I keep a personal black list. I’m sure you do too. These are the places, companies, and people that I avoid like the plague. Here’s my list:
FruitKicks shampoo, cause the cap is poorly designed. I nearly sliced my poor little finger.
Snickers, because they used the Canadian Olympic slogan on their chocolate bar. Sell me chocolate, …
I tweeted about this a few days ago. It was an attempt at a humourous observation, but there’s something a little more serious behind it. (That’s true about so much humour.)
There are many types of professional or skilled jobs which many people think they can do without any training. Besides teacher and business manager mentioned in …
I have never read a self-published book before. There are so many out there, and with the lack of editorial vetting, you don’t know what you’re going to get.
But this one is a good one. It’s called Mercury Falls by Rob Kroese. If you liked The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy at all, you’ll notice …
You can tell how well off someone is by their answer to this question: “where does your clothes go when you’re not wearing it?”
The Super Rich: “I have no idea. My butler takes care of that.”
The Rich: “In the gold-plated oak wardrobe, of course.”
The Middle-Class: “In the dresser/bureau.”
The Poor: “In the Ritz crackers crate.”
The Super-Poor: …
Last time around I wrote about my newest hobby - learning Russian. Russian is a phonetic language, well structured, and in spite of the unusual Cyrillic alphabet, it feels more like a designed language than English, the latter of which is much like a linguistic stew with dumplings. In spite of these things, oddities do …
This being Remembrance Day I thought I’d do something serious for a change. Below is a chart which shows how many people were killed in each of a number of wars that impacted Canada and the United States since their formations. The numbers do not include disease, civilian casualties, and in some cases are rough …
A typical Facebook conversation that I get involved in. Slightly modified.
Wanda: Jeff and I have been together 17 years today!!…wow babe:)
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Christine
Congrats!
Brenda
That’s fantastic and still so in love! Have a great day!
Nadine
Congrats wanda………….
Shauna
I love good love stories! Congratulations Wanda and Jeff!
Andrew
CONGRATS!
Sonia
congrats!!!
Sandra
17 years…wow!!!time flies!
Earl
Having the 17-year itch yet?
Here are the places in Newfoundland that I’ve been to: (Highlighted in red)
Correct, I have never been to Labrador.
Here’s a blank if you wanna play:
A microwave
A dishwasher
A crowbar
An entire Beatles record collection
A dried Monarch butterfly
A hockey stadium
A quarry
I’ve merged my four blogs into this one. The following URLs will soon be gone:
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