Category Archives: Personal

It just doesn’t fit into another category or is a very random posting – they will fit into here.

Wal-Mart, iPhones and Nice Weather…

Wal-Mart I took a short drive to the Wal-Mart just 10 minutes south of where I live.  There is a Wal-Mart in the neighbourhood that I live in, but it can be a bit sketchy plus it isn’t one of … Continue reading →

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An Ontario Visit

Every year, in the Fall, my company has an IT Conference, somewhere in Ontario.  This year, we are in Collingwood at Blue Mountain.  So, they fly those of us in that are outside of Ontario and they are nice enough … Continue reading →

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My New Vehicle

Well, it is new to me anyway.  It is a used, 2008 Dodge Nitro with just over 80000 km on it.  I doubt that I will ever purchase a new vehicle again, they are too damn expensive and lose way … Continue reading →

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Big Brothers

As I am sure that I have logged, I decided to join Big Brothers shortly after I arrived in Calgary.  I had previously been involved when I lived in St. Catharines with sort of mixed results. The first time I … Continue reading →

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Boston Pizza & Baseball

I went an watched the MLB All-Star game last evening at Boston Pizza, well, sort of. I mean I did go to Boston Pizza and the All-Star game was on.  However, I really didn’t watch a lot of it.  I … Continue reading →

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Calgary Flood, 2013

I have started an entry a couple of times in the last month and then have selected “Move to Trash” for one reason or another – I am feeling more lucky this time around. Let’s see, what has happened in … Continue reading →

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Dry as the Sahara

I am referring to a 3 day training course that I took for work this week – ITIL Foundations.  It is “best practices” for IT and the way an IT Department should operate.  I am not exactly sure why I … Continue reading →

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Niagara Bound? Just visiting…

So, I am contemplating at trip back to St. Catharines to correspond with our annual IT conference at work which is the first week of October. The conference is Monday through Thursday and I think that we fly to Toronto … Continue reading →

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A wet vacation…

I was on vacation last week.  I decided to take the week off and since it started with Victoria Day, it only cost me 4 days in total which is nice. Started out very well.  Great weather, sunny and nice … Continue reading →

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Where is Spring?

Well, I still don’t seem to have gotten the “blogging” bug back.  I used to make a few entries a week, at least.  Now, I am lucky if I make a blog entry a month, or every couple of months. … Continue reading →

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