So this morning, 30 minutes before my alarm was supposed to go off a strange noise followed by the pitter patter of kitten feet zoomed under the bed. Seems the cats learned how to work the door of the cage the bunnies were in and were having great fun chasing one of them around the […]
So a funny thing happened to me today…. Seems there were some orphaned, around two week old bunnies that needed a home, so they are here now. Below you’ll see one, still probably terrified out of it’s wits, looking out towards the camera from it’s new, temporary home.
Woke up this morning to Andrea telling me the cats think there is a mouse under the fridge. Great way to start the day. Though when you have four cats clustered around the front of the fridge, you have to figure something’s up. So there’s me, barely awake, shining a light and trying to see
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Grass cut? Check Computer updating / fixing / changing done? Check Deck chair working? Check iPod player playing my best of 80’s and 90’s playlist? Check Book? Check Taaaaaaaaalllll rum and coke (heavy on the rum) with ice? Check Friends coming down later for a hot dog dinner / movie? Check Ok then, all systems
Last night was a late night already, but as I’m lying there trying to get to sleep I hear cat noises, but slightly different cat noises than I’m used to. After a bit I decided it’d be a good idea to check it out, so I turned on the light. Glad I did, Bump had
OK, long, sad story coming up. Bail out now if you need to. Dad called saying his computer was doing strange things, not booting right (starting up a linux boot screen), messages about a drive failing, etc. Oh, and Dad, this is not a reflection of you asking me to help you with your computer,
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The US has their Car Insurance robocall scam, up here in BC we seem to have the “lower your credit card interest rate” robocall scam. The calls are robots, and generally go something like this, in a pleasant female voice: “There’s nothing wrong with your credit card, but you could reduce your interest rate, the
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Welcome to folks from the Blue Rodeo forums! For A’s birthday last night we went out to the Blue Rodeo concert out in Abbotsford. Had a good time, even with my allergies starting to stand up and make themselves known. I saw them back in 2002 in Vancouver, where they were great as well. The
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In an effort to clean out the basement, I’m selling off a bunch of the hardware I’ve accumulated over the years, or taking it to the dump or computer recycling place. If you’re in the Fraser Valley and are looking for any of the following, email me at alan@ufies.org to let me know. Links go
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Finally got around to blogging about the Vancouver Strobist meetup that I went to a couple of weeks ago to learn more about off-camera lighting. Read about it over at my photography blog: http://k20dblog.blogspot.com/2009/05/may-strobist-newbie-meetup.html.
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