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Archive for June, 2004

Boys And Their Toys

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2004

Matt - being the good kind-hearted friend that he is - brought me a present home from his recent trip. He knows I’m a plane freak. Look for this “present” to occupy the webcam over the coming weeks as it’s “components” are arranged into various scenes at Poweredbycoffee International Airport - aka my […]

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Explain THIS One To Your Boss

Sunday, June 20th, 2004

Ok. So I’m theorizing here. It’s your first day on the job in the pilot’s seat - or - your first day on an unfamiliar run. You’d think that your airline’s flight dispatch would have the sense to put somebody in the co-pilot’s seat who had flown the route before - at […]

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Verbal Diarrhea

Friday, June 18th, 2004

Congratulations to Matt on his 300th post. I passed Post #500 a long time ago and haven’t had my site nearly as long as he has.
Verbal diarrhea?
Hmph.

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It Was Bound To Happen

Friday, June 18th, 2004

Last night a fella from Ipsos-Reid called the house. They are the big Canadian polling house. He strongly assured me that he wasn’t trying to sell me anything, so I didn’t immediately hang up.
He started off with a barrage of federal election questions (ugh) and then filled in the middle with marketing questions […]

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The Stench Of An Election Draws Near

Wednesday, June 16th, 2004

It’s been a day… a day of being innundated with the subtle signs that we go to the polls to elect a federal government in less than a couple of weeks.
My afternoon started with lunch. BK had “Whopper Wednesdays” today so I decided to trek out to the other side of town to appease […]

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If we’re going to talk about my consumption of bandwidth, here… let me actually use some.
Most of you know that I bought a Canon Powershot S230 last year. (No link because the model has been discontinued). Aside from it’s early return to the factory to fix a ruptured seal, I’ve been very […]

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First, if you’re actually reading this today, pat yourself on the back. You’re one of the few.
The Smoking Gun has a collection of “riders” from several popular singers, groups and comedians. Trust me, some of this stuff is absolutely incredible reading.
I particularly enjoy some of their dietary requirements and the ratio of vegetarians […]

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