Having lived in Kitchener for a shade over a year now, I can certainly relate to the frustration one feels when all you want is some friggin takeout or delivery, but half the restaurants aren’t open when it isn’t even all that late. What’s up with that, anyway? But never has the thought struck me …
Monthly Archives: January 2014
And I Even Wrote This Post
I’m cursed to be followed by this Belvita commercial. The thing is way too catchy…and it’s too easy to start singing it while you’re trying to get things done. But 2 things: If she’s supposed to be so energized by these biscuits, why does she sound like she’s half dead? And, why at the end …
My Stepgrandpa’s Gone
So…spookily, when I wrote that post last night, I didn’t know this, but I wrote it 3 hours from when my stepgrandpa passed away. I got the call this morning. I guess he went peacefully at 11 or so last night. My mom and dad could get there, so that was good. He’s my stepgrandpa, …
Carnival Post: A Rare And Unique Opportunity
I haven’t participated in the assistance dog blog carnival in…ohmygod…2 years? ish? But L-Squared caught my attention, just in the nick of time. When I looked at the theme, I thought something I was thinking of writing anyway would fit happily into that theme, so here goes. Wow, I made it into the carnival! Who …
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A Belated Happy 40th Birthday To Global Television
I didn’t realize it, but Global Television turned 40 this year. It signed on on January 6th, 1974. Here’s a video history it put together on itself when it turned 25. Neat to see all that old footage, some of it for the first time. First 25 years of Global Television By the way, does …
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Lean Forward…And Silence The Woman Talking About Important Things
Yesterday, I got to be impressed with our local CTV news for the first time in a while. I was worried leading up to 6 o’clock that they would lead with Justin Bieber because he’s from around here, but instead they went with things much more important (the Quebec seniors’ home fire, to be specific). …
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The History Of Speakers Corner
CityTV is pretty well ruined now thanks to Rogers, but back in the day it used to be really damned awesome. They did TV completely differently from the way everyone else did/does it and even though I’m nowhere near the TV watcher I was then, I still miss it and still know how much that …
I’m Not Losing It, I’m Just More Worldly Than The Rest Of You
Good news, old people. You’re not actually slow-minded and forgetful. You just have trouble remembering things because you know so much stuff. “The human brain works slower in old age,” said Dr. Michael Ramscar, “but only because we have stored more information over time “The brains of older people do not get weak. On the …
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$20 Quickie
A man is walking home one night when he spots a woman in the shadows. “Quick fun just $20,” she whispers seductively as he gets to her. He’d never been with a hooker before, but he decides what the hell? It’s been awhile, he’s running early, and it’s only $20. So he steps into the …
Can I Call You Baby…Swiss?
So yeah, this Chris Pagano fella is pretty strange, it seems. The charges stem from three incidents – one in January 2013 on Frankford Avenue near Bleigh; one Jan. 5 on Frankford Avenue near Princeton; and another Jan. 5 on Chippendale Street near Erdrick – in which he allegedly approached women with his genitals exposed …
