Archive for the ‘Crap from Other People’ Category

The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!

Last Sunday, the Marmot & I donned our hilariously attractive 3d glasses, and sat down to enjoy an afternoon of watching Helena Bonham Carter and Johnny Depp in yet another delightful Tim Burton romp: Alice in Wonderland … in 3d!
So, I haven’t seen any of the new 3d movies yet, and only vaguely remember them [...]

Happy Valentines Day!

Whatdya mean Valentines Day was 2 weeks ago? Lies. It was yesterday.
Due to Nick being out of town, we decided to reschedule Valentine’s Day until yesterday: When I had purchased 2 tickets to see Jonathan Coulton perform at the Rio.
So. Awesome.
First, we got to experience Paul & Storm, and “experience” is surely the right [...]

On Embroidery

So Nick & I are learning a new craft: Embroidery. I’m up for just about any new craft (especially one that doesn’t have a huge cash investment required) and Nick wants to learn to add nifty borders to his fighting tunics. As of yet, I kind of suck, but Nick’s attempts have been pretty decent. [...]

Anti-Olympics? Don’t mind if I do!

So, the latest trend (and by “latest” I mean I’ve seen various similar complaints about it for the last 7 years — since we lost the stupid vote — but they’ve ramped up recently) is for pro-olympic people to try to tell anti-olympic people to shhh, just have a good time.
My general response? No. [...]

But… but…

Yes, I’m getting a Kindle for Christmas, and yes, I’m very excited.
So I’ve been getting the occasional email from Amazon, since it’s already registered to me, and I even bought a book so that when I open it on Christmas afternoon, I can start using it right away. So I wasn’t surprised when I [...]

Now THIS is how you do it.

Earlier today, Ken Hardie, the communications guy for Translink (as opposed to the guy behind the TransitPolice account, which is media relations for just the Transit Police) posted a link to the follow-up on Twitter about the Suduku-playing driver (a few months ago, a camera phone video of a particular driver in Surrey was uploaded [...]

Not quite the point

So the other day, I read this post from Darren. Essentially, he wrote a twitter update about a couple of guys on transit who were joking about spray painting all the CCTV cameras. Very obviously to anyone who reads it that it was tongue in cheek, because even people who support CCTV can’t LIKE the [...]

The secret ingredient is “love”

If you’re the type of person who’d want to buy me something: If possible, buy me something handmade. I will appreciate it SO MUCH MORE than storebought stuff.
The secret ingredient is love. The good kind of love. The kind of love that doesn’t leave a white stain on your blue dress. Yeah, that kind. [...]

Invoking Godwin’s Law

“Oh my god, that baby has a hitler haircut.”
“You should photoshop a little mustache on him.”
“Oooh! No, wait… that’s totally not kosher.”
“Did you just say ‘kosher’ about putting a hitler mustache on a baby?”
“…I’m going to hell, aren’t I?”

What the F*@k was That?

So, on Monday, Nick asked if I was doing anything on Wednesday night. Well, it’s my usual study night, but other than that… no. So he asked me to set some time aside as he had plans for us. Alrighty then.
So I picked him up from work and we wandered along Granville St as I [...]