Here's a Dream Anatomy: Gallery. Do Anatomists do a lot of LSD?

Monster ... a jellyfish off the coast of Japan
A DIVER takes a look at one of the thousands of monster jellyfish which have invaded a stretch of coastline.

The huge creatures are 3ft wide, 15ft long and weigh up to 320 lbs.

Fishermen’s catches have been halved by the biggest plague of the molophus nomurai for 44 years off Echizen, Japan.

The poison from the species’ tentacles discolours and sickens fish but is not lethal to humans.

Fishermen reported thousands of the giant jellyfish trapped in their nets.

Biologist Toru Yasuda said: “We don’t know what caused this, but it may be warm water temperatures.”

Thanks for the story Bill!

Millions of tiny spiders spin mystery in a B.C. clover field

I hate spiders. EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK! Thanks for the scoop Lance!

It's Beatles tunes done Metallica Style. Stolen from CFOX Geeks Page. Hey my links have been there, so I'm taking back.

With Michael Jackson

Big stars do weird commmercials in Japan

This is really cool: CHP Traffic Incident Information Page
It's only for California. I love LA. Perhaps I'll have to move there so we can use this.

This is a picture of my Dad with one of those miniature horses mentioned in the article I posted the other day. Mom took this picture when she and Dad were in the Okanagan this fall. They had a great time. It was nice to have them around.

Being a retired veterinarian Dad takes every opportunity he can to grope an animal. I had an interesting childhood accompanying my dad on many a "country call" or assisting him at one of his hospitals.

For all our talk about differences, Canada is becoming more and more like the U.S.

Definition of a Canadian, found on the Internet: An unarmed American with health insurance.

"It's house trimming time at Sue Salah's home in Royal Oak, Mich., and neighbors are dialing 911. Salah eventually took down her little Christmas joke after police complained about all the 'injury' calls they were getting."

Daily Tribune photo by Dick Hunt and Associated Press

Click here to see the full picture.

Thanks to our good friend Kellie for sending me this. OMG, that's funny.

News outlets will challenge 'extremely rare' step by court Personally, I believe we have a right to know what happened.

Go to IdiomSite.com if you don't know what that phrase means.

Leonard Nimoy sings about Bilbo Baggins

You need Toiletology 101: A Free Course in Toilet Repairs.

Carol and I have lived in houses with notoriously bad toilets. Everything from tinkling leaks all day every day to a major back up of nasty toilet stuff up from the shower drain (grim). We could have used this course long ago.

John doesn't want to go back to the US. Personally, I wouldn't mind living in the US, but it's not for everyone.

Fez of Ron and Fez fame has Synaesthesia.

Synaesthesia (syn -joined, aesthesia -sense) is a neurological rarity in which two or more senses are connected. For example music might be "seen" in colours and patterns, taste may be seen in shapes, letters may have textures, etc. Click on any of the links below to learn more about this weird,wonderful and very colourful condition!

I hope Fezzy gets better soon. =)

I love Ron and Fez and listen every day on the super secret underground as I don't live in New York or Washington DC. They may be leaving WNEW as it's changing formats. Where will they go? I wish they were syndicated more widely. They're awesome!

To weird not to be true

President Bush's daughters turn 21. I guess they can't be nicked for underage drinking anymore. All we have to look forward to is drunk and disorderly and DUI charges!

Guide Horse Foundation for the blind using miniature horse I have a picture of Dad with a little horse. I'll have to bring it in to scan.

Foot passenger policy quietly reversed to allow licensed firearms

I can't think of a really good reason to need to walk on to the ferry with a gun. Target shooting off the deck of the Queen of Nanaimo? Seagull skeet shooting? Walking to a hunting spot near the ferries doesn't seem to be really viable around BC. Unless you're hunting ducks in Horsehoe Bay or warf rats in Tswassen.

Check out Eric Myer Photography. It takes making faces to a whole new place.

Even if you've seen this guy before his site is worth a look again.

They have been with us so long that communication is bred in the bone
Scientists believe man became attached to domesticated wolves about 15,000 years ago because of the skilled assistance they provided during hunting.

We Just watched FUBAR the movie. Laugh? I nearly peed my pants. Sadly enough It reminded me of friends of mine from my childhood (and early adulthood).

The movie is about a couple of "bangers" in Calgary. It's amockumenatry worth a rental and a laugh. I think everyone knew a couple of guys like these two.

Give 'er!

Play here.

Woman in SFU sex scandal jailed. Rachel Marsden charged with criminal harassment.

Ron and Fez were taking about Turducken yesterday. Tony from The Gourmet Butcher Block, Belle Terre Plaza, Gretna, LA. (504) 392-5700 called in and said he was going to send them one. Yummy!

Senior Canadian Official Reportedly Calls Bush a 'Moron'
Great timing you Jackass! And now Chretien won't accept the resignation of the idiot who said it. I think Chretien should resign. Oh wait he already has, but he just won't leave. Frickin' braindeads.

Here's some more.

15,000 years with man's best friend. It's not a surprise. I love dogs. Especially, MOOSH!

Corey Feldman gets married on set of TV series Thanks for the link, Carol

Woman who shared trailer with accused agitated by police surveillance, says friend Too bad! Waaah! Waaah! Waaah! Like she didn't know what was going on. Gimme a break!

Ananova - Toymaker under fire as Hitler dolls unveiled

And there have been others: Here ... here ... here ... here ... and here. And who can forget ... these guys.

Cut da Mullet! I found that on Fark this morning.

Here's one for Carol. Yes it's a Toilet Museum. Why on Earth someone would want to develop such a thing is beyond me. I think it's a crappy idea. ;)

Only $33 to get into the body chop - smh.com.au I feel a little faint. I've been in morgues and seen the results of autopsy firsthand. It's pretty grim. I really don't understand what kind of person would pay money to see that.

I know, it's taboo. We're a society of rubberneckers. We really want to see the gore at the accident on the highway and are disappointed when we get there and it's been cleaned up. But paying to see a formerly live human being sliced and hacked to ribbons (and it's not done gently)? Come on. There's no dignity left in that person's death if the dissection of his or her corpse is turned into a sideshow. How irreverent. Pshaw!

Listen to Phil Hendrie Audio. It's not what it first appears to be. Once you're in on the gag it's really funny.

Yikes! Run for the hills!

Now you can own a piece of it: DoveBid - Napster Auction Details

Carol's friend and co-worker, Ada, got a new dog. He's part Spaniel and part Beagle and very cute. Here are some more pictures of him:
Pic 1 ... Pic 2 ... Pic 3 ... Pic 4

Jackson dangles baby out window What was he thinking? Leave your thoughts (even if they are disgusting) in the comments section for this article.

Thanks for the link Lance.

Photoblogs.org - The Photoblog Resource I guess my lunch would have qualified when I was updating it. Some people don't like to read so there's always Picture Pages.

'Don't do it,' Vancouver mayor-elect warned on injection sites and Olympic referendum

Thank God someone is speaking up against this idiocy. I can see it now... "Come one! Come all! Come to Vancouver and commit a crime while the City turns it's head!"

And as far as an Olympic referendum, if the only people who had a say were the people within Vancouver City limits that would be fine, but they're not. So, hey assbag, back off!

Ever wanted to know what each one costs your employer? Clcik here to find out.

CNN.com - Segway personal transporters for sale - Nov. 18, 2002 Does anyone have $5k US I can have?

Lunge to the Ramones and the Clash.

Paul Reubens' mugshot

Yahoo! Movies: Weekend Box Office Report We saw it. It was much scarier than the first. Trés dark! A better film all around albeit a little too creepy for the younger kiddies. Some were a howling with fear in the Sunday matinee we saw. Well done Harry!

Larry Campbell. Yes the former cop/coroner is the new main man. He's the inspiration for DaVinci's Inquest and, apparently, very left leaning.

I wonder what's going to happen? His being an ex-cop does not bode well for any changes in the Vanacouver Police Department. Cops do tend to stick together and things have been ugly in the VPD of late.

Riots, beatings and serial killers! Oh my!

Carol says he looks like the Captain from the Captain's Bargain Stores in Vancouver. "Aye aye and goodbye!"

Criteria for optimal web design (designing for usability)

By Michael L Bernard

Designing a website that takes into account the human element requires both an understanding of our nature as well as our physiological limitations. Usable websites incorporate human tendencies and limitation into its overall design. The questions below are meant to address some of the more important human factors concerns in the design and building of usable websites.

In keeping with Rememberance day this Monday past here's a bit about our family history in World War One. The National Archives of Canada have kept great records (of course). This is the information about my grandfather's joining the armed forces and fight in WW1 in 1916. He claimed to be 18 but was only 16. I guess he really wanted to go.

Here's the front and back of his attestation form. Look at the date on the front. What a big fibber. He made it through, working as a medic in the trenches and on the killing fields of Europe. He later became a dentist, married my grandmother, Ruby, and had four children the youngest of which is Dad.

I think I've posted this before. Lance sent it to me this morning, so here it is. Here's mine (for August 5, 1969):

I don't know how you feel about it, but you were female in your last earthly incarnation.
You were born somewhere in the territory of modern Northern England around the year 1200.
Your profession was that of a trainer or holder of fine animals, such as birds.

Your brief psychological profile in your past life:
Person with huge energy, good in planning and supervising. If you were just garbage-man, you were chief garbage-man.

The lesson that your last past life brought to your present incarnation:
You are bound to solve problems of pollution of environment, recycling, misuse of raw materials, elimination of radioactivity by all means including psychological methods.

In Through the Out Door ... a rather rude and trés bizarre cartoon.

I had Simon when I was a kid. I got it for Christmas and probably played with it 5 times and then threw it into a corner where the batteries leaked acid due to lack of use. I may have played with it more had I had :: SimonSwears ::

WARNING: If you're at work use headphones!

Elliot and Seija are buying their first new car. It's a big investment , so the more you know the better. They found this very informative website to help them out:
Beat The Car Salesman, how to buy a car

eBay item 734298998 (Ends Nov-17-02 11:32:24 PST ) - WORKING ATARI STAR WARS VIDEO GAME! @CHEAP@ There's a review of the game here.

I want it! And this one too.

Why did Michael Jackson cancel the concerts he's being sued over? He appeared in Court today and was ordered to remove his mask (seen below):


What lay underneath, is to say the least, hideous. Here's what horrified onlookers saw...
Mask on ... the horror revealed ... scabs and plaster ... reading Billboard (Yes, you're still waaaaaaaaaaaay off the charts). What in the hell ever possessed him to do this to himself?

Thanks to Bill G for the heads up on this.

Peeps. There's more Peep Weirdness here.

North Fraser Region Civic Elections take place on Saturday. I still don't know who to vote for. Ernie Daykin, a candidate for Maple Ridge city councillor shook my hand and gave me some spam this morning as I was about to board the train. He seemed nice enough. I dunno...

PETA gives up fight, holds a BBQ
I guess all that poop yesterday about Willy Pickton really got to them.

This is too funny not to be true. When is she going to be doing her old hits, like "We're Not Gonna Take It!"

Good Lord. This is rather unsettling:
Alleged Worst Serial Killer in Canadian History "Practiced" on Pigs
Thanks to Bill G for the link.

UPDATE: PETA rebuffed over anti-meat ad
Thanks Lance!

Looks like I'm not the only one who has a creative use for his scanner. These people scan... Well... people! I thought it was a brilliant idea so I scanned myself:


As most of you know, I used to scan my lunch. These people scanned cats. If you find any more scanner humor pages put the links in the comments for this article.

The dirtbag mentions Canada as a US ally in his rant. If it is him we need to send out the Antique Roadshow to get him.

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I'm in your head, man!


It's Charles Manson's 68th birthday today. Hard to believe this whacko is still kicking. I've always been interested in his crimes since I found out that the first of them took place 4 days after I was born. Perhaps it was the arrival of the anti-christ on August 5, 1969 that pushed him and the Family over the top.

CBC News: Iraq orders a million doses of nerve gas antidote What could this mean? We don't use that stuff.

November 11 is Remembrance Day for Canadians. It's today that we remember those who fought and died for our country.

Why should we remember?:

We must remember. If we do not, the sacrifice of those one hundred thousand Canadian lives will be meaningless. They died for us, for their homes and families and friends, for a collection of traditions they cherished and a future they believed in; they died for Canada. The meaning of their sacrifice rests with our collective national consciousness; our future is their monument. (Heather Robertson, A Terrible Beauty, The Art of Canada at War. Toronto, Lorimer, 1977.)

Carol and I watched HBO's miniseries Band of Brothers on DVD this weekend. It's the true story of a company of American Paratroopers in WW2. Very well done. It was executive produced by Tom Hanks and Steven Speilberg who also gave life to another great World War 2 drama, Saving Private Ryan. I know neither of these were Canadian, but they do make you think about what people sacrificed so we can live as well as we do.

Pet the Kitty and make it purr and meow. Yes it's a kitten nothing dirty.

Some people are really bad drivers.


I think this one should be reported to The Idiot Driver Alert. How in the hell did she manage that?

'The plug got pulled on us' According to him it was GM place's fault. Looks like there's a lot of finger pointing going on, but no one is taking responsibility.

Read Abbie Hoffman's (the 60's hippy icon) book Steal This Book online. He gives lots of ways to get stuff for free, like free food and free housing. He also gives some tips on civil disobediance as well.

I'd like to get one of these and carry it in my pocket to the movies and on the train. No more annoying twits on the phone.

Here's one for Carol: The Source For Quality Gold Caps!

Had a murder scene in your home? Shotgun suicide in your rental suite? These people will clean it up. It's a sad commentary on our society when this is necessary.

I thought she was quitting TV. I guess not

Finally, clothes for heteros!

The Straitjacket Page. Hug yourself in style.

...that you cannot do in IE. maybe it's time to switch default browsers. Nah... to much work to click a couple of buttons.

Police descend on angry, rampaging fans at GM Place after rock band cancels


Nothing like a riot to get the juices flowing here in Vancouver. We have one every few years, usually incited by the loss of the Stanley Cup or an APEC Summit. There was some noise when Creed didn't play a sold out show, and more when Limp Bizkit and Eminem (we had tickets for that show) didn't show.

Now, Axl Rose, still calling himself Guns and Roses even though he's the only original band member, has jammed on Vancouver rock fans who paid a whopping $80 for tickets. GM Place said that the no show was caused by Rose being unable to get out of California due to stormy weather. The promoter said it was "mechanical" problems. Other sources say it was because they only sold 8000 tickets and the big cry baby didn't want to play. Either way it's a bust for music fans.

A woman at Carol's work was working security for the show and she said no one told them that anything was wrong until 9:00 even though the concert was supposed to have started at 7:00pm. They started giving people's money back around 9:30 and the place went wild. According to Carol's co-worker The cops were beating people with batons, using pepper spray, drawing their guns and liberally using their dogs on people. Security ended up having to stay locked upstairs until 3 in the morning because the rioters smashed a ton of windows at GM place.

Axl has done this before, in Paris and Montréal. What a dick.

Another mark against Vancouver fans. We're soooo mature.

Cell phone privacy is a major concern in the U.S. Elsewhere in the world, however, the cell phone problem is far more explosive. Thanks to my buddy Ken in NS (not the NS) for the link.

Judge orders O.J. Simpson arrested. Lance said that he didn't show up for court because he's out looking for the real killer.

When is this idiot just going to go away?

But guilty of vadalism and felony grand theft. Doh! Back on the chain gang! She doesn't look like a very happy camper. I don't blame her.

Maybe they'll go after Martha Stewart next. Oh wait, they already are.

I Eat People I think they misspelled Venus. Another song...

Swim with the Other Fishies! Need sound. Nasty song alert - use headphones at work.

I just got a GF4 TI4200-DVC128. For the non-geek, that is a kick ass video card. Now my gaming experience should improve immensely. This card is named Aeolus by AOpen (the manufacturer). Aeolus means:

Main Entry: Ae.o.lus
Pronunciation: 'E-&-l&s
Function: noun
Etymology: Latin, from Greek Aiolos: the Greek god of the winds

Read the full review I stole that definition from here.

Welcome to The Big Cartoon DataBase it's an IMDB for cartoons.

Sharon Osbourne says she wishes she hadn't agreed to TV show | CP Apparently things aren't going so well. According to the article, "Sharon said Ozzy has begun drinking again in response to her cancer." This is not good news.

UPDATE: Looks like Aimee Osbourse is breaking her silence tomorrow on ABC's 20/20.

UPDATE 2: Sharon's backtracking. There'll be two more seasons for sure. Yay! Drunk Ozzy. =(

Carol sent me this link...

Stern to Remake Ramones Classic. Pretty cool. But, how do you improve on perfection. =)

Yahoo! News - Gay Sheep May Help Explain Biology of Homosexuals

Is there a way to tell if your sheep is gay just from a glance? I'm sure they don't dress the part like humans do.


Gay Sheep: "Now that'th juth't thilly!"

Another game for Lance to get addicted to. Let's go skiing.

Pickton hearing could be delayed months. Willy claims he doesn't have enough money to pay for his defense. Get off your (allegedly) murdering ass and sell off you assets and take what's coming to you. Scumbag (allegedly).

Go here to play we lttle Java versions of your favourite ancient arcade games. You can play everything from Space Invaders to Ms Pacman. My Fave is Galaga.

Make sure you give each game time to boot up. That gobbledegook you see id the program starting.

Here's an idea to put your left-over hallowe'en pumpkin and spare computer parts to good use.

Worst Game Ever? I don't know, but I have GTA 3 and when Vice City makes it's debut for the PC (only available for consoles right now) you can be assured that I'll be playing that one too.

This is too funny. Look what the number one result is for Mike Browne. LOL!

Carol and I just watched the DVD of Saturday Night Fever. This is one of my favourite movies. I can't believe it's 25 years old.


John Travolta (who is now working as an Ambassador-at-Large for Qantas in his spare time) was brilliant as Tony Manero. The soundtrack was phenomenal, the dancing was energetic, the acting was excellent (Travolta was nominated for an Oscar that year), the dancing was superb and the story was griity and real. All of it added up to a 118 minute snapshot of the disco era at it's height. For a brief time Disco didn't suck.

Some companies' safety departments have whackos working in them. They must to coe up with these.

I was terrified by a number of the creeps that we had come to our door last night. The trick or treating in our neighbourhood was over by around 7:30pm and most of our 300 pieces of candy was gone. We had a great time. Another year to wait for more Hallowe'en. But today is All Saints Day (not quite as fun).

Oh yeah, speaking of creeps, Elliot is back at the 'Zoo. Welcome back! We'll have to eat punkin and cramberry samwiches in the lie-bary again! Just like old times. Teehee!

Some weird Flash Experiments.

It's not every team that has a Guaranteed Fight Night as a promo for an upcoming game. If there's not at least one 5 minute major for fighting all the fans present get a prize. Now that's cool.