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My sister sent me this ad a little while ago: She sent it because it made her think of me, as one of my pet peeves is people getting nutrition advice from people who have no idea what they are talking about – like from people working in a supplement store ((Just today I was […] →Read more
Hate when people don’t have out of office auto-replies set up when they are away for an extended period of time Love Keyboard Cat: →Read more
As I mentioned a little while ago, I’m on a quest to bake new things. There was one suggestion of a good place to get some bread recipes, which is cool because I’ve not done much in the way of baking breads. Since I need to come up with at least 12 different things to […] →Read more
The wonderful thing about being a blogger is that no matter what crazy, #$%ed up shit happens to you, you can always think, “At least this will make a great blog posting!” Which was, in fact, exactly what Alicia said yesterday when we were out for our 20 km run – the last of our […] →Read more
Over on Kalev’s K-log, he posted an analysis of the devaluation of Shopper’s Drug Mart Optimum points. For my non-Canadian readers, Shopper’s Drug Mart is a pharmacy and “Optimum” is their loyalty program – you get points every time you buy stuff at Shopper’s and once you get a certain amount of points, you can […] →Read more
My dad’s favourite sandwich is one of his own invention: the reverse peanut butter sandwich. A reverse peanut butter sandwich consists of: one slice of white bread about 1/2 inch of Kraft (i.e., full of salt and sugar and shortening) peanut butter about 1/2 inch of Imperial (i.e., hydrogenated!) margarine, on top of the peanut […] →Read more
So, remember last week when I told you about how Telus had “generously” offered me a service that I already pay for in honour of my birthday on a day that isn’t my birthday? Well, every time I post something on my blog, a tweet is automatically generated with a link to that posting. And […] →Read more
So I was driving home from work yesterday and as I was driving by the local cemetery, as one does who lives in location in which a cemetery is located between their home and office, and I noticed a new sign on their lawn: Here’s a close up of the sign: So, yeah, just a […] →Read more
Today my dad is officially a pensioner! Though he has retired many times before, today he officially gets to call himself “retired for good” and start collecting his CPP ((for my non-Canadian readers, that’s Canada Pension Plan)). In his honour, I shall purchase a Lotto Max ticket today for this week’s draw – who knows, […] →Read more