I was reading about the plan for end the ease of which Canadians and Americans cross the world’s largest unprotected border. Soon I’m going to need a passport to go to the U.S. and Americans are going to need one to get back home. WHY ??
I understand the world of paranoia we now live in, in our post 9/11 world but to stifle the border traffic between our two countries is just plain stupid. It will do nothing but hurt both our economies, by slowing trade and discouraging tourist. Again, its for both sides, U.S. tourists destinations will loose a lot because of the lack of Canadian visitors. Oh and if you think that these places don’t care about Canadians visitors, awhile back, Disney World was offering a 5 day pass (including hotel stay) for the price of a 3 day stay, to Canadians. We Canucks can spend tourists dollars just as good as any U.S. citizen, even more actually because the prices are lower. As well, with the strengthening Canadian dollar, more Canadian are willing to make the trip across the border but if I need a passport now? Screw it, I’m staying home. Maybe I’ll visit Newfoundland instead, I’ve always wanted to see an iceberg.
Now I know that this all about security and that Canada is supposedly a “safe haven for international terrorists” but let’s look at the fact that all the 9/11 terrorists entered the U.S. from overseas flight, not through Canada. Canada doesn’t have secret Al Qaeda training camps. As I recalled, we helped out the U.S. as much as we could, during that terrible time. We even gave shelter to international travelers,(including you guys down there) stuck in Canada during the crisis. The rest of the planet considers us “Nice Guys”, what the hell is up George W. ass?
I personally think it’s a shame that it’s coming to this. Does this mean that Canadian living in the U.S. have to come home? In that case I want the following Canadian returned.
Wayne Gretzky
Mike Myers
Jim Carrey
William Shatner
The Bare Naked Ladies
Peter Jennings
Dan Aykroyd
Pamela Anderson
James Camerson
Howie Mandel
Lorne Michaels
Leslie Nielsen
Mathey Perry
Jason Priestly
Ivan Reitman
Paul Shaffer
Martin Short
Rick Moranis
Kiefer Sutherland
Alex Trebek
You can keep
Celine Dion
Avril Lavigne
Tom Green
And take back Kevin Sorbo. Were keeping Richard Dean Anderson, Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell.
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Wednesday, April 06, 2005
Tuesday, April 05, 2005
Apparently Cows are sacred in other parts of the world as well.
Early Sunday morning, we went to Daylight Savings Time, and now my parents and I share the same time and there’s a difference of 2 hours between my parents and my brother and sister. Why is this, because Saskatchewan doesn’t change their clocks. I did some research to find out why they stayed with Standard Time all year and from what I hear, it’s because of the cows. Yes the COWS!!!
Here’s the deal, apparently you cannot change a cow’s milking time for some unknown reason and since there are a lot of cows in Saskatchewan, they keep the clocks on Standard Time. What I’m trying to figure out is when did cows in Saskatchewan obtained enough power to control such things. Are cows allowed to vote in Saskatchewan. Are cows part of the government, including holding seats in the Legislative Assembly in Saskat…… that place.(it will now be refereed to as there. I’m tired of misspelling the name of the province). I have this image where the Speaker calls on a M.M.P. and the answer is MOOOOO !!! Oh is it one moo for yes and two moos for no in voting a bill into law or it Yaaa and Naaa.
Anyway because of the cows, they stay in Standard Time, but I want to know is, are the cows really noticing that hour change in their milking time? Are cows in their stalls, chewing away, and suddenly they say “Hey, we don’t get milked for another hour? Are cows wearing watches? These are not Far Side cows here. These are big dumb animals with 4 stomachs that taste great cooked on an open grill. These are cows people. What different does it make? It’s not interfering with their Pilates workout. It’s not interfering with anything else. They’re cows people.
Oh well, I just glad that I don’t live in a province where farm animals get to decide government policy.
My 2 bytes.
Here’s the deal, apparently you cannot change a cow’s milking time for some unknown reason and since there are a lot of cows in Saskatchewan, they keep the clocks on Standard Time. What I’m trying to figure out is when did cows in Saskatchewan obtained enough power to control such things. Are cows allowed to vote in Saskatchewan. Are cows part of the government, including holding seats in the Legislative Assembly in Saskat…… that place.(it will now be refereed to as there. I’m tired of misspelling the name of the province). I have this image where the Speaker calls on a M.M.P. and the answer is MOOOOO !!! Oh is it one moo for yes and two moos for no in voting a bill into law or it Yaaa and Naaa.
Anyway because of the cows, they stay in Standard Time, but I want to know is, are the cows really noticing that hour change in their milking time? Are cows in their stalls, chewing away, and suddenly they say “Hey, we don’t get milked for another hour? Are cows wearing watches? These are not Far Side cows here. These are big dumb animals with 4 stomachs that taste great cooked on an open grill. These are cows people. What different does it make? It’s not interfering with their Pilates workout. It’s not interfering with anything else. They’re cows people.
Oh well, I just glad that I don’t live in a province where farm animals get to decide government policy.
My 2 bytes.
Monday, April 04, 2005
Resorting to Yadda Yadda
Today was awful. It's starting again. They are trying to destroy my light but I will not let them. That is all I have to say about that.
I'm not getting out as much as I use to, it seems. I don't know why I haven't seen Sin City yet. I'm a former comic fan boy, who loved Frank Miller's work and he even directs in the movie. Yet I stay home and fix other people's computers for free. Actually the guy is a friend and I did it as a favor, but now's he's threatening to give me money because I've managed to dodge every attempt for him to repay me by taking me out to lunch but I fear he may give me cash. I don't mind donating my time to my friends and it was actually pretty easy.
Well I have a new hobby, its downloading movies and TV episodes into my new PSP. I get a kick out of watching a DVD on my break at work. Too bad that I can only find a 512 MB memory stick for it, at a decent price I mean. The 1 Gig ones are coming out soon (already out some places) but they want close to $200 for the damn things. Ok I really like the idea of downloading a DVD into the machine, it's a bit of a pain to do it, and I talk about it and have a link to how you can do it on my Geek Blog. It was my first post there in over a month so I was well overdue.
Oh has anyone noticed that the GMail storage space is still going up? I remember reading the Infinity +1 thing and their promise that we would never run out of space. Now I have multiple accounts (gasp) for different purposes and most of them are in no danger of being filled except for 2, I keep smut on them (yes I'm a closet pervert, I like women with no clothes on, GASP) and I was getting close to the 1 gig point (around 800MB for one account, that's a lot of smut) I wonder if I should leave it now and try to overflow one of the accounts? Who knows?
Normally I refrain from mentioning TV shows because Vics doesn't get a lot of the shows over there but I need to talk about 2 reality shows out there. First, The Amazing Race. I want Rob and Amber gone. I said it, and I mean it. Those two are scum of the earth. They couldn't even bother to slow down and check to see if Greg and Brian were ok, after they rolled their vehicle. Originally I hated the two flaming gay guys but they've shown a lot of integrity and I'm rooting for them now. Now I just hope we also get rid of the old couple, Meredith and Gretchen. Actually its just Gretchen that is driving me crazy. She's always complaining and telling the guy to slow down. YOUR IN A RACE WOMAN. The guy I know who's from South Africa laughed at the comment about getting a ticket in the bush. He assured me that the police don't ticket people out there. I hope they're gone as well, just so I don't have to hear the old lady anymore.
Oh and why is Chris still in the running on The Apprentice? That guy must know that he's on borrowed time. Last week he was swearing and threatening Alex. Well at least he stopped chewing tobacco. Personally, I think that The Donald, is going to have to call security before he fires Chris. I have this image of him pouncing across the board room table and smacking someone. I really do. That guy is wound up a little too tight.
Oh one other thing. When the heck did Carrot Top start lifting weights? I saw him on Regis and Kelly last week and his arms were HUGE ! ! ! Maybe he got tired of people beating him up and he decided to do something about it. Even I wanted to kick his ass.
Well this is enough Yadda Yadda for now, Take care and I'll try to share some true wisdom tomorrow, or maybe I'll try and figure out where the air comes from when you fart or how does the fart noise create itself.
My 2 bytes.
I'm not getting out as much as I use to, it seems. I don't know why I haven't seen Sin City yet. I'm a former comic fan boy, who loved Frank Miller's work and he even directs in the movie. Yet I stay home and fix other people's computers for free. Actually the guy is a friend and I did it as a favor, but now's he's threatening to give me money because I've managed to dodge every attempt for him to repay me by taking me out to lunch but I fear he may give me cash. I don't mind donating my time to my friends and it was actually pretty easy.
Well I have a new hobby, its downloading movies and TV episodes into my new PSP. I get a kick out of watching a DVD on my break at work. Too bad that I can only find a 512 MB memory stick for it, at a decent price I mean. The 1 Gig ones are coming out soon (already out some places) but they want close to $200 for the damn things. Ok I really like the idea of downloading a DVD into the machine, it's a bit of a pain to do it, and I talk about it and have a link to how you can do it on my Geek Blog. It was my first post there in over a month so I was well overdue.
Oh has anyone noticed that the GMail storage space is still going up? I remember reading the Infinity +1 thing and their promise that we would never run out of space. Now I have multiple accounts (gasp) for different purposes and most of them are in no danger of being filled except for 2, I keep smut on them (yes I'm a closet pervert, I like women with no clothes on, GASP) and I was getting close to the 1 gig point (around 800MB for one account, that's a lot of smut) I wonder if I should leave it now and try to overflow one of the accounts? Who knows?
Normally I refrain from mentioning TV shows because Vics doesn't get a lot of the shows over there but I need to talk about 2 reality shows out there. First, The Amazing Race. I want Rob and Amber gone. I said it, and I mean it. Those two are scum of the earth. They couldn't even bother to slow down and check to see if Greg and Brian were ok, after they rolled their vehicle. Originally I hated the two flaming gay guys but they've shown a lot of integrity and I'm rooting for them now. Now I just hope we also get rid of the old couple, Meredith and Gretchen. Actually its just Gretchen that is driving me crazy. She's always complaining and telling the guy to slow down. YOUR IN A RACE WOMAN. The guy I know who's from South Africa laughed at the comment about getting a ticket in the bush. He assured me that the police don't ticket people out there. I hope they're gone as well, just so I don't have to hear the old lady anymore.
Oh and why is Chris still in the running on The Apprentice? That guy must know that he's on borrowed time. Last week he was swearing and threatening Alex. Well at least he stopped chewing tobacco. Personally, I think that The Donald, is going to have to call security before he fires Chris. I have this image of him pouncing across the board room table and smacking someone. I really do. That guy is wound up a little too tight.
Oh one other thing. When the heck did Carrot Top start lifting weights? I saw him on Regis and Kelly last week and his arms were HUGE ! ! ! Maybe he got tired of people beating him up and he decided to do something about it. Even I wanted to kick his ass.
Well this is enough Yadda Yadda for now, Take care and I'll try to share some true wisdom tomorrow, or maybe I'll try and figure out where the air comes from when you fart or how does the fart noise create itself.
My 2 bytes.
Sunday, April 03, 2005
This is really dull, don't bother reading it, its that dull. Dull Dull Dull
Well today was spring cleaning day and after going out for a bit, to get all the dust out of my nose. I feel better. I'm very pleased with the end result right now. It looks great. Almost spotless except for the fact that my place is a dust magnet and I can't stop sneezing. I need an air filter/purifier or something like that.
Well once again, I'm staring at the screen, not sure what to write. I bought a Sony PSP on Friday and I have messed around with it. I also bought 512MB of flash memory for it. I'm overly pleased with it as a game machine but I've yet to download any other files (MP3 or video MP4 files) but it's a project for later tonight.
Well it's later tonight. I really don't have anything else to talk about. I finished watching Hidalgo, which was better than I expected it to be, and I'm now trying to put video files on my PSP.
Well I'll get my brain working and I'll try to be more interesting this week. I think it's all the dust that's affecting my brain.
My 2 crappy bytes.
Well once again, I'm staring at the screen, not sure what to write. I bought a Sony PSP on Friday and I have messed around with it. I also bought 512MB of flash memory for it. I'm overly pleased with it as a game machine but I've yet to download any other files (MP3 or video MP4 files) but it's a project for later tonight.
Well it's later tonight. I really don't have anything else to talk about. I finished watching Hidalgo, which was better than I expected it to be, and I'm now trying to put video files on my PSP.
Well I'll get my brain working and I'll try to be more interesting this week. I think it's all the dust that's affecting my brain.
My 2 crappy bytes.
Friday, April 01, 2005
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