Coming soon

Not a film about robot cars, about underage witches and wizards, nor about the lack of health care in the land south of 49.

Rather, a semi-original (you’ll get the feel when you watch it):

Yeah, I know. I don’t have music rights. But I’m not making money on this, and there’s so many ‘tribute’ videos, so meh.

The full, music sync’ed version to come soon, to A Golden World near you…

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iTunes July 2007 - the I finally have a Mac edition

And as the mp3’s make their way over from the PC, the entire playcounts have been reset. As such, as some things change, some remain exactly the same…

1. You May Be Right - The Grapes of Wrath (1)
2. Wander My Friends - Lillis Olaoire (NR)
3. Killing In The Name - Rage Against the Machine (5)
4. Trailer Park Boys Theme (Breeze) - Blain Morris (NR)
5. Our House - Madness (NR)
6. Anna is a Speed Freak - Pure (NR)
7. Kyle’s Mom’s A Bitch - Eric Cartman (10)
8. Reflections - The Supremes (14)
9. Keep On Rocking In The Free World - Neil Young (
10. BYOB - System of a Down (NR)
11. When the Night Feels My Song - Bedouin Soundclash (NR)
12. Chemical World - Blur (25)
13. Stop - Jane’s Addiction (NR)
14. You Were Always on my Mind - Pet Shop Boys (3)
15. Games Without Frontiers - Peter Gabriel (NR)
16. Pets - Porno for Pyros (NR)
17. My Doorbell - The White Stripes (NR)
18. The Lonely Shepherd - Zamfir (12)
19. Twin Peaks (Instrumental) - Angelo Badalamenti (11)
20. There’s No Other Way - Blur (22)
21. Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 - Bob Dylan (NR)
22. Buffalo Soldier - Bob Marley (NR)
23. Cannonball - The Breeders (NR)
24. Feel Good Inc. - Gorillaz (NR)
25. Sex is Violent - Jane’s Addiction (NR)

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Essentially

What is essential? As in day to day services provided both publically and privately? Well, as the current day job dictates, document storage and shredding is, though residential garbage collection isn’t. Yup, just in case you haven’t guessed from that intro, we have a city strike in Vancouver. Follow the previous link and you can link to a load of other articles around it. Simply put, the city wants the agreement to last past the Olympics, the workers want another CBA just before. And my comment to the City employees… Good on ya! We don’t know what the economy will be like post 2010, and don’t ever give that up.

But alas, this really is about the whole essential services argument. You see, my current slave driving organization employer, which is NOT the garbage collection part of the initial example, is within some definition somewhere, an ESSENTIAL SERVICE, also confirmed by my union local. For my employment purposes, this means I can cross a picket line to do my job, but management has another thing coming if they think I’m going to brave a rowdy picket line.

But garbage collection is not. And let’s amend that. Residential garbage collection is not. Commercial is still executed, though in a not quite full capacity. What a great bargaining point the union has. Use a city’s residents against the city when the odour becomes too much. But on the theory, business documents over peoples refuse definitely sends a message out to how much hard working people are appreciated these days.

Sadly, this is not the most glaring example of faulty prioritization. Id est, some other examples of services more of a priority than residential garbage service…

1. Parks, playing fields, tennis courts, trails, playgrounds, sport courts, beaches, skateboarding, restaurants (including the Shaughnessy Restaurant at VanDusen) concessions, gift shops and pay parking.
2. Horse drawn tours [at Stanley Park].
3. Park garbage collection.
4. Playhouse Theatre.
5. Cemetery burials for pre-sold graves only [better not die until after the strike].
6. Taxi and Liqueur licensing [as many city workers MUST be drinking excessively and needing a safe ride home].
7. Many different fine and civic tax collecting agencies.

Yes, feel priviledged that though your trash is rotting in the alley (or on the curb in some neighbourhoods), but you can experience the same smell, live from a horse drawn tour at Stanley Park. And if you’re headed that way… and the smell is that bad… take your trash. It’ll get picked up from there.

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Signs that the yellow skins are about to hit theatres…

Well, first off, this free publication posted an article about cool Simpsons supporting characters and quotes. The quote mentioned today that stands timeles is thus:

“Attempted murder, now honestly, what is that? Do they give a Nobel Prize for attempted chemistry?”

Something about the city strike tomorrow.

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Yet another reason I love living in British Columbia

Yes, this picture taken today, at Cypress Provincial Park, showing that we still have snow here in the heat of summer. I know I have referred to this one before, but I never ceased to be amazed. I just wish I had something better than my camera phone to take the pic. This lump of snow was massive.

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How about dem Apples?

But sadly, not ‘dem Apples’ of Will Hunting as he got Skylar’s number and showed it off. Rather, throughout history, factual or otherwise, it seems Apples seem to have been given a very bad name.

First off, for the ‘otherwise’:

It seems the monotheistic lot of the western world (to whom the ones who put a lot of stock in a Jew who was crucified about 2,000 years back actually practice a bi or tri-theistic approach to polytheism) have this introduction to their scriptures involving some poor sod named Adam and his lady friend Eve who both chose to eat an Apple from the ‘Tree of Knowledge’. The pair, forewarned of the consequences to eating this Apple, fell to the temptation of a supposedly evil snake, gained knowledge, and were cast from paradise by the one true God whose name and interperetation have caused bloodshed ever since.

Well, from this story, one can plainly see the set up for a course of doctrine where knowledge and education is evil (as it contradicts scripture in many forms), how it encourages the belief that free will is wrong, I do have to ask: why pick on the Apple? Why not make the story about the Florida Orange of Knowledge (which is ironic as in the state of Florida, the further north you travel, the further south demographically the population becomes). But in this pivotal moment, the Apple is marked as great an evil as the Sacred Feminine was in Christian terms. Wouldn’t it be amusing to see our favourite fruit stand defending itself in a witch trial?

Now that I’ve thoroughly pissed off the militant Christians, on to the realm of science. Isaac Newton. As any of us who have taken Grade 11 physics, Newton’s fourth law, that of Universal Gravitation, was said to have been inspired by the evil Apple falling from a tree. Newton started as a devout Christian, favouring biblical study over scientific, but as his physical and mathematical endeavours continued, his perception of the divine swayed from traditional doctrine. Again, that tool of Satan, le pomme.

But clearly Apple is the tool of the devil. Growing up, there was a veritable cornicopia of computers to choose from. But, as the Silicon wars ensued, there was but two MAIN platforms left. Microsoft and Apple. In my highly inebriated University days, we ALL hated Microsoft. It was universally agreed upon that Bill Gates is nothing more than a two bit theif with a good lawyer. However, we didn’t go Mac because we couldn’t find a CAD system we liked.

Now, sadly, it seems there is a more than significant group that ACTUALLY LIKES MICROSOFT AND WINDOWS. Is this more of a sign of the Apocalypse than Harper being elected Prime Minister? I actually met someone who said that Apple is communist because they control the types of hardware built for their systems. I mean, fuck, it’s just a computer. If you don’t like Apple’s manufacture concepts, just buy an inferior PC.

And, since I tend to be a black sheep, contrasting the status quo instead of letting myself become wallpaper, I can say proudly…

I FINALLY HAVE A MAC.

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Nearly Daily Trivia v1.6 - the Offseason shopping for a mountain bike edition…

I think (read I think… not 100% convinced yet) that I have finally, yes FINALLY found a trivia question that Todd cannot answer via Google, or any other web search that exists out there. And seeing as I got such a rousing and plethora of response from the creative edition (sad that there are so few creative people), I shall now pose the question:

Who does Kevin Bieksa credit for giving him the moniker ‘Boom Boom’?

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More brilliant anti-United bias

Oh Liverpool, we love you!

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The Apocalypse is upon us…

Worse than a terrorist attack. Worse than nuclear winter. Worse than the impending remake of Footloose.

The CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE IS CLOSED. I repeat. The CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE IS CLOSED.

It is true. Clark Hall Pub, at Queen’s University, has been closed indefinitely. Cheap beer, good music, and good times have left the space above the Campus Bookstore.

What the hell happened to lead to this?

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Sensitivity Training

Hat tip to Paul for this link. Enjoy.

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