1/9/XX, and the smell of new pencils
Although school in late August for us I always derived the tiniest bit of pleasure from writing the date today, and seeing that it was the same as the year. This shows I was educated in the last...
View Articlein Quebec (just) for my birthday
Nice of them to have their holiday especially for me. It’s appreciated.
View ArticleNational Convenience Store Day
So, did you US folks celebrate National Convenience Store Day today by grabbing a slurpee and a preserved meat treat? (We celebrate it on 7 November here.) Sadly, and rather worryingly, I’m not the...
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Took advantage of the holiday to scoot down to The 12th Fret to have my banjo looked at. I’d managed to do a bad thing to the tailpiece (which I’d rather not talk about, thank you), and had Grant fit...
View ArticleFrosty’s Drano (or the snowmen’s suicide pact)
Catherine pointed out that the current Tim Hortons “Happy Holidays” campaign depicts an ill-advised, possibly fatal, beverage choice for snowmen: To me, it’s clearly a suicide pact. They don’t want to...
View Articlehome again
The 4000km holiday roadtrip is over. We’re back home now. It was good to be away, but it’s also good to be back.
View Articlephew!
4½ days driving 5000 km 300l of petrol 4 provinces (ON, QC, NB, PE) 6 states (ME, NE, MA, CT, NY, PA, OH) In other words, we’re back from our holidays.
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