Category: General Entries
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This is the nagging sound of any Canadian wife to her husband in early November when the first signs of winter frost start appearing. A car without snow tires is like well… a Canadian without a shovel, it ain’t going…
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I just had a moment of melting childhood softspot when I saw this link to Le roi et l’oiseau on DVD Times on Spyhunter’s blog. It was apparently renamed The King and the Mockingbird in English, but was never subtitled…
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Haven’t had the time to read your favourite RSS feeds these days? Wishing you could catch up with your blog reading? Lo and behold, the Rsstroom reader is here to solve that problem! The Rsstroom reader prints your RSS feeds…
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Look up “bad idea” in the dictionary, and you’ll find a photo of me, a big bag of chocolate covered coffee beans washed down with a large coffee in a timespan of about 10 minutes. I think I’ve had so…
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To go with the seasonal spirit and all that… That Canadian Girl proudly presents: The Chav Nativity. Best read by an Essex girl. There’s this bird called Mary, yeah? She’s a virgin (wossat then?) She’s not married or nuffink, but…
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Just for my dad, a now-retired high school teacher… Calvin & Hobbes hope for a snow day. The wishful thinking of any good Canadian student between December and March. (Borrowed from uComics.) As a note to all Mac OS X…
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Wow, nearly a week since I blogged… Geez, I didn’t think having a social life and a busy job would affect my blogging that much! Thursday night, we had some friends over for one of their birthdays and had raclette…
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Can you imagine what 250,000 super balls bouncing down a San Francisco road would look like? Check it out on Sony Bravia’s mini-site. I highly recommend downloading the Featurette. Simply a great ad, and as one of the camera guys…
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Some of the +3000 November Google searches, in keeping with my much-loved monthly (sorta) tradition! This month was a true success… “pimp my girl / pimp my fiesta” – This could all go so wrong… Is it set in Essex?…
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Last night, we stayed at some friends’ house and had a really good evening. Nice food, good wine, and great friends. And one really fun game! We played Buzz, a music quiz game I’d read about on the BBC site…
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