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This is one of the sickest and most socially inappropriate games I’ve ever seen. I just had to post it.

Carol spotted former NWA member Ice Cube, sans goatee, in downtown Vancouver standing around under a tent between the filming of scenes for his new movie, “Are We There Yet?”. Which Carol thinks will stink. She can tell Ice Cube that while I run the other way.

I have always loved NWA’s music. Dr Dre, Ice Cube, and the deceased Eazy E (as well as the lesser known band members), and later Snoop Dogg, have had a large part in the rap sound we now find so familiar. The classic Straght Outta Compton album was a turning point in music, let alone rap, and has inspired many of the generation rapping today. It was the genesis of true Gangsta Rap.

A cool celeb sighting, Carol. Did you do like when we saw Cher in LA on our trip there?

Carol (screaming excitedly): “Hi !” (I took the picture)

Lance says Eminem is in town too.

Bubba sent me this Farting Cat! from eBaum’s World. OMG! That is insane. I just keep listening. I can’t stop laughing.

Jackson, the world’s biggest kitty lover, will enjoy this one.

According to this link there has been machinery found at spirit landing site.

My thoughts? Rocks, and more rocks and a webmaster off his meds. I used to listen to Richard C Hoagland on Art Bell’s old radio show, now called Coast to Coast AM with George Noory. I don’t think I was firing on all cylinders at the time as I actually bought some of it. Openmindedness is one thing, complete and utter insanity another.

I recieved a response to my letter to Adoption Disclosure Service Program. It was another letter (snailmail, of course) with a form inside for me to fill out officially requesting contact with any member of my birth family (both sides), requesting non-identifying information such as known family history and medical history, to be put on the passive adoption reunion list and to recieve my certificate of adoption. I sent that back and have recieved another letter (more snailmail) with a confirmation that they have recieved my form, statistics about adoption reunions in Nova Scotia and a reading list to assist me in the feelings that may arise (and have already) in regards to my search and the results at various stages.

Also included in this letter is a heads up that the Adoption Disclosure Service Program is still processing request from April of 2001. Yes you read that right, three years ago. I have waited for almost 35 years, what’s another 3? Now that I’m ready to know, it’s a bloody eternity. I almost crapped myself when Carol opened the letter and read that to me over the phone. I wanted to complain immediately, but as there’s no email address, I’m too cheap to phone and too lazy to write another letter. I guess this is the way it’s supposed to be right now and I’ll just have to wait.

I did however get a nice note from a birthmother who has seen my adoption posts and would like to share her experience with me. I’d be glad to read it. What a nice surprise.

Check out – Prions: When Proteins Attack on the Wired magazine site. It’s scary to think that you can actually get a disease that your immune system doesn’t even realize it has thus not even mounting a defense. variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease a.k.a. the infamous Mad Cow Disease is one of these.

A gentleman, in the VG Hospital in Halifax in 1993-94, whom I was personally an orderly for, eventually died of a ‘suspected’ case of ‘sporadic’ classic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.

I sat with him day after day and watched him deteriorate to a mere shell of himself prior to his passing. It was not pretty. Even though they claimed it was sporadic CJD at the time, there was also talk of his possibly becoming infected via frequent trips to Europe and the ingestion of prion ridden meat whilst there.

Health Canada claims it wasn’t until 2002 that the first ‘diagnosed’ case of variant CJD as caused possibly by an infected Bovine (cow) existed in Canada.

Who knows how long this has really been around and who may be infected?

Mars Fullscreen panoramic image in Quicktime VR – QTVR Virtual Reality – Full Screen QTVR panoramic image from panoramas.dk

Well, that’s good news. Apparently our new Prime Minister, Mr. Paul Martin, really does give a shit about what happens to Canada. Most unlike his lazy-assed predecessor.

Even if he did sort of fall into the job of PM. It looks like he may do a good job.

I must have one of these cars. They look just like the old Shelby. I love the retro muscle car style.

The following write up and photos completely ripped off from Car and Driver:

“One year after teasing the public with the Mustang concept, Ford unveiled the all-new 2005 Mustang in Detroit. Incorporating cues from 1960s Mustangs, the new pony car features styling that starts low and wedges upward toward the back. Retro reminders abound: the fish gills in the nose, the moon-size driving lamps on the GT’s grille, and the chrome medallion on the rump. Inside, the original Mustang’s squared-off, double-cowl dashboard theme returns. Chrome rings circle the large gauges, and an optional dress-up package adds textured, aluminized trim. The wispy-thin gauge numbers will be familiar to vintage Ford owners, and all Mustangs will feature driver-selectable backlight colors. Unlike the quarter-century-old Fox platform that underpins the current Mustang, the new car rides on the DEW98 platform, which is used by the Lincoln LS, Jaguar S-type, and Ford Thunderbird. The new platform sports a much longer wheelbase than the Fox (107.1 inches versus 101.3). It also features clipped overhangs; a better relation among the steering wheel, pedals, and shifter; and more distance from the front axle to the dash. The new platform should be less jiggly, with torsional rigidity of convertibles rising a claimed 100 percent over the old Mustang. Even so, curb weights should be within one percent of the current 3300-to-3500-pound Mustang, thanks in part to the use of prewelded, variable-thickness stamping blanks and an aluminum hood. Although the other DEW vehicles have all-independent suspensions, the 2005 Mustang goes without. That’s mainly to keep down costs, but it’s also to serve street racers and quarter-milers who love a live axle’s simplicity and cheap interchangeability. The SOHC 12-valve, 4.0-liter V-6 with 202 horsepower and 235 pound-feet opens the Mustang’s power résumé. More power can be had with the 4.6-liter V-8, which now features an aluminum block and receives the SOHC 3-valve aluminum cylinder heads and variable-cam-timing mechanism from the new F-150’s 5.4-liter V-8. Ford claims 300 horsepower at 6000 rpm and 315 pound-feet at 4500 rpm. Fitted with the Tremec five-speed manual (a five-speed auto is available on both V-8 and V-6) and running through the standard-across-the-board 8.8-inch, 3.31:1 rear end, the GT should easily lay down two rail lines of rubber with its standard 235/55WR-17 tires or optional 255/45 tires on 18-inch wheels. Expect 60 mph to whiz by in the low-five-second range in a manual V-8, somewhere around seven seconds for a V-6.” more photos