I've been watching the politicking in my former home province with some small measure of curiousity. Seeing what's going on with the Wildrose party (Really, guys? Claiming the name of a provincial icon does not mean you represent the whole province), I'm honestly glad I left when I did. Tax meddling? Small government rhetoric? Conscience rights? ( Read more... )

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Raccoons are incredibly persistent, tenacious little creatures. I discovered this last night, when the little cheeky procyonids were trying to raid the trash again, outside the office, making quite the racket trilling and squalling at one another, while squabbling over the scraps in the bins they'd knocked over. I wasn't having that, ran out to ( Read more... )

While on shift last night, a slightly silly thing happened; I was outside for a walk, when I felt something bunt me gently in the calf from behind. Turned around, lo and behold, there's a pudgy black and white cat happily rubbing its head on my leg. Patted the little guy, resumed walking, and noted with some amusement that the little furry fellow ( Read more... )

For those of you wondering, yes, I am still here. I missed Rainfurrest, FC and the usual conventions I try to attend; Needless to say, it's been a little crazy. Here's a general update on goings-on ( Read more... )

For the past week or so, I've had a nagging, ache-like pain in my chest, one that sits fairly consistently centerline. The symptoms of heart trouble aren't there otherwise, and it could even possibly be respiratory to some degree; What worries me is twofold; I work in a very old building with quantities of asbestos, and some areas have severe ( Read more... )

People, sit back and think a moment. Are we not already materialistic enough? When it's gotten to the point where a woman is pepper-spraying fellow shoppers just to ensure she can keep a Black Friday bargain, seriously. Has it not gone far enough? Yet people still seriously wonder why protests like Occupy and anti-corporate movements are blossoming ( Read more... )

Occasionally we all have nights that proverbially, suck ass. So let me alliteratively paint a crude picture of last night for you, at work ( Read more... )

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Trying to set up Tortoise Git on a Win7 x64 machine is a pain in the ass. Still, it's one of the first steps in what's likely to be a very, very long and trying road. Just a quick, and probably very important update... I finally decided to leap the precipice. I'm no longer contracting on other people's games. I'm making my own, with a group of ( Read more... )