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According to this story IKEA founder overtakes Gates as world’s richest. This may not be so. There’s a bit of a scrap (thanks Jackson) over who’s got more dough.

Who cares? They have more money than me. And, judging from my tour of the Microsoft campus last Friday, and seeing Gate’s house from the bridge on the way there, I’m pretty sure he doesn’t really care either.

I can’t believe it but it’s been ten years today since Kurt Cobain was found dead of a self inflicted gunshot wound to the head in the garage of his Seattle home. I was (and still am) a huge Nirvana fan and was devastated by the news. I was going through a rough period my self at the time and could really relate to why someone my want to call it quits rather than continue. What a sad day. Cobain’s death was to my generation like the death of Elvis in the 1970’s to that generation; a heart break of the greatest proportion especially considering his last few months and the mode of death he chose.

Carol and I even traveled to the Cobain home and hung out for a day around the park beside the house. The large memorial was over, but there were still people hanging out almost a week later when we were there. Apparently Courtney had been holding seances in the garage and even gave away a few of Kurt sweaters. There was a small shrine near a tree at which people left various drugs, notes, cigarettes and other items as ‘sacrifice’ to their dead idol. Courtney had even ome out and tacked her own note to the tree thanking the fans for the support and stating that if we wished contact she was willing.

Everyone was too scared of her even then and left her alone as far as we saw. The only real discourse we had with her was her screaming ‘what f***ing time is it, man?’ through the bushes when she was leaving to run some errands. I think Carol was actaully the person who answered.

Anyway, ten years has gone by fast, but Cobain’s musical influence is still felt and sorely missed.

Yahoo! LAUNCH – News: Kurt Cobain: His History And Legacy

I play a lot of first person shooters online. So much so that I’ve been the member of a gaming clan called the OSS Brigade. Most of what we play together are war simulations like Call of Duty, Battlefield 1942 and Medal of Honor. Although we’ve been playing together for quite some time (some of us for years) we have never met face to face. At least not until Friday.

I traveled to Seattle to meet Doc (Stan from San José, CA), Treacherous (Joe from Seattle, WA – our host) and Andy Dufrane (Aidan from Denver, CO) pictured below:

We had a great time together. It was just like meeting old friends actually. Not everyone you meet on the Internet is a freak. Good thing considering what we did that day.

Anyway we had a great day. Joe took us on a tour of the Microsoft campus, where he works, then took us 4-wheeling out in the woods to endulge us in his hobby – shooting. We literally had a blast. Joe has quite and arsenal. . Although he only took a portion of it, there were still . I got to fire a (Dirty Harry’s gun) as well as various others like the ones we use in the game. My favourite, however, was the (a.k.a. the M-16).

For someone who’s not used to shooting I did fairly well blasting away at pop cans and other things. No one got hurt, although from the look of , it appears I was about to shoot myself in the crotch.

“Aim higher dummy! The can is on my head!”

Afterward we went back to Joe’s and had a nice dinner with his family and watched South Park the movie. All in all a great experience. Thanks Joe! Nice to meet you Stan and Aidan! I’d do it again in a heartbeat.

The Canucks did it. With their win last night, in the last game of the season, the Canucks stole the Northwestern Conference crown away from the Avalanche and squashed any hopes of a play off birth for the Oilers. It was a hard fought game and the sixth win in a row for the Canucks. What a way to finish off the regular season.

A highlight of the night was at the end of the game whne Todd Bertuzzi made an appearance to give his jersey to a fan in the traditional end of season “Jersey Off Our Backs” ceremony. The ovation was long and loud and Bertuzzi looked quite moved by the support.

Another banner for the ceiling at GM Place.

The play-offs begin on Wednesday night with game 1 seeing the Canucks at home against Calgary in a best of 7 in series G of the Western conference finals.

Here’s the official Canucks.com – Game Recaps

I was in Seattle and couldn’t watch the game. I got home late and was happy when I heard the score. Seeing as the Canucks have had some trouble with San José it was nice to see such a decisive win.

Here the official Canucks.com recap.

Canucks stay in first… Let’s hope tonight’s game against the Oilers goes well as if the Canucks win they win their division! Last game of the regular season begins in less than a half hour.

GO CANUCKS GO!

Yahoo! News – Kelly Osbourne Enters Drug Rehab Center

Thanks Jackson! Yeehaw!