I was ordering a “two topping pizza” at a special price. I asked to get a pepperoni and extra cheese pizza. I was told that cheese was a “premium topping” for which I would have to pay extra. So, I ended up getting pepperoni and ground beef as my two toppings.
NGD said “the three enemies of mankind are the devil, bureaucracy and technology.” Why did ordering pizza have to become so bureaucratic?
We went to the 14:50 screening of the Odyssey movie. I wanted to see what all the hubbub was about.
The film received mixed from the Kaulins Family China. Jenny liked it. I thought meh! Tony said: 不好看！
What did the film get a 马马虎虎 from me? It really was a woke take on the Epic. Matt Damon was not a great Odysseus. Maybe he was perfect to be the warrior turned wokester. The film didn’t have an epic-feel to it leaving me feel like I was experiencing a day of unsettled weather.
Three stars out of five!
I had a great conversation with a man living in Tuscany. When I found out he had a 18 year son, we had no lags in the conversation. I was able to teach him many phrases and new vocabulary like "leave me alone!", "out of touch!", "hope something clicks in his brain", "not good with his hands", and "chauffer." We agreed that as fathers of teenage boys we were put upon, subject to gross libels, and made to feel like we were bad people.
I asked my interlocutor in Madrid, what he knew about Canada. He mentioned hockey, lots of green space and that our PM was some young guy.
A mentally disturbed person walking down the street in front of my Mom’s house. “F everything!” he shouted.
First, I got a scam call on Friday while I was at Forbidden Flavors.
Then I got this:
The message said if I didn’t confirm my identity in 12 hours, I would be locked out of Preply.
Here’s the message I was sent:
Dear Andis!
The security system of our platform has detected that your profile has not completed the mandatory identity verification procedure within the established timeframe.
According to the updated rules, starting from 00:00 the following day, your account will be switched to a limited mode of operation:
— you will not be able to accept new requests from students;
— existing lessons will be marked as "Tutor not verified."
To lift all restrictions, you must complete the procedure witin 12 hours.
Please visit the verification page and follow the instructions from Preply Support.
link: https://preply%2Eonlineprocedure%2Einfo/item/TWq3QVcTvhBK
The procedure takes up to 5 minutes. After verification (within 1 hour), all functions will be fully resored.
If verification is not completed, the account will be temporarily frozen until the requirements are met.
Sincerely yours,
The Support Team
This note had me briefly panic until I realized it was a scam.
The world is full of evilness that I really can’t fathom.
These people are like the Hamish with a colony somewhere out in the countryside. My wife Jenny really likes buying their produce.
The clouds is pretty. Doesn’t you all think?
I have been getting strange service recently. Things are happening that make me feel like I’m back in China where being misunderstood was the rule for me. But every time now in Canada, it seems when I make an order or try to empty myself of small change, I am misunderstood or I can’t understand the clerk. Every time, they ask me my name at a restaurant so I can pick up my food order when it’s ready, I spell my name only to have it completely misspelled on the receipt. My name has been spelled Kaulois or Anois. Or details of my order are misunderstood. I recently ordered pizzas for pickup, only to find the order filled wrong when I arrived for pickup. One of the pizzas I asked for was somehow not put on the order. An even more disconcerting thing is the lack of arithmetic skills on the part of cashiers. Today, I had to pay 25.75 for a purchase. I gave the clerk 40.75 because I only wanted bills for change and because I wanted to get rid of my loose change. (I also didn’t have a five) The clerk seemed stumped by the math required.
I went for a walk this evening.
The details.
And here is a photo of a back lane:
Earlier today, I taught online:
Raymond Pero & Bela Lugosi:
Ray is married to Belinda Lugosi.
Hard icicles formed on my beard as I shoveled this morning.
The snow is too dry to make snowballs or snowmen with.
The city doesn’t have the money to clear the streets properly.
Teenagers still don’t like to cover their heads in the extreme cold.
I did some errands.
I bought myself some winter boots, graded to minus 30 cold, at Canadian Tire. The CT in Brandon is cavernous with ten foot tall shelves packed with merchandise. It is hard to get around. I had to ask an attendant where I could try on boots, after I was able to find the boots. He told me aisle 34. I went to the aisle and saw a small bench that could seat two people. I had to get an older gentleman, who was taking a rest. to make room for me. We struck up a conversation as I tried on my boots. He was from Elkhorn and had ridden a horse six miles to get to school. Imagine that!
I then drove to the liquor store. The government liquor store.
I saw these piles of snow in the parking lot:
At the MLCC, I had to wait outside till the door could be opened. They have this annoying security procedure for letting people in because no one in authority has the guts to deal sensibly and forcibly with people stealing liquor. Normal people have to stand in line, and show their ID before they can be let in the store. An attendant looks at your ID and then lets you inside if you’re legit. Today, I saw a man not allowed to enter. He seemed normal enough and was muttering “stupid!” as he walked away. As he left, I entered the front corridor with a couple in front of me. The attendant, who was behind a glass door, told me I shouldn’t have done that. I should have waited outside until she had dealt with the couple. I rolled my eyes. I then was left with the impression that I was now a suspicious person. The staff was overly friendly. Four times, I was asked how I was doing and whether I had found what I was looking for: super annoying.
I shoveled the driveway. The first for me to have done such a thing in the 2000s. I enjoyed it.
I didn’t enjoy the sight of these morons in a BMW fishtailing on the street in front of our house. I was hoping they got in an accident. WWTE? Take a guess,
When driving to Minnedosa, I was so warm in the car, but when I got out of it…. Brrrr!!
The lineups at Giant Tiger and Dollarama were long. It seemed as if I was looking at the fall of civilization. Broken down people with no vigor. Pour souls.
A elderly lady in the lineup at Giant Tiger talked to me. She noticed that GT was selling these slip-on spiked heels for footwear. She told me about how sixty years ago a relative of hers had these things and would always forget to take them off when entering the house, thus leaving the floor full of puncture marks. I related about how those things that let you hang your glasses off your neck seemed like a good idea till you actually used them, and that in fact they were awkward to use. Ideas that seem like they are good until you actually try them seem to have a habit of coming back when some younger person, who doesn’t know any better, tries to revive them, she agreed.
She also observed that they don’t sell jelly beans anymore.
I have an online student who has given me access to his online Ontario grade 11 course. The introductory section of the course includes a land acknowledgement. I kid you not.
Also, be careful with LGBTQ2S+.
Unit 1 of section 1 of the course is about power messaging: how power plays a role in literary works. I kid you not.
The stores are crowded with Christmas shoppers. I hate it. I forgot, while in China, about how much I hated it.
I spent 2.5 hours at Church on Friday. My mother figures I was gallivanting.
Everyone, a TDSer tells me, hates Trump. I reply either by saying do I’m the only one that doesn’t him or everyone hates him except the ones who do.
