Left-wing 'inspectors' to check U.S. for weapons I bet they find a lot.

Pilar (the boss lady) sent me this picture:


I'm not sure if it's a Photoshop job or not but here's the text that came with the picture:

"I thought this was a cool picture.

This photo was taken via satellite, on a cloudless day. Note how the lights
are already on in Holland, Paris, and Barcelona, and how it's still daylight
in London, Lisbon, and Madrid. The sun is still shining on the Straight of
Gibraltar, and the Mediterranean Sea is already in darkness.

In the middle of the Atlantic Ocean you can see the Azores Islands; below
them to the right are the Madeira Islands; a bit below are the Canary
Islands; and further south, close to the farthest western point of Africa,
the Cape Verde Islands.

The Sahara is huge and can be seen clearly both during daytime and
nighttime. To the left, on top, is Greenland, totally frozen."

UPDATE: Here's how it was done... (March 31, 2003)

VANCOUVER -- Did video-game violence lead to real-life shooting? I'm not going to stop playing. I haven't killed anyone because of a video game .... yet.

Sarah Kozer, 29, starred in movies such as "Novices in Knots" and "Hogtied," and a foot-fetish film "Dirty Soled Dolls," according to the Web site The Smoking Gun. Looks like she's more of a ho' than we thought. Anyone who would get their feet dirty for pervs to pleasure themselves over has got to suffer from a sever lack of morals.

Joe Millionaire, I hope you pick her so you can get a big surprise as well. You were already in the bushes with her for God's sake.

He is watching...


But only pretending to be evil. He offered to drive me home after the Canucks (who have a new look to their site) game tonight. Thanks, Tyler!

Here's a not-so-new spin virus on prevention, but now for the computer...


And how about the resort with the least fun name ever?


Thanks to Enomis in Louisiana for the pictures!

There's a web cafe! Ananova - Internet cafe to open on Everest

I've often thought about copyrighting my artwork but have had no real idea how. Now there's a fresh solution to my dilemma. The Creative Commons is devoted to expanding the range of creative work available for others to build upon and share.

Very close to this Lobster. I'll let y'all know as soon as I know more!

Thanks to Big Al Mac for the picture!

If you're planning travel abroad any time soon and want to know a bit more about where you're going you can check out the CIA - The World Factbook 2002. Take Burundi for example. Did you know that Burundi's Independence Day is July 1 just like Canada?

Let's see...

Thanks Lance!

Here is a test to see if you are colour blind. I did pretty well.

I couldn't believe it when I heard the news. Ron and Fez are off the air in NYC and can only be heard on WJFK in Washington DC. I loved that show and am sad to see it go. I sure hope they'll be back or all us fans will get our fix via the web somehow (that is if one of the DC fans will hook us up). Here's the text of an email last night from the guys that was posted on RonFez.net:

"To all our New York buddies:

We just wanted to thank you for all the support and friendship that you have given us over the past several years.

The Ron and Fez Show will no longer be on WNEW. We would have liked to have done a 'see ya' show to thank you all, but such is the radio business. The show will still be on the air on WJFK in Washington, DC.

Nobody has enjoyed being on the air in New York as much as Ron and Fez. It has been an honor to spend our overnights, middays, evenings, afternoons, middays again and finally back to evenings with you. No matter where they put us, we always had fun and we always tried our best to make sure you had fun too.

Who knows what the future may bring, but the way this business works, we may be back in your radios before you know it.

You can stay in contact with us through RonFez.net or e-mail us at RonandFez@aol.com.

Thank you so much for all the laughs, cigars and Oreos.

Seeeee ya!

Ron and Fez

Oh yeah, one more thing......your mom's box!!!"

Carol will probably scream with horror when she sees ihumpthings.com

Take a look here: idleworm: games - gulf war 2
This is what "could" happen.

Check out masking. It wasn't done by me, but I did find it somewhat amusing.

In case you live in Canada and had to watch fat ass Global TV newsman Steve Darling warm up for the Sun Run and a million Ray-o-vac ads and missed all the great superbowl ads. You can watch them here. I love this one. LMAO!

Here's a secret: If you right click on the MAC link you can download and keep every ad in Quicktime MOV format! (Yes they will play on your PC if you have the player). Hopefully the site will stay up a while, but I have them all just in case! ;)

This is too cool not to mention ... ClassicGaming - A Member of The GameSpy Network Just in case you're missing those old games, especially Commodore 64.

I finally joind a clan for Medal of Honor. Check out the website: OSS Brigade - A Medal of Honor: Allied Assault Clan. Lots of the guys on the team are players from my Half-Life days. Old pals! =)

Damned hacker geeks! It looks like this whole Interweb thingy-ma-bob hoob-a-joob needs to be rethunk!

Danger! High Voltage! (You need Quicktime installed to see this video)

When we touch, when we kiss!

Fire in the disco.
Fire in the Taco Bell.
Fire in the disco.
Fire in the gates of Hell.

Bizarre video from the band Electric 6. It may not be one you want to watch at work, although I just did.

Go to Orisinal.com and see the These Little Pigs game. It's some weird assed stuff.

Are cool sometimes. Check these out: Discovery Channel Cams -- Discovery Channel -- live, cam

Fez of the Ron and Fez show took ten folks out for New York's most expensive burger yesterday at the Old Homestead restaurant in NYC. The meal was celebrating the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' recent win in the NFC gaining them a spot in the Superbowl this weekend. Apparently Black Earl didn't finish his burger and Fezzy says he owes him money.

The Vancouver Police Department are looking for people who were involved in the riot at the recent cancelled Guns and Roses Concert. They have set up a web page with pictures from newsfootage and other video to try ad identify some of the parties (a.k.a. morons) who took part. What about Mr Policeman who bashed the teeth out of the bystander and beat up a father and his daughter?
Thanks to Lance for the link.

Bang Bang Bang. (SWF with sound) Use your headphones if you're at work. Thanks to Rick S for the link.

Wrecked Exotics
"These car crash pictures involve some of the most expensive automobiles ever produced including Lamborghini, Ferrari, Mclaren F1, Bugatti and more. All in all, you'll find almost a quarter of a Billion Dollars worth of damage within this car crash collection. That's enough to make any insurance company weep."

Children With Oppositional Defiant Disorder - AACAP Facts For Families # 72
Here's another made up disorder that everyone who doesn't want to take responibility for their actions wil be "suffering" from over the next few years. What a load of crap. I have had all these "symptoms" at one time or another. I don't have a disorder. I was being a jerk.

Go to The Smoking Gun and read how Singer R. Kelly was arrested this morning (1/22) in Miami on a warrant charging him with 12 counts of possession of child pornography.
Surprise! Surprise! Wasn't he married to a 15 year old?

We heard about FilmAid International the other night on the Golden Globe awards. According to their site:

"Film Aid International uses film amd video to inform, educate and entertain, alleviating trauma and despair while restoring hope."

Like Ron and Fez said in their Golden Globe review rant that they didn't understand how it makes sense that these people have no food or shelter but can see a cultural hollywood classic like Dude Where's My Car? I'm not that negative about it, but then again I love movies and would love to see one for free even if i was cold and hungry.

I just got an MSM IM from my buddy Wayne. He's working at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival. I would love to go one year. Wayne said that he has seen some good flcks there, among them are Confidence, People I Know, and The Singing Detective.

He mentioned that he's seen some celebs, Peter Fonda and Selma Hayek are two of note. He also had his picture taken with Stephen Baldwin, winner of the Celebrity Fear Factor and "best friend" of Ron of The Ron and Fez Show on WNEW in NYC. Hopefully I'll get a copy of that picture to post here when Wayne gets back to town.

But the hero doctors re-attached it. Yikes. I hope they sewed it on facing the right way. I've always kind of wanted to see where I've been.

Maybe our Premier needs to hire this guy to get past his DUI charges.

Campbell blew .161 in first breath test
Apparently our Premier blew a little higher than he admitted.

Sometimes the people doing the translating for subtitles get things really messed up. Carol got a toy octopus that wiggled and played stupid music one Christmas that was from China and one of the phrases on the box describing the toy within was, "Will jumping and dancing to real rock and roll music." Duh!

X-Entertainment - Download DOZENS of 80s Commercials, Frrrreeeee.
Blatantly stolen from Fark.com

CBC News: Libya to lead UN human rights watchdog
Yeah that's right. When I think of human rights Libya is the first country that comes to mind. Perhsps electing the Libyan Ambassador to the post was the UN's way of telling Libya they need to police themselves on this issue. Didn't any of these people see Serpico? There always has to be an outside entity for objectivity's sake.
As Lord Acton said in a letter to Bishop Mandell Creighton, 1887, "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men". Put that it your darn pipe and smoke it.

Yahoo! News - Report: bin Laden Urges Islamic Unity
Did Osama really say this? I don't think so. This guy is as dead as Paul Reubens career after his latest kiddie porn arrest.
Do you here that sound? That's Osama rotting under the pile of rubble he's been under since a bombing run on his cave last January.

Enomis, a long time blog lurker and lunch looker, sent me a link to Flatulence Filter Seat Cushions by GasBGon. I'm not sure who she's been talking with to find out that this may just fit my gassy lifestyle. I'm sure other folks in the cubicle farm at the 'zoo might be grateful if I were to have a cushion like this.

Valentine's Day is coming. Are you getting your sweety a card? If you do try not to get something that you see on My Creepy Valentine. You might be in the doghouse a while.

I didn't have a single thing to say or link to yesterday. Carol and I watched DVD's and I played acouple of games. Not much going on today either. I did however see a site dedicated to little turd confectioneries.

NEW YORK — Consider it the anti-whoopee cushion.

Spock sings The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins. God save us all.

You can add a car cigarette lighter to your PC. FrozenCPU.com :: Product :: PC 12v Cigarette Lighter Adapter Kit

When I was a kid and my family was traveling we saw a Lick-a-Chick restaurant. My dad started laughing and said he really likes "Lick-a-Chick". My Mom slapped his arm, yelling, "Ted!" Then she started laughing. I was 10, I didn't get it then, but I get it now. Dirty old man.

Thanks to Lance for the picture.

You'll pay for B.C. judge's smoking den
Taxpayers will cough up $19,000 for a place where justice can indulge her nicotine habit

Vancouver's 50 most powerful people. Lance tells me the list came out the day before Gordo's arrest. Perhaps he's not number one any more.

Who's got buzz? Zip? The "Big Mo"? Maclean's ranks the 50 Canadians whose time is now. I wonder where I rank? at least in the top 10,000,000 ... ?

Premier confirms 0.149 blood alcohol
An expert at UBC said the average person passes out at 0.16. As old Gordo was 0.149 he must have had a bit more than he said he did, or he may have "forgotten" that he'd been drinking in the afternoon as well. You go here and find out just how much giggle juice it takes for someone at a particular weight to drink and get as gooned as Gordo.

Yahoo! News - Surgery Tools Left in 1,500 People a Year
That's rather unsettling.

Here in Canada any radio or TV station has to play it's fair share of Canadian Content (CanCon) to "preserve our culture" from being entirely absorbed by our oh so boisterous neighbour to the South. Some people believe that many Canadian musicians who have made brief (or not-so-brief) appearances on the Canadian charts don't have any true talent but are examples of the principal of CanCon gone wrong to fill a slot and meet a quota.

To check out some of the CanCon one reviewer loves to hate go and check out Craptastic: CanCon Hall of Shame: Dreck. I disagree with the reviewer on a large number of the choices. Yes, I have a soft spot for bands like Trooper, The Northern Pikes, Platinum Blonde, 54-40 and, of course, The Tragically Hip. Some of these bands have also successfully crossed the border to the South and beyond becoming International stars. Bryan Adams for example (not that I like him mind you). There are others like Rita MacNeil (sadly a Nova Scotian), Tu, Men Without Hats, Rene Simard and Dalbello who I'd love to deport to Zanzibar and strip of their citizenship. The crud they've spewed hurts my ears.

Seems to me like the person who reviewed this music may be a failed Canadian musician who resents all those who made it. There's no accounting for personal taste. Atrocities like K.D. Lang (Sunny Jim is obviously from Alberta and not a beef farmer) and Doug and the Slugs made the "At Least They Tried" list. LOL! One of Doug's Slugs used to live in my pal Rich's basement suite in Coquitlam. Too Bad!

All slagging aside (both mine and Sunny Jim's) it makes for some interesting reading and brings back a flood of musical memories both pleasant and disturbing. Thanks Jim! I may not agree with everything you said, but your site rocks!

It's going to cost you. Olympic events will cost from $30 up to $1,100

Here's the 1st Intern. Collection of Tongue Twisters - English. They also have them in many other languages.

OMG! Now this McLaren F1 is one hot friggin' car. The specs of 0-60 mph in 3.2 seconds and a top speed of 240 mph are really impressive, but my favourite features are how the cool assed doors open and the 100GB MP3 System (I need room for at least 20,000 songs).

Go to www.tomz.org and download a couple of the SNL Celebrity Jeopardy videos.

Carol and I just got back from the Canucks game. They beat the Nashville Predators 4 - 3. Right before the final goal was scored who should we see on the Jumbotron seated in the section below and to the right of us? Austin Powers! That's right Mike Myers! I knew his brother was in town, I heard him on the Jesse Dylan show on MOJO Radio this morning, but I didn't know we'd have a Dr Evil sighting! We had a great time. Winning tickets rocks. Paying 20 bucks to park at GM Place blows.

Click here to drive a neat-o little snow plow.

Play the game now. Watch yourself Lance.

Gordon Campbell The BC Premier Arrested For DWI | Powered by CafePress.com Thanks to Blog regular Jeice Guyver for the link. Too much!

Kababism definition: The belief that Kabab is a truly unifying (and satisfying) factor.

MMMMMM! Kabab!

Thanks to my old pal, Ken R for the picture. LOL!

LONDON, England -- Police in London have arrested Pete Townshend, guitarist with The Who, on suspicion of a series of offences connected with child pornography -- including the making of indecent images.

There's always these lyrics.

User Not Found is a weblog dedicated to dealing with the death of online friends.

Some people that you deal with online you never actually meet. I have played online games for about 4 years voraciously and as a result I have made some online-friends whom I have never met. I may not ever meet any of these people, but I feel they are my friends. Albeit not close like F2F "face-to-face". A friend of ours died of cancer last year. I called him and spoke to him about two weeks before he died. Just the act of picking up the phone made a huge difference in the level of our friendship. Joe a.k.a. Samson became much more real to me. When he finally did succumb to his disease people in our gaming community were stunned. I did a little memorial site for him and his family. I think it helped. I got a lot of email about it and still talk to Laurie, Joe's partner, once in a while.

I brought my VHS copy of Soylent Green for my pal Elliot to watch. This is a definite Sci-Fi Classic. I loved it. Chuck Heston is his usual campy self and it just happens to be Edward G Robinson's last film.

If you have seen the movie you know there's a classic line at the end that gives away the secret. If you want the soundbyte it's right here. (NOTE: It's a spoiler so click at your own risk)

More of Little Ethan my gaming buddy, Bubba's little fella. Awwwwwwww. Ain't he cute?

Premier's right-hand man says his boss will stay the course. The question now: Does the public want him at the helm? And what exactly happened?
It's going to be interesting to see how this all plays out. Will he just say oops and go on pretending that it never happened? Will he turn it around by taking responsibility and doing something positive for the province as a result?

It's his 55th birthday today. Yikes. Happy Birthday, Gord-o.

Getting to Know Joe
And I will hug and love him and call him George. Ahhh, duh. This guy's not the sharpest knife in the drawer.

Or do these people sound like they have a giant bug up their asses? North Korea mulls new missile tests

Look out Big Foot, this binocular takes pictures The PhotoViewer binocular allows you to see objects up close, and record a video of whatever objects you are observing with the built-in digital camera

Premier Campbell charged with drunk driving | CBC
This is going to cause a furor back here. Should be interesting. The left has been looking for something negative to cling to. This should be it. An (alleged) felon running BC.

Gordon's newest note to self, "Lay off the shooters at the Luau".

UPDATE 1.1: He's sorry (with pictures).

UPDATE 1.2: Won't contest the charge.

Oak Island Secrets; Investigative Files (Skeptical Inquirer March 2000)
I grew up close to Oak Island as have been there many times. I'm not sure what I believe. I've read a few books on the subject, there are many theories, but no one really has enough evidence to prove things one way or the other. One day they'll figure it out. There is a company who has bought the rights to dig there, however financial and legal snags have halted most of the research there. It would be cool if there really were a treasure.

Agency cites 30-plus accidents, says many were preventable
I saw the results of this when I was going to catch the West Coast Express the other day. There were at least 6 emergency vehicles in front of Waterfront Station and I could see EMT's and Firemen down by the tracks trying to save this person. Very sad. I usually assume it's some poor suicidal schmuck who flings him/herself in front of the train, however, the number of accidents involving visually impaired people is really disconcerting.

CBC News: North Korea raises spectre of 'Third World War' I think this needs to be taken care of first. Practice?

Get Back to work!

::JackFM.com:: The new radio station in Vancouver. They're replacing the absolutely crappy KISS FM at 96.9 on your radio dial in the Lower Mainland. All that's at the site now is the link to the live stream. Check it out! Sounds like an 80's station so far. Thanks to Tyler for the tip!

According to Something Awful The Greatest Picture Ever has nothing to do with porn. I agree. My pick for best pic is right here.

Thanks to Chuff for the link. =)

This is messed up...

Nostalgic and Retro Candy from the 1950's and 1960's And I'm laying off hte sugar too. Moan!

Martha Stewart tops Web voters' 'most annoying' list. Martha Stewart tops Web voters' 'most annoying' list

Inmate Penpals. Lonely Attractive Male and Female Inmates in the USA Seek Penpals Anthony the Ox here at the Zoo sent this to Lance (and everyone else) with this note:

Lance,

I know it's tough for you to meet those of the other gender....usually after conversation or visual contact, it seems to go nowhere, doesn't it? I have found the answer you have desperately been lookin' for....

http://www.meet-an-inmate.com/

Your prayers have been answered!

Matchmaker"

BBspot - Fans Outraged at New Character in The Return of the King Thanks to Tyler (not-so-evil-but-still-nasty sys admin) for the link.

Apple - Hardware - PowerBook G4 - Videos Thanks to Kevin for the link.

... doesn't mean they're not after you. Check out AlterNet: Top Ten Conspiracy Theories of 2002. Thanks to Bill G at thethinkbackthing.com for the link.

Yahoo! News - Dodge Offers 500-Hp Concept Motorcycle Well I guess there's another way for speefreaks to kill themselves.

Wanna be a Eunuch? Uhh. NO!!!!

Grab a donut and a coffee and take off to bobanddoug.com and you can download and listen to their two albums (the Great White North and the Strange Brew Soundtrack) and a special guest DJ appearance they did in 1981.

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has accused U.N. weapons inspectors of engaging in "intelligence work," rather than looking for weapons of mass destruction.

Uh, Okay Mr Kooky-dictator. I mean come on. You let weapons inspectors into your home to determine whether or not you're complying with UN resolutions. Didn't you think they'd notice the Kurds hung by their thumbs in your broom closet? I'm waffling as to the validity of a war with Iraq, but I'm all for a bitch slapping for this pinhead.

Yahoo! News - Elvis-Impersonating Preacher Rocks Canada Only in Canada, eh? Pity.
Thanks to my old lunch pal Enomis in Louisiana for the link!

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEWWWWWW!
BBC - Nature Weird - Giant Squid
Thanks to Kellie for the link.

Scott decided to see what would happen if he wore a nametag all the time. What a great idea!

Take some time and go to Tolerance.org: Dig Deeper and take some of the tests there to see if you have a "hidden bias". You may be surprised by what you find. Or then again, if you're a member of the KKK or some neo-nazi organization you may not be surprised at all.

SignOnSanDiego.com Science/Health -- Study suggests orangutan bands learn special skills, pass knowledge to new generations Kind of like Koko.

I can't wait to see Joe Millionaire on FOX. A bunch of gold digging ho-bags making asses of themselves falling over each other to get at money that ain't there. Apparently Joe can't even afford a $2.50 toll. I wonder how it's going to turn out? Let me see if I can make a prediction. At the end of the series Joe's lack o' cash will be revealed to the girl who gets chosen. She'll say, "The money isn't important. I'm not that shallow. I truly love him." They will walk off into the sunset together not to be heard from until 3 months later we find out she has left Joe for a Beverley Hills Plastic Surgeon who has offered her fake boobs, a new Lexus and a full length sable coat.

Things may take another twist according to this article:

But the Internet is already busy with folks who detect a rat, along with desperation, in the show's premise. Postings on several Web sites speculate that the trick on the women is wrapped in another, bigger hoax, this one on the show's viewers.

Marriott isn't talking.

The buzz is that maybe he really is rich. That would suck.

Here are the words and phrases that have worn out their welciome in the English language over the last year.

Here's one I won't miss:

MUST-SEE TV -- “Must find remote. Must change channel,” laments Nan Heflin from Colorado Springs, Colorado. Television once pitched entertainment. Apparently now it’s taken on a greater imperative. Assumes herd mentality over program taste.

Hate your computer today? Frustrated that you can't find that important XLS? Word formatting things on it's own? If so, go get DesktopShooter and blow it all away.

This is Chuff's URL of the day.

Now if this isn't a great example of how it's to easy to sue in the US I don't know what is.

I thought my lunch was weird. This guy takes a picture of himself every day. Even he's asking When Will It End? I can relate.