Long time no see. What can I say? I have no life.
I picked up the new Audioslave CD the other day, and I can't recommend it enough. Not one song on there that I don't like, which is very, very rare. Audioslave might not be a familiar name to you, and with good reason - they're new. Well, not really. Just new together. The band is made up of Tom Morello, Brad Wilk and Tim Commerford of Rage Against The Machine fame, and Chris Cornell, former Soundgarden frontman. Check this record out if you liked either band. Maybe even if you didn't. It's just spectacular stuff.

Well, I guess summer is now over. Fall too, apparently. Yes, it's now time to get that last minute Christmas shopping done according to Sears. Today I opened the front door and what should I find but their "Christmas Wishbook." We usually get this sometime in September, which is STILL insanely early. This is the first time I can remember getting it in August. Unbelieveable.

Time for some more Todd McFarlane pimping. I recently got my hands on the limited edition, only-sold-in-Canada, 2002 Olympic Team Canada hockey figures. These things are amazing. If you're a hockey fan or just a proud Canadian, I recommend picking these up if you still can. They're selling fast.

Happy Canada Day. I'm going to celebrate by sitting in front of that big fan over there.

Rest in peace, Wilbur. We'll miss you, big guy.

It's been a while since I updated, but nothing much was going on. I wish it was still that way.
Wilbur, my guinea pig has cancer and won't be around too much longer. I noticed that he had a small bald spot on his side about two weeks ago, but I figured that it was either because he was getting older or that he just scratched himself. Then lastnight I found a bigger spot on the other side, so I got him checked out today. Turns out that the hair fell out because there are tumors under that area.
We didn't catch them soon enough and it's spread. There's nothing that the vets can do. Pretty much just a matter of time now. I'm not going to let him suffer, though. Once he starts showing signs that he's uncomfortable, that'll be all. Most likely some time next week. It's going to be really hard, but I know it'd be a lot harder to see him in pain.

So that's my update. Sorry for being so depressing.

So I'm 20 now. Have been for a few hours now. Why isn't this exciting? I don't have a "teen" at the end of my age. There's a "2" where a "1" has been for the last ten years. I'm two decades old. I've been alive in parts of three different decades. I still feel the same as I did yesterday.
I'll give this another 24 hours and if I don't like it I'll go back to being 4, I think. 4 ruled.

Those Edmonton Oilers sure rule. They're so awesome that they sent me a birthday e-mail! What? They do this for EVERYone that signs up for thier newsletter. Ah well, it's still pretty cool.

I've been trying to say something like this for a long time. Thanks for sending this along, Trish!

This little treatise on the lovely language we share is only for the brave.

Reasons why the English language is so hard to learn:
1) The bandage was wound around the wound.
2) The farm was used to produce produce.
3) The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.
4) We must polish the Polish furniture.
5) He could lead if he would get the lead out.
6) The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.
7) Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present.
8) A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum.
9) When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.
10) I did not object to the object.
11) The insurance was invalid for the invalid.
12) There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.
13) They were too close to the door to close it.
14) The buck does funny things when the does are present.
15) A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line.
16) To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.
17) The wind was too strong to wind the sail.
18) After a number of injections my jaw got number.
19) Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear.
20) I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.
21) How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?

Let's face it - English is a crazy language. There is no egg in eggplant nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple. English muffins weren't invented in England or French fries in France. Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads, which aren't sweet, are meat. We take English for granted. But if we explore its paradoxes, we find That quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.

And why is it that writers write but fingers don't fing, grocers don't groce and hammers don't ham?
If the plural of tooth is teeth, why isn't the plural of booth beeth?
One goose, 2 geese. So one moose, 2 meese?
One index, 2 indices?
Doesn't it seem crazy that you can make amends but not one amend.
If you have a bunch of odds and ends and get rid of all but one of them, what do you call it?
If teachers taught, why didn't preachers praught?
If a vegetarian eats vegetables, are humanitarians cannibals?

Sometimes I think all the English speakers should be committed to an Asylum for the verbally insane. In what language do people recite at a play and play at a recital? Ship by truck and send cargo by ship? Have noses that run and feet that smell? How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites? And if I'm uncouth, are you couth? And finally, why doesn't Buick rhyme with quick?

I picked up a couple of the new McFarlane's Sports Picks figures - Tommy Salo and Mario Lemieux specifically - and they are unbelieveable! The detail is tremendous. From the faces and poses, to the skate laces and stitches on the jerseys, these things are awesome.

You don't have to be a hockey fan to appreciate these, either. McFarlane (the dude behind the "Spawn" empire) makes figures of all kinds of stuff: Football, basketball, baseball, movie characters, musicians (dig the 80's Metallica set!), comic book characters, video game characters and tons more! Check out McFarlane.com and have a look for yourself. I think you'll be amazed too.

Damn. I should be paid for that shill-job.

Super Bowl Sunday. Super Bowl? Why exactly is it called the Super Bowl? Have you SEEN the trophy that the winning team gets? It's about as far from a "bowl" as you can get! Little things like this bother me to no end.

Happy New Year and all of that stuff! Here's to hoping that 2002 goes better than 2001 did.

Question: Why the hell do Sears send out their "Spring & Summer" catalogue in the first week of friggin' January? JANUARY?!
I'm sorry, but "Spring & Summer" and "January" just don't belong in the same sentance.
Am I the only one that's not exactly swim-suit shopping right now? I'm guessing that we'll see the "Fall & Winter" issue by March.

Merry Christmas, everyone. Hopefully you and yours have a safe and happy holiday, and get lots of neat boxes tomorrow! ;-)

I hate the Dallas Stars!
That's all.

How awesome are the Edmonton Oilers and the Calgary Flames? Awesome enough to be the top two teams in the league!

Tommy Salo has been his usual excellent self in goal, Anson Carter has been playing the best hockey of his career, and Ryan Smyth was playing his way onto both the All-Star and Canadian Olympic teams before he was injured... out eight to 10 weeks? Ouch. Time for someone else to step up *cough-Jochen Hecht-cough*
On the Calgary side of the coin, Jarome Iginla has been playing insanely well so far - leading the league in scoring - and in what has to be the biggest surprise of the season so far, Roman Turek has looked almost invincible between the pipes.

What's that? You don't care about hockey? TOO BAD! This rules and I'm gonna enjoy it while it lasts. Not to say that this'll all come to an end anytime soon, though. The Cup comes home to Canada this year!

Holy crud it's been a long time since I updated this place, eh? Well, I still don't have an update for you. I'm just taking a few seconds here to let you know that this site (and this one too) is now 2 years old.
Time goes WAY too fast. And I sound WAY too old when I say that, don't I? ;-)

"Pro" = Good. "Con" = Bad. Right? Right.
So, why is prostitution bad, and having a constitution is good?
Also, protest and contest can mean the same thing.
I have no point here, it's just that sometimes, when you pay close attention, the English language seems pretty weird.

Or maybe it's just me.

Words of wisedom from an idiot: Do not - I repeat do not - attempt to eat an apple immediately after brushing your teeth. It's almost as bad as drinking orange juice after brushing. Ick. Believe me, it's not pleasant.

Finally, this place has been re-vamped! I know it doesn't look like much, but that's actually on purpose. See, there are a lot of sites out there with a ton of fancy gizmos and dodads and all kinds of stuff. I thought I'd go the opposite way and try and make this place as simple as possible. I kinda like it.

This space will be home to any thoughts, observations, questions or whatever else my strange little mind comes up with. It'll deal with everyday stuff, things in the news... whatever comes to mind. Basically an online journal.

Thanks for coming, and feel free to sign the guestbook or drop me an e-mail to let me know what you think of the place. I'd love to hear from you.

Jason