Direct Energy's new terms and conditions leave me totally stunned. For example:

• Getting out of your contract in the middle of the term costs $200 per month remaining for "administrative costs", plus paying out part of the cost of the gas you would have used over the remaining term - which is at minimum 7 cents/m^3.
• My favourite part has got to be: "If any part of this Agreement is illegal or cannot be enforced, we both agree that it will be fixed to be legal and enforceable.

walkblocking, v.

The act of walking side by side with one or more friends, such that your group blocks any other pedestrian traffic from going past you in either direction without path correction.

stairophobe, n.

An otherwise able-bodied person who insists on using elevators instead of stairs or esclators. See lazy.

crifter, n. from centre-drifter

Someone who drifts into the centre of a path while walking, such that they impede the flow of pedestrian traffic around them.

phone walking, v.

The act of walking while talking on a mobile phone, such that one completely ignores everything around them and walks slowly, as if intoxicated, into people or traffic, or any combination thereof.

Years ago, I was at the mercy of the absolutely atrocious service of Loomis Courier when I had to ship something to and from Apple Canada. They had wronged me enough times that for many years after, I would shake my fist at any of their delivery vans, just because I could. Alas, Loomis is now DHL Canada and they seem to have cleaned up their act.

Well, we're moving physically in about a month, and I've been putting off this virtual move for more than that, so it was high time to finally make it happen.

I don't really blog or use this site much any more, yet it continues to exist...

If you're looking for stuff from my old site, you can find it over at [http://old.chuma.org/](http://old.chuma.org).