We are hiding from Hallowe’en this year … it’s partly because of the understandable death of the Harrington Hallowe’en Party, partly because Shannen isn’t in a position to partake in festivities as much as she has been in the past, and partly because “the best costume idea EVER!” didn’t hit me in September. One of...
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Monday, October 30, 2006 Posted in Rants
Why is that that smokers don’t feel that dropping their cigarette butts on the ground or flicking them out the window of their car (at top speed) is actually littering? And while we’re at it, why do they also feel exempt from the ‘No Smoking Within 9 Metres’ signs posted up at the front of...
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Lisa D, my bridesmaid extraordinaire, is making a rare and surprise appearance in Ottawa next month. I officially have something to look forward to in November. Excellent. November was looking pretty gloomy before this bit of news landed in my voicemail box. Happy, happy me.
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I’m at home today, waiting for Minto sub-contractors to repair items found in our 30 day inspection. They were supposed to be here between 8 and 12. The most recent one arrived at 2, with a few to go. This is also the 5th such day that I’ve hung around the house waiting for various...
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The really amazing part of my week without Dan is how it was bookended with weekends with some of my best girls. Two weekends ago, my university roommate Marsha came from Toronto for a weekend of movies, munchies and pure sloth. We had planned to do very little outside of the house and that mission...
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Shenzhen, ~10 million people, nowhere close to downtown: Nanyang, ~10 million people, downtown: Number of flights per week between the 2 cities: 1
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Thursday, October 19, 2006 Posted in Life
I’m way too tired (lazy) to write proper paragraphs and such, so here’s a list of things that I’ve learned since Sonja and I got our house: 1. Home Depot is my new favourite store. I don’t have an opinion on Bed Bath and Beyond, though. There hasn’t been enough time. 2. EQ3 makes nice...
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Wednesday is not my favourite day of the week, not by a long shot, but this one is fairing pretty well so far – and it’s only 9:25 am. The reasons are: 1) I just got a raise. An unexpected raise, no less. Excellent. 2) Only one more day of getting up before 5 am before...
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Plucked from my daily investing newsletter: Today could be a day of horror for superstitious people who dread the number 13. According to a German professor, not only will the date be Friday the 13th, but all the digits in the numeric notation of the date add up to 13 as well. Whichever way round...
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Friday, October 13, 2006 Posted in Rants
Check out this 1 minute film on the ‘evolution of beauty’ as seen by the people at Dove. Makes you think…..
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