And with an early morning snowfall, we have started another season. After the high winds and cold rain from mid-week, this is better. I guess.
posted in sports, Wx | Comments Off on White welcome for football | 260 words
Every time you send a request to a web server, and you get an answer, be thankful. On the whole, this Internet thing is stable and functional.
posted in computing | Comments Off on Trying to get the hamster to run | 273 words
Oh, to have the unbridled optimism of our local mayor. Maybe it’s genetic (or pharmaceutical), but here is a man that can find something to distract him, any day of the week.
posted in politics, sports | Comments Off on With the prospect of a geological miracle in view | 253 words
Somebody’s getting married, and I think we need a new lottery. Based on what? Let’s just say that I had a little tip, and if I had the kind of bookie smarts that our national betting corporation uses for flogging that 49 thing, I’d be all over this one.
posted in computing | Comments Off on A label, but not that one | 277 words
Heard in the hallway this morning: “How’s the new phone system working out?”
The only reasonable answer is “OK, I guess…”. After all, it IS a phone system. Is it the same as the old one? Not at all, completely new? Then how can you use it? Well, it does have a handset, and a number pad, and it does ring (seven different tones, so far) at the most inopportune of times. So, it is the same as the old one!
posted in technology | Comments Off on In the end, a phone is just a phone | 281 words
I think it’s time I read another book. Specifically, China Inc., by Ted Fishburn. The times have changed, and my kids won’t be getting a job in a local factory where they will labour until they die. No more factories, locally. We’ve got McJobs, millions and millions of them, and the heavy hauling has crossed the ocean.
posted in economy | Comments Off on My watch marks the minutes | 275 words
Pardon my lack of enthusiasm, my distracted air. No, nothing’s wrong (I hope). I’ve developed a tummy ache.
posted in health | Comments Off on Treating a pain | 270 words
A hard played game, lots of good hits, and I don’t hurt a bit. Football on TV; rough stuff for the rest of us.
posted in economy | Comments Off on Comparing price points | 256 words
Like a jewel in a bag of pebbles, Linux Mint has come through again. Another update, installed without brute force or unparliamentary language.
posted in computing | Comments Off on New version of Linux Mint has launched | 271 words
As we are called to remember on this day, I pray that Canadians will remember, where it counts. In the voting cubicle. How many more soldiers will die because the current government has decided to leave them “in harm’s way”?
posted in environment | Comments Off on Obsolete maps and high winds | 272 words
