and not "white anglo-saxon protestant," the insect

so, guess who got stung by a wasp in a rather uncomfortable area, yet again!!!



yes, that's right, me... upper inner thigh, and thankfully not a centimetre closer

fucking wasps

What andy said . . . .

Remember: Bad Movie Night @ Pam's.
Tonight, 8:30 PM

Word.

not to rain on your parade, Par, but someone on CBC radio did the same postal service experiment in Canada, except they included stamps on all items... and all items were dropped anonymously in mail boxes... He even went to lengths to record (sound) his mailing of each item. There was a can of Chunky soup, a pair of sneakers (only one received), um... a hammer, a feather duster, a pot... the similarities are rather overwhelming (except he received way more of the items than this crew did, and none of them were inspected by the food and drug people). I can't remember which program it was through now either.... something like DNTO, Tapestry or another Saturday/Sunday afternoon show. It was rather silly to listen to, but entertaining all the same. Maybe the show with Promo Girl... I remember her being involved (like having to pick up the mail or something like that)...

email me a copy eh?

Oi. Reading your own report over and over again sucks. On the bright side, I might be sitting on the cure for insomnia here. w00t.

Postal Experiments:

Helium balloon: The balloon was attached to a weight. The address was written on the balloon with magic marker; no postage was affixed. Our operative argued strongly that he should be charged a negative postage and refunded the postal fees, because the transport airplane would actually be lighter as a result of our postal item. This line of reasoning merely received a laugh from the clerk. The balloon was refused; reasons given: transportation of helium, not wrapped.

Well, Al, I'm glad we could surpass your expectations.

So... We're rich! We're rich! We're rich! We're rich! We're rich! We're rich! We're rich! We're rich!

Ahem. What's most interesting about that article isn't so much that Alberta has a record surplus this year (I mean, we've all seen the price of oil; it'd be difficult not to expect a huge windfall from that.) No, the juicy bit is that, for years, oil companies have been investing in the oilsands project and have been able to count that investment against royalties. Basically, investment lets them reduce their royalty payments to the province. With oil so high, though, they're making so much money that they're running out of credit.

All that basically means that the province isn't just making more money because of the price, but will be making even more because they'll be able to collect full royalties and corporate taxes.

Maybe now we'll build that Scrooge McDuck-style swimming pool...

(That reminds me. I keep forgetting to post Lewis Black's brilliant rich-guy one-up-manship(.avi))

Sad news, Moog fans

Synth pioneer Dr. Robert Moog dies at 71