Stars and I saw Finding Nemo last night.  It's great.  Check it out.  But check out the short they show before the feature.  Seems like Disney may have asked Pixar to edit it a bit.

The Ontario Courts have ruled that a marriage between two dudes is fine by them.  But doesn't this open the door to all sorts of nonsense?  Read more...

6/11/03.  It doesn't get any better than this.  Jean Chretien has embarrassed himself for what has to be the nineteenth time this month.  Remember that crook Alfonso Gagliano?  He was the Public Works Minister until it was found he was rewarding contracts to all his buddies instead of tendering them out.  So Jean decided to hide him away in Denmark by giving him the ambassadorship there despite the fact that Alfie really wanted to go to the Vatican.  Think of it.  Great art, sunshine, nothing to do except maybe handle a couple of press releases a month.  Plus a six figure paycheck courtesy the taxpayer.  The PM is so mixed up he thinks he's supposed to reward crooks like Alfie with sweet plums like being posted to the Vatican but I digress.  Anyway, it seems that the Queen of Denmark has a farewell to Alfie on her schedule for next week because Gagliano supposedly got his transfer to the Vatican.  Meanwhile, the Vatican turned down Gagliano's posting there; they don't want him.   Here's the kicker though.  When asked about this Chretien answered:  "In relation to the appointment (to the Vatican), it is not factual. Mr. Gagliano was not refused by anybody and he is the ambassador in Denmark ... and he's doing his job."  In other words, Chretien is calling the Pope a liar!  What a guy.

6/10/03.  HUGE NEWS!  I was holding out until it was official and now it is:  Stars bought a house!  Three bedroom, huge kitchen, nice basement, two bathrooms.  All we have to do now is pick out the paint colors.  We'll be moving in September 1st I suppose.

6/9/03.  Suggest a domain name for Doc M's new webpage.

6/8/03.  The Juno Beach Center opened its doors last Friday.  Veterans, their families, and the public were invited.  The Governor-General was there too.  But most interesting of all was the fact that the PM was there.  Sitting in his throne on a covered dais like he was Queen of the Ball.  Does this guy have some nerve or what?  Either that or some type of brain damage.  How dare he show his face there?  He doesn't contribute a cent to those vets, instead making them beg for nickels and dimes and letting Wal-Mart (an American corporation no less) help raise money to build a memorial to Canadian veterans; but he's more than happy to show up at the grand opening and give a speech about how great he is.  Wow.  But he didn't have any trouble signing the cheque for the $90 million Museum of Canadian Politics in Ottawa.  Please, please, please, let a Liberal canvasser come to my door before the next election.

The Sixth of June
D-Day

6/5/03.  Today I dump all the links I haven't gotten around to posting yet.  K, lessee.  Well, here's an oldie but a goodie.  And it really works!  Got kids?  Do they like pork?  Better than candy?  Do they often get stuck in elevators?  Here's a great site where you can print out CD cases.  If you figure out how to fold them, please let me know!  Remember the Mohave phone booth?  Sadly, it's gone but there are plenty of other neat phone booths you can try calling!  Starsmars collects business cards.  Funnily enough, so do other people.  After you visit the Mr. T Name Generator, you can have your webpage translated into jibba jabba.  I love Ramen.  One day I hope to get to the Ramen Museum!  Well my work here is done.  Back to MOH. 

6/3/03.  Back in 1984, IBM's typewriter division went to work on a keyboard.  They came up with the Model M.  The Model M, in my opinion, is the best keyboard out there bar none.  You can take your new fancy-pants keyboards of today and split them, fold them, or even take all the keys away, but they'll never equal the IBM Model M Keyboard Part No. 1391401 with Buckling Spring Technology.  Yeah, it's loud and you have to push harder on the keys but name another component that was made almost twenty years ago and still runs like a dream.  Maybe it's because I grew up on these keyboards with their phonebook cords, large backspace key, and the backslash key in the right place but I've never met its equal.  It's just too damn fun typing on them.  I've been after a Model M for awhile now and there are plenty on ebay--in fact you can still buy one brand new ( IBM sold its typewriter division years ago)--but I don't want to pay the shipping.  I went to Value Village today for the second time hoping to get lucky.  I did.   Read more...

6/2/03.  Seems like bombz-away.com has closed.  I believe Freeze this time too.  So long and thanks for all the fish.  First Doc M and now Freeze.  What's going on?  Since they have both fallen, who will take the flag?

6/1/03.  Peace will also start with the children! If we can get the children to lose the hate, we can get the world to stop hating and with that we can make the world a much better place.  Wow!  Pretty deep right?  These immortal and truly powerful words were uttered by none other than Gregory R. Smith; the 13 year old boy whose IQ was so high it COULDN'T BE MEASURED!  Before Gregory turns into the Time Cube guy or starts working on theories about the multiverse he plans on earning four doctorates starting with one in mathematics.  He's already been given a scholarship to the tune of 300,000 clams.  I've often seen stories on these so-called prodigies on programs like 60 Minutes but I've only seen a follow-up show done once.  You know why?  Because 10 times out of 10 these kids end up as Joe Nobody; an average guy with an average job.  In fact, Gregory's professors at Randolph-Macon College are already urging caution:  "Genius, to me, means bringing creativity and originality to your field," said Adrian Rice, an assistant professor of math who taught Greg in several classes. Greg hasn't had a chance to do that yet.  He's been learning on the undergraduate level.  All we can say right now is that Greg is very, very good at being a student and taking exams."   Maybe he can hang out with Josh Waitzkin.  I'll submit that you'll never hear from this nerd again.  I'll even bet money on it.