from Douglas Coupland's recently released novel jPod on geeks and autism:

"After having worked at my current tech firm for the larger part of a year, I have come to the conclusion that my coworkers aren't so much idiots as they are fellow citizens in the thrall of various modes of persistent low-grade autism....

..."People with this sort of condition are known as 'high functioning' autistics because they can more or less operate in the day-to-day world. ...

..."Most people are able to sift out the day's excess information without ever thinking about it, but not the tech worker exhibiting autistic - okay let's just say the word: geek - to most geeks, a hug is not a hug, it's the physical equivalent of holding a novelty marine fog horn up to the ear and blasting it directly into the central nervous system. When you hug a geek, you're overloading them in a manner they find intolerable. They feel and express shock and revulsion when touched."


makes me feel better about being a nerd!



and, on irony:

"... it turns out that only twenty percent of human beings have a sense of irony - which means that eighty percent of the world takes everything at face value. I can't imagine anything worse than that. Okay, maybe I can, but imagine reading the morning newspaper and believing it all to be true on some level."

MAGIC MAGIC MAGIC - THE WORLD'S BEST CARD TRICK

wasn't this our idea?

inside joke, looks like there actually IS going to be another farewell show for Mr. Laxer

repost from Our Mercury myspace
"We're playing this big party on Friday at the waterfront park at Sylvan Lake. We're playing right before Bedouin Soundclash at about 7:45 and we're pretty excited about it. It's a big free thing so if anyone happens to be down there come check it. For those of you who didn't happen to catch Dan's going away show, this is actually going to be his very last one so If you got a hard-on for Mr. Laxer don't gwan miss it, seen?"

So I was cowed in to joining the electronic revolution and now have a cell phone.

Phone number is: (780) 221-6414

And Go!

http://www.glumbert.com/media/tonguetwister.html

A gameshow just for Jere.

Hydrogen peroxide 'cure' can be fatal:

Health Canada has issued a warning about hydrogen peroxide ingestion after some American websites claimed it could cure various life-threatening diseases.
...

People may be making improper assumptions because hydrogen peroxide produces more oxygen, said Michelle Schoffro-Cook, who practises naturopathic medicine.


Some research shows that cancer cells cannot survive in a highly oxidized environment.

"I'm not really sure that it's as simple as that," Schoffro-Cook cautioned. "I think people need to recognize that just because something works in a laboratory doesn't mean that it works in their body as well."

Thanks, all!

Happy Anniversary Matt and Keri!

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