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Why Nighttime knitting can be Dangerous
2007-07-30 04:02:00
As I knit up my procrastination project, the ballband dish towel, I must comment on one thing: it’s very hard to knit into the knight, er, rather, night. I’m using a light yellow for the “mortar” colour, and then a multi-coloured yarn for the brick, and when the multi-coloured one gets into the lighter yellow-ish ...
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Procrastination knitting
2007-07-27 02:31:00
This blog hasn’t been about too much knitting lately, not because I’m not doing any, but rather because I’ve been procrastinating. First I was on vacation, then I was going out to concerts, but now that I’m back down to the grind here chez moi, I figured it’s time to start knitting again. BUT, I ...
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Actual Exercise
2007-07-26 20:08:00
Yes, I finally got off my duff this morning and went out for a run. Ran about 2kms total, doing some 4 and 1s. Phew though, I sure am beat now! I haven’t been out in about a month or so, and this just knocked me out! I don’t know how some people can say ...
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Recharging the mental and physical batteries
2007-07-25 05:01:00
So while I’ve been off work this summer, I have been forgoing any and all exercise I might have been doing. I signed up to play Ultimate Frisbee, yet only played 4 games in May. I started jogging again in April in preparation for the Ultimate season, and haven’t gone out since the end of ...
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The Police still rock
2007-07-23 05:46:00
Yes they do! I just got back from their first sold out concert in Toronto in over 25 years, and wow, was it ever good! I was quite impressed at how well the boys played, and even got along. I sang and danced for the whole show, which was quite long for a show these ...
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Rock music is fun
2007-07-21 23:30:00
So I’m out of town this weekend visiting friends in Sarnia, and I’m having a great time. Currently there’s Bayfest going on here in town, a music festival that was not here when I grew up. (Oh yeah, forgot to mention that, Sarnia’s my hometown, or at least close enough to my hometown.) This year ...
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Why can?t I just knit this second sock?
2007-07-18 03:56:00
I am having supreme problems knitting this second sock, El Segundo, and a I’ll tesll you why: I started and restarted knitting it about 5 times the other day until I stopped and just set it down. I e-mailed my sister about 6 times asking for her help. I had to call my sister long distance last night ...
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Cheap gas abounds here in Toronto
2007-07-17 20:31:00
Wow, the price of gasoline really dropped off last night/this morning, with it hovering around the 97 cent mark, which we haven’t seen since March of this year. Of course some cynics are scoffing that “we shouldn’t be happy for 97 cents!”, but I for one, am happy, since I’m off on a road trip ...
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Blogging for a living
2007-07-16 19:08:00
In my current unemployed state (okay, I’m still being paid by my former employer as I got a sweet package, but still, I am not working for the cash), I’ve been exploring some options on how to make money with blogs. I know I don’t have a huge readership here (although I do welcome all ...
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Summer vice #2 - Big Brother 8
2007-07-16 03:55:00
Regular readers know that my first summer vice, So You Think You Can Dance? has already started, and I’ve been enjoying it immensely. But now my second summer vice has started, Big Brother ! We’re on edition number 8 right now, and it’s only the second week so I don’t know all the “characters” yet, so ...
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Saturday night movies
2007-07-15 04:52:00
Tonight was movie night chez moi, and I had several classic movies to choose from on my list. I decided to go with Murder on the Orient Express. No, not the remake from 2001, but the original from 1974. The one directed by Sidney Lumet, and starring Lauren Bacall, Ingrid Bergman in her Oscar winning ...
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Presenting: El Primero!
2007-07-14 01:30:00
Yes, I present to you, El Prim e ro! I finished him off last week, and I must say, everything went well during the whole process. Except for the end part. In my excitement, I bound off the sock, and then sewed in the end. Stupidly, I did this before trying the sock on! Oye veh. So when I ...
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The first corn of the year
2007-07-12 19:34:00
Mmmm, ! I just ate my first corn on the cob of the summer, and was it ever good! Peaches and cream corn, to be precise. I picked it up in Simcoe, on my way back from Long Point Provincial Park. I had spent the day at the beach with a friend, and we noticed ...
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iPods and Lightning
2007-07-12 19:30:00
Whoa, did you hear about the man in Vancouver who was struck by lightning while listening to his iPod while jogging outside? Impressive. It’s not just the iPod that makes it dangerous to be outside, but rather the fact that the earphones have metallic parts in them. It’s not safe to be using earphones or ...
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Unpublished jobs
2007-07-09 17:56:00
So for those of you who don’t know, my former employer was purchased a few months ago, and then after the restructuring that happened after the official takeover, my position was eliminated, along with those of another 80 people. Don’t worry though, this is not an uncommon occurrence in the software industry, and besides, they ...
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Steamy Hotness
2007-07-09 04:42:00
Phew, is it ever gettin’ steamy in here! Thank god I don’t have curly hair, otherwise it’d be a frizz-fest! For once summer is actually giving us the usual T.O. triple dose: heat, sun and humidity. It was supposed to do it yesterday too, but instead we got clouds & rain. I wasn’t in the ...
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I hate my SUV
2007-07-07 21:22:00
No, not because today is Live Earth today, but rather, because it’s starting to smell a bit lemony, if you catch my drift. After the 1 year mark, it started acting up every 3 or 4 months with some sort of problem that may or may not have required me to go to the garage ...
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Live Earth: are you going to watch?
2007-07-07 18:05:00
So, with all the hubbub, are you going to watch the Live Earth concert(s)? I’m excited about all the acts that are gathering, as this type of thing is always fun. While I applaud all the celebrities trying to get us to be more aware, I wanted to play devil’s advocate for a moment and ...
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