Friends in high places.

So recently I've run into a ...well lets say a little hiccup with Future Shop. I wasn't impressed with the answers I was getting regarding repair of my PDA. So I made a phone call to the beautiful and talented Nolene who just happens to be the personal assistant to the director of HR for Future Shop. Well guess who sits right across from Nolene. The assistant to the Future Shop regional manager. Or was it president? Well no matter she's looking into it now for me and hopefully something good will come of it. Thanks Nolene. Oh and Happy Birthday

I once walked a mile in another man's shoes. I didn't like how they felt so I bought him some insoles.

Happy first day of Fall...or is it?

So the weather people are calling for partly cloudy on the weekend with highs of 25! You know what that means people... pack up your picnic baskets on Sunday cause we're going to the ZOO! I'm already stretching my legs Jimmy for the greatest double wide cycle race off ever. This one involves dodging Lions and tigers and bears, oh my. I think a couple peacocks too. I so can't wait for the Zoo.

Its going to be one of those days

Well here how to tell its going to be one of those days. I started by getting about 15 minutes extra sleep this morning. Ok it wasn't actual sleep it was more like 15 minutes wake up time. I just kinda stood there thinking about shaving but not actually coordinating my hands to meet my face. So that kinda put me behind by 15 minutes. Not bad though I normally have about 1/2 an to play with in the morning. So I get ready for work no problem. Get down to my truck and start driving away. Oh crap! No tie. So I go back upstairs and get that. Back rushing off to work. Get here and realize I'm at the Convention Centre. Now your thinking oh man he's at the wrong building, no not this time, but I do have Tradex keys. Not going to help me here. Well not a big deal getting in, security can do that and I have a spare set of keys here for such emergencies, its getting my suit out of my locker that's the problem. Thankfully somethings going right for me this morning and it only took me 2 minutes to pick the lock. Now lets see what else will happen this morning after all it's only 0630.

Additional note: For some reason this blog just posted 3 times! This is going to be one of those days.

Prison zoo

So the other day out for tea with Susy and her parents and we're talking about going to the zoo next week. Some how, and don't ask me where it came from, I get onto the idea of turning prisons into zoos. Why not? They're in cages any ways. Why not put them behind glass and then we can all go view them. We can put little plagues next to their cells that tell us their names, aliases, crime committed, length of term, you know that kind of useful stuff. You can even go to the cafeteria and try "convict food" or buy items convicts have made at the "buy it or will shank you" gift shop. You know exciting things like clay ashtrays and license plates. I'm still working on how to make the petting zoo part of it, but I thought we could tie them down. You now how you go to the zoo and they have little food dispensers? Well what about cigarette dispensers? It would even have its very own reptile house, or as we'll call it the dangerous criminals section. Susy even came up with the idea instead of tapping the glass or poking them with sticks we could have the "excite the lunatic convict taser button". We'll see how that one goes. Now I figure this might upset some people, oh its not very humane and nice to put these people on display. HELLO! Have you thought about why their in there? Oh they just robbed someone's Gramma or raped your next door neighbor, nothing much. I figure start putting them on display and it might lower crime rates. Have you ever noticed convicted felons like to hide their faces when their leaving courtrooms? Now everyone can see them and know them for who they are.

You know you're from Vancouver when...

1. You make over $250,000 and still can't afford a house.

2. You know that "doing the Grind" is not a type of dance move but
something measured in minutes (for some, perhaps hours)

3. You take a bus and are shocked at two people carrying on a
conversation in English.

4. You know what these acronyms mean: PNE, VPL, GVRD, YVR.

5. You're shocked when it snows in the winter.

6. You've had a California roll for lunch.

7. You know more than ten ways to order coffee.

8. You know how to pronounce Coquihalla.

9. A really great parking space can move you to tears.

10. Your next-door neighbour grows weed.

11. The guy at 8:30 am at Starbucks wearing the baseball cap and sun
glasses who looks like George Clooney IS George Clooney.

12. Your car insurance costs as much as your house payment.

13. The gym is packed at 3 PM... on a work day.

14. You can tell the difference between Japanese, Chinese, Vietnamese
and Thai food.

15. You watch the weather from a Seattle TV station because it's more
accurate.

16. You pass an elementary school and the children are all busy with
their cell phones or pagers while waiting for their personal rides home.

17. You're sure you're the only one on the road with a REAL driver's
license.

18. You don't even listen when the local forecast announces "chance of
showers."

19. The more expensive the car, the worse the driver.

20. You can taste the difference between Starbucks, Second Cup, and Tim
Horton's coffees.

21. You feel guilty throwing aluminium cans or paper in the trash.

22. You're not surprised to see geese throughout the whole year.

23. You can't remember... is pot still illegal?

24. If there's a day of snowfall, however, you consider not going to
school or work.

25. You realize there are far more Rainbow flags in the city than
Canadian flags.

26. You think nothing of skiing in the morning and golfing in the
afternoon in the early Spring seasons.

27. You know what IndoCanadian and First Nations means.

28. You know to stay away from the public restroom at the corner of Main
and Pender.

29. Your weekend wear consists of Lulu Lemon, Taiga, Mountain Co-op or
similar facsimile.

30. You can say "the Sea-to-Sky highway" without batting an eyelash.