Lately I’ve been using Kijiji a lot. Since I recently purchased an Xbox 360 I wanted to find some good bargains. As much as I like the Wii, I know that for music games like Guitar Hero and Rock Band the 360 is a lot better for downloadable content and whatnot, so I wanted to see if I could sell off my Wii instruments and get the equivalent 360 gear without incurring any cost. So far I’ve sold Rock Band 2 for $40, Guitar Hero World Tour(game + guitar) for $85 and been able to get Guitar Hero 2 and 3 plus the wireless Gibson guitar for $40, then I bought Rock Band 2 for Xbox new for $60. I just have to sell Guitar Hero 3 and the guitar and I’m all sorted out.

I love selling stuff on Kijiji. Even though it’s kinda the lesser known sibling of Craigslist, Kijiji is way better, at least in my area. There are sites for Cambridge, Kitchener/Waterloo and Guelph for Kijiji, while Craigslist only has a Kitchener page to service those same areas. I sold Rock Band 2 within 3 hours of it being listed. I find if you put a fair price on something people will jump all over it. And it’s a good way of getting value for old video games instead of trading them in at EB Games for next to nothing. It’s just generally a good way of getting rid of old stuff you don’t need anymore and to find good bargains on stuff you want.

Corina and I both got sock monkeys for Christmas. I had one made for her that was a rough facsimile of me, complete with glasses and goatee, lovingly crafted by Adam and Corinna from Gus Greeper. Then my sister made one for me which I thought was really nice. He is apparently sad though. Either way it’s pretty cool to have a couple sock monkeys. I didn’t even know that they were all the rage this year for Christmas, especially since I ordered it 2 and a half months beforehand.

On our way back from Niagara Falls, NY after the football weekend Corina and I decided to check out the local Wal-Mart. I’ve always heard how Wal-Mart in the US is so much bigger and better then what we have in Canada. The one that we checked out definitely didn’t fall into that category. The one in Cambridge is definitely better. Anyways, while shopping I found this little gem.

After spending 48 hours in Western New York I can definitely attest to how much they love camouflage. We did some tailgating at the Bills game and there was quite a few people sporting, well, that and Zubaz pants(I’m shocked they actually still make those). Now I have to wonder if people are kitting out their whole kitchens with camo appliances? Is there a whole line of dishwashers, blenders and waffle irons covered in camo? Or is this for the hunter who needs to let a batch of 10 bean chili simmer for 10 hours while in his tree stand waiting for that 5 point buck to stroll by? I guess I’ll be left to wonder.

I was partaking in a wonderful dinner at Burger King this evening(classy), when this train of thought occurred to me as I surveyed the accompanying beverage cup that came with my meal. BK is running a promo with iCoke.ca to win the usual bevvy of amazing prizes. All I had to do was roll up the rim of my cup to win. No, not really. I had to roll up the rim to find a pin code, so that I could then rush home and login to the iCoke site and see if I win. This is becoming more and more of a trend with various companies as they look to generate buzz for their online ventures. This type of contest is straight up crap.

The problem here is that a contest like this requires way more steps then I can even be bothered with. I want there to be 2 steps.
Step 1) roll up rim or peel off the sticker or whatever the promo may be
Step 2) Win

I can handle if I lose, because at least I’ve had the instant gratification knowing whether I won or lost while I finish up my fries. Now if I encounter one of those PIN code contests, it pretty much means straight to the garbage once I’m finished my meal. You marketing folk had my attention long enough to read what the contest was about, you then blew it by making me jump through hoops just to see if I won. What makes you think that if I was too lazy to make dinner at home tonight that I’m willing take my cup home with me, then actually remember to log onto your site and enter a pin code? Marketers, do you see the folly in your ways?

Saw this on the way to work the other day and snapped a quick pic with my iPhone. I know it’s supposed to say we hire safe drivers!, but apparently someone felt the sticker should be updated accordingly.

I was rather grumpy last week when I got a notification of a ticket in the mail from the City of Guelph. This was news to me, since I didn’t actually get a ticket on my windshield when it apparently happened on September 12th. To me this is total BS. I’m accused of a parking infraction and can’t even verify whether the charge against me is valid or not. The ticket is ridiculous too. Parking closer then 1m away from a driveway. I park on a side street in downtown Guelph every day I go to work and I bet they could ticket 10 cars a day on the street I park on with this infraction. The only difference is that I parked a street over from where I usually park because the block was full already because of construction.

It pisses me off so much, but really, going to court for a $20 ticket is obviously way too much hassle and they know this. It just shows that when they want a cash grab they could pretty much ticket anyone. The City of Guelph are such money grubbing slimeballs when it comes to parking too. I work in the downtown, supporting their local economy by earning my paycheque and being a customer to businesses in the area. I choose to park outside of the downtown core to keep the cost of coming to work down and really don’t appreciate being patronized by the local parking enforcement for trivial infractions like this. I think I may go pay my ticket in pennies or in drachmas or something.

Update Oct 16/08: I did the adult thing and paid for my parking ticket with a $20 bill, even though I was still bitter. I mentioned that I wasn’t too happy that there was no ticket on my windshield, so the woman at the office looked up the ticket. Turned out the ticket was issued after a complaint. So my guess what happened was that a parking guy went over and gave me a ticket, then the spineless SOB that phoned in the complaint went and lifted it off my car so that I wouldn’t have any idea who sold me up the river. Too bad for them I know exactly where I was parked, so I know exactly which driveway it was.

I saw this on my drive home last night and thought it was rather amusing. I never knew King Bowser’s first name was Bruce. Guess you learn something new everyday. Suppose it was only a matter of time before Bowser ran for political office. Too bad he isn’t running in the Mushroom Kingdom riding. Figures he’d be a Liberal too.

Corina, myself and a couple of friends went camping this weekend at Presqu’ile Provincial Park near Trenton. I took a bunch of pictures, but noticed a lot of the best stuff was of amusing cars and vehicles we was during the long travel there, so I thought I would share.

This seems like it’s some kind of threat, but I don’t understand why the mention of the Blood Of Jesus would be of any concern to Satan.

This just cracked me up. Yes that is the guy, who we will assume to be Pooni, actually glaring at me while I took the picture. There was a guy in the next lane who gave me a dirty look when I pointed a camera his direction until he realized what I was looking at. Not sure if he found it as funny as I did.

Was this guy not informed that our igloos thaw out in the summer?

Whoever this person was you can definitely bet they eat lots granola and raisins.

I’m betting this license plate was a whole lot cooler back in 1999 when he got it. I think my favourite part about this picture was some that I didn’t even notice until later, that his car was bought from Hogan Chevrolet. How perfect is that?

I saw this last night beside the Main and Dundas McDonalds in Cambridge. I went to great lengths to get this picture. It involved 2 trips into town, driving into a lightning storm and multiple failed attempts to get a shot, but I was able to pull it off. I was pretty sure if I didn’t go back into town to take a picture of the sign it wouldn’t have been there tomorrow. To the Cambridge hooligans who pulled this off, I tip my hat to you. I don’t know if this is just a joke, or revenge on someone who might have Herpes, either way it’s pretty fantastic. I was almost tempted to phone the number and see what they had to say. Corina and I have noticed for months now that kids have been going around and stealing letters from signboards around Galt, so I have to wonder if this might be some of the fruits of their labours.

I saw this a couple of weeks ago while driving through Cambridge and had to take a picture. I wonder if this guy is as enthusiastic about Cascading Style Sheets as I am? Or maybe this person is just a big fan of Cansei de Ser Sexy? Or maybe he’s a big fan of the Central Superior Services of Pakistan or any of the other number of things that use CSS as an acronym.