Author Archives: Mikey

I’m entering a Period of Serious Thumb Twiddling at work, so I decided to do the How Dumb Are We? Quiz (by David Neilsen). I got 9 right. “Genius! Sheer Genius! Oh wait, you missed one, didn’t you? Never mind. … Continue reading →

A friend, while writing to thank us for our hospitality at our New Year’s Day Potluck Party, advised me of the following little tidbit: ROADKILL In West Virginia if you run over an animal, you can legally take it home … Continue reading →

I found this quiz in jooolz‘s journal… Overall, you scored as follows: 19% scored higher, 1% scored the same, and 81% scored lower.** What does this mean? “I am nerdier than 81% of all people. MY nerdiness is: High-Level Nerd. … Continue reading →

This afternoon, Chocoholic and I finally got out to see a movie, the first movie we’ve been to in a year! We saw Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events. It really is a MUST SEE MOVIE! The sets and … Continue reading →

I have found that when I’m doing some programming, and I mean the all-out, heads down, keyboard to the metal right into the guts of the code programming, heavy metal or punk music helps me concentrate best. So I’m sitting … Continue reading →

According to Environment Canada’s Climate Data Archive, here’s the Weather Report for when I was born: Temperature = 15.55°C Dew Point = 8.0°C Relative Humidity = 61% Wind Direction = NNE 15° Wind Speed = 19 km/h Barometer = 99.63 … Continue reading →

Yesterday, we had a 25°C difference in temperature between the high and low! Max Temp: 1.5°C, Min Temp: minus 23.5°C Text Forecast from Environment Canada. For Toronto: Issued 5.00 AM EST Monday 20 December 2004. Wind chill warning in effect. … Continue reading →