no one of consequence.

Ok, so a couple of the provinces up here have decided they need a statutory holiday in February. Understandable really, down in the states we do President’s day (formerly Washington’s birthday and Lincoln’s birthday) in Feb.

So do they go through the history books to find something reasonable to call it? Pick an event of some kind, (no matter how minor) to commemorate? Do they even go with making Valentine’s Day an official holiday?

No. Of course not. That would possibly make sense. No, we get the third Monday of every February off for…

Family Day

This is possibly the LAMEST excuse for a holiday ever. Lame Lame Lame. Better just call it “Statutory Holiday”. How about Slacker Day? “Sanity Break Day”? “Midwinter Blues Therapy Day?”

I mean, theres huge potential in this. The Provincial Governments could auction the name of this holiday on Ebay every year for funds! Then we could have Bell Canada day, Royal Bank Of Canada Day, or Imperial Oil Day!

No creativity at all. I must say I’m very disappointed. You guys in government are obviously not drinking enough beer.

Life | No Comments »

Some of you may remember me going on before I left NY about how great it was that the city was finally restoring the Battery Maritime Building down on South St next to the Whitehall Ferry.

They’re gonna put a big damn glass box on top, floodlight it and call it a restaurant.

Rogers Marvel is smoking some serious friggin crack if they think returning the cupolas to the oceanfront side facade on top “incorporates more of the architectural features of the existing facade”. It’s still a damn big glass box, you idiots!

This after they spent a fortune restoring it. *headdesk headdesk headdesk*

Life | No Comments »

Room 18 in Portal is HARD. *stiff neck*

Uncategorized | No Comments »

Poking around the net bored, after going through the want ads and finding jack shit. Hit the old office’s website for kicks to see what it looks like… they seem to be trying on a lot of different designs lately.

My old job is available.

Not Funny Universe. Not fucking funny at ALL.

Life | No Comments »

401 books cataloged, and I have Still Alive (the Portal song) stuck in my head.

Damn you Coulton, damn you and your catchy earworms!

Life | No Comments »

YAY, Im signed up on LibraryThing as dsafire. Currently keying in ISBNs, which is probably good practice, and is arguably almost as fast as having a scanner anyway.

Starting with the paperbacks, since that case is stacked four “shelves” deep mostly. And because this case is in the bedroom, so is less available for casual browsing.

Honestly, Ive gotten to the point where I cant keep track anymore. I managed for years, but either my memory is slipping or the Library really HAS gotten out of control.

ETA: After 195 titles, im tired. And thats just the fantasy and sci-fi titles in standard paperback, and a couple of the trades. Owdustyow.

Life | No Comments »

Im a serious book person. Anyone who knows me, knows this. My shelves constantly overflow with volumes, all of which I can honestly state that I have read at least once. Many of them I’ve read multiple times. Some I’ve had to actually replace after wearing them out- and a number of those were hardcover editions. Im not a collector, Im a reader!

Being a book person is however an expensive proposition. In my world, new books count as a necessity, like the power and grocery bills, and I budgeted for it accordingly. Until my marriage, I never blinked at dropping $200 in a bookstore. Sure I’d avoid bookshops… I tried to stay away unless I knew something was due out. Or at least avoided the sci-fi, fantasy and biography sections if I did go in with friends. Still. Spendy habit.

You’d think I’d love libraries, wouldnt you?

Actually I hate them.

(more…)

Life | No Comments »

Also. OMGYAYUNIVERSALHEALTHCARE!

It was VERY FUCKING STRANGE going to a medical office and neither paying for anything nor doing the insurance card dance. They swiped my lil card and thats it, done. No questions about the moneys at all.

Now we just need to get you guys still in the States some too… (Go Obama! Nuke Hillary!)

Life | No Comments »

Ok, so Fun With MDs is back on track.

After our long rest from silly medical personnel, today I went off to complain to my new doctor. Seems pretty green, and a bit nervous, but (shock and awe time kiddies) he actually listened to me. The hysterically funny thing is where he’s from.

South Carolina.

I came all the way to Ontario to see a US MD. (more…)

Life | No Comments »

OK, so Vlad seems to be pretty well known now around our complex. Obviously a cat on a leash is a bit of an attention getter, and even moreso when the cat in question is friendly enough to dash up to anyone and everyone looking for petting and/or play.

He is however so well known that three times now, neighbors have caught him and brought him back to the apartment.

I just put this in the window, to spare the locals from chasing him down.

(Leashcat is currently dashing in and out of his window between chasing windblown leaves on this ridiculously warm day.)

Life | No Comments »