///Practice Contractions/// We’ve had practice contractions but, thus far, not the real thing. Still waiting for my daughter to meet the world. She’s healthy and extremely active in the womb, so she can take all the time that she wants. ///The Movie Project/// My project to watch “great” movies with my partner continued this week …
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My favourite breakfast food is the McGriddle. It is the perfect breakfast food. It combines pancakes, syrup, egg, bacon, and cheese into one sandwich. The McGriddle is, almost always, well-constructed and doesn’t make a mess. My love affair is kind of odd, because I particularly despise McDonald’s lunch/dinner sandwiches. Compared to real burgers, the Big …
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///Not Operating Heavy Machinery/// As you all know, I’ve been busily labouring at various physical tasks during the last week and a half. I’ve also assembled pictures of other interesting projects I’ve been up to, such as changing my air filter and killing ants en masse, so stay tuned for posts to come. On Tuesday evening, I managed to …
[ Continue Reading... ]“My money: it comes in and it’s gone. I don’t even know where it went!” We’ve all heard at least one tale of ‘disappearing money’ from a friend, a family member, or a coworker. Sometimes it’s just a joke. But sometimes these types of comments are indicative of a deeper problem. This problem may be …
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As regular readers will know, I recently moved to the country. Late last week, I got around to putting up curtains. Prior to putting up curtains, I was waking up with the sun at 7am or even 6:30. Sure, I’ve been going to bed before 11pm, often at 10, so I wasn’t tired. But it …
[ Continue Reading... ]“It was intended that when Newspeak had been adopted once and for all and Oldspeak forgotten, a heretical thought should be literally unthinkable, at least so far as thought is dependent on words.” As I argued in my article “The CMHC and Me”, the Finance Minister has enforced, if not added, housing market policies that are …
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What’s a PCV Valve? The Positive Crankcase Ventilation Valve is a small valve on your car’s engine. Your car runs on the combustion of gasoline – but not all of the injected gasoline vapour gets burned. The PCV Valve is a device that routes unburned gas back into the engine. It’s critical for reducing harmful emissions and it saves …
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