Okay, I'm running out of options.

I'd really like to be able to share my digital home movies with you all, but I'm running out of places to store them.

The smallest one is 15KB, which is no big deal. But the largest one is a little over 10MB, which is too big for anywhere I've looked at so far. There are a few places that I haven't tried, but that's because they want to charge me for their services.

I'm not giving up yet, but I would appreciate any suggestions you all might have on this. I have over 150MB worth of movies, but nowhere to put them.

In the meantime, enjoy this little movie of our fishtank when it was in the old apartment:

fish movie

Yellow Power!

Shout outs to my aZn bRoThAs who made tha dope ass bLoGs oF nOtE:

aZn bAsTaRd


bOyEeEe kAnI


dOiN iT dRuNkEnStYle

Famous Mormons in Entertainment

I only listen to clean-livin' singers . . .

Small-town Canada (especially Alberta) is becoming famous for the most dreadful reasons.

And this picture definitely bears no resemblance to me, despite the title:

Hmm . . . this WinAmp skin is called LimeGirl, but it looks nothing like me:

It seems that the site I use to store some pictures and the site that I use to store some movies have both met their demise.

Now I must look for a new home for my multimedia goodies. But where? Where should I turn for storage?

Any suggestions are welcome. Drop me a line.

Amway has come to Canada, and in a new incarnation: Quixtar.

Forever North and I were invited to a meeting last night, and not knowing anything about what we were going to, we went. It turned out to be Quixtar, a Multi-Level Marketing scheme.

For those of you who don't know what a Multi-Level Marketing scheme is, I've compiled a list of informative reading:

Skeptic's Dictionary - multi-level marketing

US Federal Trade Commission - multi-level marketing

What's Wrong With Multi-Level Marketing?

MetroActive - Shaking the Money Tree

Skeptic's Dictionary - Amway and Quixtar

The essence of Quixtar involves the selling of products, the recruiting of other people to buy products, the recruiting of other people to sell products, and the recruiting of other people to recruit other people. It's a legal pyramid scheme.

Oh, and did I mention that you have to pay $135 Cdn to get on board?

It's sounds all very black and white after the fact, but being there can be a creepy experience. The people reminded me of cult members. Although I'm sure many of them are very well-meaning people, I felt hunted . . . like the next person in line to be brainwashed.

Amway/Quixtar doesn't just sell products. They also sell motivational goods to distributors, whom they call "Independent Business Owners". Amway/Quixtar has become a lifestyle and a family to these people, and it's a frightening thing to watch.

If you want to know exactly why you should steer clear of all of this, here is some more suggested reading:

The Internet Society of Ex-Amway Distributors

An Insider's Perspective

BlogVoices is down, perhaps indefinitely, so I've decided to try something else that's similar, called Reblogger.

The guy who created BlogVoices recommended dotcomments, but the PHP thing was a bit too complicated for my little brain.

Reblogger is just my speed.

Forever North and I were sitting in the car the other day, munching on some food from Rotten Ronnie's. We were watching the cars passing by, noticing how we had become rather adept at recognizing car models.

Soon we were naming off every car that drove by, and we would crane our necks to check the badging if we weren't sure.

Our neighbourhood has a huge proliferation of mini-vans and SUV's, which I have the hardest time identifying. When I managed to start telling the models apart, the breakdown of vehicles looked something like this:

4-5 Ford Windstars (mini-van)

2 Honda Odysseys (mini-van)

7-8 Dodge Caravans (mini-van)

2-3 Plymouth Voyagers (mini-van)

1 Chrysler Town & Country (mini-van)

2 Mazda MPVs (mini-van)

3-4 Chevy Astros (mini-van)

1-2 Chevy Ventures (mini-van)

2-3 Toyota Siennas (mini-van)

1 Nissan Quest (mini-van)

1 Nissan Axxess (mini-mini-van . . . like the one I used to own)

1 Lincoln Navigator (SUV)

7-8 Ford Explorers (SUV)

1 Ford Expedition (SUV)

1-2 Ford Broncos (SUV)

2 Dodge Durangos (SUV)

2-3 Honda CR-Vs (mini-SUV)

1 Toyota Rav4 (mini-SUV)

3-4 Toyota 4Runners (SUV)

2-3 Jeep Grand Cherokees (SUV)

3-4 Mercedes M-Class's (SUV)

2 Nissan Pathfinders (SUV)

2-3 Chevy Blazers (SUV)

1 Chevy Tahoe (SUV)

1-2 Chevy Suburbans (SUV)

1 GMC Denali (SUV)

1 GMC Envoy (SUV)

1-2 GMC Yukons (SUV)

2-3 GMC Jimmy's (SUV)

I think this goes to prove that not only are there too many gas-guzzling-block-out-the-sun-monsters in our neighbourhood, but we also have way too much time on our hands.

I was fiddling with the StorTroopers I created, and I came up with this:

We're a little more tan than I expected. I guess that's what I get for using MS Paint to fiddle with it. ~sigh~

DUNH DUNH DUNH


(dramatic organ music)

Evidence that TRUTH is STRANGER than FICTION!

I stumbled upon the website of Josie Nutter.

Exhibit A shows Josie being held by her mother as an infant. I also have a similar picture of my mother holding me, and the resemblance that Josie and I show as babies to Winston Churchill is UNCANNY.

Exhibit B shows Josie in 5th grade with wild, unruly hair. I also have a picture of myself in 5th grade with wild, unruly hair. The similarities are startling.

Exhibit C shows Josie in 11th grade, with the same haircut that I had in 11th grade!

She's 5'2", I'm 5'4". She has a website. I have a website. She was born a mere 5 days before I was, in 1977. She is of mixed heritage. I am of mixed heritage. She likes Japanese anime, I like Japanese anime.

It's true, TRUTH is STRANGER than FICTION.

I know I'm on the brink of uncovering something very deep and significant, but I'm not sure what that is yet. I'm sure there's a government cover-up involved in this somewhere.

Oh, and my sister once told me that our last name is slang for a crazy person or something in the UK, and Josie's last name is Nutter. I kid you not.

Forever North doesn't like my James Taylor music.

Forever North is the king of mellow music. If you look up "easy listening", I'm sure there's a picture of FN in there. But does he like James Taylor? No. Not really. He says that his music sounds like country music. Country music???? AUGH! Sacrilege! James Taylor is anything but country.

Am I alone in this? Am I the only person under 30 who listens to James Taylor? Am I a loser or something?

James Taylor is a fixture of my childhood, as much as Bruce Hornsby and Paul Simon. What about "Carolina on My Mind"? "Copperline"? "Mexico"? "Never Die Young"? "Sweet Baby James"? "Country Road"? I lived on this stuff, but FN maintains that he's never heard any of it in his life.

Are you a James Taylor fan? Email FN and let him know why James Taylor is a musical genius.