It’s mid January, and I feel like I have to write the usual holiday wrap-up/year in review post. I feel like this will be the shortest one ever because both the holidays, and the year, feel like they have been snatched and tainted. Getting to my family’s Christmas was coloured with a bit of Carin-style …
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Merry Christmas And All That Stuff
Since I’m’ posting this today, this song makes a good soundtrack. Yeah, it’s December 23 and I don’t know where the time has gone. Somehow, despite my battles with the captain, I still managed to get my Christmas shopping done, although it was a little closer to the wire than I would have liked…and the …
Sunrise, Sunset
I’ve always thought of Toronto as a city that I love visiting, but would absolutely never want to live in. There’s so much to see and do, but it’s just way too huge and loud and scary and whatnot for my taste. Hey, cut me some slack. When I was a kid I spent years …
They’re Angry, I’m Confused
I meant to write about this one last week when it happened, but…you can blame the captain, Captain Nameless Illness. By the way, the captain may be getting a name soon, and thankfully, if this is its name, it’s nothing scary and eek-inducing. But I can’t say for sure yet if that’s its name, I …
What Do You Call A Person Who Assaults People?
No, that’s not the start of a bad joke. We’re actually curious. Carin and I were having breakfast and chatting as usual when I made a comment that somebody was “a rapist at worst and an…assaulter? at best.” It occurred to us that if there’s a word for someone who commits assaults, neither of us …
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Poppy Talk
Well, this year, our attempts to get poppies were much less painful than last year. The bank across the street actually had them, so we didn’t have to go on a puppy hunt. But I still have a heck of a time not losing my poppy. There’s nothing worse than lum dee dumming down the …
This Jian Ghomeshi Thing Has Been Bothering Me A Lot, And I Think I Know Why.
When this whole Jian Ghomeshi thing broke, I said to a friend, no matter how this shakes out, it’s not gonna end well for somebody.” Um, that would be a yup. Now I find that it won’t leave me alone, and it’s moved beyond anything rational, so I hope that maybe, if I write about …
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Got Any Good Record-Keeping App Recommendations?
I guess I’ll start with something easy…I want to write something else, but I’m afraid it will steal every last ounce of energy Captain Nameless Illness has generously left me. So, whatever this illness is, it’s unpredictable and mysterious and we still don’t know what it is. So I’ve been keeping logs of as many …
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You Should Try Alpine Lager. Just Don’t Chug It, Because That’s Dumb
So here I am, enjoying a late afternoon beer when this pops up in my RSS reader. Chugging Is Dumb I’m not gonna lie. The ability to chug a beer impresses me somewhat for one simple reason. I can’t do it. But just because you can do it doesn’t mean you should. It really is …
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How Do You Get Rid Of Your Landline When Your Landline Is Your Doorbell
For all sorts of reasons, Carin and I have been thinking a lot lately about getting rid of our house phone. We each have cell phones. We have unlimited Canadian long distance calling on them. We don’t call the States much, but if we need to we can always buy some Skype credits for cheap. …
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