I tend to mention it from time to time but for those that don’t know… I am Canadian. A very proud Canadian in fact. I believe that Canada is one of the best places to live on this planet, but I guess I’m a bit biased in that opinion. Recently, my Wife showed me a clip from the Olympics where Tom Brokaw explains Canada to the American viewing audience. It’s a great piece and I really recommend people watch. We Canadians are proud of our Canada and we like to tell people that. So it’s especially heart warming when we see others, our own neighbours, recognize what we think is a pretty damn great place to live. ^_^
Last time I asked when you learned to drive a car. When I was camping I thought about the time I learned to ride a bike. I was probably about 10 or 11 and I was terrified of falling off a bike. I remember sitting on the bike for hours trying to perfectly balance myself with out tipping over. I thought in my head that if I was able to balance myself before I tried the peddles, then the rest would be easy. Boy was I wrong. Eventually, my Dad said “why don’t you try to peddling”. I thought… sure, why not. Balancing wasn’t getting me anywhere fast. Well, once I tried to peddle, I was off with no issues and I felt pretty stupid for not trying that sooner. It’s been over 15 years since I’ve ridden a bike but Wife suggested we get some so we can all go for rides. They say once you learn, you never forget. I guess we’ll soon see.
I’ve made a decision today. It’s one that I’ve been thinking about for a while now. Form hence forth, the Chipettes drawings will exist only to those that wish to see them. I’ve made a secondary group that allow any Chipette posts to be viewed by those that have requested. To see them, you first have to be registered and then you must e-mail me a request and your user name. I will then add you to the group. Unfortunatly, there is no way for you to go and check a box and make this happen. I have to do it behind the scene.
Why am I doing this? Well, as much as I like drawing Chipettes, I know they don’t jazz with other people and I don’t want them to feel like they should avoid this place. There will still be regular smutty works and no one will be cut off from seeing that. This is just for those that wish to by pass the Chipette pics I put up.
The Chipette gallery is also hidden and those that register will get that link too (and it will be included on Chipette posts). I apologize to those that feel have felt uncomfortable by any of these pics. This is me smoothing things over and making this a place that we all still want to visit. Thank you ^_^
So remember a few days ago when I made a post about camping? Well… that’s where I was. I set up some scheduled posts and took off to the “great” outdoors. I’m not the best camper in the world. Too much dirt and outdoorsy stuff for my tastes, but I go and I have a good time. The weather this time was perfect and the park itself was very nice. The bonus is that we went before the August long weekend happened so we missed all the crazy people looking to take advantage of the 3 day weekend. Continue reading
Do you have your drivers license? If so, when did you get it? If not… why not? I tried for mine back when I was 16… but failed. I didn’t try again until I was about 22. My “why not” was, I was just lazy. My girlfriend (soon to be wife) had hers so it was all good. I finally decided to get it because I found that just about everywhere used the drivers license as a major form of ID and it sucked when I had to pass on things because I had none. That and my girlfriend got tired of diving my ass around.
I’m surprised how many people I know in their 30’s that don’t have a license, that or they got one and then let it run out. I even know some people that hate driving and have avoided getting it. I guess that it’s one way to get out of taxiing people around. ^_^
A buddy of mine tipped me off on this clip after we where talking about which games don’t have a story behind them. He pipped up “even Tetris has one”. I don’t know how accurate this is to actual Russian history, but is sure is catchy. Now I wish I still had my GameBoy Tetris. I’ll have to go buy one. It is, of course, the quintessential Tetris.
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