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Gaming 101 - don't kill off your colonists in the first 15 min
I am one of the worst video game players on earth. Despite my utter ineptness, I enjoy playing and occasionally, idly, think maybe I should stream my attempts live. I could call myself “Captain...
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Dear Business Insider - can you spot what's wrong with this photo?
Not sure what the Business Insider editors are smoking, but they need to lay off when it comes to fact checking time. Hint: This is not the Canadian flag. Original article here...
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Do I see mammoth burgers buried under that ice?
I needed tea on Sunday and zipped over to the local Sobey’s to grab a box or two. Don’t go there often for a variety of reasons, but they’re the only ones in the area that carry the tea I like, so...
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Don't think this will work - a little midweek humour
I love snickering reading organisational help pages. The information is so out of touch with the way I cheerfully function:
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I have a plan involving a map, a Presto Card & a camera
I have a plan and it centres around this map: That is a map of Toronto neighbourhoods – some indistinguishable from others, many unique. I’m going to hop on and off the TTC (public transit here in...
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It was a brilliant idea - now if only I could remember what it was
This Post-it has been stuck to my desk for months: The first part is easy - it's a site I wanted to look up. Not a clue what the epiphany moment was. I remember thinking "THAT'S BRILLIANT" (with...
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Just a quick howdy
I've been up to my eyeballs in non-blog related matters and haven't had time to keep up with the backlog of articles I have partially prepared for Bitter Grounds. Things have straightened around (a...
View ArticleStarbucks' suburban bridal shower pink banzanarama
So … Starbucks premiered their new line of eats last week. I would have written about this earlier but, quite honestly, I was struck dumb by the site. Frilly pastel pink? Really Starbucks? I couldn't...
View ArticleI'm back baby & excuses, excuses, excuses
Time has not been kind lately. Between work and helping someone through cancer treatment and surgery, there just hasn’t been as much time as I wanted to post here. But … things are on the upswing and...
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A contest? Really? Stay tuned for details
I’m thinking of running a small contest to help us get through the rest of winter. I played with the idea of “Win Crap from my Closet” but common sense prevailed. This is a wiser choice: It’s a small...
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But I only need 1 glue stick
I went to buy a glue stick today. One glue stick. 1 ... just a single item. This is what I was offered: And this: Finally way up ... at the top ... there they are: And yes, of course they were at the...
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Steamy street scene? I'm in!
I look at photos of steam venting out of utility grates and feel envious of the photographer - right place at the right time. Oh and they happen to have their camera with them. Yesterday I had my...
View ArticleLurking around Toronto with my camera & misc thoughts
I've been wandering around Toronto in my spare time, testing out routes for the Mapping Toronto project. After doing a few test runs in a couple of neighbourhoods, I realized some will take multiple...
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