Category: Life Musings
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Are Canadian Lotteries a Tax?
I broke down recently and bought a Lotto Max ticket. As I have previously said, I’m not a fan of the one big $50 million prize lotteries, but the numerous extra one million dollar prizes appeal to me. Typically, I do not purchase lottery tickets, it is usually on a whim when I do so.…
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Saddleback Leather Briefcase to be Destroyed
MythBusters will try to blow-up a Custom Saddleback Leather Briefcase this Wednesday night, Dec. 22nd at 9pm EST on the Discovery Channel. The premise of blowing up such a fine piece of leather is to see if they could have assassinated Hitler by putting a bomb in a briefcase. As some of you know, I…
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Wee Jimmy’s Birthday
Yesterday would have been Wee Jimmy’s 14th birthday. Wherever you are Jimmy, I hope you have all the treats you like and someone kind enough to throw a stick for you to chase. Happy birthday to the best dog that ever was.
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The Best Gift a Man Can Give His Sweetheart
You know, the entire issue of giving a gift to your wife is so completely confusing for a man. Let me tell you why. Through the years I have given my Sweetheart many gifts. Birthdays, Valentine’s Day, Ground Hog Day, Easter, the anniversary of our beginning dating, the anniversary of our engagement, the anniversary of…
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Polygamy Laws Being Challenged in BC
I have been casually following the fight over whether BC’s anti-polygamy laws are constitutional or not. However, I am somewhat puzzled as to why the province is involved in this battle. Let me explain. But before I explain, let me be perfectly clear, I DO NOT in any way shape or form support polygamy for men…
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Extended Warranty for my Pillow
Okay, this may be the funniest thing a sales clerk has EVER said to me; earlier this evening while paying $20 for a new pillow, I was asked if I wanted to buy an extended warranty for my new pillow. Just for the record, I declined the extended warranty.
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Lougheed Mall Christmas Visit
In the interests of science I loaded the family in the car and drove to the local shopping mall. The funniest thing that I saw were cars, like enraged bulls charging at one another doing battle for parking spots. Once the cars were parked the people got out and were very pleasant to one another.…
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Grouse Mountain Wind Turbine
The good folks from Grouse Mountain called yesterday to let us know that due to inclement weather the Stacey Robinsmith dot com tour of the Grouse Mountain wind turbine that was scheduled for today, Saturday, is off…for now. That sucks. At least they called to let us know before we trekked out to the foot…
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Granville Street in the Evening
Last week at this time I was brushing off my tuxedo and polishing my Daytons (Drivers) in preparation for opening night of Vancouver Opera’s performance of Lucia di Lammermoor. This evening I am back at home mulling over something I saw after attending the “Meet-up of Meet-ups” at the Caprice nightclub in Vancouver. As I…
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Construction Worker Dies on Vancouver Job Site
Today’s post is a very sad one; yesterday 28 year old Dan Martens died on a construction site in Vancouver. The cause of Martens death is being investigated but early indications are that a concrete form came loose and fell on him. When anybody dies an untimely death it is tragic. The deeper tragedy in…