A newer version of WordPress, with little popups to tell me what I am doing. Just in time for the holidays.
posted in education | Comments Off on My favourite geography book | 252 words
I was ready. Seriously, with bells on ready, at an early hour. Alas, the storm was “too little, too late”. Enough to aggravate the situation on roads, given the “under construction” status we’ve been under for several years now. Enough to remind me how the “wind at my back” is really a good thing.
posted in Wx | Comments Off on Too little, too late | 266 words
After watching the news documentary on one of our major prisons, I’ve just added another resolution to my list: don’t go to jail. Instead, pass Go and pick up the $200.
posted in education | Comments Off on Another resolution on my list | 263 words
Out to get some air today. The stuff in cans. With what it costs, be glad that you get the breathing kind for free.
posted in pets, Wx | Comments Off on Selling off the foundation to your house | 270 words
The ebook reader is here to stay. Proof? Well, how about two top-selling authors that are both writing serialized e-fiction? Atwood and Stephenson. There. Proof.
posted in media, pets | Comments Off on Announcing the end (perhaps) of the jet plane debacle | 258 words
The city has announced another round of compressions in the public transit budget. For those of you, alone in your bubble-car, this means little. For the rest of us, not the news that improves the day.
posted in travel | Comments Off on Making do with less | 281 words
Remember all that noise, last spring? The beating of pots and pans? Cue “It’s all coming back to me now”. Anyhow, the student tuition freeze was maintained, on the principle that you could only squeeze the stone so far… or something like that.
posted in politics | Comments Off on Squeezing the stone | 249 words
A word of advice: if you haven’t tried that mayo and Parmesan recipe that is showing on TV, do so. Really good, and the prep time (under five minutes for setup, plus an hour in the oven) works well when your cooking schedule is scrunched on both ends. This one, I’ll do again.
posted in food | Comments Off on A TV recipe that rocks | 258 words
The turn was wrong, on so many levels. Actually, on one level, but this is my blog; I can overdo things if I choose. We were on the city bus, on schedule, due to make the connection on the university campus. When the bus driver turned right, early, we all took notice. When he pulled over and parked, we came to attention. Full stop.
posted in pets, travel | Comments Off on Forget linear travel | 262 words
A sequence that gets things done without leaving any lasting mark. My life. Put the load of laundry into slow cycle. Steer the family taxi into the city centre; impossible to arrive “on time”, given the short notice I receive that a trip will be needed. Head back out along the shore route.
posted in travel | Comments Off on Out and about in the rain | 289 words
