PERS -- Blocking on the Block.

June 24th, 3:31 pm -- After picking up a few essential items at Sobey's, I began to take the worn path back to my apartment. I had to take an alternative route, however, when I noticed there was a an old guy in a senior scooter parked in the middle of the path. If you live in Fredericton, you've no doubt seen this guy speeding through the streets and sidewalks of the city. I'm not sure why he chose to park there; it's not a great view, very few people and cars drive through that area. There's really just not much to look at.

Maybe he was napping. Or dead.

PERS -- What a piss off.

June 23rd, 4:35 pm -- young 20-something clean-shaven redheaded male (not homeless, just drunk and/or high) found pissing on the ground in front of my apartment building. Once he realized I was there, he turned his back to me and started pissing on the brick wall.

What courteous neighbours I have.

POP MISC -- Smoothie sailing...Ok, now I am officially lame.

(Forgive the miserable pixelation of the above graphic. I don't have photoshop right now as my laptop is getting serviced and I only have access to MS Paint.)

On average of 4 days a week Chris and I have been drinking a frozen fruit smoothie for close to two months now.

It took a few tries, but we managed to get the recipe down to a science. Try it out!

Here's what you're going to need to make a 16 oz glass of awesomeness:

Approx 200 ml (or less) Frozen Fruit
50 ml PM Pomegranate/Blueberry Juice
50 ml bolthouse green goodness fruit & veg smoothie
Approx 200 ml (or less) apple juice
1/2 cup of vanilla yogurt
1/2 banana
Big measuring cup w/ hand mixer OR regular blender

1. You could very easily just throw these things into a measuring cup in any order, but we start by putting in the (approx) 200 ml of frozen fruit. I say "approx" because you might have a pile of chunky pieces of fruit that leave a lot of space in between. if you are using little berries that can be compacted, I would say only use 150 ml of fruit. We use Europe's Best Summer Fruit Salad Mix as it has a good mix of tropical fruit and berries.

2. Pour in 50 ml of POM Wonderful brand Pomegranate/Blueberry juice. Pomegranate AND blueberry juice are LOADED with antioxidants that prevent aging, cancer, and other diseases believed to be caused by free radicals in the body.

3. Pour in 50 ml of Green Juice (I recommend Bolthouse Farms Green Goodness OR Arthur's Green Energy). Beverages including wheatgrass have a lot of folate and vitamin B6, other great fighters against cancer.

4. Throw in 1/2 cup of vanilla yogurt. We've tried strawberry yogurt, but the drink turned out more tart than what we were looking for.

5. Tear up 1/2 a banana and throw that in too.

6. Top it off with (approx) 200 ml of apple juice. If you've thrown all of the ingredients into one large measuring cup, we generally pour in the apple juice until it reaches 600 ml.

7. Blend until smoothalicious. It should be pretty thick as the frozen fruit make the entire thing nice and icy, without the need to add ice cubes.

8. Drink!


We usually split that 16 oz of smoothie into two small glasses for each of us, because in the morning, we have the smoothie with a bowl of Raisin Bran or Cheerios with All Bran Buds.

POP TECH - Random Shizz.

I scour a lot of blogs and sites every now and again and find stuff of interest.

Here's a nice and fashionable set of things I've found in the last month or so.

Want to explore a day in the life of a famous italian plumber?



Ever want to dress yourself up really fugly and take a stroll out on the town?

Me neither. But there's a certain group of people who just love to do that.

Getting tired of playing the plain old Rock Paper Scissors? This should spice it up for you.

Have an idea for a great song, but you want to hear professional musicians perform it for you in an very incoherent shattered style? NOW YOU CAN! (You need to allow popups for this one or it won't come up. Oh, and if you know what song the word "going" comes from, I'd love to know, sounds retro-las-vegas-junkie, and I'm interested.)

Scare a few greedy businessmen by making the Dow go up and down.

Want a new Volkswagen? Just walk up to this vending machine and take your pick.

Finally, if you haven't seen it yet, here is the trailer for the next installment of the Super Smash Bros series. My favorite part is when Kirby realizes he looks exactly the same when they upgrade graphically.



This game will be on the new Nintendo Wii (pronounced "WE"), and if you haven't heard anything about this revolutionary new system, do your research. You'll be pleasantly surprised at the innovation involved.

(Sources: Kotaku, World of Wonder, YouTube)