Saif Spot

Dan Shauaughanesensey recently wrote an article about what the world would be like if the Patriots had actually won the Super Bowl last year, and gone 19-0. Boston would have won championships in 3 out of the 4 major sports leagues (I am Canadian, so the NHL counts!). Brady and his supermodel girlfriends would have received even more press. Belichick would have become even more annoying to stare at. But the biggest tragedy may have been that we would never have seen this Willams-vs-Manning Double Stuf Racing League commercial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7o_JfWuw1E Anytime you can get a boring guy like Peyton to say, "It's on like Donkey Kong," it's a winner in my books. Well done, DSRL! Until next time, Saif's out!

That's right. You read correctly. ROBBED. This past Sunday. Sometime between 5pm and 7.30pm. LeThief decided to break my car's passenger-side door glass, and tried to take my stereo. When he realized he couldn't get the stereo out, hey decided to take the removable face-plate instead. Five quick thoughts: LeThief: What possessed you to take the face-plate if you couldn't get the stereo out? What good is that to you? Nothing. It just ends up costing me cash to replace. It's not enough that you don't win - someone else has to lose too? Jeez... humans... that's a blog for another day. At least the break was clean - if you didn't know any better, you would think that the window was just rolled down. There wasn't a piece of glass hanging from the door at all. Job well done, LeThief. LeThief was also nice enough to lock the doors again, after leaving. Thanks. You know, just in case someone else wanted to steal the rest of the radio and didn...

My buddy Robin , who is the guru of the blogosphere in my limited circle of friends, recently told me about RSS feeds. I had to do some looking-up to understand exactly what they were, but I finally did figure it out. It's basically your way to subscribe to other people's blogs so that you no longer have to continue visiting their site to check for updates. You can use a feed reader website or program (I use bloglines ), which receives automatic updates when new content is added. [Coincidentally, Robin just wrote a blog about how RSS feeds are only used by about 4% of the adult American population today, but this number is due to grow. Google's Desktop application includes RSS, as will Microsoft's next-gen Windows OS] When he was initially explaining it to me, he described it as a 'push' rather than a 'pull' (and, of course, I pretended to understand). This makes sense, since they will now be pushing the information to you, instead of you having to go to...

Recently, numerous articles have been published describing issues that parents are facing while flying with their infants. Apparently, the USA's "no fly list" includes names close to those of some babies leading the airport authorities to stop babies from boarding planes. The parents then have to go through the trouble of proving that their babies aren't actually terrorists. To save parents such troubles in the future, here is a quick checklist to determine whether your son is a terrorist according to the US government. Communication is extremely important. Ask your child if he is a terrorist. If he doesn't answer with a 'no' immediately, it means that, according to the US government, he is a terrorist. Corollary: If your child speaks gibberish, it means that he's speaking in a secret language and therefore, according to the US government, is a terrorist. Feed him some milk. If he drools and has a milk mustache, it means that he is looking fo...

There's something called "The Official US Air Guitar Championships" (Seriously). They even have a website with rules and judging criteria. Apparently, the competitors are judged on: Making it look like they're playing the actual music in the background (I do that every time I bob my head. And I'm good at it. Even practice in the car sometimes for the real event, when I'm a wallflower at clubs) Having stage presence to rock a crowd of thousands (you mean there are people who actually come to WATCH this?) "Airness", which transcends the imitation of a real guitar and becomes an art form (So now, they have to make it look like they're more than just playing a fake guitar. I wonder how this affects their points from criteria #1). Want the real kicker? They're allowed to have "personal air roadies." So, these dudes even have their own lackeys to help load and unload equipment from the stage. Yep, the air guitars need setting...

I use technology I work in the technology field I use technology to pay my bills (literally and figuratively) Technology is cool So now, there's a software for cell phones that tracks whether the other person is actually listening to, and engaged in, the conversation. Man, I would absolutely fail that test. I day-dream. A lot. This is an example of people using technology in evil ways. Technology is not cool Until next time, Saif's out!

[Woman to George Costanza: Extraordinary! Have you ever done any hand modeling?] You know what is a growing issue in society today, that I really believe we should all work to address? The I-read-that-I-should-have-a-firm-handshake-so-I'm-going-to- break-the-other-guy's-hand issue. Don't roll your eyes and pretend you don't know what I'm talking about. You know exactly what I'm talking about. [George to Jerry: Where do you get off comparing your hands to my hands?! This is a one-in-a-million hand.] I, myself, ran into this issue yesterday. I met a dude probably half my size and gave him a firm, yet non-overbearing, handshake. He obviously must have read the have-a-firm-handshake book because I think he just put all his might into squeezing my hand. This dude was working hard to have it firmer than mine. He was even squirming in trying to over-power me. (Easy with the wuss jokes about me. My grandpa's a strong guy, alright. And...

So, I was in a public place last week, and someone's phone went off. The dude had "Ice Ice Baby" as his ringtone. Weird guy. That's what got me thinking... You know what attribute we don't use to its maximum capacity? Cell phone ringtones! Some people put in a lot of effort in trying to read others by attempting to study their backgrounds, tendencies, experiences, habits, etc. By this, they can venture an educated guess into the psyche and nature of individuals. You may have heard of them. They're called Psychologists. But, I'm convinced: You can tell a lot about a person simply by hearing their phone ring. Just think about it. Would you ever use the Austin Powers theme song as your ringtone if you did not like Mike Myers or stupid comedy? Probably not. Same goes for men using Backstreet Boys songs... I hope. [We'll come back to this] Anyway, I pitched this idea to some PhD profs and received some funding to look into this newly emerging area of Psych...