The packing continues, with T-4 days to go until moving day (Wednesday). If any locals read this blog and want to help out, send me an e-mail at [jowilson at gmail dot com]. We’re still looking for about 3-4 people to help. We’re starting at 5:00 p.m.; pizza and pop will be provided. In packing [...]
I just bought the new Harry Potter book and will be reading it throughout the day. I read through page 56 in the parking lot and the clock on my computer says it’s exactly 1:00 pm. I’ll keep spoilers out of my comments and will only reference page numbers, if you want to follow along. [...]
I thought of a method I could use to fight weblog spam, but it would require legitimate commenters to have javascript enabled. Is that reasonable? Does anyone browse with javascript off nowadays?
Reading this account of a cricket match made me realize that I know more about Quiddich, a fictional, unplayable (at current levels of technology / knowledge of physics) game, than I do about cricket, a real game enjoyed by millions of people across the world.
Unreleased 1969 recording of Johnny Cash & Bob Dylan singing a few tunes. They’re all good, but I especially recommend #3, #5, #11, #12, #15 and #16.
“You’re about as much fun as a party full of bloggers.”
Don’t miss Twelve Sequels to Dances With Wolves That, Due to Monetary Constraints, Were Never Produced. Starts with Buys Drinks for Wolves and just keeps going from there. Which begs the question, what about prequels? Catches the Eye of Wolves Attempts to Use a Lame Pickup Line on Wolves Rejected by Wolves For Two Weeks, [...]
One of the very first weblog posts I ever made (way back in 1998) (man I’m old) (actually, it was my 9th post) had to do with a bus sized vehicle that would automatically fix potholes as you drove around with it. I don’t know if it ever got developed or not, but I see [...]
I’ll be working on a new site design today, so expect lots of breakage. You can stop reading this post now, because I’m just going to throw in a bunch of random text formatted in all kinds of ways to make sure that I’m redesigning everything and that it all fits together nicely. Lorem Ipsum… [...]
Canadians get a quick lesson in Economics: The hamlet of Rae-Edzo, located about 100 kilometres north of Yellowknife, has started paying anyone 16 or older a fee of $50 for each stray dog turned in. The program was brought in after public health officials said dogs were running loose and biting people, especially elderly people. [...]