Please Rob Me

I've recently received a Facebook message.

 

Just for you
http://www.pleaserobme.com

 

Come on people. It's an interesting project for sure, but do you really think that the average thief is going to be sitting at "their computer" waiting for you to post that you're anywhere but at home? More likely they'll be studying your habits, finding out when you're at work and generally watching the house. I'd be more worried about telling everyone you're going to FolkFest; every hippie with a drug problem knows you're there. 

 

Really think about it, who do you know that has been robbed in the last little while?

• Someone had their van stolen.
• Someone was robbed blind by their roommate.
• Someone was mugged.
• Someone had their car towed from their place of work by a police officer who had been cut off by said person two hours earlier while off duty
• Someone had their iPhone stolen

Now I know alarms aren't foolproof, but how many of those people had a monitored alarm (with cellular backup in the case of a cut line) protecting that property? Police respond priority on two zone trips, and I have plenty of zones for anyone bigger than a cat to trip. Priority response? Well basically if there isn't a riot or a report of a violent crime in progress they're going sirens blaring to my house. What happens after that? Well the motion detection camera I have set up sends me an email with a video and snapshots of the perp. Sure you might have a hoodie, but if you're robbing me based on my twitter, chances are I probably know you. No, I wont show you the device.

 

But you know, better safe than sorry right? Maybe I should also start:

• parking my car in the garage 
• leaving at staggered times through the week 
• always take a different route to work
• get a job where I can work shifts so it's harder for thieves to find out when I'm not home
• stop going out
• get a doberman
• forward my home phone to my cell phone so that people can't tell that I'm not at home
• get a doorbell that barks
• not have people over so they can't case the joint
• board up my windows
• get a gun

My house is alarmed so that I don't have to be. But I mean if you want to be alarmed for me, go nuts!

 

Just a test

Testing.

Mah Fuggin Hexacopter!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJrfwryxC7c&feature=player_embedded

 

Holy balls.

Will the Jets rise from the ashes?

OK, here's the rumour: Wealthy David Thomson of Toronto, the man who most of the shares of the MTS Centre and True North Sports and Entertainment in Winnipeg, has purchased the Atlanta Thrashers of the National Hockey League and will move them to Winnipeg for the 2010-11 season. The Moose will move to Saskatoon. The announcement will be made right after the Olympics. Thoughts?

Terrorism and Anti-Semitism

If you're an anti-semite in America, you're just that. If you're against Christianity, you're probably going to be labelled a terrorist. The term anti-gentile never is used, possibly because the only people who could possibly be are a minority in all countries but Israel. So I wonder does the term anti-gentile get thrown around in Israel? Or are there enough self-identifying groups in the 1/4 of the population that isn't jewish that anti-gentile is a broad spectrum term to be lost in the annals of histroy.

 

All the place I'd love to go.

Nick's present

Bussin' aint easy

Okay well it pretty much is. I've been bussing it for the past two weeks, except for one or two days when I needed to run errands after work.

 

It's not so bad.

 

I mean there's a bit of a psychological barrier leaving to walk two blocks instead of just right out front and in the car. But once you get over that it's not a bad thing, it's a bit liberating actually. I can walk where I want instead of where the road tells me I can. I notice a lot more now as well. There's houses around that aren't well kept, people who leave at the same time every day, dogs let out and well I'm just sounding creepy now.

 

The same people are on the bus each day. There's the creepy old lady, the Scottish immigrant with his Asian immigrant side kick. The gangster girl who landed a decent job and makes appointments on her Blackberry all morning. The ratty school age girl who listens to Justin Timberlake declare he's bringing sexy back all too loud

 

It takes about 20 minutes longer, but I catch up on my email on the way. I get what work I can done on the way and I catch up with other early birds through SMS.

 

Gas consumption has dropped signifigantly. Where I was putting in $35-$40 a week, now I'm popping in maybe $20 a payday. And I've switched it to pleasure insurance saving about $240 a month. Add in $75 for the monthly pass, $64 after the tax credit, its a bit of a savings.

 

It's nice being able to meet up with Sarah and hang out after work, it's cool running into people.

 

Bus for the win.

As seen at Cityplace

Checkered flag snowmobile jackets

Decidedly rural. Similar to SunIce in the 80's. That is all.

Handyman fixes bathtub faucet