No thanks, I'm home now. Plenty of studying to keep me busy. Maybe next time.

uhh... nice Par.... wanna write my paper for me then? :)

this thing is driving me crazy!

More random, time-killing reading:

The Alameda-Weehawken Burrito Tunnel:

The story begins in any of the three dozen taquerias supplying the Bay Area Feeder Network, an expansive spiderweb of tubes running through San Francisco’s Mission district as far south as the “Burrito Bordeaux” region of Palo Alto and Mountain View. Electronic displays in each taqueria light up in real time with orders placed on the East Coast, and within minutes a fresh burrito has been assembled, rolled in foil, marked and dropped down one of the small vertical tubes that rise like organ pipes in restaurant kitchens throughout the city.

...

Ever since Isaac Newton first described the laws of gravity in 1687, scientists have known that the quickest route between two points is along a straight line through the Earth’s interior. Through the magic of gravity, any object dropped into such a “chord tunnel” at one end will emerge exactly 42 minutes later at the other end, no matter the distance. But for hundreds of years, the technical challenges of building such a tunnel were so daunting that it remained a theoretical curiosity. Only at the start of the 20th century did the idea become technically feasible, and to this day the tunnel linking the East Bay with New Jersey remains the only structure of its kind in the world.

Later this month, South African women will be able to arm their vaginas with the Rapex device, a product priced at 1 rand (around 7p) and sold over the counter. Shaped like a female condom and worn internally, its hollow interior is lined with 25 razor-sharp teeth, which fasten on to an attacker's penis if he attempts penetration.

Some people - including women's campaigners - have criticised the device for being "vengeful". Well, as its inventor, Sonette Ehlers, has said, it's "a medieval device for a medieval deed". If any rapist finds himself hopping with pain as a result - as well as facing the fact that the only way to remove the device is said to be a highly awkward and incriminating hospital visit - that seems just fine to me. Yes, it's vengeful. Yes, it hurts rapists. Oh well.

In case you haven't noticed, as the result of a shamelessly rigged election in Florida, in which thousands of African-Americans were arbitrarily disenfranchised, we now present ourselves to the rest of the world as proud, grinning, jut-jawed, pitiless war-lovers with appallingly powerful weaponry - who stand unopposed.

In case you haven't noticed, we are now as feared and hated all over the world as Nazis once were.

And with good reason.

In case you haven't noticed, our unelected leaders have dehumanised millions and millions of human beings simply because of their religion and race. We wound 'em and kill 'em and torture 'em and imprison 'em all we want.

Piece of cake.

In case you haven't noticed, we also dehumanised our own soldiers, not because of their religion or race, but because of their low social class.

Send 'em anywhere. Make 'em do anything.

Piece of cake.

The O'Reilly Factor.

So I am a man without a country, except for the librarians and a Chicago paper called In These Times.

I mean for First Nations, Inuit and Metis.

For all you food guide fanatics, Health Canada has just released the Eat Well with Canada's Food Guide for Aboriginal, Inuit and Metis, a complement to the food guide released in February. Check it out on the Health Canada Website.

To answer your questions Alison.

1)I have went out to investigate "weird" noises before. It was some girl bawling her eyes out because her boyfriend just dumped her. It was pretty loud I could hear it a block away. I didn't investigate alone, my neighbour was also curious and better yet he brought a flashlight. Someone called the police and they basically took her to the station to calm her nerves. So investigate if you like and as for what to do, I don't know I guess it depends on the sitiuation.

2)I've been slowly trying to turn people to go to gateway lanes on wednesday. It started with facebook and is slowly moving onto me telling peoiple to go there if I see them. Unfortunately I haven't sen you in a while so I must of forgot. Don't worry I just started 3 weeks ago so it is still in it's beginning stages. But I'm telling you now.

Where:Gateway lanes bowling alley, in the bar area

When:Wednesday, 8:00ish because we are old and tired and have to work early.

Who:You, me, and the Jason Lenko crew

Why:Wings are cheaper, bigger and they have teriyaki flavour! No Gayle, however you get to see akward anti-social behaviour from me. Also free pool, I'll be an extreme handicap if we play. You also get to meet new people!

animals are better than you.



(yes, i'm procrastinating... my paper will get done... eventually!)

oh, hey, question:


what is the proper protocol when one is awoken in bed by screams of terror from somewhere in the neighbourhood? ought i to have gone outside and taken a look around? or just assumed all worked out well when the screams stopped? a woman and a little kid... around the time most walk to school... i wouldn't really even know where to begin (was it in our cul-de-sac? down the street? noise carries far sometimes. or perhaps it was indoors, and what then? i can't go knocking on peoples' doors that i don't know, can i ?)




Gateway Lanes Albert? huh... was that the phone call i didn't get to in time to answer before the person hung up on my machine? or... how else would we have known about it?

Oh also:

Where: South Edmonton Commons