The Squid Zone

TML Free Zone

2009-11-02T07:41:53-05:00

I've spent the weekend in St. Catharines, with my side of the family. We have a big Hallowe'en party put on by my youngest brother - it's a truly excellent affair. But what makes it really special, is that you'll never hear anyone droning on about the Toronto Maple Leafs. Despite the geographic proximity to Toronto, everyone around here seems to be fans of the Montreal Canadians or Buffalo Sabres. That makes the hockey conversation so different than it is in Ottawa. You can open with a casual "The Leafs really suck this year." and someone will reply "Yep. Not...

Being Anti-Vaccination is being Pro-Death-By-Preventable-Disease

2009-10-29T01:00:00-04:00

You want to know what not getting vaccinations does? Here you go: The Jenny McCarthy Body Count. Vaccinations have WIPED OUT small pox. They've nearly wiped out polio. They were close to wiping out measles, mumps, and rubella until the aforementioned crazy people started the anti-vax bollocks... now kids are dying from these three preventable diseases again. Enjoy.

Play "Hallowe'en Squid"

2009-10-26T08:36:04-04:00

I was checking in over at Squid a Day as I often do and today they had a link to Max Games. Max Games writes little flash games for the internet, and the current game is Hallowe'en Squid! Can you snare all the candy while avoiding the children? Visit Max Games for your internet time-wasting needs :)

Please stick your Yahoo! toolbar up your anal orifice.

2009-10-25T11:04:36-04:00

Years ago I had a friend who was a bit of a womanizer. Since he got more, umm, female company than anyone else I knew, I tended to listen to him when he offered advice about women. Most of the advice was decidedly misogynistic, although it all appeared to be accurate... or at least it worked for him. Odds are, if you're male, you knew someone like this, too. Or maybe you were the guy... One of his bits of advice was this: Every time your girlfriend starts an argument about a bit of trivia, like leaving the seat up,...

Iä! Iä! Cthulhu fhtagn! (part N)

2009-10-15T14:52:10-04:00

Thanks to Kay Webster for this awesome birthday gift... The Cthulhuclava! A lot of knitting work went into it... it's a bizarre pattern to be sure. Thanks Kay!

A message for Steven Harper and the Conservative Party of Canada

2009-10-15T13:36:22-04:00

Your postal mail has about the same general level of privacy as your internet traffic. So imagine the government proposes legislation that permits them, without warrant, to require Canada Post, Federal Express, UPS, DHL, and so forth to provide customer information whenever someone claiming to be a peace officer asks for it.

It made my day!

2009-10-13T20:39:57-04:00

On Saturday, 4 April, I was working the amateur radio station at the Canada Science and Technology Museum. As is usual, the International Space Station passed overhead and because I knew there was a tourist up there (Dr. Charles Simonyi) who was also a radio amateur, I thought I'd give a call and see if he was answering. He did call, and I got to say hello. I also put him on speakers and he greeted the museum visitors. Well, today I got the confirmation cards for that contact: It is very cool to be able to talk to people...