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And while we are talking about donating to charities, have you considered donating to Wikipedia? If you’ve used Wikipedia recently ((and seriously, who hasn’t?)), you have probably noticed the call for donations with the big picture of Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales’ face at the top of the screen… I would totally take a screenshot, but […] →Read more
Someone ((I totally don’t remember who it was, so my apologies for not giving credit where credit is due!)) tweeted about this odd promotion by Aeroplan where you email them a picture of a chicken and they will give money to Veterinarians Without Borders: “Aeroplan will donate $5 to [Veterinarians Without Borders] for each photo […] →Read more
So it’s municipal election day in British Columbia, the day we get to vote for mayors, city councillors, and school board trustees. And given that I know jack squat about Surrey politics, I decided I should read the candidate statements before I headed off to the polls. First of all, there about about eleventy billion […] →Read more
Computers hate me. First, it was my work computer. It started out when I called I.T. to ask them to figure out why I suddenly couldn’t print to one of the three printers in my office, which are shared among all the staff. It’s my preferred printer to print on, as the other black & […] →Read more
I had my annual eye exam yesterday and, happily, everything is exactly the same as it was a year ago. In fact, I just read over my blog posting from last year’s eye exam and I could pretty much copy and paste it and it would be accurate for this year’s exam – my optometrist did […] →Read more
So I was looking at my transcript the other day, as I was working on an application for something ((More about that in a later blog posting.)) and noticed that it said that my PhDizzle was granted on November 16, 2006. The astute among you will note that that would be exactly five years ago […] →Read more
Hey, remember that time I set a world record? I know, how could you forget with it being so epically awesome and all? Well, I think I mentioned ((I say that I “think” I mentioned because I was kind of delirious from pain and sleep deprivation during most of that game, so I can’t be […] →Read more
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I can’t believe my trip to Montreal is over already! On Saturday, we started the day with breakfast at Cora’s and then did some more shopping. Did I mention how freaking fashionable everyone in Montreal? We looked at lots of stuff, but didn’t buy a tonne – I only bought a few accessories ((Two pairs […] →Read more
Today is my 65th mom’s birthday and, in the nearly 35 years that she’s been my mom, I’ve learned a thing or two from her. Save Your Money! My mom was a banker for her entire career. And thus, my sister and I had bank accounts from an early age and we saved our money […] →Read more