Last Thursday, there was a free workshop at the CNIB in Toronto about human rights, disabilities and the workplace. I figured I’m sure there was something I could learn, so off I went. It was a pretty good trip, full of adventures, so I thought I’d write about them. Hope it won’t be too boring. …
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If You’re Reading This, My Net’s Up!
There were a few things floating around in my head, and I thought maybe I should write them down before a monster starts to develop, so off we go. I finally figured out what that singing alphabet commercial was all about. It wasn’t an attempt at improving literacy. Why would I think such a thing? …
How Do You Write Up, The Sound Of Your Voice?
So we’re watching a Barenaked Ladies concert on TV right now. It’s been pretty good in case you were wondering, but that’s not the point. After one of the commercial breaks, a message came on the screen that said “closed captioning for this program has been brought to you by…”. It got us both to …
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Eastern Standard Time For A Kick In The Nuts
I nearly committed a homicide this morning. I would have had to take a 7 or 8 hour flight to Europe to do it mind you, but it probably would have been worth it. It’s 4:45 AM and Carin and I are happily sleeping when suddenly the quiet is shattered by the din of a …
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Back From The Weekend And Feeling Chatty
Well, I’m home, I’m alive, and I had a pretty dandy long weekend. Although when you’ve got a good family, lots of good food and a few good drinks, it’s hard to end up with something you could describe as anything other than dandy. Maybe if you prefer words like smashing or fanglorious you could …
Happy Canadian Thanksgiving
Even though we seem to have more American visitors than Canadian ones these days, I still wanted to take a second to wish everybody a happy Thanksgiving. What ever you’re doing and whoever you’re doing it to, I hope it’s a safe and happy experience for each and every one of you. I’m sure very …
Let me Tel…ephone You A Story
When I read this story, I almost cried. A library in Prince Edward Island has set up a way that kids can phone in and have a story read to them over the phone. This is because, more and more often, parents just don’t have time to read to their kids anymore, and some of …
Contraband Broccoli?
This story makes me giggle. I saw it a month ago, but it didn’t push the right buttons then. Today, it does. Sadly, I had to get the link for it out of the google cashe because it has fallen off the original page where it was found. Yea google cache. It all starts with …
Travel Insurance Hell is Over!
Well, it looks like my travel insurance saga is over. After the clinic sent me notice after notice demanding to be paid, and finally threatened me with a collection agency, I called the travel insurance folk. They told me that they had been sending the clinic in San Rafael letters, but they hadn’t gotten a …
And While I’m Ragging On Beeping things…
Wow. I’m just on a ragging on things theme aren’t I? This weekend, Steve, Barbie, and I got talking about something that always made me raise my eyebrows whenever I thought about it. The practicality of the beeping baseball. Yep, I said beeping baseball. A long time ago, someone thought it would be great if …