My machine is currently grinding along at less than half capacity because a complete antivirus scan is taking place in the background. I have no problems with such a scan taking place, it just seems like a stupid time to schedule it. Midnight would have been a better time I think. Bah.

Makes it difficult to do much on this blasted machine.

Ok, I know you all just come here for the links. Well, today I’ve got a strange one for you - LegoDeath (Requires Flash) A bizarre use for lego to be sure.

Stupid scan- still running after having used over 20 minutes of CPU time. As a reference, in the 25 minutes I’ve been running Blog, it’s used seven seconds of CPU time. Give me a break already.

Simpsons quote of the day: Homer - “Don’t let Krusty’s death get you down boy. People die all the time, just like that. Why you could wake up dead tomorrow! Well, good night.”

Did you read any of the other bits on that page with the COBRA recruit thing? Very strange, and yet compelling stories abound there. I’m currently reading Of a Piece: An Interview With John Orange, About Completing the Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, A Jigsaw Puzzle, Part One.

Weird stuff. I’m tempted to order a book from there.

What else is new from here? Well, Ross and Al were at the Leafs game last night, so at least the Leafs managed to beat the lowly Sharks - plus I guess Domi and Marchment fought (not once, but twice, though the first one was lame, so they fought as soon as they were out of the box to make up for it) Not being a huge Leafs fan, I can still see the appeal of seeing your team’s players do what they’re famous for - Mogilny getting knocked on his a$$, Sundin getting a couple of assists, Cujo getting the win despite letting in two goals in the third :) Ok, enough ragging on the leafs - everyone who reads this knows I’m just funnin’ ya, right? I’m not seriously a Leaf hater, I just like the Habs, and it’s in the Habs fan’s contract to make fun of the Leafs at every opportunity.

Linux for the PS2 is apparently making it’s way to the US (and hopefully by extension to Canada) I don’t know if I like what I’ve heard about it, but at the very least, it supposedly comes with a HD, and network adapter. As for if that will translate into support for those devices in games, who knows. At the very least it would allow me to play MP3’s over the stereo without crapping up the quality even more by hooking the laptop up to the inputs on the receiver.

Enough. I’m done with rambling for today.

Simpsons quote of the day -
Forest Ranger: “Okay, search party, before we set out, let’s take a moment to humor the children. [to Bart and Lisa] Kids, your father’s gonna be just fine! Okay, everybody, put on your corpse-handling gloves, we’ve got two frozen bodies buried somewhere in this mountain.”
Bart: “Did you hear that, Lis? Dad’s gonna be just fine.”

We (being myself and a couple of co-workers) went to a new Chinese/Thai restaurant for lunch today. Lee’s Cafe - on 3rd avenue. It was quite good, quite quick, and reasonably priced - the lunch specials were in the neighbourhood of $5. The desserts looked quite good too, though we didn’t indulge. I think we’ll be going back there again (unlike certain places that serve us moldy corn bread…)

Oh yeah, I got sent this article about Australia’s big bender last night. Good reading. That satirewire is usually good for a laugh or two.

So, how about those Habs? In the trade of the week, Brian Savage for Sergei Berezin. I think it was a good trade, since I guess Berezin is under contract at least through next year (though I’m not sure how long or anything - why isn’t that mentioned in any of the news stories?) Savage is streaky, and the trade will likely make both GM’s look good at some point. My only problem is that the Habs already have a speedy smaller Russian forward who is always making plays but can’t finish - Oleg Petrov. For my money, I’ll take Oleg. Seems like he’s genuinely happy to be playing for the Habs, which is good. I think getting Andre Savard as the new GM was a brilliant move. He’s made nothing but good moves since taking over the team, and I expect we’ll see a return to the glory days in the near future.

Simpsons quote of the day - Homer: “What’s the point of going out? We’re just going to end up back here anyway.”

I came across this link to the Journal of a new COBRA recruit today. Pretty amusing if you know GI Joe at all. I don’t think I ever owned a GI Joe, and I may have only seen the cartoon a couple of times when I was a kid, but I still got the joke.

I have also been a little remiss in my linking of weblogs that I read. I’ve just started reading WilWheaton.net - yes, that Wil Wheaton. He seems to be a pretty good guy, though I reserve judgement, because I haven’t gotten through all his archives yet :) It’s an entertaining read at any rate. What made me read it? I don’t remember, but I do know that I’d see his blog mentioned on more than one occasion, and I finally broke down and started reading it.

What else is new? Al’s brother Ross won a contest where they get flown out to Toronto, put up in a hotel, and sent to the Maple Leafs vs. the San Jose Sharks tomorrow night. Plus, Ross gets to take a penalty shot on Cujo, and he gets an autographed jersey and stuff. Seeing as how both Ross and Al are huge Leafs fans, I’m sure they’re busy out there in Toronto having the time of their lives right now. Hopefully Ross can keep Al out of trouble :) Al was really looking forward to it, so I’m sure he’ll have some great stories when he comes back. Plus, I suspect he’ll have taken a bunch of cool photos from their Gold level seats at the ACC - maybe even the look on Ross’s face after he beats Cujo high on the stick side…if Cujo lets him.

Simpsons quote of the day - Homer: “Bart! Wanna see my new chainsaw and hockey mask?”

What is the single most expensive consumer purchase that most people ever make? Vehicular transportation. I was sitting on the bus after watching that crazy guy do his little dance, and I started noticing something about all the cars on the street…Not only do they say what brand of car they are, not only do they say what model they are, but cars are universally branded with the last dealer that sold them as well. That’s right, everyone is driving around with a little miniature advertisement for a car dealer on the back of their vehicle. I’m not sure why we put up with this. We’re paying for the car dealer to have decals made, and plastered to the back of our own vehicle that we’re paying thousands of dollars for. Seems a little odd to me. The really funny thing is that the decals are removable, and yet people don’t bother to remove them. Some are far harder to remove than others certainly, but the number of cars driving around with “Another <insert dealer name here> <insert car manufacturer here>” license plate “holders” makes my head swim. We’d likely have our Merlin licence plate holder on the car still, except we thought it was making a rattling noise, so we took it off. Turns out it was the lawn chairs in the trunk making the noise…

So, why do we put up with it? First, we’re lazy by nature. Second, there is no alternative that requires the same amount of effort. Third, we accept a lot of things as givens, and don’t question them… Yeah, I’m guilty of all three.

Yesterday while I was waiting for the bus (No, not the short bus) I witnessed another reason why I love working downtown.

On the corner opposite where I was waiting, there was this guy. Not just any guy mind you, this guy was wearing a one piece snowmobile suit type of thing, and a Canadian flag around his neck like a scarf that wasn’t done up. At least I assume it was a Canadian flag, it might have just looked that way, and not actually been a Canadian flag - but I digress. Anyway, this guy was holding something small and black and rectangular, at first I thought it was a video tape, but the more I watched him, the more I became convinced that it was actually a bible. This guy was walking around, yelling something at the top of his lungs, and flailing his arms around like a motivational speaker. I couldn’t hear what he was yelling, and I almost wanted to walk closer so that I could make it out, but with the wind being the direction it was, I’d have had to move too far from the bus stop, and well, I didn’t want to have to wait for the bus any longer than I had to… After about five minutes of this activity, during which people walked by him, completely ignoring him, he wandered off around the corner, where I presume his space ship was waiting to take him back to Spatulon Delta or some other place like that. Or maybe he just saw a white van drive by and got spooked. At any rate, it was good for a couple of minutes of entertainment.

I’ve got a couple of other things to write about today, but I’ll do them up in separate posts, just because I can.

Simpson’s quote of the day: Willy: “I gotta finish him off while I’m still temporarily insane.”

One other search I forgot to mention yesterday (it’s only the top search item that gets people here) was for my favorite toy, the ExpressVu 5100. That’s right, even though we bought it back in September, and bought the laptop after that, the 5100 remains my favorite toy. I don’t know if I watch more TV since we got it, or just less commercials, but either way, it’s changed the way we watch the boob tube.

Speaking of changing the way we watch the boob tube…I’ve decided to give up on the WWF for a while at least. Back when I started watching wrestling on a regular basis, the story lines were well thought out, the characters were interesting and engaging, and the shows were entertaining. Since the WWF bought out WCW, the show has gotten progressively worse, to the point now where I found myself fast forwarding through the majority of the show, only slowing down for a couple of “bit players” who didn’t get much time on the show (The Hurricane being number one on that list) Anyway, since I haven’t watched since before Christmas, I thought, what better time to quit cold turkey.

Speaking of cold turkey, I’d better go get my lunch heated up, or I’ll miss my opportunity.

Simpson’s quote of the day: Homer: “You jive turkey. See? You got to sass it. Quit jivin’ me, turkey. You got to sass it. A ‘turkey’ is a bad person. “