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That cool project that was talked about a few weeks back has now opened in PEI. Just thought I’d mention it, get people over here thinking again ;)
Mail Delivery, High Speed Wireless Internet, 24/7 keyed access, Two bathrooms, one has a shower, Printer, Copier, Fax, Fully Equipped Kitchen, Lounge, Boardroom, Two work rooms, Some laundry facilites (washer & dryer), Other misc. things
Two very very good posts that I found one after the other, both on sites I didn’t know before.
First this great story on Waiter rant, very well written and personal. It’s much longer that what I write and than most of what I link but do take the time to read the whole thing. It’s a “slice of life” in the best sense possible.
Second, in a completely different register; The Life of a Phone Monkey is a bit like Dilbert and “a big bit” like real life in sales.
You’d think you were talking to God, the way this guy acts. The call will usually start off with something like “How did you get this number?” Hey buddy, I looked up your company on the Internet, called the main number, asked for the guy with the stupid shit-eating grin on the management webpage, and lo and behold, they transferred me to you. Guys like this usually find it necessary to verbally berate me in a pathetic attempt to show how powerful they are. In reality, I just picture some fat prick with jowls and a beer gut whose ass I would kick if he ever pulled that shit in real life. If I didn’t give a shit about job security, I’d show him what being pissed off is really like. Of course, if I’m calling a company like Halliburton or Diebold, I’d probably end up having an “accident” one day on my way to work.
Thin walls aren’t a problem when you hear your professional classical musician neighbour practicing. It’s kind of a laugh when once in a while you hear the other neighbours having sex. But boy, the real fun begins when the new neighbours bring home the newborn kid that cries like they are known to do. Now that my friends, that, is funny. cough yeah, that’s the word. Funny.
Ocean’s Twelve (8.0)
Yes, ladies and gentlemen, two F1 posts in 5 days! I’ve been pretty disapointed with Jacquo’s performance this season but still, my first reflex when reading that BMW just bought a majority stake in Sauber was to hope he can manage to keep his job and last until the—no doubt better—new car next year. Remains to be seen. Some say that Massa has to drive a Ferrari engine so he’d be gone but Barrichello might be looking at his seat and some people at BMW don’t like Villeneuve. Silly season should prove interesting.
Bad title. Just a quick note to mention that you should reload, I’ve done some medium size changes to the css styling of this site.
Michael is meming me the book thing. Thanks.
Books I own
About 670. I thought it would have been more. Can we count comicbooks? Haven’t bought any in a while but sure would help the total ;)
Last books bought
Le gout de Florence
Antéchrista
Terrain Vague
Last book read
Antéchrista
Sans sang
Ringworld’s Children
Five Books that Mean a Lot to Me
I don’t think any books really mean something to me but here are some favorites.
The Neanderthal Parallax Trilogy, Robert J. Sawyer
Rule of the Bone, Russel Banks
Microserfs, Douglas Coupland
Survivor, Chuck Palahniuk
Pattern Recognition, William Gibson
Best UnAsked Meme Question
How big is your unread pile? (Counting non-fiction, about 15)
Ce soir les messieurs de la FIA peuvent se compter chanceux que le ridicule ne tue pas parce que sinon, raides morts qu’ils tombaient.
Incroyable! Tenir une course à 6 voitures c’est une honte et ca défonce de grands bouts de crédibilité pour la F1. Ferrari, morons jusqu’au bout, ont été la seule équipe a ne pas donné leur accord pour la chicane demandée par Michelin. Ils n’ont ensuite même pas laissé leur pilotes se battre. C’est le dernier d’une longue série de gestes par Ferrari qui ne montrent aucun, mais aucun, respect pour les fans, pour l’intégrité du sport, pour la compétition.
Depuis la domination de Shumacher ces dernières années qu’ils se moquent de tout le monde en empêchant leurs pilotes de se battrent, en obligeant Barrichello à laisser le passage à l’empereur. Platte, inacceptable, honteux, ridicule.
Cette année toutes les écuries se sont entendues pour restreindre les essais (et ainsi les coûts) sauf… Ferrari qui continue de faire des essais de façon continue, au vues et aux sues de tout le monde, envoyer promener les autres écuries et le sport en général.
Aujourd’hui, c’est donc simplement le plus récent épisode. D’accord, la FIA a son gros mots à dire et sa très grande part de blâme à prendre. D’accord, Michelin a fait une grosse erreur avec ses pneumatiques mais une solution acceptable existait. La FIA, une gang de bureaucrates, sont ridicules mais ceux qui devraient se cacher, s’excuser, et réviser leur implication, ce sont les gens de chez Ferrari. Ce sont supposé êtres des sportif, des amants de la course, de fiers compétiteurs et malgré les efforts que leurs employés mettent de bonne fois pour produire des voitures performantes leurs patrons les traînent—et le sport au complet du même coup—dans la boue. Pa.thé.tique.
Blade: Trinity (4.0)
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