Category Archives: Truro NS

One Percent Redux

Posted on July 1, 2006 by Arthur

If you weren’t aware of it: it’s Canada Day today and it’s also the day new tax changes will take effect, courtesy of the Government of Canada. A whopping one percent. I predict spending sprees when the long holiday is … Continue reading →

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The old new

Posted on June 29, 2006 by Arthur

Way earlier, Alfons reminded that some old video clips can now be found at YouTube. Particularly the ones I remember when I was -uh- young (my life as a former B-Boy). Right. And other stuff, you don’t want to hear … Continue reading →

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H-umor

Posted on June 19, 2006 by Arthur

Over at the Old Grande Lady of Paperworks, The Times that is, an interview with phenomenon Ze Frank from the Ze Frank Show, a show that you either like or don’t like. That said, the following quote from Clay Shirky … Continue reading →

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The Soccer will not be televisionized

Posted on June 15, 2006 by Arthur

Ad ergo: my value pack does not include the broadcasting of any soccer or that. So, you might just as well enjoy the soccer thyself, while I’ll read the headlines from the sites around. So, the Dutch play Ivory Coast … Continue reading →

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Radio and Cast

Posted on June 11, 2006 by Arthur

Circumstances forced me to listen to the Dutch Radio 1 broadcast of the soccer game Netherlands vs. Serbia-Montenegro (1-0). It happens to be a Windows Media stream, which you generally will find around this location. That said, I kept Yahoo’s … Continue reading →

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Eood

Posted on June 10, 2006 by Arthur

Once again, I missed the World Cup Soccer games: England vs. Paraguay(1-0), Argentina vs. Ivorycoast 2-1 and Trinidad vs. Sweden 0-0. Early this morning I found out that my TSN channel wasn’t in my cable package anymore, something I reported … Continue reading →

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BA

Posted on June 2, 2006 by Arthur

Today was a tiresome day, which I obviously blame on both weather (rainy and warm == muggy) and the apparent after-effects of the scope. At some points it felt like I was trying to catch up with the world and … Continue reading →

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Digest-this

Posted on May 31, 2006 by Arthur

The best part of going to an endoscopic clinic is that after the ‘procedure’ I was tickled to refresh my brains how the digestive system works. If I’m not wrong, the digestive system was part of the biology classes during … Continue reading →

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Spin that, Doc

Posted on May 29, 2006 by Arthur

In preparation for the day before, the following emergency plan to keep me as ‘fasting’ as possible: I’m not allowed to eat anything before 6 PM because after that it’s PicoSalax time. Hey, what can be worse than trying to … Continue reading →

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Hey. You!

Posted on May 21, 2006 by Arthur

A couple of movies we’ve watched (links go to IMDB): Flightplan – Foster tries to find missing daughter and fights hijacker. There were a couple of scenes where I balked at the screen: the scene where Foster leaves the plane … Continue reading →

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3 for 5

Posted on May 12, 2006 by Arthur

Actual conversation: the ones you have at home or around the kitchen table: – Did you buy any pop? “Yes, they were on sale this week: 3 for five dollars.” – That’s a good buy. Wait. Didn’t that use to … Continue reading →

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McAfee

Posted on May 10, 2006 by Arthur

Way earlier (must have been last year), I bought and installed McAfee’s on my main computer during the days my dad was over. Precautionary, more or less. When installing the venerable Civ 4, I decided it was time to get … Continue reading →

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International Cuisine

Posted on May 7, 2006 by Arthur

The words ‘International Cuisine’ remind me of a couple of things: If ‘American Cuisine’ is hamburger with french fries, ‘International Cuisine’ is that dish you get shoved in front of your face that features not one but two green beans, … Continue reading →

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