Please stop using Internet Explorer
Yesterday my brother Gino brough to my attention the sordid state of my site as viewed on Internet Explorer 6. My site looks good on Firefox or any other non-evil browser, but alas, it looks like shit...
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Personal
Toilet paper burns
Well, today I had a steak dinner. Two steaks in fact. Third day in a row of steaks – thanks to my new meat budget. It was all good until it came time to evacuate the contents of my bowels. It al...
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Remembrance Day
Well, today was Remembrance Day. It’s a time when we remember those who died in service to “King and Country”. Like most Canadians I have many relatives who fought for differen...
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Happy Guy Fawkes Night!
Remember, remember the Fifth of November,The Gunpowder Treason and Plot,I can think of no reasonWhy the Gunpowder TreasonShould ever be forgot.Guy Fawkes, Guy Fawkes, t’was his intentTo blow up ...
Quitting Coke
I’ve been drinking a ridiculous amount of Coke every day since grade nine. I know it’s bad for me, but I’ve never really thought about it much. But yesterday I weighed myself and am not pleased with w...
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In memory of my grandfather 1927-1970
At my job I speak with people from all over British Columbia. In the course of events I’ll inevitably run into someone who I knew years before. The other day was like that, sort of. I was speaki...
America
I had a wonderful weekend in Nanaimo with my dear friend “Dolly Iris”. I love coming home to spend time with old friends. The older I get the more I realise how important loved ones are t...
I got my American citizenship!
So yeah, it’s official – I’m an American citizen! It has taken nearly a decade for me to compile all the documents required to prove my American citizenship, but I’ve done it. ...
RIP my SD card
My 2 gig SD card is no more. The SD slot at my work computer doesn’t actually take the whole card, so 3/4 of the actual card is exposed to the elements (ie. my clumsiness). As I swivel around in...
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The first email I ever received
This is the first email I ever received. It was from my brother in response to my suggestion that we go to McDonald’s with money that I had quickly obtained earlier that day with minimal effort....