I was just scrolling through Twitter, and saw this article about a new program being started up by emergency services in Guelph. It was some kind of wacky fridge magnet that was supposed to save lives, so of course I had to read about it. I guess the program is called “File of Life” and …
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Helen Henderson Dies
I got some sad news last week. Helen Henderson, who wrote a column on disability issues at the Toronto Star, died last weekend. Whenever I would stumble across one of her columns, I always thought it was well-written and didn’t beat around the bush. She knew how to fight and just be honest about the …
To Get Us Through The Aeons of Ion Construction…
I think I’m cursed. A few years ago, I had the joy of living through Guelph Remastered. That was a heapin’ helpin’ of no fun. Now, just when I was feeling pretty good about my ability to wing around parts of Kitchener-Waterloo, along comes LRT construction. And oh me oh my oh boy. Time to …
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Everybody Send Good Thoughts To Ann Adams
I think a lot of our regular readers remember Ann Adams, right? She’s got lots of comments on here, and often, her and Steve talk baseball. She’s been a loyal fan of ours for about 10 years or so. Holy crap that’s a long time. I thought I might meet her when I went to …
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Homemade Pill Pockets: For When Your Dog Is A Pill About Taking Pills
I got a recipe for making homemade pill pockets. I figured I’ll put this up. It might help me later on when I get a dog who doesn’t hoover up everything in her bowl, meds included. Maybe it might help Brad out with Trixeroo if she needs meds, since she was very talented at avoiding …
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Two Years with the Shmansington Bear
I’m a few days late on this, but oh well. Wednesday was the two-year anniversary of when Tansy exuberantly entered my life. I can hardly believe it. Two years. I looked at what I was up to 2 years ago today. It looks like Tansy hadn’t worn her boots for me for the first time …
I Heard A Song On The…Radial?
I learned something last week, and apparently I’m not the only one who did. Someone was talking about those fields on a form where you have to choose one choice, for example are you male or female, and kept referring to them as radial buttons. I was 99.999999999999 percent sure they were supposed to be …
Herrrrrrrrrrrrrm…Bzzzzzzzzzzzz
I think we all know this experience. You pick up the phone, say hello, and a second later, you get blasted by the sound of a boat horn. Then a voice says you’ve won a cruise and all you have to do is do a survey…at which point, hopefully you hang up because you think …
Trix Pics
Woo! Trix pictures! Woo! I’ve had these pictures for months, and have meant to put them up. But the process of putting them up, for me at least, is a bit laborious, and as I’ve said repeatedly, laborious processes and the captain don’t mix too well. Then I headed back to work and got busy, …
Is Anita Clue Here? No?
This is the first thing I’ll be posting since the big blog overhaul…and I had to go and post something juvenile like This Toronto Board of Health guy getting pranked. But it made me laugh…and I can’t figure out what the last fake name is that he reads out. It’s something like I’m a moron, …