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In case you didn’t listen to the podcast: Cat, get out of the bag!

Posted in Adventures, Guarded personal writing, Someday you'll look back on this and laaaaaaaaaaaugh, The sacred duty of home-making, Weirdness, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on September 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

So in case you didn’t listen to my podcast, or you got bored halfway through my trawl through Wikipedia’s pages on chromosomal disorders, this is the big secret I was supposed to have confirmation by 8 PM yesterday: We are buying a house.
The saga began this August when I realized that, against all odds, we [...]

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The simple joys of dog ownership (Warning: Very, very disgusting)

Posted in Adventures, Dogs, Someday you'll look back on this and laaaaaaaaaaaugh, The sacred duty of home-making, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , on August 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I need to buy a new bike helmet.
If you want to know why, click through.  On second thoughts, don’t.  You really don’t want to know.  Trust me.

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Complaining with Kay, Episode 21: If you take my alcohol away, I WILL kill.

Posted in Computer, Someday you'll look back on this and laaaaaaaaaaaugh, podcast, rant, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on June 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Let’s make a little list:
- econapocalypse
- construction
- garbage strike
- heat wave
- threatened (but mercifully averted) LCBO strike
I explain why taking peoples’ booze away in this situation is just asking for revolution.  Also, why I’m sort of looking forward to getting old.
Link.

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Moonshine

Posted in Someday you'll look back on this and laaaaaaaaaaaugh, Weirdness, politics, rant, tagged , , , , , , , , on June 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

This week has been excellent podcast-fodder:
Garbage strike.
Heat wave.
No money.
No work.
And now….
LCBO STRIKE!

The strike has been averted FOR NOW at least.  (For those who don’t know, the LCBO is the government monopoly liquor store.)  I bought a couple of bottles of wine and a bottle of vodka yesterday, but if they do strike…moonshine may be the [...]

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….And this explains the weird bicycle noises!

Posted in Shamelessness, Someday you'll look back on this and laaaaaaaaaaaugh, Weirdness, rant, weekend, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on June 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I just posted this to Facebook as well.  I discovered the source of the mysterious noise my bike was making last night.  The seatpost has been bisected!
So now I do not have a functioning bicycle.  Here’s the problem:
- I  need a bike for work.
- But I don’t have any money to buy a new one.
- [...]

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You stole my keys: The opera

Posted in Guarded personal writing, Someday you'll look back on this and laaaaaaaaaaaugh, rant, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , on June 1, 2009 | 1 Comment »

When I first started dating Ben I was still in university, and one day in my lesson I told my singing teacher that I had a new boyfriend.
“What does he do?” she asked.
“He’s a composer,” I said.
She made a face and said, “Well, a poet would be worse.”
At the time I thought that was HILARIOUS.  [...]

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