Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Very, Very Happy
Bought a new CD for the wife today. There was a little card inside which read, in part:
"Your decision to buy this recording is appreciated by more than 40,000 Canadians who work hard producing and supporting music."
Well! We've managed to make a lot of Canadians very happy! That in itself is a very fine thing. I admit I don't know what the population of Canada is - probably about 400,000 - which means we have brought joy to about 10% of the population, all with something as basic as a CD purchase. When I think of all the wonderful things Canada has given us over the years - William Shatner, Wayne & Shuster, The Guess Who etc - I'm glad that we could at least partly repay that debt.
The CD? "Greatest Irish Bands".
No, Canada! I say, thank you!
"Your decision to buy this recording is appreciated by more than 40,000 Canadians who work hard producing and supporting music."
Well! We've managed to make a lot of Canadians very happy! That in itself is a very fine thing. I admit I don't know what the population of Canada is - probably about 400,000 - which means we have brought joy to about 10% of the population, all with something as basic as a CD purchase. When I think of all the wonderful things Canada has given us over the years - William Shatner, Wayne & Shuster, The Guess Who etc - I'm glad that we could at least partly repay that debt.
The CD? "Greatest Irish Bands".
No, Canada! I say, thank you!
Labels: fall, scooters, vacation
Friday, March 23, 2007
The Most Awesome Box EVAH!!!!!!n!!!!
I'll keep this brief.
New guy at work, asked to design a receptacle for an object, BUT NOT A BOX, builds a box.
But not any box.
1. Box is completely assymetric; ie looks different when viewed from any angle.
2. Lid will only fit when corner A of lid aligned with corner A of base.
3. Box is huge. Absolutely massive.
4. Box is heavy. ReallyREALLY heavy. Box mass / object mass = 1 000 000 000 etc
5. Box is SEXY! When HAWT CHYX see box, they say "what's that?". You say "it's a box". They say "you're so funny!" etc.
Overall, I am warming to the box.
New guy at work, asked to design a receptacle for an object, BUT NOT A BOX, builds a box.
But not any box.
1. Box is completely assymetric; ie looks different when viewed from any angle.
2. Lid will only fit when corner A of lid aligned with corner A of base.
3. Box is huge. Absolutely massive.
4. Box is heavy. ReallyREALLY heavy. Box mass / object mass = 1 000 000 000 etc
5. Box is SEXY! When HAWT CHYX see box, they say "what's that?". You say "it's a box". They say "you're so funny!" etc.
Overall, I am warming to the box.
