Our kitchen prepares about five hundred meals a year. Usually for a small group; two or three plus pet pest share. We aren’t crazy “Oh, we should try that” folk. No, our tastes are a function of hunger and budget, with a heaping tablespoon of “what the local market actually has in stock”.
posted in food | Comments Off on The great cookbook purge | 254 words
My exposure to cinema is limited. I don’t like sitting in closed rooms with hundreds of others, basking in the glow of cellphone screens and inhaling second-hand popcorn odour. After all, my health is important.
Just to show that I do pay a minimum of attention, the Habs won again this evening. Means little, other than to affirm that they aren’t “done”, yet. Many people with an investment in jerseys and tiny flags that mount on the car windows can sleep soundly this evening.
posted in genealogy, pets | Comments Off on Let sleeping dogs lie in their own beds | 252 words
The people who take care of the refuse run in our sector have special rules. Or reasoning. Sometimes they like what I offer up; other times not so much. Some days, they refuse my refuse, and never leave a reason (or excuse).
posted in environment | Comments Off on The refused refuse | 272 words
I hate my printers. In large part, because they print well, as long as I spend all my extra cash feeding them with toner or ink cubes, according to the model. This is a low volume household, and when the need to print comes along, I shouldn’t have to shake drums, or use ancient prayers over the ink nozzles. It should be like in an office…
posted in technology | Comments Off on Locked gates | 271 words
My scientifically able friends have tried, over the years, to explain why mess increases. I know, a law of some sort. In the layman’s vernacular, mess is natural.
posted in politics | Comments Off on A cache of screwdrivers! | 255 words
When the bank officer asked what the SWIFT code might be for our transaction, and if we would be working in Canadian currency, I knew we had wandered into uncharted territory.
posted in economy, politics | Comments Off on Not SWIFT | 252 words
The talking heads needed more than three hours to tell the tale. This is election day on the Island, and with just about all the counting completed, there will be continuity in the colours. Liberals are still in a majority, albeit diminished. Two of the four party leaders did not “win” their seats, which means weeks of posturing ahead. And the Green party entered into the books (historical or otherwise), by placing the “Happy Dentist” into the assembly. All in all, good fun.
posted in politics | Comments Off on Tally the ballots | 285 words
It seemed so real! One of the dreams that slides into wakefulness, without the usual “forgot completely what it was about”. My blog had a whole new look. Photographically enhanced, very colourful, ready for the future. But by the time I started an online quest for a better theme, I realized just how tough it might be. There are hundreds and hundreds of efforts by others, and making a decision on what I need will require more than a wish.
posted in environment | Comments Off on I may be finally old | 251 words
I’m finally old enough to stop believing in one of the major myths. Much bigger than any of the ones with benevolent gift bestowers; the bunnies and flying elk. No, I am ready to forego the “big one” which presents the world as an us vs them. Forget the flags, or songs that make people stand (for no rational reason).
posted in politics | Comments Off on No longer fooled by the fairy tale | 260 words
