Category: random crap
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I could teach this Googler a thing or two.
You know I have too much free time when I can pluck a random search query out of the statistics for today and turn it into a blog post. Today’s random Google question comes from this side of the border–and this province, I’d imagine. May 25 11:15am: ODSP how can … Read the rest
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Victoria day done… well… done.
For folks over there in the US who may not know it, every year on the unofficial first long weekend of the summer, we cellebrate Queen victoria’s birthday–which, as luck would have it, would be today were she still breathing, apparently. Which, escentially, means everyone with a government contract gets … Read the rest
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One thing I’ve considered doing, but don’t think I ever have.
I should probably not be taking potential blog posting ideas from search terms. But, this might be a good idea on one of my random headache days. Hey, sometimes, I get this bored. May 22 11:10pm: open letter to my headache Good idea, random US googler. Hey, I already got … Read the rest
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Why they should never let me near Ottawa. But they did.
Every time I come to Ottawa, whether it’s to live or visit, I always have this wicked huge list of things to do. And almost always, within the first week or two, I end up making a sizeable dent in that list. Which is exactly why it is they should … Read the rest
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Happy Skynet day. We’re all dead.
Anyone and everyone with an ounce of geek is probably sitting in their respective corner and snickering. Today, if you follow the timeline from the Terminator movies and TV shows, is the day Skynet officially becomes self-aware. If we cling to that timeline, 48 hours from now the world … Read the rest
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Michael Ignatieff should really not be this amusing to mock.
Ah, Canada’s newest leader of the liberal party. always good for a rousing speech. A well-placed pep-talk to the masses. A tiny bit of amusement. Okay, so maybe he wasn’t aiming at that with this last appearance. For a little context, the below video is of a speech he gave … Read the rest
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Signs of spring: my mailing address is now my parents’ front yard.
The parental units have found themselves with dogs for as long as I can remember. They’ve got two of them now–yeah, okay, so one’s mine, oh well. They’ve taken off for the weekend to do whatever they do when they take off for the weekend, and left me to keep … Read the rest
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It’s only a suggestion.
Steve and Carin over on this blog pointed me in the general direction oof 11 things the bible bands, but you do anyway. I have no idea what’s more amusing–the list itself, or some of the comments back and forth under it. Clearly, the pro-biblers missed the point entirely. … Read the rest
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The search terms agree with me. I’m not wrong.
Reasons why I should not be allowed the kind of access that lets me see what people are searching for that draws them to this here thinggy type thing include, ut are not limitted to, I might feel slightly less wrong for some of my views as they’ve been written. … Read the rest
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We should not be allowed anywhere near anything technological. No, seriously.
The following things should, in fact, be restricted from both myself and Shane for the safety of the general public. Any kind of network access whatsoever Most forms of access to the internet, or at least the less legal portions of the internet Any and all versions, local or otherwise, … Read the rest