Reminds me of long-gone conversations of the past :)
I just saw two snoopies!
Why I love Jeremy Clarkson
Every Sunday, the Times runs an opinion column written by Jeremy Clarkson. With his dry wit and quite outspoken opinions, it generally makes me giggle. This one, though, hit close to home :)
You can get recent columns here: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/section/0,,24389,00.html
I think often about how I shall die and when. I find myself looking at really old people and wondering what it must feel like; to know that youve reached a point where your life expectancy is measurable in minutes. Why arent they all running around waving their arms in the air panicking; because they must surely know that soon, everything that they hold dear everything will soon be replaced by the utter blackness of eternity? I get a lot of practice at thinking these things because in my life, every lump, bump, cough, ache and pain is the onset of some terrible killer disease. I catch ebola three times a week, and back in June, having discovered a nodule of something unpleasant near my left elbow, became fairly convinced Id become the first person in human history to catch arm cancer. A few days earlier, I had managed just to shake off a nasty bout of ear TB.
Rest of the column here: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,24389-2290999,00.html
Wedding planification, as it stands :)
| Item | Paid (£) | Still to pay (£) | Total (£) |
| Bride dress | 250 | 250 | |
| Bridesmaid dress | 100 | 100 | |
| Cake | 75 | 300 | 375 |
| Car service & taxis | |||
| Disposable cameras | 100 | 100 | |
| Flowers | 110 | 110 | |
| Invitations | 60 | 60 | |
| Katy Hair & makeup | 100 | 100 | |
| Katy Spa days | 200 | 200 | |
| Reception hall | 500 | 1250 | 1750 |
| Registrar (Ceremony) | 270 | 270 | |
| Registrar (COA) | 135 | 135 | |
| Registrar (NOI) | 60 | 60 | |
| Suit rental | 180 | 180 | |
| Tickets to Canada | 920 | 920 | |
| Toasting round (wine) | 125 | 125 | |
| Weddign rings | 1150 | 1150 | |
| 3710 | 2175 | 5885 |
News from the stupid
In our latest installment of NFTS, we bring you:
Self-timing egg
http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/article.html?in_article_id=17948&in_page_id=2
Throughout history, boiling an egg has been one of the toughest domesticated tasks to master. But now scientists have developed a foolproof way of getting the perfect result every time. The answer was to produce a dye which changes its appearance when the egg reaches a certain temperature. Supermarkets will sell eggs carrying small clear plastic stickers which, when boiled properly, will reveal a black Lion Quality logo. Customers will have the choice of buying the eggs in boxes with soft, medium or hard boiling stickers to suit their taste.
Americans too fat for Xrays and MRIs
http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/07/26/obesity.xrays.reut/index.html
According to radiologists, more and more american obese people are unable to get full medical care because they are either too big to fit into scanners, or their fat is too dense for X-rays or sound waves to penetrate. Scanning machines with larger-bore openings are in demand, a reflection of increasing obesity in America, where 64% of the population is overweight or obese.
Edit: This has to be added, because no NFTS entry should be without a goofy religion post.
Natural Earth Museum, Bible-style
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1110AP_Creation_Museum.html
Like most natural history museums, this one has exhibits showing dinosaurs roaming the Earth. Except here, the giant reptiles share the forest with Adam and Eve. That, of course, is contradicted by science, but that's the point of the $25 million Creation Museum rising fast in rural Kentucky. Its inspiration is the Bible – the literal interpretation that contends God created the heavens and the Earth and everything in them just a few thousand years ago.
“If the Bible is the word of God, and its history really is true, that's our presupposition or axiom, and we are starting there,” museum founder Ken Ham said during recent tour of the sleek and modern facility, which is due to open next year. […] John Morris, president of the Institute for Creation Research in San Diego, an organization that promotes creationism, said the museum will affirm the doubts many people have about science, namely the notion that man evolved from lower forms of life.
“Americans just aren't gullible enough to believe that they came from a fish,” he said.
Emphasis mine on that last quote, which is priceless and has just made my day.
I hate desjardins
With every fiber in my body, I hate the Caisse Populaire Desjardins.
If and when I return to canada, i can guarantee that I will do my best to never, ever, EVER have to deal with those bastards again.
I clean up well when I want to
I went to get measured for my suit for the wedding this weekend:
I wanted to take a few pictures to show my best man what he'd be wearing. I keep threatening people with kilts (and if I had a shred of scottish blood in me, even a teensy bit, I'd do it, but alas I'm french canadian as far as the eye can see…), but I settled for a classic cut morning suit.
I'm going to be wearing a red waistcoat with an ivory cravate and Michel is going to be wearing an ivory waistcoat with a burgundy cravate. We're both going to have white rose bouttonnieres. The shirt lapels are going to be a bit different from the ones in the picture (they didn't have one with the collar style I want in my size when I went to get fitted), but it's going to kick ass.
My cat is not the brightest bulb in the pack
Cats might not be the brightest pets in the world, I'll admit. Mine, frankly, is dumb, even for a cat. But I love him. Even when he jumps on my face at 4am.
I'll be putting up more pictures and videos shortly.
BTW, in case you're wondering, he climbed up the laundry drying rack that we have in the kitchen to play with a cat toy he's rapidly destroying.
What? You mean Garfield is finally evolving?
After years and years of the same old drivel, you mean there's finally going to be a new storyline in Garfield?
£5 says that it'll all just be some sort of dream sequence or something as inane…. Still, the possibility of finally moving forward after years of staleness is a good thing.
That didn't really go according to plan
You might remember that a few days ago, I wrote about having put up muslin drapes in our bedroom window to let the breeze in but keep the cat out.
We woke up this morning with the pussycat sitting outside, on the rather narrow window ledge, looking quite happy with himself.
Yeah.
On to plan B, it would seem.
Flight details
We've finally made the plans for our trip to Canadia:
Departing Gatwick, on Thursday 05 Oct 06 (14:15) arriving at Ottawa (16:40)
Departing Ottawa, on Saturday 21 Oct 06 (19:30) arriving at Gatwick (07:10+1)
In a word, part-ay!