As Twisted By Dave
An Ojibway/Cree/Scot hybrid monster blogging on his K-Net webpage from Front Street of Sioux Lookout, Ontario, Canada. Bwah-hahahahahahaha!!! I find all sorts of weird stuff in my obsessive surfing sessions. When I get started, I find it hard to stop and sometimes I just have to share my finds. I *TRY* to post something other than links most of the time, so bear with me.
Saturday, May 08, 2004

"Blog Stickers, an assignment!"

{ posted at 5/8/2004 11:01:26 PM by Spook | }
Blog stickers are little images that say something about the blog. It could be the motto of the blog or another motto of the blog it's hosted on. In any case, it's an amusing phrase about the blog that the blog owners decide to host on their blog. If you need an better explanation, go here to Blogstickers.Com [Link] and see for yourself. Otherwise, read some of the ones I and my friend came up with:
Shorter Blog Stickers
Always read the blog print
Blog or get off the pot!
Today's letter is: Blog
Chix dig blog
Kiimooch blog
My other blog is at geocities
Warning: blog ahead
I'd rather be blogging
Cup'O'Blog
Blog to go!
McBlog
Blog, rinse and repeat
Warning: low blog
Blog turnoff: next right
Blogronaut
All Bran helps blog
Blogvoy
Larry blog
Blogmation
I've got good blogma
Touch my blog
Kiss my blog better
Blog you
Hostess Blogcakes
Heads up! Blog quick!
My blog fetches
Molson Blogadian
The Tonka Blogtruck
Blog me baby one more time
Blog Discount Warehouse
To login, press ALT + CTRL + BLOG
Blog-Aid
Blogfeld
Blogbert
Pick up after your blog
The art of blog
Iced bloggacino
Blog Transmitted Disease
I named my cat Blog
Information Superblogway
Now entering the Blogzone
The Bloggernet
The yuleblog
Blogninja
Drugs, sex and blog'n'roll
250 blogules per million
Suck my blog
Kiss my blog
Blogdicted
Kill Blog, volume two
Air Blogan
Superblog
Blog the light fantastic
I'm from a parallel blogivers
I'm from blogange county
I'm a blog fabricator
I'm Mr. Blog Esquire
Easier blogged than done
Longer Blog Stickers
I survived my blog and all I got was this stupid t-shirt
This is your brain, this is your brain on blog
Warning: blog objects in mirror are closer than they appear
Click here for the blogville soundtrack
ATTENTION! ABOUT FACE! FORWARD BLOG!
I fell down and broke my blog
The blog is mightier than the sword
I fell don and I can't reach me blog
Home Blogware, Home of the handyman
Welcome to Blogville, population: us
My bloodtype is blog positive
100,000 km per blogside assistance
Omigod I was so high I saw blog
Go ahead, blog my brains out
My fridge has a blog dispenser
Friends encourage friends to blog drunk
I give my blog regularly scheduled maintenance
No animals were harmed in the making of this blog
If it's my time to blog, it's my time to blog

Also, don't forget to leave your own ideas for blogstickers of your own in my comments, on my tag board or on the blogstickers website [POST EDIT: Just some spell checking and reformatting, I noticed errors and it didn't meet any kind of aesthetic appeal. Not only that, but it made all that hard work I did look like two very ugly blocks of text, as if they were merely logs of wood propping up my blog. BLEAH!]
Friday, May 07, 2004

"Lowbrow moments (It's Friday, begin the weekend well.)"

{ posted at 5/7/2004 06:09:22 PM by Spook | }
1.
Last night I had the munchies, but accidentally dropped the cookie I was about to eat between the computer desk and the wall where I couldn't reach.
I tried moving the desk, but ended up constructing a tool made out of the pvc piping my laundry bag holder is made out of, and a coat hanger.
In retrospect all I can think of is watching Animal Planet when they show how Chimps catch termites


2.
The dog was really good at catching stuff in mid-air when you chucked it near her.
Trouble was she'd do the same thing when I flicked a still-burning smokey treat out into the back yard then round around in circles coughing smoke and shaking her head.
I guess I just pretended to forget that...

3.
the venerated grey beard told me this once and i took it to heart

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if you never broke nothin you never did nothin
end quote

several trips to the ER later he informs me

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i didnt mean body parts
end quote

now he tells me
It's lunchtime and I hate my short lunches. I work from 8:30am to 4pm, have two 15 minute breaks and a half hour lunch. The problem lies in the fact that I live 10 minutes away from work. Yeah, I know I should brown-bag it for lunch, but... I like the walk.

Go back

Close your eyes....And go back.... Before the Internet or the MAC
Before semi-automatics and crack
Before SEGA or Super Nintendo...Way back.......
I'm talkin' bout hide and go seek at dusk.
Red light,Green light. Playing kickball & dodgeball until the street lights came on.
Mother May I? Red Rover. Hula Hoops.
Running through the sprinkler. Happy Meals.
Watchin' Saturday Morning cartoons. Fat Albert, Road Runner, Smurfs, Picture Pages, G-Force
The kids from the show Saved By The Bell were your idols, and all the girls were in love with Zack
Wonder Woman & Super Man Underoos. Playing Dukes of Hazard.
Catchin' lightning bugs in a jar.
Christmas morning....... you were so happy and now your not that happy lil kid any more
Your first day of school.
Bedtime Prayers and Goodnight Kisses.
Climbing trees.
Getting an Ice Cream off the Ice Cream Truck.
A million mosquito bites and sticky fingers. Jumpin down the steps.
Being tired from playin'....
Your first crush......
Rainy days at school meant playing "Heads up 7Up" in the class room.
Remember that? I'm not finished yet....
Kool-aid was the drink of summer.
Riding your friends on your handle bars.
Wearing your new shoes on the first day of school. Class Field Trips.
When nearly everyone's mom was at home when the kids got there.
When a quarter seemed like a fair allowance and another quarter a miracle.
When any parent could discipline any kid, or feed him or use him to carry
groceries, and nobody, not even the kid, thought a thing of it.
When your parents took you to McDonalds and you were so cool!.
When being sent to the principal's office was nothing compared to the fate that awaited a misbehaving student at home.
Basically, we were in fear for our lives, but it wasn't because of drive by shootings, drugs, gangs, etc.
Our parents and grandparents were a much bigger threat! And some of us are still afraid of em!!!
Didn't that feel good, just to go back and say, Yeah, I remember that!
There's nothing like the good old days! They were good then, and they're good now when we think about them.
Share some of these thoughts with a friend who can relate, then share it with someone that missed out on them.

I want to go back to the time when............
Decisions were made by going "eeny-meeny-miney-mo", mistakes were corrected by simply exclaiming, "do over!"
"Race issue" meant arguing about who ran the fastest.
Money issues were handled by whoever was the banker in Monopoly.
Catching the fireflies could happily occupy an entire evening.
Being old, referred to anyone over 20.
The worst thing you could catch from the opposite sex was cooties.
Nobody was prettier than Mom.
Scrapes and bruises were kissed and made better.
It was a big deal to finally be tall enough to ride the "big people" rides at the amusement park.
Getting a foot of snow was a dream come true.
Abilities were discovered because of a "double-dog-dare".
Spinning around, getting dizzy and falling down was cause for giggles.
The worst embarrassment was being picked last for a team.
Water balloons were the ultimate weapon.
Older siblings were the worst tormentors, but also the fiercest protectors.

If you can rem ember most or all of these, then you have LIVED!!!!
Pass this on to anyone who may need a break from their "grown up" life...
I DOUBLE DOG DARE YOU!!!!!!!


"In there like swimwear..."

{ posted at 5/7/2004 12:47:06 AM by Spring | }
Hey Peoples. Since Dave was so kewl let me be apart of the madness I would like to say Thanks, Dave. Secondly, My Name is Spring AKA Kissmyfrybread. I'm a little native mutt living the urban life in Washington, D.C. but grew up on the Fort Hall Rez in Idaho. Let see...what else...what else... I like acting a fool. I've been to every U.S. State except about 8. I'm easily amused. AND I can wipe my own ash. I hope to contribute some laughs and somethings to think about. I'll do my upmost. I'll write more later. I just wanted to say Hello. Anything else you wanna know. Feel free to ask. I have no shame. :D Good times ahead.

[POST EDIT BY DAVE: Here's her homepage [Link]]
Thursday, May 06, 2004

"Stories. I never do my own, so here's one."

{ posted at 5/6/2004 09:46:12 PM by Spook | }
I broke another person's stereotypical bias recently, it was hilarious.
When I get to work and go to get my first mug of coffee, I usually run into the same few people at the pot. We all have a little chat and I usually announce my version of that day's weather forecast, despite the local radio station giving theirs in the background. Sometimes the radio forecast agrees with me and sometimes it differs, but more often than not I'm more accurate. I also describe how the wind will feel, how wet the falling snow will be and how long rain will last, along with when precipitation will start. Obviously, I usually have it accurate too, within 15 minutes to a half hour. It's led them to trusting my version of the weather forecast than our local meteorologist.
Anyway...
After we all got our coffee, this one girl asked me another question, "Dave, you're always more accurate than the radio forecast. Do you meditate, do a sweetgrass smudge, sweat lodge or what gives you that extra (she paused for a second looking for the right word) sense about the weather?"
I smiled at her, having realised she's looking for an Ojibway or Cree mystical secret, but I told her the plain truth:
"I look it up on-line, then guess from there."
Ha.

That story reminds me of a similar story once told by a friend, Jody Porter, in a newspaper editorial of Wawatay [Link]
She was driving down the highway on a Monday with my uncle Bill (he's an announcer on radio there) and they happened to pass a dead moose by the side of the road. "Hmm, that moose has been there since Friday night," Bill said candidly. She was just blown away and the speculations were running rampant in her head. She wondered what kinds of skills and experiences he had with moose to go barrelling by at 90 kph, get a mere glimpse and confidently determine how long that moose has been there.
Fully expecting a lesson in moose and a few hunting stories Judy asked Bill "How do you know how long that moose has been there?" He turned to look at her and plainly responded "oh, when I drove by on Friday it wasn't there and when my son Neebin went for a ride on Saturday he mentioned it was on this turn."

Heh-heh... and she admitted she felt foolish because of that in her final editorial for Wawatay before moving away. I miss talking with that woman.

I wish I could tell stories like that "Thomas Builds-the-Fire" guy with glasses in Smoke Signals. [Link] [Link] [Link] [Link] [Link]

What? you deserve links from me...
And besides that, I wanna try something new. I call it "Link Overkill, putting the L and O in the Down LO" Yeah.. that's cheesy, I just made it up as I was typing.
Tuesday, May 04, 2004

"I've been surfing the archives of another blogger..."

{ posted at 5/4/2004 09:42:49 PM by Spook | }
I found a quiz and I couldn't resist!


Who's Your Movie Sidekick? Find out @ She's Crafty

"Hostess Linkcakes."

{ posted at 5/4/2004 06:20:06 PM by Spook | }
Here's the cream filling:
  • theplaystation3weblog [Link] Easy-to-use Playstation 3 news. It's all relevant for the PlayStation user looking for news on the PSX and PSP.

  • Recipezaar [Link] A recipe, cooking and nutritional web site. Real people from all over the world share their favorite recipes, get their cooking experience at your fingertips for free!

  • The Dog Who Rescues Cats [Link] The Ginny Fund | Tucked away in a small oceanside town on Long Island, in the State of New York, there is a very special dog named Ginny who has made it her mission in life to search for and rescue needy and handicapped cats.

  • George says... [Link] Whatever you want him to say! Try it. 25 poses for George and 5 backgrounds. You can make a George Bush comic! What would the plot be? A crazy united states president blabbing incoherently to himself or musing on the meaning of the universe.

  • Hall of Technical Documentation Weirdness [Link] Stupid diagrams in tech documents and instruction pages.

  • Christopher Walken reciting Poe's "The Raven" [Link] DUUUDE(TTE)!! This is so eerie, especially with the background noise.

  • The best paper airplane in the world! [Link] Instructions on how to make an excellent, easily customizable paper airplane.

  • Commercial for a DVD player [Link] It plays scratched DVDs. This is so bad it's good.

  • Bald Stars [Link] Here's what stars would look like if they were bald. No, Sinead O'Connor isn't on here.

  • Google News BETA [Link] How Google does news. Google does it pretty good.

  • The Memes List [Link] Brought to you at I Am Pariah.

My Usual Self-Questionnaire.
What's playing? Avril Lavigne - Complicated, The local radio station played, like, five of her songs in the past half hour... I think it's the "Annoy Dave Show" ??
What was the last TV show or movie you watched? Comedy at Club 54
What was the last thing you threw away? The opener tab on a can of Diet Pepsi, now my lip is getting scratched at every time I take a sip.
How am I feeling? Why? I'm feeling pretty good. Today has been the first pretty good weekday in a while.
Website Reco? 9 Coronas [Link] A warning for all man. (You'll need Flash) I'm sure you've all seen it before, but what the heck, why not?
Monday, May 03, 2004

"1st pet in years..."

{ posted at 5/3/2004 10:33:46 PM by Spook | }
My draggy!
I got my draggy at http://howcute.cjb.net!!!
Get one!


There's supposed to be a little cartoon dragon sitting there... But that site is overloaded and I get a low-bandwidth page saying "temporarily unavailable" instead. Draggys suck. I'm gonna save mine and host it myself. Hmm... what else?

From the Dane Carlson Collection.

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My Usual Self-Questionnaire.
What's playing? Star Trek: The Next Generation
What was the last TV show or movie you watched? I'm still watching it, but Trucks! is coming on soon.
What was the last thing you complained about? I hate Mondays.
Who was the last person you complimented and what did you say? A coworker: Thanks, you're the greatest.
What was the last thing you threw away? I've done this post a few times before this, trying to find the right words and picking what to post. Obviously I didn't post anything at all. Bleah!
How am I feeling? Why? Picky. No reason.
Website Reco? Dealing with Collection Agencies [Link] You'll learn to hate the name Mark Silverthorn/Silverstone and how to deal with a possible grievous situation.

"Need help? Me? Sure."

{ posted at 5/3/2004 10:47:50 AM by Spook | }
It depends on if you like the kind of stuff I'm doing and find similar stuff.

My previous post stayed in my mind and I realised that I would like some help in posting to Twisted. I know I have a tagboard that lets people post links, ask questions and leave comments, but that's a little too campy. So that also led me to thinking about letting some people actually create entire posts and other things, so I came up with some guidelines for posting here. Should anyone be interested.

Requirements:

As my blog is hosted on the www.myknet.org server, a homepage service that suggests all pages on here he safe for youth to view.

I know that is sort of unclear and leaves lots to the imagination, but that's okay. That's what you'll need as a contributor to Twisted. The sort of things I want you to post are diversions. They can be funny, cool, interesting, gross or so-stupid-its-good. The diversions I want here are things that can be picked up without any forethought or too many instructions, provide a mild distraction from whatever viewers may have been doing and possibly make them want to come back again. Memes are encouraged. Essays and articles are welcome. But no stealing. Even though I do it.

Of course, try to keep it reasonably profanity-free and very porn-free. Hints of softcore is okay, a little cyber-innuendo, but no vulgar references or hardcore images. Glamour shots of babes is okay too, but no nudity. Where was I? Oh yeah! If you have to swear, F*****G censor yourself, okay?

And one last thing, I use Blogger to post here, you'll need an account too.

My Usual Self-Questionnaire.
What's playing? Nothing, I'm at the library.
How am I feeling? Why? Rushed, I'm on my break!
[POST EDIT]
News? I added Tell-A-Friend to my sidebar along with my ranking on Four-Eyed Freak (#65) and a slogan for my counter. 300 already huh? That leaves me wondering how many people actually visit this page. It's not 300, I can tell you that.
Sunday, May 02, 2004

"Just a thought..."

{ posted at 5/2/2004 12:09:11 PM by Spook | }
Browsing around numerous blog directories and the like.... I happened to notice that there were a distinct lack of community blogs.... I regularly visit superior blogs and I also notice that they're all edited/added to by more than one person. I also wondered should I recruit additional people to post to twisted? I don't know. What do you think? Leave a comment.
I stole that word from my friend elizabeth... I'm not sure where it comes from either, aside from that. I'll have to ask her one of these days.

I've been making small and subtle changes to my sidebar (Look at the side!) I changed heights, formatting, phrasing and added a new subheading (Native) with plans for another one later on (Canadian content) I doubt you'd notice it very much, but it is getting quite long. I figure as long as I'm squeezing more and more into my blog do you have any suggestions? Leave a comment...

My Usual Self-Questionnaire.
What's playing? Evanescence - Where Will You Go?
What was the last TV show or movie you watched? Trucks!
What was the last thing you threw away? Inedible scraps from my breakfast plate.
How am I feeling? Why? I'm slowly getting cabin fever. Either I gotta play an "outdoorsy" Playstation2 game or actually go outside into the cold... We'll see.
Website Reco? Blogs Canada [Link] Blogs Canada's Directory contains more than 7,700 Canadian blog listings. Here, you'll find one of the web's most comprehensive blog directories - organized by.... Just go there already! This will probably be the first link I put on my CanCon list later on.

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