The Truth About Cats and Dogs in Black and White

Truth is just one person's reality. Here is mine in black and white (maybe some shades of gray). This blog has little to do with Cats or Dogs - just humourous sarcastic antics about my life or occasionally, someone else's. You know, intercepting volleyballs with my face, egg dropping, etc. The truth has seen some changes and in fluidity with change expect to see more artistic expressions posting up - so give your two cents worth!

Thursday, December 29, 2005

Santa Threw up on the Rest of the House

I should point out that Blue Christmas was restricted to the more "formal" rooms of the house. The rest of the house got the usual treatment...nutcrackers, fishing rods, ozzie egg snowmen, sports paraphenaelia, reds and greens and golds and plaids, apples, cranberries...

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Blue Christmas

Well I'm not sure this is what Elvis had in mind when he crooned out ooh ooh-o-o-ooh ooh. If you have been following along, it all began with that innocent trip to Michaels for some ribbon and ended with the blue poinsettia...see picture in previous "blue poinsettias" post. Here is a photo journal of our literal interpretation of "I'll have a blue christmas." The tree. The snowflakes. The centrepiece. The glass balls. Even poor baby Jesus - blue and white.
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Monday, December 19, 2005

Staff Party in Glovertown

One bottle of 2002 Masi White: 16.50$
One bottle of 2002 Bolla Valipolicella 16.50$
One pack of strawberry bubbalicious .99$
One and a 1/4 tank of gas 50$
One feed of McDonalds for two 12.50$

Good friends and good times in G-town...Priceless.
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Thursday, December 15, 2005

100 Things I Learned this Year: Part 2

  1. It takes 7 years for a pistachio tree to grow nuts
  2. Christmas trees should be put up exactly 2 weeks prior to christmas eve...Dec 10 this year according to Canadian Living
  3. There is an official day to clean out your fridge
  4. Campfire can run smoothly without Dave
  5. Ebay is addictive
  6. How to detect fradulent and phishing e-mails
  7. Salt beef buckets make stellar wine coolers
  8. As much as we hate to admit it Genge is a genius
  9. Federal Goverment hiring practices drive people crazy
  10. I should not be allowed to go to chapters unaccompanied
  11. I have a turned-up nose and apparently have never seen my side profile before
  12. I really do have the cutest cat in the whole world even though she ran into a wall
  13. Soccer really does explain the world
  14. My dad can read
  15. I am second to none at rearranging furniture
  16. Polar bears are doomed and there is nothing we can do to stop them from going extinct in our lifetime
  17. The contents inside glow sticks
  18. How to use flash technology
  19. Speakers...very heavy
  20. How to set up a sound stage system
  21. I can deal with Mayo in small dosages...every so often
  22. I do like mustard in the form of Honey Dijon Kettle Chips
  23. Fire alarms may be triggered by humidity, over and over and over again
  24. If there was a real fire I would clearly burn to death in my bed along with my former roomates
  25. You can have purple hair and look sane
  26. The more someone goes to the MIC the less likely they believe that TNNP provides learning opportunities
  27. How to detect one's level of drunkness courtesy of Genge's drunk test
  28. How to break into a numerical coded vault or make phone calls without pressing buttons
  29. How to use Corel Draw and prepare documents for prepress
  30. Riding a cowboy doesn't actually save a horse
  31. Consumers are spoiled rotten and show no respect for people trying to make a living...is the customer always right? Not when they are trying to return 30 year old clothes belong to a deceased spouse
  32. Consumers want a deal on everything
  33. Retailers, particularly small business, can't afford to cut deals as profit margins are not what they used to be
  34. The lucky pickle isn't really that hard to find
  35. Pickles are yucky
  36. I miss the gingerbread man game
  37. There is no wrong way to scrapbook
  38. I know absolutely nothing about investment and stocks
  39. Children recognise landmarks and create mental maps before they are 2 years old.
  40. A small amount of html code
  41. Gyms are good for you
  42. I need to spend more time at the gym
  43. That the largest and oldest living organism in the world is a stand of Trembling Apsen in Wood Buffalo National Park - 8000 years old and something like 10 sq.km.
  44. In several native languages, Trembling Aspen translates into Women's Tongue
  45. The oldest chewing gum in the world was found on the floor of an archealogical dig in the middle east...9000 year old birch sap
  46. Kids love me
  47. As a baby, Achilles was bathed in a bath of Yarrow believed to have great healing powers, unfortunately his mother had a hold of him by the ankle...his one weakness.
  48. Yarrow is the oldest known medicinal plants used by the neanderthals over 18,000 years ago and Yarrow oil kills 98% of mosquito larvae
  49. Working at TNNP has reinforced my unmatched trivial pursuit prowess
  50. The meaning of life is happiness, love, and compassion - spread a little of it every chance you get!
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Monday, December 12, 2005

100 Things I Learned this Year

100 Things I learned this year:

  1. How to play Warrio
  2. The MIC needs some TLC
  3. How to play Monkey Ball
  4. The 4-2, 6-up really sucks
  5. How to create blogs
  6. Cats have nightmares
  7. What a Googlewack is
  8. We shouldn't read books by covers
  9. There is undoubtedly a million people worse off than you
  10. There ARE leeches in Sandy Pond
  11. Brighton...is next to to Triton
  12. Grown women...often no different than teenagers
  13. "Supervisor" must clearly be mis-definied in every dictionary I checked
  14. How do PCA factor analysis
  15. Computer virus programs are a good idea...no great idea
  16. The Ultimate Sweetness Strategy
  17. Blue poinsettias are not so bad when put into context
  18. Diversity should be embraced
  19. There are alot of stupid ignorant people in the world
  20. There are alot of beautiful compassionate people in the world
  21. People do not respect nor understand the greatness of the natural world
  22. With a little editing I could be a rap star
  23. Canadian Tire deserves my business
  24. The seaside centipede lichen gets its nourishment from the feces of gulls and sealions
  25. How a Myrrh Boats works
  26. That I share my Birthday with the Buddha
  27. The difference between a Punt and a Dory
  28. You shouldn't hold people's mistake over their heads
  29. People make mistakes
  30. Some people do change while some suffer from eternal Peter Pan syndrome
  31. I have lost touch with too many old friends
  32. I could take over for Martha Stewart
  33. Dancing bananas, suprisingly, can really brighten your mood
  34. Life is not as fun without kids around you
  35. In reference to number 34, they do not have to be your own
  36. It is difficult recalling the things that you have learned in a year
  37. Contract work is stressful and shitty
  38. I know some amazing people
  39. That grandma and cell phones have a lot in common
  40. If i were a Dr. Seuss character I would be the lorax
  41. If I were a forgotten 80's cartoon I would be Custard (Strawberry Shortcake's Cat)
  42. If I were an 80's cartoon I would be G.I. Joe
  43. If I were a Marvel superhero I would be Iron Fist
  44. Laurie is the queen of computer-assisted procrastination
  45. Snow depth measurement is serious business
  46. My friends do stupid things at times
  47. I may be in love with Ty Pennington
  48. Tom Cruise has lost him mind and, subsequently, you can buy a sonogram machine
  49. I don't read enough books for fun
  50. Halfway is a crappy place to be and we often get hung up there

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