Georgina, along with Pete, are my smoking circle. It's a triangle really. We also maintain a pretty consistent routine of weekly pints.
G and Pete are on the same work team. I was on that team until I got fed up with the bullshit and got a new job on a different floor. Now I put up with different bullshit. When I think about it, when I'm taking a smoke break to get away from my BS I get to hear about their BS, which is my old BS. No wonder I think my head's going to explode after I smoke.
So G started working at our office - and moved to da T-dot - about a year ago. She is from a part of the business we (we being everyone but them) refer to as the Dark Side. We talk to her anyway.
Georgina is the one of the biggest losers in my life, in terms of the sheer volume of misplaced items. For example, she typically loses her security pass once per quarter. Last week her wallet was found and returned before she knew it was lost. An amazing feat given her wallet is the size of a brick.
For those interested, on a tonnage basis my friend Effie is in fact the biggest loser, having misplaced her Honda Civic.
In any event, G signed up on Facebook. For the last couple days, every smoke break had a built-in Facebook update. G was basically hooked by our third break.
So I took a look. For those not in the know, I understand Facebook is the new MySpace. It's initial intention was to keep college friends together. This has since been opened up to include workplaces and locations as well. So it's an online social web that you can only be a part of if you're friends with at least one person in it.
The first person I added was G. In the space of a couple days, I now have about 7 confirmed friends. A good deal of my time is consumed browsing through everyone's friends, see. It's fun, with the occasional realisation I'm making it way too easy for people to track me down. But that's just the old in me talking.
Categories: Links, Friends, Work
2007-04-15
2007-04-07
April Fools?
Vic and I were talking over breakfast about an AP story in the Star.
According to the story, an amusement park in California has a stern no-screaming policy for its new ride, named The Screamer.
The policy was put into effect on March 29th, a few weeks after the ride opened. The neighbours have been complaining about the noise. Never mind they live on the other side of a 12 lane highway.
Once you give the story a read, I think you agree it comes across as an April Fools' joke. After some research, I am on the fence.
First of all, here's the website for the park in question. It is possible the website is made-up. It is a tragic site to say the least, and appears not to have been updated since August. There is no mention of the new ride. The place does exist, as it can be seen on Google Maps.
I checked out the town's website to see if I can sniff anything there. No mention in their meeting minutes. Council did agree to close some streets to allow for a parade at the start of Little League season however. This of course sways me that the place is hick enough not to tolerate screaming.
I shall continue scanning for news that this is a hoax. In the meantime i shall consider this a publicity stunt for the park.
Categories: Space
According to the story, an amusement park in California has a stern no-screaming policy for its new ride, named The Screamer.
The policy was put into effect on March 29th, a few weeks after the ride opened. The neighbours have been complaining about the noise. Never mind they live on the other side of a 12 lane highway.
Once you give the story a read, I think you agree it comes across as an April Fools' joke. After some research, I am on the fence.
First of all, here's the website for the park in question. It is possible the website is made-up. It is a tragic site to say the least, and appears not to have been updated since August. There is no mention of the new ride. The place does exist, as it can be seen on Google Maps.
I checked out the town's website to see if I can sniff anything there. No mention in their meeting minutes. Council did agree to close some streets to allow for a parade at the start of Little League season however. This of course sways me that the place is hick enough not to tolerate screaming.
I shall continue scanning for news that this is a hoax. In the meantime i shall consider this a publicity stunt for the park.
Categories: Space
2007-04-05
2007-04-04
Kids
Those who know me know I'm not big on kids. And you probably came to know this with your jaw dropped, listening to my opinions on what should be done with them.
For those who don't know me, I'll give you and example. Public attractions should have specific days in which kids are not allowed. Imagine a day at the zoo without kids. True bliss I tell you!
Another example: Several years ago my household and my sister's household got together and did what we do best - ate out. We went to a buffet restaurant. While waiting to be seated I immediately saw an overabundance of kids. I'm talking Chuck E Cheese kid ratio here.
Hostess: Smoking or none?
Me: Whichever has fewer kids.
Hostess: Umm....
Sister: Yeah, see, it's kind of kids eat free day here today.
Me:
Sister: He wants smoking
Me: You knew this all along!
Nothing like sharing a buffet with a bunch of snotty kids with dirty hands defiling the pizza bar.
Now the major population of Runescape are teens. I share that virtual world getting annoyed because someone who is probably 14 is calling me a 'noob.'
They are more prevalent in the forums. They are easy to find simply based on spelling ability. Apparently at some point in the 90's education spending was reduced by governments - the budget cutbacks resulted in the cessation of the teaching of 10% of the alphabet. And teaching what order they should be used to form words is now nothing more than a high level overview.
This particular forum post stuck out, given the fact there is sentence structure. This post was in response to advice he was given to complete a quest.
Thanks ^_^. I'll try, but atm i'm doing jungle potion. I can play Rs this weekend because my interim grade was a C. yay!^_^
Get this: The kid gets a C, so he's allowed to play Runescape on weekends.
So my virtual and fake world is populated by kids, and not necessarily the smartest ones in the class. I feel like such a perv. I feel like what I thought of the guy who was hanging out in the Chuck E Cheese's bar, sucking down a pint.
All I can hope for is a kid's free Runescape Day. Until then, I still have midnight to dawn.
Categories: Life, Runescape
For those who don't know me, I'll give you and example. Public attractions should have specific days in which kids are not allowed. Imagine a day at the zoo without kids. True bliss I tell you!
Another example: Several years ago my household and my sister's household got together and did what we do best - ate out. We went to a buffet restaurant. While waiting to be seated I immediately saw an overabundance of kids. I'm talking Chuck E Cheese kid ratio here.
Hostess: Smoking or none?
Me: Whichever has fewer kids.
Hostess: Umm....
Sister: Yeah, see, it's kind of kids eat free day here today.
Me:
Sister: He wants smoking
Me: You knew this all along!
Nothing like sharing a buffet with a bunch of snotty kids with dirty hands defiling the pizza bar.
Now the major population of Runescape are teens. I share that virtual world getting annoyed because someone who is probably 14 is calling me a 'noob.'
They are more prevalent in the forums. They are easy to find simply based on spelling ability. Apparently at some point in the 90's education spending was reduced by governments - the budget cutbacks resulted in the cessation of the teaching of 10% of the alphabet. And teaching what order they should be used to form words is now nothing more than a high level overview.
This particular forum post stuck out, given the fact there is sentence structure. This post was in response to advice he was given to complete a quest.
Thanks ^_^. I'll try, but atm i'm doing jungle potion. I can play Rs this weekend because my interim grade was a C. yay!^_^
Get this: The kid gets a C, so he's allowed to play Runescape on weekends.
So my virtual and fake world is populated by kids, and not necessarily the smartest ones in the class. I feel like such a perv. I feel like what I thought of the guy who was hanging out in the Chuck E Cheese's bar, sucking down a pint.
All I can hope for is a kid's free Runescape Day. Until then, I still have midnight to dawn.
Categories: Life, Runescape
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