Raging Kraut

Red Ensign

The Canadian Red Ensign has come back from the wilderness. The flag that flew for Canada during two world wars but that was supplanted in 1965 by the Maple Leaf has now gained official recognition as one of Canada's national symbols, having been entered in the Public Register of Arms, Flags and Badges of Canada.

As a long-time member of the Red Ensign Brigade this is a proud moment - one that says the right thing about a symbol that so many Canadian soldiers fought and died under.

While not diminishing our current Maple Leaf we can pay respect to our past. That is indicative of what many of us believe that Canada can stand for - standing firmly facing the future, while paying respect to the cost that we have and will continue to pay for our freedom.

Not Blogging

Old friend and erstwhile best man Paul has asked me what the hell's going on with the blog...why haven't I posted anything in such a long time...

...and I really have to say I don't know.

Work's been piling up and I do have to say that I'm really enjoying playing with my daughters and hearing about their day in school and daycare.

The blog can't compete.

But I want it to...

So in anticipation of another beautiful Okanagan summer to come, here's another sailing video.

Inflatable Hasselhoff Doll Sold Seperately

If I had so much money that basic financial security was a distant past concern, I might consider listening to my inner 12-year old and placing a bid for this

1984 Pontiac Trans Am KNIGHT RIDER replica.

this is an exact to detail replica of the famous Talking car known as K.I.T.T from the t.v show KNIGHT RIDER.

1984 Trans Am, black with t-tops , tan interior, 15" Turbo Cast wheels and caps, molded from original front bumper with working red scanner light, rear blackout cover.

features a 2tv dash with real working digital gauges with dual 4" lcd screens.....gullwing steering wheel,upper console, lower console, pod unit ...all complete with buttons and displays as they were in the show ! complete stereo system with DVD/CD/MP3 player, amplifier and speakers.

I'm pretty sure that it would go cheaper than James Bond's Aston Martin DB5.

For All You Office UK fans...

And you wondered where David Brent got his pop star fantasies.

...and another:

When I first saw this clip I thought it was some kind of retro-contenting for some future Ricky Gervais TV series, but no, that's actually him from his old band Seona Dancing

He's actually quite good for the time.

Not Dead! Just kinda resting...

Thanks to my one remaining fan for the kind email.

No I'm not dead.

Just resting.

'markable Plumage the Norwegian Blue! (hopefully most of you will be Monty Python'd enough so that isn't a complete non-sequitor)

Until regular blogging returns, here's a sexy-Sony ad about the dangers of tele-commuting to work:

Oh my God! They killed Krauty!

...Those BASTARDS!

Planearium's South Park Character Generator shows me in my South Park disguise.

via the Flea. Shows you where I've been hanging out lately.

Complex Equations

From Master Flea's brooding 2AM post:

Will someone please explain women to me?
Thanks in advance.

- The Flea

My response was to quote from Jack Nicholson's great speech at the end of a so-so movie: The Witches' of Eastwick:

Do you think God knew what He was doing when He created woman? Huh? No shit. I really wanna know. Or do you think it was another one of His minor mistakes like tidal waves, earthquakes, FLOODS? You think women are like that? S'matter? You don't think God makes mistakes? Of course He does. We ALL make mistakes. Of course, when WE make mistakes they call it evil. When GOD makes mistakes, they call it... nature. So whaddya think? Women... a mistake... or DID HE DO IT TO US ON PURPOSE?

I then called on Flea to divulge the source incident of his question, but he then declined to satisfy my inner gossip-whore with salacious details - Life on the web is all about salacious details. If I want discretion, I'll just mix it up locally - nobody tells me nuthin' 'round here...

But anyway. I thought I'd share my secret for dealing with women, to help all those other poor bastards out there.

Are you ready?

YOU'RE SURE?

OK. Here goes.

If written in Apple BASIC [Shaddup! That's the only programming language I ever learned for my good ol' Apple IIc...Wonder if it'll still boot...]:

=========================
10 Find out what the Woman wants
20 Give it to her
30 Goto 10
=========================

Pretty simple, huh? Line 10 seems to be the most problematic though, if you have one that doesn't respond to subtle trickery to obtain the required information...

Actually, one of my new favourite sites LiveSailDie, offers a competing formula that's applicable to both genders:

Although mine seems to require a lot less thinking, and I'm all about simplicity these days.

Accents

What American accent do you have? Your Result: The Midland "You have a Midland accent" is just another way of saying "you don't have an accent." You probably are from the Midland (Pennsylvania, southern Ohio, southern Indiana, southern Illinois, and Missouri) but then for all we know you could be from Florida or Charleston or one of those big southern cities like Atlanta or Dallas. You have a good voice for TV and radio.
The West
The Inland North
Boston
North Central
Philadelphia
The South
The Northeast
What American accent do you have? Take More Quizzes

via Kate at The Last Amazon

TV and Radio! Woooo!

Stewie's Sexy Party

Now's the time on Krauty when we dance!

Hot Fuzz

"Is it true that there is a place in a man's head, that if you shoot it, it'll blow up?" [mimes head blowing up with hands]

Hot Fuzz" due out in '07

As much as I'm looking forward to "Hot Fuzz" I can't help but want more "Spaced" - one of the funniest sitcoms North American's have never seen (especially since they butchered the show with commercial cuts when it ran in the States)

One of the funniest bits from Spaced was the paintball episode: