The CPCC levy is DOA

Really! Why should I have to pay to listen to music that I already own? Well, thanks to the wonderful Supreme Court of Canada when you go out and buy your next MP3 player you won't have to give the greedy CPCC a damn penny.

Sydney to Auckland

Woo Hoo!!! The second leg of my Aussie/Kiwi trip has been booked. Here's the run down:

Dec 8th depart Perth: 11:10am
flying Quantas airways flight QF580
Aircraft: airbus A330-200

Arrive Sydney: 6:15pm
Terminal 3

Monday, 12th December
Depart Sydney: 11:40am
flying Quantas airways flight QF43
Aircraft: Boeing 747 300

Arrive Auckland: 4:35pm
International terminal

Friday, 16th December:
depart Auckland: 4:15pm
flying Quantas airways QF 134
Aircraft: Boeing 747 300

Arrive 6:10pm Melbourne
Depart Melbourne: 8:50pm
flying Quantas airways flight QF 653
Aircraft: Boeing 737

Arrive Perth: 9:58pm.

We'll be staying at the #1 hostel in Oceania, the beautiful downtown Wake Up! Sydney Central in Sydney.

There She Goes....

I am completely and utterly entranced by this.

from vapid

Scotty's been beamed up!

"Even if we were under full-scale attack I couldn't move any faster--not and maintain a safety factor!"

"A can't change the laws of physics. A've got to have 30 minutes!"

-- James Doohan as Montgomery Scott (Scotty the engineer) on Star Trek died yesterday.

God Bless Hugh McLeod!

gapingvoid.com

Someone once said...

"Never seem more learned than the people you are with. Wear your learning like a pocket watch and keep it hidden. Do not pull it out to count the hours, but give the time when you are asked."

- Lord Chesterfield

a magnificent, vainglorious bastard

I love my horoscope this week from eye:

CANCER (June 21-July 22) As a rule, Cancers are more predisposed to self-loathing than self-loving, a behaviour born of a lifelong pubescent moodiness. This week, though, slay your natural predilection to sulk and treat yourself to some much-needed ego-tripping. You're the goddamned bee's knees, Cancer; a magnificent, vainglorious bastard who can turn the world on with a smile. Start acting like it. You've always been your harshest critic, but for once try being your own biggest fan. Love yourself madly (don't worry, it won't make you go blind).

My bad

Holy shit! I just realized I hadn't posted anything new in six days despite such events as the London bombings, Karl Rove's fat ass hopefully going to jail and Mother Nature's fine example of what Global Warming feels like. Oh ya! That's right, I haven't posted anything because I can't be in my house long than two minutes before i start to turn into a puddle which makes it hard to think let alone blog.

Good thing it didn't happen on July 11.

Much like Sept. 11 was reduced to forever being called 9/11, the London bombings are now being referred to as the 7/7 bombings.

In related news Bill O'Reilly continues to be an asshole of epic proportions.

Someone once said...

"Opinions founded on prejudice are always sustained with the greatest of violence."

- Francis Jeffrey

"Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent."

- Isaac Asimov

Not by the hair on my chinny chin chin

Just down the street from my house sits a large woman every day asking for change. I never really paid much attention to her until this week when she asked me for some change and I realized she is a real live bearded lady. I kid you not...full-on growth. These are the kinds of characters that make up my Annex neighbourhood. I love living here!

All Things Maple, Mountie and Beaver-like

Happy 138th Birthday to Canada!!!

I spent the day at the AGO taking in the absolutely brilliant 'The Shapes of Colour - Excursions in Colour Field 1950-2005' which I will write more about shortly. I also trekked it out to Brampton to see my mom & little sis who just returned from their little adventure to my place of birth Terceira, Acores. I think my mom finally 'gets me' now because she brought me back a fine bottle of wine. God bless her.