Saturday, December 25, 2010
Saturday, December 18, 2010
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Burt Reynolds Drink Recipe...
3/4 oz Skyy(r) vodka
3/4 oz gin
3/4 oz Bacardi rum
3/4 oz Malibu coconut rum
3/4 oz triple sec
1 oz cranberry juice
1 oz pineapple juice.
Shake ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice.Strain into glass...
A Hard Road...
Hello bloggeronies and assorted levels of wormslime..how is Old Man Robb?!?!?! Well hmmm..we are at thirteen days before it is Merry XXX-Mass time and i am well ok...even got out to do a wee bit of Christmas shopping this weekend...and MY GOD you people are completely fucked...sorry had to say it...i used to so so so dread Christmas shopping...still do..i do feel the Christmas spirit or teen spirit or something like that but i don't feel the need to go to the mall (Like there is anywhere to REALLY shop around here anyways..) i never go to the G Wood Mall unless i really need somethign..i don't go there to loiter and hang out and all that good stuff...but omg even in New Minas it was wall to wall people and just ugh...it's the time of year where every mom/ wife and husband push and shove their way through the local shopping hole..so i am going to continue my tradition of gift cards for everyone cause i look at it in this way folks, if people buy a terrible gift, they have bought it themselves...not yours truly!
Ugh the malls were terrible...was wishing Dawn of the Dead was happening in them...no i couldn't get that darn lucky...
However..me and Momma went to Cajuns on the good ol Acadia U campus...now i know what i am getting for Christmas..mind you they should have had these for sale YEARS ago!!!!
Grammaticality isn't based on what's taught in school but on the rules constructed unconsciously as children. Children acquire most of the syntactic rules of their language before they are able to read. Your syntactic knowledge tells you if something is grammatical. These judgements do not depend on whether the sentence is meaningful or not. Many sentences exhibit ambiguities with sometimes humorous results. For example look at this sentence...
“For sale, an antique desk suitable for lady with thick legs and large drawers”- The legs and drawers belong to the desk, not to the lady who would be purchasing the desk.
Yesterday a Guiness Record was set in Ann Arbour, Michigan as 113,411 people came to watch an outdoor hockey game between Michigan and Michigan State...i do like how one person pointed out that the attendance at this game surpassed the total combined season attendance of the Coyotes, Thrashers, and Islanders....now what i would love to see is the Axemen and say SMU play an outdoor game some year...how about next year at either Raymond Field and or Huskies Stadium in Hfx?!?!? It would be great publicity for both AUS/ CIS Hockey...i know i know Old Man Robb stuff like this costs $$$$ but it would be an event to be seen...i don't think no 113,411 people would show up...but it would be fun!
Speaking of the Axemen...it is Christmas break time..but there are exhibition games coming up against U of T and i believe against SMU at the Appledome in Berwick...time to get some donair eggrolls and see some Axemen hockey in Berk! Huskies Stadium badly needs repairs, its press box was closed because of mould..the poor stadium was built in 1969 and is literally falling apart and what does Halifax do? It is so so so time for a new stadium in Halifax...look at Moncton and that beautiful facility that snatched the Uteck Bowl away...that snatched the CFL exhibition game away...cash must be found for an upgrade for Huskies Stadium..what if the health board steps in and says this place is unfit? Unsanitary for public usage? I think it is time for corporate backing like Laval has for its programs...get their names up in lights, heck Keith's could use a little bit of good publicity after their recent let's move the brewing out of province fiasco...Keith's Stadium..hmmm kinda got a ring to it eh? Sure not traditional...but those corporate dollars leading to more recruitment meaning cash all around, and with some promotion a nice new improved stadium...better facility equals asses in seats...
Had a McDonalds Egg-Nogg Milkshake the other day...the less said the better as it had to be the WORST Raunchy Ron's product i have EVER consumed in my life... after that fiasco the damn Shamrock Shake best be back on St Patrick Roy Day or whatever to soothe that one over...
In news that makes Old Man Robb happy as peach pie, A Call For Submission is playing West Side Charlie's in New Minas on Sat night...darn good show when i saw them at the Capital earlier this year...would be more pleased if they did their cover of Motorhead's Ace of Spades again which last time resulted in a duet with Old Man Robb...well a partial duet.. they are also playing on Jan 22nd at the Dirty Touque (Top Hat) highly recommendded says Old Man Robb...
Speaking of Motorhead...the new album "The World is Yours" (Makes me think of Scarface) arrives on Dec 21st...just saying....also the other day it was announced that the next Judas Priest tour shall be their last??!?!!? Cmon gang...how many artists/ bands?!?!?!? Kiss...Ozzy...The Who..is a retirement a retirement in the music industry anymore?
Wonder what brother Blair got me for Christmas..bet Billy Dee knows...
Thank God the Metrodome in Minnesota didn't collapse during a frickin game...scary...
Anywho that is all for now folks! Have a good one!
Ugh the malls were terrible...was wishing Dawn of the Dead was happening in them...no i couldn't get that darn lucky...
However..me and Momma went to Cajuns on the good ol Acadia U campus...now i know what i am getting for Christmas..mind you they should have had these for sale YEARS ago!!!!
Life at Andrew's is ok...its been a hard ol two weeks..but what isn't when your not ready at all..even though things were set up to be ok...but thrown off a bit..i know its the season of niceness and stuff but man still has to work and continue making $$$ otherwise...well ya know..forget it... i just want things to run smoothly..however there are always going to be difficulties and shit that goes wrong from time to time...or week to week or shall i say day to day..im just glad i got some good workers and Mr Montalban to keep things interesting from time to time...
How is the ol linguistics going? Well it is going..today i just finished my fourty-four page reading for Chapter Six about Syntax and i as soon as i post my answers in the discussion forums, i am onto Chapter Seven...
Knowing a language includes the ability to construct phrases and sentences out of morphemes and words. The part of the grammar representing a speaker's knowledge of these structures and their formation is called syntax. Sentences are not random strings of words. Some strings of words that we can interpret are not sentences. We understand this, we recognize it as ungrammatical, we can fix this up to make it grammatical. To be a sentence words must conform to specific patterns determined by the syntactic rules of the language.
Grammaticality isn't based on what's taught in school but on the rules constructed unconsciously as children. Children acquire most of the syntactic rules of their language before they are able to read. Your syntactic knowledge tells you if something is grammatical. These judgements do not depend on whether the sentence is meaningful or not. Many sentences exhibit ambiguities with sometimes humorous results. For example look at this sentence...
“For sale, an antique desk suitable for lady with thick legs and large drawers”- The legs and drawers belong to the desk, not to the lady who would be purchasing the desk.
Yesterday a Guiness Record was set in Ann Arbour, Michigan as 113,411 people came to watch an outdoor hockey game between Michigan and Michigan State...i do like how one person pointed out that the attendance at this game surpassed the total combined season attendance of the Coyotes, Thrashers, and Islanders....now what i would love to see is the Axemen and say SMU play an outdoor game some year...how about next year at either Raymond Field and or Huskies Stadium in Hfx?!?!? It would be great publicity for both AUS/ CIS Hockey...i know i know Old Man Robb stuff like this costs $$$$ but it would be an event to be seen...i don't think no 113,411 people would show up...but it would be fun!
Speaking of the Axemen...it is Christmas break time..but there are exhibition games coming up against U of T and i believe against SMU at the Appledome in Berwick...time to get some donair eggrolls and see some Axemen hockey in Berk! Huskies Stadium badly needs repairs, its press box was closed because of mould..the poor stadium was built in 1969 and is literally falling apart and what does Halifax do? It is so so so time for a new stadium in Halifax...look at Moncton and that beautiful facility that snatched the Uteck Bowl away...that snatched the CFL exhibition game away...cash must be found for an upgrade for Huskies Stadium..what if the health board steps in and says this place is unfit? Unsanitary for public usage? I think it is time for corporate backing like Laval has for its programs...get their names up in lights, heck Keith's could use a little bit of good publicity after their recent let's move the brewing out of province fiasco...Keith's Stadium..hmmm kinda got a ring to it eh? Sure not traditional...but those corporate dollars leading to more recruitment meaning cash all around, and with some promotion a nice new improved stadium...better facility equals asses in seats...
Had a McDonalds Egg-Nogg Milkshake the other day...the less said the better as it had to be the WORST Raunchy Ron's product i have EVER consumed in my life... after that fiasco the damn Shamrock Shake best be back on St Patrick Roy Day or whatever to soothe that one over...
In news that makes Old Man Robb happy as peach pie, A Call For Submission is playing West Side Charlie's in New Minas on Sat night...darn good show when i saw them at the Capital earlier this year...would be more pleased if they did their cover of Motorhead's Ace of Spades again which last time resulted in a duet with Old Man Robb...well a partial duet.. they are also playing on Jan 22nd at the Dirty Touque (Top Hat) highly recommendded says Old Man Robb...
Wonder what brother Blair got me for Christmas..bet Billy Dee knows...
All this depressing news this week or well the last week or so eh? Iran and its nuclear ambitions...what's the price here? If Iran is to be prevented from spreading havoc and selling their nuclear weaponry technology around the world, its nuclear facilities must be taken out, and the sooner the better; the alternative is disaster for everyone...and all this crazy Wikileaks stuff...perhaps what Wikileaks has done is simply just prove alot of stuff was true over the years...it just wasn't reported by the wankers in the media...the major problem here is that the Americans and others want to kill the messenger and not the real source of the leaks. Wikileaks did not steal these documents....someone else did.
Thank God the Metrodome in Minnesota didn't collapse during a frickin game...scary...
Anywho that is all for now folks! Have a good one!
Tuesday, December 07, 2010
Q&A With Robert Reid Hawley
I stole these off a friend's Facebook...thought it be neato to answer them myself as only i can...or something like that..here goes...
1. What time did you get up this morning? 7:00
2. How do you like your steak? Rare..
3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema? The Expendables
4. What is your favorite TV show? Hockey Night in Canada
5. If you could live anywhere in the world where would it be? Wolfville, NS
6. What did you have for breakfast? Coffee and toast w/ Kraft Crunchy Peanut Butter
7. What is your favorite cuisine? Lean Cuisine?
8. What foods do you dislike? Carrots believe it or not
9. Favorite Place to Eat? Joe's Food Emporium...Axemen Subs rule!
10. Favorite dressing? Ceasar
11.Would you go back in time to change something? Yes...yes indeed i would...
12. What are your favorite clothes ? T-shirt and jeans
13. Where would you visit if you had the chance? Hmmm...love to go to Montreal to see a Habs game
14. Cup 1/2 empty or 1/2 full? Stanley Cup
15. Where would you want to retire? Wolfville, NS
16. Favorite time of day? Night time is the right time
17. Where were you born? Lunenburg, NS
18. What is your favorite sport to watch? Hockey and Axemen football
19. Bird watcher? Hate birds...a rumor used to go around that the cafeteria lady at my junior high was shooting them on the roof for the chicken burgers on Friday's...
20. Are you a morning person or a night person? Night owl
21. Pets? Gizzy et Maggie
22. Any new and exciting news that you'd like to share? Im on Chapter Six of my Linguistics book...four more chapters to go...
23. What did you want to be when you were little? I wanna be Anarchy...
24. What is your best childhood memory? Growing up in the Passage
25. Are you a cat or dog person? DOG
26. Are you married? HELL NO!!!
27. Always wear your seat belt? Alyways...mostly
28. Been in a car accident? Yes...South Berwick in 1999...was going to Acadia U to finish a Poli Sci project...
29. Any pet peeves? Texting, people yapping non-stop on cell phones, TOO much CGI in movies, Celine Dijon, County music, rap music, chick flicks, ketchup on eggs or Kraft Dinner..and smoking...i fricking absolutely DETEST smoking..nothing worse than putting your darn lips on an ashtray..lazy people too..i know i am no saint and i do not pretend to be..but at least i friggin try at life ya know...working 36 or so hours a week and doing university courses...its not easy...but some wanna sit on their ass...not try...sad
30. Favorite pizza topping? Donair..You should try it at Billy Bob's
31. Favorite Flower? Guy Lafleur
32. Favorite ice cream? I Love Rocky Road
33. Favorite fast food restaurant? Taco Bell
34. How many times did you fail your driver's test? A few...finally got it in 1991
35. From whom did you get your last email? Some dating site that i quit...
36.Which store would you choose to max out your credit card? The Toy store in Ueno, Japan...
37. Do anything spontaneous lately? Went to the Top Hat for 30 minutes Friday night...got bored and came home...
38. Like your job? It is a means to an end...
39. What was your favorite vacation? Family trip to New England in 1992 w/ Dad, Mom and my Sis...
40. Last person you went out to dinner with? Me and Mom went to the Lawerencetown Diner today
41. What are you listening to right now? Ted Nugent- Great Gonzos
42. What is your favorite color? Black
43. How many tattoos do you have? None...yet
44. Coffee drinker? Yes..too many today i think though...
45. Three things i am going to do tomorrow: Go to work...do homework...annoy someone im sure sometime tomorrow...
1. What time did you get up this morning? 7:00
2. How do you like your steak? Rare..
3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema? The Expendables
6. What did you have for breakfast? Coffee and toast w/ Kraft Crunchy Peanut Butter
7. What is your favorite cuisine? Lean Cuisine?
8. What foods do you dislike? Carrots believe it or not
9. Favorite Place to Eat? Joe's Food Emporium...Axemen Subs rule!
11.Would you go back in time to change something? Yes...yes indeed i would...
12. What are your favorite clothes ? T-shirt and jeans
13. Where would you visit if you had the chance? Hmmm...love to go to Montreal to see a Habs game
14. Cup 1/2 empty or 1/2 full? Stanley Cup
17. Where were you born? Lunenburg, NS
21. Pets? Gizzy et Maggie
23. What did you want to be when you were little? I wanna be Anarchy...
24. What is your best childhood memory? Growing up in the Passage
25. Are you a cat or dog person? DOG
26. Are you married? HELL NO!!!
27. Always wear your seat belt? Alyways...mostly
28. Been in a car accident? Yes...South Berwick in 1999...was going to Acadia U to finish a Poli Sci project...
29. Any pet peeves? Texting, people yapping non-stop on cell phones, TOO much CGI in movies, Celine Dijon, County music, rap music, chick flicks, ketchup on eggs or Kraft Dinner..and smoking...i fricking absolutely DETEST smoking..nothing worse than putting your darn lips on an ashtray..lazy people too..i know i am no saint and i do not pretend to be..but at least i friggin try at life ya know...working 36 or so hours a week and doing university courses...its not easy...but some wanna sit on their ass...not try...sad
30. Favorite pizza topping? Donair..You should try it at Billy Bob's
33. Favorite fast food restaurant? Taco Bell
34. How many times did you fail your driver's test? A few...finally got it in 1991
35. From whom did you get your last email? Some dating site that i quit...
36.Which store would you choose to max out your credit card? The Toy store in Ueno, Japan...
38. Like your job? It is a means to an end...
39. What was your favorite vacation? Family trip to New England in 1992 w/ Dad, Mom and my Sis...
40. Last person you went out to dinner with? Me and Mom went to the Lawerencetown Diner today
41. What are you listening to right now? Ted Nugent- Great Gonzos
43. How many tattoos do you have? None...yet
44. Coffee drinker? Yes..too many today i think though...
45. Three things i am going to do tomorrow: Go to work...do homework...annoy someone im sure sometime tomorrow...
Sunday, December 05, 2010
Wednesday, December 01, 2010
Why You Shouldn't Teach English in South Korea
A friend had this posted on Facebook...this is all too too true for many teachers...
Silent Night, Deadly Night
Time to break out those Christmas classics...i remember living in the Passage in the 80s and seeing all this hoopla on the American news..loved the American news..esp the channel from Detroit that i used to watch Wrestling on...it was like watching episodes of "Cops" and those awesome "Mel Farr Superdealer" commercials which had Mel Farr in a Superman cape babbling on and on aboot his great car deals...anywho back to what i was talking aboot...yeah on the news was going on about some B slasher flick that had a dude dressed as Santa and parents outside protesting and that the flick had to be yanked from theatres...of course young Robert Reid Hawley now HAD to see this flick...why? When someone would tell me you can't watch this movie or listen to some band (PMRC) of course i was like...hell yeah..bring that shit on! Lemmie see what all the fuss is aboot! I still have this one on VHS down in the archives...somewhere amongst "Yor: The Hunter From The Future" and "Up The Creek" (Still waiting for DVD releases for those classics.....ugh)