Hello? Hey, I’m Glad You Called. Can I Borrow Some Money?

There’s nothing all that special aboutthis story,but I chuckle every time I read it and it happened locally so I figure that counts for something. Plus I have a mental picture of a person who thinks that he’s more important than the rest of the world and it’s nice to see folks like that get …

Happy Belated Birthday Trix

Ok, here comes the post in honour of Trix’s birthday. On April 9, she turned 5. My pooch is 5! Nobody believes me that she’s that old, but she is. I can scarcely believe that it’s been three years that I’ve had her. But the blog doesn’t lie, hahah! So let’s do a general update. …

You’d Better Hurry If You’re Thinking About Some Curry In A Hurry

This is sad. Because of various road work and maintenance taking longer than it should, the Curry in a Hurry in downtown Guelph will beclosing on April 16th. I remember 11 years ago when I first started visiting Guelph, Carin and I and one of our other friends would eat there quite a bit. The …

Calling All Guelphites With HP Trekkers

Here’s a weird call. Is there anyone who lives in Guelph and has a Trekker with the HP PDA? If you do, please email me. Long story time. Barb has been telling me that she has a cool Christmas present for me and can’t wait to give it to me. Well, she finally gave it …

Commuting Is Harder Than It Ever Was, I Can’t Get Out On Holidays, Cause I Take The Bus

Here’s a puzzler for ya. Guelph is cutting back, so it is not running its buses on holidays at all. They used to run on reduced hours, but they still ran. But this new change mildly pisses me off because the city puts on events on holidays and invites everyone to come out. And how …

News About the Roundabout

Remember back when I last mentioned the blasted roundabout? Well, it’s not gonna happen! I’m so happy, I could dance. Hell, I could do the roundabout death dance! Before I say anything else, I want to fix the reporter’s mistake. There was no support worker. The person who walked through the roundabout with me was …

Correction to the Access Recognition Awards Release

Remember back a while ago in a comment thread, I said I would be apologizing for errors in apologies? Well, the reason I said that was I had to submit something to the media to fix that Access Recognition Awards press release. My apologies to the family of Mildred Kingdon for misspelling her name, and …

Sing the Roundabout Song

Back at the beginning of the year, I talked about the roundabout dance ad campaign. I got thinking today that I should put up the mp3 of the song for two reasons: 1. the song is catchy, and 2. the words scare the hell out of me. So, may I have this roundabout dance? Do …

Get Your H1N1 And Headline Fails Here

Both of these come from the same edition ofthe guelph Tribune,where somebody was either in a hurry or knows something that the rest of us don’t. H1N1 now available to allHmmm…it appears I have a choice to make. do I go for the straight H1N1 or hold out for the vaccine? Full roll-out of H1N1 …

Do The Roundabout Dance With Council

Well, it looks like it’s getting closer to decision time for that roundabout. So, if you have strong feelings about it, speak up now or forever hold your peace. Talk to your councilors and tell them your feelings. If you don’t know how to contact your councilors, this website will get you going in the …