• Journey

    Playstation Network offers up a game called Journey. I’ve been intrigued since reading some pre-launch articles about it. They lead to watching trailers and developer diaries. The game released in March and I’ve been looking at it off and on since then. Sunday, I finally took the plunge and downloaded the demo. Twenty minutes later…

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  • My Vote For President

    I don’t live in the United States, I’m Canadian. Even so, as our closest neighbor and largest trading partner, they have a huge influence on us. We are saturated with American media and culture. All of this to say that although I can’t vote in their Presidential election, I definitely have a preference. As much…

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  • Disgraced former media mogul and ex-con Conrad Black is saying he shouldn’t be stripped of his Order of Canada.  Why not? He is a convicted criminal who served over three years for fraud and obstruction of justice.  What part of that sounds like he should be allowed to keep one of Canada’s highest honors?  Oh, he…

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  • Job Well Done Microsoft

    So last month I got myself a new laptop. Nothing crazy, but a very nice mid-range AMD quad-core. It came with Windows 7 pre-installed. It also came with a voucher to get $25 off Windows 8. So I said what the heck, why not. Now I’m just waiting for the install to complete. So far…

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  • Dear Dad, I just wanted to drop you a quick note to tell you how lucky I have been to have you in my life. We didn’t always see eye to eye… especially when I was younger. But we eventually worked that out. You mellowed with age and I grew up. It’s amazing what a…

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  • Techno iRony

    Like many other people, my daughter and I both have cell phones. The idea is for us to be able to quickly and easily talk wherever, whenever. The reality is quite different… sort of. Earlier today my wife and I were (as usual) trying to decide what to have for supper. As a deciding factor,…

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  • Anyone who reads this blog knows I’m not a Mitt Romney fan. His comment about the “47 percent” didn’t make me like him any more. It also didn’t make me feel all warm and fuzzy about him possibly being the next President of the United States. I have however found something to make that idea…

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  • Bring Them All Home Alive

    The NATO mission in Afghanistan just sustained another giant kick in the groin. The head of the NATO mission has just announced the immediate cessation of joint Afghan/NATO patrols. To date, these joint patrons have been the norm and represented the cornerstone in the UN plan to train indigenous police and military forces to assume…

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  • Another New Toy

    For those who hadnt read my previous posts, I’m now working for Fido.   Fido is a cellular provider here in Canada.  Given my fondness for toys and gadgets it’s turned out to be a good fit.  My faithful old iPhone 3gs finally gave up the ghost.  Insert moment of silence here.  So it was…

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  • I’m a Chuck Norris fan. I have enjoyed many of his movies over the years and have nothing but respect for him as an action star. Politically however….. not so much. You see, Chuck and his wife Gena just did a Republican PSA to get out the evangelical Christian vote come election time. That’s actually…

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