21st August 2011

Complicate the simple stuff, and profit

I’m always on the lookout for products that make me question the schooling I so painfully received over a long period of time. One of the best places to get that “dazed and confused” feeling: the local grocery store.

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20th August 2011

The circle remains unbroken

Get up, get out and move on. Vacation time is over. Find your way home, to begin another year in the service of the almighty dollar. It is so ordained.

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19th August 2011

No factory tour, this time around

Now, how did that happen? One minute, I’m happily contemplating the ocean. The next, I’m halfway to home, in a government rate motel room. I should pay better attention to what’s goin’ on. I should be grateful. Vacation could be completely over, instead of almost. I still have a few more hours of reprieve.

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18th August 2011

Last chance for local roads

It all comes down to this; the last night before heading back to my regularly scheduled programming. I’m not ready. Is regret too strong an emotion for what has been a great summer?

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17th August 2011

Underselling the client

The ladybugs are back. For those who care about such things, there are a good quantity in stock, and they are all “six pointers”.

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16th August 2011

Let’s talk about windows and doors instead

Finally. We’re ahead of the campground curve. That is, we could leave the others behind in the rain to do their washing, because our’s was done under sunshine. I know, odd.

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15th August 2011

From automobile to immobile

As a corollary to the early bird and worm story, getting up and away from the campsite isn’t always successful. When you leave things too late, better to abandon the plan for an eventual rainy day and just stay near the picnic table. Or go for a walk on the beach. Forget going to town.

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14th August 2011

New homes and pot luck

Pardon me if the typing starts to stutter. I’m under attack from a voracious horde of bloodthirsty skeeters, and I might have to stop and swat. The weather has been classic summer all day long; a rumour of 1400 cars at the Basin (is that even possible?) A meal outside without a need to sponge out  the dish between swallows.

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13th August 2011

An Acadian afternoon

One of the common denominators of camping has been the use of dogs as a reason to meet and greet. No pooch gets the kind of loving attention offered up by strangers who happen to share a tenting ground. A scratcher for every ear, if you will.

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12th August 2011

Developer dreams

Another afternoon spent close to home. Parentheses: home is a tent, and we’re actually far from our furniture and family. We dug into the cooler for breakfast ideas, had the requisite cup of mediocre coffee and then headed to visit a friend and catch up on the news.

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