Scared myself there.

I accidentally deleted My Alberta Adventure last night, but the good folks at Blogger were able to restore it for me...I didn't even have to grovel.

I spend way too much time on the internet, as most of you know. And I've enjoyed keeping this blog, but as you can see my interest in it as of late has been waning.

Things are changing soon. Life altering decisions have been made. Moves are certainly an issue in the immediate future. Things that will make my little ones happy and things that will make Michelle smile more.

I'm not going to say anything yet. But I will probably be making one more post in the next few weeks. Probably just to say goodbye to this blog.

Talk to you soon everyone.

I already said something today, and all of you about to die of shock because it's rare that I blog a couple of days in a row let alone twice in one day, but I just had to. I just HAD TOO!!! If I didn't then I wouldn't be able to put up this 11 minute long animated Weird Al video:

Trapped In The Drive-Thru



There! Done! Finito! What are you still doing here!

Is it? Can it be true? Could today finally have come?

It’s Friday!!!

I love Fridays as a rule, not those fake Fridays like yesterday, but the real Fridays that signify the end of the week. I liken it to opposite bookends sandwiching the work week together; Friday is the baby face (or good) bookend while Monday is the heel (or bad) bookend. Neither of which is appropriate for the next two weeks as they are considered neutral during times of peace (or vacation).

Now, I slept like total crap last night as it felt like Christmas was coming the next morning, so I want you all to send out warm fuzzies our way with regards to traveling this evening. Michelle’s graciously offered to do the daytime driving so I could rest after work, but I’m terrible at sleeping in vehicles. Let’s hope I’m tired enough to overcome that, though.

So, I guess I’ll just say, “See you in a week or so!”

Bye, now…

...But it made the news, so I guess it is news. Kinda...

You have to head over to the only TILAH strip to actually reflect current events so far. I always knew this about Shannon, but now I get to tell the world...

So, joy of joys it's finally Friday today, and as soon as that Cromagnum man pulls the pteranodon’s tail I'm going to slide down the back of this Pachysaurus’ and head on....

What?

Thursday? It's just Thursday?


Aw, sh-*END TRANSMISSION*

Is it Friday yet?

Saw Wild Hogs last night which is kind of funny because just prior to seeing it I was telling myself that I really haven't seen any movies dealing with middle aged men pretending to be bikers, getting hit in the nuts, making 'poop' jokes and overcoming obstacles lately.

Don't get me wrong! It was still a pretty fun movie, but it definitely wasn't the height of originality. Good ensemble cast with cameos sparsed along the way, but definitely not the usual movie I would see in the theatre. I went with Roger, though, so I was in good company.

I've been working hard to get the strips ready so I don't have to work on them over my vacation, but I got struck with an idea yesterday that was brought on by a news article I read, so it may be a late night. Wish me luck! I was even working on it while I was in the bathroom making a next door neighbor last night.

Here's something cool! I always think it's awesome when something I've been following for a while starts achieving phenom status. So's the case with Ask A Ninja. And a true telling of status is when you get to interview movies stars Will Ferrell and Jon Heder about their upcoming movie Blades of Glory:



Now that's just freakin' sweet!

It's gotta be Friday now! No? Crap!

I guess there was some confusion as to why I posted that video in the previous post. Am I searching randomly on YouTube for content? No! If you look closely at one of the stars of the Josh and Justin Show, you may notice that I'm slightly related to one of them....by marriage. He is my nephew as I am his "Uncle Whatsisname."

Hey! Is it Friday yet?

Oh, I had to share this, too, which was brought to my attention by Dave who is responsible for Taking the Bi-Pass. It's the evolution of a beard:



That had to take patience and dedication. The look on his face was constantly passive. I just want to know how many pics were taken a day and how long it took in total.

Okay, is it Friday now?

You’d think it a blessing when they open up a Tim Horton’s two city blocks away from your office building as opposed to the humongous 5 or 6 city blocks, but when service is lacking and they try to make you sick, you start to see it in a different light. The passed three days I’ve gotten off one train station later so I could go into the closer coffee shop so I could enjoy my extra large one cream, two sugars in the comfort of my office. I won’t make the extra effort any longer.

This morning, my third and final visit, I was enthusiastically greeted by the middle aged counter lady with the words, “Next customer!”

She didn’t ask what I wanted, so guessed she just assumed I knew my role. “Extra large, one cream, two sugars please,” I said with my typical charming smile that has wooed many a female in Spring time (but no longer used as such arsenal…married!).

Not a word is said to me. She takes my exact change and robotically dismisses my presence with her infamous catch phrase, “Next customer!”

I reflexively, if not a little sarcastically, lean in and say, “Your welcome!” This gets me a look of surprise from my cash grabbing counterpart as she didn’t recall saying “Thank you.”

I head over to the serving counter where another gentleman is waiting for part of his order. A young blond nose-ring adorned female is sluggishly preparing my coffee. Her half closed eyes are the typical trademark sign of a morning person. I’m not wearing my gloves at this point because Calgary weather has decided to be kind to its dwellers today, and Tim Horton’s cups are infamous for being terrible at protecting their holder’s hands from scalding. It’s not uncommon for a patron to ask for their beverage to be double cupped. I did so this morning.

I was given a look of disdain. Somewhere, sometime in a previous life I had wronged this golden frocked coffee maiden, and she stomped over to another counter, took out a cup that insured I wouldn’t be able to win any prizes from, and dropped the first coffee cup into it. The other gentleman waiting gave me a look that said, “Can you believe this?” I laughed out loud and said, “My goodness!” and chuckled my way out of that Timmy’s for the last time.

But that wasn’t the catalyst for my decision not to patronize the new establishment.

The pinnacle of sins that they delivered upon me was only discovered when, after sitting at my desk and booting up my computer, I peeled back the coffee cup tab and discovered what looked like cheese floating in my drink. The cream was curdled.

Is this a sign of what the weekend is going to be like? I mean, I just watched Eragon with the kids, and while it wasn’t the worst movie in the world, it could have been better. Is that how I’m going to look back at this weekend. I guess only if my dog gets loose again…

It’s time for The Josh and Justin Show:


Justin, I want you to know that your aunt threw up in her mouth a little when, and I’m quoting directly from your film (which episode, I can’t remember), you said, “You be the monkey!” Consider that an achievement. Any film that parodies the good ol’ Benny Hill running around skit is definitely worth the watch. Congrats! You made me laugh. Now we just have to work on your sound…Great editing, though!

The new strip was posted a little late but on the right day. Looking at it now, I’m not too happy with the over use of the fadey border for panels 2 and 3, so that may change. Thankfully, next strip signifies the ending of this story arc, and on to newer things. I’ve enjoyed it, though. It’s good to follow an arc every now and then as opposed to doing the one shots all the time. We haven’t done that since we premiered in January.