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No more milestones.

One of MJNL's friends wrote an article for the Globe and Mail a while ago. I only got around to reading it recently.

Yellow watermelon.

MJNL and I just had our first yellow watermelon. It tasted pretty much like the red watermelon.

Most expensive Vietnamese dinner.

MJNL wanted to try out a Vietnamese restaurant that was near us. The prices were a little higher than the norm, but considering the area, it was understandable. I made my order and was told that the food would be ready in fifteen to twenty minutes. A minute later, I got a call back telling me that the food would not be ready for thirty-five minutes. That was fine, but I decided to go a little early in case the food was done sooner. Well, I got down to the restaurant and put my bike on the curb in front of the restaurant. As I was going to go inside to pick up the food, I noticed a sign on the door indicating that the restaurant was closing it's doors at the end of the month! Crappy. If we didn't like the food, then that was bad. If we liked the food, then that was also bad! I got inside and was told that the food wasn't ready, so I hung around for several minutes while they prepared the food. After I had picked up the food and started out, I saw one of the patrons looking...

Raccaar..

RM sent me a link for a video about some guy throwing a raccoon . Also, I got a call from my dad telling me that he just bought a car! I could have sworn that we told him to shop around first. Meh.

Cup holders required.

MJNL and I went to the Blue Jay's game last night. The less I speak of that game the better methinks. Before the game, we decided that we would have a quick meal and then head downtown. I was to pick up some Harvey's on the way home so that we could eat and go. The weather yesterday was nice (although it looked like it could rain) so I decided to ride to work. I made sure that I had plenty of space in my backpack to hold the food on the way home. I made our order and the moment he placed the cardboard cup holder on the counter, I realized my folly: There are no cup holders on my motorcycle. I had a several options: I could leave the drinks there, which seemed like a waste since, well, I probably would have saved money by just ordering the burgers and ignoring the drinks if I didn't need to get the meal deal. I could take the drinks with me in my bag, but that was a disaster waiting to happen. I could put the drinks in my jacket, but this was also a disaster wait...

I could have lost $50.

So we had drinks with the (Woo-)Tang clan last night and we were placed at a table next to someone who looked like Ben Johnson. Everybody at the table thought it was him, except me. Of course, no one would confirm it, although Growly did want to bet me $50 that it was him. I was going to take him up on that offer except he asked the others if they agreed with him and they did. At that point my Conjecture of Truth kicked in: If everyone believes that it is true, then it is true. (Regardless of whether or not it is correct.) Being the lone dissenter amongst the group, I bit my tongue, but I still had to know for sure. So I went over and asked the guy if he was Ben Johnson. He was. I wonder what kind of look I had on my face. But I wished him a good night. An aside: girl and I went over to the front counter to leave our plate numbers and ask the concierge if Ben Johnson could be staying at the hotel. She looked at us quizzically and asked "Who is Ben Johnson?". She was 21. S...

Gmail spam caught by Gmail.

Now, I'm not sure if this is really spam (I don't think it is because I saw it on my other account), but I just checked my Gmail spam folder, and found e-mail from Gmail about the new Gmail inbox. I guess enough people marked Gmail's own e-mail message as spam that it got thrown into there. Either that, or the automatic spam filter decided that the message was not worth relaying, even though it came from the same company.. Here's the content of the "spam": Meet the new inbox Inbox tabs put you back in control with simple organization so that you can see what's new at a glance and decide which emails you want to read when. Watch the video Organized into categories You choose from five optional tabs: Primary, Social, Promotions, Updates and Forums. These categories make it easy to read messages of the same type all at once. Easy to customize Select the tabs you want from all five to none. And, if you see a message you want in a different tab, all...