Archive for April, 2005

Free Taxes.

Must be my lucky day (times three)! Was tested and won. The Government is giving me back all the money that I’ve already paid them (this year). I was reporting my earnings, expenses and charitable donations to Mr. Martin’s posse using UFile.ca. Since I’m certainly not poor enough to claim “poor boy status”, UFile was [...]


Television v.s. Sleep, round 28

Last night was long, er, longer than expected. Just before heading to sleep Paula gifted me an awesome present: Trailer Park Boys DVD. Deciding to watch all of the special features, extended cuts and director interviews kept me up long enough to be caught in the middle of a late-night movie as I was turning [...]


Store Bought

I exercised the purchasing power of a $25 gift certificate (Christmas Gift – Thanks Aunt Sue!). Wanting to use my power for good, I skipped over the celebrity gossip/breasts section, walked passed the fiction (my apologies to any Toronto harley marketers – that’s just not my bag, baby) and found myself amongst some hard-covered non-fiction. [...]


Posh Chicken Coop

So are you a yuppie that yearns for the country land than your sub-urban neighborhood was built on? Here’s a great way to begin raising some food for the family, and it is just stylish enough to match your iMac and Ikea furniture. The EGLU is a unique little house for two laying hens. Your [...]


Bike’s out

It was the first beautiful no-coat day of spring here in Ottawa. Already the Tulip Festival ads have sprung and it’s only a matter of time before I invest $25 in an all-concert pass (Hawksley, Boy, Joel Plaskett, The Sadies, Glengarry Bhoys and many more [even Lowest of the Low]). I can’t wait that long [...]


Eunoia

A quick study break to discover that a whole book has been written using only ONE vowel per chapter. Christian Bök had more time on his hands than I do now… …at least I can enjoy the consequence of his conviction. [NOTES: Chapter "O" is my favorite so far, Chapter "I" makes me feel claustrophobic, [...]


Busy day today:- Went to a hi-tech trade show at the Corel Center last week & today I won a director’s chair from one of the show’s sponsors. – Saw a great line on some junkmail… Blacks Photography [club] Flier: “Love Photography? Join the club!”- Read Jessica’s well-written blog and realized that in my current [...]


Media Fun.

Procrastination came to an abrupt halt thanks to my current endeavors. In the past two days I’ve had less than 4 hours of sleep with so much to do. Time is ticking down on our marketing team’s deadline to present a good-sized plan for a whitewater rafting company just outside of Ottawa. It is not [...]