Just for fun

21 December 2005

If you like animals…

Jim Computers and internet, Family, Just for fun 0

We just enjoyed a visit from Grandpa and Grandma Cottrill. We celebrated an early Christmas, and tonight we even went for a swim.

Grandma Cottrill is an animal lover, so here are a few links in her honour. These are the kind of links you’re likely to see in our Random Link of the Moment (as soon on our home page and other pages too). But this time, I thought I’d introduce a few in my blog.

First, here’s a fairly new blog site that is rapidly becoming very popular on the net – check out Cute Overload 😉 for really cute animal pictures – yikes!

Next, check out the video of this rather intelligent parrot – Einstein, as seen on Animal Planet.

Make your own weird and wonderful animals at SwitchZoo.

Finally, some of my favourite animal photos from our own photo album –

7 December 2005

Coke is Blak!

Jim Food, Just for fun 0

Hmmmmmm…how to get that caffeine fix. Do you drink coffee? How about a Coke?

Choices choices choices.

Well, my friend Alan just pointed out to me that you may no longer have to struggle over that choice. In 2006 Coca-Cola Blak will hit the market – Coke infused with coffee. It’s another one of these mid-calorie versions – not a kilzillion calories but not diet either. France will get the first taste, and it will make it’s way to other countries later in the year. So…are you going to try it?

11 November 2005

The end of VeggieTales?

Jim Just for fun 0

So we were wondering if Big Idea, the makers of the popular VeggieTales series, would consider a new product. What do you think? Bob the Tomato Ketchup and Larry the Cucumber Relish! They could say this is Bob and Larry in retirement. Or Bob and Larry trying to spread themselves around a bit. What do you think? Maybe we could sell the idea and make a fortune – the big deal between 3 companies. Ok, so maybe the kids would be horrified. And Big Idea would sue us for homicide (or is that Veggiecide?) But look at it this way: Finally Bob gets to be taller than Larry! Poetic justice! (let this be a warning – this is what hours and hours of paperwork can do to a man!)

28 October 2005

Do you know Migraine?

Jim Family, Just for fun 2

I get migraine attacks. That makes me a migraineur. Have you ever wondered just what migraine is, how it’s treated, and what the symptoms are? Or do you just have a vague idea of what it is that you heard somewhere one time?

Well, it’s time to go out on a limb and see just how much you know. Zip on over to Relieve-Migraine-Headache.com and take the Migraine Quiz! There’s only 15 true-and-false questions, and by the end there’s an excellent chance that you’ll know more about migraine than you did before. If you’re really brave, come back here and leave a comment – tell me how you did and what you learned.

About 1 person in 6 will have a migraine attack sometime in their life. That means I’m probably not the only one you know who will be impacted. So what are you waiting for? Take the quiz…

25 October 2005

Pineapples and earthships

Jim Just for fun 0

It’s amazing how people get connected. Back in ’93-’94, we were living with a team in Mexico City. One girl on the team knew that her boyfriend had a cousin that was a missionary – he lived somewhere in Mexico – but she didn’t know where or how to find him.

This was back in the old days when even a phone call to Canada was a challenge. Besides, we were so busy there wasn’t much chance we’d have time to connect. But in the largest city on the planet, we happened to bump into him on the Mexico City Metro. What were the chances? And now, the girl (Shelli) and her boyfriend-now-husband are missionaries in Mexico themselves, where his cousin had worked.

It’s amazing how people find this website. Thanks to website stats, I can see what words people use to find the site. Unfortunately, I can’t see which words go together, which does make a difference. But I temporarily installed another stat service so that I could see phrases as well.

People that find us in search engines usually are searching for things like “Cottrill”, and sometimes names in our family trees, like Fretz or Winger. But here are some more unusual words:

picture of a septagon (I don’t think I have one of those – or do I?)

how many people drink sprite (don’t know that either…good question, though)

proverbs 16:9 (ok, that one makes sense)

joshua hit the battle of jericho (no, it wasn’t my typo – I just happened to have the word hit in the article.)

pictures of compass

christian blogs, missions

maroon color (actually, yes, I am an expert on that, but in Canada it’s colour)

journal entries on family issues (yes, we have a lot of issues, as long as you’re not looking for solutions!)

pictures of earthships (pictures of what?!)

radioshack in canada

how to peel a pineapple

Here are some popular words – they may be a part of a phrase, but I have no way of knowing:

screensavers

missionary

zooplay (what is that?)

taxco (ah yes, the silver city in Mexico!)

Quite a few people have come here to find out how to peel or slice a pineapple, and in this case I do have the answer. It’s amazing how many people continue to come here just to learn that. This week I got a nice email from someone who was looking for that very information. They also happen to know the Lord, and so they told me a bit about their ministry.

You just never know how people will become connected!

This entry was inspired by Andrew Coming’s much more hilarious post [link no longer available]. 🙂

19 September 2005

Win a Bible…and more…

Jim Just for fun 0

Would you like to win a free Bible? A fellow Canadian, Tim, is going to pick winners, and you could be one! Just click the graphic below to enter. And there’s more – a book of your choice. Who can argue with that?

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