Today's Ha Ha

Bono, the lead singer of the band U2, is famous throughout the entertainment industry for being more than just a little self-righteous.

At a recent U2 concert in Glasgow, Scotland, he asked the audience for total quiet. Then, in the silence, he started to slowly clap his hands, once every few seconds. Holding the audience in total silence, he said into the microphone, "Every time I clap my hands, a child in Africa dies."

A voice with a broad Scottish accent from the front of the crowd pierced the quiet. "Well, foockin stop doin' it then, ya evil basturd!"

(Found it on Fark. More then likely just a joke, rather then a real story, not that I've checked)

Bureaucracy - Latin For "Please Sodomize Me Repeatedly"

What does the province of Alberta expect from Montengarde? A report outlining who our board of directors are. A financial statement that includes the balance at the beginning of the year, the balance at the end of the year, the total amount of expenditures and the total amount of our income. Basically, a list of seven names and addresses and four figures from our bank statements. That's it.

That we haven't accomplished this simple task is due to our lack of said bank statements - but I retrieved them from the bank on Tuesday while coming back from my Doctors appointment.

What does the Board of Directors of the SCA, Inc. expect from Montengarde? A 23 page spreadsheet accounting for every single penny and every single asset the group owns. I'm starting to see why Fleabite kicked up a shit about reporting a couple of years ago - If it had worked he'd have gotten out of several man-days of useless busywork.

There's nothing quite like getting threats from the BOD over something you thought was done months ago. Oh well, 8 months down, 16 months to go.

There is a glimmer of hope though - it's possible that the reports (we need them for 2005 and 2006) were completed but not submitted, and it's just sitting on someone's hard drive out there.