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Drumheller
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
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Today, quite possibly, quite likely given the weather, the last chance to go fossicking in Drumheller with the daughter.
A cool day, but better than weeks to come, we try a couple of new areas and find a new bonebed. The weather; cool, rainy, generally shit, and there's no climbing, the bentonite is far too slippery. But very shortly into the new bonebed I find this:
A reasonably large chunk of bone with a tooth embedded in it:
More clearly visible - the tooth at bottom indenting into the bone, just guessing but maybe Spinosaurus? The tooth measures approximately an inch, although I'd need to get a dental pick and clean it to be certain. What is cool - that something attempted to eat something else and left a bit of itself behind...
A piece of turtella, or fossilized shell accretion. Might polish up and look quite pretty.
And a couple of other smaller bones, more definition than most, one - maybe both - appear to be toe bones.
The Asshole Landlord
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Email today, bright and early, from the landlord telling me to pay my rent today.
Hmmm. That's odd, my rent cycle is in the middle of the month - I offered to top up the difference to make it month-end to month-end when I took the lease, but he declined. So I forward him the receipt showing his acceptance of the e-transfer on October 2nd. And then I forward him the rent to mid-December.
No reply. Not an "oops" or "sorry" or nothing. He's an asshole. Now I've paid my rent for the past year largely 2-3 weeks and even months in advance - and never a word of thanks. But - if he imagines I'm paying it even a day late - he's on the computer sending me emails.
I still have to live here or I'd publish the weasels name, but it puts a fire under my ass to get out.
Golden Beard Media
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Lol. Found their channel on YouTube while looking for prospecting porn, basically a "team" of treasure hunters that have found a "secret" island covered in gold nuggets and diamonds. You watch it and very shortly figure out that it's entirely staged - and not too cleverly at that, then go to the comments and read all comments by the rubes who are impressed. First time I've ever felt compelled to leave a comment of my own...
Media Diet
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Meanwhile, a brief summary of what I've been up to in my movie watching the past several weeks. Films that don't necessarily deserve a review on their own...
- Bruno - with Sacha Baron Cohen. Yeah, stupid, stupid, stupid, that said I couldn't help but laugh when he's trying to get into Mike's tent after "a bear ate all my clothes...he devoured everything but these condoms" and "I'm pretty sure Donny's gay". And the scene with the gerbils. And ... well, for such a stupid movie it was surprising how many scenes made me laugh out loud.
- The Evil Dead II - Brilliant, macabre. Would not want to see this on Acid or Mushrooms.
- The Kingsman - I was inspired to see this with the daughter after watching the Trump Mashup (here). Hate to say it but despite all the glowing reviews the Trump Mashup was the best thing about it.
- Parasite - by Bong Joon-ho. Good, Surprising, meaning it rather thwarted all expectations in a rather intelligent fashion, but I wouldn't say that I enjoyed it. Not was I was looking for.
- The Ring - The pick for Halloween with the daughter. The original, "OK" to "Meh", but an interesting twist at the end.
- Silence of the Lambs - Took the daughter to see. A classic but "Meh". I used to bug a guy who's name rhymes with "Ben" about raising butterflies and the well in his basement, forgot "It must put on the Lotion" line. When I see him next I'll bring it up. The daughter was properly horrified,
And that catches me up.
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