Over the weekend I was forcefully dragged a little farther into the 21 century via HD-TV. Recently hubby and I became the proud new parents of a monstrous new baby in the form of one of these new fangled things. I enjoy pointing out to hubby that I grew up in the 60’s with black [...]
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I Can See Clearly Now – I Have HD
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged HD-TV, High Defenition on February 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Giving Birth to a Beast, or the Demise of a Blog
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Mafia Wars on Facebook on February 3, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Absorption – ab·sorp·tion There are various usages of the word ‘Absorption’, however when used as a noun in reference to cognitive ability it means – preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else. I have not written a blog post for over a month and the above excuse is the one I [...]
Anti-whaling ship’s bow sliced off by Japanese
Posted in Uncategorized on January 6, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Well that was 2 million well spent! Associated Press has just reported that the Sea Shepherd organization declared “whale war” on the Japanese fleet after the Ady Gil, a fibre-glass trimaran which holds the world record for the fastest ever global circumnavigation, was seriously damaged in a collision with the whaling ship, Shonan Maru [...]
Easy New Years Resolutions
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged New Years Resolutions on January 4, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I know some people make New Years Resolutions….I do not. Nope I gave that useless cause up a long time ago. So then I started working by the decade. Because really what serious change do you really think you could possibly overcome in just one stinking year?!? In all probablity? Absolutely nothing. I sort [...]
I Don’t What a Hippopotamus for Christmas
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Bing Crosby White Christmas, Davy and Goliath, National Lampoon Christmas Vacation, TELUS Hippopotamus Song on December 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Is it just me or Christmas changing somewhat? Example: Last night was the first time the classic a Christmas Carol was aired? Some of my fondest Christmas memories were spent in front a of television watching such classics as the animated Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer or one of the myriad versions of Dickens’ ‘A Christmas [...]
Give the Gift That Keeps on Giving
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Christmas Blow up Sex Doll, Christmas Gifts, Jeff Gordon, NASCAR Gifts on December 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Overcome with guilt that I have not written anything on this blog for a few days I am passing on the following story sent to me by my adorable sassy mother-in-law! Hubby will be on my case for not writing my own material, but hey at least I am keeping it in the family. [...]
Edmonton the Coldest Place in North America
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Alberta Canada, Edmonton coldest place in North America, Extreme cold weather in Edmonton, Kitchen Scraps, Thomas Keller on December 14, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Hubby and I have now lived in Saint John for 2 ½ years. I am now a little over half way through my emotional transition. I don’t think that is a real condition – it is just what I refer to it as. I’ll explain. When you first make a major move in your [...]
Coppenhagen Not Hot Enough for Global Warming
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Coppenhagen Climate Summit, Global Warming on December 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »
This is just a thought; don’t you think it would be easier to sell global warming to the delegates partaking in the Copenhagen Climate Summit IF was it was held in the middle of summer and in a hotter locale? I am just an old Marketing hack but it’s a hard sell to convince the [...]
Winter Arrives in Saint John, NB
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged NB, photos of Saint John, Saint John, Winter in Saint John on December 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Beautiful Winter Photos in ‘Port City Pics’ taken by Fundysnapper
A Fundywriter’s Christmas!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Christmas traditions, Lobstergram, New England Christmas Gifts, Snow in Saint John on December 7, 2009 | 1 Comment »
What are wonderful about the holidays whether it is Easter, Thanksgiving or Christmas are its traditions. Some families have traditions which go back a 100 years or more, passed on thru the years and gently tweaked every generation or so. I started a few traditions myself when I started doing Christmas – oh about 14 [...]
