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October 26, 2006

.CA Registrations

I was always under the assumption that .CA registrations were $50, 5 times that of .COM, .ORG registrations. Turns out prices have come down a bit on .CA. I just registered a .CA for a super secret new project (hush hush) that was only $13CDN/year. I registered it through www.namespro.ca (Disclosure: I get $1 per domain registered via that link) and it was pretty simple.

October 25, 2006

Oh My God

oh my god, look around this place
your fingers reach around the bone
you set the break and set the tone
flights of grace, and future falls
in present pain
all fools say, "oh my god"

oh my god, why are we so afraid?
we make it worse when we don't bleed
there is no cure for our disease
turn a phrase, and rise again
or fake your death and only tell your closest friend
oh my god.

oh my god, can i complain?
you take away my firm belief and graft my soul upon your grief
weddings, boats and alibis
all drift away, and a mother cries

liars and fools; sons and failures
thieves will always say
lost and found; ailing wanderers
healers always say
whores and angels; men with problems
leavers always say
broken hearted; separated
orphans always say
war creators; racial haters
preachers always say
distant fathers; fallen warriors
givers always say
pilgrim saints; lonely widows
users always say
fearful mothers; watchful doubters
saviors always say

sometimes i cannot forgive
and these days, mercy cuts so deep
if the world was how it should be, maybe i could get some sleep
while i lay, i dream we're better,
scales were gone and faces light
when we wake, we hate our brother
we still move to hurt each other
sometimes i can close my eyes,
and all the fear that keeps me silent falls below my heavy breathing,
what makes me so badly bent?
we all have a chance to murder
we all feel the need for wonder
we still want to be reminded that the pain is worth the thunder

sometimes when i lose my grip, i wonder what to make of heaven
all the times i thought to reach up
all the times i had to give
babies underneath their beds
hospitals that cannot treat all the wounds that money causes,
all the comforts of cathedrals
all the cries of thirsty children - this is our inheritance
all the rage of watching mothers - this is our greatest offense

oh my god
oh my god
oh my god

Jars of Clay, "Good Monsters"

October 20, 2006

Gettin 'Er Done




nose pickin, Originally uploaded by Jamita.

That's my nephew, showing his younger brother how to clear up those plugged sinuses. (sniff) They grow up so fast.

October 16, 2006

Johnny Cash's Final Performance

October 14, 2006

Matteo Photoboothed




Matteo Photoboothed - 2, Originally uploaded by iChris.

We babysat my nephew today and so naturally he got the Photobooth treatment on Sue's MacBook. More Photobooth stuff here.

October 13, 2006

The Winner of Stephen Colbert's Green Screen Challenge

George Lucas

Stephen Colbert announced the winner of his green screen challenge this week - check it out. Hint: It wasn't some loser named George that showed up.

October 9, 2006

Ives Carves the Ham




Ives Carves the Ham, Originally uploaded by iChris.

Hope everyone is having (or had) a great Canadian thanksgiving weekend. We had a good time having a dinner with some friends and family over at my parent's house while they were gone. Sue and Jamie put on a pretty good spread for us all!

October 5, 2006

Iggy Pop's Tour Rider

Iggy Pop

First off, I apologize if the picture unsettles your breakfast. He's not exactly the prettiest man in rock.

Take a gander over at Iggy Pop's 18 page tour rider. Including such gems as:

  • 1 x KORG 2000 DIGITAL RACK TUNER. Digital in the sense that it works via an electronically generated number system, not digital because it only works if someone holds it together with their fingers.
  • 3 x MARSHALL VBA BASS AMPLIFIERS Make sure they’re good ones or we’ll all end up as wormlike web-based life forms in the bass player’s online literary diahorrea. Honestly. He’s like a sort of internet Pepys or Boswell, except without the gout and the syphilis. For all I know.
  • We need: one(1) monitor man who speaks good English and is not afraid of death.… in Galicia in Northern Spain, they appear to think - if they just ignore riders like this, then supply a fat, beared hippy with a digital monitor desk (doh!) who doesn’t know *** about eq-ing, and monitor wedges that would be better suited to wedging doors open, and a load of stage managers and PA geezers and promoters reps who shout a lot - that this is the same as actually providing what a band needs in order to do a gig to the best of their ability. And that if they deny that their gear is no good, it will suddenly, mysteriously, become good. I’d just like to say that the next time the Stooges get booked for their festival, I’m going to turn up with some pickled eggs, a set of dog-eared encyclopedias with the volumes E-G missing, and a screwdriver that’s been accidentally dropped in a toilet.

October 4, 2006

Stay Away From My Blog..

I've got a cold and I'm not afraid to use it!