I do my laundry at work. It's convenient since I spend at least 10 hours there every weekday. There's have a washer and a dryer, and all I have need to do is bring my clothes, my laundry detergent, my tea tree, and some Bounce if I have it.

Ok. It would appear that this posting is about cleaning. And it's not. It's about dirtying. And here's why...

Today, after my clothes were washed, I had to take someone's gym clothes out of the dryer to put mine in. As I removed his clothes, I noticed that his white underwear had a streak. Now, this makes me wonder about a couple of things:

1. Do most guys (and/or girls) have underwear stains? Because I've seen it on a couple people's underwears. I don't have them on mine, so that's why I wonder.


2. How do you get underwear stains anyway? Assuming the bumhole is where the dirty is, isn't there also a distance between the underwear at the bumhole? How dirty does it have to be to make that jump to the fabric? OR... is it from people who don't wipe cleanly and also like to give their pucker a little scratch from time to time?

An intriguing topic, I know.

I've been overcome with laziness.
Too lazy to write blog postings.
Too lazy to go out for lunch.
Too lazy to call home.
Too lazy to go to the gym.
Too lazy to do much other than what I need to do on a daily basis to survive.
Too lazy to get over the laziness.

I took a day off from work yesterday because I had a(nother) cold.

Remember when we stayed home from school when we were sick? Wasn't it great? I used to go to my parents' room and watch Sesame Street. In fact, I think I did that all the way through early highschool.

What do you do when you have a sick day off?

Sports writers and announcers alike love to use sports teams' names when reporting scores. Taking hockey as an example, you see headlines like:

"Canucks torch Flames"
"Canucks spear Sharks"
"Canucks fall prey to Predators"
"Canucks smothered by Avalanche"
... and so on.

But then you have some team names that aren't so "reporting-friendly", like the "Canucks". Really... how can you use that cleverly?

The only one I can think of is "Boston Bruins kicked in the 'Nucks".

Just wanted to add a few more comments from past recent blogs.

"Geoff"

• Geoff sleeps so much. He sleeps at lunch, like we all do. He sometimes takes a nap in the afternoon. And then he sometimes sleeps after dinner while waiting for his wife to pick him up (or to pick up his wife). His lethargy while awake actually has me convinced he's just sleepwalking/talking/working.


• He was at my desk once, and we were discussing something. Then he decided to explain his point (which was wrong) by drawing a diagram. So, he just takes any piece of paper off my desk and picks up a pen. Without saying a word, I snatched the paper out of his hands and gave him a sheet of scrap paper. I hope I made my point.


• Today, he was explaining some stuff about memory module timing diagrams to me. And he placed his hand down on a sheet of paper. When he lifted his hand, it was WET. Not damp. Not moist. It was WET. Like, as if he had spilled something on the sheet of paper. There was literally a shallow puddle of water/sweat (who knows?) on the sheet of paper. I have never seen anything like it.

Names
I recently visited a customer site, and got a few more good names.

Nokia [F]: yes, like the phone.
Nissan [?]: yes, like the car.
March [F]: yes, like the car "Nissan March".
Tendollars [M]: yes, like the bill. The guy just translated his Chinese name... but still, com'on.

No one questions the growing popularity of blogs. It's a good way of reading up on friends' and family's lives, seeing what's on their minds, and seeing how they're occupying their time. It's also a good way of killing time, both in writing and reading.

If I average about 2 - 3 blogs per week, at 15 mins - 30 mins per blog (we'll average down to 20 mins per blog), then I'm spending about 50 mins a week blogging. And then, I probably sync up with all the other blogs once a week, which would normally take up to 45 mins including commenting, if some people have updated their blogs. So, I guess I spend 1h30m - 2h each week on blog-related activities. More or less.

What about you?

[right away, I'm seeing my estimation being proved incorrect, as this blog has taken only 5 minutes.]

A: "Hey, how's it going?"
B: "Good, and yourself?"

You see, asking someone "how's it going?" is generally taken as a formality by most people. They reply with a "good", and return the favor. But I don't see it that way. When I ask, particularly to friends over MSN, I am genuinely interested in knowing how he or she's doing. Because if this went both ways, then we'd have a lame conversation that would take no more than 4 seconds (this is where we ask our viewers to try it).

A: "Hey, how's it going?"
B: "Good, and yourself?"
A: "Good."

When I say "Hey, how's it going?", I actually mean:
"Hey, how are you doing today? And how have you been since the last time I saw you? How's the wife /the girlfriend / the boyfriend / the baby / the dog / the job / the weather where you are / your body temperature / your health / your limp / your social life / life in general? What have you been up to (in no less than 10 sentences)?"

Only after that person has given me the full update, is he/she allowed to ask me how I am. I don't need a "good" in response to my question. Heck, it's assumed good until proven bad.

BTW, how many of you *actually* "tried it"?

I lost my wallet following a car accident incident (that didn't directly involve me) a couple months ago. Fortunately, I was relieved to retrieve it from a police station the day after -- everything in tact... except the money. The entire time I lost my wallet, I was only realistically hoping to recover the cards/IDs/etc., and assumed that the money would "vanish". That assumption wouldn't have been any different if I were in Vancouver; but I believe it holds even more true here in Taiwan, because it's all about the money. In fact, I would say that even if a kind Taiwanese samaritan had picked up my wallet and turned it into the police without charging me a Finder's Fee, the police officer(s) surely would have. Let's admit it: free money doesn't fall into your hands everyday.

So, here's my question to you readers:
If you found a wallet with money in it, would you take some? Under what conditions would you or wouldn't you?

Go ahead and post anonymously if you want, just answer honestly.

And just to calm the odd reader, yes, I did report my bank card and credit card when my wallet went missing. So don't worry about it.

AC told me Canada has a new Governor General, Michaëlle Jean. It raised a question in my mind, because I had no idea what a Governor General does other than have TV shows called "Adrienne Clarkson Presents". My only online research shows (from the official website):

What is the Governor General's position in Government?

Canada is a parliamentary democracy and a constitutional monarchy. This means Canadians recognize The Queen as our Head of State. Canada's Governor General carries out Her Majesty's duties in Canada on a daily basis and is Canada's de facto Head of State.

Like many other democracies, Canada has clearly defined the difference between the Head of State and Head of Government.

The Governor General
    - represents The Queen who is the Head of State
    - is appointed by The Queen on the advice of Canada's Prime Minister

What does the Governor General do?

The Governor General's role is built on four major themes:
    - Representing the Crown in Canada
    - Representing Canadians and Promoting our Sovereignty
    - Celebrating Excellence
    - Bringing Canadians together

Pretty useless role, if you ask me.

Then I started looking at the past Governor Generals and found some familiar names.

Lord Stanley of Preston: NHL's Stanley Cup
Earl Grey: CFL's Grey Cup, although I thought it was the tea guy at first
Lord Byng: My highschool's rival highschool in Vancouver (Lord Byng Secondary School)

It's interesting to know who the people are behind the names I've heard for years.

I've been out of Vancouver for over 15 months now.

Most of the time, when I talk to friends, I get the update on them -- which is great, and I'm more than enthusiastic to hear about it.

But what's new with Vancouver? What's going on in the city I lived in for the first 25+ years of my life? Developments, news, sights, stories...? I want to see what SFU looks like now that UniverCity has been booming up at SFU. What about all the 2010 development? Any new laws passed?

Tell me, tell me, tell me!