Spam of the Mind

sleeping babies

2008-09-19T08:31:00.000-04:00

Last night was a long night. I woke up in the middle of the night with Christian sleeping in my bed. I didn't even know when or how he climbed into our bed. After I carried him back to his room I went back to sleep only to wake up about an hour later with Sebastien in the bed. I had to carry them four times to their beds. Every time I would wake up during the night someone would be in our

Cell Phone

2008-08-01T07:55:00.004-04:00

After my accident a few weeks ago Carmina finally got me convinced to get a cellphone. We lost our old phone over a year ago and I was in no mood to get a new one. I hate the industry and the mentality that people have with cellphones. The first thing that I hate about cellphones is the way the cellphone companies do business. Over the last 8 years since I

What is wrong with TV

2008-07-21T21:21:00.003-04:00

What is wrong with TV these days. There are less and less new shows and more crap. What I can't stand is all of the reality shows about 'celebrities lives' Shows like "Keeping Up with the Kardashians", the Hills, The Denis Richards reality show. Why would anyone care about these attention whores. Some of these shows I don't know why someone should care about them. Who are the wives of the

I should be off the streets

2008-04-24T08:33:00.002-04:00

Yesterday I didn't have a bus pass or tickets to take the bus to work so I had to drive it. The good thing is that I found someone's wedding ring that he lost during the winter in the parking lot. The bad thing was on the way home I wanted to rear end a car.Driving home from work there is always traffic. I don't care at what time I leave it will take me over an hour to get home. I was driving

Washroom locations

2008-03-28T09:16:00.003-04:00

Why is it that there is only 1 washroom between Islignton station and Main St. station on the blood Danforth line? Don't you think there should be more and more elevators for access for people with disabilities?

Norman Dupuis Sept 03 1976 to March 06 2008

2008-03-11T20:37:00.004-04:00

Tuesday I laid a friend to rest. Norman was 31 years old when he passed away the previous Thursday.Norm fell on some ice while playing curling on January 12th 2008. He suffered a concussion and had a head scan where they saw that he had a tumor in his brain. The tumor was pressing against his pituitary gland. It was believed that the tumor was benign.They operated on the brain to remove the

The Better Way?

2008-03-05T11:05:00.004-05:00

I am starting to wonder if the TTC's slogan "The Better Way" is false. Today my bus to the station was 20 minutes late. I didn't want to walk to the station because none of the sidewalks were plowed. Once I got to Main Station I saw three trains going in the opposite direction before my train arrived. It was already half full by the time it traveled from Kennedy to Main. Once at Coxwell it

Must See TV

2008-03-04T12:15:00.002-05:00

Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles is premiering on Friday March 7th 2008 on Space at 9:00pm. Mark it on your calenders.

Movies

2008-03-04T09:40:00.000-05:00

When I was younger and naive I would buy movies as soon as they came out on VHS and DVD. Now that I have a family to support I can't do that anymore. I realize that most of the money I spent on movies was a waist. I still buy movies from time to time but I am smarter in my purchases. I wait until the movie is in the 2 for $20 pile at HMV or I look at the

Not dead, just busy

2008-02-14T08:49:00.000-05:00

I know that I haven't updated my blog in a long time. The reason is that last December I started a new job in Mississauga. The job is a lot more challenging than what I used to do. I like the challenge but when I get home I tend to read books or do research on stuff that I need to know for my work. I just don't have the time to write anything regularly. One solution for me to update the bolg

Halloween

2007-11-11T12:41:00.000-05:00

I haven't been posting lately because as some of you know I am not at the best state of mind right now. I don't want to talk about it here because it's a public forum but I saw something on Halloween that just pissed me off.This year was the first year that we took the boys out trick or treating. They were dressed as Ninjas. The pictures are on my facebook, I assume everyone who reads this

Out Off Ordre

2007-08-17T07:21:00.001-04:00

There is a sign on one of the sinks in the mens washroom at work that reads "Out off Ordre". I couldn't help shake my head reading that. It reminded me of something someone pointed out to me one time. Because of the use of spellcheck people are getting worst at spelling and writing.People don't bother to look up how to spell words or pay attention to what they write anymore. They think that

Cell Phone

2007-08-01T08:50:00.000-04:00

Ever since I lost my cellphone we were wondering if we should get a new one. The advantage is that Carmina can get a hold of me if there is an emergency. She's the only one that I don't care if she calls me. Other people I tend to find annoying, especially when they call me on the cellphone and I'm at home. I wouldn't answer the cellphone and call them back on my home phone if I felt like

Twins do the Cutest Things

2007-07-16T09:49:00.001-04:00

My digital camera is kaput. I tried to fix it again but I couldn't get all of the pieces back together again. What would of helped is if I could of taken a picture of the camera as I was taking it apart. How's that for irony. In order to get my camera to work I need my working camera. The reason my broken camera upsets me the most right now is that Sébastien and Christian are doing so many

Take the Bus to work

2007-07-13T10:48:00.001-04:00

When I started working at Redline I told people that as soon as I would move to Toronto I would take the TTC to do my part in saving the environment and money. It hasn't happened. I have taken the bus only a handful of times since moving to our new home. It is surprisingly cheaper for me to take my car than it is for me to ride the Rocket.When I was living in Mississauga and commuting to

Funny in the Movies not Funny in Real Life

2007-06-19T08:58:00.000-04:00

Carmina and I had a really bad scare this weekend. We found out that Sébastien and Christian are allergic to peanuts. Seeing Will Smith swell up like a balloon in Hitch is funny on the screen but seeing it happen to your 20 month old baby is scary as shit.We went strawberry picking with Carmina's father for father's day. The boys had a good time walking around in the country air and sitting in

You have legs, use them!

2007-06-19T08:38:00.000-04:00

There is something that has been bothering me since I had the twins. It's people that use the elevator in a mall when they can easily use the stairs or the escalator.Before the twins were born I would rarely use the elevator. The only time would be when I was in a high rise building. I never used it in a mall because I just hate waiting for the little box to arrive. I would instead take the

Fear The Twins

2007-06-15T07:49:00.001-04:00

For some odd reason Carmina and I have a hard time finding babysitters for the twins. Part of it I know is our fault. We live in a society of constant fear. With such things as amber alerts and "To Catch a Predator" we are told to be fearful of our neighbors. We question how well we truly know someone and what kind of dark secret they might be hiding.Things weren't like that when I was a kid. My

Slow Electronic Death

2007-06-12T09:28:00.001-04:00

One of the best gifts Carmina ever gave me, after the boys of course, was my Sony Clié. That baby has been with me since the day I took it out of the box. It was great for keeping appointments, people's phone numbers or playing solitaire, bejeweled and now Sodoku during boring meetings.Unfortunately it's starting to show its age. New software that is coming out needs Palm OS 5. It doesn't

Funny Facebook

2007-06-07T15:56:00.000-04:00

I got this funny message on my facebook homepage. Carmina Legault approved your relationship request.God I hope so, we've been married for two years now!

Driving is Not a Contact Sport

2007-06-07T10:15:00.000-04:00

In the past month I have seen more than half a dozen accidents on the road. Four of them I actually saw the cars hitting each other. The most common cause for the accident that I witnessed is one idiot trying to do a left hand turn without making sure that the way is clear. The other cause of the accident is an idiot trying to burn the red light and hit the first idiot making the left turn.The

The May 24 weekend

2007-05-30T11:55:00.000-04:00

One of the problems I have with not being a very fast typist is that it takes me a long time to actually write anything. I have made some progress in the past years, I don't two finger type anymore. But it does affect my blogs. I have several blogs in my head that I want to put on paper but I just don't have the time. I can't write when I'm at work. Most of my lunch breaks are either taken

Testing Picasa BlogThis! feature

2007-04-03T22:33:00.000-04:00

I wanted to test the BlogThis! feature of Picasa with my new blog. Naturally the first thing that I thought about posting online would be the pictures of my two boys, Sébastien and Christian. These pictures are pretty old because I haven't had a chance to upload my new pictures from my digital camera since I moved to our new house and I have yet to find the box with my camera.The boys are now

Bad Drivers

2007-03-28T08:56:00.000-04:00

Yesterday at about 4:00pm the power in my building at work went out. I stayed for about half an hour in case it went back on so I could get more work done. I have some new boards and they are surprisingly working well.Anyways by 4:30 I decided that they power wouldn't be going back on anytime soon so I might as well go home. Because of the power failure some of the traffic lights didn't work.

2007-03-23T10:45:00.000-04:00

On my way to work today I heard a funny story on the radio. It wasn't funny "ha ha" but funny "what are they thinking?". It involves Ontario Hydro. Ontario Hydro wants to increase their charges for delivering electricity to it's customers. The reason they give is that because of people trying to save money by saving electricity and therefore helping the environment they lost about $10 Million