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Wednesday, October 12th, 2011
My iPrayer to Steve Jobs
Hello Mr Jobs.
I see you’ve been busy in your new role as heaven’s technology innovator. I really thought you’d take it easy for a bit, but no, you’re right back in it, stirring things up as you always did in the mortal world. But I have to ask: what did I do to deserve […]
No Comments » - Posted in WhoKnows?, Computers, rant by ralph
Wednesday, April 20th, 2011
KD like it’s 1999!
Man, I never should have eaten that package of Kraft Dinner, about a month ago. It’s like getting back on drugs man, I’ve eaten two more boxes of the stuff since then! (Okay, not like drugs, but why would I want KD three times in one month after not having it for 5 odd years?)
Perhaps […]
No Comments » - Posted in Food, The system by ralph
Thursday, April 14th, 2011
Magpie coming back!
When I was 17
I drank some very good beer
I drank some very good beer
I purchased with a fake ID
My name was Brian McGee
I stayed up listening to Queen
When I was 17
Okay - It wasn’t quite that long ago, but I did drink some very good beer from Big Rock sometime ago. It’s been gone a […]
No Comments » - Posted in review, beer by ralph
Thursday, March 24th, 2011
$3 Pizza review
So there I am at the mall at dinner time looking at the usual mall eateries. I’m not really feeling hungry, so I head over to Walmart, thinking I’ll grab some pasta and sauce and just whip up a quick meal at home. I wander through the frozen section and see this “Donatello’s” Pizza I’ve […]
1 Comment » - Posted in Food by ralph
Wednesday, November 24th, 2010
3:2 where are you?
You’d think I’d be able to get a decent size digital picture frame in 3:2 format so I can display my DSLR pictures without having to crop the sides on all of them. For those of you that are going “huh?” here is a quick explanation:
Early in the motion picture age 35mm film became the […]
No Comments » - Posted in pictures, rant by ralph
Tuesday, July 27th, 2010
Do not support making the long form census optional
The government wants to make the long form part of the census optional - an important enough issue that I sat down and wrote a letter to my MP, despite being at work late again. I’ll let the letter speak for itself:
Dear Mr. Obhrai,
As a voter in the riding of Calgary East, I wanted to […]
No Comments » - Posted in The system, Podium by ralph
Saturday, February 20th, 2010
Oy limp icks
Every 2 years I am faced with the usual summer / winter sports obsession known as the Olympics. It’s particular bad this year as since it’s in my country, everyone and their dog is covering the event.
I can live with that. I’ll even put up with the waste of cash that is “own the […]
No Comments » - Posted in rant by ralph
Sunday, December 20th, 2009
Cooking Show Comic Genious
I got curious about what kind of internet cooking shows might be out there so I fired up You Tube and typed in “cooking shows” in their search. The “Trailer Park Cooking Show” catches my eye so I pull up the vid. Turns out it’s a video response to an urban legend where if you […]
No Comments » - Posted in WhoKnows?, Food, internet by ralph
Sunday, November 22nd, 2009
Do you want Fries with that?
I went over to T&T Supermarket last night for some fruit and stopped by the noodle isle. That’s right, you go to an oriental grocery, the noodle selection takes up a whole isle. The store was about to close, so I had to quickly select some cup noodles out of the many for sale. I […]
No Comments » - Posted in WhoKnows?, Food by ralph
Wednesday, October 7th, 2009
Google Streetview in Calgary Peculuarities
Google Streetview for Calgary got released today. I ended up blowing away more time at work looking at this that I should have, but oh well, it’s not every day that Streetview gets released for your city, and being a big Streetview junky, I was going to have to look up a few hundred things […]
