It is great coming home from gorgeous Hawaii to a week of sunshine, topped with a weekend of sunshine.  It’s a great way to climatize to Vancouver.  Friday night, Neil and I joined hundreds of others in a Critical Mass bike ride.
Critical Mass is a bicycling event typically held on the last Friday of every [...]

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As you might have heard earlier this month, Shaw purchased three local television stations from CTV for a mere $1 (each). CTV has cited financial difficulties as the reason for the sale, as they (along with Global) try to persuade the CRTC that broadcasters should be able to charge cable companies fees for carrying [...]

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Hawaii was absolutely phenomenal. It was just what I needed to escape reality and enjoy a relaxing vacation away from the stress and pressures of everyday life.
The journey started Friday evening as Neil and I drove to Seattle making a quick 45-minute shopping excursion along the way. In Tulalip, just before Seattle, there [...]

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Neil and I were scheduled to leave for Mexico this Saturday to celebrate our friends’ wedding. However, after the anti-climactic Swine Flu “pandemic”, many packages were canceled, including ours. That left the bride-to-be & groom-to-be scrambling to book alternate arrangements during a typically stressful time. Planning a wedding once is difficult enough, [...]

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I have an old cell phone. A really old cell phone. The Nokia 6590i to be exact. I took over this phone from Neil when he upgraded to a Samsung, after which he upgraded to an iPhone having gone swimming with his Samsun in the Pacific. Salt water and electronics to [...]

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