Read my thoughts going back 21 years.
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The long night has ended.
Two good events have occurred in the past week to counterbalance this annoying cough that's plagued me. Firstly, my new computer arrived on the 21st! Secondly, I am now officially done with high school.
With university approaching, I wanted a new computer. My former one, a Toshiba Satellite A70, was ... performance-challenged, to say it nicely. It was a nice computer in its own right, but clunky from the start…
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Please, when you come to Canada, change your money. It isn't that hard, and it will save me some headaches.
Thunder Bay is close to the border, so we get frequent American visitors to the art gallery. For some reason, they believe it's fine to just hand us American money. Canada's just the 51st state anyway, right? I know that when I go to the States, I don't flash my Canadian cash all around…
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With my last full day of high school tomorrow (well, today), it seems only fitting that I announce a slogan for this summer.
It is: "Unite the plots."
No, it probably doesn't mean much to you. :D But I'm going to put it up on a banner on my wall and stare at it every day, for it shall be my overriding goal as I venture into the scary task of writing book 2. Three…
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2010: Dateline NBC: To Catch a Terrorist airs. 2015: Citizens may purchase and carry personal nuclear weapons as per the second amendment, as it is everyone's right to protect his or herself from terrorism. 2017: Bleeding heart liberals demand tougher nuke-control laws after numerous drive-by nukings. 2020: The CW airs America's Next Top Terrorist. 2025: Government introduces "Adopt a Terrorist" program. Families may "adopt" a well-known terrorist and attempt to eliminate him or her…
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You heard me. I'm now among one of the elite who have read War and Peace from beginning to end. Not only that, but I am among the elite who read it for pleasure instead of being forced to read it for some other purpose. If only I could read Russian. :D This actually happened last week, but I never got around to blogging about it.
Yes, War and Peace was excruciatingly boring at times--particularly…
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School is not over yet; exams have yet to come, but tonight I went through the complicated tribulation of the graduation ceremony and emerged (although somewhat tired) unscathed. The ceremony was long, and at times dull, but it was an interesting experience nonetheless. I cried when our teachers sang, because not only did they sing well, but I thought about all they've done for us during our schooling. It's part of the reason I'm going…
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Yesterday was a bad grammar day. I kept on noticing so many little grammar mistakes everywhere I went, and it really annoyed me. By far, however, the largest one was pointed out to me by my coworker--this sign on the front of our GM dealership.
Take a moment to look at it. "Last year GM more than doubled the sales of it's nearest competitor." Firstly, there's the glaringly obvious mistake: "it's" means it is.…
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Anyone else noticed this new iGoogle thing that Google has going for it?
What's with the name? You would think that a company as creative as Google would be able to come up with a better name than something that--well, frankly, that sounds like a bad Apple rip-off. And this isn't just Google's problem. iWhatever has become the new "Whatever X" of our generation. I feel sorry for the poor letter--it's not even…
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Often you'll read one critic or intellectual or another say something along the lines of how Hollywood is destroying the movie industry, creating cheap flicks at the expense of "art" and "culture". And as much as I am sometimes tempted to agree with this cynical evaluation of our entertainment industry, I can't bring myself to jump on that bandwagon. I just can't.
I have observed that more movies are "packaged" these days. What are "packaged"…
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The Visa credit card company is always trying to give us free stuff. Think about it: "win what you buy"? That grocery contest? We all know that there ain't no such thing as a free lunch. The glorious capitalist system was founded on such a principle. So if Visa is giving away things for free, then they are violating the very foundation of free-market economy.
Is Visa in league with the terrorists? It wouldn't…
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