Too Many Nerds

My Dream of Death

2009-07-07T12:42:00.000-07:00

Last night I had one of the most vivid dreams in a LONG LONG time. Here is my best attempt to describe it.

So, like a lot of dreams, I don't remember a lot of it, but essentially Deb and I died in it. I think I eventually found out that we died in a car accident. Ok, so what's so weird about having a dream where we die? I've had several dreams where one of us dies (and usually they're all really shitty, of course.) Well, in this dream, yes, we do die... but we're still "here." We're still walking around, still have physical bodies, still totally fine.. we're just "dead." Confused? ya.. it was weird. We weren't zombies or anything. I remember at one point in the dream we were having a meeting of some sort with a person behind a desk. I mentioned that we went shopping the day before and she asked me how that was. My reply was "It was interesting." She asked me why it was interesting and I told her "We died the day before." Her response to that was "Oh, I'm sorry to hear that." I got phone calls from friends who'd say things like "I'm so to hear you died." It was more like losing your job than dying. We did, in fact, lose our jobs though. Dead people can't have jobs. But our Life insurance paid out for each of us, so our condo was paid off. I also recall being in "heaven" for a brief period, where every person is assigned a specific job and that's what they'd do forever. It didn't seem as heavenly as what we're told it is, so I came back to earth and lived among the "living." The interesting thing, or rather ANOTHER interesting thing about the dream, was that it wasn't a sad dream at all. It was actually a fantastic dream. Being dead meant we were much more "free" and life (or death I guess) just made so much more sense. I woke up and usually in the morning I am extremely slow to get going and not in much of a mood for anything other than more sleep, but today I was quite a bit more pleasant mood than usual. I think that has more to do with the fact that I had a really good sleep (hence the really vivid dream)

Ya... I have some really amazing dreams sometimes.

"You mean to tell me that we can't feed our kids?!"

2009-05-06T13:55:00.000-07:00

What. The. Fuck.

GO HOME AND MAKE DINNER YOU FUCKING RETARDS!

Luke's diving into my Sarlacc pit!

2009-01-29T17:15:00.000-08:00

Is it real or is it memorex

2009-01-11T17:19:00.000-08:00

I don't know if this guy is for real, or if he's just pullin' shit on the tubes known as "them internets," but I lol'd at this for a while:

Hilarity #1

Hilarity #2

It's from the same guy

Watch out for the Sudoku Killer

2009-01-07T19:30:00.001-08:00

Don't shout at your JBODs

2009-01-02T23:06:00.000-08:00

I AM AWESOME

2008-12-24T18:16:00.000-08:00

Way back in October, I made the prediction that oil would drop below $40 by March.

Well... I was totally right, bitches! $37 for February. That's insane.

You don't know me at all

2008-12-15T14:38:00.001-08:00

WHAT THE EFF!!!

2008-12-14T00:04:00.000-08:00

The grass really is greener

2008-12-11T13:20:00.000-08:00

Today I read yet another article about how Detroit is out of touch with today's auto market. But instead of dwelling on that, it pointed to exactly the type of business model that will serve as its replacement. Drawing parallels with Apple and its iPod/iTunes business model, this new one also uses today's technology to reinvent a tired, old business model. It's called Better Place and is already on its way to being tested in Hawaii.

Wake up, Detroit. I can totally see this working.

Sad

2008-12-01T09:21:00.000-08:00

On saturday morning, Deb and I had to go to a client meeting at 9am in Surrey (btw, NEVER AGAIN will we do this so early.) We got onto the #1 and noticed it was a rather slow drive for a saturday morning. Then we saw in the HOV lane 4 cars pulled off to the side. Clearly there was an accident. The first car had a smash up front end, and it had spun 90 degrees. There was a second car that I didn't get much of a look at. Then there was a minivan. The rear end was destroyed beyond recognition. We could see people reaching into the van and obviously there was someone stuck inside. When we passed it the first responders hadn't even gotten there yet, and we heard no sirens. Obviously it had happened only minutes earlier.

As I got into work today, I opened up the usual websites I visit in the morning. One of those sites is The Province. I saw this article and didn't really make the connection. It finally clicked when I remembered seeing the accident. Deb and I both said to each other "Oh man, I hope there were no kids in there." When I saw the first car I told deb to take some photos with her iphone, but when we saw that van we both were like "umm... no photos." I'm glad we didn't.

The fact that we saw the aftermath of the accident doesn't make it any more tragic than it is, but still.

Wow... I'm just... wow.

2008-11-14T11:18:00.000-08:00

Ok, so my story starts off with a phone call on Monday night from a collections agency. It was a recording that just said 'Call us, it's urgent.' So I looked up the number on google and found out who the company was. I was thinking to myself "I have nothing that would go to collections.. wtf?" So I call them. They tell me that I have an unpaid parking ticket from January 23, 2004 that is unpaid and has been sent to collections. WTF? I was super surprised to find that the guy from the collection agency was being helpful and gave me the details of the ticket. It said I had stopped in a no stopping zone somewhere in Richmond. Weird... I never go to richmond, and I worked in Burnaby at the time. Ok, so I got the ticket number from him and called Richmond. It took 3 days to get in touch with someone there. Today, I was given all the details of the ticket and such... and I'm just beside myself that this kind of crap even happens.

So the ticket stated that I stopped in front of Burnet Secondary School at 3pm on January 23rd to pick someone up, and that the driver was in the driver's seat. Uh... what? I asked why I had never received this ticket, and was told it was mailed but then got returned to Richmond cus I had moved. Odd, I always make sure ICBC has my correct address as soon as I move. Besides, in 5 years don't you think they could look it up again before sending it to collections?? Ok, so then he says that since I never found out about the ticket that he could get the collection on it reversed and that he'd reduce the ticket to $30 (the original amount) but that since it was so long ago and the dispute system had changed, I was unable to dispute the ticket. Well... ok, whatever... 30 bucks is fine, I have no problem paying it. I was just worried about the hit to my credit. So then I ask him "Now, I know I can't dispute this, but does the ticket say what kind of car it was?" His response: "Yes, it says it was a Toyota." WTF! My car is a Ford and my license plate has always been on my car. So he says to me "I'll call ICBC and check to see what that license plate is registered to."

He just called me back and told me that he's canceled the ticket outright, as the car that belongs to this license plate is a ford.

First off, YAY! I got it resolved! But really, WTF!!!!! Had I just said "oh, 5 years ago.. hmm.. I don't remember that, so I'll just pay it" I would be out $60 for a ticket that wasn't even for me! Obviously some cop needs to get his eyes checked. I'm glad I was persistent enough to get to the bottom of this.

At work on a holiday

2008-11-11T06:11:00.000-08:00

So today I am at work because the stock markets are open. I have to work 6am to 1pm today, which is 3 hours earlier than my usual working hours. It sucks. I had to drive in because the skytrain doesn't start up until 8am on holidays. I woke up at 4:45am, quickly showered and got dressed, then headed out the door at 5:15am. Once the elevator reached the B-level I got a little startled. There was a guy waiting for the elevator, which I was not expecting. He had been doing laundry. WHO THE FUCK DOES LAUNDRY AT 5:15AM ON A HOLIDAY??!?? Crazy bastard.

The drive was pretty quick. There were barely any cars on the road, so it didn't take me long to get to work. At 5:30am, when it's raining and you're tired and there are no cars on the road, a green light is bright as hell. As I pull onto dunsmuir and headed into the downtown core, I looked up and noticed the buildings were all pretty dark. Since it's a holiday and all the buildings you can see are condos no one had their lights on... they were asleep. Assholes.

I hope you have cookies enabled.

2008-11-10T10:58:00.000-08:00

If McCain's speech was as bitter as his campaign

2008-11-06T13:01:00.000-08:00

Priceless

President Elect

2008-11-04T21:44:00.001-08:00

What an amazing night in history. Barack Obama has just been elected to be the first black president in the history of the United States. This event will change the course of history throughout the world. I can't wait to witness the changes that need to happen.

(Edit - I've added the video of Obama's Victory Speech -- Assbeard)

Drunks don't deserve kids

2008-11-03T10:10:00.000-08:00

Drunken asshole pleads guilty

So this jackass has 2 kids die after he takes them out in -50C weather wearing just t-shirts and diapers, because he's drunk off his ass and his wife is out drinking... and then they go and have another child after the 2 die?? I love how the mother says at the end that they had an addiction and didn't realize it until their kids died. It's so awesome that 2 children had to lose their lives for these pieces of shit to realize they drink too much.

Any time a person kills a child, through negligence or otherwise, they should be sterilized, then beaten to within an inch of their life with cactuses... cactii... whatever.

Fuckers.

Shout out to the slave masters!

2008-11-02T00:34:00.000-07:00

Hey look, more content that isn't a video. :p

But in refrence to the title: good god damn, ignorance ahoy.

Humour is fun

2008-10-31T13:33:00.000-07:00

They'll bomb my goats!

Pour vous sexypants

2008-10-30T15:12:00.000-07:00

Brunettes make the best wives

See, it was on the internet! That means it's a FACT! It's got to be a law of physics or something now, right?

Clearly explains why I have the best wife in the world.

Super Duper Tuesday

2008-10-30T14:04:00.000-07:00

The most important election to affect Canada is happening on Tuesday, the US one. Everyone is cordially invited over to my place to find out who will be in charge of the largest nuclear stockpile. An Islamic militant, domestic terrorist, sided with an old white guy. Or a beauty queen, gun toting, wife of a secessionist, hockey mom, sided with an older white guy. Break out your freedom fries and lapel pins, it should be a good one.

It's a big day in Nerd Land

2008-10-28T12:15:00.000-07:00

Today at the PDC (Professional Developer's Conference)Microsoft unveiled some of the new features that will be part of Windows 7. Among them (and this is one I've wanted for SOOO LONG!) is the ability to rearrange your taskbar buttons. Yes, this is a fairly insignificant change, but I like it.

To read more, go to Ars Technica for their more wordy article.

Screeeeech!!

2008-10-26T13:53:00.000-07:00

There was just another screech outside from a car trying to stop at the stoplight by by condo. This happens often. It's pretty stupid. About a year ago, someone rearended a car with a family in it. It wasn't a major collision, but I heard it. It was raining and it was at night. I went out onto the balcony to see the aftermath, and I saw the people in the car that was hit get out of the car, while the people who hit the car backed up about 50 feet, stopped, backed up some more, stopped again, then appeared to be pulling over. All of a sudden, though, these guys decided to do a U-turn over the concrete median and sped off in the opposite direction. It was pretty fucked up.

Emaill!! and DINOSAURS in the BIBLE

2008-10-24T12:19:00.000-07:00

My farts keep me healthy.

2008-10-24T10:20:00.000-07:00

Take a gander at this

You are no longer allowed to moan and groan when i fart. I'm just trying to keep myself healthy. I must be REALLY healthy by now, too, cus my farts fucking STINK!