“What the Hell, Dude?
Get your own girl!” – Jessie

I saw that quote on Twitter a long time ago
and it made me chuckle.

And it reminded me
that I did a guitar cover of Jessie’s Girl back in…
My Goodness! Twelve years ago! In 2001.

I used to love this song when I was young
because of Rick Springfield.
I remember how good looking and cool he was.
Playing guitar, singing songs, getting the girls.
He’ll surely get his wish and get Jessie’s girlfriend.

So that’s when I started to think at a very young age
that if I learn how to play guitar and sing songs,
I too can be cool and probably get a girl like Jessie’s.

I learned guitar and sang songs
But sadly, I needed to be good looking too,
which apparently was a very important ingredient
to be a cool Rock Star like Rick.
I wasn’t.

Also, to know Self Defense for when that time
Jessie beat the crap out of me
and walked away with his girl,
holding her in his arms, late, late at night.
(Sigh) I wonder what she didn’t see in me.

But that’s not important right now.
that was a long time ago,
and I spent a lot of money in rehab and therapy.

So, anyway.
Here’s an old jam I wanted to re-share.

Music by – Rick Springfield
All instruments and percussion arrangement by – Yours truly.

As of today,
I have added a feature for this site
to be compatible with mobile devices.

My traffic stats has shown that ^**6.92% of browsers
that access this site are from a mobile device.

So if you are mobile, and you’re trying to check my site,
you will automatically be directed to the new page.

I can only test this using an iPhone,
so if anyone is using a different device,
please inform me of how it looks.
I would greatly appreciate it.

More specifically, if you can access the music player.
Because currently, the iPhone does not support Flash.
And Flash is my current Music player of choice.

This mobile page feature is still under testing
so I apologize if it may be down from time to time.

Thank you.

**Do not be fooled with that statistic.
A good 5% of that is from my own phone

PPS – Well. Apparently, that plugin is only for the iPod touch.
Oopppssiieeeee!!!

Music star, Yanni (Pronounced Yawn-ee),
was arrested in his Florida home,
charged with domestic violence.

Link here,
and here.

As a guy who loves music,
I never made fun nor criticized this “New Age” kind of music.
Even though I suppose this music will eventually mess up your head,
and make you violent.

But, as I read about Yawn-ee’s arrest charges,
it kicks him up to a high spot on my “Hated People list.”

This just proves what I have been saying all these years.

“Husbands who hit their wives,
are just angry because,
these men don’t have any testicles.”

And even though you said you were sorry
and promised to never do it again,
it still doesn’t justify what you did.

Why don’t you just shave your butt,
wear a dress,
walk backwards
and call yourself “Nancy.”

God, I hate these people.

Mr. Mom ,that’s my name,
that name again is Mr. Mom

That’s it.

Today is my last day at work.
I will be on Parental leave
for a good 6 months.

I will surely miss working with my good friends,
Ray, Eric, Garth, Mike and Grant.
They are truly the most excellent and admirable people
I have ever met.

I was having second thoughts about doing this,
but what really made it clear is when Tracy’s Mom said to me,

“Not very many father’s get to have this opportunity,
So take advantage of it.”

Thank you to all those who wished me good luck.
My friends and students at school,
You are all cherished.

now…

LET THE GAMES BEGIN!!!!

CONGRATULATIONS to all CDI Graduates!
I do not care what anybody says, I have great faith in you guys.

The Grad Ceremony went very well.
I have never seen so much PRIDE in one place.
It was so great seeing everybody again.

The night started with our former Director as the “Master of Ceremonies“.
He talked about how…Mmmm…. He said..uuuhhh…His speech was…
Okay I can’t really remember.
But it was something about him looking for an inspiration for his speech,
and he went on the internet to get one. Something like that.

Then our guest speaker was Colin Trethewey from the TECH talk
on the Local News Cast “The New RO”.

His speech was about the history of the I.T. Industry here in Ottawa.
It was basically summarized as
“It was like waking up with a hangover after a whole night of a wicked party.”
And like any decent person waking up from a hangover…
you fix yourself up with leftover food and alcohol.
(Okay maybe that was just me.)

He said that “I.T.” is on it’s way back up. Slowly but Surely.

Then the Main Event.
The Graduates.
The distribution of that grand empty piece of paper with fancy ribbons around it.
Nevertheless. I could still see the smiles on their faces.
Especially Luc Seguin..
(wait.. that smile is already permanent on his face.)

Then my turn.
I was there to present the Against all odds award
to my very good friend Paul Proulx.
You really deserve it man. Don’t you ever change.
(Email me if you want a copy of my speech.)

I had the best fanfare cheer from all of the students when I was doing my speech.
I could not even try to control my laughter.
Some may have been surprised of how much cheer I got from our students.
Some may be not. But here’s what I want all of them to remember.

They are not just my students.
They are also my good friends.
I feel for them when they fail,
but I too celebrate their accomplishments.

And with all honesty,
I have been cheering for them throughout their whole stay.

Congratulations again. Graduates.

Keep in touch.