The Penalty Box

1. Those who say “we don’t need version control” are usually the people that really need version control.
2. Apparently you can attract a Stage 5 Clinger at a wedding without bedding her. Is 300 text messages a day “clingy?” That’s not the word I would use. My co-worker has some kinda talent that’s for sure.
3. Cooking with bacon fat is one of the simple pleasures in life. Everyone should do it. Yes, even vegetarians.
4. Ziplining is completely worth it. I need to check out Whistler’s zipline tours now that I’ve done Grouse. Anybody want to go this summer?
5. I saw some kids throwing firecrackers at each others’ faces, cackling like they do in Jackass. Is it bad that I wanted them to redirect their efforts to their genitals so they wouldn’t be able to reproduce? The one catch is that one of them was a girl, so that would require a white van and the help of the Chinese government.
6. From the Twitter page of one Emmanuel Arceneaux, BC Lions football player: “God gave us two ends — one to sit on and one to think with. Success depends on which one you use. Head you win, tail you lose.” Of course, outside of the philosophical postings, his remaining tweets are written like a teenager. You win some, you lose some I guess.
7. I was recently told I am a tall, handsome man by an 83 year old woman. Nice ego boost, you figure, even if she is doing it in a “you remind me of my grandson” kind of way. Then she proceeds to tell me she is legally blind. This about sums it up.
8. If you don’t have any plans for the weekend, you should check out the Resonance of Love concert at UBC on the 26th. A friend of mine organized it to raise some money for the Haitian earthquake disaster.
9. Anyone want to come see Nikki Yanofsky on July 3rd with me? QE Theatre. If you’re not familiar with her, think Ella Fitzgerald, except 16. Amazing talent.
10. Futurama is back! Huzzah!

I saw one of my co-workers drinking tea directly from the teapot. As in, spout to mouth. Is this sort of like the Chinese version of drinking milk straight from the carton?

Damn you XKCD, damn you.

Bonus extra old feelings for hovering over the image to get the alt text. For those of you who follow this comic and never knew that, you’re welcome for the sudden urge to go back through the other 600+ strips to find out the alt text.

Check ‘em out.

Also, hooray for business decisions being made without due diligence! This doesn’t remind me of anyone at all, nosiree.

I didn’t see this live on TV, but I don’t know how the camera men stayed so steady with their shots. I would’ve been on the floor laughing.

A minor tweak on the ol’ “She’s been dead for 10 years!” story we all heard as kids turned this into something that’s actually semi-creepy. Happy June, folks.

This took place in the old days when the houses in Japan still used paper sheets for walls and doors. A young business man was traveling through town after a day of hard work. He thought he could make it back home, but it got dark before he knew it. He didn’t want to waste time going back to the town for shelter and thought perhaps he could find a house down the road. Lucky for him, he saw a glimmer of light a little ways off the road and decided to try asking for shelter there. He came upon this little hut and knocked on the door. An old man came out and asked if he could be of any help. “Would you be so kind to let me stay tonight? I will pay you for a room.”

“Nonsense! I’ll be happy to let you stay. I don’t many visitors out here. Come on in!” The old man said. He gave the young man food and told him he could have the spare room. While walking to his appointed room, the young man noticed another room right next to his. Saying thanks to the kind old man, the young man went into his room. After he blew out the candle to go to sleep, the young man heard a soft melodic sound from the next room. It sounded like someone singing. Being curious, he crawled to the wall, wet his finger, and poked a little hole in the wall (remember the wall was made of rice paper). He peeked into the hole and saw the most beautiful woman dancing and singing, her long black hair covered one side of her face. He looked away from the wall and thought to himself, why didn’t the old man introduce them? He decided to look back into the hole but all he saw was a red glow and nothing else. Maybe he was dreaming, he thought, and decided to go back to bed.

The next morning, the young man was waking up to eat breakfast. While they were both seated, the young man asked his host who was the beautiful woman in the room next to his last night. The old man was shocked. “There’s no one there. That was my daughter’s room until she died. She was born with a disfigurement and could never find a suitor to marry her, so she ended her life in that room.”

“What was the disfigurement?”

“She was born with one red eye.”

I lost it when he started rhyming in Cantonese.  I’m pretty sure there will be like 3 people who read this blog that will do the same.  Enjoy.

Grace pointed me to some rather potent catnip she gave to her cat, Jett.  After seeing him go bonkers on the stuff, I had to get some for the cats my sister and her roommate have.  So after some waiting, the package finally arrived and she gave some of this catnip to the cats.  Hilarious little buggers.  Check out the Youtubage below.

I hadn’t either. Then I read THIS. Despite it being completely unhealthy, it is still one of the most awesome things ever.

1) Microwaving your old cookies can make them taste like you just pulled them out of the oven.  Be careful to not nuke ‘em too long though, or you get goo and/or a burnt mouth.

2) John Williams fans with too much time on their hands can produce some pretty cool stuff.