And what goes great with a house? A dog of course!
And here are a couple photos of our dog Toshi. She's a Shiba Inu, born on April 4 2001. I can say without
exaggeration that she's the cutest dog ever.
2 Months old
Hanging in the garden
Relaxing on the couch
"One of the great mysteries to me is the fact that a woman could pour hot wax on her legs, rip the hair out by the roots, and still be afraid of a spider."
Over the past 5 years or so, I've been collecting humorous quotes like the one above. My collection has slowly grown to over 450 entries. I used Javascript to create a simple interface - you can go through them in order or just take a few random samples. There's also a search function in case you're looking for a specific quote or person. I'm very happy with the way it turned out, so please humor me by at least looking at it!!
Yep, I'm a hockey fan. And believe me: life is difficult for a hockey fan when you're living in Japan without cable or satellite TV! I felt a small twinge of pain every saturday - I knew everyone back home was watching Hockey Night in Canada. Meanwhile I was limited to watching a Japanese cooking show, or more likely a variety show. But I wasn't completely isolated from my favorite sport. There was a dozen or so guys who got together on sunday mornings for a couple hours of street hockey. It was a lot of fun. We even kept the stats sometimes, and a friend posted them on his web-site. Check out Adam's Place if you're interested.
But road hockey wasn't enough to satisfy my hockey needs. I also feel that it's necessary to spout my opinions endlessly to anyone who will listen (or read). I thought about creating a page dedicated to the Oilers, but that sort of thing has been done to death. I wanted something a little more original. So I created a page dedicated to another team that I feel strongly about: the Montreal Canadiens. Please take a look at:
Here's one of my favorite jokes: There was a man named...
But the comedy doesn't stop there. You can also get a good laugh by checking out some photos from our New Year's Eve party. No, I'm not talking our spectacular entry into the 21st Century. These pictures are a little older than that - days to be exact, but that's OK. They're still interesting. And this is a good chance to see what I looked like before THE HAIRCUT. New Year's Eve, 1997
Javascript is another good way to spice up homepages and add functionality. It's also very simple to learn, especially if you already have some programming experience. I used javascript to create my Cool Quotes page. (I actually first did this using Java, but the results weren't great. The applet had some reliability problems. And an even bigger problem was that all the older browsers out there couldn't interpret some of the code!) Anyway, the javascript version is much better. So, please check it out.
If you're curious and want to see my original java applet, it's available here. The quotes are almost the same in both versions, but the applet isn't always completely up to date.
If you're interested in learning JavaScript, there are several good tutorials and such available for free on the internet. If you do a search on Yahoo or another search engine, it will probably point you to several good sights. Or even easier than that, go to my sources and credits page for links to a couple of these tutorials.
Credits! As with most personal homepages you'll find on the net, this one
was made using some 'borrowed' images and backgrounds. But if I know who
actually created the image, I want to give them their due credit. And if
you're creating/updating your own web site, you may want to check out these
links to a couple sites that have good collections of usable stuff.
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