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Microsoft - The Empire Strikes Back!

It looks like I've found out the reason for my problems with Hello and Picasa not being able to post pictures. There is some sort of conflict between Firefox and IE. Aiyah! I guess i have to remove Firefox for the time being.

"Microsoft Corp. is urging Windows XP users to uninstall the new Netscape 8 Web browser from their computers, saying it damages the company’s own Internet Explorer browser. The company’s announcement Friday followed a Microsoft technician’s blog posting a day earlier that said Netscape’s updated technology interfered with Internet Explorer’s ability to display some Web pages. Computer users who install Netscape 8, then go back to using Internet Explorer for browsing, may see some Web pages appear blank in Internet Explorer. "

Paris in the Spring!

The Gospel According to Paris:

"... Paris claims the secret to getting rich is going to parties.
The beautiful heiress says if you want to succeed you have to stay up until the early hours of the morning socialising with the rich and famous and then languish in bed for as long as possible.
She revealed: "Never ever wake up before 10; never go to bed before three. Normal hours are for normal people. You never want to be normal."

"It's traditional for an heiress to be raised in a sheltered way. No one thinks that's true of me, but it actually was."

Praise to you, Lady Paris. Divine Goddess of Divadom!

NBA Playoffs Predictions

As we are deep in the playoffs now, here is a quick recap:

I can't believe the Wizards got swept. I was counting on them go deep into the playoffs. Oh well, look out next year. I love that trio of Jamison, Arenas and Hughes.
The Heat certainly are hot. Who would have thought they could have made it this far even without Shaq!? That Wade is becoming a deserving superstar. He's even one of People magazine's most beautiful people. He is cute, I must agree!
Go Pacers!

My predictions:
WEST - Spurs vs. Suns --> Spurs in 7
EAST - Heat vs. Pacers --> Heat in 6

Finals - Spurs vs. Heat --> Spurs Champs in 5.

My All Star Teams for 2005:
(All players must have made it to they playoffs to be chosen)
Team West-
C - Yao Ming
SF - Dirk Nowitzki
PF - Tim Duncan
SG - Ray Allen
PG - Steve Nash

Team East -
C - Shaq
SF - Vince Carter
PF - Rasheed Wallace
SG - Dwayne Wade
PG - Gilbert Arenas

An interview with the Jaded Monkey

1. If your life story could be told in ABBA songs, which three songs would you choose? Why? Does Your Mother Know? - because I get asked that question a lot.
Chiquitita - Tell me what's wrong.
I Have A Dream - because I do.



2. Name one fad that you took part in while growing up, which you would be embarrassed to admit.
Although I was always intensely fascinated by pop culture (and still am), I was never faddish. I was a little nerd and unless nerd chic was cool for a few minutes when I was growing up, I blinked and missed it. I did not own nor did I think I was 'cool' enough to wear any of the following: neon, Michael Jackson leather jackets with zippers, parachute pants, CHOOSE LIFE shirts, FRANKIE SAY RELAX shirts, short bolero jackets with the huge shoulder pads, eyeliner, legwarmers, pastel coloured suits with sockless loafers, cabbage patch kids, Simon the Music game. I didn't dress Mod, Goth, New Romantic, Punk, Breakdancer, Gino or any of prevailing styles. I did have major crushes on particularly delicious members of each clique though! I remember this one Mod boy. Hot dam! He was the most beautiful quasi-neo-Nazi wannabe I ever laid eyes on. There was also a breakdancing gino, a dark haired soft spoken lad who had the most incredible pair of legs. Then there was this Goth boy; artistic, dark and mysterious and prettier than Siousxie Sioux! (Alas, I digress)
I will admit to wanting a 'Flock of Seagulls' haircut though! hahaha That's a bit embarrassing.


3. If I were to give you a $1,000 Gift Card at Walmart what would you buy with it?
I've never shopped at WalMart, believe it or not. I'm sort of anti-WalMart. They are outlets for an evil empire bent on destroying life in small towns all over North America. However, with a prevailing guilty conscience, I'd probably stock up on soap or something. I don't really know. I might end up giving it away to some needy family.

4. If you could turn back time, what is one major life altering decision that you regret not making?
I'm thinking long and hard about this one (no sexual connotations intended). I'm having a hard time coming up with a decision that I regret. I tend not to dwell on the past and have always thought more about what I want to do going forward in terms of life altering decisions. I have few regrets other than missed opportunities at possible relationships. Those, I regret. There were a few guys along the way whom I could have gotten into a relationships with but chose instead to let them pass. I guess I will never know.

5. What makes The Jaded Monkey cry?
The pain and anguish of a broken heart.
The tragedy of life lost.
The sadness of separation.

Mr. Dithers goes to "Polly"-wood.

Poor Paul Martin appears more and more frazzled as the days draw closer to an election. He has always seemed frazzled but he's looking more and more haggard as well. I do feel bad for him. He totally and openly exposed himself and the Liberal government to the uncovering of the sponsorship scandal but also to the pack of salivating wolves at bay (namely, Steven Harper the opportunistic, shifty-eyed, stoic Alliance (oops, "Conservative") leader of God's chosen Albertans and Gilles Duceppe, the crazy-eyed separatist. Where is Jack Layton in all of this? He is remaining focused on the budget and staying well out of the feeding frenzy. Good for him, he knows that he will not likely become Prime Minister anyway and chooses to ensure that some of the policies that Liberals will put through and that are favourable to the NDP are enacted.

Like most Canadians, I am reluctant to go to the polls again but will be forced to do so in the coming weeks. We are faced once again with a choice between the devil that we know or the devil that we don't know. Given those choices, most will chose familiarity. Who knows, perhaps we may have a conservative shift after all.

Paul Martin and the Liberals - Mr. Martin was left with the uneviable task of carrying on the Liberal legacy as Mr. Chretien's successor. While they were furiously at odds with each other during Mr. Chretien's term, I still believe (however naively) that both men, deep down in their hearts want what's best for Canada first and not necessarily what's best for themselves. The scandal is no small matter but the attempt by Mr. Martin to 'fix what was wrong' is amounting to political suicide. I think it's honest of him to admit that it was wrong and now to try to fix it. The sponsorship scandal was immensely wrong and forgiveness in the people's mind does not come easily but I think he was faced with no choice but to order the inquiry. Mr. Martin's temporary Prime Ministership was and remains to be nothing but a stop gap approach to transition and damage control.

Jack Layton and the NDP - Mr. Layton should do his best to seize the moment. Try not to get too muddied in the mudslinging and try not to get his eager nose nipped by the scavenging hyenas. The NDP stands to make some ground with disillusioned Liberals and that's not such a bad thing. They have positioned themselves to become a truly viable alternative and a relatively strong party as we had when Mr. Broadbent was leader. Their shift towards centre can capture many votes from the Liberals.

Gilles Duceppe and the Bloc - It goes without saying that M. Duceppe is like a kid with the biggest Christmas present. He didn't have to work too hard to bolster support for his party. All his has to do is show up and reap his rewards. I don't think he minds cozying up with the Conservatives. His supporters will never vote Conservative anyway. They are more anti-Liberal (federalist) than they are pro-Conservative.

Stephen Harper and the Conservatives - Lordy, where do we begin with little blue eyed Stephen and his band of God's chosen Albertans. I have no question about his honesty, that's for sure. However diametrically opposed I am to his views on every single social policy that his party stands for, I cannot fault him for stating his honest beliefs. However, I can't for the life of me support this Alliance Party whose leaders stand for old fashioned, ultra-conservative views (hidden behind the cloak of "Christian" beliefs) on immigration, gay marriage, their reluctance to support the Kyoto Accord. They try to distance themselves from the Republicans south of the border but come on, who is kidding whom? It does not take a genius to see how similar they are. I wont go on about gay marriage here but will save that for another blog. I shudder when I see Mr. Harper go on about Liberal "dithering, deception and danger". Somehow, I don't think that his party is any less corrupt than the Liberals might be.

The Green Party - the poor forgotten Greens should be given a fair shake as a true alternative. I'm hoping that they emerge from this mess with some representation. Any gains will be good for them as we do need a voice in Parliament that speaks about the environment, ecology and sustainable living.

And there you have it, I, like most Canadians don't really want another election but I think we probably need one. I'm not really looking forward to the times ahead as they look like they may be fractious and very uneasy times. We need an accountable government with checks and balances but what we may end up with is a government that has no more stable than the one we have now with four parties pulling in different directions.

Homosexual Brains

This is why we can sniff out the other homos anywhere, anytime. hehehe ... woohoo
"Metros" be damned, no amount of Issey Miyake is going to make you any more homo, we can sniff you out!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/homosexual_brains