Archive for August, 2006
August 14, 2006 at 10:53 am
· Filed under Camping, Personal
I just spent a relaxing weekend in Algonquin Park with my parents. It was a nice, quiet, uneventful weekend.
Except on Friday night when a group of boys went down to the beach at around 11:30PM and started making a lot of noise. I don’t know what possessed me to do it but I got up from my tent (I happened to be wearing all black and probably looked like a bear in the dark) and crept down to the beach where I crouched down at the edge of the trees. It took a moment for them to notice me but they did… “WHAT’S THAT??” My response… (again, I don’t know what possessed me) “It’ssss Meeeee” in this sort of deep (voice of God?) voice. They squealed like girls, I cautioned them to be quiet. They shushed for a bit but then got louder. I walked away and then crouched down again. “It’s still me”. They were a group of boys from Toronto who had never been camping before. I’m not sure what they were expecting – a hooting and hollering good time probably. I bored them with a lesson on the stars. They got the message and went away. Very funny.
And then I spent a couple of hours in a canoe at dusk with my Dad on Kearney Lake on Saturday night. Paddling quietly with my dad was special – he fished, I paddled. The lake was glassy. The sky was clear and full of stars (and shooting stars – Persied meteor shower!). I need to get out of the city more often.Sigh.
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August 9, 2006 at 3:54 pm
· Filed under Personal
For those of you who are reading this and who know me, you already know my not-so-secret secret. I’m, um…well, I’m a pack-rat.
The stuff I save is stupid. Most of it is paper. But I do have twelve pairs of shoes under my desk. I’ve seen Dr. Phil and various TLC shows handle this sort of mess. My home and my office (and my car, actually) are full of stuff. My apartment is much better than it was – it is so small that I HAVE to keep up with the cleaning or I’ll hurt myself. It is overwhealming.
The only way I’ve ever found to successfully remedy this situation is to move. Fortunately, my office is being re-arranged and I’ve been forced to pack everything up and get it ready to move next Tuesday. I’m thrilled. Not only do I rate a window this time, I’m also purging paper and unwanted stuff like there is no tomorrow.
As I gaze around my current office, I am looking at a monster sized recycling bin (chest high for me), two other bins about the same size that are meant for the shredder, and two practically empty filing cabinets and a shelf. How can all of that stuff come from that little bit of space?
Happy cleaning,
C
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August 8, 2006 at 8:53 am
· Filed under Uncategorized
My iPod is fried…I am no longer panicking but I am now trying to find the reciept for the warrantee – can’t find the darn thing. It is amazing how dependant you can get on one bit of technology. Ahhhhhh!
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August 4, 2006 at 3:07 pm
· Filed under Personal
CFB PETAWAWA, ONT. — Wives, husbands, parents and children at Canadian Forces Base Petawawa will say farewell to about 120 soldiers headed for Afghanistan’s front lines today, knowing more than ever that some may not come home alive.
In light of the increasing casualties, and at the request of the families, the base commander decided not to allow news media to capture what will certainly be tearful goodbyes as the soldiers board a bus this morning for CFB Trenton, where they will fly out this afternoon to Afghanistan.
Instead, journalists were invited to meet with soldiers yesterday as they packed their bags and received last-minute necessities such as passports and $200 in U.S. currency. The troops, mostly wearing shorts, T-shirts and sandals, were generally relaxed and upbeat, despite the sombre news of Canadian soldiers killed in Afghanistan. >> Full Story globeandmail.com : Once more, into the breach for Canadians
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August 4, 2006 at 2:07 pm
· Filed under iPod
There comes a time in every iPod’s life where it would do better to re-format and start over. This has happened once before and I know that the benefits far out-weigh the anxiety of making sure I have everything backed up and that all my ducks are in a row. But it is rough pushing that go button. It takes a strong person. Am I there yet? Not quite. But close. I’ll let you know how it goes.
UPDATE - iPod is currently “under the knife”. It finally ceased functioning and the “your iPod needs to be formatted” came up after the diagnostic. The little bars keep marching across the screen so I hope all goes well. I’m like a smoker denied nicotine without my iPod.
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August 4, 2006 at 12:37 pm
· Filed under Personal
My cousin is being deployed to Afghanistan today. One of the major news stations was at his base and I actually saw him on the news last night.
Come home safely.
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August 3, 2006 at 8:00 pm
· Filed under WordPress Tips
Ok…it was kind of mean to post an aha moment without telling how to do what I figured out: If you want to create a post around the page you’re looking at, follow the instructions found here: Frequently Asked Questions » Blog Archive » Blog this! Link this!
What this page doesn’t tell you is that you get this nifty link that goes in your favourites. Say you’re looking at a page that you want to talk about in your blog, all you do is click on the link from your favourites and a wordpress dialogue box comes up and you write what you want. When you’re done, hit publish. Another nifty bit is that once you hit publish, you go back to your original page. Cool!
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August 3, 2006 at 7:54 pm
· Filed under WordPress Tips
The Lobby from SPG
I just figured something out…how to link a page to a post I want to write. I really like this blog (Starwood’s TheLobby.com) and happened to be on that page when I figured out how to link. That’s all. Nothing prosaic, just an aha! moment.
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August 3, 2006 at 6:01 pm
· Filed under Personal
Did anyone else get caught in that monster storm that hit Ontario yesterday? It hit here (I’m in Ottawa) sometime after 8:30PM last night. Hope everyone is well.
My power went out after I got home (very dramatically too – I saw the streak of lightening hit and KABOOM) and I got to practice my power outage skills that haven’t had any use in a long time. It was kind of fun. Fortunately, it was only out for a few hours.
Funny thing 1 - I didn’t have matches handy – I found the matches after the power came back on, but I did have a lighter by the tub.
Funny thing 2 - As soon as the power went out, I ran around filling buckets (water to wash with, water to flush toilets with…). When I got to work this morning, my co-workers laughed at me …Don’t you know that city water has constant pressure due to the water towers? (No, I didn’t!)
Hope everyone has power by now. Fortunately the heat is lessened.
C
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August 2, 2006 at 4:27 pm
· Filed under Personal
Rant Warning – this is mostly for my benefit though so I’ll write it anyway.
So my Condo corporation changed management companies as of August 1 and it turns out that the old management company forgot to cancel about 80 direct deposit payments for condo fees.
The result of this is that I’ve been charged my condo fee TWICE this month. Since I get paid tomorrow, I only had a $50 buffer in the account and am therefore in overdraft by $94.
I just got a call from the new Manager telling me that it is the other people’s fault and that the new people have yelled at the old people on our behalf and that it should be fixed by the end of day today.
Hopefully all will be well but that was an unhappy surprise this morning. Next will be billing the old company for the overdraft fees.
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