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A pleco and a handfull each of Glowlight Tetra, Neon Tetra and Black Tetra. Natural plants.

Week 2

I'm just so HAPPY

Looks like I'm gonna be a homeowner

So we got approval on a home mortgage this week. At $120,000 it ain't gonna get us much in the Regina area unless we want to move to a less savoury area of town. I'm half excited about the idea and half upset. I'd like to continue living in the Cathedral area, there's nice people and good atmosphere, but if we decide to move into say the Washington Park area, we can be part of a young crowd who could potentially revitalize and improve the area. Plus we can get a bigger house for cheaper. It's all so confusing. But I am pretty excited about getting my own place.

Yup, still here

Just really busy, it's been that kind of week... or two. Stuff is good, gonna maybe go buy/finance a small multitrack this week.

That's all folks.

New Project and off to Camping

So I got to sit down with Dave last night and begin work on a new band we've been discussing doing. It's an interesting approach because we've got lots of ideas, want to avoid setting guidelines and boundaries. It's like a big lump of clay right now, it could be ANYTHING, but last night we started moulding it a bit. We discussed some of the projects we've done in the past, what we liked about them. We bounced a couple songs off each other that we'd been writing, teaching each other how to play and expanding on the ideas. We also discussed possible members and genres too. I think this will be an exciting and entertaining band, and I'm very anxious to get right into it, but patience may be key as both Dave and I need to get the Linger project finished, and there's really no rush for us to get going yet, we still need to find the rest of the band. I'm most pleased with the fact that I was able to bring in a couple songs that I didn't think I'd ever have a place for and slid them right in to what we're doing.

After work today, I'll be rushing home to finish packing then hitting the road for Manitou Beach for a couple nights of camping and relaxing. Got the first night all to myself, then tommorrow afternoon, Rhonda will be joining me for the remainder of my days off. I'm really looking forward to it.

Other than that, work work work. There's a big dark rain storm on right now in Regina, the Science Center looks really cool when it's dark outside.

Air Filtering House Plants

I've had a small but determined interest in horticulture for the past few years. I've been trying to grow the odd houseplant, succeding for a time, then failing due to circumstance, then succeding again.

One of the most successful to date has been my spider plant. It's gone from low-light and no water to too much light and too much water and it's just grown like nobodies business all along. It's no wonder it's my most accomplished plants (I was using success too much...), it's an incredibly hearty plant... thank God it's not a weed here.

While doing some research about this lil gem that sits in my window brightening my living room, I learned that it's an excellent air cleaner, absorbing all sorts of toxens.. recommended by NASA... pretty cool. So I caught this list of air cleansing house plants. Pretty cool, think I'm gonna get my hands on some and do some house growing. A similar list of large trees would be nice too, people could figure out what kind of trees to plant if they wanna be all "Green" and shit,

Anybody want a cutting, I'm willing to trade for anything on the list (or I'd just give you a cutting if you asked nice.

I'm dissappointed that my garden didn't come to fruition this year, the move ended a few of my plans for the year and the act killed a few plants I had going. But I got some seeds saved, all is not lost. I think I might learn to do something that needs a lamp or something to start. I have a bannana plant and a cashew nut tree, those could be interesting. And I just re-planted an herb garden. And I did a planter of chives, just to drive Rhonda mad with the smell. So all is not lost.

Oh Science Science Science

Beakman's World
Bill Nye The Science Guy
Mr. Wizard
Wonderstruck
Popular mechanics for Kids

and just as a bonus, completely un-sciencey, but I know you're all going "Oh wow, I forgot about that one!" Here's another one to blow your mind
Picture Pages

Sad Loss... thank God it's temporary

So I started laquering a project at work yesterday, something I'll be doing for about the next week and a half. Unfortunately I learned that my air-fileter mask doesn't seal properly thanks to the old beard. So last night I had to take the big plunge and shaved the ol' girl off. So I'm now as bare-faced as grade 5. I look like a dork... I want my beard back. So thankfully the project will only last a little while, then I can return to my normal awesome self.

Impressions and that damn environment again...

So got into a discussion this weekend about people who do impressions of people that are spot-on duplicates of the original person... with some embellishment for humor. Scott Thompson as QE2 floats to the top as one of the best. But I forgot an old favourite, this gem from a Gap commercial back 'round the turn of the century...



Also, been spending a lot of my time in the past few weeks working on ideas to lessen my "carbon footprint". I did a few jobs I've been delaying on, such as updating the house lighting to compact fluorescents, starting another person on a vermicompost, planted a couple trees, biking to work everyday (even when I don't want to), planting some other plants and getting the recycling together. Also have been trying to spend less time indoors using energy and more time outdoors enjoying free entertainment. Among some of my initiatives I'm personally trying (and dragging the family along with me) are the following ;
- Buying a small solar charged battery system for use in house and while out camping.
- Completing the upgrade of the lighting in the house, including switching over to CFL's about 4-5 more sockets and putting in more localized light like lamps so less power need be used.
- Xeriscape the yard (probably for next year, just waiting to see whether we can buy our house
- Seal windows and doors
- and reduce meat consumption by 25% in the next year.
- Purchasing as much environmentally friendly products as possible, the President's Choice line is a great place to start.

None of this is going to be very hard, and I hope that it will all help make a difference. I know I've asked this before in the past, but hey I'm still looking for ideas. Anyone else make any major changes since Live Earth? If not, why not try now, let me know what you're up to!

Not too much to report

Went camping with Rhonda, Tai, Mark and Rhonda's friend Curtis this weekend at Buffalo Pound. Swam, drank, smoked and just generally relaxed for 24 hours. Can't say I complain.

Going up to Manitou Beach (if my reservation goes through) this weekend, so that should be a really good time.

Just surfing the web right now, how about a collection of links of what I'm looking at...
Shanna Travel Log
PowerPack- Solar Powered

Good News, Bad News and otherwise

Very good news... Shadow was returned this afternoon. He was found many blocks away, on a leash that was not one of ours. Suspicious to be sure. We're just glad he's home.

Went and joined the sea of green at Taylor Field today. While it was a dissappointing loss, the game had a definite highlight when the guy who was sitting next to me streaked naked across the field after being kicked out of the game. Kudos to you guy, plead not guilty! I feel bad for encouraging him... but only a bit.

Also have had unsubtantiated reports that a musician I studied under in junior high and a mentor of my sisters, Mr. John Griffiths has passed. He will be missed by the music community.

MISSING

In a sad turn of events that makes myself and my fiancee look like bad dog owners, our young puppy, Shadow is missing. I put him out in the yard on a leash this morning on the way to work and he went missing sometime between then and when Rhonda went to let him in. His leash and lead are still in the yard, so he should be wearing his collar.

He's a small (say 10-15lbs) black Shi-Tzu/Poodle mix. He's all black with a white left paw as a distinguishing mark. He's friendly, but still very puppy like, so he may bite a bit and try to play. He is wearing a blue collar with a multicoloured celtic design on it. Rhonda is offering a $300 reward for his return. If anyone has any information, please contact me, my e-mail is jeremy.pilon@gmail.com.

Gimme an Inch...

...and I'll take a meffin' mile.

Took in my recycling yesterday. Now I'm all for the green stuff, hey it's probably one of the few subjects I speak about regularily on this blog, but someone has to do something about recycling.

Here in Regina I have a couple options;
1 - Put it all in one bag and toss it in the dumpster out back. Pros - Freaking easy and cheap - Cons - Completely environmentally irresponsible.
2 - Store, sort and return to various depots - Pros - Cheap and reponsible Cons - Inconvenient and you have to drive all over the goddamn galaxy to return stuff
3 - Hire a service to pick up your recycling - Pros - Convenient and less sorting - Cons - Costly

I'm currently using number 2 and I think with a little initiative and some effort, that process could be alot easier. I went to the SARCAN location on Dewdney to return my bottles. Now it was pouring rain, I was treated rudely by the staff (one in particular could not stop chastizing me for returning my bottles there and not across the street at the bottle depot where I could fetch 6 cents more a bottle... I was willing to pay for the convenience of not going out in the rain again, but she didn't seem to understand that.) ANYWAYS, they have a huge empty lot out back. If there was some brain power being used there, they would have paper, metal, glass, clothing and any other locally availiable recycling availiable right there, drive in and drop off. Hell add bins in the building for batteries and printer cartriges.

Besically what I'm saying is that all of this stuff that's being recycled are RESOURCES. They can be reprocessed into new things, avoiding processing and mining/harvesting. THIS IS A VALUABLE THING, and yet, no one seems to make it convenient for people to deposit it. It seems like an easy money scheme to me, people are willing to give you resources for free, you make it easy and cost effective for them to do so, and you profit. SARCAN has managed to make some success of it with their tin can, bottle, and paint recycling programs, just add paper, tin, glass and clothing to the mix. Or enter partnerships with other companies/charities. It makes economic and moral sense.

I also think that cities should be taking greater initiative for composting. For what would be a very reasonable investment, cities could install compost heaps in all city parks which could be used by the people in the area as well as city crews to deposit food and yard scraps for compost. Processed compost could be used by the city instead of fertilizers or could be sold or given away to the general public. Recycling bins for pop containers and paper should be more readily availiable in public places, particularily those with high traffic (Downtown areas, stadiums, brothels).

Anyways, enough of my rants, it just seems that we have a problem and all I see is people asking for solutions, well there's one.

Oh and if anyone needs a Queen sized mattress and box spring we have one for sale $20 as is.

The single greatest moment in rock history

Ladies and gentlemen - Spinal Tap performing "Big Bottoms" at Live Earth.. with an ARMY of bass players.

What a 24 hour period

Went to Weyburn last night to visit with Rhonda and Tai to visit with my parents, grandparent and great aunt and uncle. While there, I got an unfortunate phone call from an old friend who is incarcerated. It's sad and I suppose disturbing to talk to an old friend who has struggled all his life and is in prison. I'm not saying he shouldn't be there, but the justice system really takes on a personal tinge when it's your highschool weight-lifting partner who always had time to help you rebuild a carbeuretor.

Went (late) to the Saskblogs meet and shared some worms and some conversation. I REALLY need to start reading blogs more, now that I'm back in the fold. For SaskBoy, Garbage Delight, everything you ever needed to know about keeping those worms alive and healthy

Riders are up 39-8... YEAH!! GO RIDERS GO!

Ok, so Metallica at Wembly. My major criticism of Live Earth so far is the crappy mixes that I've seen coming thorough. Has the age of the quality live mix ended? Kirk was just soloing his goddamned ass off in "Sad But True" and I could barely hear it.

I'm a little shocked by the unfettered use of foul language in the shows. I gues they're going for the shock value here, but if this were a film, they've dropped enough F bombs already to acquire an R rating.

Funny story, inspired by the whole Live Earth thing, I've been going around the back areas of the SSC and turning off lights where they aren't being used. Sanil (sp?) the building maintenance guy is about 20 minutes behind me turning them all back on again. He he, guess it'll come to a head soon enough... oh well. TURN OFF SOME LIGHTS!!!!!

Watching Live Earth again, this time on MSN. Pretty cool overall, still really impressed with the two bands I talked about last night, particularily Rize who's album I think I'll have to purchase soon.

Heh, just saw Will Ferrel change a lightbulb... I bet that guy is funny sitting on the can.

There was a really good speech done last night on the Australian show. I don't know his name, but he was talking about the benefits of biking, including the incredible comfort of Lycra. His best line was "When someone comes up to you and complains about the cost of gasoline in this country, tell them to FUCK OFF! The price of gasoline is HALF the price of bottled water, and untill the price of the damage done by burning fossil fuels is factored into the price of usage, we will not come any closer to solving this problem" Well put.

Just reading about the initiatives being used by the Live Earth committee and shows. Check e'm out. While I think they're great, I think it would be of incredible benefit if the commitee had worked on getting solar/wind powered stage shows in each venue. This would place in each continent on the planet a stage setup that generated it's own clean energy. The stage would likely save MEGAWATTS of energy during it's lifetime as it's used in live concerts throughout the year for years to come. Seems like a good idea to me.

Oh man, Ben Affleck was just picking garbage, kickass!

OK, more to come later! Just watching BEP in Wembly.

Dispatches From Live Earth

Hey all, the world-wide concert to promote the dangers and solutions to Global Warming, Live Earth is on right now. You all know the history, if not, check Wikipedia.


So I've checked out a few acts from both the Australian show in Sydney, and the Japan show in Tokyo. Both have had some kickass bands. Rize from Japan was absolutely wicked. Language was no barrier there. I didn't understand a word they said and they were still crazy, crazy charismatic and kickass tight. Great band, check e'm out sometime. they're back on now, they fucking ROCK my balls OFF!

The commecial skits by Rip Torn and Harry Shearer were great, both incredibly funny and incredibly poingant. Never was funny so sad.

Another incredible highlight was Ghostwriters on the Australian show, the definite highlight from the continent nation down under.

More as I can give e'm, work, sleep and a trip to Weyburn will hinder the progress, but life MUST CONTINUE OR THE TERRORISTS WILL WIN! Later y'all.

This could be an easy way to raise some cash...

$3390.00The Cadaver Calculator - Find out how much your body is worth

Mingle² - Online Dating

Had a late night last night, a "Cane Sugar" cola combined with a hidden beeping cellphone kept me up later than I wanted. Comine that with the fact that I brought the fiancee's pants to work instead of my own to change into after the bike to work, and you have what has been an exhausting morning.

We booked the hall for the wedding last night and sold our old futon on UsedRegina.com. A great site to buy and sell, the ad went up in the afternoon, the futon was gone by bedtime.

Well if Genesis and the Police can do it....

So can I.

I'm coming out of retirement. I miss the old blog, and frankly I think she misses me. It's either this or join Facebook, and that shit ain't happenin!

So what's new? WELL LET ME TELL YOU! Firstly, the big news and the one thing I've come out of retirement to tell you all about firstly, is I got engaged a couple months ago! You will all likely remember Rhonda of Rescue Regina, well we've set the date for September 15, 2007 and we're working on presenting the whole thing on webcam, so Pilot's World might just have it's first online marriage!

Secondly, I've moved up to Regina in anticipation of said wedding. I've landed a pretty nice temporary position ot the Science Center in town, so I get to spend my days playing with and fixing all the exhibits on the floor. Maybe a blessing in disguise that it's only a temporary position... the administration is poor and you can only watch the same episode of Beakman's World so many times before you go insane. But I get to enjoy a bike ride to work most days and I get to sleep in to the wonderous hour of 7:00 now (so long 5:00 starts Weyburn Leisure Center).

Other than that? Adjusting to having a 7 year old in my life everyday brings joy and frustration, Bootsy is in good health. I'm still playing with Linger, and it looks like August might be busy for us. Looking to start another project musically, but I'm gonna leave that all in the dark till I know it's gonna happen.

So there you have it, I'm back and I'm full of piss and vinegar (I used to be just full of vinegar). Stay tooned...

UPDATE - FOUND!

I got a phone call this morning, and Bootsy is home safe and sound!


People of Regina. My dog Bootsy got out this afternoon, and I've been unable to track her down. She's somewhere in the Cathedral district of Regina.

She's a 3-4 year old Tri-coloured (white with Black and Brown spots) female beagle. She's very friendly towards people and loves food. If you have any information, e-mail me jeremy.pilon@gmail.com

Photo:

Pilot's World TV

So?

Well I dunno. Just never feel that much like blogging lately. I'm franlkly quite tired of people knowing about me, talking about me and saying things about me. Somehow it seems of late that everyone reads my blogs with relish and yet I find an extraordinary amount of backlash. I've backed down in some cases, stood my ground in others. No matter the outcome, I rarely feel I've won any battles and I've surely made even fewer points.

I'm retiring from Pilot's World ladies and gentlemen. I'm on MSN, I've got my music site coming up in the next month at http://www.jeremypilon.ca and those with my e-mail address and phone number have every opportunity to reach me and speak to me in person about what my life is up to. If my friend in England can keep up, well you get the idea.

It's been a great run guys, thanks for your support over the past couple years and I wish you all the best in the future.

This site will remain as a monument to these years of my life.

Pilot's World
November 2004-April 2007

January 9, 1996

Dear Jeremy,

You may not remember me, I am your past. The world may be ravaged by a past or ongoing war but I still hope your/my eyes see this.

My goals and hopes are high and plentiful and a few (due to my hormones), are erotic.

Life now is OK, a few stresses but that's crap from healh. School'¢ be out by now.

The past few days the "Blizzard of '96" is going on in the Eastern US. Quebec just lost the election to separate but you probably don't even know about Quebec being a province anymore.

Enclosed is a card from my band, Dulcet. I hope it is/was successful.

This is for my kids (if there are any) Love your dad, he's really a nice guy and be all you can be (Pepsi).

Sincerely

Jeremy Pilon

Rocket Man-arama!

YIKES! Kate Bush. Nothing like 80's pop-reggae.


NOW YOU CAN MAKE YOUR OWN!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cu3CSmAR8Sw&mode=related&search=

Sick Day

Was feeling like a big ball of shit at work today, so I took the latter part of the shift off. Naturally as soon as I get home, I get to feeling better. Maybe it's all the chemicals at work.

Anyways, might as well regale y'all with a story.

Went for a walk with my sister and her boyfriend yesterday to enjoy what aspects of Global Warming that we could. Lo and behold if on the trip we didn't come across a huge spill of oil on the street, draining into a storm sewer. I called my dad, the fire chief in town, to inquire who to call. He said "you would call me, I'll take care of it." and that was about that. Felt pretty good for taking some good environmental action and continued on my day.

So my dad calls me after work to chastise me. "Any idea how much paperwork you caused me?". Sounds like there's like 3 or 4 organizations involved with something like this and it poses a major risk to the Souris River which is considered a major, fish bearing water way. I thought it was pretty funny that I was the hippie and my dad ended up with the paperwork. Oh well, it's his fault for raising me with a moral responsibility to the planet.

Moral of the story : Dispose of oil properly and if you have a spill, clean it up or call the fire department for help.

Ok Linux Geeks - Help Needed

Ok, I love OSS... LOVE the shit. I currently run an XP system with 90% of my day to day software being OSS... I just love it.

But there is one Open Source dive I've never been able to fully take.. .the operating system itself. I've tried 3 or 4 times to use a Linux system (Mandriva and Red Hat mostly). It all goes fine as long as I'm using the packages that come with the distro, but then comes my brick wall : installing something new.

Here's my current conundrum. I've got Red Hat installed on this old PII laptop I got for $25. I want to install a program (package?) called Wired (link). Now I get as far as to unzip the tarball and all, but when I check out the install file it requires a dozen or so dependencies... and who knows how many dependencies they need... and so on. Is there an easier way to do this, because I could be all night here trying to install this one program, or is this just the nature of the beast?

People are regularly touting the wonder that is Linux to me, but this is a little peev I have with the OS that has kept me from switching over. If I could overcome this, I'd probably have switched over over a year ago.

Anyone got some good resources for me? Oh and go slow... pretend I'm your grandma, 'cause this stuff tends to get over my head.

Peice of the Earth MISSING!

OK so recent news headline is pretty cool. Apparently it has been discovered that a large part of the earth's crust is missing, exposing the massive mantle layer of the Earth. No one is really sure why this is, or what it means quite yet, but I think I know.

I think in time we will come to learn that aliens came to Earth and stole a piece of the planet to take back to their own planet for resources. This massive mineing of the planet caused a huge energy sink to be unleased which is warming the waters of the Atlantic, thus raising the mean temperature of the planet, THUS BEING THE REAL CAUSE OF GLOBAL WARMING!

These people just aren't thinking creatively enough.

I got my worms home today, so hopefully in a month first takers can have some worms to try at their house.

http://www.noc.soton.ac.uk/gg/classroom@sea/JC007/about.html

Friends of Science

Ok, first thanks for all the comments to my last post. Really made me realize
1) That people actually read this damn thing
2) The Environment is an important issue to the people of today, and I'm helping to record it's discussion with this blog. That's pretty fucking cool.

It was suggested in the comments of my last post that the alternate side of the problem be explored, specifically a group called "the Friends of Science".

First of all, the groups goal :

To encourage and assist the Canadian Federal Government to re-evaluate the Kyoto Protocol by engaging in a national public debate on the scientific merit of Kyoto and the Global Warming issue, and to educate the public through dissemination of relevant, balanced and objective technical information on this subject.

Friends of Science Webpage

There is a bias towards a certain outcome from the very beginning. Even if they're findings were to the contrary, the group must hide or change many of it's facts if it is to continue it's existence.

The scientists involved have not written peer reviewed work on the subject of global warming in decades, the company is anonymously funded by the oil industry, they get unusual favours in parliament, they have the media's undivided attention despite being the only group of their kind in Canada.... well....

just read all this.

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Friends_of_Science

Then go do something really productive and visit:
http://www.davidsuzuki.org/



**** Note **** - This is an edited version of the original post wherein I call the person who made the comments to task about listing this page/subject. Now he's a close/longtime personal friend and maybe calling him out on my blog was a little much. That said, he had an uncensored opportunity to reply to my post not only in the comments of this blog (which are still posted wth my replies) but he also has such opportunity to reply on his blog. I was open enough to state an opinon about the environment in my last post, he was open enough to share a counter-opinion, by commenting his views. I replied in kind with a post because I felt that my opposition to his views were important enough to state in a general way. My method of wording the text was in response to the frustration I felt that someone I so respected personally and intellectually was taking what I felt was an uneducated and media driven view. I apologize to Dave if he felt attacked, but I did want to make a point that we need to get above these types of Spin-Doctors if we want to get beyond this problem.

Now everyone, go turn off a light/appliance in your house and recycle everything you can that's in your pockets/wallets and purses.

Have a nice day.

I never post anymore

Hey... I was gonna quit altogether, and I still might, so be happy with these once every two weeks till I get the itch again. I'm not doing this to please anyone.

Ok so shit I am.

Anyways, Rhonda went to see Dr. David Suzuki tonight (I had to be at work or I so would have tapped that!). Anyways, she texts me at 9:30 and says "I gave Dr. Suzuki your webpage". "Crap!" now I have to update!

So Dr. Suzuki, if you read this, welcome. Sorry the place is a little messy, wasn't expecting company. Can I get you something to drink? Perhaps a glass of filtered rainwater, or a glass of organcally grown, locally produced, hand crushed orange juice?

Anyhoo, so this, and Katherine's post on her blog has prompted me to give y'all another "save the planet" tree hugging bullshit post... so sit down and shut up for a sec ... Danny, I see you back there with that spitball, and I guarantee it will mean a week of detention if you throw it.

Now... where was I, Oh yes :

GLOBAL WARMING!!!! ... WHAT AM I DOING ABOUT IT?

Ok, so I'm working on posts and stuff for Rechargeable Future about greening my house and life and such, but until then, check this little list off, and see if you wanna participate.

1 - Vermicomposting - Soon. I bought the kit and such and have their new home all prepped and ready to go. I left the guys with Rhonda for a few weeks to "be fruitful and multiply" then I'm gonna split the colony in half and put half in my box and leave half at Rhonda's. I plan to keep on doing this (as well as the occasional worm swap to keep the genealogy viable), so if anyone is interested in some worms, let me know and I should hopefully have a family ready to depart in about a month and a half.

2 - Flourecent Lights - Got e'm. I buy them in bulk at CostCo or Wholesale. Not too bad that way, and cheaper in power and bulbs in the long run. Plus I'm generous and want to help the environment so I leave the bulbs when I move out of a place. So I'm slowly updating the lightsockets of our world.

3 - Recycle Recycle Recycle - Not just at home, but at work too. Started a paper recycle bin in our office and I'm constantly putting bottles in the bottle garbage (makes the lifeguards drinking money, which is nice, because today's youth are too smart and need to kill a few braincells. Basically less competition for the grand prize in the end). Look up recycling, there are alot of things out there you can recycle that you wouldn't think of - like - cars, batteries, printer cartridges, computers, cell phones, paint, paint cans, concrete.. and a tonne more. I make e'm recycle batteries at work... drives e'm mad.

4 - Walk - Now Andrew will tell you I don't do this enough. And dammit he's right. But I do try and make a point of walking to work as much as possible. With the warm weather, it's alot easier.

5 - Watch what electric appliances you leave on. Computers are the big one. I am a shameless downloader, so my PC is often on. But when not at the machine I make sure to shut off the monitor and speakers. As a backup, I also have the low power settings set on my computer to kick in after 5 minutes. Try and unplug things when you aren't using them, and unplug everything when you're on holidays (well you can leave the answering machine if you really need it). Power leakage is a huge source of CO2 emissions.

6 - Watch an Inconvenient Truth, Who Killed the Electric Car. Visit good environment webpages like Grist.com or ... whatever, there are a million out there and they all have something good to say. Read a book on the environment, I suggest "Greenhouse:The 200 Year Story of Global Warming" By Gale E Christianson... great book. Listen to some environmental music, how about "The Maples" by Rush. Eat an organically grown, locally produced, hand made vegitarian meal, it sounds like a tall order, but hey you just might like it.

7 - Grow Your Own/Buy Local - I have decided to grow a garden this year. I bought a bunch of seeds the past couple weeks, started some herbs for the summer, got some interesting fruits that will be fun to grow as well as help me eat local (got black tomatoes, purple, red, white and yellow carrots, the worlds hottest pepper, purple peppers). Still looking for seed for purple potatoes (or something else cool) and garlic. Tried to concentrate on food I could either eat right away, store for long periods or pawn off on someone else. Also gonna be checking out more farmers markets this year.

8 - Reuse - try to buy second hand where I can. Shop at Salvation Army or Value Village. Get stuff at garage sales (waiting for them to start again so I can get a kitchen table). I keep empty buckets from work for stuff.


So there's a start. Also want to start a tree planting street gang. Basically we'd just go around to places that we figure a tree should be and use stealth to plant the tree and try and propogate it's growth. Hardcore.

And the Winner of the Linger contest is.....

SARAH SNELLING!

Sarah is awarded the two free tickets to the show in Regina tommorrow, and will get a copy of the new Linger album, Root of Truth next month when it comes out.

This works well for me because she lives across the street from me.

It just never ceases to amaze me....

Just about 70 years ago, the United States of America commissioned, built and used a weapon of nearly ultimate power, the atomic bomb.

" On August 6, 1945, 8.15 am, the uranium atom bomb exploded 580 metres above the city of Hiroshima with a blinding flash, creating a giant fireball and sending surface temperatures to 4,000C. Fierce heat rays and radiation burst out in every direction, unleashing a high pressure shockwave, vaporising tens of thousands of people and animals, melting buildings and streetcars, reducing a 400-year-old city to dust."

The country commited a crime of unimaginable horror. Hundreds of thousands were killed. Innocent children and women. Workers, teachers, artists killed without justice or cause.

It just never ceases to amaze me that the nation was never brought to trial. Are we the citizens of the planet Earth so scared of this monster that we will not even rise up together and fucking DO SOMETHING about it. When Hitler killed untold thousands of Jewish, Black, Gay, Mentally Challenged and physically challenged people, the world responded. We stood up for our fellow man and kicked some ASS. Here the Americans are, murderers of likely in the range of a million innocent Japanese people, and we just sit back and go... SHIT that was a BIG mushroom cloud!

Please visit the following page and think about what happened in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. If I were to list all the names of all the people would stretch 10km.

http://fogonazos.blogspot.com/2007/02/hiroshima-pictures-they-didnt-want-us_05.html

Linger Show Poster and Details!

There we go... the first official Linger poster since before I met yo' momma! Still tonnes of time to enter the Linger contest. Just visit their MySpace at http://www.myspace.com/lingerbandcanada, and e-mail pilot@pilotsworld.ca your vitals and the names of the two songs featured on their playlist. It could net you a couple free tickets to this show and a free CD!

Magic 103.5 FM is the coolest radio station on the freaking planet.

OK FOLKS. So last week, I finally got my name entered into the draw for tickets to see the Tragically Hip in Regina. I'd been trying all month to get my name in, so was quite releived when I got in. To my shock, the next day, I would learn that I won the tickets to see the show!

So off the g/f and I ran to the Brandt Center to see the show. We ran into premier Lorne Calvert and his wife at the show. Rhonda had mentioned that she was a hardcore NDPer, little did I know that her family and the Calverts often popped each others back acne.

Anyhoo, the show was a SMASHING success and I'd like to share with everyone a video I took at the show



So once again, thanks to Magic 103.5 and especially the kickass staff at the morning show, GREG AND LAURA IN THE MORNING FOREVER!!!

Can You Name that Compilation?!!?

Ok folks, here's the thing. We're sitting here brainstorming trying to remember the name of an old compilation album from the mid-late 90's. We know for a FACT it had "Detachable Penis" by King Missle on it. We also believe the album to have on it "Say it Ain't So" by Weezer and "Hey Man, Nice Shot" by Filter.

The first person to e-mail me a correct answer to this question (and thus satisfy my aching brain) will recieve two tickets to the Linger album release party slated to happen in late March.

So get on it folks.

Submit answers to pilot@pilotsworld.ca. This is in ADDITION to the other contest. This is just for free tickets and it's to the album release, not the show on the 16th.

Best of Luck.

OH LINGER LINGER LINGER -- CONTEST!

OK FOLKS! I just got the call from the majors. The legendary (and endlessly sexy) Linger has asked me to join them in the capacity of bass player (live at least) and we are performing February 16, 2007 at the Exchange in Regina!

So in order to display how FREAKING STOKED I am about this whole development, I am having another kickass PILOT'S WORLD CONTEST!!! This contest is kickass easy to enter. All you have to do is head over to the Linger MySpace Page ( http://www.myspace.com/lingerbandcanada ), check out their two songs and e-mail the names of those two songs to me at pilot@pilotsworld.ca with all your vitals. I'll have an impartial draw on Feb 9 and inform the winner by e-mail then make arrangements.

So what is the prize?

Glad you asked! It's so good, it's a prize PACKAGE!
- Free admission to the show on Feb 16th at the Exchange for you and a friend
- Free ride to (and from) the show from anywhere between Weyburn and Regina for you and a friend.
- Free copy of their latest release and first full length album, "The Root of Truth"
- Meet and greet with the band.
- If there's an after-party, I'll try and get you invited.

The only catch with the contest is if you aren't actually IN Regina, your ride in will be early afternoon Sat, and back will be about the same time Sunday, and I don't think I have accommodations for you in Regina... so if you bring your own wheels, you'll still get the rest of the prize pack.

The band isn't putting up any of the prize pack (as it stands), but I told them (Dave) about the contest, so they might just put up some extras. So go check out the page today and get those entries in today!!!

Must - Buy - Windows - 386

Microsoft sent this tape to retailers to explain the benefits of Windows 386. Boring until the 7 minute mark when the production is taken over by crack-smoking monkeys. I like that kind of crappy 80's white corporate rap.

Hmmm.. that's why they got rid of it

marriedtothesea.com

Guys, I am truly sorry,

But I am NOT going through this alone.

THE NEW SAND GAME!

It has Zombies.

Sorry.

So ... what you're saying is we're screwed...

http://www.cbc.ca/fifth/denialmachine/resources.html

Busy Bumblebee

Hey folks. I haven't been posting because I hate y'all !!!!

Also I've been very busy. At the moment I'm in the old studio with Linger. They finally cracked and let me play bass on one song on the album. Just waiting my turn to go in the booth and wreck 7 years of work.

If you want to know more about Linger, visit your local library or check out their MySpace page at http://www.myspace.com/lingerbandcanada/.

Also.. .sorry Matt Smith for calling you Mike Smith... It appears I'm a retard.

"I don't care how good the movie is.

Nothing is gonna make me breathe less."

That was the first thing Andrew said to me after watching "An Inconvenient Truth : A Global Warning". Because you see I immediately opened my DVD player, extracted the DVD an handed it to Andrew with the insistence that he watch it RIGHT NOW. Then I raved for twenty minutes.

I'm planning "An Inconvenient Party" for later this month. Everyone is welcome, and there WILL BE DRINKING AND PRIZES!!! I just gotta settle on a date and get some finances together for prizes and such.

I'd like to make a very special VIP invitation to the following folks, due to some contribution they can make to the community or to the other guests at the party. Mike Smith, our Green Party representative this past election or another member of the Green Party from the area (as I know Mike lives quite a way here); any member of a current sitting local government (Province of Saskatchewan, any member of the Weyburn City Council, or even a member of parliament) or a representative of any recognized political party; My good friends Corey Morrissette and his lovely wife Laura (that should cover much of local media, but any other local or regional press including BLOGGERS are welcome (Saskboy, been to Weyburn lately?) as well as local business owners), Jeff and any of his fellow teachers, and any and all of my friends and family past, present and future. I'll try and get a date up in the next couple days, and we'll go from there, but I definately want to hear from all interested parties.

7- Up Pankkkakes

All right sandwich club (that's what I secretly call you Pilot's World readers out there... "The Sandwich Club". I gots some breakfast eats recipes for you... by Pilot

And now....

7-Up Pankkkakes

1 1/4 cups sifted flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
1 tablespoon sugar
1 beaten egg
1/4 cup milk
1 cup 7-UP (room temperature - cold won't rise as well)
2 tablespoons melted butter (Butter bere folks, not margarine)

Mix it all together as you go... start one ingredient at a time, top down. The batter will be lumpy, it's ok. Makes like a gillion small delicious pancakes... medium heat folks or you'll burn it!

Please accept with no obligation, implied or implicit, my best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low stress, non-addictive, gender neutral, celebration of the winter solstice holiday, practiced within the most enjoyable traditions of the religious persuasion of your choice, or secular practices of your choice, with respect for the religious/secular persuasions and/or traditions of others, or their choice not to practice religious or secular traditions at all.

We also wish you a fiscally successful, personally fulfilling, and medically uncomplicated recognition of the onset of the generally accepted calendar year 2007, but not without due respect for the calendars of choice of other cultures whose contributions to society have helped make Canada great (not to imply that Canada is necessarily greater than any other country), and without regard to the race, creed, color, age, physical ability, religious faith, or sexual reference of the wishee.

By accepting this greeting, you are accepting these terms: This greeting is subject to clarification or withdrawal. It is freely transferable with no alteration to the original greeting. It implies no promise by the wisher to actually implement any of the wishes for her/himself or others, and is void where prohibited by law, and is revocable at the sole discretion of the wisher.

This wish is warranted to perform as expected within the usual application of good tidings for a period of one year, or until the issuance of a subsequent holiday greeting, whichever comes first, and warranty is limited to replacement of this wish or issuance of a new wish at the sole discretion of the wisher.

Brain Teaser Yo!

Ok guys... here's a noodle scratcher.

This brainteaser, reportedly written by Einstein is difficult and Einstein said that 98% of the people in the world could not figure it out. Which percentage are you in?

There are five houses in a row in different colors. In each house lives a person with a different nationality. The five owners drink a different drink, smoke a different brand of cigar and keep a different pet, one of which is a Walleye Pike.

The question is– who owns the fish?

Hints:
1. The Brit lives in the red house.
2. The Swede keeps dogs as pets.
3. The Dane drinks tea.
4. The green house is on the left of the white house.
5. The green house owner drinks coffee.
6. The person who smokes Pall Malls keeps birds.
7. The owner of the yellow house smokes Dunhills.
8. The man living in the house right in the center drinks milk.
9. The man who smokes Blends lives next to the one who keeps cats.
10. The Norwegian lives in the first house.
11. The man who keeps horses lives next to the one who smokes Dunhills.
12. The owner who smokes Bluemasters drinks beer.
13. The German smokes Princes.
14. The Norwegian lives next to the blue house.
15. The man who smokes Blends has a neighbor who drinks water.

There are no tricks, pure logic will get you the correct answer. And yes, there is enough information to arrive at the one and only correct answer.

It took me about an hour, but I got the answer... can you?

Give the Green Party a Voice!

As most people who follow politics likely know, the Green Party has been rallying the major networks to allow them a spot in the leaders debate in the national elections. The Bloc Quebecois was allowed a spot in the first election it participated in, yet the Green Party has never been allowed a voice in this debate, despite growing support nation-wide.

I encourage my readers to read more on the subject at http://www.demanddemocraticdebates.ca a website erected by the Green Party. Even if you do not support the values of the Green Party, you might support the values of democracy and feel they deserve a voice. Read up, and if you think this situation is as unfair as I do, please fill out their e-mail petition which is sent to many of the bigwigs that make the decisions in such matters.

Remember, democracy is about more than voting, so participate!

What Kind of Martini are YOU?

You Are a Classic Martini

You area sophisticated drinker, who knows that simple quality is over-rated. You're a knowledgeable drunk, but sometimes you're a know-it-all when you're blasted. You should never: Drink and gossip. You tend to forget who's standing right behind you! Your ideal party: Has a real bartender. But no one mixes a better drink than you. Your drinking soulmates: those with a Chocolate Martini personality Your drinking rivals: those with a Margarita Martini personality

What Flavor Martini Are You?

And we've both played Hamlet too!

I swear to God,,

if I owned a gun, my van would be dead.

Photo Contest Entry #4 - "Under Pressure"

Hey folks, entry number 4 for Rob's excellent self-portrait photo contest. Those who have entered I'm sure are encouraged to make sure Rob knows you've entered and where your photos are. I know once I get all five done, I'll e-mail them to Rob... even though he's already seen them on here I'm sure.

Photo is entitled "Under Pressure" and I used some different software for the "darkroom" this time. Can you tell?

My Thoughts so far on the Nintendo Wii

Ok, so I know everyone religiously follows the coming of a new gaming system. I've found that since about the Super Nintendo, that I'm not too concerned with new systems. Pretty much they have to come to me and impress me with some feature or another. Playstation has held my gaze for a couple generations, but I think Nintendo really has my eye again.

Enter the Nintendo Wii. The major feature of note on this system is a pair of controllers that dectect spatial movement of the unit. Thus instead of tapping left-left-A or some button combination to perform a task, say swing a bat, you mime performing the action, ie swinging your arms through the air.

I think this is just freaking awesome. For the past I don't know how many system generations, there has been virtually no advancement or acceptance of new input control methods. There was the gamepad, the joystick and the keyboard. Oh sure there were novelty controllers, gloves, guns, guitars, pads, steering wheels, skateboards. But none of them worked as universally as the old standard button and joystick gamepad. Infact even into the current generation Sony and Microsoft have chosen to retain their dinosaurs.

Ninetendo has moved into the future. But I think there's a danger. Standard gaming systems are easily played in the sitting or even lying position. The need to move is almost eliminated in these games. Thus when someone plays too much, there is some sort of negative reaction - you get fat and full of diabetes. But with the Wii, people will be moving, exercising, you'll be able to play more with less reprecussions. I'm just afraid we're gonna end up with a generation of game addicted kids because their parents don't see a problem with their children. Kids are going to lose their true sense of discovery where there is illness and pain to punish their mistakes, not a Game Over page. Games are immersive enough without further physical involvement. Combine this technology with an updated version of the flop Virtual Nintendo, and we're starting to see the beginning of The Matrix... hell pop a VR helmet on my head, some good controllers in my hand, plug me into a food source and throw me into Second Life and I've started a new life. This technology exists today, it's only a matter of time before someone thinks to combine them.

Mark my words, you'll see it in the paper before 2008.

Oh Hell I'll do a Meme!

Ok as per the meme on Rhonda's Blog. So all of you can do this too if you want... link back to her!

So it's a positive vibes meme. This week is Pilot declared positive vibes week! So Rhonda has started a meme for it.

Just write down a bunch of things that give you positive vibes.

Link back to Rhonda and comment on her blog that youve posted a meme.

Ok Positive vibes....

- Bootsy... how can you not smile...
- Rhonda - for teaching me to be happy again
- Andrew - more than a brother... a great friend... and motherfuckin' GANGSTA
- Lunchbreak at work with Armin. Makes days the funnest shift at the pool... makes work worthwhile.
- Pickles
- Ice Cream
- Drivin' Roun' the RGC, smokin endo, listenin to Danko Jones (Laid Back)... with my mind on my money and my money on my mind.
- Mini Wheats
- Big Gulps (Super)
- Milk and Cookies
- Pickles
- Neatorama and Boing Boing
- THE MOTHERFUCKIN' RZA
- Mom

Wide Mouth Manson! Grr

So had a wild weekend. Played at this like family Christmas party last night... free $150 meal and free booze. Had to catch a ride home.

This afternoon I went and checked out Wide Mouth Mason at the CP Holiday Train with Holly, Rhonda and Tai. Mason rocked so hard the train derailed, tipped over and killed 14 people. Earl was playing guitar with his teeth at the time... he'll need extensive bridge work.

OH Santa!

Ok so maybe I caught some of that Christmas cheer. Sue me.

Santa has a blog!

Santa's 2006 Holiday Blog.

Check out his excellent post "100 Things About Me"

Greatest Goddamn Cristmas Song Ever!

Don't even argue, the ever abusive Bing Crosby with drug aficionado David Bowie... you know it's good.

I could listen to this song all day.

Diet Coke and Mentos .... the Next Generation

You think you've seen all the video there is to see of people putting mentos in Diet Coke? You've spent countless hours surfing You Tube and you're now an expert in the field...

Well Check this out...

Engage.



or for that matter,

This ...

I'm Rich Bitch!

I'm loaded. It's official. I'm the 742,849,779 richest person on earth! How rich are you? >>

Send me a comment

We Made It

Ok folks, well, Pilot's World has made it's move. We've got the same headquarters as Randomization now, so that should make for some interesting network problems.

Somehow, despite the fact that she didn't lift a single box, Bootsy seems to be the most tired of the crew, but to be fair, I don't think she really realized that she was moving until about 11 o'clock last night when we didn't go back to the old place. So she was a bit wired all day.

Other than that, the place is a mess, but it's our mess. We're slowly getting things together, should be clean sometime around 2008.

Pilot's World Headquarters Moving!

Well folks, I'm moving Pilot's World Headquarters AGAIN (fourth time since she opened!). So I'll be offline for a few days. I expect to be back online by Friday. I had hoped to have SMS posting up and running for the switch so I could keep y'all posted, but no such luck.

Not looking forward to the next month, posting will likely be spotty, I've got too much on my plate. Frankly the mere thought of it all is kinda making me depressed. I think in the New Year I'm going to have to re-examine my participation in things like the Lions Club, Old Skool and other things. It's not that I dislike these projects in my life, far from it. I just can't make the commitment necessary to the other people involved.

Frankly this weekend is going to be terrible and I'm not going to enjoy playing music.

That's a fucking crime.

ATTENTION RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF WEYBURN!

Go to City Hall as soon as humanly possible and check out the photo contest display. Vote for pictures 22 and 17 as often as you can. They're my entries, and I want that new digital camera!

The pictures are the following:Vote and vote often!

It's my party and I'll cancell if I I want to...

So about a month ago my good pal Kristie brought up the need for our "group" of friends needing to get together over the holidays for a party. I volunteered knowing full well that my ex would need to be invited to the shindig. I wasn't happy with the idea, but sometimes it's time to move on right?

Well now I'm looking at the situation and I'm wondering whether I should bother at all. In addition to the fact that I and Shawna are going to be uncomfortable there will be no less than 4 other uncomfortable pairings at the party should everyone show up. Not to mention the presence of an increasingly divided group and a change in the morals of everyone as we divide, and I'm not sure the party will be a good idea.

Plus I have to wake up at 8 the next morning for Christmas at my grandparents.

The bottom line really is, does anyone really want to do this, and is it a good idea? I know I want to see everyone that's down and maybe some social time with Shawna will help me let go. But I know this party is gonna have a lot of divided groups and the house really isn't very big.

So what is a guy to do?

Well Danny is Gone

Shame it had to happen to such a nice guy, but business is business and football is football. And in Saskatchewan, we want our cup back.

http://www.cfl.ca/index.php?module=newser&func=display&nid=13990

Boost your Vocab!

Jeremiad

Wanted to be disposed of

Ok all, working on the move and in addition to the usual pile of crap I'm throwing out, I'm also phasing out the old beer bottle collection. So if anyone wants it, it's got some antique, rare and cool foreign bottles in it. If no one speaks for it by Wed night, I'm throwing it in the recycling bin at Sarcan.

Crappy Pop Songs

Here ya go folks, some really shitty pop songs I get in my head everytime I hear them.

Too Little Too Late - Jojo -- Oh crap... I hadn't even seen the video... but I bet I know all the words already. Heard it twice on the radio today alone. She gets all wet at the end.. sorry for ruining it.

Since U Been Gone - Kelly Clarkson - Jesus. I hate American Idol. But you think I can get away from this shit hit? Hell no. I put it on mix discs. Entire mix discs of Since U Been Gone.

Get The Party Started - Pink - Ooooooo ATTITUDE! And Pink in a towel. She still looks like a boy. (Hey your bra is showing!)

Toxic - Britney Spears - Really quite shocked it made it past the censors.

Underneath Your Clothes- Shakira - Sorry is it hot in here? She looks even hotter as a brunette.

Beautiful Stranger - Madonna - Yeah she's old, but still catchy. At least you get the entertainment value of Mike Meyers on this one.

Bills Bills Bills - Destiny's Child - Hey, this one can be enjoyed on mute.

Notice how all these songs start with a little sketch explaining why the women are so broke up about what's going on. That's because the music lacks SUBSTANCE. Yep, I'm sure it's MP3's that are killing the music industry.

OK C'mon now!

So I've been trying my best to put a few new tech gadgets on Pilot's World. Mostly just for organizing and some new posting options. Frankly I'm getting pissed off at the whole thing. Blogger has a new Blogger in Beta that allows alot of new great options, biggest of them is categories.

Blogger won't let me update Pilot's World yet.

Also been trying to hook up SMS (Mobile Phone) posting through a few different methods and programs, to no avail.

I'm just getting frustrated, and I'd like to switch, but I've got 2 years worth of posts here and I'd like to keep it that way.

YARGH!

Get Nailed Today!

Some facts on the "Flu Shot"

http://www.cdc.gov/flu/protect/keyfacts.htm

... and it didn't hurt a bit!

Hmmm.

Purple or Aqua?

Uh Oh Politcs on Pilot's World

Ok so I don't often comment on politics, but I do follow them closely and form opinions on many of the issues of the day. I like to argue at length with people about how stupid they are and and how freaking cool I am because of my political views. Everyone is wrong but me.

Unfortunately I never seem to talk much about politics on Pilot's World. Worried it will take over really... turn into this crazy hippie hick manifesto and end up ruining and/or saving the planet. I started Untitled with Shanna hoping I'd get it in somewhere safe... in fact it's why I start all my blogs. Turns out maybe I should just do it all here. Close my other blogs, post that shit here and maybe get some interested viewership. Save a step.

So I'm gonna give it a try... a good political post for y'all.

Then I was sitting there tonight watching Rick Mercer (yes, even my humor TV watching is political... sue me) and he was talking to the speaker of the house. As the interview ended it occurred to me, does the speaker ever accidentally wear his robes home? Like when I worked at DQ there would be days where I'd be so upset and eager to leave that I wore my apron home. It must happen to the speaker he's just heading out of the office all like "I swear if Stephen Fucking Harper says 'tax cut' one more damn time..." or "Does Jack Layton even OWN a tie?" and just forget to drop off the robes. All in a huff driving down the freeway in his 2004 Kia Magenta.

Makes you wonder...
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Some Randomness

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/55522

What to get Pilot for Christmas / Housewarming

Ok so I've had some family/girfriends ask me what I want for Chirstmas this year (I was kidding about the housewarming... tho I do have an idea for that one, but that's for another post... another day... and it won't cost you a thing). Well I've decided as part of the Jeremy Getting His Fucking Life Together Project that I'd like to have a home that doesn't look like every college apartment crammed into a 100 square foot area anymore. I want a comfortable clean living room, a great kitchen, a bathroom with a shower mat and a bedroom that doesn't include a sleeping bag as one of my bed covers.

Now I'm not saying that I haven't had some nice stuff especially after I graduated, but the move coming up will be move number 13 or 14 since I graduated in 1999. That's like 2 moves a year. Fuck. But you know how moving is, stuff gets broken or lost or stolen and on THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS transferred to an alternate dimension (fucking stargate).

So to start, I'm gonna work on the kitchen, because I love to cook and I want to get into it more. I've got links for alot of it because I'm going for a "look" for most of this stuff. I do plan to put up the financing for most of it myself, but I'll wait until after Christmas to make any purchases and I'll update the list in June just before my birthday. In July. On the 15th. (nudge nudge)

THE KITCHEN
Ahh the Kitchen - My Home away from home.

I love to cook and frankly of late my kitchen is composed of crap, shit and broken crap. The only thing that works to spec in my kitchen is my garlic press. So we're gonna start there.
As you can see it's unpolished stainless steel with black highlights. I'll add to that scheme clear glass and white plastic and we've got a start. So here's what I need :

-Pyrex
- Casserole dishes - in sizes ranging from those small personal ones to a good sized family
- Rectangular Cake Dish - Smaller Square One and a Bigger Rectangular One
- Pie Dish
- Bowls - Three or four sizes - small to large
- Graded Measuring Cups
-Cookie Sheets
-Pizza Pans
-Roasters (Small and Medium)
- Good Set of Pots and Pans (very low on the priority list... please don't worry about gifting this one).
- A good set of knives - Cleaver, paring knife, chef knife, bread knife... you get the picture... a set with a wood block. If it can fit the colour scheme, that would kick ass.
- A large spice rack
- Cutting Board (black plastic and/or white plastic. I'd prefer two one in each colour-matching)
- Set of about 10-15 small glass oil bottles. (matching the spice rack would be smashing)
- Utensil Set (spoon, ladle, spatula etc)
- Set of silicone spatulas
- Medium sized and small whisk
- Can opener
- Set of measuring cups and spoons
- One of those spinning things that you put utensils in (black or stainless steel)
- Barware - wine glasses, table glasses, everything. Again, this is low priority right now and I might just pick it all up myself at once so it matches.
- Dinnerware - Plates and utensils. I'm liking black and stainless steel here. Something funky yet male. Seriously no fucking flowers.
- Storage containers... Rubbermaid - Tupperware whatever... any sizes, small to large (remember white and clear if possible)
- Canisters - I have four in white and clear for my pastas and rice. I wouldn't mind a set for coffee, flour, sugar and such. I'm thinking I might just take care of this one myself as I've already started the set and I know how large and how many I need.

Appliances-

Well I don't expect the plumbed fridge and gas stove to come, so I won't ask. But there are a few mid-range items that perhaps some rich people might feel generous enough to buy for me. In reality I'm just writing them down so I remember for myself.

- Stand mixer
- Coffee Maker
- Toaster (big one guys.. I used to have two, now I have none)
- Food Processor
- Slow Cooker
- Popcorn Air Popper


Anyways that's a good start. I'll probably fill most of it in myself. I'm gonna work on my room, living room, studio and bathroom too, but you people aren't that interested I'm sure. I can do it m'self.

Peace y'all!

The Celebrity F**k List Meme comes to Life!

Ok so they don't quite all seem to understand the idea of the meme, but here are the participants so far!

Andrew - Randomjunkification
Corey - CD's Playhouse
Rhonda - Rescue Regina
Danny - Ralph Wiggum is my Hero
Jeff - George Bush Sucks

Keep e'm comin' folks... and remember the idea is to encourage your readers to do the same... it's like a virus.

Of course as soon as you get it done you think of a million others - Anne Heche, Jennifer Tilley, Rose McGowan, Julianne Moore, Mark's mom... but I guess we can only hope so much... the idea of the list is damage control not a free ride with any celebrity who will drop trow in front of you.

I'm Glad I'm Not a Beagle

They have these defective anal glands and every time something goes wrong, someone is gonna stick their finger in your ass. Well Bootsy had her checkup. Her anal glands were impacted, which means they were full of this stank ass brown shit. Poop smells better than this stuff. WAY better. If I had to pick between smelling anal gland juice and say a pile of month old dog poop... month old dog poop wins hands down.

Other than that the vet thought she seemed good, teeth looked good, normal temp, healthy eyes and all... just behaviourily different. So she cleaned out Boots's pooper and we're gonna observe. Then as soon as she gets better, she's got a date with a needle.

So do I later this week. They really gotta figure out how to give shots via pill ... or better... beer.

The Meme So Far!

Ok so as far as I know I've only had 2 people participate in the Celebrity F**k List Meme. But that's ok, it's an abrasive subject. If you want to participate, details are here.

Anyhoo, the entries so far have been from the wonderful Rhonda. And the questionable Danny, who seems to think I know anything about networking (I don't). EDIT - Also the dapper and debonair Jeff has entered on his blog.

But I gotta run, I think Bootsy might be really sick, so I'm gonna give the vet a call.

Photo Contest Entry #3 - Stacked

Entry 3 - "Stacked". Lovin' this contest! More to come!

Photo Contest Entry #2 - Don't Fuck (With a Guy Wearing a Pink Floyd Cap Holding a Gun)

There ya go... entry 2 ... briefly named "Don't Fuck (With a Guy Wearing a Pink Floyd Cap Holding a Gun)". and just for fun... not a contest entry, I'll include some of the other source pics I worked with. Because its not often I get the chance to photograph myself with a gun. Guns are alot of fun to hold.. they are a very comfortable tool... way more comfortable than a hammer.

Incidentally, I'm not gonna go psycho and kill a bunch of kids at a school. It's just the BB gun we use at work to shoot pigeons.

Pilot's World first Meme!!!! Celebrity F**k List

Ok.. for those n00bz out there a meme is like a blog community challenge. I do this little challenge then you do it and pass it on and so forth... its like a getting to know each other chain letter. But this one isn't impinging on your in-box, and if you choose to ignore it a piano will NOT fall on your head.

OK, that's out of the way, now my meme... that I'm STARTING!

So I was discussing with someone... can't even remember who right now... Trev I think... about the Celebrity Fuck List. A list of say ten people that each person should they meet in real life and have the opportunity, can have sex with without consequence... the other partner can't say anything. Trick is, they have to be like big time celebrity... like untouchable... there's actually one on my list I'm not sure of, in such a case, the partner has veto power.

So Like Brad Pitt, yes, the guy from the Dell commercials, no.
Katherine Zeta Jones, yes, the newsgirl from the FM Station, no (plus Corey would castrate me).

without further adieu, my 10 :

- Nicole Kidman
- Mellissa Auf De Mar (need verification)
- Shakira
- Katherine Zeta Jones
- Judy Dench Charlize Theron
- Salma Hayek
- Minnie Driver
- Sarah McLachlan
- Brittney Spears
- Beyonce Knowles

So there you go.... meme away... I wanna read your lists. Make sure you post a link to them in the Comments so other people can come check it out!

Everyone Loves Natalie Dee!

And with like 4 billion comics in her archive, you're bound to find one that pertains to your curling teams Skip and Lead!


nataliedee.com

Photo Contest Entry #1 - Screaming Red

Rob over at Entheogens and Artistic Exploration has a self-portrait contest on right now that I encourage all to enter if you can.

Here is my first entry for the contest, titled - "Screaming Red"

Your name in Buildings

http://www.geogreeting.com/view.html?zg8WnyHI+nmyts

Oh the things they do with Google Earth.

OK Shit, one more

I couldn't resist... some astonishing editing work.


See you tommorrow.

Well, this should hold you over for a bit

I'll have some original stuff up tommorrow night. Anyone in Weyburn have a couple white sheets I can borrow?

Boost your Day

I don't think you can watch this video and not feel a little better about the world.

A few things today

Firstly and most important of all, I'd like to send a shout out to all the soldiers out there, living, dead, past, present and future. You have one of the scariest and hardest jobs in the world and you to it to protect our rights to freedoms that allow us to blog, walk safely down the street or even drink wine and orange juice for breakfast. Thank You from the bottom of my heart for your sacrifices and work.

Second, Old Skool is playing tonight at about 10 o'clock at a benefit for a young girl and her family. She is struggling against Ewing's Sarcoma, a rare form of cancer that effects bone and soft tissue. It's at Fitzgerald's pub and eatery (the King George) in Weyburn. Please try and come out, there will be a couple other bands playing as well.

Third, the Fighting Hell Brooms won their game last night 6-4 in 8 ends! That brings us to 1-4-0 for the season, we're looking to improve on that record. If you want to get behind the team, you too can have a piece of team merchandise, check it out at http://www.cafepress.com/hellbrooms.

Well that's it for me. Remember that it's Remembrance/Memorial/Armistice Day. If you see a vet today, say thanks!

TWO YEAR SEXTRAVIGANZA!

Ok, so it's not really a sextraviganza, but today marks the end of year two and beginning of year three of that which is Pilot's World.

It's been a hell of a year, no lies there, Pilot's World just about didn't make it a couple times there. But I pushed through and it looks like the state of the blog will show that Pilot's World is as strong as ever.

No major plans for the future of Pilot's World. It had grown too large for its britches there for a while, so that was one reason it just about didn't make it, it was too much work. The only major change I'd like to make to the place is to migrate the blog over to the new version of blogger and do some typesetting changes, as my monitor is the only one on the planet where this font isn't ridiculously large.

In lieu of gifts, please visit The Hunger Site today and click to donate food to a starving child. Thanks!

I am Flippin' Freezin'

I just took a 20 minute walk to mull over the subject of this blog, because this is it. I'm writing this post then I am fucking moving on... forget it, I've had enough of this shit.

When I was a child I had a Teddy Bear. His name originally enough was "Teddy". He was quite large, yellow, could talk (in my mind) and his best friend was "Pillow" a red throw pillow that I also had as a security toy. When I turned 13 I decided that it was time to give that shit up. As it was I never played with them, rarely slept with them and they'd both stopped talking sometime before. I knew I couldn't give them up cold turkey, so I put them into the storage room in our basement. Sometime later Teddy went to the funeral home, pillow was spared, but she was a gift made by my grandmother to celebrate my birth, so she was kept and is still stored with some of my other sentimental items.

Two years ago I bought a ring for a woman I was madly in love with. I had no money at the time, but was so in love that I felt the sheer fact that I was proposing would make up for the fact that I didn't spend much on the ring. That Christmas, I proposed to her and gave the the ring.

A year later I finally received a reply to that question when the ring was tearfully returned to me only feet from where I now sit. That day I threw the ring at my recycling box and swore it was thrown out... I knew I missed but I knew when I had time I'd pick it up and dispose of it. I convinced myself it was gone, and I did my best to convince others of it. I lied to myself. I lied to my friends and family. Just like storing Teddy and Pillow in the basement, the ring sat there as my comfort. Sure I had moved on... I even forgot about her, but I had never let go.

But this time, mom wasn't there to throw out my security and leave me stronger.

Today I received an e-mail from that woman. It was some sort of online networking site. The question posed by the e-mail was "Is ****** ************** your friend?". Quite frankly I was terrified to answer either way. So I took the cowards way out again and simply deleted the e-mail. Instantly it seemed it brought up the memory of that ring.

Well I went and grabbed it. There's a hell of a disgusting pile of recycleables in the middle of my kitchen now, but the ring has passed out of my life. Just like the ring in the movies, I've put it to water to have it's fate decided by a later generation. I hope someday someone finds it and it brightens their day or week. I really do.

As for that e-mail, I'm going to leave it. I don't want to insult that woman by saying no, but she has passed out of my life now. We shared 2 and a half years together. I really did love her with all my heart and I think, even though sometimes it's hard to imagine, that she loved me with all her heart. We were both young, naive and looking for someone to be with. I don't want to hate her, I will hate what she did, but she made a mistake, hopefully she's learned and never done it again. I've moved on to someone else... in the past I could have easily said here "She's more ___ and less _____ " but I'm not going to make comparisons or insults... neither women deserve that. It's a chapter of my life that is over. When I entered that chapter I was boy, young, naive and confused. Today I am a man, I know what I want and I know how I'm going to go about getting it... I went through skyrocketing highs and cavernous deeps, but I've emerged alive and strong.

Goodnight all, tomorrow is Pilot World's 2 year anniversary. Let's make this next year the best there's ever been.

This Ain't Yo Momma's Curling Team!

Ut Verrimus vel Morior! - To Sweep or to Die! - The Fighting Hell Brooms

We agreed on the name over beer on Friday, I promised a logo. It ain't perfect.... hell it isn't even good, but it's something and with four white T-Shirts and some iron on transfers, we could have uniforms!

Incidentally, we can now use the power of Satan to smite our enemies.

Mark Interacts With Animals Fourth Edition

Ok here it is! I was gonna post this earlier, but I've been busy and sick. Tonight I'm just sick, so I'll do this. Another reason I held back was to try and encourage Mark to finish his blog. Mark recently moved to England for a couple years for a working vacation, and has started a blog to document and share his adventures. So before you get the photo goods and the last Mark Interacts With Animals for a while, please make sure to check out Mark's blog "I'll figure it Out When I Get There"

And now without further adieu... Mark interacts ... with horses (KINKY!)

Incidentally, if anyone has any new pictures of Mark interacting with animals, and want to contribute to the series, please let me know. We've already done fish (Northern Pike or "Jack"), cat, dog (Bootsy herself) and now Horse. There was at one time a picture of Mark and a duck, but it's been lost to time. Any new material is welcome.

Later y'all

Just so you know

If my posts stop coming, it would be safe to assume the worst. I've caught what appears to be the mother of all colds. I believe it to be a biologically engineered disease that escaped from an American bio-warfare lab. So I figure I've got about a week to live.

Fuck even my eyes and hands hurt, I've got canker sores all over my tongue, I struggle to breathe occasionally, my ears ache and I don't feel like eating anything.

Everything is getting dim.

Riderville Canada

"Every Stampeder fan has left, and all I can see is green" Carm Carteri - 620 CKRM


In the recent editions of the computer game Civilization, there is a feature in which you can take over cities of other countries simply by the circle of your cultural influence. If that was as literal in real life, tonight, Saskatchewan would have finally tipped the scales and taken over Calgary. Hell, maybe tomorrow Ralph Klein calls up Lorne Calvert and concedes Calgary to us... it's got all our citizens in it anyways. We'd have to get rid of the Stamps then... we'll move e'm to Halifax or something... because as we all know, Saskatchewan can only support one major league team... though we'll hold on to the flames, but they'll have to become the Saskatchewan Flames.

See you next weekend BC! Just a reminder, last time we met in the final, you won, but uh... you go McCallum now. na na na!

Fine

Ok, so people want me to blog. So here it is.

The weekend was a very busy and fun one. Played a super fun gig with the party animals at the CanAm in Oungre. The next day, I went through Regina and ended up in Lumsden for another gig of equal partying and fun. Both gigs got us more gigs Oungre on New Years and Lumsden Boxing Day. So good on that.

Sunday night I reunited with old friend and drummer, Trevor to go see A Kind of Magic, a Queen tribute band at the Center of the Arts. It was a good show, but I think I spent too much on the show and it was a little too quiet. But the songs were good, the look was good and the band was fun.

Also been seeing a special laday on a regular basis now. Those of you who know me and have half a brain can figure it out, those who don't/can't, well you don't need to know. Simple as that.

Also, I won some money on VLT's thanks to the band being late showing up to the gig in Lumsden and I got a cell phone.

So there, you're up to date on my life. Now I'm gonna go die.