December 2008
24 posts
“Like summer camp dating, things move fast here, so only a few minutes of cooking...”
–  - All Thai’d Up: Tom Yum Goong
Dec 30th
21 Dumbest Moments in Business 2008 →
I don’t know how they managed to whittle it down to only 21.
Dec 29th
Report: More elderly Japanese turn to petty crime... →
Times are tough everywhere.
Dec 24th
Crystal Head Vodka →
Brilliant. If you haven’t see the latest Indiana Jones, you won’t get it. And IMDB viewers are too kind, looking at that rating.
Dec 23rd
Dec 23rd
7 notes
“Polycamery is not a crime!”
– Commenter on camera forum. Good thing too, or I would be in a world of trouble.
Dec 22nd
Dec 19th
“In 2007 auto theft cost Canadian insurers $542 million, which averages out to...”
– Top 10 most stolen cars of 2008. Funnily enough, my insurance company want a lot more then $35 to cover theft. And I do not have an oft-stolen car. I think I know who the real thieves are.
Dec 18th
Tiny Cars Are Huge in Japan | Autopia from... →
Make sure you scroll down to see the 7’ tall guy try to get into one. Yeah, he is almost 7’ tall, but that is a really tiny car.
Dec 18th
“Blagojevich: Want to ‘tell my side of the story’”
– USATODAY.com This should be good.
Dec 17th
“Gov. Blagojevich is the fifth of the last eight elected Illinois governors to be...”
– Commentary: Illinois voters should blame themselves - CNN.com Totally amazing.
Dec 16th
“If you are old enough to be using a computer, you must be aware by this point in...”
– GoodEating: Brussels Sprouts for People who Hate Brussels Sprouts True, dat.
Dec 15th
Harper: I’m not responsible for crisis in Ottawa. Um, OK. So who is running the government then?
Dec 12th
CBC: “Government had right to spend EI surplus to balance books: top court” Canadian Press: “Top court says Ottawa broke law in financing EI” Same ruling, of course. The stories refer to different parts. Quite fascinating how two different sources can present the same ruling so differently.
Dec 11th
OC Transpo Union is Scum →
It is one thing to not carry them yourself, but to interfere with students getting to school is just being a scumbag. And the companies which operate the yellow buses? All a bunch of pussies. May they lose money for the next 100 years.
Dec 9th
“And no tale about corrupt politicians with balls the size of Howitzer shells...”
– EmpressCallipygos
Dec 9th
“Apparently some parents became irate, concerned that they were going to have to...”
– Explanation in TUAW as to why the song “Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer” caused a big fuss for a developer, whose app plays a christmas video every day.
Dec 9th
“I am a typed director. If I made Cinderella, the audience would immediately be...”
– Alfred Hitchcock
Dec 8th
Let the Beat Go On
Music makes everything better. Press play today.
Dec 5th
Dec 4th
Star Trek Town: Vulcan, Alberta, Canada -... →
Mmmm, Alberta.
Dec 4th
“Solomon: Okay well let’s skirt around the issue a little bit - are you...”
– AN INTERVIEW WITH STEPHEN HARPER. From back when Harper was in opposition against a Liberal minority government. If you read the whole interview, you can just swap some names and see the present situation in many ways.
Dec 3rd
Dec 2nd
Get a Bodyguard, Moron. →
These reminds me of all the ones who get caught driving drunk. Seriously, you are rich; get a driver. Get a body guard. You don’t need to take these risks yourself; that is the privilege of wealth. Morons.
Dec 1st