Rob Schneider’s heart was in the right place for calling out Mel Gibson in an open letter posted as an advertisement in the August 3rd edition of the Hollywood rag Variety (shown below):
Hearts in right places aside, I doubt that his “I’ll never work with you, Mel Gibson!” swagger will be any more effective than a hypothetical threat by Britney Spears to never work with transistor-inventor-turned-race-eugenicist William Shockley, her knowledge of semiconductor physics notwithstanding.
If you’re going to be in Accordion City tomorrow night — Saturday, August 5th — we’ll be chilling out with Dave (who’s here from Chicago) on the patio of the Green Room (296 Brunswick, the entrance is in the alley just south of Bloor) starting around 9 p.m.
In case you were going to try and reach the Tucows’ head office (where I work), in Accordion City, please note that this Monday, August 7th, is a holiday in Canada. Across Canada, it’s known as “Civic Holiday”, but its name varies from province to province. Here in Ontario, it’s called “Simcoe Day” after Lord John Graves Simcoe, and the holiday’s sole purpose is to provide a long weekend in August. Gotta love it!
Here’s the official Tucows statement on what departments will be up and running:
On the upcoming Statutory Holiday in Ontario, which occurs on 07 August 2006, Tucows will be offering the following support hours:
07 August 2006:
Customer Support and Sales hours 1300 UTC to 2100 UTC.
(That’s 9:00 a.m. EDT to 5:00 p.m. EDT.)
Payments hours 1300 to 2100 UTC.
(Once again, 9:00 a.m. EDT to 5:00 p.m. EDT.)
Compliance department is CLOSED.
08 August 2006:
All departments OPEN as usual.
Please note that the Operations Department will continue to
monitor OpenSRS systems 24 hours per day, seven days per
week and Customer Support will be available via pager for
system-wide emergencies.
I myself will be enjoying the long weekend, but I just might sneak in a post in this blog.
You may remember that a little while back, I offered to send a Tucows squishy cow to anyone who asked for one. Due to popular demand, I had to set a cut-off date after which you couldn’t request one.
It’s a couple of weeks later, and you might be wondering why your squishy cow hasn’t arrived yet. That’s because I’m still awaiting a shipment of squishy cows. They’re coming soon, but in the meantime, I must ask that those of you who got the “just a quick note to let you know that your squishy cow is on the way” email from me be patient — as soon as I get my shipment of cows, I’ll put yours in the mail.
For those of you who missed your chance to request one, don’t worry: we will have more squishy cow giveaways.
In the meantime, I thought I’d show you this video I put together [21MB QuickTime], in which I go through the Tucows swag in our storage room and explain why you haven’t got your Squishy Cow yet. They’re coming soon, we promise!
Gideon Strauss points to an inspiring video put out by Pamela “Escape from Cubicle Nation” Slim, which is a call to become independent, start your own business and work for yourself. It’s a slicker version of Nathaniel Talbott’s presentation, Homesteading: A Thriver’s Guide, but the message is the same: work for yourself.
Even if working for yourself is not in your plans (I’ve done it before, it isn’t for me right now, but it may be someday), the video is worth watching, even if only to inspire yourself to great great presentations. I’ve included a few stills from the video below — click any of them to watch the video.
Courtesy of Ryland and Miss Fipi Lele: the poster shown below, which was apparently designed and approved before Mad Mel’s arrest and rant.
Photo by Hamish Grant.
Billboards like the one shown above have appeared downtown. It’s generated amusement and derision from the usual sources, with BlogTO giving it the thumbs-up and Kathy over at Relapsed Catholic giving it the opposite in her entry Why I really need a Green Card, part XVII:
Do you ignoramuses realize that, every morning when you’re still asleep, George Bush reads a daily briefing book that’s the size of the GTA phone directory?
Counterpoint: remember the exchange between Kevin Kline and Jamie Lee Curtis in A Fish Called Wanda, in which dumb old Otto is trying to show how smart he is when Wnda calls him an ape:
Otto (Kevin Kline): Apes don’t read philosophy.
Wanda (Jamie Lee Curtis): Yes they do, Otto, they just don’t understand it!
Here’s the audio of that exchange [210K WAV file].