Make Me A Bleepity Bleep Bleeping Gift Basket Right The Bleep Now!

The other day, I called Dana Shortt Gourmet to ask them something and I got their voicemail. It started off like a normal voicemail, and then my jaw dropped open when it said something like “Please note that aggressive behaviour towards our staff in person or on the phone will not be tolerated.” That sentence …

Hey! It’s Maybe Sort of Kind of Not Quite Normal!

It’s been a while since I’ve written one of these how are we doing posts, so here we go. I intended to write a woohoo I’m two weeks past my second COVID vaccination post, but that weekend, I was trying to prepare for a presentation and didn’t have the time to do it. So now …

Tansy, the double digit doggy!

Poor Shmans is overdue for an update, so here goes. Believe it or not, Tansy is 10 years old. She turned 10 last month. Also, I just learned this year that she shares her birthday with Clint Eastwood! I find that kind of amusing, because I had a coworker who used to call the Shmans …

Hello, Humane Society? I Have A Dead Cat. Bye.

Back a while ago, I ran into a situation that really made me think. A neighbour of mine had a cat that suddenly passed away at home, and she wasn’t sure how she was going to take care of the body. To make things worse, she didn’t have a vet here, so she couldn’t call …

This Little Light Of Mine, I’m Gonna Know When It Shines

I just saw this video from someone who just came back from guide dog class at GDB. She’s showing off something new that they sell, called the Audio Beacon Safety Light. Its most important function is to light up at night so that you can be seen. But it has a very cool feature of …

Two Shots And Covid’s Goin’ Down

Yup! That’s me! Got my second shot today. The process was just as smooth this time as the last. The only thing I wanted to mention was when I called to book this appointment, the lady on the phone said she would cancel my July 25 appointment. Well…she didn’t, or she tried to cancel it …

I wouldn’t Dream Of Being This Irresponsible! Or…Would I?

In some of my dreams, like the ones where I’m coming up with new tech ideas or predicting the future, I like to think I’m a genius. But in others, I think there’s a part of me that considers me to be the biggest moron on the planet. I know there are common dreams we …