Comments on: That Damn Murphy With His Damn Laws and Shit

By: wizmo

wizmo — Thu, 23 Jun 2005 08:13:23 +0000

I visited Vancouver in December, trying to get away from Bushco and check out the alternatives. I fell in love with it too, and plan to move there as soon as I can (two more years to retirement.) Now that it has the Armstrong seal of Approval, it seems even more like the right choice. Hope that whacko Merkley guy isn’t based there…

By: merkley???

merkley??? — Wed, 22 Jun 2005 02:53:20 +0000

I suppose that would require an agreement on the definition of the word NICE.

I always have “nice” things to say about J. Armstrong. But that old grapevine — that pesky old grapevine…. not so nice that one.

anyway…. canadians are no more sincere or good than anyone else…

and — you get what goes to dooce — maybe that comes with the marriage stuff, i don’t know the legalities of blogs and marriage.

now if you’ll excuse me, there are some bunnies and rainbows flying out of my pants.

By: beck

beck — Tue, 21 Jun 2005 14:16:09 +0000

I have never seen so many pictures with Heather SMILING (Canada slideshow)! Must have had a super great time.

By: blurb

blurb — Tue, 21 Jun 2005 06:33:23 +0000

Ok. So we get it. You CAN pause live television in Canada. GOT IT.

None of you are Leta’s grandparents, so we probably won’t be moving to Canada soon. Unless Arnold gets elected President or maybe Frist. If Frist gets elected President… Gah.

By: beltzner

beltzner — Tue, 21 Jun 2005 04:26:54 +0000

Just adding to MsSisyphus’ comment; you can actually even run TiVo itself. There’s an easy-to-install program that mimics the TiVo Listings Server, fetching guide data from DataDirect using a free WSDL service. Or you can get a Ti-faux from one of the cable providers.

Glad that you enjoyed Vancouver. Next, I’d recommend trying to find some conference / panel in Montreal or Ottawa. Or Calgary. Or Halifax. Or Toronto. Or just come to my friend’s cottage with us.

By: MsSisyphus

MsSisyphus — Mon, 20 Jun 2005 23:02:38 +0000

Sorry to hijack your comments, Jon, but Heather has posted an inaccuracy that *must* be corrected.

“You canít pause live television in Canada.”

Yes, you can. We just call it a pvr, not tivo.

Just wanted to make sure you had all your info right when contemplating the big move.

By: Tammy

Tammy — Mon, 20 Jun 2005 20:57:12 +0000

The slideshow was breathtaking… I’ve never felt like I’ve wanted to actually take a vacation in Canada, but those pictures made me want to

PS, I HATE semi-down. It leaves me with false hope.

By: michelle

michelle — Mon, 20 Jun 2005 18:58:44 +0000

hi Jon,

Not sure if you remember me - I’m that girl who asked to interview you and Heather after her panel. I did blog it as promised, and sorta tried emailing, but figured it would get lost in the blackhole of “the innernet” and this way might be better. If either of you have time to take a look, please let me know if there’s anything I ought to take out.
I’m glad you enjoyed Canada/Vancouver/the west coast. It was so nice (rad, awesome, sweeeet) to talk to you both, and I appreciate you being so generous with your vacation time.

Thanks again!

By: blurb

blurb — Mon, 20 Jun 2005 18:26:33 +0000

merkley,

Was not brown nosing.

You obviously need to get laid, hopefully by a Canadian or MIchael Moore. Canadians are, on average, 1500 times nicer than you.

By: merkley???

merkley??? — Mon, 20 Jun 2005 11:39:26 +0000

brown nosing canada is sooooooo gay. that goes for you and your wife.

don’t forget, i am still canadian.

now knock it off.

canada sucks as bad as anywhere else no matter what that fat pig michael moore says.