Category Archives: Personal

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

2012 in Review

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 600 people reached the top of Mt. Everest in 2012. This blog got about 3,200 views in 2012. If every person who reached the … Continue reading

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Merry Christmas, or Humbug…

Whichever you’d prefer I guess. This is my first Christmas in Calgary.  It looks a lot like Christmas outside, it is cold (-23C when I write this at 9:30am) and there is snow on the ground and in the trees. … Continue reading

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My lack of posts

Well, what can I say?  I have not posted a lot lately, this is true. My home laptop died on me.  I am not 100% sure what is wrong with it.  The battery hasn’t held a charge for sometime so … Continue reading

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Winter & Hockey

Well, it would appear that winter settles into Alberta a little earlier than what I am used to.  A week ago, we received an early winter storm – lots of fun. I guess we got 6″, maybe more.  Rather cold … Continue reading

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No Posts? What’s going on?

Not too much really.  No, I have not posted in a bit, almost a month actually. My trip to Ontario was good.  It was nice seeing friends and family, even if it was only for a short period of time. … Continue reading

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My 500th Post

Wow.  That is a fair number of posts.  I have been maintaining this BLOG since November 2009.  That’s not too bad. There were stretches in there where I didn’t post for days or weeks (possibly more than a month) in … Continue reading

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The heat is on…

OK, I will admit it.  I am not used to Alberta weather as yet. It is September 12 today – oh, by the way, happy birthday to my sister, JB, who had a birthday yesterday – I will not mention … Continue reading

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Voice mail

I hate voice mail.  I have hated voice mail for a while.  When I am at work, I attempt to avoid leaving people voice mail messages.  If I call someone and get their voice mail then I will hang-up and … Continue reading

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September already

I am not sure where August went, but September is here already.  Essentially, summer is over.  We do have a few more weeks of summer, officially, but most people consider the Labour Day weekend as the end of summer. Being … Continue reading

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Keurig Coffee & other stuff

When I left Ontario, one of the items that I sold was my Keurig coffee maker.  You know, it is one of the ones that uses the little single serve packs that they call K-Cups.  I could have brought it … Continue reading

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