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Sunday, 13 February 2005

Happy Birthday Barron Blog
Mood:

celebratory
Yesterday, the "Barron Blog" celebrated its second anniversary. During that time, it has given birth to 613 entries. Hopefully, this blog will continue through this lifetime and into the next if I can find a way to do it.

Please note that my grandson Devon Hussey turned 11 on Feb/10/05 and his father, Steven Hussey turns 39 on Feb/14/05. Happy birthday guys.

Happy Valentine's Day everybody.

Posted by qualteam at 9:08 PM EST

Updated: Monday, 21 March 2005 10:21 PM EST

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Saturday, 12 February 2005

What's Been Happening With My Day Job?
Mood:

not sure
Still working lots of overtime in the Toronto Exchange Office at Canadian Post(Three days this weekend). I wrote letters to the local/national union presidents and the president of Canada Post(Ann Joynt) concerning our need for more full time staff in our section(TEO).

Over the last year, the mail volume at our facility has more than tripled.

Needless to say, no postal or union honcho has answered my letters so far.

Posted by qualteam at 9:24 PM EST

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Friday, 11 February 2005

Movie Review 89: Phantom Of The Paradise
You might call this a rock of version of "Faust" meeting the "Phantom of the Opera". The songs tell the story just as well as the plot.

It's satire that takes more than one viewing to understand.

It's well sung and well acted. Perhaps, too deep for most audiences.

Definitely, it's a cult favourite with me. Three and half stars.

More Reviews Of Phantom Of The Paradise

Posted by qualteam at 10:40 PM EST

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Tuesday, 8 February 2005

Top Ten Things You Don't Say To A Traffic Cop
1. I can't reach my license unless you hold my beer. (OK in Texas)2. Sorry, Officer, I didn't realize my radar detector wasn't plugged in. 3.Aren't you the guy from the Village People? 4. Are You Andy or Barney? 5. I thought you had to be in relatively good physical condition to be a police officer. 6. You're not gonna check the trunk, are you? 7. Gee, Officer! That's terrific. The last officer only gave me a warning, too! 8. I was trying to keep up with traffic. Yes, I know there are no other cars around.. That's how far ahead of me they are. 9. When the Officer says "Gee .Your eyes look red, have you been drinking?" You probably shouldn't respond with,"Gee Officer your eyes look glazed, have you been eating doughnuts?" 10. I saw you turn on your flashers when you went through that red light a few miles back. Lets call it even.

Posted by qualteam at 10:08 PM EST

Updated: Tuesday, 8 February 2005 10:09 PM EST

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Monday, 7 February 2005

"Boogeyman" Number One At The Boxoffice
Despite incredibly bad reviews, "Boogeyman" trounced the competition at the boxoffice over the weekend. Obviously, there's still a big demand for mysterious spooky bad guys.

The promise of chills and thrills continue to drive young audiences into theatres.

There is some dispute, however, as to what is actually delivered in this film.
Reviews Of Boogeyman

Posted by qualteam at 9:40 PM EST

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Sunday, 6 February 2005

The Greatest Music Of All Time
Very soon, I will be compiling my top 490 songs of all time. Why not 500? Well, Sony's Atrac software only burns 490 melodies on a single CD.

I have listened to thousands of songs from the 1930s to present time. Every era produce its own hits.

The song list will be placed on a separate webpage with references concerning the tunes.

Hope you enjoy this star-studded material.

Posted by qualteam at 11:52 PM EST

Updated: Sunday, 6 February 2005 11:54 PM EST

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Thursday, 3 February 2005

The Top Songs Of All Time
Mood:

cool
These would be songs that you can listen to hundreds even thousand of times.

Since 1940, there might be 1500 hundred songs that might fill that description. While there have been many good songs over the last 25 years, I can't see them amounting to 1500. Can you remember the top number one songs over the last five years?

Songs express just about every mood and experience of the human condition. We can feel very intensely about different things even funny stuff. Check out "novelty tunes" when you get the chance.

Fun Music Remembered

Posted by qualteam at 8:29 PM EST

Updated: Thursday, 3 February 2005 8:35 PM EST

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Wednesday, 2 February 2005

Groundhog Day 2005
Mood:

down
A groundhog is simply a squirrel on steriods.

Like most experts, they disagree with each other. The ones in Nova Scotia and Pennsylvania predict six more weeks of winter while the ones in Ontario and Alberta predict an early spring.

We spend millions on weatherforcasting and then leave it to a rodent to look into his crystal ball.

Not only is this crap. It's boring crap. The Bill Murray movie("Groundhog Day") was more interesting than any real Groundhog Day, past or present.
Retire Groundhog Day And Groundhog Forecasters

Posted by qualteam at 11:33 PM EST

Updated: Wednesday, 2 February 2005 11:45 PM EST

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Tuesday, 1 February 2005

New Search Engine For The Barron Blog And Webpages
With over 605 entries in the Barron Blog and 20 megs of webpages, it helps to have a search engine tailored just for the weblog and webpages.

Well, our good friends over at Google helped us with an original search engine for free. Thanks guys. You're number one. Here it is:

Search WWW Search http://webhome.idirect.com/~barroni/ Search qualteam.tripod.com

Posted by qualteam at 9:27 AM EST

Updated: Tuesday, 1 February 2005 10:19 AM EST

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Monday, 31 January 2005

The Iraqi Election Reviewed
Mood: a-ok
Over 60% voted in the Iraqi election which was in a similar range to the Canadian and U.S. elections.

The electorate showed great bravery in turning up at the polls despite death threats. They followed the words of Popeye towards bullies. "That's all we can stands. We can't stands no more."

I was touched by the heroism of those who could have been very intimated by the terrorists"

"Remarkable scenes became commonplace as voters in wheelchairs and others who were deaf, blind or clearly in poor health made their way to vote".

"When I got up this morning at 5 a.m., there were voters already outside waiting to vote", Lieutenant Saad Sarhan of the Baghdad police said as he ushered a visitor around the polling station in the Huda Girls' School in a mainly Shiite suburb of the capital. Five stars.

Posted by qualteam at 5:31 PM EST

Updated: Monday, 31 January 2005 5:33 PM EST

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