Another year, another January, another weekend ski trip to Mt. Tremblant.

January 24 was VERY cold this year- I'm not sure what the actual temperature was, but it was so cold on the slopes that my camera's battery died after a few pictures!

Congrats to Kevin and Jainie, who got engaged during this trip!

Checked out the Royal Winter Fair for the first time ever last November.

I now know how many eggs a chicken lays, how cows are milked, and just how loud and annoying a room full of chickens can be.

Sara and I hit Healey's to watch Alannah Myles (no really, Alannah Myles!) and The Populars perform on Saturday February 7.

Visited my brother at work yesterday... he's got a Herman Miller Aeron at his desk, and he doesn't even use it!!!  When it comes to techies, a Herman Miller Aeron is as bling bling as it gets... to use any other chair is like choosing a Pinto over a Bentley.

Some day, I shall have a Herman Miller Aeron...

I've been wondering what I look like with a shaved head.  Jet Li in Once Upon a Time in China?  Josh Hartnett in BlackHawk Down?  Vin Diesel in any movie?

Well, it turns out the answer is none other than.... drumroll please....

Homer Simpson.



(A huge thanks to Steve Lo for this pic)

Take a look at all the head shaving pictures.

Online comic strip based in Toronto... lots of hate for Rogers' cell phones  hahahah  :)

ARRRRGGGGGAAAAAFFFFHHHHAAARRRRR!!!!!

Down by twenty!!??!!  TWENTY??!!!   Against the Bulls??   ARRAAGAASDAAGGGGAAAAHHHH 

I sincerely hope they do not make the playoffs this year, though it's harder to miss the playoffs than to make it in the East.

I can't stand seeing guys pouting when they don't get a foul call.  Yes, this means you, Vince Carter.  As the best player on the team, your attitude sets the tone for the rest of the team.  We'll never be truly competitve with the likes of Wince Carter leading us.  It's hard to say this, but we gotta deal him.  Trade him for Allen Iverson and you'll see a night and day change in our team's makeup.  Every game, we'll fight hard, scratch, claw, do whatever it takes to get the win.  No way we'd go down by twenty against anybody, let alone the Bulls.

We've lost four straight to the Bulls!!!!!   Four straight the bottom feeders of the East!!  If we cannot beat this team, we do not belong in the playoffs.

 RRAAAGGHHHAAFFFFFFPPPHHAAAAA!!!

After a year and a half of hums and haws, should-I-shouldn't-I's, weighing the pros and cons, and alternatively getting bold and getting scared, I finally decided to do it.

I shaved my head.

Now I look mean and surly rather than just feeling that way....  :)
 
Pictures to follow.....

Have you ever not done something, and then when asked if you've done something, pretended you have done something and sort of vaguely talk about something that you've done and then others belive you've done something and start talking about something else that depends on something and you just end up nodding along even though you don't understand something else because you've not done something in the first place?

I've got a picture that I love, but I think it's a little too dirty - there's just a lot of extra stuff that I'd like to remove.

Gimp to the rescue - I've removed a ton of extra stuff and now the picture looks great (click the thumbs to view them in full size):

Before:	After:

CN Tower versus the Seattle Space Needle.... in mud wrestling????  Hahahahahahahhahahaha

Conan's gotta come up to Toronto more often...

Just tried my coffee with milk rather than cream.

Didn't like it.  Staying with cream for all future coffees.

This just in:

Rumour has it that Tucows may be moving into a new office in June, at Jarvis and Lakeshore.

Not sure if I'll like the new space, but I know this:  I sure as heck won't be missing The Pole.

Frustrated at work?  Take out your aggression by  smacking the penguin.  Warning: You will lose several minutes of your life by playing this game...

...593.4... very frustrated....

well okay, not really - I was just having a good time swinging for the fences.  :)

There's a new feature on www.JimTay.com: Pic of the Week.

Every week I'll be posting a wierd/funny picture... not just for you viewing pleasure, but for your captioning pleasure as well!  Leave your best captions for the picture and I'll hand out prizes to the best ones...  :)

I've started it off with Basketball in space... post your captions!!

Popped into Burger King for lunch today, and discovered that they've brought back Zesty Fries!!!

These babies were unleashed upon the public 10 years ago (give or take a year) but for some reason unbeknownst to this faithful Burger King customer, they pulled it from their menu a short while later.

Then, in a misguided attempt to gain share in the French Fry market, they went on to change their fries altogether and now serve a sorry excuse for french fries.

They must have known their current fries suck as they introduced Zesty sauce about a year ago and I gotta say, this may have saved Burger King's fries.  Zesty Sauce was originally intended for their onion rings, but I quickly figured out that the Zesty Sauce was a perfect match with the fries.

And now they've dusted off their Zesty Fries, dubbed them Spicy Fries, and re-unleashed them upon the public.

Spicy Fries combined with Zesty Sauce... can world domination be far behind?

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So are we in for another six weeks of winter?  Let's check in with the experts:

Both Punxsutawney Phil and Wiarton Willie saw their shadows, while Staten Island Chuck and Shubenacadie Sam are calling for an early spring.

Who should we believe?  Wiarton Willie has a 37% success rate while Phil comes out slightly better at 39%.  Sam's scores higher at just under 50%, but Staten Island Chuck comes in with a whopping 80% correct predictions!

So it's looking good for an early spring.....

But really:

"The main point of the whole event is it's an excuse to celebrate that winter's half over."