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Happy b-day to me!
08.14.2008
News

Thanks to all of my family, friends, and coworkers for your birthday wishes!

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Happy birthday Canada
07.01.2008
News

Hope everyone has a happy and safe Canada day!

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Crazy snow storm
03.10.2008
House, Rants

Well, we had our first major snow storm since moving into the house. The forecasters were calling for about 8-10cm on Friday, 15-20cm on Saturday, and another 5-10cm on Sunday.

It snowed Friday night, I shoveled on Saturday. It snowed nearly all day Saturday, and then Rosalee and I shoveled for about an hour on Sunday. We had about 20inches of snow to shovel on Sunday – yes… 20inches! That’s not including what I did on Saturday!

Here’s the evidence.

This is the snow from our porch, and a few feet of our driveway. Note the stick - that’s about a 3-foot stick! My scientific measurement - to the top of the meniscus.

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SickKids Tournament was a success – Icewave 2008
02.09.2008
Sports, work

The tournament was a success. Our team raised just over $2300 in pledges for the James Fund.

Everyone had a great time, and on top of that, we tied for 6th place, and landed in the top 8 out of 56 teams!

GO Recreational Hazards GO!

Here are some photos from the day…

Full team photo Carol Scorekeepers GET IN THE GAME! Look at me… I can make hand puppets Does she ever get serious? Bright lights! Why do only 2 of us look concerned? More bright lights… Back off Michelle - I’m sick of you telling me what to do! sniff… Go office A113C and A113B Whoa Serve it up Still serving… what a streak!

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The last month
01.14.2008
House, News

The last month has been completely chaotic. We’ve taken posession of the new digs, moved, unpacked nearly everything, had a ton of trades come and go, had a bunch of people come in to give us quotes for things that we want done, and whatnot.  Pretty crazy if you ask me…

I should have some pictures to post soon…

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Help…
11.03.2007
News, Rants

Rosalee is attacking me…  call someone!

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Happy anniversary to us!
06.25.2007
News

Happy anniversary to us… happy happy happy happy happy anniversary to us…

i can’t believe that it’s been a year! wow…

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Palm Treo 700p
06.18.2007
Technology

(history)

  • Oct. 2006 – I bought the sleek and sexy Samsung a900 NOX. It’s a great phone. I certainly like it better than the Razr.
  • Jan. 2007 – I sold my Dell Axim x50v w/ GPS. I decided to do this because I was able to get good cash (thanks to CraigsList Toronto) and that I noticed I really wasn’t using it all that frequently. My usage was mostly due to the lack of capability when syncing with Entourage with Mac OSX.
  • May 2007 – I noticed that I missed having a PDA. I liked having a mini computer with games and applications, along with my calendar and whatnot. I decided at this point to start looking around at getting a lower-end PDA.
  • early June 2007 – I went into my local Bell Mobility store, and took a look at the PDA phones that they have. At first I was really turned off by them. Mostly because I’ve been jealous of the iPhone, and nothing they have is remotely as sleek and well designed as that. The other reason is that I wasn’t sure that I wanted a phone that was as bulky as the ’smartphones’ they have. I start talking with the sales rep there, and find out that I’m not eligible for a rebate until Oct. 2007. Well, when I start thinking about getting something, I usually can’t wait and so…
  • mid June 2007 – I decided to start looking around CraigsList Toronto for a Bell version of the Palm 700p. The 700p is the Palm OS version (the 700wx is the Windows Mobile version). I decided that I would go the route of the Palm OS because of how well it sync’s (out of the box) with OSX, and by adding the Chapura conduits you can sync with Entourage.

So, now that leaves me right here. I found a great deal on the 700p on CraigsList Toronto. It turns out that I went to highschool with the girl I bought it from. Small world. Worked out well for me, as she lives around the corner from me.

Now here’s the problem. I enjoyed using the mobile browser on my a900. I’m on a Bell corporate plan which allows for unlimited web-browsing for $5/mo. Great deal no? Well, it turns out that it’s only for WAP service, not data service – which means that I now have to get a Data Plan on the 700p to surf the web. That kind of sucks, because I don’t need to check e-mail on the phone. I just want to use canada411 online (to save $1.50 per call to 411), facebook mobile, etc. Plus I setup my own POP3 web-based e-mail client. Anyways, I’ll be adding a data plan. I get a discount on it because of my corporate plan… but it’s extra money that I didn’t want to shell out.

Oh well, them’s the brakes!

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I’ve gone 8 for 9
06.12.2007
Sports

Last nights baseball games were great. After a long day at work, we had a double header against “The Tribe”. My team (sponsored by FCUK) beat them last week 17-8.

The first game we took them easily. I went 4 for 4, with 7 RBIs off 3 singles and a double.

The second game we lost by 3 runs. I went 4 for 5, with 6 RBI’s off 2 singles and 2 doubles. The first inning we let them get way up on us, scoring 12 runs. The rest of the game we fought back. My last 2 at bats I took the ball to the fence, just a couple feet from home runs.

Both games exhibited great effort and skill from all facets of our team. Thanks goes out to Al, our latest addition to the team.

Good work FCUK. See you all at the game on Wed. At 6:45 – Clanton Park.

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Celebrity look-a-likes
04.05.2007
Play

Ok… so I finally caved in and tried the MyHeritage celebrity look-a-like thing. It’s pretty neat how they set it up to find the faces in the pictures and then figure it out… you should try it…

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Got the new car!
03.17.2007
News

Well… I picked it up on Thursday. I love it! It’s totally awesome…

Here’s a picture of it..

2007 Audi A4 2.0t Avant Quattro
Audi A4 2.0T Avant Quattro

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New blog design
03.04.2007
News

Thought I’d give this a try. Let me know what you think…

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