i was marking a business/math student's homework when i came across this gem, which was part of a response to the question of what they wanted to be when they grew up ( Read more... )

today at work i was asked to 'destroy', as in empty, 138 1.5L bottles of Heineken beer. these special Christmas 'magnum'-sized bottles were fitted with corks that were apparently defective, and thus could not be sold. so, for four hours, i poured 207 litres of my favourite brew down a drain. a sad day.

on a sidenote, the jibe "hey, andrew, you ( Read more... )

No one's hangin' stockin's up,
No one's bakin' pie,
No one's lookin' up to see
A new star in the sky.
No one's talkin' brotherhood,
No one's givin' gifts,
And no one loves a Christmas tree
On March the twenty-fifth.

- Shel Silverstein

"Walk the plank," says Pirate Jim ( Read more... )

[02:32:02] andrew: im gonna update my blog soon…eventually ( Read more... )

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