Category: Random Musings

An Irish pub was recently given notice by Quebec’s signature language police to take down their Irish decorations of old signs and ads from Ireland, because they’re not in French or face fines. So apparently this province can’t afford to maintain infrastructure and improve services such as education and health plans, but we can afford to bully business owners who don’t speak French. Apparently I missed the news story about Quebec being run by Nazis.

Fortunately, after common sense came along and smacked these idiots upside the head, the language police have decided that the English decor of the Irish pub can stay put. Smart folks.

* Quebec may not be run by Nazis.

Smokeranger’s Domain was the second Geocities/Yahoo account I made and yet it was the most used. The domain never got as much treatment as the WS and for a good while the account was dormant.

Why shut down the account? So that Calvin’s buddies can take a hint.

I rarely check Smokeranger’s mail but decided to do so anyway. I end up with mail from guys I hardly know concerning a marching band I’ve never heard of. Apparently a lot of people believe Smokeranger is this Calvin fellow, but I can assure that’s not the case.

I don’t know Calvin. I don’t know these people.

So rather than let people know that I’m not Calvin (because people are too stupid to let that sink in), I decided to cut my loss and kill the account.

So what becomes of the Domain? Plans are being done to integrate it as a subsite for the Webstation (I already added a quick link in case it comes to fruition). Hopefully, content won’t be too bad.

So to Calvin’s friends, Smokeranger won’t be subject to your poor judgment. And to Calvin, you can have the account in 90 days for all I care. I no longer have claim to the account, but I’ll be damned if I let you keep the site.

Enough already. I’m off to bed.

Later.

(2011 Update: Turns out Geocities is no more… site would have gone either way.)

So I got back my PC (now with a gig of RAM, thanks guys) last Monday. Took longer than I would have cared for, but at least it runs a little smoother now.

I’m probably going to do something particular uncharacteristic of me and unusual of this blog; I have a couple thoughts on some political landscapes. Unfortunately, this is mostly happenings in Quebec and whatnot. Yeah, I usually avoid the political talk when I can, but this is kinda irking me (and to be fair, it’s not really political – just that the subjects mostly link to the politics).

So it seems that the latest Quebec budget has caused some dissention among the National Assembly members. The Liberal minority government and the Parti Quebecois are currently negotiating amendments to the budget (the Action Democratique – the main opposing party – has already voted against the budget) in order to make it passable. If the budget is fully rejected, another election could be looming in July. That means more taxpayers money thrown into the Wasteful Spending department. It seems that the Libbies should just swallow their pride and make the damn changes needed to let the budget pass. It’s bad enough I have to go to an election once this year; I don’t feel like contributing to the bullshit voting again for quite some time, much less three-four months later.

Recent reports are revealed illegal money spent by Option Canada during the 1995 referendum. Apparently, one official has already been fired as a result. It’s really unfortunate that people need to resort to illegal spending to get their way. It’s a sad state of affairs, but on the bright side, the right side won… hey, that rhymes.

Boris, a tiger that had spent the majority of his life in a Quebec zoo, was moved to an Albertan zoo and is mostly bored unless someone speaks French. Not sure what this has to do with politics, but the idea of a francophone tiger is funny.

That’s about it. I’m going to end this “big return” now before I get too carried away. Nothing big.

I probably have a few “announcements” and “declarations” to make this weekend. But that’s this weekend. For now… I’m off to the showers and then to work.

Later.

That about sums up last night. No trick or treaters around our block – no candy bearers. Now my block has few kids and they’re a rare bunch. But just this morning, my mom told me that my aunt hadn’t given any candy last night either and that area is usually full of kids.

Last night proved that Halloween around my neck of the woods is pretty much dead. I mean, sure it rained, but so what? By six or seven, it died out and it’s all good. But other than my cousin’s kid, nobody showed up. What happened? There used to be this one Halloween years ago when it SNOWED and we still went out collecting candy and egging peoples’ houses.

What the fuck happened to Halloween around here?

This is ridiculous, man. We need to reclaim Halloween.

Note: This concerns local interests so most parties outside of Montreal may not take notice.

Apparently due to some settlement between the Societe de Transportation de Montreal and some union group, the monthly passes are cheaper for the month of November. Now you can purchase your monthly passes for $61 instead of the usual $63. That’s right; you save a whole two bucks off. Goes to show how “generous” the STM just happens to be.

Of course, the part about all this is that in a couple months, the fares will raise again, ensuring that the STM will eventually get those two dollars you’ve saved this month.

Public transportation… sucks.

Happy Halloween, everyone.

Later.

You know sometimes I tend write some funny shit here and sometimes I tend to write the stuff that people have no idea on what to make of it. Today’s post doesn’t apply to either one.

Earlier today, there was a gunfight at Dawson College in Montreal. Twenty people were shot, two died, and the gunman was also killed off. Sometimes, you just don’t have the words to properly convey what’s going through your head, knowing something like this happened around your neck of the woods.

Prayers go out to those affected by this tasteless tragedy.

You know what? I’m tuning out for the rest of the week.

I just got myself a new PC. No longer am I shackled by fifteen gigabytes of hard disk space that has hindered my flexibility to function properly. Now I can do more stuff with less hassle…

Or maybe I’ll just browse the Net and be lazy again.

Looking back at the few entries of the Blog, I’ve noticed that the majority of stuff I wrote either relates to wrestling or maintenence of various websites and whatnot. Ramblings, Fiction Friday, and other categories have not seen their fair share of updates and it’s kind of sad that this blog is slowly turning into a wrestling forum, which is something that I don’t want it to be.

I wish it didn’t have to be this way, but the truth is that there isn’t much stuff that I want to post up concerning personal stuff. Other than the occasional show and whatnot, I generally don’t watch as much television as I should. I read a couple of books on occasion, but never really want to make it such a big deal by posting it here. I generally want to keep from turning this into a political forum concerning world events, which is sort of why such major events are not mentioned here, save for an off-comment here and there. In some way, this is sort of why I haven’t been posting here frequently, but it is something I hope to change.

Things are actually looking up and I’m starting to feel a whole lot better. Most of all, I don’t feel as depressed as before (although make no mistake; I’m still there) and that’s the reason for the change in style. Hopefully, this’ll be a sign of good times to come in my life and I’m hoping to reflect that sort of thing here. Having said that, I strongly urge you to visit the Twisted Realms page this coming Monday, where I’ll post up some stuff… I’m not saying.

Never believe. Dave