Mike Browne’s Blog

No it’s not a Photoshop job. It’s the real thing. Ananova – Clothing for chickens
I think the only dressing I’ll have with my chicken is of the Stove Top variety. This I just don’t get…

“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” Lao-tzu, The Way of Lao-tzu, Chinese philosopher (604 BC – 531 BC)

Although this is the popular form of this quotation, a more correct translation from the original Chinese would be “The journey of a thousand miles begins beneath one’s feet.” Rather than emphasizing the first step, Lau Tzu regarded action as something that arises naturally from stillness. Another potential phrasing would be “Even the longest journey must begin where you stand.” [note by Michael Moncur, September 01, 2004]

from quotationspage.com

The note makes it even more profound. All movement is an inside job. The obstacles are within not without. Pitfalls galore here…

Tired of listening to that same tired story about your pal’s kid crapping itself for the first time? Try Outsource a Friend…

Thanks Big Al.

Here are some pictures of our new pad at on Carol’s blog at CarolBrowne.com.

Looks great doesn’t it? There’s a little hiccup already. The garage door opener is ‘missing’. I was hoping to move stuff in today but because we can’t get into the garage we can’t leave the car unattended with our stuff in it. *sigh*

The landlady, Diane, said she left it for us and told Carol exactly where but, no dice. Carol and her friend Kellie scoured the place last night but couldn’t find it. I suspect that either a) Diane forgot to leave it as she was moving or b) Diane’s cleaning lady picked it up thinking Diane had left it behind by accident. If either of those two are right then we’ll surely find it. But if Diane has it then it is in Nanaimo. Argh!

/open rant

I just want to get moved in. Enough of this waiting around crap.

/close rant

Check out Banana Phone – Flash Animation

The song these guys are cussing about is a tune by kids’ performer Raffi. Great stuff if you’re a four year old. But when I tell someone to speak into the banana phone I don’t mean anything nice at all. It makes me angry too… “Ring, ring, ring, ring…” SHUT UP!!!!

Thanks to Etrigan for the link.

Driving across Canada can be extremely boring. If yoy want something to do while touring you can always check out these Big Things.

Our favourite big things included are the Dinosaur in Drumheller (Close to Jim and Jennifer’s house) and the Hockey Stick in Duncan. Thanks to Bill G for the link.

David Lynch…who else?

It’s The Walking Dead, Volume 1: Days Gone Bye by Robert Kirkman – a graphic novel about zombies. Not just gore for gore’s sake. Great stuff. Kirkman’s intro does well to justify this study in zombies and people’s behaviour in a very bizarre. More on Kirkman at Studio Funkotron. I can’t wait to read the rest in the series. The zombie story that continues on. Nice!