Here’s some info about an upcoming charity dog walk put on by Guelph Animal Hospital, which just happens to be Trixie’s vet clinic. I don’t know if I’ll go or not, part of me wants to, but here’s the info for anyone else interested. Join Us! On Sunday, October 31st at 11:00am, Guelph Animal Hospital …
Author Archives: Carin Headrick
Push Faster! Faster!
Can you imagine witnessing this jewellery store robbery? Security camera footage shows 44-year-old Noemi Duchene and 45-year-old Luis Del Castillo arrive outside of Estate & New Jewelry late Tuesday morning with Del Castillo pushing Duchene in her wheelchair. Duchene then gets out of her chair, covers her head and upper body with a large black …
The Exploding Pen Certainly Is Mightier Than The Sword
Jessie Bauguess’s whole family sounds screwed up. What a sad bunch. It all started to unravel when Jessie Bauguess brought an exploding pen to school. His grandmother says it was a prank, but it sent a kid to the hospital with burns to his hands and fragments of the pen going into his chest and …
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A Positive Meetupdate
Woohoo, I have a positive update to the Meetup saga. Now, they want to know my system’s specs, and for some reason they want screenshots. I really don’t know what screenshots will do, but they shall have them. The last tech support dude, who I think was also the last tech support dude to do …
That’s Not What’s Meant By Mustard Plaster
Food feuds, how I love thee. This one involves a dude launching a mustard-covered corn dog at his girlfriend. I love all the trouble Will Greenlee went to in order to bring us this food feud in all its glory. Not only do we have a mugshot of the accused “corn dog chucker”, but we …
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Palm Is Home
Here’s an interview with Iris Thompson about the whole Palm incident. Wow. There is an emergency strip on the trains, but she couldn’t find it, and nobody would help her! One man even told her it was ok. Oh no it isn’t. I bet he feels about 6 different kinds of dumb right about now. …
Please Remain In The Treatment Program Until Your Sentence Is Complete
Remember Steven Slater? Well, he pleaded guilty. If he completes a one-year treatment program involving counselling and treatment for substance abuse, the biggest of his two charges will be dropped. Here’s a question. How is what he did *attempted* criminal mischief? Nobody stopped him from getting on the PA system, cursing out passengers, grabbing beer, …
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Here Comes The Pain
Here’s a tip. If you’re going to throw your buddy in the air as part of a dance, make sure you can catch him. Otherwise, he may not dance again. It was a wedding, and friends of the groom were picking him up and throwing him in the air, when they didn’t catch him and …
Meetup.com Update
I have an update to the Meetup.com saga. 1. They say they can’t make things screenreader-accessible at this time. And when exactly will that magic time arrive? I’ve been waiting for a year. 2. They told me to go make a suggestion about this over at their user voice forums. I want everyone with a …
More InhumanWare Goodness
You know HumanWare really needs to stop committing marketing fails. Here’s another one. A couple of days ago, they sent out a message saying that everybody who buys a Victor Reader Stream in the next little while can get a free softpak that they’re selling for around 50 bucks. Then, the next day, I received …