infoxicated

Because they are easy to spell.

Ha.

Ha ha.

*yawn*

What the fark is up with kids these days?! When I were a lad, if it was worth going out in the pissing Scottish rain to go guising or Trick or Treating as they call it across the pond, it was worth getting some decent jokes together to earn your monkey nuts and fruit.

Hell, if it was a good joke and you had a good costume then you might find some change thrown in your polly bag along with the aforementioned monkey nuts and fruit.

Fliss and I went shopping and got said monkey nuts (which Asda hadn’t even placed on the shelf, ffs – we had to ask a man to go and get them for us), plus a tub of sweets and a load of fruit, and we put them in little sandwich bags for the hoardes of callers we were expecting on Hallow’een.

We got two guys – both wearing masks they’d bought at the same flippin’ Asda probably, and the blondes and BMW’s joke was the best they could do. What is it with that? I mean, yeah, we gave them a pair of bags but it was more to get rid of them than to reward them for the effort.

Hallow’een has had it’s day, I think – maybe we can trade the whole event for a long weekend during the summer from now on.

I’m an NFL Football fan, but due to geographical location I haven’t seen a game other than on TV. Well, unless you count the Scottish Claymores… which, to be fair, hardly counts as full blown NFL style football.

Even so, I can appreciate the history of the sport and the occasion of virtually every single game if you’re a fan of any of the 32 teams. From landmarks like Walter Payton’s all-time rushing record being broken at the weekend by Emmitt Smith, to Randal Cunningham retiring as an Eagle in the off season, I love the big moments and the less significant one’s in equal measure. That’s NFL football – larger than life players, and in the case of John Madden – larger than life commentators.

This story about a mentally-handicapped player who got the chance to score in a game is one of those things that brings a tear to the eye even if you don’t follow the sport. Two teams of players, coaches and refs who showed real class in making it happen for the kid.

It’s been pointed out to me by a couple of folk that the Seti@Home project is maybe not quite as worthwhile as helping out cancer research, for example, with our spare cpu cycles.

Fair point, I suppose, although I’m not sure which we’ll find first – a cure for cancer or extra terrestrial intelligence.

Anyhow, if you’re interested in helping cancer research then you can download the number crunching agent via the United Devices web site and be helping out in the background before you know it.

I think I’m going to have both of the agents running when I’m not using my PC. I mean, if we find the aliens and they turn out to have already discovered a cure for cancer then that would be pretty cool. On the other hand, if we discover a cure for cancer then maybe we can help some aliens out in the future. A win-win situation if you ask me :o)