Q: Why was the Yeti late for his appointment?

A: He forgot to check his sasq-watch!

(Not my fault. My best friend Bart stole the obvious best headline for his Portland Monthly blog.)

The next time you're miserable, just take a lesson from this dude at 2009's most excellent Sasquatch Festival. And if you can't move your body in such a lithe, rhythmic fashion, don't worry. This video will remain here permanently. For medicinal purposes.

The Personal Computer Club of Toronto

Making fun of nerds is a pretty lame pastime (I myself have been the victim of aimless and unwarranted nerd bashing throughout my youth). So I have to point out, here, that it is for purposes of total admiration—not mockery—that I make you aware of the The Personal Computer Club of Toronto.

It's awesome enough that they chose to photograph each of their members in front of a faux tropical digital background (this guy even went the extra mile and photoshopped himself a Hawaiian shirt). But I was also touched to learn that these passionate people still believe, even now, that there is a need for an organization "to encourage public awareness of computer hardware and software." It's a quaint old sentiment—borrowed from the days we wrote programs on a cassette deck attached to my friend's Commodore VIC-20. Back then, we were dazzled by jagged circles on cathode ray tubes. If we only knew that, in the future, there would be palm trees (!), I'm pretty sure we'd all be in this club.

The Accidental Highlander

So tomorrow I'm heading here:


...to compete in this.

You can check out our team bio here. And for you Twitter-minded folks, apparently you can get up-to-the-minute updates on how we're faring by following @club1745.

Meanwhile, please refer to this for inspiration and general insight into Scottish culture. Often.