Category Archives: Personal

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

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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Calgary Roughnecks

So, my company is having a mid-season event this weekend and that is going to the Calgary Roughnecks (NLL) game at the Saddledome on Saturday.  I have not been to a lacrosse game in Calgary as yet, I have seen … Continue reading

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It’s March 12th

I haven’t as yet posted anything this year. Just to let anyone who happens to read my blog or if they happen to care, I am not dead.  This is probably a good thing. So, no posts – what’s been … Continue reading

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