12:55pm: I declare shewnnanigans on Rogers
I keep getting this annoying insert injected into my http stream:




It's only the 5th of the month, and they're crippling my web experience with a message saying I've used 95gb of "usage"? Totally bonkers. Time to switch internet providers without paying my outstanding account fees again... yay for the power of capitalism.

8:06pm: Yep.
Just like the great depression - only with more plastic.



Not the kind of thing you're likely to see on American network TV... Aren't you glad the fed had 20-billion dollars to bail out the company that forclosed on all those houses?

5:40pm: How do you make whole grain bread even more gay?

10:06pm: Stop.Hammer time!

7:54pm: Yes, it runs in the family...
Just got an email from my dad:

"Thought you'd enjoy this:
7 Jan 08
Board of Trustees
Royal Ontario Museum
100 Queen’s Park Dr
Toronto ON
M5S 2C6

Attn: Mr Sal Badali
Chair


Re: TOO BAD: BLEW IT

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Thank you for attempting to keep our Museum on a responsible track.
My family and I had the pleasure of attending it yesterday, having waited many months to be able to see your display of antique typewriters. But this was not a success.

It’s one thing to be hoodwinked by a lying charlatan into breaking the bank for a militantly inhumane addition – he just does his damage and trips off on his merry way.

And it’s not such a big deal to let some “Weston” family self-importantly deface the heritage masonry at the forlornly-ignored real entrance to the Museum – a good restoration job could eliminate that travesty.

But it’s an entirely different matter to be incompetent at your core activity.

Did any of you actually trouble to look at the typewriter exhibit? It’s a screaming joke.

The cases are designed so that the joint between front and top is located precisely where you want an undisturbed view of the artefacts.

Even worse, the only lighting for the whole room is from a handful of fixtures in the very centre of the ceiling. The cases run along two walls. As soon as you get close enough to see anything, you cast your own shadow over what you want to see. And the closer you get – to check out the details, say – the deeper the shadow and the less you can see.

Raging stupidity. For which you’re paying. With my money.

And not just my taxes, either: it cost us $80.00 to try to see this display which you wilfully obstructed and turned into an exercise in absolute frustration.

So, three things:

1. Fire everyone involved in this installation, and advise me who’s gone and when.

Then hire somebody brilliant instead; I’d like to know who those people are, too, because good designers and their work should be well-known.

2. Forward a refund of $80.00 to the address below. Unlike real world-status museums, you charge admission. But I don’t really object to paying you the price of two movies if your work is that worthwhile. This time it was execrable. So I want my money back (and that’s money – not “certificates” or “credits” or such – just straightforward coin of the realm).

3. Provide me a copy of the minutes of the meeting at which you deal with this matter.

And that’s it.

I’ll be back when you mount another worthwhile show in a competent (or why not even try for “glorious”?) manner. Just make sure it’s worth two films. Or, even better, is free. And requires spending as little time as possible in that poor benighted addition.

Thanks a lot,
Peter Ferguson
Bx 81
Kimberley ON
N0C 1G0


Just got a cheque for $80.00.


Hah!
P"

4:29pm: My life is like something wonderful out of a magazine.


Shirt by Arrow. Sunglasses by Brad Pitt. Hair by owenf. Binoculars by Bushnell. Wristband by Occidental Papagayo. Leather purse by Fidel Castro. Backdrop by Aranel Volcano & Brigid, she of perpetual, sacred flames. Hot babe by decemberraine.

2:16am: Another Great Depression?

Shanty towns? Check!

12:01am: State of the Union

2:58am: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodity_Fetishism

8:09pm: Join the war on Scientology; click on the picture!

3:45pm: Top posters update
( Who comments the most on this journal? )

3:11am: Make-your-own-album-cover meme stolen from everybody:
1 - Go to Wikipedia's random article page
The first article you get is the name of your band

2 - Go to the Random Quotations page
The last four words of the last quote is the album title

3 - Go to Flickr's Interesting photo page
Third picture, no matter what it is, is your album cover

Put it all together to make your album


Of course, my result is the kind of album you see paraded about on the nightly news whenever there's a school shooting...

12:50am: Moving day.
Moving day is upon me. Wish me luck. Updates from my new home, when possible.

2:53pm: CANFORGEN 136/06 CDS 050/06 011318Z SEP 06
GUIDANCE ON BLOGS AND OTHER INTERNET COMMUNICATIONS - CF OPERATIONS AND ACTIVITIES
UNCLASSIFIED


REFS: A.QR AND O 19.36, 19.37, AND 19.375
B.DAOD 2008-1, 2008-4, AND 2008-6
C.NDSP CHAPTER 30



RECENTLY THERE HAS BEEN CONSIDERABLE INFORMATION POSTED TO THE INTERNET DESCRIBING THE EXPERIENCES OF CF MEMBERS, PARTICULARLY THOSE DEPLOYED ON OPERATIONS. THESE POSTINGS HAVE INCLUDED COMMENTARIES ON PERSONAL WEBSITES, WEB-LOGS (BLOGS) AND E-MAILS, AND UPLOADED STILL AND VIDEO IMAGERY. THIS MATERIAL HAS BEEN POSTED BY CF MEMBERS DEPLOYED ON OPERATIONS OR IN GARRISON, FAMILIES AND ACQUAINTANCES OF CF MEMBERS, EMBEDDED JOURNALISTS AND OTHER MEDIA, AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC


THIS CANFORGEN IS INTENDED TO ENSURE CF MEMBERS, THE CHAIN OF COMMAND, AND SPECIALIST ADVISORS AT ALL LEVELS ARE AWARE OF THE RISKS INHERENT IN MAKING SOME TYPES OF INFORMATION OR IMAGERY AVAILABLE TO THE WIDE AUDIENCE USING THE INTERNET, AND OF THE MEASURES TO BE TAKEN TO PREVENT SUCH RISKS


OPERATIONAL SECURITY IS PARAMOUNT. IT IS INCUMBENT UPON ALL CF MEMBERS TO CONSIDER THE POTENTIAL FOR CREATING RISK TO THEMSELVES, THEIR FAMILIES, THEIR PEERS, AND THE MISSION BY PUBLISHING INFORMATION TO THE INTERNET. SUCH INFORMATION OR IMAGERY MAY, EITHER INDIVIDUALLY OR IN CONJUNCTION WITH OTHER INFORMATION, PROVIDE EXPERT ANALYSTS INSIGHTS INTO CF CURRENT OPERATIONS, EQUIPMENT, CAPABILITIES, TACTICS, AND INTENTIONS, OR MAY PROVIDE INFORMATION THAT PUTS PERSONNEL IN SPECIALIST ROLES OR THEIR FAMILIES AT RISK


CF MEMBERS ARE TO CONSULT WITH THEIR CHAIN OF COMMAND BEFORE PUBLISHING CF-RELATED INFORMATION AND IMAGERY TO THE INTERNET, REGARDLESS OF HOW INNOCUOUS THE INFORMATION MAY SEEM. THE CHAIN OF COMMAND HAS ACCESS TO EXPERT ADVISORS, SUCH AS PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND INTELLIGENCE STAFFS, WHO WILL ENSURE THAT SUCH PUBLISHED INFORMATION IS NOT ULTIMATELY PREJUDICIAL TO CF OPERATIONS AND PERSONNEL


CF MEMBERS ALSO HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE THAT ANY INFORMATION OR IMAGERY THEY SHARE WITH A THIRD PARTY WHO MAY NOT SHARE CF OPERATIONAL SECURITY CONCERNS IS NOT OF SUCH A NATURE THAT IT COULD CREATE RISKS IF PUBLISHED


COLLECTION OF INFORMATION OR IMAGERY BY EMBEDDED JOURNALISTS OR OTHER MEDIA IS SUBJECT TO AGREEMENTS BETWEEN SUCH MEDIA AND THE RESPONSIBLE PUBLIC AFFAIRS STAFF, WHO WILL ENSURE THE APPROPRIATE MANAGEMENT AND RELEASE OF INFORMATION


IT IS NOT THE INTENT OF THE CF TO RESTRICT THE INTERNET ACCESS PROVIDED TO CF MEMBERS AS DESCRIBED IN THE REFERENCES. WITHIN GENERALLY WELL-UNDERSTOOD LIMITS, CF MEMBERS ARE ENTITLED TO COMMUNICATE WITH FRIENDS, FAMILY AND COLLEAGUES, AS ARE ALL CANADIAN CITIZENS


THE CF CHAIN OF COMMAND, PARTICULARLY IN A THEATRE OF OPERATIONS, HAS THE AUTHORITY TO RESTRICT ACCESS TO THE INTERNET IF IT IS DEEMED ESSENTIAL TO MAINTAINING OPERATIONAL SECURITY


LEGAL ADVICE ON THIS CANFORGEN IS AVAILABLE TO THE CHAIN OF COMMAND FROM THE NATIONAL SECURITY DIRECTORATE OF THE CF LEGAL ADVISOR (CFLA)

7:59pm:

What Owenf Means

You are well rounded, with a complete perspective on life. You are solid and dependable. You are loyal, and people can count on you. At times, you can be a bit too serious. You tend to put too much pressure on yourself. You are very charming... dangerously so. You have the potential to break a lot of hearts. You know how what you want, how to get it, and that you will get it. You have the power to rule the world. Let's hope you're a benevolent dictator! You are friendly, charming, and warm. You get along with almost everyone. You work hard not to rock the boat. Your easy going attitude brings people together. At times, you can be a little flaky and irresponsible. But for the important things, you pull it together. You are very intuitive and wise. You understand the world better than most people. You also have a very active imagination. You often get carried away with your thoughts. You are prone to a little paranoia and jealousy. You sometimes go overboard in interpreting signals. You are loving, compassionate, and ruled by your feelings. You are able to be a foundation for other people... but you still know how to have fun. Sometimes your emotions weigh you down, but you generally feel free from them.

5:05pm: Y'all are a bunch of crackMac addicts...
0%How Addicted to Apple Are You?

4:36pm:

7:43pm: more snow = more photos
http://flickr.com/photos/21078702@N07/sets/72157603367581798/detail/

8:08pm: Giving avatars real bodies
http://hardware.slashdot.org/hardware/07/12/14/2137227.shtml

I suppose it depends upon your definition of avatar ;)

7:32pm: Rays of truth can pierce the fnord-eating monkey brain cloud.
An official in the Department of Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht apparently "downgraded" the status of some 2500-year old mounds at Telltown in County Meath and listed them as mere landscape "features" instead of "national monuments". This resulted in a landowner being given permission to bulldoze one of them down, thus irreparably damaging a vital historical site. In good faith, the new landowner had taken the reasonable precaution of taking the trouble to ask officials in advance if the mound was natural or man-made, but was misled by being informed by them that it was a "natural feature" and therefore of "no historical importance".

The Department later issued a public apology for this "oversight", but by then the damage was done. The ancient mound complex involved is at Telltown, County Meath, the ancient Taillteann, where the Taillteann Games were celebrated by the ancient Celts at the Fire Festival of Lughnasadh. The Games and the mounds were named after Tailltiu, who was the mother of Lugh, the Celtic Sun God, who gave his name to the month of August, when the Feast occurs. From the inauguration of the Feast thousands of years ago, for hundreds of years chariot races and horse races were held on a course around the Taillteann mounds at the Fire Festival of Lughnasadh. In the Celtic Coligny Calendar, found in France and dating from Roman times, this time of year at what is now called Lammastide, was called "Horse Time".

It is unbelievable that the importance of this site to Celtic history and legend was not acknowledged by The Department, since it is part of a group of very ancient sites in County Meath which includes Passage Mounds, Stone Circles, Burial Grounds and Cairns at Loughcrew, Dowth, Knowth, Carnbane and Newgrange. This unfortunate demolition just goes to show what can happen to important and priceless items of heritage when officialdom does not seem to care what happens to them. In an instant, important sites and artifacts thousands of years old can be destroyed for ever.

Oh yeah, and they torched the Wasaga Beach mall.

5:43pm:

4:54pm: ATTN kitchener/waterloo LJ peeps
Mskala and I are haning out in the slc/bomber if you want to join us and hang out.

Will be checking my gmail throughout the afternoon.

9:22pm: Irony will murder you.
Tasers aren't non-lethal weapons. Truly, there are no non-lethal weapons. It's newspeak. A fnord.

Electrocution is a simple mode of execution. Deliver an electrical signal sufficient to disrupt the central nervous system. Wait for system reboot to burn all available adrenaline (this happens faster if a bunch of your fag-cop buddies gang-pounce the guy) and then hit the CNS with the reboot spike again.

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9:22pm: ... movin' on up ... to the north-west side ...
So today I gave 2-month notice to my landlord. My room-mates are quiet right now, but it sure made the swear-shouting contest earlier easier to bear.

Further smooth transition updates as events warrent.

8:56pm: omg snowz!
Snowz photoz here