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Friends-only
My journal is now going to be friends-only. I appreciate all the people who have enjoyed reading up on my adventures but it's time to "privatize" so to speak. From now on my only public entries will contain relatively trivial content, or things that I specifically want to send to a public audience. If you'd like to continue reading my blog ( Read more... ) -
Micropayment is a Good Thing
After some considerable customer service pain I managed to port my old 604 number to Callcentric as I am now using my cell for primary service. It was hell getting Primus to release it but the deed is done.
I like how from this point on that number costs me merely US$1.95/month plus 1-2 cents/min on incoming calls which are currently routed straight ( Read more... ) -
Toronto
I'm in Toronto until December 27th, at which point the whole family and I will lift off to the island of Saint-Martin for a full week. I return to Toronto early evening on January 3rd, and then fly out back to Vancouver later in the day on January 5th.
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Night Before Christmas (24 Sussex Edition)
Twas the night before Christmas, with Harper shut out
Dion and his family were milling about;
Stone carvings were placed on the mantle with care
So that Chrétien could guard against burglars there;
Layton and Bob Rae were spooning at last
Old NDP battles long-gone in the past;
Ignatieff in bathrobe, Dion with backpack
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Why I like my provincial NDP candidate
My provincial NDP byelection candidate, Spencer Herbert, decided to go on a 24-hour campaign blitz. I woke up to see this on his Facebook page:
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Archive photo dysfunction
Many of the public entries on this blog have to do with my travels, from the summer of 2005 through to late 2006. A significant number of photos posted on these and other entries used my old torque.net web space, which is now unavailable indefinitely. So I apologize if my old photo evidence is suddenly gone. I may be able to reconstitute it at some ( Read more... ) -
NBC Video - Tina Fey as Sarah Palin
http://www.clearspring.com/widgets/4727a250e66f9723?p=48cd2af29bbc33ce
Tina Fey as Sarah Palin = Priceless
I tried to embed directly but the wrong video came up.
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I has a famous
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/06/13/tech-copyright.html
Copyright bill protests surge online
Last Updated: Friday, June 13, 2008 | 6:20 PM ET
By Peter Nowak, CBC News
More than 7,000 new members joined a ( Read more... )
