Cologne/Perfume – not a MARINADE

EASE UP, WILL YA?!?

Remember – it should be dabbed on – not form a large puddle in your hands when you’re going to slap it on – if you’re a man, that’s what AFTERSHAVE is for. Give a thought to how others around you might feel – some people are allergic to it, and others don’t want to go home and have to bleach the smell out of their clothes.

Certainly, none of us should have to hold our breath for extended periods of time – we’re at work, not at SEAL training.

Please stop marinating in this shit – or we’ll have to take that as a sign and BBQ your inconsiderate asses.

DON’T EVEN THINK OF SAYING “I have a right…” BANG!!…..thump.

[leary] Thank you, thank you, thank you – and FUCK YOU!! [/leary]

SCHWEEEEET! Firefox Kills IE

Colour me thoroughly impressed.

After having played around with the basics of Firefox, I’ve begun to customise it. What a bloody fantastic browser – to be able to customise it so much, and so incredibly easily, has been a pleasure. There are a number of great extensions out there, and I’ve picked up the ones that appeal to me – FoxyTunes (allows you to control your favourite music player from Firefox), TabBrowser (for customising Tab behaviour – surprise), BandwidthTester (gotta be sure my provider isn’t stiffing me), ForecastFox (so I know w/ a glance just how FRICKIN COLD it is outside), and Gmail notifier.

Let’s also not forget the built in functions – Tabbed browsing, Bookmarks Toolbar, Search Engines window (Google, Ebay, and much more) – and the speed of the program – far quicker to open than IE ever was – even w/ the new Extensions.

The companion Mail app, Thunderbird, is equally impressive, especially in that it allows me to subscribe to my favourite blog feeds. So, time to pimp the Fox:

Merry New Year!!

Truly, it is hard to believe that 2005 has come – couldn’t have even conceived of being around still – but that comes from watching wonderfully cheerful movies such as WarGames, Damnation Alley, etc., at a young age.

Now, at least, I’m looking forward to seeing what the next few years have in store, though I won’t try to speculate too much. Things change far too quickly. The only thing I can be sure to be glad of is that, in January 2009, the United States will be swearing in someone other than Genius Warmonger Bush – unless he pulls a Cliff Robertson a la Escape from L.A. and has the Constitution amended to give him a life-long term (so he can finally give up the pretense of being President of a democratic country). Yes, I am venting – that’s an exaggeration – but how much of one, really?

On a more amusing note, try reading the Christmas stories by authors William Gibson (Dec 24th posting) and China Mieville.

May this be a good year for all – and hopefully bring the end of that pointless nonsense in Iraq.