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The 8 Success Criteria for Facebook Page Marketing
July 28, 2010 · Leave a Comment
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What’s your favourite condiment?
July 16, 2010 · 3 Comments
On my second date with Dave we spent a good part of our evening out-doing each other by detailing our love for condiments. “How much do you love mayo?” “THIS MUCH!” I screamed, ignoring the grill marks I was getting on my cheek from the outdoor heater. Seven years later I realize that Dave really does love condiments…all kinds from HP to French’s Mustard (I prefer Dijon) to Ranch and back again. Me, I love mayonaise, plain and simple.
The very best is the kind they put on those delicious fries in Holland. Now that’s tasty. The next best is Hellman’s.A different animal altogether but still terribly tasty is Japanese mayo. Absolutely not tolerated is anything called Miracle Whip or anything that is low fat.
Well, now that I’ve whipped myself up into a frenzy, I think I’m going to go and have myself some mayo! What’s your favourite condiment of all time?
Categories: Recipes · Where's my gonch & other stuff
Tagged: the best mayonaise in the world, what's your favourite condiment? love of mayonaise
Rosie’s air conditioner
June 2, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Categories: Conversations with My Mother · Where's my gonch & other stuff
Tagged: air conditioning, old fashioned air conditioning
My sister is a yam and I am a ham.
June 2, 2010 · Leave a Comment
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Tagged: being a ham, silly sister video, silly yams
Do I really want a dog? Things to think about before getting your pooch..
May 31, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Hello and welcome to my dog manifesto,
We live in a dog friendly condo where I have the opportunity to be exposed to a number of families who own dogs. On our floor alone there is a cross section of pet owners who range from excellent to situations which I call abusive. I don’t think these people consider themselves abusive but they are.
It made me think about how much I knew about dogs when I adopted Reuben 8 1/2 years ago. And truthfully I knew nothing. I was armed with great intentions and lots of love but as a species I knew very little about dogs when I got Reub.
Even though I was prepared to do whatever it took to keep my dog happy, well exercised and healthy, I actually had no idea how much work and commitment it would take and how expensive it would be.
Becoming a good dog owner was a work in progress and in retrospect was something I should have been aware of from the get go.
1. Ask yourself this, are you really ready to own a dog? (more…)
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Tagged: dog manifesto, dog ownship, things to think about before getting a dog
Forced Relaxation has me thinking about Mia clogs
May 20, 2010 · Leave a Comment
I’m beginning to develop a forced relaxation routine. I get up, take Reub around the block, have coffee and breakfast with Dave, call various family members to see what disasters are currently unfolding and then sit back and relax in my forced relaxation bubble.
After spending some time looking for work, Reuben and I do some yoga. After yoga I think about my clogs. I just bought the world’s most fabulous clogs. They are the most comfortable shoes I’ve ever owned, even more comfortable than Birkenstocks which we all know are seriously comfortable shoes. Actually come to think of it, I got one of the worst blisters in the world walking around New York in my Birks and as I recall I spent quite a bit of time looking for bandaids to help me out. Anyways, at the end of the day nobody can beat the Swedes at shoes carved from one of the world’s greatest natural resources, wood. I thought I would have to break these shoes in but no. They fit like a glove from the moment I put them on.
My primary worry at this point is whether I should quickly invest in another pair. I know I’ll be kicking myself two years from now when my clogs are all worn out and I need a new pair and I won’t be able to find the exact ones I have which are incredibly sassy in a farmish earthy kind of way. If you’re wondering what clogs I’m talking about they’re called Mia and I got them at the Urban Barn. I will take a picture of my own pair once Dave returns with the camera. For now you can check them out here.
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Tagged: birkenstocks versus clogs, forced relaxation, Mia clogs
Live web cam of Eagles on Hornby Island
May 19, 2010 · Leave a Comment
This is quite cool. Check out these eagles on the live web cam.
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Tagged: Doug Carrick, eagles, Eagles of Hornby Island
Michael Douglas and his cell phone star in Wall Street
May 17, 2010 · Leave a Comment
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Tagged: Michael Douglas in Wall Street, old cell phones, technology and change
Real Canadian Superstore disturbs bubble of imposed relaxation
May 17, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Hello, I am not a marijuana plant
So off we got to Real Canadian Superstore to go and investigate plant pot situation which is critical. Above all a pot must look good and because I happen to be of dutch descent and therefore cheap, it must also be inexpensive . A dutch gardener like me wants it all.
All I can say is that the Real Canadian Superstore parking lot is probably not unlike dodging snipers in Sarajevo at the height of the war. If I ever plan on going into live combat I’ll start simulation practice by venturing back into that perilous territory.
What’s more I didn’t get my good looking cheap pot there either. The trip, quite simply, was not worth bursting my serenity bubble.
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Tagged: beginner gardener, diary of imposed relaxation, gardening, learning how to relax, Real Canadian Superstore parking lot nightmare
How do seals sleep? Diary of imposed relaxation
May 14, 2010 · Leave a Comment
What does Chewbacca have to do with seals and starlings? To find out, read on...
That’s when I had a thought. And the thought was, how do these guys sleep? I went to a session at the Northern Voice conference last week and Dr. David Ng spoke. He’s a geneticist but mainly he’s a science educator with a particular interest in making science accessible to kids and people who don’t know alot about it.
He talked about how we tend to embrace and value things of a cultural nature and he explored the idea that how science is communicated stops it from being adapted into popular knowledge and culture. He used a few examples to illustrate. He showed us a picture of a starling and asked a room full of people to identify it. In a room of 60 people only a handful could identify a common bird. Then up came a picture of pokemon. And everyone laughed and responded to that because everyone knows pokemon. He also used the Star Wars character Chewbacca (memory fails me here but I thought it was him).You would have to be sleeping under a rock to not know Chewbacca. Out of a room of about sixty it turns out only one person was sleeping under a rock and didn’t have a clue who Chewie was.
This brings me back to the seal. Dave said seals sleep on rocks. I posited that seals don’t sleep. Erica said they were mammals they had to breathe air. Who knew? Well, it turns out they do sleep for short periods of time. They float beneath the surface of the water and will unconsciously surface to breathe.
Anyways, that was my thought two days ago. Thanks to my relaxation program I know how seals breathe. Thanks relaxation. I wonder what thought will come my way today.
* if anyone is interested in the gap between science and culture Dave Ng and his students have a great blog called Terry..there’s lots of interesting stuff on there.
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Tagged: David Ng, how do seals sleep, Northern Voice, science communication, Terry blog, what you think when you're unemployed
