Adventures in Everyday


I’m A Hunter
July 17, 2009, 6:51 pm
Filed under: nostalgia

A Christmas Story

Twas the night before the night before the night before Christmas, and all through Boehr’s house, only one creature was stirring – and it was a mouse.

The murder weapon

Boehr barricaded himself in, locked in with the mouse, said “there’s only room for one of us in this house.”

With a twitch in his eye and a knife in his palm, Boehr searched and he hunted from dusk until dawn.

“Damn mouse! Damn mouse! I fricken hate you, damn mouse! DIE! Go to HELL! – Get out of my house!”

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MTS Making Your Phone Worthless
February 6, 2009, 8:32 pm
Filed under: winnipeg

Well, not exactly. You’ll still be able to make phone calls, text message, and browse the net, but after March 12, 2009, you (probably) won’t be able to transmit photos or videos wirelessly anymore. Why? Because they are replacing their Picture and Video Messaging Service with a new service – Media Messaging. According to their website (Retrieved Feb 6, 2009), only five phone models currently support this service – two of which “are no longer available.” All five models are Motorola for some reason.

MTS’s three available phones are expensive

MTS lists only three phones compatible with the new Media Messaging service. And, no surprise here, each model is stupidly expensive (by my frugal standards at least).

MOTOROKR Z6m Slider Phone
36-month contract – $49.99
24-month contract – $119.99

Motorola RAZR² V9m
36-month contract – $99.99
24-month contract – $169.99

Motorola KRZR K1M
Purchase price: $129.99 (includes $30.00 Airtime Credit)

My own phone (pictured below) is a simple Samsung M510 – included free with my original contract.  Shame on you, MTS. I won’t be bullied into buying a new phone!

Samsung M510 Cellular Phone

So I wrote them an email about it:

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Andrew Bird’s Moving Tale of One Man’s Love Affair With a Squid
September 25, 2008, 6:39 pm
Filed under: internet

Forbidden love

I found a remarkably beautiful – yet gloomy – music video today in the most unlikely of places: Discovery Channel’s “Deep Sea News” blog. The video will move and depress you:

Andrew Bird is a great artist and well worth listening to for any reason. Check out his page on Last.fm for some tasty samples.



Break This Rule
July 30, 2008, 12:04 am
Filed under: personal

"For the sake of your safety, please don’t risk any adventure"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5O4_iWwlonQ

I’m posting this from China, where WordPress is forbidden. My apologies for its probable ugliness / nonexistence.