http://www.pittr.com Things that Grab my Attention! Mon, 25 Feb 2008 21:45:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Well, seems that my topic "The Art of Ignoring" has caused a male/female difference of opinion. I'd like you all to weigh in with your opinions on this. The men are all "Ya, that's right! Just don't care what other people think." Which of course is probably the right way to ... http://www.pittr.com/index.php/2008/02/25/not-caring-is-that-the-trick/ I noticed that yesterday's article caused Google to randomly select ads related to the topic. Google decided that what related was "hell". Lovely. The ads consisted of things like "The Truth About Hell. No One Will Burn in Hell for All Eternity and We Can Prove It" and "Hell and ... http://www.pittr.com/index.php/2008/02/21/hellish-google-ads/ Today I spent almost 2 hours at the SAQ. The SAQ is the equivalent of the D.M.V., it's where we Quebecers go to get our driver's permits renewed. We are a little lucky in that they only require us to have the picture on our permits redone every 4 years and ... http://www.pittr.com/index.php/2008/02/20/picture-hell/ There's a piece of advice that I tried for YEARS to get my oldest daughter to learn but never succeeded. It's advice that I'm sure every parent in the world has tried to impart and probably has had as much limited success as I did. The advice: Ignore your little sister and ... http://www.pittr.com/index.php/2008/02/18/62/ So yesterday was THE day. The day where you either felt very loved. Translated that means your significant other actually took the time and energy to show their love in a way that made you feel special. Or it was the day that your insignificant piece of <insert appropriate word here> either completely ... http://www.pittr.com/index.php/2008/02/15/another-valentines-come-and-gone/ I was bombing around the net and came across an article that lists the top searches by English speaking users on Google and top 10 searches by Chinese Internet users.  The Top 10 list was broken down into four categories: The top ten "What is" questions on Google. The top ten "How to" questions ... http://www.pittr.com/index.php/2008/02/14/top-googlebaidu-search-topics/ Seems I'm on a Hollywood rant these days. I'm just amazed at how completely stupid these people are and wonder how they manage to walk and breathe at the same time. Ms. Lindsay Lohan was arrested AGAIN for drinking and driving.  Yup, the same Lindsay that got out of rehab 2 weeks ... http://www.pittr.com/index.php/2007/07/25/booze-blow-and-who-cares/ I was just reading an article on That's Famous about Kate Moss.  Seems she's worried that "intimate tapes" she made with her ex-boyfriend, drug addicted musician Pete Doherty, might end up on the internet. Hmmmm... NOW she's worried?  What is it with famous people.  Paris Hilton, Pamela Anderson, Shannen Doherty (no relation to the ... http://www.pittr.com/index.php/2007/07/24/sex-tapes-and-who-cares/ Sheesh Things have gone from bad to bad.... I get the site back and go to post and nothing I write was getting saved. Of course I'd written a lengthy diatribe.  I clicked save and NADA. It was all gone. Being of superior intellect off I went, rewrote everything and having assumed that ... http://www.pittr.com/index.php/2007/07/23/im-backagaini-thinksigh/ I'm ashamed to say that I forgot to renew my domain, the reason for which is a long sob story that I won't bore you with. Someone suggested that I email the new owner and see if they'd be willing to sell it back to me. I was not very hopeful ... http://www.pittr.com/index.php/2007/06/07/im-back/