Monthly Archives: October 2004
We’ve got a computer down! Oh wait, never mind…
Minor crisis yesterday. My computer wouldn’t boot up. It would turn on, make all the appropriate noises, and then… blank screen. It’s done this before, most notably after I moved up here. And once last weekend. It gets fixed through … Continue reading
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Filed under Bookish, Computer Geekage, Knitting, Movies
Swap meet!
Crooked Timber’s Friday fun thread! I can think of a few to add to the list: replace George Michael with Freddie Mercury swap Jack Spyerek (The Trews) with Gary Low (ex-Big Sugar) let old-school, talented Michael Jackson take over from … Continue reading
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Promises, shmomises
Earlier this week, I promised myself that I wouldn’t buy any more yarn or any more books until I finished what I had on hand. I’m in the middle of four or five projects, and I have a stack of … Continue reading
To do list
Towards the end of the second teleconference (the portion I like to refer to as “navel-gazing time” because two or three people start discussing minutia), I jotted down a to-do list of things I needed to do when I got … Continue reading
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Filed under All About Moi, Puttering
Sounds like a teleconference
Today at work, I had two meetings, both by teleconference. The first was fairly small, just myself, the other client services people, and our manager. The second was related to our interlibrary loan software, so it was all the various … Continue reading
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Mama, don’t let you baby grow to be a Skip
Tonight, and every night of the week, in cities all across the country, thousands of people are taking part in a dangerous sport. They don’t realize what kind of harm they risk incurring, with their complete lack of safety equipment, … Continue reading
Filed under All About Moi, Curling and swearing
The Last Ten Songs I Listened To
The Cult – The Witch Starkicker – Get Up John Lennon – Woman April Wine – Tonite is a Wonderful Time to Fall in Love The Go-Go’s – Our Lips are Sealed Big Country – In a Big Country Dodgy … Continue reading
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Filed under Tunes
There goes my attention span…
I sat down earlier this evening to write a couple of posts, but got involved in two major chat sessions, one with the person responsible for getting me hooked on Farscape (hi Robin!) and another with the ILP (Insane Larocque … Continue reading
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Filed under All About Moi, Misc
Sunday Night TV – Take 3: The Greatest Canadian, eh?
My mom called last night to tell me that the CBC was airing The Greatest Canadian. I hadn’t known it was on, or even intended to watch the whole thing, but naturally, I got sucked in. As one of the … Continue reading
Sunday Night TV – Take 2: Surreal enough to be funny
I don’t get The Brak Show. If I were watching it in the middle of the afternoon, I’d probably change the channel, scratching my head and wondering what the hell that was. However, Sunday nights when I’m falling asleep on … Continue reading