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So, my brief tenure at GameStop has drawn to a close. Nothing against them, it was a great job while it lasted. Unfortunately, it was only part time. Not enough hours for me to live on. So when I heard my local Fido store was hiring full time, I jumped ship. Everything is very amicable,…
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Photo by: Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel For those who don’t know, I don’t live in the U.S. I live in Canada, which means I still have a large vested interest in the activities of our friend and neighbour to the south. As such, I have been following with some interest the campaigns for the leadership of…
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Recently I was browsing back issues of Maclean’s magazine when an article caught my eye from the September 5th issue. It’s title “Too Many Cops?” makes the author’s position clear. They aren’t asking a question, they’re delivering a verdict. It just looks nicer if they frame it as a question. The gist of the article…
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A post has shown up in the Facebook updates of a couple of people I know which got me a little wound up. Being me, I quite naturally fired off a response and moved on, but I couldn’t get it out of my head. It kept nagging at me, so I did a bit more…
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The old year draws fast to a close, wrapped beneath it’s recent snows; Outside my door a cold wind blows, as the year draws to a close. All within is warm and bright, on this the waning year’s last night; We’ll celebrate returning light, here where all is warm and bright. So very soon the…
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My friend Jason gave me screener passes to the new Tintin film as an early birthday present. So bright and early this morning, Lynn and I dragged ourselves out of bed and headed off to the ten a.m. show. It couldn’t have been more worthwhile. I have been a been a fan of the iconic…
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I recently read an article on the Ottawa Sun app that makes the impending zombie apocalypse look downright appealing. It all has to do with a teenage girl’s letter to Santa. At first glance, it seems sweet that thirteen year old Mekeeda Austin still writes letters to Santa. That warm, fuzzy feeling comes to a…
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Hello again everyone. As you can see from the title, I figured I’d get all the excuses out of the way right off the top. I won`t bore you with all the details, but it`s been a busy and occasionally frustrating week. `Nuff said. In other news: In a rare fit of something I`ve never…
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So here we are once again. It`s that time of the year when the malls fill up with people desperately searching for`the perfect gift`. It goes on every year, but let`s stop and think a moment about what that perfect gift is. It`s something you put some thought into. It`s not just an I want…
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I was watching a presentation about science, magic and quantum mechanics (much more interesting than it sounds), and it gave me a couple of things to ponder. He makes the argument that science actually makes the universe more magical, not less so. Here’s an example. Any time you look out a window anywhere on the…
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