January 2007


Looking across English Bay to Kits and Point Grey.


 

How do you stop an exploding man?

Well, maybe you could try not feeding him beans.  Failing that, Bean-o??

Seriously though, that line comes out of NBC’s “Heroes” which we’ve managed to get a few people interested in.  Intriguing TV show with an array of interesting characters.  I’m curious to see how the writers will keep this going — the premise for this season is one of discovery — discovery of powers, discovery of shadowy others, etc…. That only lasts so long.

One trend that is relatively recent is the creation of additional supplemental multimedia to add to the shows backstory, or just to keep the audience interested while the show is on hiatus.  Battlestar Galactica did this with a series of five minute webisodes between seasons 2 and 3.  While surfing, I discovered the Heroes graphic novels online – also pretty short, but they add details to characters not seen in the show.  I also like the pre-requisite Nissan Versa advertisement in each one.  ;-)

Enjoy… And stay away from those beans!!

Well I am not having a baby… but:

Today, Jan. 15 2007 as of 5:00pm, it is official: I own ‘Accord Dental’ – my very own dental office.

Well technically the bank owns my ass, thus they own the business by default.  So anyone is welcome to come to 2385 West. 4th Ave and call to book an appointment if you need some dental help! 731 3800.

 

“In one case a large piece of metal was thrown at an attendant�

No Parking enforcement for us thanks!

Expansion pack for the game of life

Anne didn’t want any funky cryptic message, so to sum it up: She’s knocked up…Preggers…bun in the oven…has that special glow…

Baby due in August or sometime around there.  Booyah.

From hell’s heart I stab at thee! But with arrows and cannonballs and stuff…so not really much stabbing going on…

In Warcraft 2, a map was created that basically tested your strategy about placing towers on a map and seeing how long you can withstand the horde invasion before losing your lives.  Well, the flash version is out and it’s damn addictive.  Second try I made it to the 3rd bonus level where the mobs are 10000 life each…buggernuts. 

Try it out.

I challenge thee to a battle of the Brooms!

Hey long time, no hear, joyus new year, rah ba blah…  Anywhoo, I signed me and the misses up with a work buddy to battle in the Bonspeil! If anyone dare challenge us we’ll be there at 11:30am! (Just email him after the fact to say your preferred time)

Paper riches

British Columbia got its property assessments recently, and Lower Mainland property all increased by 25%!
I have a fair number of property owning friends (I'm the poor friend without property), so this was my recent advice in a recent chat session:
 
You're 25% richer!
Take advantage of your home equity!
If you don't spend, the economy will slow down and the value of your home might decrease.
Only by spending the increase in value will you be able to maintain and possibly increase the value again.
Let me put it this way... we've never been in more debt, but our economy has never been better
debt=better economy=more money for you!
The old way of thinking of debt as a bad thing is very depression-era, in fact, debt is merely borrowing money from others at a lower rate of return than you're getting with that money.
My god man, this is truly the meaning of working smarter!
 
According to the property assesments, my parents are now millionaires. I'm a son of millionaires! The ladies will be swarming over me now!
I imagine a lot of property owners in the Lower Mainland also found themselves paper millionaires. I think the last time I found myself paper rich, I had a fancy lunch at Joe Fortes. A couple of weeks later, my paper wealth had disappeared. I have a feeling that will happen here with all the new real estate millionaires.
 

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