Safeway Ground Beef Recall

Becoming a Veggie sounds more and more appealing everyday.

SAFEWAY GROUND BEEF PRODUCTS SOLD BETWEEN OCT 6 TO 20, 2005 MAY CONTAIN E. coli 0157:H7 BACTERIA

Pachelbel's Canon in D Major

Over the past few years Pachelbel's Canon has bee quite popular at weddings. Because it was so trendy we opted not to use the song. Having been so overused I was beginning to loath the song. Until now. Allow me to introduce you to Canon Rock.

What If We Had Buy Nothing Week? That Would Make More Sense.

It's Buy Nothing Day. I have to be honest, I don't really understand the validity of Canadians taking part. I suppose those that live close to the border (where it's nothing to cross to the U.S. in order to take advantage of the "day after Thanksgiving sales") have greater reason to buy nothing today. But here in Calgary I don't really get it. I'm still taking part. Just to "stick it to the man". In this case "the man" being all the corporate giants. And the corporate "little people" too. Can't leave them out. So there.

That said, some people have great need to examine their true needs. Take a day to give thanks and the next day give in to greed, fed by the wonderful sales and bargains offered by the money grabbing stores? How wonderful are the sales really? It it worth being shoved to the ground, knocked unconscious, and air lifted to hospital just to get a $29 DVD player. Apparently it is worth it. You can read "Stampede Of Early Morning Shoppers Seriously Injures Woman" over at WFTV.com for yourself. She will still get the $29 DVD player.

Of course a story will probably be released stating that this was all a hoax. A means by which to sue Wal-Mart. Apparently it has happened before, more than once (note the date). And for a $29 DVD player. Hmm. Strange. A DVD player was available for $29 back in 2003. And today you can get a DVD player for the low price of $29? What? If they were that cheap back in 2003 shouldn't they be even cheaper now?

Buy Nothing Day is almost here.
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WAL-MART: The High Cost of Low Price looks interesting.

To all the kids wearing the Heelys who feel the need to "hot shot" in front of me at the mall,

Two things:
1. Get the eff out of my way before I knock you over.
*2. Where can I get a pair of those in size 12?

*Don't worry about it. I found the Heelys website. I can get my own pair all by myself.

And to the confused man in the washroom,

It's a self flushing urinal that operates on a sensor. As soon as you walk away it will flush on its own. There's no button. Next time just do your business and refrain from molesting the urinal's sensor area.

The birds croaked. That's like a really bad foreshadowing pun or something.

I awoke to the sounds of a "new" CD. Turns out this CD has been in our home ever since the "bird CD" arrived. It was a 2 CD set. The birds are gone but the *frogs are now here. Joy.

*K, it's like you knew.

I'll Finally Be Able To Hear Lori Talking In Her Sleep Again

For first time in just over two years our home is "bird CD" free. Many have heard the "bird CD". Many have NOT heard the "bird CD". I envy the latter. The story is that the sounds of birds provided some kind of noise barrier so our kids would be able to sleep. A CD with music, something soothing, was not chosen as Emma used to enjoy music too much and would dance and sing rather than calm down and sleep.

The use of the "bird CD" became habit. The habit has been broken. Cold turkey. The kids are sleeping, Lori is out, and I sit here with only the sound of Malcolm In The Middle in the background. No more birds.

The CD started to skip and was more distracting than "soothing". Rather than toss the CD in the trash Lori thought it would be wise to break the disc. I'm not totally sure I understand her logic though. She threw a DVD in the trash the other day which I quickly retrieved. Apparently Lori thought I would do the same with the "bird CD". Let it be known that I would never attempt to save the disc. I've been waiting for the death of that disc for a long time. Lori decided to crack the disc in two. To her surprise the disc shattered, spraying little bits all over the hallway. Pieces of the CD could be found like 10 feet away from where she busted that thing. I couldn't be more proud of her.

We took off our coats but we left our *hats on

I took the kids for a walk. We ended up at a park. I'm not sure I'll take them back there again. Broken beer bottles everywhere. Not good. It was truly a nice day. We all wore light jackets. It was too warm. The jackets came off.

Also, I mentioned in my previous post that Lori had a dentist appointment today. Turned out she had 2 teeth pulled instead of just 1 like originally planned. Read about her experience entitled "There was much gagging and my jaws hurt like Hell!"

*We weren't wearing hats. I was going for something funny/clever up there in the title. It was supposed to be a reference to a song. Know which one? Yeah, didn't think so. Sorry for the lame posts. I'm actually trying to write even though I feel uninspired. The more I force myself to write the more I'll want to write and the greater the chance I'll actually write something of value. That's what I'm telling myself.

Today I'm grateful for nice weather and a decent dental plan

If it weren't for the weather we'd have nothing to talk about. It's nice here today. Like 11 C. You read that correctly, in my books 11 C is nice. It's probably "no jacket" weather. Hmm. I should take the kids outside for a walk. Right after this sad excuse for a post.

Lori's at the dentist today. She's having a bunch of work done, including an extraction. Joy.

For those wondering about the facial hair. It still remains. Stache and all. I'm as ugly as ever.

Q: How many people with ADD does it take to change a light bulb?

A: Wanna ride bikes?!?

The End Is Nigh

And the comment section shall be thine opportunity for buffoonery whereby remarks shall be thrust forth in regards to the end of the pink shirt and other such things besides mine beard. 

fondue = fondue

Lori's comment on my last post included the following line: can't wait to "make fondue" with you later

Apparently "make fondue" actually means make fondue and not "Birthday Sex". My mistake and disappointment. Perhaps even more disappointing was the fact that there was no fondue to be had at all last night.

"I Wanna Wish You a Merry Christmas"

Last night I waited for just under 3 hours to have a Dr. tell me "Her (Emma's) throat looks fine". It was and wasn't what I wanted to hear. Know what I mean? Glad she's not sick. Frustrated that I waited that long. That put me in a grumpy mood. The Dr. gave me a prescription just in case the swab turns out to be positive. That was nice.

While waiting for the Dr. I overheard a receptionist say her "2006 Chevrolet Malibu, which is loaded to the nines, is in the shop". And she has to use a rental car. Poor her. This didn't help my mood.

I got to work yesterday/last night (didn't you all know I work 10pm-6am?) and was in a bad mood. Not good at all. Nobody wanted to talk to me. I got a coffee and something to eat on my first break. That helped a little (needed the calorie intake I think...I get grumpy if I haven't eaten enough or it has been too long since I've last eaten...I think, no wait, I KNOW I get this from my dad).

Then during lunch break I was surprised with a mini party. Coworkers bought me a cake with candles and everything. Two cakes actually. One was a mini Turtle Cheesecake and we had lemon and cherry tarts too. That really cheered me up.

The best part of my day/night was around 5am when "Feliz Navidad" came on the radio. That really made me happy.

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On an unrelated note:

I was very close to shaving my face yesterday. I told Lori and she actually talked me out of shaving. She said "Your face will freeze". But more importantly she said "You'll look funny". That's good enough reason for me to keep the beard. But if I'll look funny without the beard then I must look ridiculous with it.

"The question is, will you shave for the wedding?"

The answer: Yes.
The real question: Will I continue to grow the beard up until the wedding (Feb '06)?

Before (July '05) and After (Nov '05)

You know you all want a shirt just like the one I'm wearing. The stupid ass expression on my face? You'll have to come up with that on your own. Same goes for the beard.

We're now in the new place. The old place is vacant, clean and not missed. We had the walk-through/move-out-inspection yesterday and all is well. The move and Halloween came and went snow free but...it's now snowing. Thanks to all who helped with the move...we're hoping to be here for a while. Moving 5 times within about 28 months is plenty.