They shall remember forever/The day they played the Men of Leonard 2 East!

Yeah, the title's a Remember the Titans ripoff, but so what? Our floor just won the annual Leonard Bowl (yearly touch football competition established in 1959, between all the different floors of my residence, Leonard Hall), and I'm pretty pumped. It was great to be playing some really competitive sport again: I've definitely missed that. Anyways, today is definitely another sports day: Canucks playing at 4, and the Lions in the West Final at 6. Seems like most of my weekends are spent watching/playing sports, but it's definitely always a good time. Now, if only more of the Canucks' games were on TV out here!

Funny link of the day: SNL cowbell sketch: http://homepage.mac.com/kellydean/Music/iMovieTheater34.html.

Note: You need Quicktime to watch this, which bloody Apple has now decided that you can't download without also downloading Itunes. However, if you're a Mac hater like me, or just already have good music software and don't want to fill your hard drive with Apple's useless extra stuff, it's possible to find a slightly older version of Quicktime on the web that can be downloaded as a stand-alone package. Resist Apple's evil plot for bundle-focused world domination (hmm, sounds like they're taking a cue from Microsoft: I hope someone hits them with an anti-trust lawsuit as well.) This has been my geeky rant of the day...

Words of the Day: (as always, from the Meaning of Liff by Douglas Adams and John Lloyd)

ARAGLIN (n. archaic)
A medieval practical joke played by young squires on a knight aspirant the afternoon he is due to start his vigil. As the knight arrives at the castle the squires attempt to raise the drawbridge very suddenly as the knight and his charger step on to it.

BANTEER (n. archaic)
A lusty and raucous old ballad sung after a particularly spectacular araglin (q.v.) has been pulled off.

BEALINGS (pl. n. archaic)
The unsavoury parts of a moat which a knight has to pour out of his armour after being the victim of an araglin (q.v.). In medieval Flanders, soup made from bealings was a very slightly sought-after delicacy.

FARDUCKMANTON (n. archaic)
An ancient edict, mysteriously omitted from the Doomsday Book, requiring that the feeding of fowl on village ponds should be carried out equitably.

FORSINAIN (n. archaic)
The right of the lord of the manor to molest dwarves on their birthdays.

GOOSECRUIVES (pl. n. archaic)
A pair of wooden trousers worn by poultry-keepers in the Middle Ages.

SHENANDOAH (n.)
The infinite smugness of one who knows they are entitled to a place in a nuclear bunker.

THROCKING (participial vb.)
The action of continually pushing down the lever on a pop-up toaster in the hope that you will thereby get it to understand that you want it to toast something. Also : a style of drum-playing favoured by Nigel Olsson of the Elton John Band, reminiscent of the sound of someone slapping a frankfurter against a bucket. An excellent example of this is to be heard on 'Someone Save My Life Tonight' from the album Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy.

THROUCKMORTON (n.)
The soul of a departed madman : one of those now known to inhabit the timing mechanisms of pop-up toasters.

WARLEGGAN (n. archaic)
One who does not approve of araglins (q.v.)