Manitoba has very horrible roads.  You’d think they could at least get rid of the potholes on the Trans-Canada.  They do tend to keep you awake, though.  It’s hard to fall asleep, fighting whip-lash.  People keep complaining that Saskatchewan is boring.  But it’s only a few hours of driving, and it’s really quite nice - especially at sunset.  The roads are open, straight, and it’s kinda hard to wonder if you’re going the right way.

Calgary Transit should wave all bus fees during the Stampede.  They’d get more people on buses who don’t normally use them - and when people are familiar with the buses and the routes - they’re much more likely to use them.

There are just too many people in TO.  It’s fun there, but it’s a pain in the ass to get around.  Don’t move near a flight path to the airport.  All you hear is airplanes.  All day.  I very much hate that noise.

House centipedes are gross and disgusting.  As Craig pointed out, they make spiders look cute.  They’re a few inches long, their bite is equivalent to a wasp sting, they can climb walls, and they live for years.  If you get them, get a cat.  Cat’s will eat them, you see.  Well, or keep things dry ’cause they apparently can’t live without quite a bit of moisture.

People who are hard to work with … suck.  Finding people that you can work with, that you can communicate with, and who you can be productive with, makes any job awesome.  People who are incompetent and arrogant are … difficult.  It’s even worse when the people who are really hard to work with are actually really nice people.

Cancer sucks.

The plus side to hosting sites on your own servers is that you don’t have to put up with a bunch of bullshit to get things done.  The downside is that it really screws up your online gaming when someone is downloading pictures and sucking up your bandwidth.

I have a beaten up car.  I mean, it rules, and it’s only a few years old, but it has a few flesh wounds.  As I was driving through Northern Ontario, with a huge trailer-full of stuff towing behind me, I was stopped by some cops.  It turns out that one of them was thinking of buying an Impreza and wanted to know how the car was handling the ridiculously steep slopes in the Ontario section of the Trans-Canada.  For the record, the car did awesome.  110km/h from TO to Calgary (3600kms) in 2 days, towing >2000 lbs?  Sweet.  Anyway - definitely one of the best times I’ve been pulled over.

Lastly, I saw District 9 last night.  I had no idea what to expect.  But here’s what it’s about.  It’s about a bunch of aliens being treated poorly by humans.  Some shit goes down, which prompts a wonderful and ridiculously gory battle.  The effects were incredible.  SO much more realistic than muppets.  Maybe you’re asking yourself:  “What are muppets?”  Well, to quote Homer:
“They’re not quite mops, and they’re not quite puppets, but Oh, man!  To answer your question: I don’t know.”

Back to the film.  Be ready for very very graphic violence.  You know, heads exploding, and stuff like that.  Actually, forget that - how about ENTIRE bodies exploding.  Honestly, I haven’t seen gore like that since some crazy video games.  The movie’s shot documentary style, and you’re left with more questions than you had coming in to the movie.  Especially about the movie.  But also about other things.  Like “How the hell can they charge that much for POPCORN”.  And, “If I know (and have known for several YEARS) that they’re ripping me off for this stuff, why do I keep paying for it?”, and of course “How many people have sat in this very seat?”

The movie actually does point out some excellent questions, and the character development was very well done.  Definitely worth seeing.  I’ll give it a solid 3.5/5.  I’m looking forward to a sequel about it.