Sometimes the bible is confusing
Isaiah 34:7 King James Version (KJV) 7 And the unicorns shall come down with them, and the bullocks with the bulls; and their land shall be soaked with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness.
Category: Life
Anything that is to do with my life that doesn’t fall into work or play
So this happened…
I got married! Well really we had a ceremony and reception since we were already married but it was nice to have a proper wedding day. There is a flickr set put together: http://www.flickr.com/photos/daavq13/sets/72157630402490652/
Record industry charges for dancing and Canada allows it
The Copyright board of Canada has certified new tariffs that apply to music at events; like weddings. It is called “Re:Sound” Now I am getting married soon so I am keenly aware of the rubbish that SOCAN (Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada) already pull. Apparently though …
Wedding table number idea
So I was struggling with the whole table numbers idea. Carmen, our wedding planner had sent some ideas, little chalk boards but I thought they looked chintzy and didn’t really appeal to me. But she was trying to tie it into a large black board we were using for the …
The Mary Ellen Carter
This song was sung at my uncle Sandy’s funeral. It still sends shivers up my spine. Rise again, rise again – though your heart it be brokenAnd life about to endNo matter what you’ve lost, be it a home, a love, a friend.Like the Mary Ellen Carter, rise again.
The right to die
I am a big fan of Terry Pratchett, he is a brilliant author and unfortunately ill with alzheimer’s. Mr. Pratchett is fighting for the right to die at a time of his own choosing. Before his mind has deteriorated to the point where he can no longer think for himself, he …
Another Butcher’s update
It’s been a year or so since this whole Butcher’s fiasco started. I was one of the lucky ones, getting my money back. It was probably because I work for the CBC (which I made a point of mentioning) and CBC had already done an expose on the whole online-coupon …
Top Posts of 2011
It’s always fun to look at the site after awhile and review the analytics to see what posts were popular. This blog is really just a collection of random thoughts and things I collect so there isn’t much in the way of a cohesive theme. This randomness is detrimental to the popularity …
Adventures in Unlocking: Why I hate everything mobile
READ THIS BEFORE BUYING A NEW PHONE IN TORONTO So my iPhone 3G was dying, it could only hold a charge for an hour and according to the nice folks at iRepair, the power control chip was shot. If short the phone was pooched and needed to be replaced. While …
The biggest scam
You know what the biggest scam is? Cell phone screen films. Seriously. I just bought a Samsung Galaxy 4G infuse, which is a very impressive phone. (Just having something with a battery life longer than an hour is impressive after my ageing iPhone.) However, the stupid thing came with a screen protector. …