We have been redeemed!

I’m awake because I’m scared to sleep. I’m in my miserable apartment next to the freaks, creeps and druggies, and my parents have not yet arrived. They’re coming to help me move out of this frightening place, so I came back to stay in it, expecting that they would arrive just after the vampires came out to strike, so to speak. I expected them 2 hours ago. I keep hearing, “thump! slam! bang! stomp stomp scrub scrub bang!” but none of those sounds bring good news. They only bring more hooligans and unknown eeewwwness.

So I decided to look back in the archive to keep my mind occupied, and revel in something we haven’t been able to see in a long time. I even went to the trouble of finding the first time Steve first noticed that our comments get eaten by something similar to the sock-devouring dryer monster. But today, thanks to Haloscan deciding to change its mind, the monster has puked our comments back out so we can read them all again. So we can go back and laugh at Gee, Satan, Greg, and all our other characters who have come and gone, and newbs can finally see some real in-fighting! Thank you, Haloscan! We no longer look like we’re spewing piles of bullshit.

Now..mom and dad, get here so I can go to sleep! I feel like the little kid who’s afraid of the dark. Give me a nightlight!

Better Late Than Never

Back in December of 2003, I posted an item about a man named George Pavlovszky. Well, I just found out that his kid, or at least somebody claiming to be his kid, didn’t really like it too much. I didn’t get these comments until right now, partly because things used to disappear after a few months and partly because he posted them underneath the wrong post, but here they are now.

Hey, I was looking through all of the stuff on my dad and I came acrossed this page. I just thought id let you know the real story… I dont appreciate people bad talking my dad when they dont even know what happened.

My Dad is a great guy and always was, He may have a short temper but hes a really nice guy, Friendly and all.

The reason my dad, George Pavlovszky, Did what he did is because he has been working there over 20 years and lately they have been screwing around with him alot. About 1 week before he did this, They were getting my dad to train two guys to do Hisjob, Which to let you know, He cuts down trees for the City of Moncton, And thats also his private work, He doesnt work in the Post Office, I dont get where you would get that Idea… Anyway, My dad got mad because his bosses were going to get these two guys to take his Job and then they were going to fire him or something like that.

And also, My dad is now being screwed around by the Union. They arnt helping him at all, Its not what you think. They are now screwing with him. They HAVE to help anyone with getting their job back but they are basicly ignoring my dad. I dont know really anything else to say, But yeah, I just wanted you to know the true story. And because of this, I will be spending my christmas alone, Without my dad. Hes a great man, But he does lose his temper easily. Hes getting out soon, But not soon enough.

–Steve Pavlovszky–

( The 14 Year Old Son Of George Pavlovszky )
Steve Pavlovszky | 12.09.03 – 9:06 pm

A few quick comments.

1. Sorry for not getting to this sooner, we’re usually a lot quicker than this.

2. I’m sorry to hear that you had to spend Christmas without an important member of your family. that’s got to be hard to deal with, especially when the reason why is such a public one.

3. Saying he’s got a short temper is an interesting way of putting it.

4. The post office thing was a joke. I don’t actually think he works there. Ask somebody what the term going postal means and it’ll make a lot more sense.

5. And finally, I hate to say this, but the union probably decided to ignore your Father because he’s a public relations nightmare. Even if he’s the nicest guy in the history of history, it’s kind of hard to explain fighting for the rights of a drunk guy waving a gun around at the office. Maybe that doesn’t make what they’re doing right from your perspective, but that’s how the world works. Like it or not, public perception means a lot, and the way that Dad was presented in the media and by you in your comments since you didn’t deny that he did what he did doesn’t paint him in a very good light. Don’t get me wrong, I’m no fan of unions, but I can’t sit here with a straight face and say they’re wrong for not taking his case. the kind of man he is off the clock doesn’t mean a thing to them, and it shouldn’t. What matters is that he was fired for doing something that I hope we would all be fired for. Under those circumstances, it doesn’t make any sort of good sense for them to tarnish their reputation by defending him, which was my point in the original post.

Thanks for writing in, and I really hope you see this some day.

That’s Awesome!

If I was the type of guy to do such a thing, and the chance came up to blow somebody over at HaloScan, I’d probably be wanting to do it right about now. But since I’m not, I’ll just settle for letting everybody know that all of our old comments are back. Everything that all of you said from December of 2003 when we started using our current commenting system up until right now is all back on the site. this is great because it means that most of our inside stupidity has context again, and it’s also great because it means that we no longer have to pay to get everything back. We like this a lot for many reasons, not the least of which is simply that we’re cheap. So feel free to look around the archives and to marvel at the stupidity of a few of us, and the brutal reactions of others to that stupidity. It’s good times.

Wow

So a few posts ago I mentioned that all the sports fans were gone to which Steve commented that you have to write about sports to get them to come back via search or whatever. Since this isn’t the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard, I figure I’ll try. I mean you gotta get search hits somehow and since we have no pictures of “RANDY ORTON’S PENIS” or “MATT STAJAN NUDE WITH GIRLFRIEND”, we’ll try it this way.

Hmm. I may have just accidentally attracted the wrong crowd again. Anyway….

Last night was one hell of a hockey game. Edmonton managed to somehow keep the series alive. I’ll say this, though. If you’re Pisani for Edmonton, you’re shorthanded, it’s overtime and you’re one loss from elimination – you need to have a serious set of nuts on you to stand in at the other team’s blue line and hope you can pick off that pass because if you miss it Carolina is going 5 on 3 in to your end with your season on the line and you go from being the hero to the goat. Good on him for having the balls to do it but that could have gotten ugly really quick if he misses that puck. Game 6 is Saturday at 8. Should be great. Enjoy.

Jays continue to impress winning the last 2 with the Orioles. 1 more to go. Hopefully they can take the series with a win.

CFL season starts this weekend. Light up a dube in honour of the Argos most recent signing, Ricky Williams. What’s the big deal? So they signed a guy who has more NFL drug violations than he does rushing yards. Oh. Apparently that’s frowned upon. I forgot.

Lastly. a note to everyone in my office. Shut up. Just shut up. There’s no need to laugh at everything you say yourself. Not everything is funny. Referring to the pre-hole punched paper in teh photo-copier as holey paper is only funny once, and even then it was marginal. Quit it. Do not whistle while you wait for the copier to be done, it irritates the 2 of us who sit right behind us. Do not drum on said copier while waiting for same reason. Do not assume I know exactly what the coaches in the Cup Final should do and bring up the game 3 times a day to me just because you know I like hockey and you’re bored waiting to speak to someone else who is busy. I’m still trying to work! So honestly. Just Shut Up for the rest of the day.

Have a lovely day.

The Baby?

Well, Steve beat me to the punch with his reference to my smallness sinking to a brand new, um, well, low. So I figured I should tell the story. It’s short, har har, aren’t I full of endless puns. But here it is.

While we were in Ottawa, we decided to take a cab to a pub to meet the guy who got married this weekend and his wife. The cab pulled up, and in a completely serious voice, the cabby said, “You two get in, I’ll take the baby.” as he reached for my hand the way some people do. The way you lead your little daycare kid through a crowded area so they don’t run out into the streety weety in front of the trucky wuckies. Yes, this man thought I was a baby. And his English was good! So I can’t even think that maybe he got a couple words mixed up, and in a bizarre coincidence, pinned the wrong one on me. I know his English was good because as soon as I started convulsing with laughter, he said, “Oh! Lady! Lady! … You’re not angry that I called you baby?” He was really shocked when a. it was pointed out that I was the oldest one there, and b. I paid the fare. Then he said, “Oh, you are being mature now! … but you really look like a baby. You have a baby face.” He wanted to keep explaining how he made that mistake. God it was funny. So I am officially the baby now. If I’m not careful, at the rate I’m going, I’ll be the fetus soon.

Honey, I’m Home!

I really don’t have a whole lot to say here, I just wanted to mention that Carin and I made it back from Ottawa alive, and surprisingly enough, not hung over. Don’t worry though, plenty of drinks and good times were had by pretty much everybody we spent any sort of significant time with. I dont have any legendary stories of drunken destruction or anything like that, but it was great to get together with friends, and to see a few people that I haven’t seen in years.

The wedding itself was really nice. It was an outdoor deal which could have been a disaster had it rained like some of us thought it might, but everything went about as perfectly as it could have gone, even though it wasn’t the warmest of days. The sun coming out and breaking up some of the cloudiness at the same time as the couple walked out was a nice touch too, and if I didn’t know better, it’s one of those things that I would be wondering how they pulled off and who’s idea it was. Between that and the cash bar at the reception taking debit and credit cards, I’ve got some great memories to take home with me, even if a few of them are a little bit hazy.

Yes, this post sucks, and yes, it’s just about over. but before I get out of here and start getting life back to normal and then turning everything upside down again in preparation for the move, I want everybody who read or commented on Carin’s post about
her smallness
to ask her about her new nickname. Sorry about that, you unaccompanied child you, but I just couldn’t resist. I still find the whole thing way too funny for words.

Anyway, I’m out for now. I’ll try to come up with something a little later on, and hopefully it’ll be miles better than this. See you soon.

Lousy Natives

See now that’s a headline that will grab your attention! Racism abound, friends! Unfortunately I will now puss-out and retract half the statement – but hey – I got you reading.

It’s not all natives, not even a majority. Just one small group. I’m sure if you live in Ontario you’ve heard about the land dispute in Caledonia. I don’t know all the details and politics, and nor do I care. But there’s been a lengthy stand-off between the Native-Canadians (is that right?) in the area and the people of Caledonia.

Well last week it turned violent. A few of the Native protestors resorted to violence against a reporter who was there covering the story. Needless to say, people were outraged – as they should be. A peaceful protest is one thing but when you get physical with someone not even involved, just there to do their job, you’ve crossed a line.

The kicker. No arrests have been made. The authorities are now demmanding that the people of the Native reserve hand over the individuals responsible to the OPP.

Now here’s the part that gets me mad. Thism orningon the news a representative for the Native-Canadians said that they will not be handing over the responsible individuals as the situation “is being handled internally.”

What the fuck? Who the hell are you? Why are your people above the laws of the country you live in? Ya you’ve been wronged in the past. ya the white man is the devil. Ya ya ya whatever. The law is the law and whether you’re black, brown, yellow, pink white or native you are bound by them. You’re not above them. You don’t get to handle them within your own special little group. You face the music like everyone else.

I could even get accept a statement like “We have no proof and no idea who the individuals are so we will not be moving forward with this”. It would be complete bullshit and no one would believe you but at least you wouldn’t be blatantly acknowledging the crime and that you know who did it but basically saying you don’t give a shit because you’ll deal with it yourself.

What does that mean anyway??? “internally”. It means that they can say they’ve handed down some penalty to him that can never ben proven and an injured reporter never see’s any real justice. Real fair.

I can tell you I spent a year in NOrthern Ontario living in a small town last year. The next town over was a native reserve. For the most part nobody bothered each other. Sure the people from the reserve came to town to shop or go to movies or the bar or whatever but no one really thought twice about it. The part that pissed people off was the Native cop car driving around the town. That’s right. They have their own police. Well that’s fine I guess if you have your own laws or something. I don’t know the whole deal. But you’re off the reserve. They haveno power in town. That’s a fact. They are not recognized by any governing body other than whatever the Native governing body is. That’s fine. If you want to police you own groupover and above what society says and your constituants are all on board. Go for it. But it’s over and above basic Canadian law as you cannot ignore the laws set by our government.

So this cruiser would come in on weekend and circle around town which really got under the skin of people since they had no control or authority over anyone. Party’s that they would try to break up continued on with people laughing at them since they had no right to say anything, kids stopped on the street who looked troublesome would straight up ignore them. And really… I don’t blame them. The town had it’s own cops adn the they were not bound by Native law. But it does go the other way – Natives are bound by Canadian law. But everyone is too afraid to do anything drastic fearing charges of racism.

Think about it – if this Caledonia/Native situation was anything other than what it is and someone was protecting violent criminals – Cops would be in there busting heads to find them – but here they don’t. And it’s sick. This is the PC world we live in now.

For years races, minorities, ethnic groups, sexual preferences and all kinds of other people have asked for one thing. To be treated equally. But it’s a 2 way straight people. Allow yourself to be treated equally when it works against you and maybe people would be more supportive going the other way. This is making headlines nation-wide and people are PISSED!

Just something to think about.

I Miss The Days Where Rage Equalled Good Posts

Good afternoon, class.

So I’m at work, and it sucks. And it’s Monday. And I’m tired. And everything that everyone is doing at any time seems to be pissing me off. When I started this blog in ’03 with Steve – that would have equalled a golden post. Unfortunately, for whatever reason, that no longer seems to be the case. I think, at least today, it’s because I’m just a whiney cranky bitch as opposed to having anything close to a “real” problem to complain about. For example, all day people have been chatting directly behind my desk, using the photo-copier directly behind my desk (which someone began right as I typed that) and just generally making innocent enough small talk than I’m just in no mood to respond to. Hard to make a post out of that. I’m just a bitch.

But, irregardless, I’m going to write. If for no other reason than that I’ll be typing away which should destract me from the irritations around me which doing the midless work that this afternoon has brought me, would not accomplish. Plus, for some reason, if someone sees you typing away at something quickly as opposed to studying your sheet or screen, they seem to pass you by assuming you’re doing something important. Foolish.

The weekend wasn’t bad. I had back to Belleville. The party’s were not as plentiful as advertised, but the group of us that usually chills together had a pretty good time. I wouldn’t quite call it a bust – but certainly not up to par with what I was expecting. Maybe that’s my fault for too high of expectations. Whatever.

Great hockey game Saturday night, Jays lose a series to Detroit and the Argo’s sign a suspended NFL pot-head. I’ll leave the sports at that since there no longer seems to be a large portion of sports fans.

Last night I actually ordered the ECW PPV. First one I’ve paid for since WrestleMania which I get every year. Before that the last one I paid for was probably… the previous ECW PPV and WrestleMania. All in all a pretty decent show which had much more of a “let’s kick off the new brand” feel than a “let’s hit all the old highspots from the past” like last year. Nothing wrong with that. Main Event finish was fairly predictable in that there would be controversy. That’s probably also fine as they couldn’t really afford to make either guy look bad. That should be fixed up tonight. For the third Monday in a row there is a huge hockey game on the same night as RAW so I guess I’ll be missing it, but perhaps some channel surfing if the game is a bore.

Speaking of channel surfing. WWE is doing that frantically right now in Canada trying to find someone to air the new ECW show. TSN has said they have no interest in picking up another live wrestling show as they’re already going to be pre-empting RAw in favour of Monday Night Football in the fall and will probably have to have a Tuesday replay of the show (the night ECW would air). The Score supposedly may have an interest but are fully aware with how much SmackDown! sucks that ECW may out do it in the ratings and so would most likely want to dump SmackDown in exchange for ECW. WWE doesn’t want any part of that scenario either because then they’re still looking for somewhere to air that Dud. So if you’re in Canada don’t bother looking for the ECW show tomorrow night as it doesn’t have a home yet. IF anything changes and you give a shit, I’m sure you’ll hear.

There’s supposed to be a pretty good story on the supposed Toronto Terrorists tonight on Global. Or was it CTV? I don’t remember. If you care to see it you’ll figure it out. Or maybe someone else knows and can chime in with a comment.

Well. I was right. Rage, today anyways, equals Snooze. But I pissed away some time. So the only real loser here is… well… you.

On that note. Fair well.

Answer Me This

I figured since Carin already has the
things I’ll miss about my old place when I move
beat covered, that it would only be fitting for one of us negative assholes to come on here and talk about things we won’t miss. And since Matt’s not moving and Carin wrote about the good things the other day and a lot of the shitty ones are pretty well documented, I guess it falls to me. I’m not going to bother with a huge list of complaints and grievances, since other than having absolutely no space and being unable to get my mail when I need it because I share a mailbox with the people upstairs who don’t like to be home or return phone calls in a timely fashion, I’ve been pretty happy here. Instead I’m just going to focus on one thing that I hope some of you might be able to help me figure out.

I live in a basement apartment where the radio reception absolutely sucks. I can get somewhere around 5 FM stations on a good day, of which approximately 0 are consistently any good. AM is pretty decent, but there’s only so much talk radio any man can handle, no matter how hard that man may try. So unless I listen to CD’s or internet streams, I’m subjected to some pretty piss poor programming on a pretty regular basis. This leads me to a question, actually no, 2 questions.

First, why is it that no matter where you are in the world, the worst radio stations are always the ones with the strongest signals? And second, why in hell is Coldplay so popular? While I’m at it, I should throw in one more. Is there a law around here that I’m unaware of that says that unless you’re a country radio station, you’re required to play a minimum of 37 Coldplay songs a day? Yes, in case you haven’t figured it out by now, one of the things I’m most looking forward to about the new place is being able to turn off a Coldplay song without running headlong into another one.

Come on guys, help me out here. If you’re a Coldplay fan, please explain one simple thing to me. Why? I can’t figure it out. I can think of 2 Coldplay songs that I don’t absolutely despise, and I don’t even care for them very much. They’re Clocks and Yellow in case anybody cares, but back to the point. Everywhere I go, all I hear and read about is how great and how revolutionary these guys are, and I just don’t understand. Every Coldplay song sounds like every other Coldplay song, and I don’t care what anybody says, Chris Martin always sounds to me like he’s either got a yap full of food that he’s swallowed half way, or like he’s doing his best imitation of an animal that’s just been hit by a truck. I won’t go so far as to say that this band sucks donkey dicks, but that’s only because I don’t think it would be fair to insult donkey diccks that way.

Anyway, now that I’ve got that out of my system, I should probably eat some lunch and do some packing. And by the way, if the site is quiet for the next few days, it’s because Carin and I will both be in Ottawa for our friend’s wedding. So hopefully Matt can entertain you, and hopefully we’ll have some fun stories to tell when we get home.

See you all soon, and always remember…um…never mind, I forget.

Original! Yay!

So I’m at work – as usual – and rediculously unmotivated today. Yesterday seemed to fly by and I got tons accomplished but this morning is just so blah. So I cam on here. But I’ll warn. If you have things to do but are sticking around in case I say something funny/relevant/important you’re probably wasting your time.

So I just read Carin’s post on all the things she’d miss about her place. I haven’t been to visit her since she moved out of her last place so haven’t seen it but I thoroughall enjoyed the read. Mostly because it was original. So often on these things it’s not and we post links or stories or things like that. And they’re funny or interesting but I’ve always enjoyed the content that Steve, Carin and even sometimes myself have been able to come up with on our own. From everyday life to great stories or takes on pop-culture, it just seems more fun. I know I’m probably the most guilty of unoriginality (when I’m here that is). I seem to recall a few years back posting nothing but rip-offs from X Entertainment as Hallowe’en and Christmas countdowns. I dunno. Not that any of this matters. I just kinda hit me after reading Carin’s post.

The whole “Terror In Toronto” thing is everywhere right now. It’s made International headlines all over the world. Unfortunately it doesn’t seem to be big news…. here. Sure most people know and it’s getting lots of coverage – but it’s amazing how many people know nothing about it. Can’t imagine being that oblivious. Turn on a radio, grab a paper, anything. Good god, man, it’s the world around you.

I saw a man interviewed walking in to the Toronto Stock Exchange on Monday morning (one of the buildings supposedly targetted) who had no idea that the very building he worked at could have been blown off the map before he showed up to work. It’s scarey.

This whole thing makes me feel compelled to say something about tollerance. We have a small group of loyal readers that makes up, in reality, an extremely low percentage of the population, and I think that they’re all smart enough to already know this but I still feel like it should be put out there as often as possible.

There have already been incidents at different Muslim houses of worship and other structures, strikes against Muslim homes and general coldness towards anyone appearing to practise the Islamic faith. This is a terribly unfair and racist re-action. An entire race of people cannot be grouped in with one group of evil people. An overwhelming majority of Arabs in our country are here because a member of their family came here to enjoy the freedoms that we enjoy, not to destroy them. We need not be reminded that Timothy McVeigh, the man killed many in the Oklahoma City bombings was the shitest redneck you’ll ever meet. Evil knows no skin colour or religious belief.

Tollerance is more important these days than it ever has been before – but as I said – I’m sure I”m speaking to a group who doesn’t need me to point this out.

Be Safe