What makes a healthy marriage?
Now, not being married, you may be wondering why I feel qualified to speak on this subject, but hey - those who can't, teach - isn't that the way of it.
I figure it's all about communication - a little give here, a little take there. And something I call the 'except' list...which is kind of like the not-withstanding clause in the constitution.
Just talking with a friend about her except list...
Apparantly she gets a free pass if Ewan McGregor comes a calling (something about Scottish accents, apparantly) and he's free and clear if Jennifer Connolly happens to throw herself at him.
Now that's what I call a good deal. Of course, I would substitute in Natalie Portman.
Or maybe Liv Tyler. Heck - why not both.
Who's on your 'except' list?
Thursday, May 31, 2007
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Somebody Explain...part III
Somebody explain women to me...
What do women want? I mean, who can really figure that one out?
I think the problem is that most women don't know what they want.
I've been around for 38 years and I still don't know what makes em tick. The best I can claim is to know when I'm in trouble with one of em - when I've said something stupid, or forgotten something 'important'. Maybe I've been too accomodating, too nice. Maybe I've been not accomodating enough.
It sure would be nice to have a little pre-emptive knowledge about when this trouble was going to happen. Unfortunately, that seems beyond my meager skills. I can only go into recovery mode.
Do women expect men to understand them more than we are capable of, maybe?
I've been collecting some lyrics for a future post, and the Planet Smashers (Canada's best ska band) have some good comments on this topic...
'Half an hour a go, everything was chill. Then something changed and she got strange. Something lit a fuse, now she's in a bad mood!
Oh crap. Now I've done it. My mouth. Should have shut it. Next time. I'll nod and smile. Not get screwed. Next time she's in a bad mood'
To quote from Norm on Cheers: 'Women - can't live with em...pass the beer nuts.'
What do women want? I mean, who can really figure that one out?
I think the problem is that most women don't know what they want.
I've been around for 38 years and I still don't know what makes em tick. The best I can claim is to know when I'm in trouble with one of em - when I've said something stupid, or forgotten something 'important'. Maybe I've been too accomodating, too nice. Maybe I've been not accomodating enough.
It sure would be nice to have a little pre-emptive knowledge about when this trouble was going to happen. Unfortunately, that seems beyond my meager skills. I can only go into recovery mode.
Do women expect men to understand them more than we are capable of, maybe?
I've been collecting some lyrics for a future post, and the Planet Smashers (Canada's best ska band) have some good comments on this topic...
'Half an hour a go, everything was chill. Then something changed and she got strange. Something lit a fuse, now she's in a bad mood!
Oh crap. Now I've done it. My mouth. Should have shut it. Next time. I'll nod and smile. Not get screwed. Next time she's in a bad mood'
To quote from Norm on Cheers: 'Women - can't live with em...pass the beer nuts.'
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
And one quote for the students out there
"I have never let my schooling interfere with my education."
Mark Twain
Mark Twain
Quote of the Day
"Videogames are gateway drugs for libraries."
The Escapist - http://www.escapistmagazine.com/issue/99/13
The Escapist - http://www.escapistmagazine.com/issue/99/13
Somebody Explain...part II
Somebody explain computers to me...
I know - I work with em all the time, but seriously - how does everything we get from computers all come from these little groups of ones and zeroes? How does what I type appear on this screen in front of me?
For that matter, I must be ignorant of 95% of the technology around me - as I'm sure are 95% of the human race.
Could you make a light bulb? Could you make a radio? Hell - I'd be hard pressed to make a pencil.
That's why I do everything I can to keep the apocalypse at bay.
Mad Max I am not.
I know - I work with em all the time, but seriously - how does everything we get from computers all come from these little groups of ones and zeroes? How does what I type appear on this screen in front of me?
For that matter, I must be ignorant of 95% of the technology around me - as I'm sure are 95% of the human race.
Could you make a light bulb? Could you make a radio? Hell - I'd be hard pressed to make a pencil.
That's why I do everything I can to keep the apocalypse at bay.
Mad Max I am not.
Monday, May 28, 2007
Somebody Explain...
Somebody explain economics to me.
So prices go up every year - a chocolate bar that used to cost 25 cents now costs a dollar.
A house that used to cost 70 thousand, now is probably around 300 thousand.
At the same time, people's salaries have gone up. Unions demand and get a raise most years guaranteed in their contracts. When I was young, a salary of 30 thousand was a really good wage - someone today in the same job probably expects 6 figures.
My question is...what's the point? If we are all basically just able to buy the same amount of stuff that our parents did, if relatively, everything costs pretty much the same as it used to - then why do we bother with this whole inflation thing?
I mean - where does it end? 1000 years from now, will the joe middle clasee person be making a million dollars and spending $10 on a chocolate bar?
The sad thing is - I have a degree in Business
So prices go up every year - a chocolate bar that used to cost 25 cents now costs a dollar.
A house that used to cost 70 thousand, now is probably around 300 thousand.
At the same time, people's salaries have gone up. Unions demand and get a raise most years guaranteed in their contracts. When I was young, a salary of 30 thousand was a really good wage - someone today in the same job probably expects 6 figures.
My question is...what's the point? If we are all basically just able to buy the same amount of stuff that our parents did, if relatively, everything costs pretty much the same as it used to - then why do we bother with this whole inflation thing?
I mean - where does it end? 1000 years from now, will the joe middle clasee person be making a million dollars and spending $10 on a chocolate bar?
The sad thing is - I have a degree in Business
Saturday, May 26, 2007
What the fuck is up with hunters?
Seriously - why do some people feel a good time is to go out into the woods and kill animals?
Check this out...
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20070526/monster_pig_070526/20070526?hub=TopStories
Some 6th grade kid just shot and killed a huge wild boar with his revolver and now he's 'reveling' in the attention he's getting from his 'accomplishment'. This kid has been hunting since age 5! Who the fuck takes their five year old hunting?
People really piss me off some days.
A better idea is to donate some island up north to the hunters - they can all go there whenever they want and hunt each other. Probably be a bit more of a challenge for them than blasting away at some deer as it's munching on some grass.
Check this out...
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20070526/monster_pig_070526/20070526?hub=TopStories
Some 6th grade kid just shot and killed a huge wild boar with his revolver and now he's 'reveling' in the attention he's getting from his 'accomplishment'. This kid has been hunting since age 5! Who the fuck takes their five year old hunting?
People really piss me off some days.
A better idea is to donate some island up north to the hunters - they can all go there whenever they want and hunt each other. Probably be a bit more of a challenge for them than blasting away at some deer as it's munching on some grass.
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