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Tuesday, October 05, 2004
ode to idiots
Sometimes you realize that the population of idiots in the word (and I use that term loosely to encompass a wide range of moronic activity) is larger than one might expect. Here is my list of today's greatest idiots:
Vince Carter He's arrogant and selfish. Toronto has no love for this one-season-wonder, who thinks that he's worth more than he really is. If this is truly for the love of the game and the fans, quit your whining and stop crying about your scraped knee (oooh, I feel like Lang). After the press conference yesterday, I say...phooey.
Donald Trump What a modest man. He's still griping that he has the (self proclaimed) BEST television reality show, and no one is recognizing it. He actually said that the Emmys have no credibility (may have a point), and that he was robbed of an award. Great people are those that do not have to keep reminding others of their greatness (the quote goes something like that I believe)
Donald Rumsfeld For those of you that heard him yesterday, you were probably as baffled as I was. After a 2 year war on Iraq, civilian lives lost, soldier lives lost...he basically states that the whole thing was propelled by...nothing?!?! What gives (yea, I heard the retraction of the statement...but you just can't back peddle fast enough to make us forget what we heard). Oddity.
Rollerblading Guy Some dude decided that it would be a good idea to learn to rollerblade at Dufferin and Davenport today in rush-hour traffic (for those of you that haven't seen this intersection, its a big hill in front of a public school). In his quest to learn, while gravity accelerated his rolling motion, he knocked over two school kids (who's mother was livid). Nuff said.
IT Guy @ SCC He told me to start taking the stairs cause I could use the exercise. I joined a gym, so booooo on you.
ME Yes, I have made today's idiot list. I spilt coffee on myself twice (not once, but twice) while driving to work. Lucky for me I'm wearing black...but a bit spilt on my hair, and now its sticky. Gross. I am crying over spilt milk. Is it Friday yet?
Sometimes you realize that the population of idiots in the word (and I use that term loosely to encompass a wide range of moronic activity) is larger than one might expect. Here is my list of today's greatest idiots:
Vince Carter He's arrogant and selfish. Toronto has no love for this one-season-wonder, who thinks that he's worth more than he really is. If this is truly for the love of the game and the fans, quit your whining and stop crying about your scraped knee (oooh, I feel like Lang). After the press conference yesterday, I say...phooey.
Donald Trump What a modest man. He's still griping that he has the (self proclaimed) BEST television reality show, and no one is recognizing it. He actually said that the Emmys have no credibility (may have a point), and that he was robbed of an award. Great people are those that do not have to keep reminding others of their greatness (the quote goes something like that I believe)
Donald Rumsfeld For those of you that heard him yesterday, you were probably as baffled as I was. After a 2 year war on Iraq, civilian lives lost, soldier lives lost...he basically states that the whole thing was propelled by...nothing?!?! What gives (yea, I heard the retraction of the statement...but you just can't back peddle fast enough to make us forget what we heard). Oddity.
Rollerblading Guy Some dude decided that it would be a good idea to learn to rollerblade at Dufferin and Davenport today in rush-hour traffic (for those of you that haven't seen this intersection, its a big hill in front of a public school). In his quest to learn, while gravity accelerated his rolling motion, he knocked over two school kids (who's mother was livid). Nuff said.
IT Guy @ SCC He told me to start taking the stairs cause I could use the exercise. I joined a gym, so booooo on you.
ME Yes, I have made today's idiot list. I spilt coffee on myself twice (not once, but twice) while driving to work. Lucky for me I'm wearing black...but a bit spilt on my hair, and now its sticky. Gross. I am crying over spilt milk. Is it Friday yet?
Monday, September 27, 2004
what's in an idea?
So recently I've been pondering a variety of business ventures (for myself), as I figure that it only takes one good idea to take off and make you a legend in your own right (haha). So I've had various ideas over the months, some very mundane and low investment, others very innovative but more pricey to start up. I've dabbled in the idea of writing a few business plans to see if anyone of these could take me somewhere, but seeing as that seems like too much of a 'bskool task' (and a year later, I'm still reeling from that whole experience)...a part of me just wants to find something that I think would work, and wing it...
I came across this article today, and I was stunned. It seems like you can start a business from just about anything (yes, even if your product is 'sleep'). Who'd have thunk it...sleep sells (or was that just too obvious that the rest of us didn't think about it). So people are paying this dude $14 to take a 20min nap...the burnout generation...I wonder if by 40 we'll be walking zombies, or just Metronaps frequenters. Ingenious.
In other news, the weather here has been fantabulous, which has inspired some great summer moods! I have FINALLY joined a gym (ED convinced me to join his)...but I'm really excited about the fact that I am now going to incorporate this essential life aspect into my daily routine, amongs the fit and inspringly toned 20-somethings at the gym (my old gym had a lot of 'seniors', which really didn't motivate me much to get to it...other than the fact that most of them could outrun me, which was even more discouraging). So now I've made a committment of 14 months to the gym. I wanna start pilates...
So recently I've been pondering a variety of business ventures (for myself), as I figure that it only takes one good idea to take off and make you a legend in your own right (haha). So I've had various ideas over the months, some very mundane and low investment, others very innovative but more pricey to start up. I've dabbled in the idea of writing a few business plans to see if anyone of these could take me somewhere, but seeing as that seems like too much of a 'bskool task' (and a year later, I'm still reeling from that whole experience)...a part of me just wants to find something that I think would work, and wing it...
I came across this article today, and I was stunned. It seems like you can start a business from just about anything (yes, even if your product is 'sleep'). Who'd have thunk it...sleep sells (or was that just too obvious that the rest of us didn't think about it). So people are paying this dude $14 to take a 20min nap...the burnout generation...I wonder if by 40 we'll be walking zombies, or just Metronaps frequenters. Ingenious.
In other news, the weather here has been fantabulous, which has inspired some great summer moods! I have FINALLY joined a gym (ED convinced me to join his)...but I'm really excited about the fact that I am now going to incorporate this essential life aspect into my daily routine, amongs the fit and inspringly toned 20-somethings at the gym (my old gym had a lot of 'seniors', which really didn't motivate me much to get to it...other than the fact that most of them could outrun me, which was even more discouraging). So now I've made a committment of 14 months to the gym. I wanna start pilates...
Tuesday, September 14, 2004
dangers of blogging
...just when we thought we'd found a 'safe' outlet, check out what happened to this lady. Like whoa! Although I think its rather unfair, it may be time to keep blogging time @ home time.
[Courtesy of my friend and super sleuth, Mel A.]
...just when we thought we'd found a 'safe' outlet, check out what happened to this lady. Like whoa! Although I think its rather unfair, it may be time to keep blogging time @ home time.
[Courtesy of my friend and super sleuth, Mel A.]
