Fuck you and your reading

My cat has decided he hates books.

If I set a book down on my desk/coffee table/misc. surface, he will spring up to that place and immediately knock it off from where it sits. He then looks straight at me as if to say, “Yeah, that happened. What of it?”.

He does not really seem to do this with anything else, (cell phone, beverage, change, etc.) just whatever book I happen to have with me when I come home, or pause reading around the house.

Odder still, is that he does not attack or otherwise interact with books while I’m reading them like other cats I know are wont to do.

Just *bam* “Fuck you, and fuck your book” *purr purr purr purr*.

~John

More Montana or North-er Dakota

I have just returned from Canada, which I affectionately like to refer to as one of the names in the post’s title.

I went with my lady for a weekend in Vancouver. It is mostly chock full of construction for the upcoming 2010 Winter Olympic Games. We regardless saw much of the city, and had a generally fantastic time.

I could go on and on about what a wonderful weekend it was or I could share the one odd thing of note, (and our more sensitive geeks, those prone to night-terrors or bed-wetting may wish to skip this):

MOUNTAIN DEW HAS NO CAFFINE IN CANADA!

You heard me, no fucking caffine in the Mountain Dew sold in Cana-nadiannada. It still had a fuck-load of sugar in it, but none of the beautiful, life-draining caffine that I love.

I grabbed it from a vending machine, ignorant of my fate. I popped the tab, took a swig, and SPEWTCH, spit it out violently. I looked at the can trying to devise what had betrayed my pallet, only to discover written on the back of the can, “Contains no caffine”. I tentatively tasted another sip, and sure enough it still tasted every kind of wrong.

I made my way to the machine that dispensed this obscenity, and purchased a Dr. Pepper to see if it too had been Caffi-strated. Examining the back list of ingredients, I learned that it’s Caffi-ginity remained intact. 

I cannot figure out why the caffine is gone from one and not the other, but it haunts my dreams. Thanks a bunch Cananada, you’re a pal.

~John

A divergent topic – Kind of a two for one

I have begun another, thematic blog here at wordpress.

http://unholyretribution.wordpress.com is my first foray into blogging on a specific topic or theme. It deals with my experiences in the game World of Warcraft.

The idea is that this is a more general rambling, while the other is more focused on a specific hobby of mine.

Please feel free to give the new digs a visit and say hello. As usual, if you have any suggestions regarding layout/design let me know!

~John