Tuesday, December 13, 2005

How about I give you a spoon and you eat my ass!

-Cheemo

Tuesday, November 29, 2005

Friday, November 18, 2005

Me?

Extraverted iNtuitive Thinking Judging
by Joe Butt

Profile: ENTJ

"I don't care to sit by the window on an airplane. If I can't control it, why look?"

ENTJs have a natural tendency to marshall and direct. This may be expressed with the charm and finesse of a world leader or with the insensitivity of a cult leader. The ENTJ requires little encouragement to make a plan. One ENTJ put it this way... "I make these little plans that really don't have any importance to anyone else, and then feel compelled to carry them out." While "compelled" may not describe ENTJs as a group, nevertheless the bent to plan creatively and to make those plans reality is a common theme for NJ types.

ENTJs are often "larger than life" in describing their projects or proposals. This ability may be expressed as salesmanship, story-telling facility or stand-up comedy. In combination with the natural propensity for filibuster, our hero can make it very difficult for the customer to decline.

TRADEMARK: -- "I'm really sorry you have to die." (I realize this is an overstatement. However, most Fs and other gentle souls usually chuckle knowingly at this description.)

ENTJs are decisive. They see what needs to be done, and frequently assign roles to their fellows. Few other types can equal their ability to remain resolute in conflict, sending the valiant (and often leading the charge) into the mouth of hell. When challenged, the ENTJ may by reflex become argumentative. Alternatively (s)he may unleash an icy gaze that serves notice: the ENTJ is not one to be trifled with.

Functional Analysis
Extraverted Thinking

"Unequivocating" expresses the resoluteness of the ENTJ's dominant function. Clarity of convictions endows these Thinkers with a knack for debate, or wanting knack, a penchant for argument. The light and heat generated by Thinking at the helm can be impressive; perhaps even overwhelming. Experience teaches many ENTJs that restraint may often be the better part of valor, lest one find oneself victorious but alone.
Introverted iNtuition

The auxiliary function explores the blueprints of archetypal patterns and equips Thinking with a fresh, dynamic sense of how things work. Improvising on the fly is something many ENTJs do very well. As Thinking's subordinate, insights are of value only insofar as they further the Right, True Cause celebre. [ n.b.: ENTJs are capable of living on a higher plane, if you will, and learning to value individuals even above their principles. The above dynamic suggests less individuation.]
Extraverted Sensing

Sensing reaches out to embrace that which physically touches it. ENTJs have an awareness of the real; of that which exists. By stilling the engines of Thinking and iNtuition, this type may experience the Here and Now, and know things not dreamt of nor even postulated in iNtuition's philosophy. Sensing's minor role, however, puts it at risk for distortion or extreme weakness beneath the hustle and bustle of the giants N and T.
Introverted Feeling

Feeling is romantic, as the ethereal as the inner world from whence it doth emerge. When it be awake, feeling evokes great passion that knows not nuance of proportion nor context. Perhaps these lesser functions inspire glorious recreational quests in worlds that never were, or may only ever be in fantasy. When overdone or taken too seriously, Fi turned outward often becomes maudlin or melodramatic. Feeling in this type appears most authentic when implied or expressed covertly in a firm handshake, accepting demeanor, or act of sacrifice thinly covered by excuses of lack of any personal interest in the relinquished item.
Famous ENTJs:U.S. Presidents: Franklin D. Roosevelt Richard M. Nixon

Benny Goodman, "Big Band" leader
General Norman Schwarzkopf
Harrison Ford
Steve Martin
Whoopi Goldberg
Sigourney Weaver
Margaret Thatcher
Al Gore (U.S Vice President, 1993-2001)
Lamar Alexander (former governor, US Secretary of Education)
Les Aspen, former U.S. Secretary of Defense
Candace Bergen (Murphy Brown)
Dave Letterman
Newt Gingrich
Patrick Stewart (STNG: Jean Luc Picard)
Robert James Waller (author: The Bridges of Madison County)
Jim Carrey (Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, The Mask)
Steve Jobs
Penn Jillette
Fictional ENTJs:

Geordi LaForge (STNG) 

Wednesday, October 26, 2005

It is 1:08 in the wee hours... I don't have anything to say, except TEST... 1... 2... 3...

Wednesday, October 19, 2005

subject

I am so tired i am going to fall on my lips...
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Sunday, October 09, 2005

subject) I found a website that sends metars via email! Which I can use with my phone! (sort of

Check it out... HZ.com
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http://www.girlnobody.com/  ...  I met one of these guys on the plane the other night... check out the music!

Thursday, October 06, 2005

Looks not too bad.... except the jacket is too big and the pants are too long!

Here is me at the end of my first flight. In the last three days, I've flown more than in the last 4 years!

Sunday, October 02, 2005

subject

It sure is nice to have my phone back!
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Friday, September 16, 2005

Today... five minutes ago...

As of this instant, Kathy and I are 100% debt free! (at least monetarily)
 
No more loans!
 
No more Visa!
 
N O B O D Y !
 
 

Sunday, September 11, 2005

Rain and Home


It is 0145.. I'm lying in bed listening to the rain.. and my mind begins to wander.. I think of all the different places I've seen rain..

Smithers... lots of it.. but warmer than snow.
Saskatoon... Raining now.. pretty much non stop all my waking hours since I've been here.
Hong Kong... Is it safe to drink the rain water here? Some of the heaviest rain I've ever seen, was in HK
Cayman Islands... Nice refreshing cool rain.. but holy humidity
London... Very COLD..

All Those Moments Will Be Lost in Time, Like Tears in Rain

Wednesday, September 07, 2005

5 levels of a hangover

One Star Hangover (*)
No pain. No real feeling of illness. You're able to function relatively well. However, you are still parched. You can drink 5 cokes and still feel this way. For some reason, you are craving a steak & fries.

Two Star Hangover (**)
No pain, but something is definitely amiss. You may look okay, but you have the mental capacity of a staple gun. The coffee you are chugging is only increasing your rumbling gut, which is still tossing around the fruity pancake from the 3:00 AM Waffle House excursion. There is some definite havoc being wreaked upon your bowels.

Three Star Hangover (***)
Slight headache. Stomach feels crappy. You are definitely not productive. Anytime a girl walks by you gag because her perfume reminds you of the flavored schnapps shots your alcoholic friends dared you to drink. Life would be better right now if you were home in your bed watching Lucy reruns. You've had 4 cups of coffee, a gallon of water, 3 iced teas and a diet Coke --- yet you haven't peed once.

Four Star Hangover (****)
Life sucks. Your head is throbbing. You can't speak too quickly or else you might puke. Your boss has already lambasted you for being late and has given you a lecture for reeking of booze. You wore nice clothes, but that can't hide the fact that you only shaved one side of your face. For the ladies, it looks like you put your make-up on while riding the bumper cars. Your eyes look like one big red vein, and even your hair hurts. Your sphincter is in perpetual spasm, and the first of about five shits you take during the day brings water to the eyes of everyone who enters the bathroom.

Five Star Hangover (*****)
You have a second heartbeat in your head, which is actually annoying the employee who sits in the next cube. Vodka vapor is seeping out of every pore and making you dizzy. You still have toothpaste crust in the corners of your mouth from brushing your teeth in an attempt to get the remnants of the poop fairy out. Your body has lost the ability to generate saliva so your tongue is suffocating you. Any attempt to defecate results in a fire hose like discharge of alcohol-scented fluid with a rare 'floater' thrown in. The sole purpose of this 'floater' seems to be to splash the toilet water all over your ass. Death sounds pretty good about right now....

THINGS THAT ARE DIFFICULT TO SAY WHEN YOU'RE DRUNK:

Indubitably;  Innovative;  Preliminary; Proliferation; Cinnamon

THINGS THAT ARE VERY DIFFICULT TO SAY WHEN YOU'RE DRUNK:

Specificity;  British Constitution;  Passive-aggressive disorder; Loquacious;  Transubstantiate

THINGS THAT ARE DOWNRIGHT IMPOSSIBLE TO SAY WHEN YOU'RE DRUNK:

Thanks, but I don't want to have sex.
Nope, no more booze for me.
Sorry, but you're not really my type.
Oh, I just couldn't.
No one wants to hear me sing.

Thursday, September 01, 2005

SIM eval.... PASSED

SIM eval.... PASSED
 
Next step... airplane training!
 
 

Saturday, August 27, 2005

Happiness is sitting in the sun soaking up the rays, listining to my ipod.

Wednesday, August 17, 2005

Be a critical thinker, people!

I got a forwarded email the other day from an ex-Dryden employee, and he in turn got it from another ex-Dryden employee. Perhaps they actually believe the ignorant, bullshit message the email supports, but my guess is they read it and thought, "Hmm, that sounds right, I better forward this off to a bunch of people to "inform" them."

Don't be a sheep...think critically and logically for yourself.

Here is the email in question and my response.

"Hi *****, I got this email from **** and noticed it was you who forwarded it to him. I thought I'd also email you my resonse to ****, as I think this is a pretty important topic that people are blindly forwarding on without giving much thought to. My response to ****: "Come on ****, that email is a complete load of shit. You could pick and choose any race or nationality, find events that suit the arguement, and support whatever messsage you were trying to convince people of believing. That is what I would call a "Red Herring" and perhaps you'd do better with some critical thinking here. -Billy"

Now, I am not suggesting we turn a blind eye to the terrorist situation we have going on in the world right now, but it is so much more complex than to simply say, "It's ok to do racial profiling" in the interests of national security. That's a very slippery slope and one I'm not willing to venture down. This is typical American style thinking, and I hope we haven't adopted this in Canada. I don't propose to know the answers of how to stop this terrorist activity, but my gut tells me it isn't through racial profiling and the blind forwading of ridiculous emails.

This email fails to mention the Oklahoma bombing, FLQ Crisis, IRA bombings, JFK's assination,...you see where I'm going with this. You want to apply a level of scrutiny and security, do it unilaterally.

If you're happy being a racist bigot, carry on with your bliss.

-Billy

----- Original Message -----
From: "*****"
To: *************
Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 6:53 AM Subject: Fw: Extreme Multiple choice

Extreme multiple choice selections here but food for thought at the risk of being racist. Please pause a moment, reflect back, and take the following multiple choice test. These are actual events from history. Please read the end. Do you remember?

1. 1968 Bobby Kennedy was shot and killed by:
a. Superman
b. Jay Leno
c. Harry Potter
d. a Muslim male extremist between the ages of 17 and 40

2. In 1972 at the Munich Olympics, athletes were kidnapped and massacred by:
a. Olga Corbett
b. Sitting Bull
c. Arnold Schwarzenegger
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40

3. In 1979, the US embassy in Iran was taken over by:
a. Lost Norwegians
b. Elvis
c. A tour bus full of 80-year-old women
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40

4. During the 1980's a number of Americans were kidnapped in Lebanon by:
a. John Dillinger
b. The King of Sweden
c. The Boy Scouts
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40

5. In 1983, the US Marine barracks in Beirut was blown up by:
a. A pizza delivery boy
b. Pee Wee Herman
c. Geraldo Rivera
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40

6. In 1985 the cruise ship Achille Lauro was hijacked and a 70 year old American passenger was murdered and thrown overboard in his wheelchair by:
a. The Smurfs
b. Davy Jones
c. The Little Mermaid
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40

7. In 1985 TWA flight 847 was hijacked at Athens, and a US Navy diver trying to rescue passengers was murdered by:
a. Captain Kidd
b. Charles Lindberg
c. Mother Teresa
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40

8. In 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 was bombed by:
a. Scooby Doo
b. The Tooth Fairy
c. Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40

9. In 1993 the World Trade Center was bombed the first time by:
a. Richard Simmons
b. Grandma Moses
c. Michael Jordan
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40

10. In 1998, the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania were bombed by:
a. Mr. Rogers
b. Hillary Clinton, to distract attention from Wild Bill's women problems
c. The World Wrestling Federation
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40

11. On 9/11/01, four airliners were hijacked; two were used as missiles to take out the World Trade Centers and of the remaining two, one crashed into the US Pentagon and the other was diverted and crashed by the passengers. Thousands of people were killed by:
a. Bugs Bunny, Wiley E. Coyote, Daffy Duck and Elmer Fudd
b. The Supreme Court of Florida
c. Mr. Bean
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40

12. In 2002 the United States fought a war in Afghanistan against:
a. Enron
b. The Lutheran Church
c. The NFL
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40

13. In 2002 reporter Daniel Pearl was kidnapped and murdered by:
a. Bonnie and Clyde
b. Captain Kangaroo
c. Billy Graham
d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40

Nope, I really don't see a pattern here to justify profiling, do you? So, to ensure we never offend anyone, particularly fanatics intent on killing us, airport security screeners, border guards and police officers will no longer be allowed to profile certain people. They must conduct random searches of 80-year-old women, little kids, airline pilots with proper identification, secret agents who are members of the President's security detail, 85-year old Congressmen with metal hips, and Medal of Honour winning and former Governor Joe Foss, but leave Muslim Males between the ages 17 and 40 alone lest they be guilty of profiling.


Let's send this to as many people as we can so that the Gloria Aldreds and other dunder-headed attorneys along with American and Canadian Federal Justices that want to thwart common sense, feel doubly ashamed of themselves -- if they have any such sense. As the writer of the award winning story "Forrest Gump" so aptly put it, "Stupid is as stupid does." And guess who just bombed London, twice?

----- End of Original Message -----

Tuesday, August 16, 2005

Nickelback - Figured You Out

                                                  C
I like your pants around your feet 
                                                B
I like the dirt that's on your knees 
                                                        F
And I like the way you still say please 
While you're looking up at me 
                                                       C                                                        
You're like my favourite damn disease

 
And I love the places that we go
And I love the people that you know
And I love the way you can't say no
Too many long lines in a row
I love the powder on your nose

Ooooh 
                                                 B
And now I know who you are 
                        F
It wasn't that hard 
                                       C
Just to figure you out 
                                                 B
And now I know who you are 
                        F
It wasn't that hard 
                                        C
Just to figure you out
 

 
I like the freckles on your chest
And I like the way you like me best
And I like the way you're not impressed,
While you put me to the test
I like the wine stains on your dress

And I love the way you pass the check
And I love the good times that you wreck
And I love your lack of self respect
While you're passed out on the deck
I love my hands around your neck
And now I know who you are
It wasn't that hard
Just to figure you out
And now I know who you are
It wasn't that hard
Just to figure you out

I love your pants around your feet
And I love the dirt that's on your knees
And I like the way you still say please
While you're looking up at me
You're like my favourite damn disease

And I hate the places that we go
And I hate the people that you know
And I hate the way you can't say no
Too many long lines in a row
I hate the powder on your nose
And now I know who you are
It wasn't that hard
Just to figure you out
And now I know who you are
It wasn't that hard
Just to figure you out

Saturday, August 06, 2005

A Wise Story

One evening an old Cherokee told his grandson about a battle that
goes on inside people. He said, "My son, the battle is between 2
wolves inside us all.

One is Evil. It is anger, envy, jealousy,sorrow, regret, greed,
arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false
pride, superiority, and ego.

The other is Good. It is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility,
kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion and
faith."

The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his
grandfather: "Which wolf wins?"

The old Cherokee simply replied, "The one you feed."

Friday, August 05, 2005

Bubbles - Liquor and Whores
lyrics from fishy, tabbed by ross



G
liqour and whores,liqour and whores,
Am G
cig'retts and dope and mustard and balogna and liqour and whores.
G Am
I was down, drinkin at the legion.
C D
I met a girl, she was nice.
G
she was pretty and pleasin.
G Am
she said "hey boy, we should do some marry'in".
C D G
I said "sure but before we do there's somethin that you should know".
G
I like liqour and whores, liqour and whores.
Am G
cig'retts and dope and mustard and balogna and liqour and whores.


When he plays the G, he hammers the A string one fret up.









http://www.trailerparkboys.com/

Thursday, August 04, 2005

Check it out!  Free Lysol toilet bowl cleaner!  No Joke!  I just ordered mine!
 

Friday, July 29, 2005

Speeding up your internet...

I found a website the other day, that tells you how to tune up your DSL or cable connection.  

http://cable-dsl.home.att.net/index.htm

I used method #1 it works great!  Most things seems a little faster, (don't expect miracles), and some things seem tons faster.

Here is the link to method #1

http://cable-dsl.home.att.net/index.htm#Method1

Just remember to back up your registry before trying this change.  If you don't know how to back up your registry, learn that step first.

Enjoy!

Saturday, July 23, 2005

Thursday, July 21, 2005

Funkified thursday!

Chorus:
She's a brick----house
Mighty might just lettin' it all hang out
She's a brick----house
The lady's stacked and that's a fact,
Ain't holding nothing back.

She's a brick----house
She's the one, the only one,
Who's built like a amazon [pronounced am-a-ka-zawn]
We're together everybody knows,
And here's how the story goes.

1. she knows she got everything
A woman needs to get a man, yeah.
How can she lose with what she use
36-24-36, what a winning hand!

Chorus

2. the clothes she wears, the sexy ways,
Make an old man wish for younger days
She knows she's built and knows how to please
Sure enough to knock a man to his knees

Chorus

Bridge

Shake it down, shake it down now (repeat)

Wednesday, July 20, 2005

Fuck is this ever a cool game...

http://bassel.free.fr/jeux/canadair.swf

Thursday, July 14, 2005

Newt Gingrich:Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired
of doing the hard work you already did.

Saturday, July 02, 2005

Have you ever put your friends name into Google?  Isn't it great the stuff you can find?
 
 
 
 
 
http://www.usask.ca/communications/ocn/sept29-00/feature5.shtml - Greg Ensz (I think this is actually him!)
 
 
 
 
http://rainbowfish.typepad.com/ronandroger/ - Roger Bell (the first link on Google!)
http://www.craven.k12.nc.us/RBE/ - Roger Bell (the second link on Google!)
 
 
 
 
 
John and Treena - Lots for John, nothing for Treena.
Mike Wotherspoon - Nothing dude... that must suck for you?
 
 
Wasnt that amusing?

Monday, June 27, 2005

Nut Meat

Why are the contents of nuts called nut meat?

Until about 1300 the term 'meat' referred to any solid food, and 'drink' to
liquid food. Around that year, ?meat? began to be used to refer to the
flesh of animals. It wasn't until later that the term took on its modern
meaning - when animal flesh started to become a significant part of the
English diet.

Thursday, June 23, 2005

Bob : One Love

One love! one heart!
Let’s get together and feel all right.
Hear the children cryin’ (one love!);
Hear the children cryin’ (one heart!),
Sayin’: give thanks and praise to the lord and I will feel all right;
Sayin’: let’s get together and feel all right. wo wo-wo wo-wo!

Let them all pass all their dirty remarks (one love!);
There is one question I’d really love to ask (one heart!):
Is there a place for the hopeless sinner,
Who has hurt all mankind just to save his own beliefs?

One love! what about the one heart? one heart!
What about - ? let’s get together and feel all right
As it was in the beginning (one love!);
So shall it be in the end (one heart!),
All right!
Give thanks and praise to the lord and I will feel all right;
Let’s get together and feel all right.
One more thing!

Let’s get together to fight this holy armagiddyon (one love!),
So when the man comes there will be no, no doom (one song!).
Have pity on those whose chances grows t’inner;
There ain’t no hiding place from the father of creation.

Sayin’: one love! what about the one heart? (one heart!)
What about the - ? let’s get together and feel all right.
I’m pleadin’ to mankind! (one love!);
Oh, lord! (one heart) wo-ooh!

Give thanks and praise to the lord and I will feel all right;
Let’s get together and feel all right.
Give thanks and praise to the lord and I will feel all right;
Let’s get together and feel all right.


Click here to listen!

Tuesday, June 21, 2005

So, as you can see... we're undergoing another transformation.....  I'm going to work on two things.. If you know how to help, please drop me an email.
 
1) Make this frame have the scroll bar all the way to the right, so that the two frames are attached.
 
2) Limit the front page to only the 5 most recent posts, and find a way that you can look back on previous posts, via a link shown on the right hand frame..
 
Anyone?  Deb?  Freak?  Spaceman?  Roester?

Thomas A. Edison : Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most
certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.

Tuesday, June 07, 2005

brent + entrails = brentrails

Johnny Cash / Girl In Saskatoon

Johnny Cash / Girl In Saskatoon

I left a little town
A little south of Hudson Bay
I couldn't find a thing, to make a rounder want to stay
I fought the wind across the baren waste in the crystal doom
Going for to marry the girl in Saskatoon

I'm glad I realized that no one could take her place
My heart was beating for her like the winter beat my face
But knowing that I'd see her made my spirit bright as June
I'm freezing but I'm burning for the girl in Saskatoon

South and West and following the cold December sun
I bedded down in the Carragana when my daily trek was done
Then up and pressing onward by the light of the morning moon
A prodical returning to the girl in Saskatoon

Then I found the trail that had packed beneath the snow
I made the final miles where the prairie lillies grow
The steeple on a church glistened by the prairie moon
I'm freezing but I'm burning for the girl in Saskatoon

My journey was forgotten
When I held her in my arms
My wonderlust was stiffled
By possesion of her charms
And even beneath the steeple
Where we couldn't wait till June
I found eternal spring with the girl in Saskatoon

Sunday, June 05, 2005

If you have any poo, throw it now!

Thursday, June 02, 2005

After The Rain

If I had my way
I would never go back
with my back to the wall
I just let myself fall
watch the daytimes turn black
but now and again I find
you cross my mind

If I was a train
I would never slow down
with my head in the sky
and the world going by
every nowhere town
as I write one more letter to you
I know I can't change the things that I do

one day
when you discover
just why I ran
ran away from you lover
I know I'm to blame
I feel so ashamed
call out your name
after the rain

what do you want me to do
I've thrown away everything for you
well I've wasted my dreams
each day it seems
I'm losing my way back to you

It's time for a change
what else can I do
the clock ticking time
I better make up my mind
is it me or is it you
yeah tonight as I'm losing control
I will drink to the queen of my soul

one day
when you discover
just why I ran
ran away from you lover
I know I'm to blame
I feel so ashamed
call out your name
after the rain...

Tuesday, May 17, 2005

In case you havn't noticed... The site hasn't had any updates for a while.. I had a HD crash a while back, and don't have everything working the way I would like to yet... I am without tons of stuff... I am sad...

Stay tuned... When things do change, they will be big...

Monday, May 09, 2005

"Change alone is eternal, perpetual, immortal."

-Arthur Schopenhauer

Monday, April 11, 2005

Serendipity — The making of happy and unexpected discoveries by accident or when looking for something else; such a discovery. -Oxford Dictionary

Thursday, April 07, 2005

Your creative words:
brent + entail = brentail
brent + entailed = brentailed
brent + entailer = brentailer
brent + entailing = brentailing
brent + entails = brentails
brent + entangle = brentangle
brent + entangled = brentangled
brent + entangler = brentangler
brent + entangles = brentangles
brent + entangling = brentangling
brent + enter = brenter
brent + entered = brentered
brent + enterer = brenterer
brent + entering = brentering
brent + enterprise = brenterprise
brent + enterpriser = brenterpriser
brent + enterprises = brenterprises
brent + enterprising = brenterprising
brent + enterprisingly = brenterprisingly
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brent + entertain = brentertain
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brent + entertains = brentertains
brent + enthusiasm = brenthusiasm
brent + enthusiasms = brenthusiasms
brent + enthusiast = brenthusiast
brent + enthusiast's = brenthusiast's
brent + enthusiastic = brenthusiastic
brent + enthusiastically = brenthusiastically
brent + enthusiasts = brenthusiasts
brent + entice = brentice
brent + enticed = brenticed
brent + enticer = brenticer
brent + enticers = brenticers
brent + entices = brentices
brent + enticing = brenticing
brent + entire = brentire
brent + entirely = brentirely
brent + entireties = brentireties
brent + entirety = brentirety
brent + entities = brentities
brent + entitle = brentitle
brent + entitled = brentitled
brent + entitles = brentitles
brent + entitling = brentitling
brent + entity = brentity
brent + entity's = brentity's
brent + entrance = brentrance
brent + entranced = brentranced
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brent + entrancing = brentrancing
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brent + entreated = brentreated
brent + entreaties = brentreaties
brent + entreating = brentreating
brent + entreatingly = brentreatingly
brent + entreats = brentreats
brent + entreaty = brentreaty
brent + entrench = brentrench
brent + entrenched = brentrenched
brent + entrenches = brentrenches
brent + entrenching = brentrenching
brent + entrepreneur = brentrepreneur
brent + entrepreneur's = brentrepreneur's
brent + entrepreneurs = brentrepreneurs
brent + entries = brentries
brent + entropies = brentropies
brent + entropy = brentropy
brent + entrust = brentrust
brent + entrusted = brentrusted
brent + entrusting = brentrusting
brent + entrusts = brentrusts
brent + entry = brentry
brent + entry's = brentry's

Brentlicious!

Monday, March 21, 2005

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Check out Dan's website...

http://danandmeliss.aviator.ca/

Dan, I see you in a whole new light now....

Sunday, March 20, 2005

Mount Kologet

 
Mount Kologet
 Height: 1963 m(TRIM_Survey) (6440 ft)  British Columbia
 Location: N 56°01.8'   W 128°36.8' (56°01' 47"-128°36' 49")  (56.030-128.614)   9V 5240800 62094500
 NTS Map: 104.A.02    Trim Map: 104A.007

Thursday, March 10, 2005

Ok, so that test didnt work... but this one will!

Leave me a comment... if this works.. I might do something!

Tuesday, March 08, 2005

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New Feature! Now you can add comments to my comments, in My Opinion!

How do you feel about that?

This is kinda a test....

Wednesday, February 23, 2005

Hobo Stew for Two
This one-pot is a classic road meal. The ingredients are available just about anywhere, and are easily transportable. My recipe comes down from a workaday Midwestern past, with a bit of updated West Coast spin. I make no apology for the suggestion of canned or prepared ingredients, as this is classic convenience food meant to be prepared over a small fire of whatever fuel might be available or packed in.

You will need three rocks to prepare your hearth, and a soup pot or a pan, or scrounge up an empty #10-size vegetable can--it being the true, authentic cooking vessel for this simple braised throwback. If you do choose to be or find yourself in the position of cooking your supper in a #10 can, you might want to prepare it first by placing it directly in the coals to burn off the modern miracle of long chain polyethylene film that is applied to the steel of the can to keep it from contact with the food originally stored therein. Lou and my dad didn't have to worry about plastic poisoning in the 1930's. Steel cans used as cooking pots back then were coated on the inside with tin; hopefully free of lead, but--who knows? Be advised: Cooking your food in steel containers scavenged from the trash has always been risky business, but it's a modern time-honored tradition. As long as we are not driven to indulge this little exoticism on a daily basis, a batch or two of Hobo Stew cooked in a can probably won't kill 'ya.

Customarily, this dish is prepared on the outskirts of town. Road-weary travelers would find a little hidey-hole in the bushes alongside the railroad tracks. They would procure their meat, vegetables, loaf of bread, bottle of wine, rolling papers and tobacco at a nearby market, and gather wood from old shipping pallets and packing crates for an unobtrusive little fire. Hobo etiquette requires you don't make a big impact on the neighborhood you're passing through, plus you want to avoid having the Yard Dicks catch wind of your little soirée and come through to bust your chops mid-meal.

These same sensibilities apply today in a campground or at a roadside picnic table with a nice iron Bar-B-Q grill or fire ring. You need to pack your fuel in and pack your trash out. The park ranger will be happy, and you won't nettle the neighbors or burn down the woods with a big roaring campfire. Hobo Stew lends itself to the economic use of resources. Hobo Stew won't break your bank; yes, it's dolphin safe! You can feel good about yourself while preparing and eating your Hobo Stew.

Hobo Stew with a piece of pork shoulder, the way I like to make it, is admittedly a little rough on the hogs, but the beauty of Hobo Stew is that is can be just as easily completely vegetarian, fat-free and organic, depending on what your shopping options are. While Hobo Stew is usually associated with times of little money and reduced expectations, it tastes just as good, maybe better, when you're flush! I can tell you a three-dollar Hobo Stew and a sixty-dollar Pinot Noir is a fantastic (though somewhat extravagant) combination. I prefer a modestly priced Sonoma County Zinfandel. My current favorite is the estate-bottled from Wild Hog Vineyard. It tastes great under the stars with Hobo Stew and a box of soda crackers--a great combination, kind of like John Prine and Bonnie Raitt singing "Angel From Montgomery" . . . all earth and roots.

INGREDIENTS:

a piece of pork, lamb shoulder or beef stew meat; something with a little fat to it, please.
1 Small onion, chopped
2 Cloves garlic, minced
1 Carrot, in chunks
6 Sun-dried tomato halves
1 can of chicken stock
S alt & pepper
bay leaf or pepperwood leaf
1 Big potato
PREPARATION:

1. Brown a piece of pork or lamb shoulder in your pot, pan or can. Beef stew meat works, too; something with a little fat to it, please.
2. Pour off any excess fat, and sauté:
1 Small onion, chopped
2 Cloves garlic, minced
1 Carrot, in chunks
6 Sun-dried tomato halves
3. Add and simmer about an hour:
1 Can of chicken stock
And enough water just to keep your meat covered as it cooks, or just water and a splash of wine.
4. Season with salt, pepper and a thumbnail-size piece of bay leaf or pepperwood leaf.
5. Add and simmer about twenty minutes more:
1 Big potato, in chunks

Variations on a Theme
Chicken works, or rabbit, or any combination of small game birds. I must admit, as this Y2K thing nears, I have had my eye on all the fat robins and starlings that stop here where I live in Sonoma County, California. The birds are on their way to winter nesting further south, and they gorge themselves on dry grapes, bugs and windfall apples. Sometimes they get into a load of privet berries that have fermented on the branch, and all that's needed is a basket to collect them up in the wee hours. If the poor things haven't frozen to death, they have such devastating hangovers that a one-way ticket to the stew pot could be considered an act of mercy.

If you prefer a vegetarian Hobo Stew, omit the critter in step one and substitute mushrooms sautéed in a bit of olive oil or dry white wine, skip the chicken stock, increase the sun-dried tomatoes (or use fresh, in season), and cook your potatoes right in with all the rest of your vegetables.

You can substitute a can of drained garbanzo beans for the potatoes, season with a pinch of minced fresh herbs (thyme, rosemary, lavender or basil leaves) or curry powder, and serve over couscous.

Another handy twist is to skip the potatoes and pick up a log of pre-made polenta at the grocery. Slice and grill your polenta and serve the stew over it, or cut in cubes and heat right in the stew at the last minute. Season with fresh basil leaves or a bit of rosemary, and dress with pocketknife shavings of a good aged sheep's milk cheese.

Last, but not least, Hobo Stew is great with fish, clams, mussels and or crab. Forget step one; pick up a fennel bulb to add to your vegetable sauté, omit the chicken stock (or not), and stew your vegetables until just tender in a small amount of water. When the vegetables are near to ready, add your seafood, a splash of wine, cover and cook just until your shells have opened and the fish is cooked through. Serve over couscous or with a good crusty loaf of bread for dipping in the broth.

Servings: 6
Preparation time: 10 minutes

Recipe from: Unknown

Tuesday, February 15, 2005

We are nearing the 6000th visitor to evjen.ca! As per usual the 6000th visitor will be promised a T-Shirt, which I will someday get around to making.. :)

I'm leaving the counter visible this time, so if you are the 6000th visitor, send me an email brent@evjen.ca and let me know exactly what time you were on! Then I can confirm wether it was you!

Good luck!

Wednesday, February 09, 2005

Guard against arrogance. For anyone in a leading position, this is a matter of principle and an important condition for maintaining unity. Even those who have made no serious mistakes and have achieved very great success in their work should not be arrogant.

-Mao Tse Tung
Quotations from Mao Tse Tung

Saturday, January 22, 2005

Don't spend your time longing for places you can not go and miss the happiness of where you are.

Friday, January 21, 2005

Right Down The Line - Gerry Rafferty (1977)


Intro (Guitar Solo):
Dm C Am F (x3)
C G Am->G->F


Dm C
You know I need your love

Am F
You've got that hold over me

Dm C
Long as I got your love

Am F
You know that I'll never leave

Dm C
When I wanted you to shape my life

Am F
I had no doubt in my mind

C
And it's been you

G
Woman

Am G F
Right down the line

I know how much I lean on you
Only you can see
The changes that I've been through
Have left a mark on me
You've been as constant as a northern star
The brightest light that shines
It's been you
Woman
Right down the line

Chorus:

D Bm G
I just want to say this is my way

E A F
Of telling you everything I could never

Dm
Say before

Bm G
Yeah this is my way

E A F
Of telling you that every day I'm loving you

Dm
so much more...

C
...'Cause you believed in me
Through my darkest night
Put something better inside of me
You brought me into the light
Threw away all those crazy dreams
I put them all behind
And it was you
Woman
Right down the line

(Guitar Solo)
Dm C Am F (x3)
C G Am->G->F

If I should doubt myself
If I'm losing ground
I won't turn to someone else
They'd only let me down
When I wanted you to shape my life
I had no doubt in my mind
And it's been you
Woman
Right down the line


D Bm G
Oooh ooohhh..Woooh... etc. (chorus chords x2 till fade out)

Thursday, January 06, 2005

Beautiful

Christina Aguilera

Every day is so wonderful
And suddenly, it's hard to breathe
Now and then, I get insecure
From all the fame, I'm so ashamed

I am beautiful no matter what they say
Words can't bring me down
I am beautiful in every single way
Yes, words can't bring me down
So don't you bring me down today

To all your friends, you're delirious
So consumed in all your doom
Trying hard to fill the emptiness
The pieces gone, left the puzzle undone
Is that the way it is?

You are beautiful no matter what they say
Words can't bring you down
You are beautiful in every single way
Yes, words can't bring you down
So don't you bring me down today...

No matter what we do
(no matter what we do)
No matter what we say
(no matter what we say)
We're the song inside the tune
Full of beautiful mistakes

And everywhere we go
(and everywhere we go)
The sun will always shine
(sun will always shine)
But tomorrow we might awake
On the other side

'Cause we are beautiful no matter what they say
Yes, words won't bring us down
We are beautiful in every single way
Yes, words can't bring us down
So, don't you bring me down today

Don't you bring me down today
Don't you bring me down today