Readers will recognize that this past 3 weeks has been an intense buying period of DVDs. From ' Salmon Fish.........Yemen ' to to-day's entries.
" the Fountain " came out long before ' Cloud Atlas ' but if you've seen the reviews for CA, ditto for tF.
Hopefully, no one will call this a piece de resistance for Hugh Jackman or Rachel Weisz, cuz if they do, their lying.
Pros: bright and shiny w/ HJ raging 2 or 3 times. RW is calm and serene.
Cons : it cost me $ 5 and I could have bought 2 1/2 lottery tickets
' the Warrior's Way ' is Kung Fu goes West- ern as in cowboys. To minimize the commentary, the Asian guy is fast w/ the sword and the bad guys have gatling guns mounted to their saddles.
Geoffrey Rush ( of ' the Kings Speech ' ) is a retired marksman / villain who finds redemption as the sidekick of the swordsman.
The hero doesn't get the girl b/c attachments slow you down in the assassin world.
Do not go out and buy either ' tWW ' or ' tF ' but if you can rent for a dollar don't do it.
" Hugo " is a live people w/ added animatronics or something movie.
Mysterious urchin runs the clock system in the Gare du Nord, Paris and builds the greatest wind-up Automaton in history in his spare time. Overcomes many dififculties and finds a cute girlfriend. What more could you want in a movie ?
Full of colourful scenic vignettes of Paris and the train station. Cinema graphically, full and dazzling.
This H has been out a while. I first saw this on the plane coming home from England. This mention of ' H ' is to comment on the fact that you should never judge a film by the way you saw it on the plane.
The plane's sound and video system can ruin any movie.
Liked ' Hugo ' a lot on land. And this was on a CRT TV.
P.S. I thought it was just the earphone irritation on the plane but its more than that
HAPPY ' Hollow ' - eenies to everyone
Wednesday 31 October 2012
Sandy and Me
Tues. AM ----- Leaves everywhere, wind howled, rain bounced off the windows and the satellite flickered and went out for some minutes.
The big S barely touched us. 45 K are w/out power in Ont.
The other day I tried a pomelo. About the size of a pineapple, pomelo is the largest of the citrus fruits.
On YouTube, chef Paul demonstrated how to open / dissect a pomelo. Mine was slightly dry but separated easily. Tastes better than a grapefruit - way less sour.
Pomelo contain %120 of the vitamin C you need in a day.
Did I report the pomelo was a gift from next door ? Now I need to report back.
Now ,its Wed.
Visited QMH , definitely less wind effect up there. QMH had already had 2 major blows Sep - Oct, so most stuff was down, if it was falling.
Our power went out to-day, for about 3 minutes at noon. Figure someone hit the wrong key on their master control board.
I bought a new cell ph for M. Her cell ph is a dinosaur from 7 yrs ago. in tech terms thats 4 generations.
This Alcatel356 is a ' qwerty ' ph. Its meant for young people. The keys are so small that I can almost make out the letters.
The deal ph is $50 but if you take a $50 voucher - the discount is $20. Therefore , all in, $ 80.
Downside is the cost / min is 25 cents. However, that voucher is good for a year . The new ph will be used for 7 months a year. My 2 phones on the same system (via 7-11 stores called SpeakOut ) cost 40 and 30 dollars from Apr - Nov. This period represents the most intense usage for either ph.
Actually, I'm just cheap and not connected technically.
To-day is cloudy w/ rainy patches but that doesn't mean there was sun. Wind is negligible.
The big S barely touched us. 45 K are w/out power in Ont.
The other day I tried a pomelo. About the size of a pineapple, pomelo is the largest of the citrus fruits.
On YouTube, chef Paul demonstrated how to open / dissect a pomelo. Mine was slightly dry but separated easily. Tastes better than a grapefruit - way less sour.
Pomelo contain %120 of the vitamin C you need in a day.
Did I report the pomelo was a gift from next door ? Now I need to report back.
Now ,its Wed.
Visited QMH , definitely less wind effect up there. QMH had already had 2 major blows Sep - Oct, so most stuff was down, if it was falling.
Our power went out to-day, for about 3 minutes at noon. Figure someone hit the wrong key on their master control board.
I bought a new cell ph for M. Her cell ph is a dinosaur from 7 yrs ago. in tech terms thats 4 generations.
This Alcatel356 is a ' qwerty ' ph. Its meant for young people. The keys are so small that I can almost make out the letters.
The deal ph is $50 but if you take a $50 voucher - the discount is $20. Therefore , all in, $ 80.
Downside is the cost / min is 25 cents. However, that voucher is good for a year . The new ph will be used for 7 months a year. My 2 phones on the same system (via 7-11 stores called SpeakOut ) cost 40 and 30 dollars from Apr - Nov. This period represents the most intense usage for either ph.
Actually, I'm just cheap and not connected technically.
To-day is cloudy w/ rainy patches but that doesn't mean there was sun. Wind is negligible.
Monday 29 October 2012
Sandy comes Ashore
Batten down the hatches and shiver me timbers. There'll be a high tide to-day ( full moon ) w/ storm surge all along the eastern seaboard.
High winds and rain, will down trees and power lines - causing electrical black-outs.
Um, sounds like fun. Well I tried to fill the bathtub as a source of extra water but the plug leaks, so I filled garbage cans and wash basins.
I've got a ' kelly kettle ' which is a double walled chimney. you set a fire in the bottom and the heat warms the walls of the chimney but there is water in between the walls. With small branches or chopsticks ( got a ton of those ) the KK will heat a pint and 1/2 of water in six minutes.
Apparently, this device dates back to sheep herders who depended on the KK ( not KKK ) to heat water w/out starting a bonfire.
I've also got two candle lanterns which decorate the bedroom mirror shelf. Still haven't used these. In ten years. but they're cute.
Back to ' Salmon fishing in the Yemen ' as mentioned one could look back with some poignancy and compare the situations. They're killing each other in the Yemen, right now.
The movie, on one level focuses on people from differing cultures and climates finding a common goal, salmon in the desert.
On the cynical, superficial level is a government trying to create and push an agenda, all w/ the aim of PR spin. ( is this a redundancy, what is PR, spin, right ! )
And personally, 2 men who share a passion come to realize that the difference between faith and science, may not be that far apart.
and ultimately, a little of both anyway, never hurts.
And EB, when she stands there, its enough.
Oh well, shades of Grace Kelly etc. BTW, she was a babe too.
Later in the day.
Went to Canadian Tire for a replacement cabin air filter in the Toyota.The ads say its important to change you filter. Buy Fram, says the ad. They don't tell you that the replacement filter costs $24.
To be fair, I took out a corrugated filter ( one layer ) and the replacement is two layers with Arm and Hammer baking soda in between the layers ( to deodorize ).
I purchased a battery pack that will jump start your car or provide a little remote power about 6 months ago. It has cable clamps and a socket for plug in power. At the Tire there was a power bar w/ AC socket that will take the cables or it has a socket for D.C. plug in.
As well it will allow a USB plug in.
Several of my smaller devices need to recharge via USB and usually I plug in to the computer and I don't like doing that. So, even if its a bit clumsy at least I can charge via USB w/ out the computer.
And I bought a 24 pck of water, in case, of emergency.
High winds and rain, will down trees and power lines - causing electrical black-outs.
Um, sounds like fun. Well I tried to fill the bathtub as a source of extra water but the plug leaks, so I filled garbage cans and wash basins.
I've got a ' kelly kettle ' which is a double walled chimney. you set a fire in the bottom and the heat warms the walls of the chimney but there is water in between the walls. With small branches or chopsticks ( got a ton of those ) the KK will heat a pint and 1/2 of water in six minutes.
Apparently, this device dates back to sheep herders who depended on the KK ( not KKK ) to heat water w/out starting a bonfire.
I've also got two candle lanterns which decorate the bedroom mirror shelf. Still haven't used these. In ten years. but they're cute.
Back to ' Salmon fishing in the Yemen ' as mentioned one could look back with some poignancy and compare the situations. They're killing each other in the Yemen, right now.
The movie, on one level focuses on people from differing cultures and climates finding a common goal, salmon in the desert.
On the cynical, superficial level is a government trying to create and push an agenda, all w/ the aim of PR spin. ( is this a redundancy, what is PR, spin, right ! )
And personally, 2 men who share a passion come to realize that the difference between faith and science, may not be that far apart.
and ultimately, a little of both anyway, never hurts.
And EB, when she stands there, its enough.
Oh well, shades of Grace Kelly etc. BTW, she was a babe too.
Later in the day.
Went to Canadian Tire for a replacement cabin air filter in the Toyota.The ads say its important to change you filter. Buy Fram, says the ad. They don't tell you that the replacement filter costs $24.
To be fair, I took out a corrugated filter ( one layer ) and the replacement is two layers with Arm and Hammer baking soda in between the layers ( to deodorize ).
I purchased a battery pack that will jump start your car or provide a little remote power about 6 months ago. It has cable clamps and a socket for plug in power. At the Tire there was a power bar w/ AC socket that will take the cables or it has a socket for D.C. plug in.
As well it will allow a USB plug in.
Several of my smaller devices need to recharge via USB and usually I plug in to the computer and I don't like doing that. So, even if its a bit clumsy at least I can charge via USB w/ out the computer.
And I bought a 24 pck of water, in case, of emergency.
Sunday 28 October 2012
A Saturday Night
A convivial evening out if you discount the drive. We headed north .... and north ... and north. We travelled some 22 K to Aurora.
Our friends ( she is M's fellow teacher and he is my dentist, ) met through us. Yep, matchmaker.something, thats we. Oh ! the intertwinings of life.
Its been 4 years, and they have not forgotten that our efforts brought them to-gether. Thus, we got dinner in a small mansion.
I would say the decor is Rococo but then I know zippo about styles. Its pretty.
Salmon and cute veggies were served. Salmon was tres delicious. This entree after we watched ' Salmon Fishing in the Yemen ', very apropos.
Marvellous evening out.
BTW- if they're salmon fishing in Yemen they're holding an AK - 47 in the other hand or a RPG.
Dead, or close to it was how I felt yesterday, 2 nights out and wango, was I beat.
Slept like a ' guy who stayed out late for 2 nights ' and awoke refreshed at least temporarily.
Printer sagas continue, as I venture next door to hook up a new printer ( if you're keeping score this is # 4 printer ). Apparently, the cost of new cartridges for the Epson colour jobby were going to be $ 200 ( 7 colours ) so Mr C bought a new bubble. jet.
Our friends ( she is M's fellow teacher and he is my dentist, ) met through us. Yep, matchmaker.something, thats we. Oh ! the intertwinings of life.
Its been 4 years, and they have not forgotten that our efforts brought them to-gether. Thus, we got dinner in a small mansion.
I would say the decor is Rococo but then I know zippo about styles. Its pretty.
Salmon and cute veggies were served. Salmon was tres delicious. This entree after we watched ' Salmon Fishing in the Yemen ', very apropos.
Marvellous evening out.
BTW- if they're salmon fishing in Yemen they're holding an AK - 47 in the other hand or a RPG.
Dead, or close to it was how I felt yesterday, 2 nights out and wango, was I beat.
Slept like a ' guy who stayed out late for 2 nights ' and awoke refreshed at least temporarily.
Printer sagas continue, as I venture next door to hook up a new printer ( if you're keeping score this is # 4 printer ). Apparently, the cost of new cartridges for the Epson colour jobby were going to be $ 200 ( 7 colours ) so Mr C bought a new bubble. jet.
Saturday 27 October 2012
The Poker blog
I play poker in 3 leagues ( M's terminology ). I play weekly during the winter months. Weekly, all year and monthly, there is very little overlap.
This week, it was Thur and Fri. I managed to do ' the double ' as they say in jolly Ole England. I won both nights. There are two groups and way different styles. Now, you need a whack of luck, as well. My winnings wouldn't buy a new fishing rod and besides I'll give it back next week.
We're still eating turkey, stuffing, rice and gravy. So neat, that.
We have rain, we will have rain and then we get the blowback from hurricane Sandy. Figure that the leaves are 60% done. The reds are gone and its mostly yellow, touch of brown and definitely some trees are still green.
Taylor Swift is no longer in government. She broke up w/ the Kennedy kid and is on the hunt for a life partner, good luck Taylor.
I'm watching "Elementary " on TV, the Sherlock Holmes re-tread. Its got less reference to the original stories so far. And of course, Watson is a female. Overall, its or he's a little too... something. Intense, I think manic could be the word. Still its better than nothing and thats the norm on TV.
My fav, channels are still the HD trio Oasis, Equator and RadX w/ the first 2 definitely the best. Their forte is travelogue type shows
- the ' Monarchs of the World ' etc. HD was meant for scenic shows. Definitely not hockey or football, geez, a bloody waste of technology.
This week, it was Thur and Fri. I managed to do ' the double ' as they say in jolly Ole England. I won both nights. There are two groups and way different styles. Now, you need a whack of luck, as well. My winnings wouldn't buy a new fishing rod and besides I'll give it back next week.
We're still eating turkey, stuffing, rice and gravy. So neat, that.
We have rain, we will have rain and then we get the blowback from hurricane Sandy. Figure that the leaves are 60% done. The reds are gone and its mostly yellow, touch of brown and definitely some trees are still green.
Taylor Swift is no longer in government. She broke up w/ the Kennedy kid and is on the hunt for a life partner, good luck Taylor.
I'm watching "Elementary " on TV, the Sherlock Holmes re-tread. Its got less reference to the original stories so far. And of course, Watson is a female. Overall, its or he's a little too... something. Intense, I think manic could be the word. Still its better than nothing and thats the norm on TV.
My fav, channels are still the HD trio Oasis, Equator and RadX w/ the first 2 definitely the best. Their forte is travelogue type shows
- the ' Monarchs of the World ' etc. HD was meant for scenic shows. Definitely not hockey or football, geez, a bloody waste of technology.
Friday 26 October 2012
The impossible and the ridiculous
Yesterday, as well as muffins, we did a turkey - all the trimmings ( does that mean stuffing and gravy or did we need more.... ? ).
The ' we ' is M, as my contribution was carrying the bird around the house. I washed the turk and rubbed the carcass down w/ soya sauce.
On ' Diners, Drive Ins and Dives ' I've noticed handling the beastie before hand is essential. Clean and season, well before hand. The cooks / chefs often marinate for 3 days.
I chose soya sauce b/c a) I'm oriental or asian ( we're not sure or I'm not sure what is the appropriate / acceptable terminology, basically, I don't care but I'm not Chinese )
b) the soya sauce is vinegar and spices and sugar, the essentials for marinades
c) the extra colour is not going to hurt
d) if you're worried about the flavour, don't
its as if you used Worchestshire or any other seasoning sauce.
e) I put soya sauce on almost everything, even turkeys
All in all, fantastique. If you can get turkey, rice and gravy for dins, well, thats a wrap for me. And left-overs, rice, gravy and stuffing.
Movie review for " Salmon Fishing in the Yemen " ( yes, the DVD came yesterday too ! )
Starring Emily Blunt, Ewan McGregor and someone who plays the sheikh ( the ' visionary ' who dreams of salmon running in the desert ) and he may be the plum in the pudding ( a very British expression, that ).
Very good. We and I mean ' we ' are watching for the second time since yesterday. This behaviour is not normal , The topic came up
at Mr Cs while we were talking about movies.
He was questioning my ability to recall dialogue from many movies. He discovered that 6 or 7 times in a month for a movie, is quite possible for me.
The movie plays w/ subtitles for English hearing impaired ( for me ). Apparently, this is not normal either. But I'm trying to learn from the movie. Always, trying to learn from what I see.
BTW - M is really watching , I can tell. Aha, another successful DVD purchase. Sporadic rewards, aussi.
OK. Worth the $ 17, ??????????????, I'm pleased as punch w/ the DVD. EB is so - a babe.
Speaking of babes, Natalie Portman ( nee Herschlag... en or something ) was highlighted in celebrities who changed their name.
The turk bones are souping right now. I'll have stock by this afternoon.
Oh, this is the part in the movie where EB and EM become partners, ah, true love. If that doesn't soak your panties
The ' we ' is M, as my contribution was carrying the bird around the house. I washed the turk and rubbed the carcass down w/ soya sauce.
On ' Diners, Drive Ins and Dives ' I've noticed handling the beastie before hand is essential. Clean and season, well before hand. The cooks / chefs often marinate for 3 days.
I chose soya sauce b/c a) I'm oriental or asian ( we're not sure or I'm not sure what is the appropriate / acceptable terminology, basically, I don't care but I'm not Chinese )
b) the soya sauce is vinegar and spices and sugar, the essentials for marinades
c) the extra colour is not going to hurt
d) if you're worried about the flavour, don't
its as if you used Worchestshire or any other seasoning sauce.
e) I put soya sauce on almost everything, even turkeys
All in all, fantastique. If you can get turkey, rice and gravy for dins, well, thats a wrap for me. And left-overs, rice, gravy and stuffing.
Movie review for " Salmon Fishing in the Yemen " ( yes, the DVD came yesterday too ! )
Starring Emily Blunt, Ewan McGregor and someone who plays the sheikh ( the ' visionary ' who dreams of salmon running in the desert ) and he may be the plum in the pudding ( a very British expression, that ).
Very good. We and I mean ' we ' are watching for the second time since yesterday. This behaviour is not normal , The topic came up
at Mr Cs while we were talking about movies.
He was questioning my ability to recall dialogue from many movies. He discovered that 6 or 7 times in a month for a movie, is quite possible for me.
The movie plays w/ subtitles for English hearing impaired ( for me ). Apparently, this is not normal either. But I'm trying to learn from the movie. Always, trying to learn from what I see.
BTW - M is really watching , I can tell. Aha, another successful DVD purchase. Sporadic rewards, aussi.
OK. Worth the $ 17, ??????????????, I'm pleased as punch w/ the DVD. EB is so - a babe.
Speaking of babes, Natalie Portman ( nee Herschlag... en or something ) was highlighted in celebrities who changed their name.
The turk bones are souping right now. I'll have stock by this afternoon.
Oh, this is the part in the movie where EB and EM become partners, ah, true love. If that doesn't soak your panties
Indian Summer
To- day, Oct 25, is forecast to be 70 F for 2 days. Yep, boat is put away, never fails, but leave the boat out to long - the engine will freeze.
Thus, a new pattern takes shape. Less time at QMH, more time here in Scarberia.
Yesterday, I tried to get another printer ready for use at Mr. Cs next door. Figured ou the Mac laptop, press ' print ' and ' pause ' shows on the printer screen.
Hooked up a second laptop ( this one an HP )and press ' print ' - a screen pops up showing four of seven ink cartridges empty -
No printing. Hopefully, the problem is the ink supply. What a difference in computers. The Mac laptop tells you very little, the HP shows the screen with info on the status of the printer supplies. And the HP laptop is middle of the pack. That Mac is power heavy.
User friendly but low on ' fixability '.
Of course, this doesn't help me too much, my ' fixing skills 'are pretty limited. It is nice to know that I can do something.
Oh, its a muffin morning , the brown sugar made it into the egg mixture - apparently, sleepy people forgot about sugar - b/c its happened at least twice.
I know, wake up first, then make muffins. Ah, the muffins w/ coffee is the best. Warm muffins and warmer coffee. so , half awake baking happens
Thus, a new pattern takes shape. Less time at QMH, more time here in Scarberia.
Yesterday, I tried to get another printer ready for use at Mr. Cs next door. Figured ou the Mac laptop, press ' print ' and ' pause ' shows on the printer screen.
Hooked up a second laptop ( this one an HP )and press ' print ' - a screen pops up showing four of seven ink cartridges empty -
No printing. Hopefully, the problem is the ink supply. What a difference in computers. The Mac laptop tells you very little, the HP shows the screen with info on the status of the printer supplies. And the HP laptop is middle of the pack. That Mac is power heavy.
User friendly but low on ' fixability '.
Of course, this doesn't help me too much, my ' fixing skills 'are pretty limited. It is nice to know that I can do something.
Oh, its a muffin morning , the brown sugar made it into the egg mixture - apparently, sleepy people forgot about sugar - b/c its happened at least twice.
I know, wake up first, then make muffins. Ah, the muffins w/ coffee is the best. Warm muffins and warmer coffee. so , half awake baking happens
Wednesday 24 October 2012
Too early
Re-read the blog entry for yesterday. All I could think of was, blogged too early.
You would be right in thinking, Tuesday was bi-fold door day and coffee.
Well, you couldn't be more wrong.
Subsequent to coffee, the day cleared up. I could have got out fishing but instead I put the boat to sleep for the winter.
First, you fog the engine ( w/ oil ) understand that the engine fogs itself, if you don't follow the instructions as written.
If you read through and then interpret what they meant to say - eezee, peezzee. This year , I forgot what 1/2 throttle means and took 3 tries to finish.
Next, drain the lower gear case, this lubricates all the spinning parts that are below the waterline on the engine.
How long does it take 1 quart of lube oil to drain ? The answer is ten minutes watching it and another 30 minutes while you clean out the boat. Then you wait some more, give up and wipe it dry and start.
The procedure is to pump the oil into the bottom access hole and wait til it comes out the top hole. So, simple. Now I'm sure somewhere I could look up the capacity of the gear case.
Last year, my first try, the guy at the marina gave me 2 qts of oil.
This year, I looked and there was some left in the first bottle. Obviously, not a full qt capacity. But did I fill it properly ? dunno.
So, I'm pumping away, bottle is getting lighter and still pumping. Will I run out, it was tense. Then, 4 tablespoons of oil comes gushing out the top hole, pours down the engine onto the paving stones. duh, yeah, not a qt.
To avoid problems next year I made notes and attached them to the pump. Dummy.
Saw the patio and its thick covering of pine needles and leaves. decided to finish the day by de-debris-ing the patio. Two gigantic loads later, it was time for a brandy and a wash. See, a good day
Sadly, a teen took her life recently. She had posted a YouTube video documenting her trouble and the media take was cyber-bullying.
To-day, on CBC / PRI, an internet blogger and editor commented on the case. What did the media leave out and mis-understand.
The story goes..
1. the teen, using a webcam, posted video of herself exposing her breasts. A viewer or correspondent saved the clip and tried to coerce the teen into co-operating w/ him or else. Lots of people got to see the breast video
2. the teen was physically intimidated by other youth and subjected to cyber bullying through social media. And this took place over the course of several years. Post and pre breast video.
3. the teen had attempted suicide before but this time post- YouTube plea, took her life.
OK. So what did the media get wrong.
There is a type of person who trolls the internet, social media sites and chat rooms.
The target is teens and others who can be tempted into behaviour that can be embarassing. Or the person takes advantage of an video experiment gone wrong as in this case.
The ' cappers ' short for video capture , do this capturing specifically, for salacious purposes, recruitment / titillation etc.
This teen in question is apparently, one of thousands ( according to the blogger ) who fall prey to ' cappers '.
B/c I'm not familiar with all tech terminology, I thought IP was internet protocol, apparently, it also means ' internet predator '.
The age we live in - faster, easier communication Greater and easier sexual predation.
The web was created to open the world to information and contact. Mission accomplished.
You would be right in thinking, Tuesday was bi-fold door day and coffee.
Well, you couldn't be more wrong.
Subsequent to coffee, the day cleared up. I could have got out fishing but instead I put the boat to sleep for the winter.
First, you fog the engine ( w/ oil ) understand that the engine fogs itself, if you don't follow the instructions as written.
If you read through and then interpret what they meant to say - eezee, peezzee. This year , I forgot what 1/2 throttle means and took 3 tries to finish.
Next, drain the lower gear case, this lubricates all the spinning parts that are below the waterline on the engine.
How long does it take 1 quart of lube oil to drain ? The answer is ten minutes watching it and another 30 minutes while you clean out the boat. Then you wait some more, give up and wipe it dry and start.
The procedure is to pump the oil into the bottom access hole and wait til it comes out the top hole. So, simple. Now I'm sure somewhere I could look up the capacity of the gear case.
Last year, my first try, the guy at the marina gave me 2 qts of oil.
This year, I looked and there was some left in the first bottle. Obviously, not a full qt capacity. But did I fill it properly ? dunno.
So, I'm pumping away, bottle is getting lighter and still pumping. Will I run out, it was tense. Then, 4 tablespoons of oil comes gushing out the top hole, pours down the engine onto the paving stones. duh, yeah, not a qt.
To avoid problems next year I made notes and attached them to the pump. Dummy.
Saw the patio and its thick covering of pine needles and leaves. decided to finish the day by de-debris-ing the patio. Two gigantic loads later, it was time for a brandy and a wash. See, a good day
Sadly, a teen took her life recently. She had posted a YouTube video documenting her trouble and the media take was cyber-bullying.
To-day, on CBC / PRI, an internet blogger and editor commented on the case. What did the media leave out and mis-understand.
The story goes..
1. the teen, using a webcam, posted video of herself exposing her breasts. A viewer or correspondent saved the clip and tried to coerce the teen into co-operating w/ him or else. Lots of people got to see the breast video
2. the teen was physically intimidated by other youth and subjected to cyber bullying through social media. And this took place over the course of several years. Post and pre breast video.
3. the teen had attempted suicide before but this time post- YouTube plea, took her life.
OK. So what did the media get wrong.
There is a type of person who trolls the internet, social media sites and chat rooms.
The target is teens and others who can be tempted into behaviour that can be embarassing. Or the person takes advantage of an video experiment gone wrong as in this case.
The ' cappers ' short for video capture , do this capturing specifically, for salacious purposes, recruitment / titillation etc.
This teen in question is apparently, one of thousands ( according to the blogger ) who fall prey to ' cappers '.
B/c I'm not familiar with all tech terminology, I thought IP was internet protocol, apparently, it also means ' internet predator '.
The age we live in - faster, easier communication Greater and easier sexual predation.
The web was created to open the world to information and contact. Mission accomplished.
Tuesday 23 October 2012
Never Got the Hang
In ' Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy ' Arthur Dent comments " I never did get the hang of Thursdays ". Tuesday is my ' never got the hang of '
This days is dreary on the 'bee. However, my constant comment is ' always something to do '.
Thus, I put back a a bi-fold door, taken down to let the spare fridge exit the storage room in the basement at QMH . Ont Hydro has a free pick up of older fridges. We had the fridge for 3 years and never used it so - following the precept that ' if you haven't used it in 3 years, get rid of it '.
I think the person who installed the bi-fold did not intend anyone to take it down or put it back. They goofed installing it or the wall to wall was put in after the door b/c it drags on the carpet.
A new phrase has gone viral, thanks to the U.S. presidential debate. " Houses and Baronets " says Barrack.
kidding, he said ' horses and bayonets '. However, my line is the one he should have used on Mitt ' the glove '.
I'm typing inside at QMH w/ the window open to get 3 or 4 green lights on the dial up. Otherwise I'll get only 2 or 3 greens.
My fishing book is now instructing the reader on the proper method for catching crocodiles.
This information is based on the days of the 'Raj ' in India. Now there's a skill which I'll never need but.....
On Sunday, for dinner, we went to a lounge near us in Pickering. There was a band or group playing. the trombonist or tromboneteer
is a former student. The group does jazz or swing style music.
We ate a well presented meal and listened to very pleasant song stylings.
I'm not comfortable when I don't know what to expect i.e. a lounge ? what is it ?
You're at dinner and someone plays music. Neat
M. is not a jazz fan but she liked the music.
They served good wine. Waht more does she need ?
We'll definato go back. Winters are long in the GWN.
Mr C next door called and thanked me for getting his 2 printers up and running. I explained the travails of the day in computer Never Never land. I think he understands sporadic reward in computers or printers.
Coffee break is over , well not really , I'm just stopping the typing.
TTFN
This days is dreary on the 'bee. However, my constant comment is ' always something to do '.
Thus, I put back a a bi-fold door, taken down to let the spare fridge exit the storage room in the basement at QMH . Ont Hydro has a free pick up of older fridges. We had the fridge for 3 years and never used it so - following the precept that ' if you haven't used it in 3 years, get rid of it '.
I think the person who installed the bi-fold did not intend anyone to take it down or put it back. They goofed installing it or the wall to wall was put in after the door b/c it drags on the carpet.
A new phrase has gone viral, thanks to the U.S. presidential debate. " Houses and Baronets " says Barrack.
kidding, he said ' horses and bayonets '. However, my line is the one he should have used on Mitt ' the glove '.
I'm typing inside at QMH w/ the window open to get 3 or 4 green lights on the dial up. Otherwise I'll get only 2 or 3 greens.
My fishing book is now instructing the reader on the proper method for catching crocodiles.
This information is based on the days of the 'Raj ' in India. Now there's a skill which I'll never need but.....
On Sunday, for dinner, we went to a lounge near us in Pickering. There was a band or group playing. the trombonist or tromboneteer
is a former student. The group does jazz or swing style music.
We ate a well presented meal and listened to very pleasant song stylings.
I'm not comfortable when I don't know what to expect i.e. a lounge ? what is it ?
You're at dinner and someone plays music. Neat
M. is not a jazz fan but she liked the music.
They served good wine. Waht more does she need ?
We'll definato go back. Winters are long in the GWN.
Mr C next door called and thanked me for getting his 2 printers up and running. I explained the travails of the day in computer Never Never land. I think he understands sporadic reward in computers or printers.
Coffee break is over , well not really , I'm just stopping the typing.
TTFN
Sunday 21 October 2012
Movie Review ' Station Agent '
On TVO, public television Ont, they showed the 'Station Agent '. A small person , he says that he's not a midget, so I guess dwarf, loses a close friend and boss. The boss wills a plot of land in Newfoundland, N.J. to Phin.
The land Phin inherits includes a railway depot building, the station of ' Newfoundland '.
Phin a solitary sort, runs into or is run into by a trio of characters. Olivia has lost her child and is estranged from her husband. Joe runs his father's hot dog wagon and Emily is pregnant and the librarian.
No sex, no violence and some kissing, definitely atypical modern.
Watched the whole thing, and thought for $ 4 that I'd buy the DVD. But thats about it.
Day is sunny and cool but very very, nice.
Rain is over for now but I think precipitation is still a possibility.
The printer story. Yesterday, I got one printer going, the 'all in one ' which is good. The bad, the other printers need IP addresses which need to be searched for and not by me.
So, A. is coming over, and we will switch connections so that a router distributes the signal instead of a ' base station '. Then, we hook up two other printers. Dada and Bob's your uncle.
Time 4PM
Back from printing wars. The good - 1 more printer on line. We eliminated a hub and went with the Airport Expr Base station. Unfortunately, the AEBS won't recognize a third printer. This work took another 3 h.
Originally, four months ago, 3 printers ran through a Mac desktop, wirelessly connected to a Mac laptop. Then, a printer was changed out, and no printing happened.
I've been involved since then attempting to get a solution for the 3 printer dilemma.
As well it would appear that the Mac desktop has crashed.
The set-up is a Mac laptop wirelessly running an Apple AEBS connected to 2 printers. We managed to eliminate a computer and hub in between the hardware items.
But only 2 printers are live.
We found the problem almost by accident. I suggested checking ' Network ' folder and found the ' printer share ' button active. since we weren't print sharing any more, it was re-directing the signal to the ether.
One step forward, 1/2 step back.
Is this another case of sporadic rewards ?
The land Phin inherits includes a railway depot building, the station of ' Newfoundland '.
Phin a solitary sort, runs into or is run into by a trio of characters. Olivia has lost her child and is estranged from her husband. Joe runs his father's hot dog wagon and Emily is pregnant and the librarian.
No sex, no violence and some kissing, definitely atypical modern.
Watched the whole thing, and thought for $ 4 that I'd buy the DVD. But thats about it.
Day is sunny and cool but very very, nice.
Rain is over for now but I think precipitation is still a possibility.
The printer story. Yesterday, I got one printer going, the 'all in one ' which is good. The bad, the other printers need IP addresses which need to be searched for and not by me.
So, A. is coming over, and we will switch connections so that a router distributes the signal instead of a ' base station '. Then, we hook up two other printers. Dada and Bob's your uncle.
Time 4PM
Back from printing wars. The good - 1 more printer on line. We eliminated a hub and went with the Airport Expr Base station. Unfortunately, the AEBS won't recognize a third printer. This work took another 3 h.
Originally, four months ago, 3 printers ran through a Mac desktop, wirelessly connected to a Mac laptop. Then, a printer was changed out, and no printing happened.
I've been involved since then attempting to get a solution for the 3 printer dilemma.
As well it would appear that the Mac desktop has crashed.
The set-up is a Mac laptop wirelessly running an Apple AEBS connected to 2 printers. We managed to eliminate a computer and hub in between the hardware items.
But only 2 printers are live.
We found the problem almost by accident. I suggested checking ' Network ' folder and found the ' printer share ' button active. since we weren't print sharing any more, it was re-directing the signal to the ether.
One step forward, 1/2 step back.
Is this another case of sporadic rewards ?
Saturday 20 October 2012
Blather
or blither, either. Basically,its how my mind works. Tangential, sequitorial maybe but out there and not deep.
To wit, pet peeves. This 'e-machine' laptop.
I used to carry an 8 # something Dell Studio 19 "laptop to Fla. Heavy, baby, heavy.
Two years ago, I saw an ad for a 8 " laptop / netbook for 180 dollars at Shoppers Drug Mart ( this would be Walgreens, down south ).
I went to look on 20 X the points day. So many points have a cash value. Well, by the time that I got out of there, the points equalled $45. The little laptop was 138 dollars.
Consumers Reports, says the laptops w/ the ' Atom' processor will be disappointing. This disappointment comes at a price of $400.
In essence, we're happy as larks w/ the e-machine, weight 1# something. The program is Windows Starter and it doesn't do much. But for e-mails ( the e-machine is a typewriter ) and minor searches, its the bees knees.
Complaint, e-mach is plugged in right now. the battery is supposed to be good for 3 1/2hrs - that must be in Singapore or wherever it was made. Here in Canada, 2 1/2 h is probably it.
However,it does explain why at airports or Starbucks - people covet those seats near an outlet to plug-in their laptop.
A friend commenting on his sister and the problems that she has w/ her laptop battery, says she keeps the charger plugged in, whenever possible.
Apparently ,this frequent charging of a partially full battery, lessens battery life. And those batteries are not cheap.
The friend who knows computers ( he builds desktops ) actually takes his battery out of the laptop and uses the laptop plugged. I would think this kinda kills the portability but I've seen a lot of houses where the laptop is a ' desktop ' computer just smaller.
In fact, I'm going next door to help the neighbour w/ his printers. He has 3 printers - one colour, one ' all-in one ' and one for everyday. Crikey, I think one printer is headache enough. On top of that, he wants to control them wirelessly from a different floor of the house. he uses a wheelchair.
A. and I ( well you can imagine, how much help I was, ' gofer ' would pretty much cover it) spend 3 1/2 h two weeks ago to get to the point where it couldn't be done w/ the equipment we had.
Now, w/ new peripherals( neat eh, how I can learn the ' speak ', I'n going over to try a new way to hook up the printers.
M. saw me read the headlines on several articles and then said ' Don't you read the story ? ' You the reader of this blog would know my answer.
" why bother, make it up. they'll have to correct it later anyway " You know ' spin on spin '.
There is a facts of the world page, Saturday.
Washroom triviata from England, this week.
11 % of hands w/ contamination equal to a dirty toilet bowl.
8 % of credit cards as dirty as toilet bowls
99 % of men surveyed said they wash their hands after using the loo.
32 % of men seen on electronic media washing their hands after using the washroom.
For sugar lovers, a diet high in fructose ( found in many items as a cheap sweetner ) won't just make you fat but stupid as well. Nope didn't read the article. The title is titillating enough.
For you southerners. Here are the headlines in the Torstar.
Republicans Can't Hide Mitt Romney's True Colours.
Obama Needs Another 4 Years
The gist of the article ( I scanned quickly ) Geo W took 8 years to ruin the country, I'm giving Barrack another term to make it right.
footnote : The focus of this article was Ohio.
Our TorStar is predominantly liberal ( according to M b/c the TorStar is a rag to me), so maybe the reportage is biased that way. Crikey ,of course, its biased, what am I talking about.
Day broke cool but sunny and penny bright.
To wit, pet peeves. This 'e-machine' laptop.
I used to carry an 8 # something Dell Studio 19 "laptop to Fla. Heavy, baby, heavy.
Two years ago, I saw an ad for a 8 " laptop / netbook for 180 dollars at Shoppers Drug Mart ( this would be Walgreens, down south ).
I went to look on 20 X the points day. So many points have a cash value. Well, by the time that I got out of there, the points equalled $45. The little laptop was 138 dollars.
Consumers Reports, says the laptops w/ the ' Atom' processor will be disappointing. This disappointment comes at a price of $400.
In essence, we're happy as larks w/ the e-machine, weight 1# something. The program is Windows Starter and it doesn't do much. But for e-mails ( the e-machine is a typewriter ) and minor searches, its the bees knees.
Complaint, e-mach is plugged in right now. the battery is supposed to be good for 3 1/2hrs - that must be in Singapore or wherever it was made. Here in Canada, 2 1/2 h is probably it.
However,it does explain why at airports or Starbucks - people covet those seats near an outlet to plug-in their laptop.
A friend commenting on his sister and the problems that she has w/ her laptop battery, says she keeps the charger plugged in, whenever possible.
Apparently ,this frequent charging of a partially full battery, lessens battery life. And those batteries are not cheap.
The friend who knows computers ( he builds desktops ) actually takes his battery out of the laptop and uses the laptop plugged. I would think this kinda kills the portability but I've seen a lot of houses where the laptop is a ' desktop ' computer just smaller.
In fact, I'm going next door to help the neighbour w/ his printers. He has 3 printers - one colour, one ' all-in one ' and one for everyday. Crikey, I think one printer is headache enough. On top of that, he wants to control them wirelessly from a different floor of the house. he uses a wheelchair.
A. and I ( well you can imagine, how much help I was, ' gofer ' would pretty much cover it) spend 3 1/2 h two weeks ago to get to the point where it couldn't be done w/ the equipment we had.
Now, w/ new peripherals( neat eh, how I can learn the ' speak ', I'n going over to try a new way to hook up the printers.
M. saw me read the headlines on several articles and then said ' Don't you read the story ? ' You the reader of this blog would know my answer.
" why bother, make it up. they'll have to correct it later anyway " You know ' spin on spin '.
There is a facts of the world page, Saturday.
Washroom triviata from England, this week.
11 % of hands w/ contamination equal to a dirty toilet bowl.
8 % of credit cards as dirty as toilet bowls
99 % of men surveyed said they wash their hands after using the loo.
32 % of men seen on electronic media washing their hands after using the washroom.
For sugar lovers, a diet high in fructose ( found in many items as a cheap sweetner ) won't just make you fat but stupid as well. Nope didn't read the article. The title is titillating enough.
For you southerners. Here are the headlines in the Torstar.
Republicans Can't Hide Mitt Romney's True Colours.
Obama Needs Another 4 Years
The gist of the article ( I scanned quickly ) Geo W took 8 years to ruin the country, I'm giving Barrack another term to make it right.
footnote : The focus of this article was Ohio.
Our TorStar is predominantly liberal ( according to M b/c the TorStar is a rag to me), so maybe the reportage is biased that way. Crikey ,of course, its biased, what am I talking about.
Day broke cool but sunny and penny bright.
Friday 19 October 2012
The " Dish "
In the TorStar, regularly, they review a reader's choice restaruant item for nutrition.
Along the lines of ' I love this ...., how fast will it kill me '.
to-day's entry : Roast Duck Poutine Pizza
For the southern contingent: Poutine is a dish associated w/ Quebec, the nation next door to Ont but miles away in terms of culture and Dominion-ness.
Poutine is French Canadian french fries ,covered in Fr-Can. cheese curds and smothered in Fr- Can gravy.
This goes on top of a duck meat pizza.
Whoa , nelly. the writer says ' we expected high numbers... fat, calories and salt but....
Here is the breakdown ( daily allowance in brackets )
Calories 2160 ( 2400 men, 2100 women)
Fat 109 g ( 90 men, 65 women )
salt, sodium 4200 mg ( 1500 - 2400 )
This pizza could stop your heart while you sit there.
Advice, share w/ a lot of friends.
The writer calls this week's column more about ' shock and awe ' than nutritional info. Actaully, I'm in touch w/ shock and awe
I remember recently ( four years ) ,getting worms for fishing at about 1.50 a dozen ( wholesale price ), someone recently, was talking about, 3.25 a dozen. See shock and awe.
On the tube. This morning I turned from ' Hillybilly Hand-fishing ' where they reach in and ' noodle' for catfish w/ their hand or toes and pull out a catfish from under a log.
One guy yanks out a 70 # catfish.
Anywhoo, watched the taped version of " Elementary " ,the new Sherlock Holmes set in modern day N.Y..
Jonny Lee Miller as SH and Lucy Liu as Joan Watson, are the current crime fighting team.
This SH is a little too intense, no that is not right - manic is the word. Although, Jeremy Brett ( the BBC, SH shown on Masterpiece Theatre ) could show signs of mania, this SH is way over the top.
My final analysis, better than most TV and especially ' Hillbilly ' anything.
Weather : Broke cool and dreary w/ not much hope in sight.
we have a slow day going here, but then our day is just a matter of degree of slowness
to-day is slowness personified or magnified or typified... its a classic..... classicified ? Why not murder the English language
The picture : Oc 17 2012 walleye ( released b/c it is longer than the slot limit )
Thursday 18 October 2012
When you least expect it
Forgot to tell you, the mosquitoes came looking for me, yesterday. I was covered up pretty good, so its not likely they found open skin.
I was waiting for the old refridgerator pick up truck between 12 - 4 , so figured , warm day, lets put in the boat.
The wind was roaring S or SE, I put in the anchor, for the third time this year. One small walleye. nice day though, warm and bright blue sky. Lasted about 1 hr.
Reefer guys came and I headed home. driving into black skies and drizzle.
So if you're keeping track, I think thats 9 walleye and 1 muskie ( picture to follow )
I was waiting for the old refridgerator pick up truck between 12 - 4 , so figured , warm day, lets put in the boat.
The wind was roaring S or SE, I put in the anchor, for the third time this year. One small walleye. nice day though, warm and bright blue sky. Lasted about 1 hr.
Reefer guys came and I headed home. driving into black skies and drizzle.
So if you're keeping track, I think thats 9 walleye and 1 muskie ( picture to follow )
Wednesday 17 October 2012
It Happened, encore
A lazy sort of day. Took down the patio furniture ( a sure sign of the changing season ). Blew off the deck, mostly pine needles.
Drove 20 minutes to Hastings, for 2 x 85 cent washers, specifically for an E-Tec outboard. OMG, had to be done.
So, stopped to shop for $45 of DVD s, diet Dr. Pepper and noodles.
Broke my promise and slid out for an hour ( 2 , it was not my fault ). Beuti day. Almost warm compared to yesterday. Wind was gentle and warmish.
Back to jigging on the squid grounds. 3 more walleye. 2 were small and one was over-size.
The first movie, ' the Human Stain ' has Anthony Hopkins as a mulatto who is very white and can ' pass ' as they used to say.
Coleman Silk disowns his mother and gets disowned by the rest of the family.
Coleman is accused of racism after a career in an eastern college. Coleman loses his job, his wife and becomes embittered.
He befriends a writer ( Gary Sinese ) who is supposed to write the story of Coleman's battle w/ the college. GS narrates the movie.
Coleman meets a woman ( Nicole Kidman ) who has a disjointed and humanly sad life story.
She also brings an ex- husband / ex-Vietnam vet into the picture. This introduction will be the end of the couple.
BTW - Coleman never tells anyone about his parents. The one lie that is the foundation of his whole life
Oh, AH is a powerful actor, like you needed to hear this from me.
I'm beginning to think NK can act. Its taken awhile but I'm coming around.
Well its a long winter up here, so, $45 in DVDs is a start.
Drove 20 minutes to Hastings, for 2 x 85 cent washers, specifically for an E-Tec outboard. OMG, had to be done.
So, stopped to shop for $45 of DVD s, diet Dr. Pepper and noodles.
Broke my promise and slid out for an hour ( 2 , it was not my fault ). Beuti day. Almost warm compared to yesterday. Wind was gentle and warmish.
Back to jigging on the squid grounds. 3 more walleye. 2 were small and one was over-size.
The first movie, ' the Human Stain ' has Anthony Hopkins as a mulatto who is very white and can ' pass ' as they used to say.
Coleman Silk disowns his mother and gets disowned by the rest of the family.
Coleman is accused of racism after a career in an eastern college. Coleman loses his job, his wife and becomes embittered.
He befriends a writer ( Gary Sinese ) who is supposed to write the story of Coleman's battle w/ the college. GS narrates the movie.
Coleman meets a woman ( Nicole Kidman ) who has a disjointed and humanly sad life story.
She also brings an ex- husband / ex-Vietnam vet into the picture. This introduction will be the end of the couple.
BTW - Coleman never tells anyone about his parents. The one lie that is the foundation of his whole life
Oh, AH is a powerful actor, like you needed to hear this from me.
I'm beginning to think NK can act. Its taken awhile but I'm coming around.
Well its a long winter up here, so, $45 in DVDs is a start.
Tuesday 16 October 2012
How was you day
Cool but mostly cold. Cloudy and windy. Did you wear your long undies ?
If you follow this blog, you're in touch w/ the concept of sporadic reward. For me, 1 fish is luck - serendipity - could happen to anyone.
Two fish is a pattern. 5, yep, walleye is confirmation -something is done right. Now add an 8 # muskie. Yowza, dudes. a DAY.
One long day though.
The Premier of Ont resigned but keeps going on til they pick the next leader of his party.
He cancelled the legislature on the eve of a royal battle over who lied and when - they were going to loose - so cancel the show and let them wait until you have a successor. Only in Canada , you say.
And the best part, this is all legal, not nice, but legal. The Opposition parties are saying things like ' hey, that wasn't very nice ..... You know we had you '
If you follow this blog, you're in touch w/ the concept of sporadic reward. For me, 1 fish is luck - serendipity - could happen to anyone.
Two fish is a pattern. 5, yep, walleye is confirmation -something is done right. Now add an 8 # muskie. Yowza, dudes. a DAY.
One long day though.
The Premier of Ont resigned but keeps going on til they pick the next leader of his party.
He cancelled the legislature on the eve of a royal battle over who lied and when - they were going to loose - so cancel the show and let them wait until you have a successor. Only in Canada , you say.
And the best part, this is all legal, not nice, but legal. The Opposition parties are saying things like ' hey, that wasn't very nice ..... You know we had you '
Sunday 14 October 2012
Paranoia 101
The attic is vented. The new guy whose going to help w/ the soffits, needed me to check to make sure that there are openings under the vents on the roof. He said, you wouldn't believe the number of times, he finds vents w/ no openings into the roof. This means vents that open onto the roof boards not the attic.
I'm OK.
Now, we negotiate how much and when.
If you own a home, you are probably in touch w/ the problems that arise when you start to do something.
Vent. Yes. Does the steel door to the attic open. NO. Well if you're standing on the ladder and throw your weight against the top of the door and turn the screw head real quick. This procedure is tres dangereuse.
After surveying the attic. Check. I decided to see about the door. Tried 2 different methods. In the end, a roll of tar paper was jammed against the door and the edges got duct taped.
If your Canadian, duct tape is the ' go to ' for repairs. Naturally, a better solution is needed. But I bought myself some time.
Hopefully, the raccoons and squirrels can't peel back duct tape ( and move tar paper rolls ).
Last night, on PRI via CBC the topic was the Internet and censorship.
First, several years ago, 4 countries were known to censor the internet. The recent survey showed 40 countries, actively censoring for rebellion, political intrigue etc.. China, of course, but also India.
If you have universal paranoia, guess what you're right. The internet is open to abuse and is abused.
The expert dude talked about internet servers where information is deleted, so 2 write-ups could be different. He was discussing deletion but naturally erroneous entries are possible.
Please recall that you should read stuff here and be ready for corrections. The info is mostly true here, it just needs some tweaking.
I'm free-styling information from the radio as I listen at night. Get it ' free-styling ' pretty neat, eh ? Great expression.
This blog is sort of like poker sites on the internet ,for enjoyment only. The Truth is flexible, real flexible.
I'm OK.
Now, we negotiate how much and when.
If you own a home, you are probably in touch w/ the problems that arise when you start to do something.
Vent. Yes. Does the steel door to the attic open. NO. Well if you're standing on the ladder and throw your weight against the top of the door and turn the screw head real quick. This procedure is tres dangereuse.
After surveying the attic. Check. I decided to see about the door. Tried 2 different methods. In the end, a roll of tar paper was jammed against the door and the edges got duct taped.
If your Canadian, duct tape is the ' go to ' for repairs. Naturally, a better solution is needed. But I bought myself some time.
Hopefully, the raccoons and squirrels can't peel back duct tape ( and move tar paper rolls ).
Last night, on PRI via CBC the topic was the Internet and censorship.
First, several years ago, 4 countries were known to censor the internet. The recent survey showed 40 countries, actively censoring for rebellion, political intrigue etc.. China, of course, but also India.
If you have universal paranoia, guess what you're right. The internet is open to abuse and is abused.
The expert dude talked about internet servers where information is deleted, so 2 write-ups could be different. He was discussing deletion but naturally erroneous entries are possible.
Please recall that you should read stuff here and be ready for corrections. The info is mostly true here, it just needs some tweaking.
I'm free-styling information from the radio as I listen at night. Get it ' free-styling ' pretty neat, eh ? Great expression.
This blog is sort of like poker sites on the internet ,for enjoyment only. The Truth is flexible, real flexible.
Saturday 13 October 2012
Attic crawl
I've been to the attic, about 4 or 5 times.
This area is non-inhabitable and not user friendly. In the summer, its hot and sticky.
Now, in fall, is a great time to check.
There was insulation blown in 12 years ago, so this lint like stuff sticks to all your clothes and you need a mask to breathe.
I'm going up to check on the vents and if these vents are open and free.
As well, I'm searching for places to add soffit ventilation. Somehow this house missed out on the breather slots on the back side of the house.
We installed a steel roof , maybe, 2 and 1/2 yrs ago. The roofer, supervisor, suggested adding more soffit ventilation. This work is easier said than done. most contractors want a bigger job.e.g $ 4000, to climb a ladder. Their concerns are an overall appearance ( read, more money ) , a job that will last ( read more money ). The supervisor dude finishes up w/ ' and this is not a big job, so don't pay the moon '. Yeah.
Well, finally, located a local guy who seems to get the picture. He finishes w/ ' not everyone can do this but if you're careful, you slide the new soffit in '. We'll see.
I remember, when the insulation guys came, they threw open the steel door and ducked. Ducked ? They were making sure a racoon or squirrel didn't come racing out.
Now, I take a rake and defend myself. No critter attack yet, but those guys have probably seen it all.
This attic crawl requires plastic bags over your socks, disposable overalls and mask. The light is limited so, I'll need a cordless light. Smack in the middle of the day, the light is poor but you can see. This is the plan.
We are bright and sunny. to-morrow bodes rain. In the GWN, we take it as it comes.
Right. You should have heard me yesterday, sunny but cold and windy.
This area is non-inhabitable and not user friendly. In the summer, its hot and sticky.
Now, in fall, is a great time to check.
There was insulation blown in 12 years ago, so this lint like stuff sticks to all your clothes and you need a mask to breathe.
I'm going up to check on the vents and if these vents are open and free.
As well, I'm searching for places to add soffit ventilation. Somehow this house missed out on the breather slots on the back side of the house.
We installed a steel roof , maybe, 2 and 1/2 yrs ago. The roofer, supervisor, suggested adding more soffit ventilation. This work is easier said than done. most contractors want a bigger job.e.g $ 4000, to climb a ladder. Their concerns are an overall appearance ( read, more money ) , a job that will last ( read more money ). The supervisor dude finishes up w/ ' and this is not a big job, so don't pay the moon '. Yeah.
Well, finally, located a local guy who seems to get the picture. He finishes w/ ' not everyone can do this but if you're careful, you slide the new soffit in '. We'll see.
I remember, when the insulation guys came, they threw open the steel door and ducked. Ducked ? They were making sure a racoon or squirrel didn't come racing out.
Now, I take a rake and defend myself. No critter attack yet, but those guys have probably seen it all.
This attic crawl requires plastic bags over your socks, disposable overalls and mask. The light is limited so, I'll need a cordless light. Smack in the middle of the day, the light is poor but you can see. This is the plan.
We are bright and sunny. to-morrow bodes rain. In the GWN, we take it as it comes.
Right. You should have heard me yesterday, sunny but cold and windy.
Friday 12 October 2012
Shipping news
nope, not the movie. My DVD is in the mail, so to speak. Amazon sent an e-mail, the babe is on the way.
For brekkies, TBP open face. That's tomato , bacon and on panini open face sandwich. I prefer open face. The bacon , of course, is smoked , gold medal winning from Franz's. don't know when he won the gold medal but I'll give him one this morning. As the next door kids day ' its real meat '
Watched a special on city infra-structure, featuring San Francisco, where at the time of shooting, the run-off and house sewage mixed in the drains. When there is a back-up, blackwater effluviant ( yep, its got everything in it ) comes back through the drains in your house. Eek !!.
In the TorStar, quite topically, for this blog, the column discussed the city's plan to disconnect downspouts from the city sewers and have run-off , well, run-off, onto the lawns.
I've disconnected 2 downspouts and now water my lawn w/ rainwater ( twice, it would seem ). The side downspout has no place to go, at least that I can figure out. so, I'm 2/3 environmentally friendly.
I suppose its dangerous, to reveal too much, on the internet, however, I learned something new.
At the re-union thingy, 2 weeks ago, in conversation w/ a former student. I was told that she and her 2 friends had my face on cut-outs and would put these dolls around their rooms, bulletin boards etc. I was flabbergasted, said I never knew and was told ' thought you'd like to know '. OMG, he thinks. OMG , he still thinks.
Weather broke sunny and cool this morning. wind seems to be up. Yesterday, was real fall or beginning winter, Brrrrrr ( not sure how many ' r ' s were needed there but a few at least ).
FYI. what you never knew and sure don't need to. Odin's wife is ' Frigga ' ( Rene Russo in 'Thor ' ). Obviously, re-watched Thor last night. NP is so cute.
For brekkies, TBP open face. That's tomato , bacon and on panini open face sandwich. I prefer open face. The bacon , of course, is smoked , gold medal winning from Franz's. don't know when he won the gold medal but I'll give him one this morning. As the next door kids day ' its real meat '
Watched a special on city infra-structure, featuring San Francisco, where at the time of shooting, the run-off and house sewage mixed in the drains. When there is a back-up, blackwater effluviant ( yep, its got everything in it ) comes back through the drains in your house. Eek !!.
In the TorStar, quite topically, for this blog, the column discussed the city's plan to disconnect downspouts from the city sewers and have run-off , well, run-off, onto the lawns.
I've disconnected 2 downspouts and now water my lawn w/ rainwater ( twice, it would seem ). The side downspout has no place to go, at least that I can figure out. so, I'm 2/3 environmentally friendly.
I suppose its dangerous, to reveal too much, on the internet, however, I learned something new.
At the re-union thingy, 2 weeks ago, in conversation w/ a former student. I was told that she and her 2 friends had my face on cut-outs and would put these dolls around their rooms, bulletin boards etc. I was flabbergasted, said I never knew and was told ' thought you'd like to know '. OMG, he thinks. OMG , he still thinks.
Weather broke sunny and cool this morning. wind seems to be up. Yesterday, was real fall or beginning winter, Brrrrrr ( not sure how many ' r ' s were needed there but a few at least ).
FYI. what you never knew and sure don't need to. Odin's wife is ' Frigga ' ( Rene Russo in 'Thor ' ). Obviously, re-watched Thor last night. NP is so cute.
Thursday 11 October 2012
Looking back
In the " Hobbit " , Gandalf, is constantly disappearing and returning to the dwarf expedition.
Thorin Oakenshield : Where were you ?
Gandalf : looking ahead
Thorin : How did you know to come back and save us ?
Gandalf : By looking behind
Last night, I went back to check / edit past entries. I was looking for consistency or repeats or anything interesting. Nope. Pretty much what I would have wanted to write.
On ' You Tube ', I checked out Anita Baker ( Sweet Love ) and Katherine Jenkins ( Jerusalem ) and discovered Katherine McPhee.
KM sang w/ Chris Botti ( jazz trumpeter ) and Andrea Bocelli on the entries that I saw.
Charlotte Church is a youngish singer from England, very mature voice.
I first heard Chris Botti on a special ' Yo Yo Ma and Friends '.I never thought of the trumpet as a solo instrument. I knew about Louis Armstrong. This CB is very good. I enjoy most of the stuff he does.
I saw a duet w/ Sting, really neat.
In desperation, b/c I can't find the DVD in any of the usual places that I check, I bought ' Salmon Fishing in the Yemen ' w/ the babe Emily Blunt and Ewan McGregor. I broke down and ordered from Amazon.ca.
Besides the babe, you can probably figure out the connection for me. Duh
I've been getting the cold shoulder from M.
Actually, its called ' frozen shoulder ' according to the physio lady. Gayle looks like Gates McFadden ( Dr. Beverly Chrusher on Star Trek, Next Generation ).
M has had shoulder pain / stiffness / general aching.
She booked w/ the doctor but it was a week wait. So, she went to the physio clinic.
The diagnosis was incipient, frozen shoulder.
Frozen shoulder is a reaction to the immobility of the muscles due to pain and lack of use. The cause is difficult to determine. She has exercises and a second appointment for physio treatment. Dr. visit is to-morrow.
It hurts to drive, so I'm chauffeur for her at least 2 days.
Weather is cool ( 45 F on the back porch ), the sun was out but it looks like rain. Weather Boy( digital thermometer) hasn't worn this much clothing for months. Toque, scarf and trench coat are on. There is an arrow pointing down, to indicate rain or Indians.
Thorin Oakenshield : Where were you ?
Gandalf : looking ahead
Thorin : How did you know to come back and save us ?
Gandalf : By looking behind
Last night, I went back to check / edit past entries. I was looking for consistency or repeats or anything interesting. Nope. Pretty much what I would have wanted to write.
On ' You Tube ', I checked out Anita Baker ( Sweet Love ) and Katherine Jenkins ( Jerusalem ) and discovered Katherine McPhee.
KM sang w/ Chris Botti ( jazz trumpeter ) and Andrea Bocelli on the entries that I saw.
Charlotte Church is a youngish singer from England, very mature voice.
I first heard Chris Botti on a special ' Yo Yo Ma and Friends '.I never thought of the trumpet as a solo instrument. I knew about Louis Armstrong. This CB is very good. I enjoy most of the stuff he does.
I saw a duet w/ Sting, really neat.
In desperation, b/c I can't find the DVD in any of the usual places that I check, I bought ' Salmon Fishing in the Yemen ' w/ the babe Emily Blunt and Ewan McGregor. I broke down and ordered from Amazon.ca.
Besides the babe, you can probably figure out the connection for me. Duh
I've been getting the cold shoulder from M.
Actually, its called ' frozen shoulder ' according to the physio lady. Gayle looks like Gates McFadden ( Dr. Beverly Chrusher on Star Trek, Next Generation ).
M has had shoulder pain / stiffness / general aching.
She booked w/ the doctor but it was a week wait. So, she went to the physio clinic.
The diagnosis was incipient, frozen shoulder.
Frozen shoulder is a reaction to the immobility of the muscles due to pain and lack of use. The cause is difficult to determine. She has exercises and a second appointment for physio treatment. Dr. visit is to-morrow.
It hurts to drive, so I'm chauffeur for her at least 2 days.
Weather is cool ( 45 F on the back porch ), the sun was out but it looks like rain. Weather Boy( digital thermometer) hasn't worn this much clothing for months. Toque, scarf and trench coat are on. There is an arrow pointing down, to indicate rain or Indians.
Wednesday 10 October 2012
'tweet ' silence
No, I don't tweet or twitter or titter ( well not in public )
On " Q " a radio show broadcast via PRI as well as locally, the topic of buying ' followers ' came up.
What ? Yes. A blogger dude bought Twitter followers so that his # of followers went up.
He paid $ 200 for 27 K ' zombies ' Apparently, a firm in India has a reserve audience that they transfer to your Twitter acct. The ' zombies ' don't react to your tweets, they're just there.
Fishing; Yesterday went out morning and afternoon. South wind strong and gusty.
Morning : drifted upriver from QMH, jigging about 200 yds up, felt a hit and set the hook. This was a strong walleye - not. Got 3 looks at depth, walleye, walleye , muskie. The fight lasted 4 minutes and a lot of line singing happened and the drag screamed. Got Mr muskie into the boat and he flopped around.
Camera won't stay on - low batteries ? . No picture, folks. Trust me he was big - 40 inches and maybe 6 #. Well, the weather was overcast so the picture would have been poor anyway.
Afternoon, 1 small walleye.
It was cold mostly and hard to position the boat almost all the time. Heck, I was even thinking of anchoring. Anchoring, I'd rather eat my shorts. But almost.
There is something about that south wind. The poem goes " wind from the south blows the bait in the fish's mouth " but on the 'bee , the south wind brings rain. And this fall, that S wind has been cruel.
I live w/ the N or NE ( prevailing ) and I guess that I know where to hide from that wind, but S, its been hard. I can't remember feeling that way last year. But then, I was so disappointed overall, maybe, I blotted out the details.
Sad, I don't think so, I'll fish in Fla, in my shorts and T shirt and watch for dolphins.
Tough life , I know.
officially, the plan was to fish til Oct 20 something. I think the boat comes out next week, early.
On " Q " a radio show broadcast via PRI as well as locally, the topic of buying ' followers ' came up.
What ? Yes. A blogger dude bought Twitter followers so that his # of followers went up.
He paid $ 200 for 27 K ' zombies ' Apparently, a firm in India has a reserve audience that they transfer to your Twitter acct. The ' zombies ' don't react to your tweets, they're just there.
Fishing; Yesterday went out morning and afternoon. South wind strong and gusty.
Morning : drifted upriver from QMH, jigging about 200 yds up, felt a hit and set the hook. This was a strong walleye - not. Got 3 looks at depth, walleye, walleye , muskie. The fight lasted 4 minutes and a lot of line singing happened and the drag screamed. Got Mr muskie into the boat and he flopped around.
Camera won't stay on - low batteries ? . No picture, folks. Trust me he was big - 40 inches and maybe 6 #. Well, the weather was overcast so the picture would have been poor anyway.
Afternoon, 1 small walleye.
It was cold mostly and hard to position the boat almost all the time. Heck, I was even thinking of anchoring. Anchoring, I'd rather eat my shorts. But almost.
There is something about that south wind. The poem goes " wind from the south blows the bait in the fish's mouth " but on the 'bee , the south wind brings rain. And this fall, that S wind has been cruel.
I live w/ the N or NE ( prevailing ) and I guess that I know where to hide from that wind, but S, its been hard. I can't remember feeling that way last year. But then, I was so disappointed overall, maybe, I blotted out the details.
Sad, I don't think so, I'll fish in Fla, in my shorts and T shirt and watch for dolphins.
Tough life , I know.
officially, the plan was to fish til Oct 20 something. I think the boat comes out next week, early.
Monday 8 October 2012
Be careful who.......
you laugh at or wonder about.
Many times, I've seen people in airports, waiting rooms etc. snuggled up to an electric outlet w/ their laptop plugged in. Thinking, ' Is that really necessary ? isn't your battery any good '
Since I've started blogging the laptop needs re-charging every third morning. Definitely, a pain. Battery life was supposed to be 3 - 5
hrs. I guess stupid me was counting on the 5, double ' ha ha ' here. Not.
Dinner last night was fab. Turkey,rice , stuffing and veg casseroles etc. Here's a breakdown.
The ' turk ' - moist and tasty. They get my cousin to carve, TG ,he's so careful and precise. Crikey, if they ask me to carve, I'm going to claim ' limp wrist syndrome or carpel tunnel from fishing '. He's a hard act to follow.
Rice - someone put peas in the rice. I guess they were worried about my fibre intake. Lest you think this was problem ,for us JC s ( not Jesus Christ, Japanese Canadians ) if its rice bring it on whatever you've got. Peas is nothing , a little colour. Heck , rice and salt is good. Now, rice and gravy is a gastronomic smorgsbord of everything that is good in the world - add a little dinde ( turkey in Fr ) ooh la la, madames and monsieurs .
The stuffing is the family's own recipe. I've had many varieties of stuffing w/ cashews, chestnuts everything. But this stuffing ( ' dressing ' to some ) is STUFFING the way we know stuffing. The ingredients are bread, onion, sausage and potatoes etc.
(ERROR ERROR Will Robinson: I was updating and spell checking when I noticed : ' add potatoes ' to the stuffing ingredients)
I can't believe the world would eat any other stuffing, pourquoi ? , once you've tried this one. Its a legend.
I once made StoveTop stuffing by Uncle Ben or somebody, oh boy, salt and brown colour, and nada.
M made her broccoli casserole, pls note that I bought the broc and grated the cheese - both vital elements in the preparation, but I did nothing else. Her broc casserole is always a hit.
The 3 cousins there last night grew up to-gether. Our mothers were very close as sisters. I figure once a week, we saw 1 or both families of the 2 other sisters. In fact, when my parents left our original family home on Dufferin St., they moved to within 4 blocks of the other two sisters.
Weather is cool and damp, overcast. Sun should break out later. rain is due Wed on this week. Its 44 F out there in the shade. Our outdoor sensor is under the overhang on the back porch.
On CBC radio, a comedian was doing a monologue on toast. His rant was " toast requires a full blooded committment. If you're not going to toast the bread right ( deep brown ) you're not serious and get away from my toaster. Toast makes butter better ".
I disagree, butter makes toast better. Right, here's the guy that puts Caesar salad dressing on toast.
Last night, toast came up as a topic, started by moi. Apparently, much to my chagrin, the whole world doesn't know about or use corn syrup let alone Beehive brand. My soul shrivelled at the thought. Some have led a deprived childhood. it seems.
To-day is official TD in Canada.
Merry Thanksgiving Day to all ,and to all a good day.
Many times, I've seen people in airports, waiting rooms etc. snuggled up to an electric outlet w/ their laptop plugged in. Thinking, ' Is that really necessary ? isn't your battery any good '
Since I've started blogging the laptop needs re-charging every third morning. Definitely, a pain. Battery life was supposed to be 3 - 5
hrs. I guess stupid me was counting on the 5, double ' ha ha ' here. Not.
Dinner last night was fab. Turkey,rice , stuffing and veg casseroles etc. Here's a breakdown.
The ' turk ' - moist and tasty. They get my cousin to carve, TG ,he's so careful and precise. Crikey, if they ask me to carve, I'm going to claim ' limp wrist syndrome or carpel tunnel from fishing '. He's a hard act to follow.
Rice - someone put peas in the rice. I guess they were worried about my fibre intake. Lest you think this was problem ,for us JC s ( not Jesus Christ, Japanese Canadians ) if its rice bring it on whatever you've got. Peas is nothing , a little colour. Heck , rice and salt is good. Now, rice and gravy is a gastronomic smorgsbord of everything that is good in the world - add a little dinde ( turkey in Fr ) ooh la la, madames and monsieurs .
The stuffing is the family's own recipe. I've had many varieties of stuffing w/ cashews, chestnuts everything. But this stuffing ( ' dressing ' to some ) is STUFFING the way we know stuffing. The ingredients are bread, onion, sausage and potatoes etc.
(ERROR ERROR Will Robinson: I was updating and spell checking when I noticed : ' add potatoes ' to the stuffing ingredients)
I can't believe the world would eat any other stuffing, pourquoi ? , once you've tried this one. Its a legend.
I once made StoveTop stuffing by Uncle Ben or somebody, oh boy, salt and brown colour, and nada.
M made her broccoli casserole, pls note that I bought the broc and grated the cheese - both vital elements in the preparation, but I did nothing else. Her broc casserole is always a hit.
The 3 cousins there last night grew up to-gether. Our mothers were very close as sisters. I figure once a week, we saw 1 or both families of the 2 other sisters. In fact, when my parents left our original family home on Dufferin St., they moved to within 4 blocks of the other two sisters.
Weather is cool and damp, overcast. Sun should break out later. rain is due Wed on this week. Its 44 F out there in the shade. Our outdoor sensor is under the overhang on the back porch.
On CBC radio, a comedian was doing a monologue on toast. His rant was " toast requires a full blooded committment. If you're not going to toast the bread right ( deep brown ) you're not serious and get away from my toaster. Toast makes butter better ".
I disagree, butter makes toast better. Right, here's the guy that puts Caesar salad dressing on toast.
Last night, toast came up as a topic, started by moi. Apparently, much to my chagrin, the whole world doesn't know about or use corn syrup let alone Beehive brand. My soul shrivelled at the thought. Some have led a deprived childhood. it seems.
To-day is official TD in Canada.
Merry Thanksgiving Day to all ,and to all a good day.
Sunday 7 October 2012
TD reprise
On Sympatico homepage, not mine - I use GOOGLE b/c it loads way faster - there was a Thanksgiving day quiz on Canadian TD.
We blew the first question.
Q : TD in Canada, is held on the 2nd Monday in October
Ans : a) This date has no significance and TD was once held in May
b) it has lunar significance
c) it celebrates the beginning of harvest
d) It represents the traditional harvest celebration and is closest to the original date
Guess what, TD in Canada, until 1957 had been celebrated in 4 different months.
Speaking of balogna, no , we weren't but I had a BTCD sandwich. Translated into human speech, it was a ' balogna, tomato, Caesar salad dressing on toasted brown - open face.
Growing up, balogna was sliced off the roll, cut into cubes, fried and sprinkled w/ monosodium glutamate ( MSG, to you and ajinomoto to us growing up ). Looking back, its a miracle we didn't die of the toxic effects of MSG. I mean, our diet was splattered w/ Chinese food and mom used aji as a normal flavouring.
Maybe ,there were / are effects, at least M thinks it explains a lot.
The balogna came from Franz's - best balogna I can imagine. Now ,I haven't had balogna in twenty years, maybe, so it was a revelation.
Anyway, BTCD ( balogna was fried ) - FANTASTIC - just like when growing up.
Speaking of growing up, and we were. I never asked a girl if she had AIDS. In the last few days, a ruling on a major challenge to the law requiring partners to reveal their HIV status was announced here in Canada.
The new ruling is ' Yes,you must reveal that you have HIV but.............. if you use a condom and your viral load is low such that you will not transmit virus, you don't have to tell.
Ask about HIV , crikey, "How's your viral load, darling ? " Its so romantic, n'est-ce pas ?
I'm sitting here, Sunday morning, watching " Kuru , Science and Sorcery " Kuru is a neurological disorder, progressive and fatal.
Endemic to a tribe in New Guinea.
Research showed the disease was symptomatic of scrapie in sheep, bovine spongiform encephalitis and, of course, Creuzfeldt Jacob disease.
Why was Kuru endemic to this NG tribe, the Foree ? Cannabalism. Ritual death rites included eating the brain of the dead relative. Stop the cannabalism, and the Australian gov't did - Kuru stopped too.
Now, I abridged the sequence and the time but
- more or less, think of a press report - its true.
What did you watch ?
The prediction says that prion transmission - the disease causer ( prions aren't living ) - can and is possible through blood transfusion, organ transfer and animal feed on to humans.
Now we know, good. Bad, is the discovery that incubation period, thought to be ten to twenty years - might be generations. And some epidemiologists are expecting a second wave, starting in this decade.
Whoosh ,for sure. I'm way to simple for this type of thinking.
We blew the first question.
Q : TD in Canada, is held on the 2nd Monday in October
Ans : a) This date has no significance and TD was once held in May
b) it has lunar significance
c) it celebrates the beginning of harvest
d) It represents the traditional harvest celebration and is closest to the original date
Guess what, TD in Canada, until 1957 had been celebrated in 4 different months.
Speaking of balogna, no , we weren't but I had a BTCD sandwich. Translated into human speech, it was a ' balogna, tomato, Caesar salad dressing on toasted brown - open face.
Growing up, balogna was sliced off the roll, cut into cubes, fried and sprinkled w/ monosodium glutamate ( MSG, to you and ajinomoto to us growing up ). Looking back, its a miracle we didn't die of the toxic effects of MSG. I mean, our diet was splattered w/ Chinese food and mom used aji as a normal flavouring.
Maybe ,there were / are effects, at least M thinks it explains a lot.
The balogna came from Franz's - best balogna I can imagine. Now ,I haven't had balogna in twenty years, maybe, so it was a revelation.
Anyway, BTCD ( balogna was fried ) - FANTASTIC - just like when growing up.
Speaking of growing up, and we were. I never asked a girl if she had AIDS. In the last few days, a ruling on a major challenge to the law requiring partners to reveal their HIV status was announced here in Canada.
The new ruling is ' Yes,you must reveal that you have HIV but.............. if you use a condom and your viral load is low such that you will not transmit virus, you don't have to tell.
Ask about HIV , crikey, "How's your viral load, darling ? " Its so romantic, n'est-ce pas ?
I'm sitting here, Sunday morning, watching " Kuru , Science and Sorcery " Kuru is a neurological disorder, progressive and fatal.
Endemic to a tribe in New Guinea.
Research showed the disease was symptomatic of scrapie in sheep, bovine spongiform encephalitis and, of course, Creuzfeldt Jacob disease.
Why was Kuru endemic to this NG tribe, the Foree ? Cannabalism. Ritual death rites included eating the brain of the dead relative. Stop the cannabalism, and the Australian gov't did - Kuru stopped too.
Now, I abridged the sequence and the time but
- more or less, think of a press report - its true.
What did you watch ?
The prediction says that prion transmission - the disease causer ( prions aren't living ) - can and is possible through blood transfusion, organ transfer and animal feed on to humans.
Now we know, good. Bad, is the discovery that incubation period, thought to be ten to twenty years - might be generations. And some epidemiologists are expecting a second wave, starting in this decade.
Whoosh ,for sure. I'm way to simple for this type of thinking.
Saturday 6 October 2012
Thanksgiving ( Canada style )..
Sunday will be turkey dinner w/ cousins. B/c we're ethnically Japanese, rice shows up on the table. Rice and gravy is a dream side dish. M couldn't believe rice on the table that first time she came for TD dinner.
We inherited the invitation to cousin's TD dinner. After my aunt died, cousin W invited my parents to TD dinner. When my dad died, we got invited to TD dinner - then Xmas dinner on Boxing Day ( Dec 26 ) -- then NY day at our place, this is now tradition -- and Easter dinner.
Our mothers were sisters and very close. The sibling cousins and family show up plus us.
The landscape people showed up yesterday. I figured they would do a good job. nope, better. They ' maintain ' your property not just mow. Based on this first time, we most likely are staying here. My concerns about the exterior work is over.
The Toyata Highlander went in for a recall. A torsion-pulley-rubber sealy thing needed to be checked for slippage. I made up that stuff
but it was a recall. 2 1/2 h in the shop. However, along the way they found a leak in the water pump. Thus, 400 dollaros later I get my Highlander back.
In their defence, the Hilndr is 7 yrs old. The dealership drove me back and forth to the shop and washed the car.
So far, the Hilndr has needed $ 900 in computer modules that monitor oxygen and temperature plus this last recall and water pump.
Oh and they did an oil change - that didn't cost much. I earned $17 in loyalty dollars.
Speaking of cars, M drives a 2000 honda CRV w/ 105 K kilometers or approx 65k miles. No rust, 1 ding where the lacrosse ball bounced off the corner of the back. My point and supported by our mechanic is that we would get 1700 for the CRV and see it on the dealer's lot for 5500. I say keep it til it dies. M says its old.
The irony is she wants the Honda name for reliability and quality. Then when it lasts too long, sell it. We don't see eye to eye on this. We never see eye to eye - she's way shorter -- ha ha.
We inherited the invitation to cousin's TD dinner. After my aunt died, cousin W invited my parents to TD dinner. When my dad died, we got invited to TD dinner - then Xmas dinner on Boxing Day ( Dec 26 ) -- then NY day at our place, this is now tradition -- and Easter dinner.
Our mothers were sisters and very close. The sibling cousins and family show up plus us.
The landscape people showed up yesterday. I figured they would do a good job. nope, better. They ' maintain ' your property not just mow. Based on this first time, we most likely are staying here. My concerns about the exterior work is over.
The Toyata Highlander went in for a recall. A torsion-pulley-rubber sealy thing needed to be checked for slippage. I made up that stuff
but it was a recall. 2 1/2 h in the shop. However, along the way they found a leak in the water pump. Thus, 400 dollaros later I get my Highlander back.
In their defence, the Hilndr is 7 yrs old. The dealership drove me back and forth to the shop and washed the car.
So far, the Hilndr has needed $ 900 in computer modules that monitor oxygen and temperature plus this last recall and water pump.
Oh and they did an oil change - that didn't cost much. I earned $17 in loyalty dollars.
Speaking of cars, M drives a 2000 honda CRV w/ 105 K kilometers or approx 65k miles. No rust, 1 ding where the lacrosse ball bounced off the corner of the back. My point and supported by our mechanic is that we would get 1700 for the CRV and see it on the dealer's lot for 5500. I say keep it til it dies. M says its old.
The irony is she wants the Honda name for reliability and quality. Then when it lasts too long, sell it. We don't see eye to eye on this. We never see eye to eye - she's way shorter -- ha ha.
Friday 5 October 2012
And the Beat Goes On...
The sultry tones of Sonny and Cher, cranked out those lines, way back when. Cher, the finest navel in showbiz. Or most noticeable.
There have been 22 James Bond movies. Adele, will sing the next theme song, for JB. 22 ? , I'm thinking ' Goldfinger, Dr No, Casino Royale and start to draw a haze ', there was the one w/ David Niven.
And I forgot, a miracle happened on Thur. Running home ( throttled back, naturelement ) my cap blew off. This cap has the name ' Stratos ' stitched on. I back tracked right down the wake, eased up on the speed - there it was floating. So what, you say. Ever tried to back track on your wake ? There was a chop on the water, enough to more than ripple the water. We've tried before and success doesn't happen very frequently. I lost my Tilley, and its beige and we couldn't spot it. As well , a Tilley floats. Dada, success.
Last night on PRI, they discussed the phenomenon that is ' Fifty Shades of Grey '.
Experts commented on a) the need for salacious reading, that everyone is reading, so you don't need to hide your bookcover
b) publishing ethos, flog it when you've got it ( cute, eh ? )
c) ' 50 ' is not well written.
I decided my book, would be called ' 43 Tones of Beige '. The title would indicate, the blandness of the story, my hat colour and ' 43 ' means it could be a shorter book. I'd get the same money, wouldn't I ?
' 50 ' has sold 40 million copies.
We have a cool day w/ the chance of rain. The sun tried to shove through but no go.Pretty much fall up here.
Colours are building but I'd say the change is about 40 %. Some trees went red and yellow three weeks ago but overall its greeny more than anything.
P.S. Natalie Portman is the October cover girl on the ' Thor ' calendar over the computer. Neat, eh ?
NP herself.
There have been 22 James Bond movies. Adele, will sing the next theme song, for JB. 22 ? , I'm thinking ' Goldfinger, Dr No, Casino Royale and start to draw a haze ', there was the one w/ David Niven.
And I forgot, a miracle happened on Thur. Running home ( throttled back, naturelement ) my cap blew off. This cap has the name ' Stratos ' stitched on. I back tracked right down the wake, eased up on the speed - there it was floating. So what, you say. Ever tried to back track on your wake ? There was a chop on the water, enough to more than ripple the water. We've tried before and success doesn't happen very frequently. I lost my Tilley, and its beige and we couldn't spot it. As well , a Tilley floats. Dada, success.
Last night on PRI, they discussed the phenomenon that is ' Fifty Shades of Grey '.
Experts commented on a) the need for salacious reading, that everyone is reading, so you don't need to hide your bookcover
b) publishing ethos, flog it when you've got it ( cute, eh ? )
c) ' 50 ' is not well written.
I decided my book, would be called ' 43 Tones of Beige '. The title would indicate, the blandness of the story, my hat colour and ' 43 ' means it could be a shorter book. I'd get the same money, wouldn't I ?
' 50 ' has sold 40 million copies.
We have a cool day w/ the chance of rain. The sun tried to shove through but no go.Pretty much fall up here.
Colours are building but I'd say the change is about 40 %. Some trees went red and yellow three weeks ago but overall its greeny more than anything.
P.S. Natalie Portman is the October cover girl on the ' Thor ' calendar over the computer. Neat, eh ?
NP herself.
Thursday 4 October 2012
The big ' 30 '
This entry is # 300, not 30, but ' 30 ' sounded so normal, like in something you would expect. I've been to other blogs on 'blogspot ' that are very specific e.g. My photos or London thru My Eyes and others that are 'deceased' i.e. not maintained or left dormant for months. Maybe, those bloggers reached 300 and didn't know what comes next. Yeah , yeah , smarty, 301.
This entry will be saved as a draft and pre-edited, in case, there are no more for months etc.
Non-sporadic happened last night. Fishing jigs, I caught an over-size walleye ( 4 - 4 1/2 lbs ) and then later a keeper 37 cm about a 1 1/2 lb er. Therefore a system was at work. Both went home to the 'bee. I am very pleased. I have the feeling that an acomplishment or level has been broached. The weather was fine, almost golden, w/ the wind mostly N and steady.
If I sound content, yes, but fisherman are a fickle lot.
This AM wind S - SW and building all morning. No walleye but a great morning. Fished about an hour and ran the boat upriver and went home to QMH.
' 2 sentsworth ' on its 300 anniversary or whatever it is called when you get to 300.
Whats left, a whole whack of psycho-analysis such as sleep which I do poorly. As well, oh, just stuff. Very personal and since my readership might soar to 3 people and go international ( as in a Canadian might be reading this ) maybe the world isn't ready for nitty-gritty. Used to love the ' Nitty Gritty Dirt Band '
This is the equivalent to reaching that stage in a relationship where you let your guard down an be yourself - sometimes good , sometimes bad.
In the U.S., Obama failed to negatively attack Romney. 60 % of those surveyed said R won.
In bed w/ Romney, on ' Big Bird ' I could care less. Big fan of PBS, tho', go Barack.
Public radio and TV are the iconoclastic versions of media gone corporate and biased like crazy.
' I can wear 2 inch heels ' a quote by an ex-Mrs Cruise - too cruel. Too true
This entry will be saved as a draft and pre-edited, in case, there are no more for months etc.
Non-sporadic happened last night. Fishing jigs, I caught an over-size walleye ( 4 - 4 1/2 lbs ) and then later a keeper 37 cm about a 1 1/2 lb er. Therefore a system was at work. Both went home to the 'bee. I am very pleased. I have the feeling that an acomplishment or level has been broached. The weather was fine, almost golden, w/ the wind mostly N and steady.
If I sound content, yes, but fisherman are a fickle lot.
This AM wind S - SW and building all morning. No walleye but a great morning. Fished about an hour and ran the boat upriver and went home to QMH.
' 2 sentsworth ' on its 300 anniversary or whatever it is called when you get to 300.
Whats left, a whole whack of psycho-analysis such as sleep which I do poorly. As well, oh, just stuff. Very personal and since my readership might soar to 3 people and go international ( as in a Canadian might be reading this ) maybe the world isn't ready for nitty-gritty. Used to love the ' Nitty Gritty Dirt Band '
This is the equivalent to reaching that stage in a relationship where you let your guard down an be yourself - sometimes good , sometimes bad.
In the U.S., Obama failed to negatively attack Romney. 60 % of those surveyed said R won.
In bed w/ Romney, on ' Big Bird ' I could care less. Big fan of PBS, tho', go Barack.
Public radio and TV are the iconoclastic versions of media gone corporate and biased like crazy.
' I can wear 2 inch heels ' a quote by an ex-Mrs Cruise - too cruel. Too true
Wednesday 3 October 2012
Barter
Nowadays, bartering is not unusual. There is no tax and no paper trail.
What is a good trade for 2 turtles. On the promo trailer for ' Swamp People ' , the answer is 1 rabbit. Who knew.
Previously, I commented on the fisherman's weather poem:
Wind from the North
Wise fisher goes not forth....... etc
A book on fishing sits on the nightstand. Its a compilation of fishing and fishing related stories. It has biases, favouring older ( 1800 - 1900 s ), British and trout and salmon anecdotes. Having never caught a roach, bream or tench, some stories are hard to connect with.
However, I'm glad that I didn't fish when these stories were writ.
One article discusses observing your legs when wading the river. Basically, if you legs are ruddy, thats OK but if the legs look blue or black, thats dangerous. When I fished for steelhead ( rainbow trout ), we wore neoprene waders. Yes, I got cold, very cold. In fact, many times, I warmed my feet back up in a bucket of water. All right,all right ! we've determined that I never could be a Mountain Man.
I guess you figured the black and blue guys wore woolen pants to wade... and mostly barefooted. Whew, not for me. Scotland in February, no way for wading.
On weather, one story dealt w/ predicting the weather. Nope not the wind as a prognsoticator but sheep, swallows, bees and spiders.
I'm sure a lot of the items are derived from folklore, and blended into a way to relate to fishing.
Haven't wandered through a field on the way to fishing so that I could observe the sheep feeding.
Swallows swooping low to the ground means rain.
This AM, wind was easterly swinging to the N as the morning progressed. I hooked a walleye but he got off. The walleye was oversized for sure.... really,.... I probably had to let him go anyway. However, sporadic rewards again, 1 fish, thats it.
Chores beckon. Which roughly translates as ' you better get some work done - since you did nothing yesterday '
What is a good trade for 2 turtles. On the promo trailer for ' Swamp People ' , the answer is 1 rabbit. Who knew.
Previously, I commented on the fisherman's weather poem:
Wind from the North
Wise fisher goes not forth....... etc
A book on fishing sits on the nightstand. Its a compilation of fishing and fishing related stories. It has biases, favouring older ( 1800 - 1900 s ), British and trout and salmon anecdotes. Having never caught a roach, bream or tench, some stories are hard to connect with.
However, I'm glad that I didn't fish when these stories were writ.
One article discusses observing your legs when wading the river. Basically, if you legs are ruddy, thats OK but if the legs look blue or black, thats dangerous. When I fished for steelhead ( rainbow trout ), we wore neoprene waders. Yes, I got cold, very cold. In fact, many times, I warmed my feet back up in a bucket of water. All right,all right ! we've determined that I never could be a Mountain Man.
I guess you figured the black and blue guys wore woolen pants to wade... and mostly barefooted. Whew, not for me. Scotland in February, no way for wading.
On weather, one story dealt w/ predicting the weather. Nope not the wind as a prognsoticator but sheep, swallows, bees and spiders.
I'm sure a lot of the items are derived from folklore, and blended into a way to relate to fishing.
Haven't wandered through a field on the way to fishing so that I could observe the sheep feeding.
Swallows swooping low to the ground means rain.
This AM, wind was easterly swinging to the N as the morning progressed. I hooked a walleye but he got off. The walleye was oversized for sure.... really,.... I probably had to let him go anyway. However, sporadic rewards again, 1 fish, thats it.
Chores beckon. Which roughly translates as ' you better get some work done - since you did nothing yesterday '
Tuesday 2 October 2012
Make up your mind
Thats the phrase running through my mind last night. Out on the 'bee, the wind was steady for the most part w/ gusts and lulls. Really, OK for fishing. however, it started N or NE swung westerly, then almost S and finished as a gentle breeze out of the N.
Got 1 walleye, a keeper plus a perch that was dinner.
This AM ,no wind maybe a wafting E breeze but slow, slow fishing, which translates as NADA.
Temp in the 60 s F. partly cloudy and beeuti out here on the deck at QMH. I'm out here , of course, b/c inside the Rocket stick was going in fits and starts. Out here, its like real WIFI.
I'm very unambitious to-day. Shopping seems like the ticket. then I can fret about all the jobs that I'm not doing around here.
Actually, I'm a master fretter, is there such a word - doesn't matter b/c I am. The list incldues eavestroughs, leaves, docks, weather-stripping and aerials. I am an equal opportunity fretter. I'll even fret about you if you take the time to explain to me what your problem is.
OK. Shopping 101 here I come
Got 1 walleye, a keeper plus a perch that was dinner.
This AM ,no wind maybe a wafting E breeze but slow, slow fishing, which translates as NADA.
Temp in the 60 s F. partly cloudy and beeuti out here on the deck at QMH. I'm out here , of course, b/c inside the Rocket stick was going in fits and starts. Out here, its like real WIFI.
I'm very unambitious to-day. Shopping seems like the ticket. then I can fret about all the jobs that I'm not doing around here.
Actually, I'm a master fretter, is there such a word - doesn't matter b/c I am. The list incldues eavestroughs, leaves, docks, weather-stripping and aerials. I am an equal opportunity fretter. I'll even fret about you if you take the time to explain to me what your problem is.
OK. Shopping 101 here I come
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