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Archive for December, 2003

Foobared For New Years

Wednesday, December 31st, 2003

For those of you haven’t updated your Foobar in a while, version 0.7.7 has been released.

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Earlybird Tickets

Tuesday, December 30th, 2003

Earlybird tickets are available for the 2004 Canadian International Autoshow. Regular price is $18 and if you buy the tickets in advance it’s only $13.50.
Car freaks will tell you this is one of the best car shows in the galaxy. Or Canada anyway.
I’m not making a cut off the tickets. Just passing […]

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A Big Joke

Tuesday, December 30th, 2003

It would surely only take you a few guesses after reading the title to figure out I’m talking about the Canadian Military.
CFB Trenton - the host of QIAS ‘03 - has started to complain about their lost revenues at the show. Their pedantic whining has gone so far that they are asking the municipalities […]

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With info from the Associated Press…
Actor Earl Hindman, best known for playing a neighbor whose face was forever obscured by a fence on the television show “Home Improvement,” died of lung cancer Monday in Stamford, Connecticut. He was 61.
As Wilson, the neighbor of Tim Allen’s character on the long-running sitcom, Hindman dispensed folksy advice from […]

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Unashamedly (and with permission) stolen from Matty G…
1. Stand up halfway through the movie and yell loudly, “Wait… where the hell is Harry Potter?”
2. Block the entrance to the theater while screaming: “YOU SHALL NOT PASS!”
3. Play a drinking game where you have to take a sip every time someone says: “The Ring.”
4. Point and […]

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Thunderbird Release

Tuesday, December 23rd, 2003

Another Thunderbird release.

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I’ve Held Back My Comments, But Here Goes

Tuesday, December 23rd, 2003

It’s been a long time since I’ve had a good rant, and I feel a good one brewing.
I didn’t like Chretien and I’m not much for Martin either. I’ve kept my comments on the swearing-in to myself for a little while, but I can’t hold them in any longer.
The swearing-in made me sick.
First of […]

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