Acts of Volition

From CBC News:  •  “  •  Man Steals Ballot Box  •  PICTOU, N.S. - The RCMP in Pictou are investigating a stolen ballot box after a man walked into the Pictou Landing Fire Hall Monday afternoon and took the ballot box.  •  The man apparently left a letter outlining a grievance over compensation he …

In large letters:  •  P - E - N - E  •  and where the final S was to be, an aov member rolling in the freshly fallen snow, laughing histerically at his poor spelling.

Today the sun made an extended appearance.* People danced in the street or, at the very least, they smiled for the first time in weeks.  •  Forget all that nonsence about free-will. We are simple animals with a complex system of rationalizing our actions. Actions which are based on nothing more …

Before last week I had never heard of the authour Lemony Snicket (AKA Daniel Handler). I do not believe I was alone. In the last week Snicket, the pen-name used by Handler when writing kids books, has been featured in The National Post, his website has appeared on K10k and Handler has also written …

“Student newspaper.” What do those words mean to you? Do they seem to imply an ownership of the paper by students? At the very least wouldn't you imagine that a "student newspaper" would involve some level of control over the newspaper by the students?  •  Staff at UPEI's student newspaper, The …

Due to the prolonged absence of the sun actsofvolition seems to have developed Seasonal Affective Disorder. The following are symptoms of SAD as they affect aov:  •  A change in appetite, especially a craving for sweet or starchy foods - we eat a lot of potatoes and cinnamon buns with cream cheese …

We have finally reached the end of the “milleniyumyum” affair. Somewhat behind schedule mind you, but that seems to be all the rage these days. In any case, the punishment to be adopted for Steven's use of the “word” “milleniyumyum” has been kindly provided by long time listener, first time caller …

One of the best descriptions of the American election I have read recently:  •  “  •  It hurts, doesn't it? Being forced to choose between I guy who's so smart that he's a complete idiot, and a guy who's so dumb he doesn't even know he's dumb - he's like a dog who thinks he's a person …

George W. Bush has won the American election. While I'm not entirely certain of how, or why, this is important to me, it seems bad. Ralph Nader got a miniscule amount of the vote, but expect liberals (the ideology, not the party) to continue to use him as a scapegoat. Good night.

While not having anything to base an opinion on is seldom an impedement to forming an opinion....  •  On second thought, I'll not finish this post. It was just a bunch more words anyway. Essentially, the gist of my post was to be that the future of Napster is so fuzzy that commentary is useless …

Learn to read.  •  Nearly 100 Ways to Approach Infinity.  •  Two Stories my Parents Begged me to Tell Our Guests Towards the Beginning of my 25th Birthday Party But Insisted I Had Completely Invented.  •  These are both stories from McSweeneys whom I will continue pimping until they are popular …

As you may have noticed, the normally responsible Steven has committed a severe affront to the English language and to thinking people everywhere. In his ‘commercial WIRED musings’ post, Steven made reference to the ‘milleniyumyum’. Is he responsible for this act, or was his brain inadvertently …

Charge a service fee for using a service? What?! Have someone making money from the Internet without absurdly inflated stock sales? No way! I want everything for free!  •  If Napster charges a service fee who knows what could be next? We’ll have to pay “grocery stores” to buy our food from them …