a cryptic message

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hint: http://www.networkofminds.com/networkofminds/binary.cfm

arggh!

Object-oriented programming! Classes! inheritance! singleton design! I didn't ask for this! yes I did! This was only the second class!

Why does it hurt?

bloggerspot

Does this blog system have communities the way that Livejournal does? Anyone out there wanna sponsor me for a Livejournal?

(may you live in) exciting times

The snow has completely melted in all nooks and crannies. Even the mountains don't look very snowy right now. Instead of it being -10 celsius, it is +10. I am still dressing for cold snaps, so am getting very warm when walking around.

I just applied for my first job in 4.5 years, since getting the one I work now. Have other jobs in mind. I have no choice but to leave here to further my career, even though I like my coworkers. Well, actually I'm sick of them, but they are nice people for the most part. Except for a few complete bastards that would have been sent packing anywhere else, that is. Anyways, I am making changes.

I start another programming course tonight as well (advanced PHP), so many changes are afoot, as I pave the path my life will take the next 4-6 months. I need some changes, but I need some stability as well. I can't walk away from things like I used to be able to when I had committments, no mortgage, no career and no relationship. I've grown up. Now I have to try to make sure and not get boring. That's ok, my tastes have matured along with me. I will never be one of those men who tries to be 21 the rest of his life. That only works for a few decades, then starts to get ridiculous. ;-)

snowland, homeland

Hey Idiot,

Your 4-wheel drive doesn't make you stop any better.

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What's new in the new year? Not the job, but that will change as I slowly begin the process of applying for work elsewhere. They've given me no choice and even the HR director tells me that I may have to leave to further my career. In the same conversation, she told me that I haven't got the personality for management. Bullshit. The person they did choose has the respect of no one. Funny that.

In other news, I have gotten to the mountains to go snowshoeing and x-country skiing a couple of times. I'm running again, with a 10K run in april in mind and I have been running several kilometres in the snow in the last week. I feel really hardcore when there is snow on the ground crunching beneath my shoes as I run. It feels good.

dear sucky product maker...

Kamenstein, Inc.

Elmsford, NY

10523

Dear Company that made that piece of crap cooking oil sprayer that I purchased,

We purchased your product from a local department store several years ago, hoping it would be the miracle kitchen gadget it was made out to be. We filled it with water and tested it out, only to be met with a pathetic wheeze and slight dribble of water from the nozzle. Thinking that a more viscous fluid might be required, we filled it with cooking oil, which was also a waste of our time, as we were only met with a squeak and a wheeze.

Even when the pump was a fully primed as it could possibly be, it did nothing but wheeze. No spray, just wheeze.

Unfortunately, we had discarded both the receipt and the original packaging by the time we threw this into the darkest, most distant corner of a cabinet to live with all the other useless kitchen devices. In a recent purging of our cabinets, I rediscovered this device and thought I’d write you a letter to tell you how bad this sprayer was, as your name and mailing address were proudly embossed on the base of the sprayer.

This sprayer is single-handedly the most useless kitchen device I have ever purchased.

Do your products have any sort of satisfaction guarantee? I was dissatisfied with your product immediately upon bringing it home, to say the least.

Sincerely,