Five Weird Things

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I shouldn’t really do this (especially as I still owe Kathy Shaidle on some other game of tag), but here goes;
“List five weird things about yourself, then tag five others to do the same”
1) My house has one interior door and no curtains.
2) I drive with my left foot against the dash most of the time – a habit acquired from cross continent suicide runs. I think it’s probably good for my lower back, but can’t prove it. It just feels right.
3) I eat breakfast cereal dry out of the bowl.
4) I refuse to drink anything you can squeeze from a cow. (See above)
5) And the big one- I can move my eyes independantly. In any direction I wish. This actually has a practical use – it weirds out toddlers in grocery carts in the cashier’s lineup. I give them the “googly eyes”, they reward me witih chortle of admiration. Works the same way on drunks and small boys.
Tagging:
BumfOnline
Catprint
Dawg (fertile territory there!)
Arcologist
CJunk
It’s an eclectic bunch.

28 Replies to “Five Weird Things”

  2. John – this entire blog is an absolute waste of my time. Never forget that.
    The day that I think I don’t have the right to do what I want on my own site is the day I pull the plug.

  3. Kate. No, it’s not a waste of your time. But I understand the huge amount of time you’re investing in this. It’s easy to get started in something like SDA and then get sucked in further and further. I admire you’re determination and I am very envious of your talents. I would not be surprised if you can also sing. Gee, if I could only carry a tune a few feet I’d probably still be doing gigs in bars and lounges.
    I *always* check SDA first each morning, then Angry, Neale, Bourque and Drudge, in that order.
    As an aside, I know that I take some things too seriously, like this election for instance. I guess I’m too focused. I don’t even play games on my computer. Hmm.

  4. Mrning Kate,
    Wow, you can find the damndest things on a blog. After being a loyal SDA reader for a while I know a fair bit about you from what you write, things you say on a personal level in the blog and revelations such as in this thread. for instance:
    1) You don’t mind flashing gophers (yeah, I know they are richardson’s Ground Squirrels)
    2) you are very flexable, at least physically and have driven too many miles on the prairies.
    3) can probably get more than one breakfast between washing bowls.
    4) Lactose (and moonie)intolerant.
    5) Probably scary to most lefties, goggly eyes or not.
    Luv ya kiddo, keep up the writing and blogs are not a waste of time. It beats yelling back at the radio 😉

  5. What a talent! When I read that I had an instant image of Kate doing the chameleon eyes, unreeling about a fathom of tongue and nailing a fly on the wall.

  6. John…Good about face after you got Kate’s attention. Hmmmmm.
    Speaking of never getting a T-4 Kate as well as only working 2 hours a day. I was just wondering if you declare all your income or are you a tax cheat?

  7. Ron. Yup, I should have phrased my original comment differently. I was meaning sending silly things on to other people expecting them to send them on to several others. Of course there is very little that I don’t agree with Kate about, except perhaps for those disgusting, loud two wheelers some people love to toot around in and scare all the little animals. Sigh. I can hear them coming from miles away.

  9. John, Thanks for the comments.
    The putrid smell of 2 stroke engine smoke turns my stomach, pollutes the air and you’re absolutely right the noise really scares wildlife (I’ve seen it firsthand).
    I on the other hand don’t agree or disagree with what Kate thinks or says. She’s a smart creative person who’s passionate about her calling but I tend to follow my own lead.

  10. Ron, “She’s a smart creative person who’s passionate about her calling but I tend to follow my own lead.”
    Ditto. That’s Kate’s strength as well of course. I am very happy that she and Steyn are on our side. I’d hate to debate with either of them. Then again, how can two people who agree on an issue debate it.
    BTW, I have more in common with you Kate. I established the first free-lance design studio, to my knowledge, between Winnipeg and Vancouver in Calgary in 1963. Did agency and corporate work. Lots of oil company annual reports. Called it TAS, for The Art Studio. Even had an empossed logo. Hmmm.

  12. “absolutely right the noise really scares wildlife (I’ve seen it firsthand).”
    Bullshit produced by peta wackos.
    Not a deer hunter I take it!
    The animals are afraid of humans and other predators they’re not afraid of motors, 2 or 4 stroke. Animals are not even afraid of cars and trucks, untill a human gets out of one.
    Probably to weak stomached to operate a chainsaw, outboard, or power ice auger, great to hear we won’t bump into each other in the great outdoors.

  13. I would have no problem with debating Kate or anyone else for that matter. Actually, in 4 years time I would go anywhere in the world at my own expense to do it. By the year 2010 there will be enough conservative blunders, nepotism and corruption to fuel thousands of debates.

  14. richfisher…You’ve mentioned the very places I’ve seen it happen. You’re not going to find many who support your claim. No, I’m not a deer hunter, couldn’t stand the thought of taking a life even if it’s for their own good.
    Do you have an anti-abortion bumper sticker?

  16. Ron. I guess it’s too late in my life to take typing lessons.
    richfisher. “The animals are afraid of humans and other predators they’re not afraid of motors, 2 or 4 stroke.”
    I don’t suppose you’ve stood or sat quietly taking in everything around you, with the birds and squirrels chirping and chattering away, or with bull elk bugling across a canyon, and then abruptly fall silent when some idiot with a two-stoke engine races around yonder bend. I was thinking of myself, not the wildlife. They have sense enough to stay out of the way of these maniacs, Problem is that I’m out there to enjoy the wildlife and nature, not some yoyo running around thinking he owns the whole f**king place with no respect for those that do actually live there, like the birds and animals.
    BTW, I’ve hunted most big game animals in the foothills and always enjoyed putting a pack on my back and hiking out for a week or so, by foot. I usually passed up my shots because I was too darn far away from a vehicle. I’ve packed quarters of moose and elk out on my back several times. It ain’t fun. I was mostly there just to enjoy “being there”. And I didn’t enjoy some idiot racing around between meals trying to act like he owned the place.

  17. Ron
    I’m pro abortion, and enjoy your innoculated burger!
    Why wait 4 years to travel or is it a parole thingy?
    Also, you can debate here you shouild try it.
    John
    Yes I have.
    It’s your preconceived notion that you are the rightful owner of your hunting grounds and not the ATV driver that you seem to have a problem with.
    Most of the time I hunt were there are people and chainsaws and ATV’s and cars and trucks and the animals don’t mind in the least if the game has no chance to encounter the people running the motors.
    I see also whitetail deer almost everyday at Pearson International airport sometimes standing 25 feet away from Canada’s largest and busiest highway.
    They don’t care, get out of your car to take a picture though and they’re gone.

  18. Well said John, I’ve done the same (but no hunting). Not only in the Canadian wilds but in the Mid/High Sierra of Mexico as well as Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, etc.
    It is absolutely amazing if you remain quiet and peaceful how wildlife gets used to you being there and goes about doing there thing and almost bumps into you. Then scatters and disappears at the sound of an engine.

  19. richfisher…I would enjoy debating here but my beloved Liberal party is a no brainer. They are corrupt and rotten to the core. I liken them to an old dying punky tree. Cut it down, burn what you can and compost the rest.
    I’m already planting seeds for a new Liberal arbouretum.

  20. richfisher. I understand. I was referring to a completely different kind of hunting and a different kind of “wilderness”. But I can even take a stroll through Stanley Park and notice the wildlife if I’m alone, or others are quiet. I guess I just love wildlife and nature. I wish some of them could run for office.
    Ron. I have no plans to hike Mexico but I do plan to spend a month or two in Costa Rica over the next several years. And it is indeed enjoyable sitting quietly for a couple hours and becoming part of the forest. I’ve stood still within 20 feet of bull elk, in fact a whole herd of cows and one bull on one occasion, bull moose and even black bear with cubs many times. I’ve had wild Bighorn Sheep actually come up and lay down within several feet when I was sketching in the foothills south west of Calgary. And this wasn’t in a park where they are normally a little friendlier. I sat and watched a squirrel run across my legs and sit on top of my boot once and actually look at me, as if he was studying me. They seem to know when you’re not a threat, and they accept you. That’s the ultimate compliment. To be accepted into their home. Quiet is the way to go for sure.

  22. Tagged!

    Though I’ve been back in town for the past few days and have been trying to catch up on all the news that’s fit to blog, I haven’t taken any time to put down my own thoughts for your leisure-pleasure while you visit. Perhaps this assignment from Kate…

  24. “What a talent! When I read that I had an instant image of Kate doing the chameleon eyes, unreeling about a fathom of tongue and nailing a fly on the wall.”
    Damn you, Hungry, I can’t stop laughing. 🙂

  25. You’re it.

    Thanks Kate! For some reason my hits today have doubled my month to date. I don’t think it was my post on the gov’t not supporting Moz based broswers. 🙂 Five things weird about myself: I enjoy programming and configuring ob

  27. I got “tagged” thanks to this page 😐 Now I either give in to the meme, or break the cycle. Oh well, might as well at least write the 5 things, even if I don’t increase traffic to 5 others sites by whatever meager amount I could… 🙂

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