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wasting time

July 20th, 2010 · No Comments · for fun, whatever

“Time you enjoyed wasting was not wasted.” [John Lennon]
(Photo taken in English Bay, Vancouver, aboard Chi-Ling)
“Honor yourself in deciding how to spend your time, and then let yourself be and enjoy it. Moments come and go too quickly to waste one worrying about another that’s past. So enjoy your moments today, whatever [...]

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slurls

June 8th, 2010 · No Comments · for fun, whatever

A new term for me today, “slurls” — slurred URLs. The sometimes unfortunate results of putting company names into URLs without spaces. Read the following URLs. I mean read them.

www.whorepresents.com – Who Represents, celebrity agent database
www.lesbocages.com – Les Bocages, tree nursery
www.expertsexchange.com -  Experts Exchange, where programmers can trade advice
www.ladrape.co.uk – La Drape sells high-end quilted [...]

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the rear view mirror

May 16th, 2010 · No Comments · my world, whatever

Yup, retirement is certainly proving to be a great b’day present to self. I’m enjoying it enormously. Have pretty much gotten over the “I’m bored, what should I do?” stage already. Ian, my partner, calls that the decompression stage of retiring. (SCUBA diver talk.)

But anyway, it’s so great to [...]

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swarm intelligence favors NOVELTY

May 2nd, 2010 · No Comments · I'm recommending, whatever

Bees fascinate me. I’d like to have my own bee farm, but alas condo living doesn’t allow for it.
Here’s a fascinating video about the bee waggle dance, in which forager bees tell their buddies back at the hive about EXACTLY where to find some great nectar.

I got the above from a [...]

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can the anti-HST campaign work?

April 11th, 2010 · No Comments · whatever

This isn’t about my opinion about HST (harmonized sales tax), one way or the other. But as 80% of BC people object to our provincial government’s upcoming instigation of HST, I’ve been wondering whether everybody knows the extent of what it’s going to take to block this from happening.
The following is from a [...]

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Grab-and-go breakfast bars. Yum + healthy!

April 9th, 2010 · No Comments · whatever

I just saw this recipe at the RealAge.com website (one of my favorite health-inducing websites). I’m putting these yummers on my to-make-soon list!

How-to-make-them video: http://bit.ly/dhEebJ
Or here is direct link to the recipe: http://bit.ly/aMtjyE
Posted via web from prePosterous

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which blogging platform?

April 4th, 2010 · No Comments · my world, whatever

Help! I need some feedback: Wordpress or Blogger or Posterous????

I think I might start blogging regularly again. I enjoyed creating my recent travelogue blog and I also enjoyed the feedback. So I’ve begun weighing which blogging platform to use regularly. I have blogger.com blogs, a wordpress blog, and a posterous blog. I like them all [...]

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a new post on a new blog

April 13th, 2009 · 2 Comments · whatever

this is all I have to say: I hope this wordpress theme works out because I’m really tired of surfing for a theme that meets all my wishes and needs!

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