In the bleak midwinter.....

Ok, so it's not that bleak, but it snowed today!! About three inches. More is predicted for overnight, and the city looks lovely - though Vancouver is not prepared for snow because it rarely happens, so there are no snow clearing machines. So there is no way I was using the car, and the pavements were pretty slippy. Hence I wasn't able to go running, which was a bit of a disappointment. And I mean this seriously, since if I miss too many training runs I will be utterly useless on the day (as opposed to mostly useless). Instead I fought my way to London Drugs and bought Baby oil to massage my aching muscles. No rude jokes about baby oil here please. Tomorrow I plan to go to the community centre and get membership so I can use the gym every so often, and take advantage of the Friday $2 swim session. Never let it be said that I am a cheapskate.....ahem.


After fine-tuning his ideas in a slightly (read 'very') random conversation the other night, the marvellous nmrboy has developed an idea which will surely revolutionise the way we eat and work. Check it out. I am sure you can place your orders with him if you so wish, though with the number of degrees he currently has going, it may be some time before the first 'toast drives' roll off the production line. Don't let that stop you from sending him your money though......can I have commission?

There is a good advert on here at the moment for a computer game called Mercenary. It has scenes from the game on the screen, with a voice over provided by some serious sounding guy.

"You are a mercenary."
(Scenes of gunfire)
"Use any weapon possible."
(More scenes of gunfire)
"Blow stuff up"
(Explosions)
"Keep blowing stuff up."
(Further explosions)
"Blow the living crap out of stuff."
(Huge exploding things)
"Blow the living crap out of it some more."
(Whole cities seem to be exploding)

Now if that isn't a descriptive and accurate representation of the game, I don't know what is.

As an unrelated aside, I am wondering if I can start an online counselling service - or if not counselling, at least an advice service. I am rarely able to take my own advice, but I can dish it out in vast quantities. And hopefully most of the time it makes sense. Or if it's crap, people haven't complained yet. Anyway, if I can't get a job doing anything else, perhaps a 'blog doc' is called for. People requesting advice: leave details below.....

P.S. I've just noticed that someone from the US military base at Quantico read my blog about an hour ago. Hello to you, and I hope this doesn't mean I've done anything wrong!!