What's Wang This Week

Again, no time. Instead, here are small updates:

Huh huh huh... you said (Words that are guaranteed to make me chuckle)

Turbidity

Fun fact: this is also a perk of not being in Vancouver right now. Brushing your teeth with bottled water? Lame.

Gourd shot! (A record of how much better Adam is than me at squash)

In a stunning turnaround, today Adam was forced to skip out of squash due to work and prior plans. I can only take this as a forfeit of the 8 games we otherwise would have played, and so the tally now stands at

Adam 24, Richard 16

Dag, America

I got a summons for jury duty today. My original thought was, "What, don't they keep track of who's a citizen and who isn't?" My second thought was "Oh shit, does that not matter?" My third thought was "Oh fuck, I'm supposed to fly home soon after this summons, can I get out of it on account of travel plans?" Then I read the form and found out that my first thought was the most relevant: I'm "not qualified" on account of not being a citizen of the US. Oh Canada!

(Note to self: commit a felony so that I don't have to do jury duty in Canada either. Maybe something noble so that I can help the needy or something, while also having an interesting story to tell women so as to appear dangerous. Alternative: be elected to public office and be found guilty of malfeasance.)

While that was irksome, what really gets me about it is that now I have to fill out a short form and mail it back to the court, and the reply envelope they provided isn't even postage paid. I have to tell them I can't do it, and I have to pay to do it. And that's just gauche. Dag, America.

Current Music: Tom Waits - Franks Wild Years

Political humor (note the lack of "u")

Now that the election is really over, I can say this without jinxing it:

The 2006-08 United States Senate: the house that Macaca built.

Current Music: Super Furry Animals - (Drawing) Rings Around The World

In conversation with Dickolas (Non-random quotes from today, provided with context)

me:

[coughs]

Daniel:

Gesundheit.

me:

Thanks... but it was a cough.

Daniel:

Huh?

me:

A cough.

Daniel:

Don't you say gesundheit when someone coughs?

me:

Nope, you say it when someone sneezes.

Daniel:

So a sneeze is different from a cough in your books then? You view them as separate entities?

me:

Uh... yeah.

Daniel:

Then what do you say when someone coughs?

me:

Um... "Cover your mouth"?

Current Music: Elvis Costello - Man Out Of Time

Full House(s of Congress)

I am a Canadian who would prefer to not talk about American politics for fear of exposing his own ignorance. Nonetheless, I want to express how glad I am that the mid-term elections are over so that the United States government can now forget about the two-party dog-and-pony show they have to pull out every two years and get back to what they do best: being controlled by the Freemasons.

Current mysterious society: the Shriners

And the first one said to the second one there, "I hope you're having fun"

I didn't sleep well last night, it's too hot in my office, my throat is a little sore, my nose is running, my ears won't pop from the trip down the hill, and I have "Band on the Run" stuck in my head.

Fucking Mondays.

Current Music: The Arcade Fire - In The Back Seat

Eastmost peninsula is the secret

Just in case you haven't figured out what that was yet,



Giggedy giggedy gig-gig-gig-giggedy giggedy giggedy giggedy g-g-g-giggedy goo!

Thanks to Vince for the link.