flying tar
workers fixing the roof spent a lot of time flinging down huge pieces of roofing managing to rip my clothesline out of the wall and fuck up my phone line.
subsequently, it was a huge hassle to get access to the back courtyard so the bell tech could install a new line.
on the plus side - i met the owner of the building next door, "chacha", who informed me that she and my landlord are in a huge feud - apparently he thinks she broke a gate to get access to the courtyard; she points out it's probably the neighbourhood crack addicts.
should be an interesting summer.

homely
i just made a change to the wiktionary adding an entry for homely
- very empowering...
in case it gets erased:
Proficient in skills needed to maintain a home (common usage - Indian subcontinent e.g. in matrimonial advertisements)

my cousins were quite surprised to learn of the common dictionary meaning.
i figure a billion english speakers using it that way has to count for something....

a message from marn - when the habs were still in the playoffs....
(i've deleted her phone number)

This contains the classic sound of someone hitting the ground that only the pink panther series got right. We would try to recreate it in highschool to no avail....listen for it when the guy gets hit by a boulder....

reeeeally?

summer = time to shave

OK - Goose just ate a centipede. As I was googling whether it is safe for her to do so (since they can bite and cause swelling like a bee-sting) I came across all these links to a video of a Giant Centipede eating a mouse....I linked to it myself but then thought anyone just can google it themselves if they want trouble sleeping at night....

Made a new server for home because the noise was driving me crazy. So resurrected and reinstalled a machine with a 400 MHz processor to replace my 200 MHz processor machine. Wow - went from 9 yr old technology to 7 yr old technology...and it's still kind of noisy.

Made Jack Rustle songs available for download....

Cup of Robots by a gantry robot

cupofrobots_by_gantryrobot
Originally uploaded by prasun.

my first flickr upload after more than a year of having an account on flickr....blame aaron (for the t-shirt AND for making me upload a photo of it)

Dr. Seuss and Mel Blanc team up....the early years

i am getting addicted to this site - operate model trains over the web and watch them move in realtime....

mr ducks
mr not ducks
m2 r ducks, cdedbd wings?
well oil beef hooked. mr ducks

Very nice drawings here - makes me want to get a tablet...but first i should use the watercolours given to me last year....

Quebec pop? Go figure....

apparently - today is the most depressing day of the year

The transport gods are after me. My car was stolen last week. I got it back at the end of the week as the thieves (I suspect a couple of homeless kids) were arrested in Quebec City. Nice and toasty with a 101 fever I took a morning bus to Quebec, cab ride to the towing yard, had the guy show me how to start my car with a screwdriver, drove back to Montreal in a storm and dropped it off at the garage. Before even doing any repairs I'd shelled out over $200 just to get my stolen car back - $100 just to the towing company. (I don't have insurance). Beyond leaving the car a shithole with my personal belongings strewn all over the back seat intermingled with their clothes (including underwear) - they were kind enough to bust the ignition, a window, the lock to the trunk, and rip out the back seat.
The gods ain't done quite yet. I just brought my bike in from outside as it was finally above zero and I could unlock the frozen bike lock - i figured I'd "dry out" the lock inside so I could start using my bike again. No go. It seems one of Montreal's finest snowplough drivers decided to use my bike as a battering ram. The frame is a pretzel.
Tommorrow I expect to find my shoes burned to a crisp under the transport gods' magnifying glass of terror....

I was at a party last night and realized my blog-failings (or failed-bloggings). People prefaced ideas with "I just talked about this on my weblog...."
I didn't keep silent though. I talked about Batman because he is well published already.

Jive me
The Dialectizer

Burt studied music at McGill?
All Music Guide: Burt Bacharach