The iPad is filling up. I might have to dump some of the apps that do things, or chuck out some of the virtual magazines. How like real life is that?
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Certain anniversaries almost pass unnoticed. The newscast, this evening brought one to mind. Just over thirty years ago, I almost “got blowed up, real good”. Saved by eating breakfast. Long story, rendered caduque by the passage of time. It involved the Pope, as a plus.
posted in computing, economy | Comments Off on Testing my limited patience | 252 words
There. Another of my work problems has been fixed. The school with no telephone service (for ten days) received an unadvertised visit from a phone guy either Friday or this morning. Now the phone system rings through. I am impressed. Or not.
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The joys of buying slightly used stuff. Where, in return for less money, you also get a story. Take that, impersonal retail!
posted in economy | Comments Off on Joys of resale | 277 words
A special thanks to the NatGeo web channel, for offering me hours and hours of stupidity mixed with science. Seriously. The program is called Science Of Stupid, and while we wince he explains the concepts in a manner befitting a Grade Eight classroom dude (with a killer sense of humour). I can’t get into details, but my partner asked if it was legal to show people killing themselves…
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Don’t underestimate the power of suggestion. After standing in a bus shelter for fifteen minutes, directly in the path of an exhaust fan from a pizza place; is it unexpected that we had a large all-dressed pie for supper? Now extrapolate to the hundreds of flush with cash students that congregate there every afternoon.
posted in food | Comments Off on Ratios in a virtual world | 256 words
I live by my calendar, at work. Otherwise, too many doubled requests, which pleases none. And this afternoon, I sent my first refusal, due to “insufficient days left”. I knew it would arrive…
posted in environment | Comments Off on A blonde barking lamb | 257 words
Part of the job description for parents, once past that initial nurturing phase is teaching. Or, as those in the cheap seats refer to it, lecturing. Giving advice, in firehouse quantities.
posted in computing, education | Comments Off on Back flow of advice | 253 words
Found myself going through a gallery of snowstorm photos and wondering if my mental state is deteriorating rapidly. Come on! There’s at least a month and a half before that becomes a consideration. So Canadian!
posted in economy | Comments Off on My life needs a banana box | 252 words
Today, being the national holiday of Labour Day, there’s a certain irony that I get do as little as possible. Everything of any size is closed (in the retail domain). Food depends on what we have on hand; pasta will replace potatoes, come supper time.
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