Category: Miscellany

…somewhere B.C. (Before Children), I spent a lot of time playing Mechwarrior II online, through Kali. It was a wicked combination of online community and online gaming, long before there was Battle.net, Gameranger or any of the other online services. Often frustrating, as pings would climb impossibly high on your 33.6kbps connection, and, being out… Continue reading In the distant past…

Via Boingboing, a fascinating array of tricks of the trade for a plethora of trades. One that is patently wrong — at least in Ontario — is the paramedic quote: When paramedics arrive at a car crash or similar accident, they very, very rarely announce any casualties at the scene

That means, one of my owners told me I must write something in here “NOW”… Where have you heard that before?! Hello, I’m a nearly 2 year old (February 6th) Border Collie who likes to go for walks, hunt for cars, and LOVES to chase a Frisbee. Today, I met a friend in the park,… Continue reading Woof, Woof, Woof

…you’ve got your own Hobbit Name! Went and saw Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers for the second time on Friday evening, this time with Frances (first time was with the crew of fellow employees at the Fort Frances Times). Thoroughly enjoyed it again. Frances did as well — she was able to ask… Continue reading You know you’re a hobbit when…