28th February 2011

Bound by snow

It was akin to a parallel lifestyle. While the rest of the family (and my peers in the workplace) gave their victory dances that are appropriate for celebration of another snow day, I simply girded my loins and headed off to an appointment with my preferred hospital team. No storm could keep me away.

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27th February 2011

Shortening the list

Their list looks like this:

  • Black Swan
  • Fighter,
  • Inception
  • Kids Are All Right
  • King’s Speech
  • 127 Hours
  • Social Network
  • Toy Story 3
  • True Grit
  • Winter’s Bone

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26th February 2011

But what does it mean?

What about the odd messages we receive from our appliances? A good example; my clothes dryer with the message “Drying damp”. What does that even mean? I know the stuff is damp – it came out of the washing machine. I hope the stuff is drying, else we’ve found another way to waste time. But who actually composes this stuff?

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25th February 2011

With the reflexes of a practiced parent

Among the things that I  noticed during a (rare) full family moment: cellphones are as demanding of attention as are small children. And small children require a whole different level of attention.

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24th February 2011

A request for guts

Learned something new about the laser printer(s) in our office. Even if a printer isn’t broken, it is. That’s why companies reserve special error codes to announce the sad (expensive) news.

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23rd February 2011

In the shadow of the service pack

I got the news from another blog (the new word-of-mouth). The long awaited (by some) service pack for Windows 7 is finally available.

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22nd February 2011

No shaking required

When the earth shakes, it can ruin a perfect day. Ask the people in New Zealand. Or Chile. Or Greece. Or any number of places.

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21st February 2011

Did you receive yours?

Did you receive your invitation? Me neither.

Invite

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20th February 2011

Short memory

For those who have “learned their rights under law” by watching prime time TV, here’s a little vocabulary lesson. In Canada, we don’t have the right to a speedy trial. Rather, the Charter of Rights has this paraphrase: Read the rest of this entry »

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19th February 2011

In focus

One less thing to be curious about; the reason for the popularity of TV series-in-a-box. This weekend has seen me watching sixteen episodes of Republic Of Doyle, and without the commercials, life starts to take on a whole new meaning.

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