The funny people and their funny ways.
Montreal's homeless will have to find new places to sleep or face hefty fines, as the city's downtown borough of Ville Marie bans overnight stays in public squares.
The ban takes effect at 12:01 a.m. Friday, making it an offence to sleep in 15 downtown squares between midnight and 6 a.m.
The penalty is a fine of $141 for a first offence. If offenders can't pay the fine, they face jail time.
Ummm...I'm cold...it's -30 out here. I think I'll sleep down town where the cops can see me. Do I have $141 Cdn ? Ummm..no , I'm homeless.
Off to the NICE WARM jail for you !
ahhh...thats so much better.
Oh , and if I ever get a job, and they ask me why I was in jail for 3 months ? Vagrancy. I slept on the street where I wasn't supposed to and they arrested me ... unfortunately 3months is the maximum they keep you in jail so they booted me out of their nice warm jail with the free food after that.
yeah !
I can see how this law is going to work out REAL good.
Thursday, August 31, 2006
Wednesday, August 30, 2006
Disability Application
I'm applying for disability.
Sort of.
I'm working the system. You see, you have to employ certain tactics or they'll turn you down. You have to ...
sometimes I wonder.
When did the prime goal of my life stop being "getting that pretty girl into bed"
When did the prime goal of my life stop being "get an ok job, maybe not a decent job , but an ok job..."
When did the prime goal of my life stop being "wheres the beer, bub , and dont' stand in my way to the bathroom you only rent this stuff you dont' buy it"
When did it start , that the primary thought every morning when I woke up was "You have 10 second of physical activity before your lungs fail you , how will you spend it ?"
When did it start "I have to go to the can ...you have ten seconds...are you ready yet ? "
When did it start "Yes, I can make it across the street. If I walk really really slow. If I deliberately breath heavy because I won't actually feel like breathing heavy until 10 or twenty seconds later, but by then it's too late if it gets that far start looking for a convenient place to fall down on because you messsed it all up..."
I have to seriously wonder.
Am I really plotting how to work the system ?
Or is the system working me ?
Sort of.
I'm working the system. You see, you have to employ certain tactics or they'll turn you down. You have to ...
sometimes I wonder.
When did the prime goal of my life stop being "getting that pretty girl into bed"
When did the prime goal of my life stop being "get an ok job, maybe not a decent job , but an ok job..."
When did the prime goal of my life stop being "wheres the beer, bub , and dont' stand in my way to the bathroom you only rent this stuff you dont' buy it"
When did it start , that the primary thought every morning when I woke up was "You have 10 second of physical activity before your lungs fail you , how will you spend it ?"
When did it start "I have to go to the can ...you have ten seconds...are you ready yet ? "
When did it start "Yes, I can make it across the street. If I walk really really slow. If I deliberately breath heavy because I won't actually feel like breathing heavy until 10 or twenty seconds later, but by then it's too late if it gets that far start looking for a convenient place to fall down on because you messsed it all up..."
I have to seriously wonder.
Am I really plotting how to work the system ?
Or is the system working me ?
Monday, August 28, 2006
Vixen's Delight
I play world of warcraft, an online game where you
share the game world with as many as 2000 other players.
I was running up a new charactar, so I stopped in goldshire , a city , to look for a guild to help my new charactar.
Some girl, Sharalanda I think , was with a guild called Vixen's Delight , and she was talking to another female player, trying to recruit her for the guild.
Apparently the point of the Vixen's Delight is to fast talk male players into buying them a drink (an in game drink) , and negotiate for an hour of their time where on they will do anything. She didn't actually say Cybersex, she said Dancing Girl , but I'd seen these girls in action around and about the place.
would somone one please ! Tell me ! Why anyone would pay $20 / month , plus maintain their own computer, so that they can go out and PRETEND to be a prostitute, in exchagne for game money , money they can't even spend in the real world ????
Next thing you know , we will have virtual cops chasing these virtual prostitutes, because, really , this is a game meant for 10 year old little billy , and Little billy might have a high level charactar with more money than he knows what to do with and his parents are going to get quite upset if they walk by the computer and see him having cybersex with some stranger ....
sheesh !
The world we live in.
And the virtual one we play in !
share the game world with as many as 2000 other players.
I was running up a new charactar, so I stopped in goldshire , a city , to look for a guild to help my new charactar.
Some girl, Sharalanda I think , was with a guild called Vixen's Delight , and she was talking to another female player, trying to recruit her for the guild.
Apparently the point of the Vixen's Delight is to fast talk male players into buying them a drink (an in game drink) , and negotiate for an hour of their time where on they will do anything. She didn't actually say Cybersex, she said Dancing Girl , but I'd seen these girls in action around and about the place.
would somone one please ! Tell me ! Why anyone would pay $20 / month , plus maintain their own computer, so that they can go out and PRETEND to be a prostitute, in exchagne for game money , money they can't even spend in the real world ????
Next thing you know , we will have virtual cops chasing these virtual prostitutes, because, really , this is a game meant for 10 year old little billy , and Little billy might have a high level charactar with more money than he knows what to do with and his parents are going to get quite upset if they walk by the computer and see him having cybersex with some stranger ....
sheesh !
The world we live in.
And the virtual one we play in !
Wednesday, August 23, 2006
This week in The Middle East
Amnesty International is accusing Israel of war crimes. They state that Israel deliberately targetted civilians in it's 30 day war against the Hezbolla in lebanon.
Ok , but the Hezbolla were deliberately targetting Israel , tossing rockets into israeli civilian area's.
Why arn't they accusing the Hezbolla of war crimes ?
Some canadian ministers of parliment visited the scene in Lebanon , and the invite of Hezbolla , and agreed there had been some kind of war crime commited here. They did not visit israel or survey the damage commited by the Hezbolla on israel.
Lets be blunt here.
You're dealing with an organization that , morally , makes the Klu Klux Klan look like saints. They don't hesistate to lie, and they want Israeli's dead. Their holy book calls all Israeli's dogs and pigs, and their Hadiths demand that every Israeli be killed.
And they teach this to their own children since before the kids learn to walk.
Yet people continue to treat them as if they were decent upstanding citizens.
Do you treat members of the Klu Klux Klan as decent people ? do you invite them to your dinner table so you can talk about the best way to kill and humiliat blacks ?
You most certainly do not.
yet , some how , yes we do.
This is our fault. Their behavior is totally unacceptable, yet people insist on overlooking it and treating it as if it was.
don't blame them. Blame us.
Ok , but the Hezbolla were deliberately targetting Israel , tossing rockets into israeli civilian area's.
Why arn't they accusing the Hezbolla of war crimes ?
Some canadian ministers of parliment visited the scene in Lebanon , and the invite of Hezbolla , and agreed there had been some kind of war crime commited here. They did not visit israel or survey the damage commited by the Hezbolla on israel.
Lets be blunt here.
You're dealing with an organization that , morally , makes the Klu Klux Klan look like saints. They don't hesistate to lie, and they want Israeli's dead. Their holy book calls all Israeli's dogs and pigs, and their Hadiths demand that every Israeli be killed.
And they teach this to their own children since before the kids learn to walk.
Yet people continue to treat them as if they were decent upstanding citizens.
Do you treat members of the Klu Klux Klan as decent people ? do you invite them to your dinner table so you can talk about the best way to kill and humiliat blacks ?
You most certainly do not.
yet , some how , yes we do.
This is our fault. Their behavior is totally unacceptable, yet people insist on overlooking it and treating it as if it was.
don't blame them. Blame us.
Tuesday, August 22, 2006
Apply for Disablity
Aug 4th , was my last day of work.
Work wants me to apply for disablity because my attenence sucks.
My attendence sucks, by the way , because I'm exhausted all the
time , and I really can't breath properly.
Apply for a doctor's appt on monday. OOps doc is on holiday , finally get ahold of him (his secretary actually) and get an apt for Aug 18
18th rolls around , My wife makes me almost late, I just arrive in time for the appointment. So there's no waiting in the waiting room I go right in and the docotr shows up right away.
No, thats not quite true.
What really happened is , I got off the elevator , on a wheel chair pushed by my wife , because it was a really long walk from the bus stop, checked in with the desk , and , gasping for breath as is my want if I've walked more than 25 meters, I was denied my usual 10 min of rest before seeing anyone.
The nurse who asked me the usual questions hustled out quick and almost dragged the doctor in so he could see me gasping away as if I'd just run a marethon. The doctor mentioned several times that if climing a flight or two of stairs did this to me I might not survive the operation so he was cancelling it (I never did get to tell him I never actually climbed any stairs to get into this condition) , and he sent me off to see a specialist.
And he kept the insurance forms. The ones I'm using to apply for short term disability ? HE KEPT THEM ! ARRRRg ! Rent is coming up soon and I ahvn't worked since the 4th of the month and now I have no source of income !
PHone around and find out there's some kind of Public Works or unemployment or whatever for a situation like this ,and so Now I'm gathering paperwork for an appointment with them on fri aug 25.
Call the doctor 20 times on monday , left 2 messages. No answer. Tues I get a clal for my appointment with the breathing specialist.
Sept 5.
Ahhh....this is taking forever !
I dread to think what happens if I get turned down. No savings , havn't worked in a month , credit card near maxed out ...
Work wants me to apply for disablity because my attenence sucks.
My attendence sucks, by the way , because I'm exhausted all the
time , and I really can't breath properly.
Apply for a doctor's appt on monday. OOps doc is on holiday , finally get ahold of him (his secretary actually) and get an apt for Aug 18
18th rolls around , My wife makes me almost late, I just arrive in time for the appointment. So there's no waiting in the waiting room I go right in and the docotr shows up right away.
No, thats not quite true.
What really happened is , I got off the elevator , on a wheel chair pushed by my wife , because it was a really long walk from the bus stop, checked in with the desk , and , gasping for breath as is my want if I've walked more than 25 meters, I was denied my usual 10 min of rest before seeing anyone.
The nurse who asked me the usual questions hustled out quick and almost dragged the doctor in so he could see me gasping away as if I'd just run a marethon. The doctor mentioned several times that if climing a flight or two of stairs did this to me I might not survive the operation so he was cancelling it (I never did get to tell him I never actually climbed any stairs to get into this condition) , and he sent me off to see a specialist.
And he kept the insurance forms. The ones I'm using to apply for short term disability ? HE KEPT THEM ! ARRRRg ! Rent is coming up soon and I ahvn't worked since the 4th of the month and now I have no source of income !
PHone around and find out there's some kind of Public Works or unemployment or whatever for a situation like this ,and so Now I'm gathering paperwork for an appointment with them on fri aug 25.
Call the doctor 20 times on monday , left 2 messages. No answer. Tues I get a clal for my appointment with the breathing specialist.
Sept 5.
Ahhh....this is taking forever !
I dread to think what happens if I get turned down. No savings , havn't worked in a month , credit card near maxed out ...
Thursday, August 03, 2006
Muslim World Demands Lebanon Ceasefire
Article
Muslim world demands Lebanon ceasefire, peace role
PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia (Reuters) - Leaders from the Muslim world, spearheaded by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, on Thursday sought an immediate end to Israeli attacks on Lebanon and inclusion of Muslim forces in any future peacekeeping operation
>>But Israil isn't attacking Lebanon , they're attacking your fair haired Hezbolla (party of the muslim god) who's trying to over throw democratic Lebanon.
We must show preparedness to contribute forces for peacekeeping operations under the
United Nations banner," Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Malaysia's prime minister and host of the conference, said in remarks prepared for delivery behind closed doors. "Malaysia is ready to do that."
>>You foisted those terrorists off on the Lebanon in the first place, now you want to step in and protect them. I really can't describe what a disaster this would be to Lebanon.
We don't want a clash of civilizations, but all over the Muslim world a very negative feeling is arising in the streets," Pakistani Foreign Minister Khursheed Mehmood Kasuri told reporters before the start of the meeting in Malaysia's administrative capital.
>> The Muslim world is a world of dictators. The only feelings they have are the ones you dictate to them via highly biased news articles (like this one), and the frequent shooting of newspaper reporters who don't toe the line. It's not MY fault you pointed YOUR sheep in the wrong direction and got them all killed. Its YOUR fault , not to be too picky about it.
Ahmadinejad, who has called for Israel to be wiped off the map, arrived just before the opening session and declined any comment
>> aha. Cheif among the peace keepers is the main muslim warmonger himself.
On Wednesday, Iranian state television quoted Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has the final say in matters of state, as vowing unyielding support for Lebanese resistance against Israel.
>> The only "lebanese resistance" in Lebanon are the terrorists you planted that are currently trying to overthrow the democracy of Lebanon. And currently getting their behinds kicked by Israel. The standing lebanese government actually has no control over that area since the Hezbolla kicked them out , and is basically telling Israel to "go for it" . I believe the result of their last "emergancy meeting" was to tell us that no one should attack their soilders (which are no where near the fighting) or they will defend themselves.
Who writes this drivel ?
--PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia (Reuters)
Oh , the article is from a Muslim country.
Figures.
You want the muslims to stop hating us ? Bomb all the newspapers and radio stations out of existance.
Muslim world demands Lebanon ceasefire, peace role
PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia (Reuters) - Leaders from the Muslim world, spearheaded by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, on Thursday sought an immediate end to Israeli attacks on Lebanon and inclusion of Muslim forces in any future peacekeeping operation
>>But Israil isn't attacking Lebanon , they're attacking your fair haired Hezbolla (party of the muslim god) who's trying to over throw democratic Lebanon.
We must show preparedness to contribute forces for peacekeeping operations under the
United Nations banner," Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Malaysia's prime minister and host of the conference, said in remarks prepared for delivery behind closed doors. "Malaysia is ready to do that."
>>You foisted those terrorists off on the Lebanon in the first place, now you want to step in and protect them. I really can't describe what a disaster this would be to Lebanon.
We don't want a clash of civilizations, but all over the Muslim world a very negative feeling is arising in the streets," Pakistani Foreign Minister Khursheed Mehmood Kasuri told reporters before the start of the meeting in Malaysia's administrative capital.
>> The Muslim world is a world of dictators. The only feelings they have are the ones you dictate to them via highly biased news articles (like this one), and the frequent shooting of newspaper reporters who don't toe the line. It's not MY fault you pointed YOUR sheep in the wrong direction and got them all killed. Its YOUR fault , not to be too picky about it.
Ahmadinejad, who has called for Israel to be wiped off the map, arrived just before the opening session and declined any comment
>> aha. Cheif among the peace keepers is the main muslim warmonger himself.
On Wednesday, Iranian state television quoted Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has the final say in matters of state, as vowing unyielding support for Lebanese resistance against Israel.
>> The only "lebanese resistance" in Lebanon are the terrorists you planted that are currently trying to overthrow the democracy of Lebanon. And currently getting their behinds kicked by Israel. The standing lebanese government actually has no control over that area since the Hezbolla kicked them out , and is basically telling Israel to "go for it" . I believe the result of their last "emergancy meeting" was to tell us that no one should attack their soilders (which are no where near the fighting) or they will defend themselves.
Who writes this drivel ?
--PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia (Reuters)
Oh , the article is from a Muslim country.
Figures.
You want the muslims to stop hating us ? Bomb all the newspapers and radio stations out of existance.
Good news for a change
My sisters's been getting into genology , and tracked down a cousing we're going to see this week.
Cousin had a Pulmonary Embolism , just like me.
In 2000. (6 years ago)
And she's emailing me from a government of canada email address. Which means from work. Which means she has a job. Which means she's well enough to have a job.
Oh these tiny things we cling to.
Cousin had a Pulmonary Embolism , just like me.
In 2000. (6 years ago)
And she's emailing me from a government of canada email address. Which means from work. Which means she has a job. Which means she's well enough to have a job.
Oh these tiny things we cling to.
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