Category Archives: outside

Without the Internet

I might never have learned the difference between i.e and e.g. (I.e. is an abbreviation for Latin id est, “that is.” E.g. is for exempli gratia, “for the sake of example.” ) Incredible. What did people do at their office … Continue reading

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It’s not All I Eat, Really.

Yesterday I ate the most spectacularly bad hot dog. I know – after Friday’s “What’s the Food in your Cupboard?/How Hungry Are you, Really?” Mash-Up, why would I need more compressed, nitrate-ridden edibles? Well, we went to Westminster Quay. Yes, … Continue reading

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The Long and Winding Staircase that Leads to my Bed

Bad combination: pregnancy brain, pregnancy body and a 3 level house. On the ground floor I think, “Brr, tile floor is chilly. I should go up to the bedroom and grab some socks.” By the time I get to the … Continue reading

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Phase Two: Learn Photoshop

This morning’s Globe and Mail displayed Pamela Anderson’s boobs on the front page to indicate that she had hosted the Juno Awards last night. My first reminder that I had been out of the office environment for a few days … Continue reading

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Phase One: Complete Annihilation of Crows

Yesterday all our precious stuff went to a storage locker, moved efficiently by two young men, one of whom apparently looked like Joel Plaskett of the Joel Plaskett Emergency. (How have I never heard of this band? They’re pretty good. … Continue reading

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