okay, so... it's the middle of August, and it's only getting up to the mid teens during the day. Where is summer? Maybe there's a lesson for me here: don't live in Hinton if you want true summer... though I haven't had to bother with shorts this year yet... just roll up your pants a bit and you're set. Makes field work more bearable, but still, I'd like some warm weather... please?

oh man, jew turn to Danny and say, "THAT'S SOOO GAY!!!" didja? didja?

I got a parking ticket delivering water to the Pride Center of Edmonton. Yes, it's exactly what you think it is. Very rainbowy inside.

No e-mail from my prof yet on whether I'll get an extension. The UofA site seems to be working properly now though it wasn't this morning... but I won't have time to finish the essay until tomorrow. Man, why does this shit always happen to me? I mean, yeah... of course you shouldn't leave things till the last minute, but when you're doing 15-hour days on a regular basis, and work 8 hour days on the weekend, it doesn't really leave much choice.

I think I should be okay though... because seriously; how can they fail me when it's that very institution I'm paying that fucked up and prevented me from completing it on time.

My boss at work today said to me "just say it with me now: that's, total, bull, shit."


He's right.

no, the difference is that the pornographic material from GTA was data that was actually physically present on the disc that they sold. The Sims2 on the other hand does not contain the pornographic information on the software they are retailing; it's only through a downloadable mod that this is available. That's why GTA got bumped in rating and Sims2 did not.

Chatterbox has an interview with Jack "The Sims 2 is porn!" Thompson this week. It was intended to be half an hour, but runs to an hour twenty minutes. I can put up the clip in particular later (it'll require some cutting of the mp3), but his argument that EA is part of a conspiracy (he actually says 'legal conspiracy') with pornographers to get porn into the hands of children goes as follows.

• The Sims 2 is rated T for Teen
• Kids can buy games of that rating
• EA doesn't crack down on people modding The Sims 2
• Some of the mods include making the characters' sexual organs more anatomically defined (I'm taking his word on this one)


• Therefore, EA is giving tacit approval for pornographers to get porn into the hands of children

"To Ron's credit, it was one helluva way to go out," human resources manager Gail Everts said. "Ron clearly spent a lot of time on that presentation. If the subject matter weren't so heavy, we'd probably use it to train his replacement."

Beautiful.

Project Manager Leaves Suicide PowerPoint Presentation:

Today:

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has asked for forgiveness from the Brazilian people for a scandal that has engulfed his government.
He apologised in a televised address to the nation, but said he "did not know" about the alleged corruption and that he felt betrayed.

Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin has made an address aired by television and radio, appealing directly to the country in a controversial and some say desperate attempt to save his crumbling minority government.
The governing Liberals have been embroiled in a corruption scandal, involving millions of dollars of government money.

I figure this issue would have been dropped by now...

Sovereigntist wants to know how Jean voted in 1995 referendum

Anyways...

"Did you ever hear of dynamite? He ain't going to like dynamite,"

That's rough...