Check out this great grandfather’s clock that I found at Value Village. The best part about it is that the weight and pendulum are nonfunctional and purely cosmetic. It also has a great feature in that it doesn’t make any noise.

and check out the complicated mechanism…

I found this Darth Vader trick or treat bucket in the discount bin at my local zellers. I immediately thought, “Wow that would look great with a snake plant coming out of the top.” I proceeded home and transplanted one of my snake plants into the repurposed bucket. It now is a proud member of my living room.

…. because Moms would probably be good at this as well … 

I’m off to plant trees. Be back in a few months….

I just spotted the original super soaker for sale at Zellers for $19.97. I was pretty tempted to buy one right then and there, as this brings back lots of childhood memories. It looks like this updated version is pretty much unchanged from the original, except for the redesigned water reservoir.

I just handed in my last assignment of the semester, which was satisfying for only a few minutes until I realized that I have my first final exam in 3 days. My last exam is not for another 3 weeks, so April is looking like it’s going to be pretty fun.

Anyways, I have made a major change to my working environment to combat distractions, because I should not be doing anything besides consuming caffeine and studying. I have moved my computer out to the living room. I now have to walk 20 feet to get some procrastination done. Also, my comfortable office chair remains in the room where I study, and my computer is in front of a stool that is too high, rendering marathon internet sessions uncomfortable. I am hoping that this will cut down on being distracted by incoming emails and tweets, which happens all the time when my computer is 30cm away from where I work.

For those of you who don’t care for words, I have derived an equation to show this principle mathematically. Letting d = the distance between a computer and my place of study,

Anyways….it’s time to go hit the books…

[comic via The Dapperstache]