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Entries from October 2008

Random thoughts on a sunny morning here in Toronto

April 15th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Do early birds ever wake up in the morning and look over the edge of their nest and say “Oh f*ck it!” and roll over and go back to sleep?
Do they ever think to themselves, “early bird special of cold worms or more sleep in my comfy nest? … oh screw the damned worms, berries [...]

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Tags: Curiosities · Silly Moments

Did I tell you I hate calling tech support?

April 7th, 2008 · 8 Comments

hate
• verb feel intense dislike for or a strong aversion towards.
• noun 1 intense dislike; strong aversion. 2 informal a disliked person or thing. 3 before a noun denoting hostile actions motivated by intense dislike or prejudice: a hate campaign.
— DERIVATIVES hatable (also hateable) adjective hater noun.
— ORIGIN Old English.
Oxford Concise Dictionary

computer tech support
• verb [...]

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Tags: Catpaw's Mad · Computers · Day in the Life · Rants · Technical Problems · Utter Stupidity

Casablanca remake? Pardon me while I giggle myself stupid.

April 2nd, 2008 · 1 Comment

So Madonna wants to remake Casablanca and play the role Ingrid Bergman made famous.  She wants to redo this classic in her own image, reset it in Iraq (pardon me but doesn’t this mean it’s no longer Casablanca?) and use the vehicle to ‘relaunch’ her non existent film career. Hee hee … hee heee …. [...]

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Tags: Movies · Rants · Utter Stupidity

I beg your pardon - Miss Bimbo? MISS BIMBO???

April 1st, 2008 · 5 Comments

What the hell is going on out there? I just stumbled across a noxious website that is claiming to be an online “girl games for girls”. It’s called Miss Bimbo. Yes you read that correctly - Miss Bimbo a virtual fashion game.
I don’t even need to go any further to understand what is going on [...]

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Tags: Catpaw's Mad · Dubious Marketing · Fashion industry · Rants · Utter Stupidity