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Feb 23 2008

the spring itch

well, winter is nearly over. the weather is slowly coming around. we’ve had above zero weather for the last two weeks, and it sounds like we’ll have more this week.
this can only mean one thing - time to bring out the motorcycle, yeah! lately i’ve really been getting the itch to ride again. if the […]

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Jan 28 2008

funnier than david letterman?

Published by superfunkomatic under general rants, humour

every night i ‘tape’ david letterman on our PVR unit and watch them when i have time.the last few weeks this ridiculous, but equally hilarious, video showed up as one of the commercials. initially i thought it was a spoof by sasha baron cohen of borat fame. but they are actual commercials, for an actual […]

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Jan 28 2008

bad timing for bad timing…

Published by superfunkomatic under general rants

okay, coldest day i can ever remember in calgary with the windchill it’s minus 49 (-32 celcius without the wind). halfway home from my teaching assignment when the throttle locks 100% open - i.e. full-tilt. obviously the cold aided the breakage of the throttle cable. it’s an unlikely and untimely event, multiplied ten fold by […]

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Sep 20 2007

on absence and positivity

Published by superfunkomatic under general rants

i can honestly say i haven’t felt so positively and been so excited about the future since i enrolled in a program in multimedia and began my last career pursuit. i’ve also noticed that the ‘mike’ that i remember, the stories from the past, the social butterfly has been absent for quite some time. i’ve […]

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Sep 15 2007

on the verge…

Published by superfunkomatic under general rants

i’m not a financial analyst, nor am i able to predict the future, but i’m quite aware of history of the depression and 20th century cycles of monetary fluctuation.
last few months, money supply shrinking in the US - less loans, increasing loan rates and prime rates, huge number of defaults on high risk mortgages and […]

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