Humor
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Since losing my job with Blockbuster, I’m always on the lookout for new ways to save money. With the help of the fine people at Occupy Whatever, I’ve come up with a great new plan. Normally, my family and I would drive very long distances to set up our campsite and then later tear it…
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Life is like driving. Looking back while moving forwards can have unpleasant consequence. Cheers, Winston
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So our provincial election is over. Dalton McGuinty and the Liberal Party returned for a third round but with a minority this time. That just gives them a handy excuse for anything they promised but don’t deliver on. All of that is irrelevant because so few people showed up to vote. We could have elected…
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Lynn and I drove back into town from our trailer to vote. Unfortunately, we came in at rush hour. Or in this case two hours of not rushing at all. The upside, such as it is, is all the time it gives to people watch. People in dense, slow moving traffic tend to do some…
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I love National Geographic. They cover a huge range of topics and now and then, they just make me smile. Today was a good example of that. I recently liked Nat Geo on Facebook, and now get status updates from them. So far, so cool. An update from Tuesday ran as follows: “Hailing from China’s…
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After months of having everyone tell me how incredible Portal 2 is, I’ve finally started playing it. So far, I’ve got to say, it looks like they’re right. More to the point, it sounds like they’re right. The game play is exactly what I expected. The controls are smooth, precise and easy. The puzzles are…
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Once again the fine people at Maclean”s have answered the perennial question, “What shall I write about today?” Thank you very much nice people. As you can see from the title, this post is all about tech and how we use it. Specifically, it’s about portable technology and how we use it to abuse those…
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Any of you who work in a corporate environment have probably at some point encountered the S.M.A.R.T. guidelines for decision making. The acronym stands for Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and Time-bound. You can see why I think perhaps the government uses something different. Some of the most outstanding examples of this are the “Wars” the…
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Here I am once again trying to decide what to write for the day. While I was at work, I had this great idea about the ethics of the situation with Blockbuster, but franklly, I’m just don’t have anything new to say about that. Once the court hands down it’s ruling and we know what’s…
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Last night while driving to my trailer, I realized why dogs like car rides so much. Here’s my theory. Normally if a dog wants to experience new things, it has to get off the couch and walk around sniffing stuff. The more new things it wants to experience, the further it has to walk. Now…
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