Blog from the Kootenays on Life, the Universe and Everything

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Blog EntryAnother short rant
Posted on Feb 26, '10 12:21 AM for everyone
"A short rant about an ad for an otherwise good cause. The scene: an old-fashioned store, with an elderly gentleman in attendance. Enter a nice looking kid, aged about 12 or so..."
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Blog EntrySeven years ago today
Posted on Feb 20, '10 3:51 PM for everyone
" It was seven years ago today. We had already done the letter writing, the marching, whatever we could think of to avoid the coming madness. Our local vet, bless her heart, had ask..."
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Blog EntryJust a brief language rant
Posted on Feb 19, '10 3:24 PM for everyone
"Just a small rant about inaccurate language use, caused by listening to CBC radio during the morning kitchen chores. The first moment relates to an excellent item on one of our fa..."
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The Economy is so bad that.....Wisdom from Maxine.
Posted on Feb 16, '10 12:45 AM for everyone
"Does this break copyrights? I got these in the mail and had a good laugh. Let's assume it is free advertising. Thanks and a big hug to Claudia C. in Van Nuys, CA!   &..."
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Blog EntryWhy I won't buy Girl Guide Cookies
Posted on Feb 11, '10 4:02 AM for everyone
"I love the Girl Guides, I even used to be one. And cookies, oh yes, count me in! But I won't buy Girl Guide Cookies. First of all they are exactly the kind of additive-loaded artif..."
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Blog EntryHappy Groundhog Day!
Posted on Feb 3, '10 12:25 AM for everyone
" Happy Groundhog Day everyone ! The dark heart of winter is over. Never mind the rodents, Groundhog Day marks the midpoint between the Spring Equinox and the Winter Solst..."
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Blog EntryMountains, Mud, Chocolate and Family Values.
Posted on Jan 26, '10 2:07 AM for everyone
"We broke the monotony of winter by spending a weekend with Chris' nephew Tim and family just West of Calgary. We are overdue for a visit to the coast to the offspring, but tha..."
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Blog EntryOn sudden death at 60
Posted on Jan 19, '10 2:25 AM for everyone
"I missed out on knowing John Oh. I paid a posthumous visit to his penguin-studded site and hugely enjoyed it. The face that smiles In Memoriam from so many  Multiply..."
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Blog EntryIngredients for a great meal.
Posted on Jan 17, '10 10:25 PM for everyone
"Collect the ingredients. Pull from freezer: Vegetable stock made from peelings. Chicken stock made from the carcass of one of Linda's home-grown chickens. A baggie of frozen dill,..."
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Blog EntryI don't know why this story makes me smile so much. I can't remember w
Posted on Jan 17, '10 12:16 AM for everyone
"I don't know why this story makes me smile so much. I can't remember where I read it.Once upon a time, in a village in China, lived a wise man who had only one son and one horse. O..."
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Blog EntryWisdom from Anonymous
Posted on Jan 16, '10 9:02 PM for everyone
"Has anyone seen this before? It is an almost secular form of the 10 commandments.  I quite like it, certainly better than the original.        ..."
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Blog EntryLife without Taps
Posted on Jan 11, '10 9:24 PM for everyone
"   We are responsible for our own infrastructure out here. Just plugging in to municipal water and sewer is for suburban sissies! The ridge where we live has issues..."
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Blog EntryWARNING: Gary Craig is retiring, EFT website is coming down
Posted on Jan 8, '10 7:27 PM for everyone
" We have till January 15 to download the free starter kit, watch the free videos that just keep getting better, and read the archived newsletters. Now, when I posted this on my ADD..."
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Blog EntryCurse of the Flat Cloud
Posted on Jan 6, '10 11:55 PM for everyone
"It was supposedly a sunny day in Southern B.C. today. A Facebook acquaintance from Revelstoke, another town along the Columbia 100 km to the North, reported brilliant sunshine. Al..."
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Blog EntryA Good Start
Posted on Jan 1, '10 8:22 PM for everyone
" How is everyone doing with those silly New Year's resolutions?  One of mine is to spend more time outside in winter. I don't enjoy walking on icy roads. ..."
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A RANT against no-touch policies.
Posted on Dec 31, '09 1:15 AM for everyone
" Just when you think the tide is about to turn in the direction of a bit less sensitivity and a bit more common sense, you hear something new. My youngest child graduated from..."
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Ty and Rosie's Solstice Party
Posted on Dec 23, '09 2:15 PM for everyone
"I have in the past blogged about my inspiring friend Rosie, who was diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease at the age of 34. I am  part of a team of volunteers who supplement the ..."
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Blog EntrySound the Horns! Ring the Bells! It is Solstice, the Reason for the Season!
Posted on Dec 21, '09 7:34 PM for everyone
"I just checked the ephemeris and am typing this at exactly the first moments of the first degree of Capricorn. 9.47 AM PST. Hallelujah, in the Northern hemisphere the Light is..."
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Blog EntryBetween Merry and Bah Humbug
Posted on Dec 20, '09 11:56 PM for everyone
" I truly admire people who have the energy, creativity and design sense to decorate to the hilt, but am not one of them. Ordinary life is enough of a..."
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Blog EntryIt's Canada's turn to cringe.
Posted on Dec 11, '09 2:51 AM for everyone
"To all friends in the USA who had to suffer through 8 long years of mortification, while Canadians smugly branded themselves as the kinder, gentler nation......to all Ame..."
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