Comment I found on halfbakery.com (all by myself, BTW. Pah!): "Web logs make me nuts. It's a pretentious circle of self-important webheads who think the rest of the world is interested in what movie they saw last night. News flash: they're not. The only people who read blogs are other bloggers."

Yes.

Hey, wanna know what results I got on this really neat personality disorder test I took the other day?

Narcissist.

Okay?

All of you.

Narcissists.

All of you.

It was against everything I stand for to link to that site, but it had to be done.
Not that I stand for anything.
Or anything.

Konrad and the fascists both.

Apparently the Government of Canada is going through some sort of copyright reform process. I haven't read all of these pages through yet. But I'm sure there are some bits of it that will piss me off later, when I do. Because as I scan through it, I keep picking out little words like "prevent," "prohibit." I'm finding a lot of these words in sentences referring to the Internet and especially online file sharing. See, here's a bit I don't like: "Domestically, some copyright stakeholders have indicated that in the absence of a prohibition against the manufacture and traffic in circumvention devices, would-be infringers can legally access the means that enable infringement. [dot dot dot] The departments have considered the possibility of restricting or prohibiting the traffic in circumvention devices." Though the same section (4.2 Legal Protection of Technological Measures) explains that this possibility is quite unrealistic, I still think they better make sure to leave it the hell alone (er, they make this point as well... ("There is concern that the Copyright Act may not be the proper instrument for protection measures that, prima facie, are extraneous to copyright principles.")

The site also reminded me how pissed off I still am about the levy on blank audio recording media (Bill C-32) (BTW, why did I never hear that this was increased? Seems everyone has lost interest, but the Government keeps going...)

I also have issues with the possibility of an increased term of protection for copyright from life plus 50 years to life plus 70. The United States has done this already, thus allowing the copyright on Mickey Mouse to be extended 20 years from it's old expiry date of 2004. As it stands, Mickey will become public domain in 2024 in the U.S., but I am reading, it may be legal to use Mickey in Canada within three years. The date will be extended, though, you can count on that. The corporations will see to it.

Okay, I'm totally lost in what I'm saying now... Let's stop typing!

No More Periods, Period? "Dr. David Cohen, a specialist in reproductive endocrinology and infertility at the University of Chicago, doesn't think women in general will be opposed to not bleeding every month."

Damn straight...

Know what's stupid?
<3
How dopey IS that?
Whose idea was it?
They should be made to pay.
When did this start?
I haven't been keeping up.

It took me forever to find these files. So if anybody is interested in downloading all four of the songs Stephen Moore recorded starring Marvin the Paranoid Android from the Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy, you'll find them here.

I'll tell you what's wrong with the music biz. It's the music. Oh. And also, the biz.

Somebody wanna give me mono, please? I figure that would be a good way to get out of work for the rest of the summer... Dammit.

I don't want to work today! Grr...

"If you were on a bicycle, you'd be out the back door by now."

Hm. Somebody please give me an excuse to say this to you?...

*crosses fingers*
plesase upload...
please
please
please
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Watching Much Music this week, and hearing news of yet another fight between opposing "hip-hop" (my brother assures me this is what they are, but I'm not up with the lingo, or "hip to the jive" if you will) artists (which ones, I don't remember, I wasn't paying careful attention. But does it even matter?), I realized (now, this did not take a lot of thought) (this is another set of parentheses just for fun) that there is quite obviously an extreme over-population of the species, resulting in most of the recent violent behaviour. Each family group of these artists occupies an extensive territorial range, and will not tolerate intrusion by other family groups (i.e. "East Side" vs. "West Side").

This is why I propose an open hunting season on hip-hop artists and their gangs (or "clans," "posses," etc). Their numbers must be evened out to balance the ecosystem of popular music. By instigating a controlled culling, perhaps a better level sustainability can be attained in the environment between hip-hop artists, and artists of all other musical styles. If the population is allowed to swell further, it could have a negative impact on other species, most particularly the "boy-band" and "girl-band" populations, which compete for the same spotlight. Planned herd management to control the recent population boom will additionally prevent random outburts of violence, resulting in safer clubbing for all. The ecosystem can only support a certain number of P. Diddys...

So... my website is working again then, eh?
That's good.
And would be ever so much more useful if I had something to say right now.
But you can't have everything.

Okay, that's it... This cost $500, if I've got it straight... It makes me very angry to see people do things badly and get paid way too much for it, only because I'm not doing the same thing...

Real life needs more foreshadowing.

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Harry Potter has some of the worst foreshadowing of any book I have ever read. It's so obvious. Couldn't be much more so by putting the end of the book at the beginning. Sure, it's a kids book. But that isn't any excuse for such bad writing. I really can't see what's so great about the series (maybe I'll ask my little brother). It's written in a style that reminds me of my own. In grade three. Except that some of my jokes were funny. The ones in Harry Potter get about halfway, which is more pathetic than having none at all. But if that's what becomes a bestseller, um, that's it... I'm becoming a writer...

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I need to get to a library, in order to find something better to read than my little brother's copy of Harry Potter. The universe apparently wants me to read Vonnegut. I'll do it, okay? All eight of you can shut up about it now... Guh.

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I have a strange urge to watch "Biodome" right now. Is there something necessarily wrong with me?

Personally, I think the line in that Depeche Mode "Dream On" song would be better if they changed "giving" to "given." Not that you can tell the difference.

I had some problems with the phrase "dating the sphinx" tonight. I couldn't figure out for a good five minutes that it meant figuring out how old it was. I need to get to sleep, I think.

Anyway. I'm not going to do that. I'm going to make myself a lovely website. That looks like the rest of the internet. With lots of little tables outlined with one-pixel-wide white borders on a dark (but never black) background. And grid patterns layered onto all of my graphics. And a navigation bar with little white-all-capital-helvetica links. Guh. And a monochromatic colour scheme. And then I'm going to bang my head against a brick wall. So maybe it's pretty. I hate it, though. And I'm going to scream in a minute, if I see one more of these. I'd link to some, but I don't think anyone needs help finding one.

I have the word "corn" written on my left hand, and I don't remember why. At least, I think it says "corn." It seems as though it might say "porn," instead. Also, the O looks a little bit like it might be an A. I hope that this wasn't about anything important.

Multiple choice.
This is very easy.
Name this object:



a) file
b) folder

If you can't figure it out, these two sentences may help you.
Which of these is correct:

a) I am going to put my file into this file.
b) I am going to put my file into this folder.

If you still don't know which answer is correct, I'm afraid you will be removed from this planet immediately.
Along with anyone who pronounces GIF with a J.

Press any key to continue.

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This doesn't appear to be working.

[Shift][Shift][Shift][Shift][Shift]...

Um...

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No.

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No.

[Pause/Break][CapsLock][CTRL][ALT]

No, no, no, no.

Excuse me... ANY key?
Lying bastard computer.