Archive for October, 2008

Home Sweet Home

Friday, October 31st, 2008

Twice in one month I’ve missed blogging the anniversary of something by a few days. Not only am I notorious for running late in life, but apparently here as well.
But yes, earlier this week I celebrated four years of home ownership. This, as you may or may not know, was what started this blog in [...]

Literal Music Videos

Friday, October 17th, 2008

Just something quick and fun for a Friday… literal music videos. I first caught these on G4’s Attack of the Show as part of the “Around the Net” segment, but I’ve seen them everywhere now. Good thing is, they deserve to be seen!
Have you ever watched a video for a song and thought, “what the [...]

Same Old, Same Old

Wednesday, October 15th, 2008

Well, they’re not finished counting every single ballot yet, but the picture isn’t going to change much now. In fact, the picture didn’t change much at all from what it has been since the election of 2006: a minority Conservative government with a Liberal party opposition.

The numbers above represent the number of seats each party [...]

Canada’s Turn

Tuesday, October 14th, 2008

I hope that everyone enjoyed a nice, long, Thanksgiving weekend; we couldn’t have asked for nicer weather here in Southern Ontario I don’t think. Now, regardless of you spent your weekend (relaxing, cooking, drinking, working, etc.) there is a bit of business that needs to be taken care of: voting.

I’ve probably followed this election more [...]

Five Feet, Seven Inches

Sunday, October 5th, 2008

I’m a day late with this, but seeing as it’s been nearly two weeks since my last post, I guess one day won’t matter too much.
Yesterday was the 50th anniversary of the Smoot. “What on Earth is that?”, you ask? Let the wiki explain…
The smoot is a nonstandard unit of length created as part [...]