Last evening the wife and I spent some time readying the ground at her mom's house for the birthday gift we had purchased for her...a Calorado Blue Spruce. Just a young'n and oh so innocent. Sadly he's probably doomed to die in the coming weeks as a result of lack of knowledge, much like the generation we see among us today he won't get the best nutrients and his environment will be suspect at best.
To backtrack some she had requested this tree, and apparently has wanted one for some time. Given her birthday was nigh we agreed to get her one and to plant it in hopes of giving the little guy the best possible start in what will undoubtably be a challenging life at best. You see as humans we fail to realize that we play with living things daily in hopes of adding something a little extra to our lives with little thought givin to the probable consequence of our actions.
The skipper (my wife's father) has contended for years that his wife loves gardening and she loves even more having him to do it for her. His other contention has been about the thousands of dollars spent plants that should be growing in some far off exotic location, but that have come to his doorstep to spend their last days shrivelling and dying awaiting the day they will be pulled unceremoniously from the ground and chucked in the ever expanding pile out back to take root and acheive miraculous dwarf status in the bog ajacent to his property line.
So with tethered optimism we set out to exhume the previous tenent and prepare the ground for the next victim...turns out the real victims were the ones wielding the shovels and swinging them with ferocious determination at the increasing swarm of mosquitos out to get their piece of the pie. The missus came to the conclusion that she could save the past tenent and it's sickly shell was removed to an ambulance and rushed to our garden in hopes that surgery and proper care could restore it to it's previous glory. The hole was dug and we retired for the evening allowing our young chosen one the respite of one more night snuggled in the safety of his birthing pot while we battered the jezuz from the blood filled cloud that had amassed above us.
Tomorrow we will seek the required soil that is recommended for the blue spruce...hopes are not high, but hell I'll take A Crack At __it!
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Friday, June 19, 2009
All new from Apple.
Something in the news today that has gotten my shorts in a knot. Not exactly sure how to address it, but I'll take A Crack At __it!
Apparently CBC has decided that news, on what must be a decidedly slow news day involves reporting that the new iPhone is now available in Canada. It's all bad enough that a select few billionaires that create over-priced crappy toys for the masses get to convince us all that we need this stuff, but now the national tax-payer driven media wants in on this Walmart flyer type affair. Sorry folks but this ain't news. Think for a minute what kind of evening news hour we would have on our hands if the news consisted of any new product that has been released to the unsuspecting masses on that day or during the week.
This is only the tip of the iceberg in my gripe with over-priced crap that started with a news story I had read some time back in which a consumer had reported faulty workmanship and the failure of their beloved iPod to be told that they are not meant to last more than a couple of years. The intention is to buy the latest, even more gadgety one that only cost twice as much and has far more bull on it than you could ever hope to use in any productive day. There I went and said the unsayable...PRODUCTIVE. This crap all removes us from that realm quite handily doesn't it? The illusion is that it makes you more productive, but the reality is that other than the obvious phone feature the rest is just crap that you brag about to your friends. Oddly no one seems to brag about the bill for that toy...which can easily equal that of a car payment or the rent. And, to add to the misery of the employer that seeks productivity is the employee that does little more than text friends, surf the net, and play with that eternally present distraction for much of the workday. It'll be great though when their ass gets fired because they can let all their friends know up-to-the-minute...crap they can even use the built in GPS to pinpoint their exact location and describe weather conditions at the time of the occurance.
This is why, here today I wish to unveil the latest Apple creation. Ladies and gentlemen the newest gem from Apple...the better than ever most up-to-date of it's kind ever known to man. The all new iDiot.
Apparently CBC has decided that news, on what must be a decidedly slow news day involves reporting that the new iPhone is now available in Canada. It's all bad enough that a select few billionaires that create over-priced crappy toys for the masses get to convince us all that we need this stuff, but now the national tax-payer driven media wants in on this Walmart flyer type affair. Sorry folks but this ain't news. Think for a minute what kind of evening news hour we would have on our hands if the news consisted of any new product that has been released to the unsuspecting masses on that day or during the week.
This is only the tip of the iceberg in my gripe with over-priced crap that started with a news story I had read some time back in which a consumer had reported faulty workmanship and the failure of their beloved iPod to be told that they are not meant to last more than a couple of years. The intention is to buy the latest, even more gadgety one that only cost twice as much and has far more bull on it than you could ever hope to use in any productive day. There I went and said the unsayable...PRODUCTIVE. This crap all removes us from that realm quite handily doesn't it? The illusion is that it makes you more productive, but the reality is that other than the obvious phone feature the rest is just crap that you brag about to your friends. Oddly no one seems to brag about the bill for that toy...which can easily equal that of a car payment or the rent. And, to add to the misery of the employer that seeks productivity is the employee that does little more than text friends, surf the net, and play with that eternally present distraction for much of the workday. It'll be great though when their ass gets fired because they can let all their friends know up-to-the-minute...crap they can even use the built in GPS to pinpoint their exact location and describe weather conditions at the time of the occurance.
This is why, here today I wish to unveil the latest Apple creation. Ladies and gentlemen the newest gem from Apple...the better than ever most up-to-date of it's kind ever known to man. The all new iDiot.
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