Last night I played my first ever game of softball. I pitched all seven innings to, which is amusing as I'd never pitched before either. Catching a softball with your hands isn't a good idea. Soft balls aren't soft. My right hand has a small bruise from doing so (I did hold on and get the out though ( Read more... )

Adagio Tea ... they make this very smart tea brewer that allows single mugs of loose leaf tea to be brewed on my desk. There's a big jug in which you dump boiling water and the loose tea. When it's ready, you park it on the mug and the tea drains out, leaving the leaves behind. Possibly the use of loose leaf tea is the secret here, but the ( Read more... )

50 States : http://www.sporcle.com/games/states.php (45 ( Read more... )

There's a scientific explanation for the weird weather currently hitting Vancouver Island.

"It's kind of crappy, there's no doubt about it," said Environment Canada meteorologist David Jones. "We've had the whole shooting match." Why did Bill Giles never describe the weather as crappy, that's what I want to know ( Read more... )

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Thursday, February 14th, 2008

Brains!

Friday, February 15th, 2008

Brains!!

Saturday, February 16th, 2008

Braains!!!

Sunday, February 17th, 2008

Braaainsss!!!!

Monday, February 18th, 2008

Braaiinnnsssss!!!!!

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008

Brainnsssszzzz!!!!!!

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Searching randomly on youtube I found both:

Thousand Yard Stare - 0-0 aet - the Indie band of my youth who should have been far better known.

The Slingbacks - All Pop, No Star Shireen Laine! I spoke to her once!

Mega City Four - Stop Wiz, RIP. But this was one of my all time favourite EPs ( Read more... )

So the big news is that John Edwards has quit the Democrat race. Moreover he's not pledged his support behind Hilary or Obama ( Read more... )