5th
November
2006
Rex never lets me down. Today, the question in focus is the eyeglazing topic of a tax correction aimed at income trusts. This has caused a very stressful condition in many people that can be summed up as “the government has done me wrong”. Not to be confused with “the government is wrong” or “I’m wrong about the government”. No need for confusion on any of these issues.
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28th
October
2006
The weather today was about as unpleasant as it gets. High winds. Heavy cold rain. A whole list of things to do outside that just didn’t get done. Did I add that the snow fell as well, which left the dog in a curious state. Her environment had to be revisited, in spite of the climate. Door open. Door close. Repeat.
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25th
October
2006
I’m not destined for a career in advertising, it’s clear. I don’t have that quirky sense of distorted reality that the job requires. Usually, I know what I need, and then I find a source, rather than the other way around; not a good target for the advertising mentality.
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19th
October
2006
It’s easy to see why the magazine subscription model is so successful. Every issue, direct to you mailbox, at a reduction in cost. Simple. Easy as 1-2.3.
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12th
October
2006
The local newspapers are having a field day with some recent statistics from local civil services, including schools and bureacrats, in terms of the number of days of absenteeism that can be quoted. After all, those slackers don’t work hard enough to ever get sick, right?
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6th
October
2006
Today I was a hunter. In the modern, post artillery sense. This is the start of the Thanksgiving weekend in Canada; we have to celebrate our harvest earlier than the Americans to avoid snowfall. And, if tradition is to be followed, a turkey must be part of the menu.
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26th
September
2006
Once upon a time, people went out the the woods and cut down trees to heat their homes. Not enough trees cut down, you had cold feet. Seems like a balanced way of doing things.
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22nd
September
2006
A friend of son #1 stayed overnight, which drove the poor dog into a frenzy but didn’t change too much else in our routine. Came time for him to head east, we gave him directions to the city transit stop. Of course he wasn’t there on time, so when we headed out to forage for supper, we picked him up. Of course, he didn’t even have the bus fare to get into the city core, because he’d stopped to buy a pop (hence missing the bus, but circular logic is everything).
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19th
September
2006
The city has made its revised property evaluations public, and almost every house in the city is now worth almost 40% more than a week ago.
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18th
September
2006
Anyone who has tried grocery shopping on a weekend, and that counts in anybody who has a regular job and wants to eat, has run head on into the law that protects “the little guy”. The law that prohibits more than a limited number of employees in a supermarket after darkness or during the day of rest. The law that guarantees that the depanneur won’t be put out of business by the huge corporate monsters that feed all but a select few.
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