May 2012
6 posts
How Faulty Logic Can Ruin Your Day
Here’s the logic I wrote:
if (is_error) { echo error_message; } else { echo success; }
Makes sense? If there is an error, display an error message, otherwise display the success message.
It made perfectly good sense when I wrote it.
What I didn’t count on was that an absolute failure didn’t produce an error, it produced nothing at all. But because there was no...
Every Major's Terrible →
And that’s what I love about working at the university.
April 2012
27 posts
“You have the right to do whatever you want. Nothing you say or do can be used...”
– Troy Barnes (Community, Basic Lupine Urology)
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Please tell me what you need
When someone asks me to do something, if they provide no further direction, I trust that it requires no further direction. All too often, that’s a poor assumption.
Person Who Should Be More Helpful: Hey, can you please disable the nomination form?
Me: Absolutely. It would be my pleasure.
Forms are my business. Even though I’m not familiar with this nomination form, it must be...
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“Why is it that whenever you attempt to catch something that’s falling off...”
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“Whose cruel idea was it to put an “s” in the word...”
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“Why is it that when someone tells you that there are one billion stars in the...”
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“Why do banks charge a fee due to insufficient funds when they already know...”
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The Easter Bunny Is Comin' to Town
I remember having seen this 1977 made-for-tv movie when I was four years old. I only remember a few pieces, but I also have a cassette tape recording of me discussing the synopsis and mentioning one of the villains of the movie, Gadzooks, the mean grizzly bear.
Being Easter Sunday, I chose to watch the movie again last night after our big family dinner. What a mess! The movie is not very good....
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“Why do we press harder on a remote control when we know the batteries are...”
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Bigcracker.ca →
For those of you who remember me from my posts and reviews on bigcracker.ca, in some fit of nostalgia, I’ve re-published all 634 posts and 593 comments, dating back to January 2004.
If you find any broken links, please let me know!
Enjoy.
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like the toad; ugly and venomous →
Duke: As You Like It, Act II, Scene 1, line 548
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You have such a February face, so full of frost,... →
Don Pedro: Much Ado about Nothing, Act V, Scene 4, line 2588
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most pathetical nit →
Costard: Love’s Labour’s Lost, Act IV, Scene 1, line 1126
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I don't need to be your friend
I’m not sure where this thought came from, but it’s been stuck in my head for a while now:
Just because you and I are friends, doesn’t mean that I’ll like your friends, nor that I should be friends with them.
I think I was out with some friends and we were talking about some other people we know (or they know) and I felt as though I was expected to have wanted to be a...
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lewd minx →
Othello: Othello, Act III, Scene 3, line 2167
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boil'd brains →
Prospero: Tempest, Act V, Scene 1, line 2054
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Losing Favourites
In church I heard a lady in the pew next to me saying a prayer. It was so sweet and sincere that I just had to share with you:
Dear Lord, This has been a tough two or three years … You have taken my favourite actor Patrick Swayze. My favourite musician Michael Jackson. My favourite salesman Billy Mays. My favourite actress Elizabeth Taylor. And now my favourite singer Whitney Houston. I just...
March 2012
32 posts
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fat and greasy citizens →
First Lord: As You Like It, Act II, Scene 1, line 595
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Woman wants 'Albino Rhino' off menu at Earls →
Seriously? I’ve been consuming Albino Rhino beer for close to 20 years. Not once did I associate it with discrimination against people with albinism. I suppose ‘Albino Wing Wednesdays’ may be pushing it a little, but only out of context.
In fact, I would hope that someone coming from Nigeria, having experienced the threat of persecution for her condition, might be relieved to...
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saucy lackey →
Rosalind: As You Like It, Act III, Scene 2, line 1391
The Saskatchewan Film Employment Tax Credit
While I disagree with the Saskatchewan government’s decision to eliminate the film employment tax credit, I also disagree with the disagreement of the budget cut. If the Saskatchewan government no longer wants the film and television industry in Saskatchewan, then, unfortunately, it means that it’s time for those folks to move on.
Saskatchewan only weathered the current economic...
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sprat →
First Lord: All’s Well That Ends Well, Act III, Scene 6, line 1826
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misshapen dick →
A good one for a Monday. No?
Prince Edward: Henry VI, Part III, Act V, Scene 5, line 2928
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fishmonger →
Not the best for multiple occurrences, but appears twice in Hamlet, in an exchange between Hamlet and Polonius.
Hamlet, Act II, Scene 2
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It Doesn't Do That
I ended up with a few extra days of work recently because someone mentioned people doing something stupid, and I chose to make it stop.
A question about my solution came in this morning that forced me to write this post.
As you know, I work at a post-secondary education institution. I would expect people to be (a) smarter than the average population, and (b) more inclined to seek out solutions...
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lack-brain →
Hotspur (Henry Percy): Henry IV, Part I, Act II, Scene 3, line 858
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ill-favoured virgin →
Touchstone: As You Like It, Act V, Scene 4, line 2456
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wretched sinner →
Earl of Salisbury: Henry VI, Part I, Act I, Scene 4, line 530
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decrepit miser →
Joan la Pucelle: Henry VI, Part I, Act V, Scene 4, line 2677
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slug →
The Friday Foul.
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tedious fool →
Escalus: Measure for Measure, Act II, Scene 1, line 567
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king of codpieces →
Biron: Love’s Labour’s Lost, Act III, Scene 1, line 937