It seems that nowadays every Christmas there becomes one toy that every kid thinks they NEED. And some dumb parents agree with them. The first year i remember this happening was with "tickle me elmo". You rememeber seeing it on the news...a store would get a shipment of them in, and crazy parents would stand in line outside waiting for the doors to open. When they did, it was an all out brawl between insane parents trying to get there hands on one. The ones that weren't lucky enough to push themselves to the front of the line then went home and bought them on E-bay for hundreads of dollars.
For a stupid DOLL that laughted when you touched it!!!
Then last year (and this year to a lesser extent) it was the Wii Console. Fights break out, people get hospitalized, and a few even die by being trampled. And for what? Do these people think they would be bad parents if their kid didn't get the newest trend?
And these big companies don't do much to help either...they spend huge dollars on marketing, then claim they "can't meet the demand". No, it's not that they can't meet the demand, it's that if they purposley don't ship as many as they need, so that the value of the product skyockets. And dumb people fall for it hook line and sinker. Take this year for example... in september every store had wii's for sale. It was easy to buy one for a cheap price. People were selling them used pretty cheap as well. Then toward the end of November...stores started running out, and now people fight over them, and pay top dollar to get one. Did Nintendo not know that it is Christmas time? Did their production manager just totally forget that they'd need more during this time? Is there no Christmas in Japan? I doubt it.
Don't get me wrong, i don't blame these companies. They are just doing whatever they can to sell their product. That's what companies do. What i do blame is lack of common scense fromt the buyers. People are nuts.
When i was a kid, i don't remember any of this happeneing. I don't remember there being fights over kids toys, or lines outside stores. Maybe there was...
-chuck out
Friday, December 5, 2008
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
What democracy?
Is anyone else outraged and apalled by what is happening this week in our canadain government!?
For those of you that live in caves, and haven't heard the news, here's what's going down:
Basically, to make a long story short, the liberals have decided to get into bed with the NDP, and the Bloc. They singed documents to make what is called a coilition. With all three parties joined together, they are putting in a "vote of no confidence" for the conservative leadership. Basically saying "we now have more seats, so you can't be our leader anymore." Then Harper will be thown out as our Prime minister, and Dion will take over until the liberals elect a new leader in may.
Maybe my memory isn't very good, but did Harper not just defeat Dion in the election like 2 months ago!? What the heck is this crap. I'll tell you what it is...a huge Power/Money grab on the part of the liberals and NDP. And in the process, the bloc can get whatever they want...they are holding the nessesary seats to give this colition the majority of seats.
What happened to democracy? Now the fate of who the primeminister will be rests not with the general public, but with one woman, the governor general. She can (from what i understand) kind of say no to the whole deal...or let it happen.
I had no idea this kind of crap was even allowed. Since when do we have a leader in a democratic country chosen not by the people, but by buerocrats. This is madness!
I have a tonn more to say on this topic, but maybe you should ask me in person or by e-mail...most people wouldn't want to hear what i have to say about it.
-chuck out
For those of you that live in caves, and haven't heard the news, here's what's going down:
Basically, to make a long story short, the liberals have decided to get into bed with the NDP, and the Bloc. They singed documents to make what is called a coilition. With all three parties joined together, they are putting in a "vote of no confidence" for the conservative leadership. Basically saying "we now have more seats, so you can't be our leader anymore." Then Harper will be thown out as our Prime minister, and Dion will take over until the liberals elect a new leader in may.
Maybe my memory isn't very good, but did Harper not just defeat Dion in the election like 2 months ago!? What the heck is this crap. I'll tell you what it is...a huge Power/Money grab on the part of the liberals and NDP. And in the process, the bloc can get whatever they want...they are holding the nessesary seats to give this colition the majority of seats.
What happened to democracy? Now the fate of who the primeminister will be rests not with the general public, but with one woman, the governor general. She can (from what i understand) kind of say no to the whole deal...or let it happen.
I had no idea this kind of crap was even allowed. Since when do we have a leader in a democratic country chosen not by the people, but by buerocrats. This is madness!
I have a tonn more to say on this topic, but maybe you should ask me in person or by e-mail...most people wouldn't want to hear what i have to say about it.
-chuck out
Thursday, November 27, 2008
things i dislike
-People that call toronto "t-dot" (you're not cool with your trendy shortform. get over yourself)
- Apple feeling the need to put the letter "i" in front of every one of there product names. (iphone, ipod, ibook. soon we'll be driving icars, and living in ihouses. I know what must have happened. Apple hired their Marketing manager away from mcDolands. That must be it.)
- fanny packs (the only good thing about fanny packs is that they're designed to keep your hands free so that you can punch yourself in the face for weraring one)
- people that insist that frozen vegtables work better on a wound than an ice-pack does. ( the ice-pack is desinged specifically for that application...so you're wrong)
-chuck out
- Apple feeling the need to put the letter "i" in front of every one of there product names. (iphone, ipod, ibook. soon we'll be driving icars, and living in ihouses. I know what must have happened. Apple hired their Marketing manager away from mcDolands. That must be it.)
- fanny packs (the only good thing about fanny packs is that they're designed to keep your hands free so that you can punch yourself in the face for weraring one)
- people that insist that frozen vegtables work better on a wound than an ice-pack does. ( the ice-pack is desinged specifically for that application...so you're wrong)
-chuck out
Friday, October 24, 2008
A burden has lifted
Well my friends, I am happy to announce that my basement drywall is done! It has been a long 12 months (with about 7 month break) but last night my dad and I finished it all. Feels good to have that portion of my basement finished. I am currently searching for someone to do the mudding and taping. Then the only thing left to do is paint, drop ceiling, finish the electrical, and trim. Frick, still seems like a lot left to go.
Also, a couple weeks ago Julia and I painted our entire upstairs. That was a huge job too.
So now that these jobs are no longer in the "to do" pile, i figure i'll just sit back and cruise through the rest of my life.
I'll let you know how that goes.
-chuck out
Also, a couple weeks ago Julia and I painted our entire upstairs. That was a huge job too.
So now that these jobs are no longer in the "to do" pile, i figure i'll just sit back and cruise through the rest of my life.
I'll let you know how that goes.
-chuck out
Friday, September 26, 2008
Milk This!
Today, i'd like to talk about a subject that is normally not talked about in public arenas such as this...breast milk. I know, a topic you were all dying for me to get to...
In traditional circles, a nursing mothers milk is used to feed their baby. Seems simple enough right? It's proven that a mothers milk contains not only nutrients the baby needs, but also anti-bacterias that the baby hasn't yet produced on it's own...something that can't be gotten from "formula". You're all going "ok chuck, what the heck are you getting at?"
Ice cream is made from cow's milk (some for goats milk, but it must be labelled as such). We as North Americans raise cows, and milk them to enjoy a cold glass of milk...ice cream...cheese...ect.
I know, so far a very random blog. But here's what ties it all together. Our friends at PETA (People for Ethical Treatment of Animals) have sent a proposal to Ben and Jerry's saying that instead of using cow's milk for ice cream, they should use human milk from a nursing mother. Sighting that milking cow's is cruel.
Don't beleive me...here's the article link.
Now, let's break this down for a moment. Milking cows is cruel, but milking humans is ok? Even if milking humans means that you baby (that needs breast milk) will have to go without? And what about orphans? Some kind women donate their breast milk so that abandoned baby's will be able to have milk as well. Should they donate to ice cream instead?
And lets examine how cruel it is to milk cows... Cows that have been milked actually NEED to be milked. If you miss a milking, it becomes extrememly uncomfortable for the cow. Sort of like you having to go to the bathroom, but not being able to go. And if you wait long enough before milking, the milk goes sour, in turn causing bacteria in the cows udder, in turn leading to something called "mastitis". This could also lead to death of the cow.
Here are some pictures of cows with "mastitis". But be warned the pictures are pretty gross. Don't click on this link unless you are ready to view graphic pictures
Leave it to PETA to come up with something so stupid. Those people need to be put in a pen with hungry live aligators...then see how "ethically" they want to treat animals...
-chuck out
p.s. if you have disagreements with my opinions on this, or any other blog....don't e-mail me...i'm far to busy and important for your stupidity
In traditional circles, a nursing mothers milk is used to feed their baby. Seems simple enough right? It's proven that a mothers milk contains not only nutrients the baby needs, but also anti-bacterias that the baby hasn't yet produced on it's own...something that can't be gotten from "formula". You're all going "ok chuck, what the heck are you getting at?"
Ice cream is made from cow's milk (some for goats milk, but it must be labelled as such). We as North Americans raise cows, and milk them to enjoy a cold glass of milk...ice cream...cheese...ect.
I know, so far a very random blog. But here's what ties it all together. Our friends at PETA (People for Ethical Treatment of Animals) have sent a proposal to Ben and Jerry's saying that instead of using cow's milk for ice cream, they should use human milk from a nursing mother. Sighting that milking cow's is cruel.
Don't beleive me...here's the article link.
Now, let's break this down for a moment. Milking cows is cruel, but milking humans is ok? Even if milking humans means that you baby (that needs breast milk) will have to go without? And what about orphans? Some kind women donate their breast milk so that abandoned baby's will be able to have milk as well. Should they donate to ice cream instead?
And lets examine how cruel it is to milk cows... Cows that have been milked actually NEED to be milked. If you miss a milking, it becomes extrememly uncomfortable for the cow. Sort of like you having to go to the bathroom, but not being able to go. And if you wait long enough before milking, the milk goes sour, in turn causing bacteria in the cows udder, in turn leading to something called "mastitis". This could also lead to death of the cow.
Here are some pictures of cows with "mastitis". But be warned the pictures are pretty gross. Don't click on this link unless you are ready to view graphic pictures
Leave it to PETA to come up with something so stupid. Those people need to be put in a pen with hungry live aligators...then see how "ethically" they want to treat animals...
-chuck out
p.s. if you have disagreements with my opinions on this, or any other blog....don't e-mail me...i'm far to busy and important for your stupidity
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Phew!
Well, lucky for you, we've dodged a bullet. The world didn't blow up, or get sucked into a black hole (at least not yet) and i'm still here for your reading enjoyment.
But alas, I do have some bad news...My beloved detroit lions are 0-2. And they are dragging me down in my football pool because i refuse to pick against them. But there is a silver lining...they play the 49ers next week! So i'm hoping for the best.
In other news...i'm back working on my basement again. Bought a shower yesterday, and i'm hoping to do some more drywall on thursday evening. If there is anyone out there who wants to finish my basement for free...or even for large amounts of doodles please let me know!
That's all the news i have today
-chuck out
But alas, I do have some bad news...My beloved detroit lions are 0-2. And they are dragging me down in my football pool because i refuse to pick against them. But there is a silver lining...they play the 49ers next week! So i'm hoping for the best.
In other news...i'm back working on my basement again. Bought a shower yesterday, and i'm hoping to do some more drywall on thursday evening. If there is anyone out there who wants to finish my basement for free...or even for large amounts of doodles please let me know!
That's all the news i have today
-chuck out
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
speed of light?
Some of you may or may not be aware of the fact that there has been much talk recently of a large hadron collider, and particle accelerators. The reason for all this buzz is that underground the switzeralnd border this "large hadron collider or "LHC"" has been built, and the first trial run is to happen tommorow. This machine is massive...like 17 kms long.
My fist question is probably the same as yours..."what the heck is it?" Well, due to my limmited grasp of intense physics, my lack of adequite reserch, and general stupidity, i am unable to really explain it. But hey, when has that ever stopped me from trying...here goes...
To put this in terms that even i can understand...basically this huge "LHC" will be able to produce super intense energy beams...then smash them together. Something like taking bullet trains at 500mph, and smashing them together...only without using the trains...confusing right? this is only the beggining.
Ever heard of the elusive "higgs boston" or even what they call a "standard model" yeah, me neither... but let me cut to the chase...
Scientists are trying to predict what exactly will happen when they fire this baby up. The majority of people are anticipating tiny tiny black holes that are so unstable they will vanish almost instantly. Black holes? sounds crazy right? Not nearly as crazy as what some scientists are predicting.
Here's the list of different predictions..all from well respected scientists...not from crazy preople: (keep in mind i'm putting them is terms i can understand...they use bigger words)
- these "tiny black holes" will not be so unstable, and will grow and suck the planet into themselves...
- will rip open time and space as we know it exposing up to 11 or 12 dimentions on earth that were previously hidden
- we will see for the first time ever the building blocks of time travel.
There are more, but you get the idea. This is stuff out of a drugged up star trek movie.
Want to know what i think will happen...they'll fire up this machine...they'll collide their first energy beam, and the machine will wreck. Done. Billions and billions of dollars spent...just so they can destroy what they built.
Black holes...time travel...? look it up, i'm not kidding.
Just in case i'm wrong, and tommorow the earth will be sucked ito some black hole, and time travel will be enabled...better wear a lead vest like the ones they make your wear when you get x-rays...you never know what those beam things could do to your reproductive capability.
-chuck out
My fist question is probably the same as yours..."what the heck is it?" Well, due to my limmited grasp of intense physics, my lack of adequite reserch, and general stupidity, i am unable to really explain it. But hey, when has that ever stopped me from trying...here goes...
To put this in terms that even i can understand...basically this huge "LHC" will be able to produce super intense energy beams...then smash them together. Something like taking bullet trains at 500mph, and smashing them together...only without using the trains...confusing right? this is only the beggining.
Ever heard of the elusive "higgs boston" or even what they call a "standard model" yeah, me neither... but let me cut to the chase...
Scientists are trying to predict what exactly will happen when they fire this baby up. The majority of people are anticipating tiny tiny black holes that are so unstable they will vanish almost instantly. Black holes? sounds crazy right? Not nearly as crazy as what some scientists are predicting.
Here's the list of different predictions..all from well respected scientists...not from crazy preople: (keep in mind i'm putting them is terms i can understand...they use bigger words)
- these "tiny black holes" will not be so unstable, and will grow and suck the planet into themselves...
- will rip open time and space as we know it exposing up to 11 or 12 dimentions on earth that were previously hidden
- we will see for the first time ever the building blocks of time travel.
There are more, but you get the idea. This is stuff out of a drugged up star trek movie.
Want to know what i think will happen...they'll fire up this machine...they'll collide their first energy beam, and the machine will wreck. Done. Billions and billions of dollars spent...just so they can destroy what they built.
Black holes...time travel...? look it up, i'm not kidding.
Just in case i'm wrong, and tommorow the earth will be sucked ito some black hole, and time travel will be enabled...better wear a lead vest like the ones they make your wear when you get x-rays...you never know what those beam things could do to your reproductive capability.
-chuck out
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
9-7 this season baby!
Sure, there are some exciting things in life...graduating from school, your wedding day, buying your first house, ect...
but nothing quite compares to something magical that happens every september... FOOTBALL SEASON!
I am a die hard fan, and the summer months can't leave quickley enough. In my opinion, you can't be a die hard fan unless you have a certain team you cheer for. Mine happens to be the Detroit lions. It has been a long summer, and I have passed the time by learning the ins and outs of the lions new "zone blocking run scheme", and their "tampa 2 defence".
Prediction lions go 9-7 and make the playoffs!
-chuck out
but nothing quite compares to something magical that happens every september... FOOTBALL SEASON!
I am a die hard fan, and the summer months can't leave quickley enough. In my opinion, you can't be a die hard fan unless you have a certain team you cheer for. Mine happens to be the Detroit lions. It has been a long summer, and I have passed the time by learning the ins and outs of the lions new "zone blocking run scheme", and their "tampa 2 defence".
Prediction lions go 9-7 and make the playoffs!
-chuck out
Friday, July 11, 2008
good night moon
Ok, so Julia left eary early this morning to go to manitoba...let me tell you about how this was the worst night.
It all began at around 11:00 when i went to bed, Julia had already basically fell asleep watching TV, and now it was my turn. So i shut the TV off and tried to go to sleep. As soon as i'm just about there, the cat jumps up on the bed, lays down by my feet, and starts licking itself...very loudly! So i boot her off the bed. Fricken cat. I eventually nodded off, and all was well in the dueckman household...
I woke up at 3:00 to the sound of licking again... i'm only half awake, and decide that this is only a dream...and i'm not really awake (wishfull thinking). Much to my displeasure as i fade back into consiousness, the licking gets louder. I open my eyes, and 2 feet from my face there is the cat, licking her crotch...only taking a break to look me straight in the eyes as if to say "what are you staring at?" So again i boot her to the floor, and she disapears into the darkness of the corner. Fricken cat.
Then the tossing and turning begins. I can't seem to get comfortable. No matter where i lay, the mattress seems to be jabbing me. I feel hot, and start to sweat, then all of a sudden cold again, then hot. I can't get comfortable. The digital clock on the night stand seems to be taunting me with it's unusally slow movment. So i decide to test it...when the clock hit 3:45, i started counting 1...2...3...4... i reach sixty just as 3:46 jumps onto the display. Blast! it knows what i'm trying to do...i'll have to be more discreet...perhaps i'll close one eye and try again...wait this isn't helping me sleep. None the less i play this game a few more times, along with more tossing and turning and sweating.
At 4:00 julia got up to go have a shower and eat breakfast and get ready to go to the airport. I lay in bed still trying to get comfortable. Finally i find the perfect spot...it's glorious...the bed seems to mold to my body perfectly...i can finally sleep. Julia is in the kitchen, and the light goes on...our bedroom door is open just the tiniest crack. The miniscule amount of light coming through that crack hits me directly in the eyes. Without the energy to speak, and certainly not to get up and close the door, i try to move my blissfull position just slightly. it won't work...i need to be in that exact spot. And so i am trapped in my own prison of uncomfort, and unrest.
finally julia comes in to say goodbye to me for the weekend, i peer through my half open bloodshot eyes to offer my attempt at a goodbye. Whether it made any scense at all is yet to be determined. With the lights now off, I sink into my comfort spot on the bed hoping now to get a couple hours of good sleep.
I nodd off for a couple minutes, and wake up to an awfull noise...it's sounds like it's coming from the cat, but it's a noise i've never heard before...so loud and distraught. Against my better judgment, i manage to get out of bed and stagger to find out what the heck is going on. Did the cat fall down the stairs? is it having a heart attack?, did it drive to the nearest kitchen surplus store, buy a garberator, turn it on, then get stuck in it? These thoughts run through my head as i search for the cause of this awfull noise. I make it to the top of the stairs, only to see a dimly lit cat staring at the door crying louder than i've ever heard. It must have seen julia leave, and wanted to go with her...well i don't blame it. I wouldn't want to be a cat anywhere near a half consious, very angry cat hater either.
I decide to take the high road...after all, my wife loves this cat, and i love my wife...so i didn't strangle it to death. Instead i pick it up and pet it...the crying stops, and the purring begins. Good, finally i can get back to sleep...
I get back to bed, only to find out that my comfort spot has disapeared...but i'm too tired for it to matter. I shut my eyes, but 5 minutes later...there's that dang cat going at it again. And so it continued five minutes on, 5 minutes off for the next 2 hours. I put a pillow over my head, but it does almost nothing to filter out that awful garberator like noise. fricken cat.
At 5:30, i abondon my chances of sleep, and turn the tv on hoping to find a simpsons rerun to drown out the cat. No luck...turns out even with 100 channels of cable...the only thing on is soap operas, and infomertials. So i at least try to find a good infomercial about the knives that can cut through shoes...no luck...only excersise machines, and face creams are on. I opt for one of the face creams, as thinking about excersice makes me want to throw up. I watch the entire thing...i'm not sure if i even blinked. Then watched one of the morning shows from 6-7. Then got up for work.
Worst sleep ever
-chuck out
It all began at around 11:00 when i went to bed, Julia had already basically fell asleep watching TV, and now it was my turn. So i shut the TV off and tried to go to sleep. As soon as i'm just about there, the cat jumps up on the bed, lays down by my feet, and starts licking itself...very loudly! So i boot her off the bed. Fricken cat. I eventually nodded off, and all was well in the dueckman household...
I woke up at 3:00 to the sound of licking again... i'm only half awake, and decide that this is only a dream...and i'm not really awake (wishfull thinking). Much to my displeasure as i fade back into consiousness, the licking gets louder. I open my eyes, and 2 feet from my face there is the cat, licking her crotch...only taking a break to look me straight in the eyes as if to say "what are you staring at?" So again i boot her to the floor, and she disapears into the darkness of the corner. Fricken cat.
Then the tossing and turning begins. I can't seem to get comfortable. No matter where i lay, the mattress seems to be jabbing me. I feel hot, and start to sweat, then all of a sudden cold again, then hot. I can't get comfortable. The digital clock on the night stand seems to be taunting me with it's unusally slow movment. So i decide to test it...when the clock hit 3:45, i started counting 1...2...3...4... i reach sixty just as 3:46 jumps onto the display. Blast! it knows what i'm trying to do...i'll have to be more discreet...perhaps i'll close one eye and try again...wait this isn't helping me sleep. None the less i play this game a few more times, along with more tossing and turning and sweating.
At 4:00 julia got up to go have a shower and eat breakfast and get ready to go to the airport. I lay in bed still trying to get comfortable. Finally i find the perfect spot...it's glorious...the bed seems to mold to my body perfectly...i can finally sleep. Julia is in the kitchen, and the light goes on...our bedroom door is open just the tiniest crack. The miniscule amount of light coming through that crack hits me directly in the eyes. Without the energy to speak, and certainly not to get up and close the door, i try to move my blissfull position just slightly. it won't work...i need to be in that exact spot. And so i am trapped in my own prison of uncomfort, and unrest.
finally julia comes in to say goodbye to me for the weekend, i peer through my half open bloodshot eyes to offer my attempt at a goodbye. Whether it made any scense at all is yet to be determined. With the lights now off, I sink into my comfort spot on the bed hoping now to get a couple hours of good sleep.
I nodd off for a couple minutes, and wake up to an awfull noise...it's sounds like it's coming from the cat, but it's a noise i've never heard before...so loud and distraught. Against my better judgment, i manage to get out of bed and stagger to find out what the heck is going on. Did the cat fall down the stairs? is it having a heart attack?, did it drive to the nearest kitchen surplus store, buy a garberator, turn it on, then get stuck in it? These thoughts run through my head as i search for the cause of this awfull noise. I make it to the top of the stairs, only to see a dimly lit cat staring at the door crying louder than i've ever heard. It must have seen julia leave, and wanted to go with her...well i don't blame it. I wouldn't want to be a cat anywhere near a half consious, very angry cat hater either.
I decide to take the high road...after all, my wife loves this cat, and i love my wife...so i didn't strangle it to death. Instead i pick it up and pet it...the crying stops, and the purring begins. Good, finally i can get back to sleep...
I get back to bed, only to find out that my comfort spot has disapeared...but i'm too tired for it to matter. I shut my eyes, but 5 minutes later...there's that dang cat going at it again. And so it continued five minutes on, 5 minutes off for the next 2 hours. I put a pillow over my head, but it does almost nothing to filter out that awful garberator like noise. fricken cat.
At 5:30, i abondon my chances of sleep, and turn the tv on hoping to find a simpsons rerun to drown out the cat. No luck...turns out even with 100 channels of cable...the only thing on is soap operas, and infomertials. So i at least try to find a good infomercial about the knives that can cut through shoes...no luck...only excersise machines, and face creams are on. I opt for one of the face creams, as thinking about excersice makes me want to throw up. I watch the entire thing...i'm not sure if i even blinked. Then watched one of the morning shows from 6-7. Then got up for work.
Worst sleep ever
-chuck out
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Finally someone who isn't dumb
These are not my quotes, however i do agree and like each and every one of them. It points to how far from actual "rights" america (and canada right along with them) have strayed. I had this e-mailed to me, and thought it nessesary to post .
"I don't think being a minority makes you a victim of anything except numbers. The only things I can think of that are truly discriminatory are things like the United Negro College Fund, Jet Magazine, Black Entertainment Television, and Miss Black America. Try to have things like the United Caucasian College Fund, Cloud Magazine, White Entertainment Television, or Miss White America; and see whathappens...Jesse Jackson will be knocking down your door."
"Guns do not make you a killer. I think killing makes you a killer. You can kill someone with a baseball bat or a car, but no one is trying to ban you from driving to the ball game."
"I believe they are called the Boy Scouts for a reason, which is whythere are no girls allowed. Girls belong in the Girl Scouts! ARE YOULISTENING MARTHA BURKE?"
"I think that if you feel homosexuality is wrong, it is not a phobia, it is an opinion. I have the right 'NOT' to be tolerant of others becausethey are different, weird, or tick me off.
When 70% of the people who get arrested are black, in cities where 70% of the population is black that is not racial profiling; it is the Law of Probability."
"I believe that if you are selling me a milkshake, a pack of cigarettes,a newspaper or a hotel room, you must do it in English! As a matter offact, if you want to be an American citizen, you should have to speak English! My father and grandfather didn't die in vain so you can leave the countries you were born in to come over and disrespect ours."
I think the police should have every right to shoot you if you threaten them after they tell you to stop. If you can't understand the word 'freeze' or 'stop' in English, see the above lines.
"I don't think just because you were not born in this country, you are qualified for any special loan programs, government sponsored bank loansor tax breaks, etc., so you can open a hotel, coffee shop, trinketstore, or any other business. We did not go to the aid of certain foreign countries and risk our lives in wars to defend their freedoms, so that decades later they could come over here and tell us our constitution is a living document; and open to their interpretations."
"I don't hate the rich I don't pity the poor.
I know pro wrestling is fake, but so are movies and television. That doesn't stop you fromwatching them."
"I think Bill Gates has every right to keep every penny he made and continue to make more. If it ticks you off, go and invent the next operating system that's better, and put your name on the building."
"It doesn't take a whole village to raise a child right, but it does take a parent to stand up to the kid; and smack their little behinds when necessary, and say 'NO!'"
"I think tattoos and piercing are fine if you want them, but please don't pretend they are a political statement. And, please, stay home until that new lip ring heals. I don't want to look at your ugly infected mouth as you serve me French fries!"
"I am sick of 'Political Correctness.' I know a lot of black people, and not a single one of them was born in Africa; so how can they be 'African-Americans'? Besides, Africa is a continent. I don't go around saying I am a European-American because my great, great, great, great,great, great grandfather was from Europe. I am proud to be from America and nowhere else."
"It is said that 86% of Americans believe in God. Therefore I have a very hard time understanding why there is such a problem in having 'InGod We Trust' on our money and having 'God' in the Pledge of Allegiance.Why don't we just tell the 14% to BE QUIET!"
- andy rooney
-chuck out
"I don't think being a minority makes you a victim of anything except numbers. The only things I can think of that are truly discriminatory are things like the United Negro College Fund, Jet Magazine, Black Entertainment Television, and Miss Black America. Try to have things like the United Caucasian College Fund, Cloud Magazine, White Entertainment Television, or Miss White America; and see whathappens...Jesse Jackson will be knocking down your door."
"Guns do not make you a killer. I think killing makes you a killer. You can kill someone with a baseball bat or a car, but no one is trying to ban you from driving to the ball game."
"I believe they are called the Boy Scouts for a reason, which is whythere are no girls allowed. Girls belong in the Girl Scouts! ARE YOULISTENING MARTHA BURKE?"
"I think that if you feel homosexuality is wrong, it is not a phobia, it is an opinion. I have the right 'NOT' to be tolerant of others becausethey are different, weird, or tick me off.
When 70% of the people who get arrested are black, in cities where 70% of the population is black that is not racial profiling; it is the Law of Probability."
"I believe that if you are selling me a milkshake, a pack of cigarettes,a newspaper or a hotel room, you must do it in English! As a matter offact, if you want to be an American citizen, you should have to speak English! My father and grandfather didn't die in vain so you can leave the countries you were born in to come over and disrespect ours."
I think the police should have every right to shoot you if you threaten them after they tell you to stop. If you can't understand the word 'freeze' or 'stop' in English, see the above lines.
"I don't think just because you were not born in this country, you are qualified for any special loan programs, government sponsored bank loansor tax breaks, etc., so you can open a hotel, coffee shop, trinketstore, or any other business. We did not go to the aid of certain foreign countries and risk our lives in wars to defend their freedoms, so that decades later they could come over here and tell us our constitution is a living document; and open to their interpretations."
"I don't hate the rich I don't pity the poor.
I know pro wrestling is fake, but so are movies and television. That doesn't stop you fromwatching them."
"I think Bill Gates has every right to keep every penny he made and continue to make more. If it ticks you off, go and invent the next operating system that's better, and put your name on the building."
"It doesn't take a whole village to raise a child right, but it does take a parent to stand up to the kid; and smack their little behinds when necessary, and say 'NO!'"
"I think tattoos and piercing are fine if you want them, but please don't pretend they are a political statement. And, please, stay home until that new lip ring heals. I don't want to look at your ugly infected mouth as you serve me French fries!"
"I am sick of 'Political Correctness.' I know a lot of black people, and not a single one of them was born in Africa; so how can they be 'African-Americans'? Besides, Africa is a continent. I don't go around saying I am a European-American because my great, great, great, great,great, great grandfather was from Europe. I am proud to be from America and nowhere else."
"It is said that 86% of Americans believe in God. Therefore I have a very hard time understanding why there is such a problem in having 'InGod We Trust' on our money and having 'God' in the Pledge of Allegiance.Why don't we just tell the 14% to BE QUIET!"
- andy rooney
-chuck out
Monday, May 26, 2008
coffee abuse
You ever been to Tim Hortons (or for my american fans dunkin donuts) and the guy in front of you order a large coffee triple triple? Sometimes i feel like taping the guy on the shoulder and suggesting he get a drink that he actually likes instead of feeling the need to alter coffee so much it doesn't even resemble the intended taste.
Now i will admit that I do put a little cream in my coffee. I can even respect people that get a regular (for my american fans that's one cream one sugar...not black). But come on people...if you don't like coffee without 18 sugar packets in it...perhaps you need to check your life out.
I'll admit that most of us started drinking coffee because we wanted to look mature and older, not because it tasted good. I know I did. But I took it like a man, and choked it down black until i enjoyed the taste. But if you're one of those people that never learned to like coffee the way it was made, but insist on still trying to modify it so you can drink it and look cool...you'd better just stop. I'm not impressed.
If i was going on a coffee run and you were like "hey chuck grab me a double double" I would get you a regular. And you'd be like "hey...this isn't a double double" and i'd be like "oh yeah...i left the extra cream and sugar at the store...right beside where you forgot your manhood."
And don't give me this crap about "but chuck...i actually like it that way!" Because you can kiss this piece of smoked hamm... Either learn to drink coffee the right way...or don't drink it at all!
Now i will admit that I do put a little cream in my coffee. I can even respect people that get a regular (for my american fans that's one cream one sugar...not black). But come on people...if you don't like coffee without 18 sugar packets in it...perhaps you need to check your life out.
I'll admit that most of us started drinking coffee because we wanted to look mature and older, not because it tasted good. I know I did. But I took it like a man, and choked it down black until i enjoyed the taste. But if you're one of those people that never learned to like coffee the way it was made, but insist on still trying to modify it so you can drink it and look cool...you'd better just stop. I'm not impressed.
If i was going on a coffee run and you were like "hey chuck grab me a double double" I would get you a regular. And you'd be like "hey...this isn't a double double" and i'd be like "oh yeah...i left the extra cream and sugar at the store...right beside where you forgot your manhood."
And don't give me this crap about "but chuck...i actually like it that way!" Because you can kiss this piece of smoked hamm... Either learn to drink coffee the right way...or don't drink it at all!
Monday, May 5, 2008
Get off the TV
Does anyone actually watch the kentuky derby? I mean it's supposed to be this huge event that only movie stars and superstar athelets can aford tickets to. Apparently it a big deal.
Now don't get me wrong i really don't mind to watch horse racing. It's fine. I think it would be fun to go down to the windsor track and bet on a few races with some buddies. (don't worry mom, i only gamble with monopoly money). But is it absolutly nessisary to have 4 hours of televised pre-race cerimonies? Is anyone watching at home actually awake by the time the race starts? I highly doubt it.
I didn't watch this weekends kentuky derby. But i did see highlights of the race...I think most people did. Big brown won. Who's big brown you ask...well he's a horse...same as the horse who got last place, except faster. You know the one... If you didn't see the highlights, here's why this kentuky derby holds more weight than most. A horse died...no not human, a horse. Everyone calm down...just a horse.
A horse...after crossing the finish line collapsed with two broken ankles. It had to be put down.
Now there is a huge uprising in the "animal rights community". Mainly PETA is getting a whole bunch of media attention, and saying horse racing is really cruel, and they shouldn't be allowed to whip the horses, and running on dirt is too dangerous... and that the sport should be banned altogether. ect ect.
Do you remember when Dale Earnhart died in a nascar race? I do...and although there was some media attention focused on "car racing is dangerous" and "need more safety" ect. No one wanted to ban racing. Now why is a horses life more important than a persons? Why is PETA constantly getting more media attention?
Fricken people eh?
Now don't get me wrong i really don't mind to watch horse racing. It's fine. I think it would be fun to go down to the windsor track and bet on a few races with some buddies. (don't worry mom, i only gamble with monopoly money). But is it absolutly nessisary to have 4 hours of televised pre-race cerimonies? Is anyone watching at home actually awake by the time the race starts? I highly doubt it.
I didn't watch this weekends kentuky derby. But i did see highlights of the race...I think most people did. Big brown won. Who's big brown you ask...well he's a horse...same as the horse who got last place, except faster. You know the one... If you didn't see the highlights, here's why this kentuky derby holds more weight than most. A horse died...no not human, a horse. Everyone calm down...just a horse.
A horse...after crossing the finish line collapsed with two broken ankles. It had to be put down.
Now there is a huge uprising in the "animal rights community". Mainly PETA is getting a whole bunch of media attention, and saying horse racing is really cruel, and they shouldn't be allowed to whip the horses, and running on dirt is too dangerous... and that the sport should be banned altogether. ect ect.
Do you remember when Dale Earnhart died in a nascar race? I do...and although there was some media attention focused on "car racing is dangerous" and "need more safety" ect. No one wanted to ban racing. Now why is a horses life more important than a persons? Why is PETA constantly getting more media attention?
Fricken people eh?
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Random thoughts
A good source of guidance for teenagers is the television, except that televisions message has always been that the need for truth, wisdom, and faith takes a back seat to the need for a toothpaste that gives you whiter teeth.
The metric system didn't really catch on in the states...unless you count the increasing popularity of the 9 millimeter bullet.
I always tell kids... if you want a new bike, don't pray every night for one...God doesn't normally work that way. What you need to do is steal one, and ask for forgivness.
One time I saw a postcard with the picture of the whole earth on it, taken from space. On the back it said "wish you were here" What the heck is that?
You know which guy should be a multi-millionaire? The guy who decided it was a good idea to make a diagram telling you which way to put the batteries in.
You want to confuse a clothing salesman? Tell them your size is extra medium.
I want to make a sign for the front of our store..."Open 24 hours...but not all in a row, we prefer to pace ourselves"
Have you ever noticed that while driving in trafic anyone who is driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone driving faster is a maniac? I've noticed.
In my opinion there are 3 types of people...those that look at things, and ask "why?" Those that dream about things that don't exist, and ask "why not?" And then there are those that actually go to work for a living and don't have time for that crap.
There are lots of things that people say are sports...that are not sports. Swimming is not a sport...it is a means for not drowning. That's just common sence.
The majority of people i meet work just hard enough not to get fired, and get paid just enough not to quit.
One thing doesn't always lead to another...sometimes it leads to the same thing. Ask an addict.
You know those people who are so badly mutilated when they die that they can't identify them except for their dental records? My question is, if they don't know who the person is, how do they know which dentist he goes to?
You know the 2 rules of gravity "if you drop a piece of toast it will always land butter side down" and "a cat always lands on their feet" here's an experiment you can try at home, strap a piece of buttered toast to the back of a cat and see what happens!
-just some things to think about
-chuck out
The metric system didn't really catch on in the states...unless you count the increasing popularity of the 9 millimeter bullet.
I always tell kids... if you want a new bike, don't pray every night for one...God doesn't normally work that way. What you need to do is steal one, and ask for forgivness.
One time I saw a postcard with the picture of the whole earth on it, taken from space. On the back it said "wish you were here" What the heck is that?
You know which guy should be a multi-millionaire? The guy who decided it was a good idea to make a diagram telling you which way to put the batteries in.
You want to confuse a clothing salesman? Tell them your size is extra medium.
I want to make a sign for the front of our store..."Open 24 hours...but not all in a row, we prefer to pace ourselves"
Have you ever noticed that while driving in trafic anyone who is driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone driving faster is a maniac? I've noticed.
In my opinion there are 3 types of people...those that look at things, and ask "why?" Those that dream about things that don't exist, and ask "why not?" And then there are those that actually go to work for a living and don't have time for that crap.
There are lots of things that people say are sports...that are not sports. Swimming is not a sport...it is a means for not drowning. That's just common sence.
The majority of people i meet work just hard enough not to get fired, and get paid just enough not to quit.
One thing doesn't always lead to another...sometimes it leads to the same thing. Ask an addict.
You know those people who are so badly mutilated when they die that they can't identify them except for their dental records? My question is, if they don't know who the person is, how do they know which dentist he goes to?
You know the 2 rules of gravity "if you drop a piece of toast it will always land butter side down" and "a cat always lands on their feet" here's an experiment you can try at home, strap a piece of buttered toast to the back of a cat and see what happens!
-just some things to think about
-chuck out
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
inquisitive
This might be a more serious one, so if you are looking for the usual nonsence and time wasting i normal have on my blog, you might want to skip this one. Or, just look at this picture, and skip the rest.
I've been doing some thinking lately (a dangerous prospect, i know). The problem is, i have more questions than answers. Let me begin with this: A couple of my buddies (probably the only ones who read this blog) have blogs of their own where they write thought proveking things about their current thinking on life, faith ect... I would say that there is nothing wrong with these blogs. I have some of the same thoughts myself. But then where does simple faith come in? If we are so caught up with deep ideas and books about deep and complicated things, is that contrary to the faith that Christ says we are supposed to maintaine as "child-like".
Let me phrase it this way...think of a young child standing at the edge of the pool, looking at his dad, and jumping to him. Child-like faith says a couple really simple things. 1. My dad is in the pool. 2. He says he will catch me when i jump. As far as i can see, those are the only 2 thoughts that cross a childs mind before taking the plunge. A child is not thinking about the best method of jumping to reduce the amount of splash that hit's my dad in the eye, so that he will have a clear view, and make it easier to catch me. He does not think about the depth of the pool, or if the ph is at a safe level. Do you get my point? Is it possible that we as humans hugely overcomplicate things? Could we be way off base by reading all these books, and not focusing our energy on reading the Bible, and talking with God?
Don't get we wrong, I am not saying that God can't speak through other books. I think that you can learn a lot from different peoples perspectives and differnt books. My question is can you not learn the same things from the Bible?
I don't know my point of all this except that recently i'm really being hit with the fact that following Christ is supposed to be simple. Not easy mind you, but simple. It seems to me that throughout the Bible the Isrealittes constantly lose sight of that simplicity. Look at the book of Judges...the basic story is Isrealittes follow God, everything goes pretty good. After some years, they try to add something to God... God + this one idle, or God + trusting in our own power or God + this one sin...then eventually God gets pushed out of the way by whatever it is they are trying to add. God sees it, allows them to be taken over by their enemy's, and they suffer for a little while. Then they cry out to God again, realize their mistake, and God rescuses them. It happens time and time again in judges and throught the Bible.
Now, looking from the outside in, why did God always have to punish them... because they lost their simple reliance upon Him. Time after time. That's a simple answer...then why did they always try to complicate things, and turn from God, if it was so simple to keep that from happening? We look at that story and say "man they were dumb" but doesn't the same thing happen in our lives? That we lose sight of our simple faith, and stray from where God wants us...from where we know we are supposed to be?
All i'm saying is that i think at times I complicate things that are better left alone.
let me know what you think
-chuck
I've been doing some thinking lately (a dangerous prospect, i know). The problem is, i have more questions than answers. Let me begin with this: A couple of my buddies (probably the only ones who read this blog) have blogs of their own where they write thought proveking things about their current thinking on life, faith ect... I would say that there is nothing wrong with these blogs. I have some of the same thoughts myself. But then where does simple faith come in? If we are so caught up with deep ideas and books about deep and complicated things, is that contrary to the faith that Christ says we are supposed to maintaine as "child-like".
Let me phrase it this way...think of a young child standing at the edge of the pool, looking at his dad, and jumping to him. Child-like faith says a couple really simple things. 1. My dad is in the pool. 2. He says he will catch me when i jump. As far as i can see, those are the only 2 thoughts that cross a childs mind before taking the plunge. A child is not thinking about the best method of jumping to reduce the amount of splash that hit's my dad in the eye, so that he will have a clear view, and make it easier to catch me. He does not think about the depth of the pool, or if the ph is at a safe level. Do you get my point? Is it possible that we as humans hugely overcomplicate things? Could we be way off base by reading all these books, and not focusing our energy on reading the Bible, and talking with God?
Don't get we wrong, I am not saying that God can't speak through other books. I think that you can learn a lot from different peoples perspectives and differnt books. My question is can you not learn the same things from the Bible?
I don't know my point of all this except that recently i'm really being hit with the fact that following Christ is supposed to be simple. Not easy mind you, but simple. It seems to me that throughout the Bible the Isrealittes constantly lose sight of that simplicity. Look at the book of Judges...the basic story is Isrealittes follow God, everything goes pretty good. After some years, they try to add something to God... God + this one idle, or God + trusting in our own power or God + this one sin...then eventually God gets pushed out of the way by whatever it is they are trying to add. God sees it, allows them to be taken over by their enemy's, and they suffer for a little while. Then they cry out to God again, realize their mistake, and God rescuses them. It happens time and time again in judges and throught the Bible.
Now, looking from the outside in, why did God always have to punish them... because they lost their simple reliance upon Him. Time after time. That's a simple answer...then why did they always try to complicate things, and turn from God, if it was so simple to keep that from happening? We look at that story and say "man they were dumb" but doesn't the same thing happen in our lives? That we lose sight of our simple faith, and stray from where God wants us...from where we know we are supposed to be?
All i'm saying is that i think at times I complicate things that are better left alone.
let me know what you think
-chuck
Friday, March 28, 2008
That Card Again!?
Is it just me, or are there more people in the world who are sick and tired of black people blaming everything on racism? And just about anything that happens that includes both a white, and a black person, the black guy is hard done by. Don't believe me, check this article out... at least the writer has some common sense.
But seriously...if a black guy shoots another black guy...that seems to be okay. As long as both parties are black. But if a T.V show is made without an equal number of blacks and whites... HOLY CRAP! Get out the way...an uprising has started!
Now in my lifetime i have yet to witness a "hate against blacks" crime. I understand that is still does happen especially in the southern states and such...but come on, it seems like more black people hate whites than vice versa.
And what the heck is wrong with Network T.V. it's ok to have a show with only black main characters, but not ok with only whites? Maybe I as a white male should start writing letters. maybe I should start an accociation for white people. We'll write letters and complain to everyone who we think might be "oppressing" us.
What is wrong with people? There should be a new rule. Ask Rob before doing anything stupid. I'd set you straight.
I perhaps i need to appoligize to the black people for saying "black" instead of "african american" in this blog. But then again...maybe you should check your life out!
-Chuck Out
But seriously...if a black guy shoots another black guy...that seems to be okay. As long as both parties are black. But if a T.V show is made without an equal number of blacks and whites... HOLY CRAP! Get out the way...an uprising has started!
Now in my lifetime i have yet to witness a "hate against blacks" crime. I understand that is still does happen especially in the southern states and such...but come on, it seems like more black people hate whites than vice versa.
And what the heck is wrong with Network T.V. it's ok to have a show with only black main characters, but not ok with only whites? Maybe I as a white male should start writing letters. maybe I should start an accociation for white people. We'll write letters and complain to everyone who we think might be "oppressing" us.
What is wrong with people? There should be a new rule. Ask Rob before doing anything stupid. I'd set you straight.
I perhaps i need to appoligize to the black people for saying "black" instead of "african american" in this blog. But then again...maybe you should check your life out!
-Chuck Out
Thursday, March 6, 2008
the late great
I was thinking yesterday about some of the great comedians that i enjoy listening to. Sure, obviously jerry sienfeld is there. I also don't mind dane cook now and then, and even some redneck humour with the blue collar guys is good.
But when i think of some really original, "different" comedy, i think of one name. The late great Mitch Hedberg.
I'd like to share a few of mitch's jokes in my blog today. For those of you who haven't ever heard mitch, let me explain a few things. Mitch does not do a nice flowing comedy show. He only gets on stage and does one-liners, none of which flows to the next. And you have to understand that mitch is almost always baked during his show. His speach is slow and slurred, and he can hardly stand.
Ok here are a few of my favorites from mitch. (they are cleaned up for content as i miantain a pg rating on this blog...until i decide otherwise)
-I want to get a vending machine, with fun sized candy bars, and the glass in front is a magnifying glass. You'll be mad, but it will be too late.
-An escalator can never break: it can only become stairs. You should never see an
Escalator Temporarily Out Of Order sign, just Escalator Temporarily Stairs. Sorry for the convenience.
-Chicago is known as the Windy City, and Montana is called the Big Sky State, so I think that we should somehow combine the two to create the ultimate kite-flying experience.
-Every time I go and shave, I assume there's someone else on the planet shaving. So I say, 'I'm gonna go shave, too.'
-I bought a seven-dollar pen because I always lose pens and I got sick of not caring.
-I like refried beans. That's why I wanna try fried beans, because maybe they're just as good and we're just wasting time. You don't have to fry them again after all.
-I once saw a forklift lift a crate of forks. And it was way to literal for me.
-I recently took up ice sculpting. Last night I made an ice cube. This morning I made 12, I was prolific.
-I saw a human pyramid once. It was very unnecessary. It did not need to exist.
-I think foosball is a combination of soccer and shish kabobs.
-I used to do drugs. I still do, but I used to, too.
- was at this casino minding my own business, and this guy came up to me and said, "You're gonna have to move, you're blocking a fire exit." As though if there was a fire, I wasn't gonna run. If you're flammible and have legs, you are never blocking a fire exit.
-I wish I could play little league now. I'd be way better than before.
-I would imagine if you could understand Morse Code, a tap dancer would drive you crazy.
-I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it.
-If carrots got you drunk, rabbits would be messed-up.
-It's very dangerous to wave to people you don't know because what if they don't have hands? They'll think you're cocky.
Thanks Mitch
But when i think of some really original, "different" comedy, i think of one name. The late great Mitch Hedberg.
I'd like to share a few of mitch's jokes in my blog today. For those of you who haven't ever heard mitch, let me explain a few things. Mitch does not do a nice flowing comedy show. He only gets on stage and does one-liners, none of which flows to the next. And you have to understand that mitch is almost always baked during his show. His speach is slow and slurred, and he can hardly stand.
Ok here are a few of my favorites from mitch. (they are cleaned up for content as i miantain a pg rating on this blog...until i decide otherwise)
-I want to get a vending machine, with fun sized candy bars, and the glass in front is a magnifying glass. You'll be mad, but it will be too late.
-An escalator can never break: it can only become stairs. You should never see an
Escalator Temporarily Out Of Order sign, just Escalator Temporarily Stairs. Sorry for the convenience.
-Chicago is known as the Windy City, and Montana is called the Big Sky State, so I think that we should somehow combine the two to create the ultimate kite-flying experience.
-Every time I go and shave, I assume there's someone else on the planet shaving. So I say, 'I'm gonna go shave, too.'
-I bought a seven-dollar pen because I always lose pens and I got sick of not caring.
-I like refried beans. That's why I wanna try fried beans, because maybe they're just as good and we're just wasting time. You don't have to fry them again after all.
-I once saw a forklift lift a crate of forks. And it was way to literal for me.
-I recently took up ice sculpting. Last night I made an ice cube. This morning I made 12, I was prolific.
-I saw a human pyramid once. It was very unnecessary. It did not need to exist.
-I think foosball is a combination of soccer and shish kabobs.
-I used to do drugs. I still do, but I used to, too.
- was at this casino minding my own business, and this guy came up to me and said, "You're gonna have to move, you're blocking a fire exit." As though if there was a fire, I wasn't gonna run. If you're flammible and have legs, you are never blocking a fire exit.
-I wish I could play little league now. I'd be way better than before.
-I would imagine if you could understand Morse Code, a tap dancer would drive you crazy.
-I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it.
-If carrots got you drunk, rabbits would be messed-up.
-It's very dangerous to wave to people you don't know because what if they don't have hands? They'll think you're cocky.
Thanks Mitch
Monday, March 3, 2008
a short story and terrorists
Ok, today for your reading pleasure, i will tell you a story about a man named...well, let's call him wayne...because after all, that is his real name.
I met wayne a few weeks ago. He came into the shop, and was looking for a bearing. Now the first thing you notice about this guy is that he talks with a very low voice, and mumbles constantly. It's sounds like if you tried to talk with your teeth clenched. So wayne earned himself the nickname "the mumbler".
Now, we all know that i'm not one to jump to conclusions...ahem..but, call me crazy but within 2 minutes of meeting the mumbler, i pegged him to be a trekkie. I actually thought in my head " i bet this guy loves to try to figure out trig functions for the proton ion flux capacitor used in season 3 episode 4"
Anyway, to make a long awsome story short and boring...the mumbler was in on friday, and loves star treck. Has thick books on star trek.
what can i say, I have a gift.
Speaking of racial profiling, here's a question for you.
Your a border guard between canada and the us. A car drives up to your station. The car is being driven by a muslum man, late 30's, wearing the white robe type thing, long beard, heavy accent, and a turban.
Ok, now here's the question:
Do you grill this guy more than a 80 year old white woman?
I will answer that quesion in my next blog.
I met wayne a few weeks ago. He came into the shop, and was looking for a bearing. Now the first thing you notice about this guy is that he talks with a very low voice, and mumbles constantly. It's sounds like if you tried to talk with your teeth clenched. So wayne earned himself the nickname "the mumbler".
Now, we all know that i'm not one to jump to conclusions...ahem..but, call me crazy but within 2 minutes of meeting the mumbler, i pegged him to be a trekkie. I actually thought in my head " i bet this guy loves to try to figure out trig functions for the proton ion flux capacitor used in season 3 episode 4"
Anyway, to make a long awsome story short and boring...the mumbler was in on friday, and loves star treck. Has thick books on star trek.
what can i say, I have a gift.
Speaking of racial profiling, here's a question for you.
Your a border guard between canada and the us. A car drives up to your station. The car is being driven by a muslum man, late 30's, wearing the white robe type thing, long beard, heavy accent, and a turban.
Ok, now here's the question:
Do you grill this guy more than a 80 year old white woman?
I will answer that quesion in my next blog.
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Various Rants About Things
In this blog, i will go through a few different things that really bother me. They may not bother you at all, but it's not about you.
Remember a few years ago everyone and their dog wanted their kids to have a tickle me elmo? What was with that? paying hundreads of dollars for a stuffed animal that shakes. Why not just get a regular elmo doll, cut it open, put your cell phone in there set on vibrate, and call it everytime you want it to vibrate.
We as a society are all about short forming things. And normally i agree, why write out television, when you could just put tv. But one short form that's really getting on my nerves is High Def. Please never say "high def". If you must shortform high defenition, pleas just say HD. If ever anyone starts to talk to me about high def...i know instantly that they know nothing of what they are talking about.
Ok, here's another thing/people that really bothers me. PETA. No, i'm not bothered by the accronymn that stands for "People for Ethical Treatment of Animals". The short form is fine, who'd want to say that title more than once. I'm bothered by the members of this group. Their ethical compass is way off. Someone should notify them that their are actually HUMANS who are starving, being tortured, being abused, and killed. Did they not get that memo? Because they are more woried that i'm feeding my dog the cheap dogfood with less protein. And for that i should be thrown in jail. It is sickening to me that they get so much media coverage too. You know how we could cure these people...ok, so cut off every members left hand...then see how much they care about rex's protein level.
Have you ever tried to use a 3-hole punch on like 15 papers at the same time? If you haven't, let me explain to you what happens, because i have vast experiance with such matters. It doesn't work. Then you spend the next 15 minutes trying to get your papers unstuck from the devil machine without ripping the holes. Because we all know that there is nothing worse that a binder with that one paper that just doesn't sit right because some knob ripped the hole. After 15 minutes your papers are still stuck, and you say "to heck with it!" and ripp them all out. They you spend the next 15 minutes using scotch tape to repair the damaged papers. I hate 3- hole punches.
You ever have a progam on your computer freeze? And you have to hit ctrl+alt+delete. Brings up the task manager, and you have to manualy "end task" on that program? Well it happens to me everyday. After stalling your computer for like 5 minutes and it finally shuts down the program. Then a pop-up comes and asks you if you'd like to send this error report. I have a question. Where does this report go? Does anyone actually check these things? Does microsoft really care that my mindsweeper game shut down just as i was going to complete expert!? NO. Then why ask me to send the report?
-chuck out
Remember a few years ago everyone and their dog wanted their kids to have a tickle me elmo? What was with that? paying hundreads of dollars for a stuffed animal that shakes. Why not just get a regular elmo doll, cut it open, put your cell phone in there set on vibrate, and call it everytime you want it to vibrate.
We as a society are all about short forming things. And normally i agree, why write out television, when you could just put tv. But one short form that's really getting on my nerves is High Def. Please never say "high def". If you must shortform high defenition, pleas just say HD. If ever anyone starts to talk to me about high def...i know instantly that they know nothing of what they are talking about.
Ok, here's another thing/people that really bothers me. PETA. No, i'm not bothered by the accronymn that stands for "People for Ethical Treatment of Animals". The short form is fine, who'd want to say that title more than once. I'm bothered by the members of this group. Their ethical compass is way off. Someone should notify them that their are actually HUMANS who are starving, being tortured, being abused, and killed. Did they not get that memo? Because they are more woried that i'm feeding my dog the cheap dogfood with less protein. And for that i should be thrown in jail. It is sickening to me that they get so much media coverage too. You know how we could cure these people...ok, so cut off every members left hand...then see how much they care about rex's protein level.
Have you ever tried to use a 3-hole punch on like 15 papers at the same time? If you haven't, let me explain to you what happens, because i have vast experiance with such matters. It doesn't work. Then you spend the next 15 minutes trying to get your papers unstuck from the devil machine without ripping the holes. Because we all know that there is nothing worse that a binder with that one paper that just doesn't sit right because some knob ripped the hole. After 15 minutes your papers are still stuck, and you say "to heck with it!" and ripp them all out. They you spend the next 15 minutes using scotch tape to repair the damaged papers. I hate 3- hole punches.
You ever have a progam on your computer freeze? And you have to hit ctrl+alt+delete. Brings up the task manager, and you have to manualy "end task" on that program? Well it happens to me everyday. After stalling your computer for like 5 minutes and it finally shuts down the program. Then a pop-up comes and asks you if you'd like to send this error report. I have a question. Where does this report go? Does anyone actually check these things? Does microsoft really care that my mindsweeper game shut down just as i was going to complete expert!? NO. Then why ask me to send the report?
-chuck out
Monday, February 11, 2008
Just crusing
I had never been on a cruise before...until last week. Now let me just say that my parents have been on a few, and i've seen all the pictures. I would look at them and think " yeah that's a big boat" but nothing would prepare me for seeing the size of this ship in real life. Our ship was absolutly MASSIVE! To give you a bit of perspective, let me list some of the things that were on our ship:
-3 pools
-5 hot tubs
-countless clubs/bars/lounges all playing different styles of live music.
- all of these clubs have like 2-3 bars in them
- a large casino
- shopping center
- minigolf
-45' climbing wall
- skating rink (with much seating for ice shows)
- a large theater for live productions
- a movie theater
- basketball court
-a masive 3 story dining room (with the staircase like titanic)
Now remember...this is a boat...i couldn't belive it.
I now love cruises! Best vacation i've ever had. But let me start where a good story always starts...at the beginning...
It started last year at julia's gruduation party. I suprised her with a cruise. Well, i tried to suprise her. The fact is that after i had started looking for a cruise...SHE started looking. She would get fairly ticked because i refused to look with her, or even entertain the idea of going on a cruise. (as i had already booked one). We would have the same argument every couple nights for 2 weeks. "Rob, come and look at this cruise i found" "Julia, where are we going to get money for a cruise?" "Rob, just come and look, it's not that expensive." "Why don't we talk about this in a few months...maybe we can save some money for it" "Rob we should look now.." "NO, i'm not lloking now" ect.ect.
So a rough couple of weeks for me to have to keep my secret. Anyway i gave it to her for her graduaton from waterloo. She was happy. I was happy. Everything ran soomthly in the Dueckman household.
We had decided that since we were catching a deathly early flight on saturday, that we would stay overnight in detroit. So on friday after worked we packed the car, headed out...our destination was the howard johnson by the airport. We checked in and went to the room. It was a decent room...not a dump, but not the hilton either...no real big complaints about it. My complaint came at 4:00 in the morning. We woke up, both expecting to shower and head to the airport. Well when we turned on the hot water...it came only freezing cold. So we let it run...and run..and run hopeing that the hot water would eventually come....but after 10 mintues of cold...we couldn't wait anymore. We had to leave for the airport. So we went to the front desk to check out, and i told the guy about our lack of hotwater. He siad "you just need to let it run" I informed him nicely that we had let it run for 10 minutes, and still no heat. He then proceeded to let me know that the reason there was no hot water was because i didn't know how to work it. And that there were no other complaints, so there must not be a problem.
2 things were clear to me at this point:
1. I was talking to a genius. I mean obviously we was smarter than me...after all he knew how to turn on a hot water tap (something i clearly didn't know). And also he had gotten no other complaints...because most people are trying to shower at 4:00 in the morning.
2. I was getting no discount on my room.
So fine we left...i didn't have time to argue with him. And we were off to Florida.
I'll skip ahead to bore you of the details of how cheap spirit airlines is.
Our cruise's first 2 days were at sea. So julia and I kept ourselves very busy with various activities like rock climbing, touring the entire ship, eating too much, and going to a really sweet comidieans/shows in the live theater.
*side note*
These shows were spectacular! Throughout the entire cruise i didn't hear a single wrong note by any of the singer, or musicians. The sound was spectacular, as was the lighting. I'm not suprised because the guy in charge of sound was named "magic". One time a singer came in louder than the sound guy anticipated, and i cuaght a tiny hint of feedback...so slight julia didn't even notice. I glanced back at the soundboard...all of them had their jaws dropped, and couldn't believe was just happened. Needless to say they were on top of things.
We also watched the superbowl in the ice theater. They had tacken the ice out, and there were a bunch of tv's and a big screen in the middle. Where the ice had been they had hotdogs, wings, nachos ect.
*side note*
Best superbowl in a long time! Thankyou Eli for shutting up all the critics back in NY. Also thankyou to all of the cocky New England fans who were wearing "19-0" shirts. You make me laugh. Also thanks to tyree who made the most amazing catch ever.
Our second day was a stop at jamaica. Jamaica felt bitter sweet to me. We had a lot of fun...got to climb up dunn's river falls, which is a pretty sweet thing. A winding waterfall that streches like 2 football finds long. It was cool. We went to a bunch of shops, and walked around the town. The bad part of jamaica was that you couldn't make eye contact with anyone because if you did, you would end up being hounded for 10 mintues about buying some trinket, or going on a taxi tour. I must have said "no-thankyou" over 100 times. Oh, we also saw a cultrual show with fire eating..dancing...that sort of thing. It was pretty alright.
Next day was Grand cayman. I love grandcayman! Everything was really clean and well taken care of. The people were freindly and didn't bagger you for anything. We walked around the town all morning, then we went snorkeling. We went to a shipwreck, and then a reef. There were many colourfull fish. Probably the best snorkeling i've ever done. Grand cayman is awsome. Much better than Jamica.
The next day was another day at sea. We again definetly were not bored. We went skating, sat by the pool, and i entered a speed climbing competition. I suprisinly finished 2nd. I lost to a chinese guy.
*side note*
I was not at all disapointed for losing to a chinese guy! Have you ever seen a jackie chan movie where he's like climbing up buildings and punching and kicking like 50 nijas at a time!? Jackie chan is chinese...need i say more?
All in all this cruise was the best thing ever. If you've never been you need to go! Tommorow!
-chuck out
-3 pools
-5 hot tubs
-countless clubs/bars/lounges all playing different styles of live music.
- all of these clubs have like 2-3 bars in them
- a large casino
- shopping center
- minigolf
-45' climbing wall
- skating rink (with much seating for ice shows)
- a large theater for live productions
- a movie theater
- basketball court
-a masive 3 story dining room (with the staircase like titanic)
Now remember...this is a boat...i couldn't belive it.
I now love cruises! Best vacation i've ever had. But let me start where a good story always starts...at the beginning...
It started last year at julia's gruduation party. I suprised her with a cruise. Well, i tried to suprise her. The fact is that after i had started looking for a cruise...SHE started looking. She would get fairly ticked because i refused to look with her, or even entertain the idea of going on a cruise. (as i had already booked one). We would have the same argument every couple nights for 2 weeks. "Rob, come and look at this cruise i found" "Julia, where are we going to get money for a cruise?" "Rob, just come and look, it's not that expensive." "Why don't we talk about this in a few months...maybe we can save some money for it" "Rob we should look now.." "NO, i'm not lloking now" ect.ect.
So a rough couple of weeks for me to have to keep my secret. Anyway i gave it to her for her graduaton from waterloo. She was happy. I was happy. Everything ran soomthly in the Dueckman household.
We had decided that since we were catching a deathly early flight on saturday, that we would stay overnight in detroit. So on friday after worked we packed the car, headed out...our destination was the howard johnson by the airport. We checked in and went to the room. It was a decent room...not a dump, but not the hilton either...no real big complaints about it. My complaint came at 4:00 in the morning. We woke up, both expecting to shower and head to the airport. Well when we turned on the hot water...it came only freezing cold. So we let it run...and run..and run hopeing that the hot water would eventually come....but after 10 mintues of cold...we couldn't wait anymore. We had to leave for the airport. So we went to the front desk to check out, and i told the guy about our lack of hotwater. He siad "you just need to let it run" I informed him nicely that we had let it run for 10 minutes, and still no heat. He then proceeded to let me know that the reason there was no hot water was because i didn't know how to work it. And that there were no other complaints, so there must not be a problem.
2 things were clear to me at this point:
1. I was talking to a genius. I mean obviously we was smarter than me...after all he knew how to turn on a hot water tap (something i clearly didn't know). And also he had gotten no other complaints...because most people are trying to shower at 4:00 in the morning.
2. I was getting no discount on my room.
So fine we left...i didn't have time to argue with him. And we were off to Florida.
I'll skip ahead to bore you of the details of how cheap spirit airlines is.
Our cruise's first 2 days were at sea. So julia and I kept ourselves very busy with various activities like rock climbing, touring the entire ship, eating too much, and going to a really sweet comidieans/shows in the live theater.
*side note*
These shows were spectacular! Throughout the entire cruise i didn't hear a single wrong note by any of the singer, or musicians. The sound was spectacular, as was the lighting. I'm not suprised because the guy in charge of sound was named "magic". One time a singer came in louder than the sound guy anticipated, and i cuaght a tiny hint of feedback...so slight julia didn't even notice. I glanced back at the soundboard...all of them had their jaws dropped, and couldn't believe was just happened. Needless to say they were on top of things.
We also watched the superbowl in the ice theater. They had tacken the ice out, and there were a bunch of tv's and a big screen in the middle. Where the ice had been they had hotdogs, wings, nachos ect.
*side note*
Best superbowl in a long time! Thankyou Eli for shutting up all the critics back in NY. Also thankyou to all of the cocky New England fans who were wearing "19-0" shirts. You make me laugh. Also thanks to tyree who made the most amazing catch ever.
Our second day was a stop at jamaica. Jamaica felt bitter sweet to me. We had a lot of fun...got to climb up dunn's river falls, which is a pretty sweet thing. A winding waterfall that streches like 2 football finds long. It was cool. We went to a bunch of shops, and walked around the town. The bad part of jamaica was that you couldn't make eye contact with anyone because if you did, you would end up being hounded for 10 mintues about buying some trinket, or going on a taxi tour. I must have said "no-thankyou" over 100 times. Oh, we also saw a cultrual show with fire eating..dancing...that sort of thing. It was pretty alright.
Next day was Grand cayman. I love grandcayman! Everything was really clean and well taken care of. The people were freindly and didn't bagger you for anything. We walked around the town all morning, then we went snorkeling. We went to a shipwreck, and then a reef. There were many colourfull fish. Probably the best snorkeling i've ever done. Grand cayman is awsome. Much better than Jamica.
The next day was another day at sea. We again definetly were not bored. We went skating, sat by the pool, and i entered a speed climbing competition. I suprisinly finished 2nd. I lost to a chinese guy.
*side note*
I was not at all disapointed for losing to a chinese guy! Have you ever seen a jackie chan movie where he's like climbing up buildings and punching and kicking like 50 nijas at a time!? Jackie chan is chinese...need i say more?
All in all this cruise was the best thing ever. If you've never been you need to go! Tommorow!
-chuck out
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Smoke Show
Because I am the low man on the totem pole at work, i get some of the crappy jobs. One of which happens to be sweeping in front of the store. I did so this morning. It's not so much that i don't like sweeping, it's just the annoyance of having to interrupt my multi-million dollar sales to go sweep. Ok, ok multi-hundred dollar sales, but still.
But, the fact that i'm still "the new guy" at work after almost 4 years is not what this blog is about...nor is it about sweeping. It's not about my work at all. I know, you're saying "well chuck, if it's not about your job, then why have you wasted my time so far with all this talk about it."
Well i will respond with this. " Perhaps maybe if you could keep your chubby fingers off the keyboard, and stop interrupting me for 5 seconds maybe you'd learn something. Or maybe if you didn't read so dang slow you'd already be past this part, and on to something more meaningful. And if you want to blame your slow literacy development on someone, you can blame your public school teachers...because they are probably liberal, thus making it their fault And might i also comment on the fact that you didn't even use correct grammar in your interruption. at least put a question mark at the end of your question. jeez.
Moving on to the reason i'm writing, SMOKERS. Now i don't have a problem with most people who smoke, but there are those few who ruin it for the rest... have you ever seen that guy...you know the one i'm talking about. He's anywhere from 35-60, and you can tell by the way he's sucking on that death stick that he's still riding the fact that smoking was cool in highschool. This guy actually believes that people are watching him smoke and thinking (man that guy is tough). He's the type of guy who, if you went up and talked to him while he's smoking...he'll leave the cigarette in the corner of his lips while he talks. It will just hang there, almost falling out, but it never does. And he knows you notice...he doesn't say anything, but he knows.
The thing that annoys me most about this type of smoker is they don't care where their cigarette butt lands, as long as they do the "cool" flick thing when they discard it. You know the flick...hold your hand out palm up. now touch your middle finger nail to your thumb, then flick. You've seen it before. You know the flick. But if these smokers really want to put out the vibes, they turn their palm down and execute the same maneuver...but this time with just the slightest wrist movement along with the flick. But to really put them over the top...look the other way while you flick as if you don't even notice that your doing it.
Now at our store, we have a cigarette but dispenser sitting right by the door so as to eliminate all the gross looking cigarette butts right outside the door. I get annoyed because while i'm sweeping the front of the store, i continually notice 5-7 cigarette butts withing 4 feet of the dispenser. Now i'm not quite sure on the problem here...is a cigarette dispenser not cool enough? are there that many people executing the " no look flick"? Are these smokers too winded from getting out of their vehicle to walk the 4 feet? I'm really not sure.
This is chuck saying if you must smoke, make it a big fat stogie.
-chuck out
But, the fact that i'm still "the new guy" at work after almost 4 years is not what this blog is about...nor is it about sweeping. It's not about my work at all. I know, you're saying "well chuck, if it's not about your job, then why have you wasted my time so far with all this talk about it."
Well i will respond with this. " Perhaps maybe if you could keep your chubby fingers off the keyboard, and stop interrupting me for 5 seconds maybe you'd learn something. Or maybe if you didn't read so dang slow you'd already be past this part, and on to something more meaningful. And if you want to blame your slow literacy development on someone, you can blame your public school teachers...because they are probably liberal, thus making it their fault And might i also comment on the fact that you didn't even use correct grammar in your interruption. at least put a question mark at the end of your question. jeez.
Moving on to the reason i'm writing, SMOKERS. Now i don't have a problem with most people who smoke, but there are those few who ruin it for the rest... have you ever seen that guy...you know the one i'm talking about. He's anywhere from 35-60, and you can tell by the way he's sucking on that death stick that he's still riding the fact that smoking was cool in highschool. This guy actually believes that people are watching him smoke and thinking (man that guy is tough). He's the type of guy who, if you went up and talked to him while he's smoking...he'll leave the cigarette in the corner of his lips while he talks. It will just hang there, almost falling out, but it never does. And he knows you notice...he doesn't say anything, but he knows.
The thing that annoys me most about this type of smoker is they don't care where their cigarette butt lands, as long as they do the "cool" flick thing when they discard it. You know the flick...hold your hand out palm up. now touch your middle finger nail to your thumb, then flick. You've seen it before. You know the flick. But if these smokers really want to put out the vibes, they turn their palm down and execute the same maneuver...but this time with just the slightest wrist movement along with the flick. But to really put them over the top...look the other way while you flick as if you don't even notice that your doing it.
Now at our store, we have a cigarette but dispenser sitting right by the door so as to eliminate all the gross looking cigarette butts right outside the door. I get annoyed because while i'm sweeping the front of the store, i continually notice 5-7 cigarette butts withing 4 feet of the dispenser. Now i'm not quite sure on the problem here...is a cigarette dispenser not cool enough? are there that many people executing the " no look flick"? Are these smokers too winded from getting out of their vehicle to walk the 4 feet? I'm really not sure.
This is chuck saying if you must smoke, make it a big fat stogie.
-chuck out
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