Oops, no post yesterday.  I was too busy doing my 2nd Christmas with Julie.  That should tell you exactly how busy the day was considering I can post from my Blackberry if I need to.  The thing that kept me most busy was moving Chubbs and all his puppy gear from my place back to Julie’s.  Once we finally got to unwrapping gifts, the day got even more eventful.  I got a butt-load of stuff I either needed or wanted.  The crown jewel of the gifts was this gorgeous watch pictured below.  The thing will help to class up even someone as crude as moi.  What did I get Julie?  Tupperware.  Seriously!  But, I also got her an Acer Aspire One netbook.  The thing is cool as hell.  I got the version that is loaded with Windows XP and a 160 gig hard drive.  I did all the usual start up configs and am writing this post from the unit.  Getting used to the smaller keyboard is about the only challenge I am having with it.  It is easier for Julie because of her small, girly hands.  I am managing to get by though.  With time, I don’t see it being an issue.  Some people bitch about the small screen.  I don’t see what the fuss is about.  The screen has more than enough real estate for browsing and emailing and any other day to day tasks.  Sure you wouldn’t be doing graphic design on the thing, but how many of us actually do that when away from our desks?  And, you can always plug it into a larger external monitor when you have need for more screen space.  Personally, I prefer to have the ultra portability of a unit this size.  After using this thing I might end up buying one of these for myself in the new year.  I absolutely love it.  Oh, and in case the technology didn’t impress her I got her a bracelet from Tiffany’s.  When in doubt, you can’t go wrong with anything from Tiffany’s.  They could gift wrap some Gummy Bears and a girl would love it.  Pics of the main gifts are below.  Today we have a  wedding to get to.  If anyone gets super drunk and does something dumb I will be sure to catch it on camera!

*My new watch!

*Julie’s new computer

*BAM!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!  Today is one of my favourite days of the year.  I get stuff.  Lots and lots of stuff.  Hehehe.  I also get to have an extremely lazy day.  I have been lazing around on the couch with Chubbs.  Even he knows it’s a day for rest.  He was out cold during Iron Man.  I got the Blu-Ray from my girlfriends parents.  2 hours of action and the bulldog was fast asleep!  As I type this my mom is rocking the kitchen trying to get all the dishes ready for dinner.  We have our usual dinner with my uncle and cousin coming over.  This is definitely a bad time of year to attempt getting into shape!  Tomorrow is going to be another exciting day as Julie comes back to town and we do our Christmas.  She always gets me a bunch of good stuff, so I am very excited for that.  I will most likely be posting from her place tomorrow and I will show some pics of the presents.  I hope everyone has an awesome day today.  To help you with that, here is a funny little comic that explains where the Xbox 360 got it’s name.

No trade for me last night.  I only had time to look at the charts early in the evening and I did not like what I saw.  The Euro was trading considerably higher that it was the previous day.  That added some uncertainty to an already tricky time to trade.  So, I skipped it and went on with my life.  There are some basic rules you learn as a young man.  Touching the stove when it’s on will hurt.  Vegetables taste like shit.  And, when Mario has star power he cannot get hurt.  As we age, these simple rules become clouded with areas of gray.  I always had faith in the fact that Mario was still unable to be hurt when he had star power.  And now, that rule has fallen too.  See now the tragic comic that broke my last hold on childhood.

I love playing Mario Kart. It is one of the best party games ever. I don’t care if you rock it on the Wii, DS, GameCube or even SNES! It’s all good stuff. They never have to worry about realism because they are a bunch of fictional characters on go karts! Playing Mario Kart on the DS was so big, some former co-workers and I created a trophy and tournament rules for us to use when playing during our breaks. I would like to also mention that I am the greatest champion our office has ever seen. I once defended the trophy for about 4 months before someone finally beat me. I just took it back after the next tournament. Anyways, I thought I was in love with this game. Apparently, I wasn’t even close. This guy takes it to a whole new level.

Has it been a year already?  Wow!  On November 29th, 2007 I launched this blog with it’s first real blog post.  At the time I was using a default wordpress theme, so the site looked a little different.  And, there was nobody reading my blog back then!  What a difference a year makes.  I now have a primary purpose for this blog, to force me to announce to the world what my Forex trades look like.  My secondary purpose is to make you laugh by posting the funny, random shit I find on the Internet every day.  I also have thousands reading my posts instead of just my close friends.  All it took was 551 blog posts over the last year!  What got me into blogging?  I do have to credit John Chow for showing me the ropes.  The man makes a fortune blogging and always preaches the value of good content.  Never blog for money.  Blog for passion and the money will come.  He also turned me on to BlueFur.  They are the company that hosts this blog.  I use their managed blog service so I can get them to install plugins and pretty much take care of anything I need.  Although, I enjoy doing that stuff myself.  BlueFur’s managed blog service is a bargain at a shade under $15 a month Canadian.  But, that is not how much I pay.  I only have to fork out $10 a year.  That’s right, $10 for the whole year of managed blog service!  And, that is all I will ever pay with the renewal for the year still only being $10.  How did I get such an amazing deal?  BlueFur has monthly specials and I jumped on this particular deal a year ago.  I wasn’t sure I even wanted to blog at the time.  But when I only had to fork out $10 I figured I might as well buy the domain and setup the blog.  Even if I didn’t use it I would never miss that money.  I can’t offer you the same deal I got, but I can help you get started with your own setup.  I will borrow (steal) John Chow’s offer to his readers.  If you enter cupon code JohnChowRocks you will get 15% off any hosting package BlueFur has.  Oh, and check out John Chow’s blog just so I don’t feel like a total ass!  Every month this blog grows and I only hope for more of the same in the coming year.  I have some life changes coming up that I am hoping will interest and maybe even inspire some of my readers.  Thanks for all of your support and I look forward to entertaining you for many years to come.

 

Yeah, I didn’t trade last night. I didn’t even look at the charts. Why? Two reasons actually. The first is that I don’t feel the need to trade every single day. This is not a gambling fix this is investing. No money risked is no money lost! The other reason is because my girlfriend cooked me a nice dinner last night and it would be pretty rude to be staring at a laptop while she is trying to have a conversation with me. I was thinking I might trade after dinner. Then I had an even better reason to not trade. She had organized a little treasure hunt in her apartment! I was lead through a series of clues that finally lead to the treasure: Guitar Hero World Tour!!! She bought me the thing! And, this was just totally random! This doesn’t even count as my Christmas gift. SOOOOO COOOL. I think that is as good a reason as any to not trade. Just because I want to give you value for spending time on my blog I have added some extra related media. Here is a pick of me hugging my new toy. And, below that is the Zero Punctuation review of Guitar Hero: World Tour.

I don’t need to set this up. I have had it emailed to me a few times so I figured I should post it. This could be on of the most powerful presentations ever.

Yeah, I didn’t trade last night. I am packing it up for the week. That doesn’t bother me at all. Every day there are trading opportunities. Just because there is one doesn’t mean you have to actually trade it. Compulsive trading is one thing that kills 95% of traders within 3 months. Instead, I bring you a blast from the past. An old Nintendo baseball game clip. The modern video games have things about as realistic as possible. You get real player faces. Real game physics. Real fans! Not RBI Baseball. Nothing about it was real. Would this happen in a modern game? No. Was RBI Baseball fun? Hell yeah!

This is a pretty funny little comic!  Everyone likes to bag on PC’s ever since the “I’m a Mac/I’m a PC” commercials.  There have been some funny spoofs of those ads.  This might be one of my favorites.  I am a Mac fan, but it is nice to see the other side have some fun too.  Also, this has violence.  That’s a recipe for a fun computer ad!  Credit for the art is in the image.

Us men are simple creatures. Advertising need not be creative. There was a formula for grabbing our attention created about 4 million years ago and it hasn’t changed. Regardless of what you are selling, throw a hot girl in it. That’s all it takes. The makers of the Guitar Hero video game have just mastered this. They had a similar ad featuring Kobe Bryant, Michael Phelps, Tony Hawk and A-Rod. Meh. I didn’t care. Then they jumped back to the age old formula and threw in a half naked Heidi Klum. Now you got me. In fact, I am on my way to buy this right now! Why? I assume Heidi Klum will sleep with me.