Ten years ago, I wrote this frustrating rundown of trying to refill my laundry card. That was 10 years ago! And the sad thing is very little has changed. We have made some improvements, but the system still has some pretty big flaws in it, and the flaws are brain-snappingly stupid. Back in November, for …
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Royalty-Free, I’ll Sing A Song, Rickety-Tickety-Tin
Back when I was at university, I discovered Tom Lehrer. I can’t remember if it was because of the song “Poisoning Pigeons in the Park” or the Dectalk version, but I decided I was going to learn everything I could about him. I went down a great big Tom Lehrer rabbit hole. I bought albums. …
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ECards Are Still A Thing!
I think with this story, I’m about to sound like someone who just crawled out from under a very large rock, or a person who acts older than their actual age. Oh well, here goes, in the hopes that it might help someone else. I have said before that I hate picking out greeting cards …
There’s No Place But Home For The Holidays
Welcome to our new lockdown, Ontario. Because of this occasion, I updated an old Christmas favourite with words for the present circumstances. In case you don’t know the song… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBc94tXCkLM Oh, there’s no place but home for the holidays We’re all locked down, there’s nowhere you can roam. Take your Christmas online, there’s a million …
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An Appropriate Song for This Christmas
I have mentioned Mom’s favourite Roger Whittaker Christmas album before in the context of making fun of the stupid song on it. But there’s another song that’s on that album that’s been going through my head ever since it became apparent that we were staying here for Christmas. Christmas is here again. Stand up and …
Your Pickle Is…Yodelling?
A couple of years ago, I bought Brad one of these Yodelling Pickles at the Christkindl market. I got it because I thought the idea was freaking hilarious and I hoped he’d get a kick out of it. I’m glad I didn’t buy it for the tradition of it because I would have been a …
A Funny Christmas Songs Playlist? Yes Please!
Steve and I have wanted to subscribe to The Funny Music Project for years, and I finally did it. The first newsletter I received included a link to a funny Christmas songs Spotify playlist. Awesome! Some of these songs I recognize, and others I am very curious about. I was going to try and build …
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So…I Guess We Have Treats
Because it’s Christmas, Steve and I were trying to get each other Christmas presents and not tell each other what we got, of course. But because we have mind beams, we kind of both did the same thing. And the result is we have many many treats. Oops. Remember those yummy treats I bought us? …
Sweet Dreams Are Not Made of Coronavirus
As this stupid virus drags on, I’m happy I’m not having as many dreams about it as I did at the beginning. But I still have had a couple wacky ones so I thought I would write them down. The first one was the longest and most drawn out. I had it a few months …
Some Local Deliciousness
I can’t believe I’m about to post a picture of food. But I think this is a special occasion! Like I said in my post about getting Christmas gifts, I was doing my best to seek out local businesses that I would happen to hear about. I even went and looked up local businesses I’d …