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Mood: Sleepy ]
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Currently: Working On my volunteer stuff ]
So today I entered the first garden centre of the season. It was still pretty bare, (Remember I live in Canada, where gardening seaon does not start until the May long weekend – in Canada a week ealrier than Memorial day) but I was still buzzing.
So much so that I needed to invent a new word for my joy.
Gardengasm.
It is like a nerdgasm, but in this case occurs when thinking about the garden.
Go forth and use it wisely.
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Mood: Silly ]
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Currently: Playing City of Heroes ]
So I was thinking about a friend and how to improve her cleavage. I thought, she needs more cleavage acreage – and then it became cleavrage.
This word needs to be used when you are describing the size of a woman’s chest. Instead of nice rack, use "good cleavrage".
Use this word. Use it well.
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Mood: Happy ]
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Currently: Watching Days of Our Lives – Just look the other way. ]
So the Sens adavanced to Round 2. And the people leaving the nearby sports bar are honking. Time to go to bed.
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Mood: Shocked ]
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Currently: Reading Shave the Whales – an early Dilbert Collection ]
I was playing with the Internet Wayback Machine when I came across Top Ten Reasons They Haven’t Yet Remade Battlestar Galactica.
This list was funny, and posted years before any remake was thought of. Could Zealot Hottie Guys Shane and Joe have seen the future and known this was coming? Or better yet, were they the inspiration for the remake, as one poster predicted they would be?
Only the gods know for certain.
(P.S. I think that we need to ressurect the Hottie Guy thing – from now on Joe and Shane are the Revolution Hottie Guy – RHG. Oh and HUTA needs to come back too.)
[ Mood: Happy ]
[ Currently: Reading Trixie Belden and the Marshlan Mystery ]
So apparently I opened up a can of happy memory worms when I mentioned my playing with the Internet Way Back machine on the boards.
Since we have been discussing Zealot – I wanted to relive my days with that site – before it became this site. You know, back when I was a broke student.
So I now bring you the first of an ongoing series: The Zealot Top Ten List
This was the first Zealot only Top Ten – the ones before had migrated from Hecklers. I got first place. And the rest they say is history.
Top Ten Babylon-5 Spinoffs
1. Babylon DSV – Babylon 5 underwater! Kosh to be played by a cute dolphin.
[ Currently: Watching Coronation Street ]
This is a cool animation series about a what the world looks like after a technocaust.
Teaser
Episode 1
Episode 2
Episode 3
Episode 4
Episode 5
Episode 6
Episode 7
The main site is just a place for you to register for updates. I have searched for more info, such as who makes this to no avail. Joe et al this might make a neat story.
(See I can post on topic!)
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Mood: Cool ]
[ Currently: Reading People Magazine’s American Idol Tribute ]
So last night the husband unit and I went to the National War Memorial to participate in the Vimy Vigil.
This event was organized by Canadian actor R. H. Thomson, a national treasure. It saw the projecting of the names of the 3,598 Canadians who died at Vimy Ridge in WWI onto the Memorial. Hundreds of people were there. Many parents brought their children and tried to explain what Vimy meant to Canada. It was very powerful and brought me to tears. They also interspearsed the names with photos of some of the men. As I said to the husband unit, "they were all so young."
What made it all so bittersweet was that six more Canadian soldiers died Sunday in Afghanistan.
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Mood: Confused ]
[ Currently: Watching Days of Our Lives – Again ]
So I sent an email to my local CBC radio station along the same lines as Rant On!
They read it on the radio and then the host said – "Well there’s one vote for paying for parking!"
I guess sarcasm is a dying artform in this post-modern era.
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Mood: Angry ]
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Currently: Listening to CBC Radio ]
So, as you may or may not know, I am a teacher. Well, my school board is facing a budget crunch and they are looking to cut where they can. One of the trustees got on the radio and said that they should charge teachers for parking, since most other employers do. (They don’t, BTW). She tried to package it as a green measure and one that would improve health, but since her interview kept refering back to the budget crisis, her argument didn’t hold water.
My take on parking? Absolutely. Not a problem. Unfortunatey since I am on a limited budget, that money is going to have to come from somewhere. I can’t run a deficit like the board has been doing for years. So I guess it will come from the thousand or so dollars I spend on classroom supplies and resources every year. Novel sets, stickers, resource books and art supplies will all have to be cut back on. As will the pizza parties I use to reward successes. Remember, no provincial auditor is going to come to my house and help me find savings.
This trustee also said that there wasn’t much left to cut. Ummm – yes there is. Other boards in this city have rationalized their delivery in the last few years. They have bit the bullet and closed schools. This has allowed them the leeway to experiment with new types of program delievery. The OCDSB has not done that. Every time they even think about closing schools, the parents start rallying and the board caves. Perhaps if they stood up to the parents the way they are pretending to stand up to the fat cat teachers we wouldn’t be in this mess.
Example: In my area alone there are five K to 8 schools. One of them doesn’t have a kindergarden anymore because population in my area is dropping due to the cost of housing. One of the schools needs to go. But a teacher in that school proudly boasted that her school would never close because their parents wouldn’t let it happen.
See the problem?
With leaders like this trustee, is it any wonder we have a deficit?
Yesterday
[ Mood: Silly ]
[ Currently: Reading Strange Candy ]
So the husband unit and I were talking about th collective nouns the Victorians gave to everyone and everything. You know, a Harmony of Larks, a Crash of Rhinos, a Murder of Crows. Yes, the Victorians had way to much time on their hands. Probably due to all the sexual repressions that was going on.
Anywho, we were wondering what collective noun one would use to describe Trekkies?
We have our suggestions, but want to hear yours.
Submit away!