11th
May
2006
The post office delivered the first half of our income tax refunds today. Always a welcome letter, this return of some of my money, overpaid and held for almost a calendar year without any requirement to pay interest. But, the filing my return by computer has taken the time required down to just over a week, and some saving must have been generated for us all given that no warm wage-earning body was required to key the data into the computer (I don’t count, in this imaginary calculation).
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posted in politics |
10th
May
2006
This morning, even before the first coffee, I called up my blog page, and… nothing. No login prompt, no header, nothing.
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posted in computing |
9th
May
2006
“Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. …”
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8th
May
2006
Maybe it’s time to dust off the “Composer Hat” and prepare a soundtrack. I just watched a Flickr slideshow (new window to the world will open) dedicated to those who fish. Not your weekend angler, but the ones that put their life on the waterline, day after day.
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7th
May
2006
The pothole (variety found on streets, not the one on Cammie’s stove) is a wonderful analogy for software updates. Generally, you can navigate around them, if your speed is within limits, but sometimes you have to drive straight through, holding tight to the steering wheel and glad that your seatbelt is in place and there are few loose objects to fly off the seat.
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6th
May
2006
Through life, one has the opportunity to collect a lot of baggage, both in the virtual and in the solid, stress your back kind. My personal weakness is books. In spite of the periodic purges, giveaways, losses through loans, they do gather.
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5th
May
2006
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4th
May
2006
Now that the ice is gone, the time for “starting” the pool is upon us. Let’s face it, we have removed most of the toxic waste dumps from our home lives, but in a climate where summer is measured in terms of weeks instead of months, the backyard swimming pool is a chosen evil. Note I did not say necessary.
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3rd
May
2006
The new government has tabled their first budget, in which all sorts of innovative ways are being found to spend the accumulated fiscal wealth. Would someone please pause the video long enough for the rest of us to do some high school math?
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2nd
May
2006
This would have fit better yesterday, but never late than ever. I just finished watching one of the few music videos that celebrated the May Pole, Morris dancers, the Doruschuk brothers, a guest appearance by Kathleen Sergerie and a dwarf. Ring any memory bells, yet? Well, obviously, it was the Safety Dance, by Men Without Hats, originally a hit way back in 1983. Two decades, and still it holds a special place on the shelf of memories.
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