and minor development, I will also get the genuinely terrifiable task of becoming the lead trainer in the Brunei project.

This would be where I'd be going. [all the way on the other side of the world, like 16,000 KM away.]

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Play this and tell me it isn't fun....

Here and here and here and over here is a game, its called "Don't Let Go."

The premise is simple:

* Click the Ball
* It will move, keep your mouse on the ball.
* Don't let go of the mouse.

I've been playing it for a bit this morning and managed to score 34.2221 seconds, let me know if you can beat that!

Made in Canada = Illegal in Canada?

I first heard the above from Urban Ichthyosapien in their blog which has much to do about the wrong doings in Canada politics. (Such as the DMCA that I was bitching about earlier.) Watch it and tell me why Canadians can't buy a car thats built in their own country because its illegal. The selling point of the car: it has ZERO emissions. Here

Awards and Strangeness

Thanks to the ever lovely Odd Facts I have received my very first award. Isn't it pretty. You can see it right here. <-----

Now, I don't quite know what I've done to receive my award apart from having a blog thats scattered and all over the place, but still it makes me feel special that there's someone out there who actually reads.





As for the strangeness I've mentioned above, there is some news on the horizon concerning a few areas of my life. I shall not tell you what they are for that might jinx what might be going on but to say the least, its very big news.

My cousin is arriving from London, England today for the holidays. It's been a few months since I've seen her but I always look forward to hearing from her and see what quirky words she's picked up since the last time she was home.

Did you know that "Crimbo" is slang for Christmas? Neither did I. You learn something new everyday.

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I've mentioned that we've got another kitty in our house. I don't know if I told you her name. We originally (yes, its going to be one of these stories) had named her Goliath, but that was a stupid name for a girl cat. We then decided upon Susi, since that was a very cute name. We took her to the vet for her very first checkup and the vet lifted her tail and exclaimed... "She's a he." I kind of looked as him puzzlingly and rolled over the turn of events in my mind.... I thought, "Damnit, now he needs a new name." After much debate and fighting Nico was decided up as the name for the new kitty. He's getting along much better now and there hardly is any hissing with the other cats. They're even sleeping together now too.

News & Excitement

Music Listening to: The Tea Party - Coming Back Again

I was given a joyous task tonight at work, really it was my first thing to do that wasn't studying for the tests that I don't want to write.

I was told to go through old training material for a donut shoppe (where people are often found “dunkin” their donuts) and look for references that need to be removed. Initially I thought that it would be fun because I could easily look at the slides and makes notes of what needs to change.

NO.

Then I thought that I could listen to music while performing this menial task. Atleast that would be entertaining.

NO.

Then I thought, well, this certainly is going to suck. It shouldn't take me too long to do it.

NO.

I had to go through VIDEO's. Boring, monotone videos describing workplace safety and how to properly interact with the disabled.

Normally I would look at this task as a little bonus that enabled me to further myself in the eyes of my employer, but mostly its just busy work. So I don't surf the 'Net the entire time I'm at work. (And by surf the 'Net I really mean spending time downloading music and watching YouTube.)

.... As for the news. I can't really say, but there might be something interesting happening.

In other news. We got a new KITTY!!

She's right cute. We took her to the vet today and found out that he's not a girl and that wasn't a vagina I seen on him.... I wonder what it was then?

We're calling him Nico. I'll post a picture of him soon.

Nerd much?

Sad... but cool.

In the spirit of Christmas, here are a few of the things that I want.

"Football (soccer) fans are snapping up toasters in club colours which brand slices of bread with their team's initials. Ipswich sold out of the £45 appliance in only two days. (Mirror)"

Thats right, you can buy you're very own toaster that brands your toast with the initials/logo of your favourite team. How cool would that be? You could strategically place your strawberry and blueberry jam in the grooves of the logo to recreate it in the appropriate colours.

I'm still trying to find a link where I can purchase these toasters.

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Remote Control Missle Launcher

(http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/warfare/8a0f/)

Attach the cord to your computer. Install the software. Launch the missles. How much fun could that be. Now if only they would install it with a webcam so that you can mount it in odd places and control it remotely. This has already been placed on my wish list.

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Water Powered Clock

(http://www.thinkgeek.com/homeoffice/lights/757e/)

Based on this description: " How does it work? Magic mostly. And a little bit of science too. " I want it now.

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Binary Clock

(http://www.thinkgeek.com/homeoffice/lights/59e0/)

Are you a nerd? Do you know binary? Show off your ability to your friends by getting this neeto clock. You can then tell them that its now: 1000:0000 1000 pm. (8:08)

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Plasma Mug

(http://www.thinkgeek.com/homeoffice/mugs/60c3/)

Think of it like a static ball in a GLASS. "Touch the outer glass with your fingertips, and watch as the colorful plasma magically follows your every move!"

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Mood LED Jellyfish

(http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/cubegoodies/9a8c/)

Did you ever have a lava lamp and think it was the coolest thing in the world? Well now you can toss out that '70s hippie crap and replace it with JellyFish! (The page has a really cool video showing off its coolness)

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Posable Magnetic Robots

(http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/cubegoodies/6748/)

They're robots what more do you need to say? And with a description like this.... who could resist?

"Get a bunch! They love to play together and they'll stay happier longer. You want your Acrobots to be happy don't you? Oh, and never forget that no matter what happens - YOU are always their King. That way you can never feel guilty about how you pose them."

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Blunt Office Signs

(http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/cubegoodies/7476/)

"This Isn't An Office: It's Hell With Fluorescent Lighting!" hehehehehe

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Stuffed Tux

(http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/plush/288e/)

Yes! He will be mine!


I should never be allowed to be alone on this website EVER again.