Category: Life Musings
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FIFA Awards Qatar the 2022 World Cup
Just a quick post before I head off to sleep. Today FIFA announced that Russia will be the host country for the 2018 World Cup and Qatar will host the 2022 World Cup. Yeah…Qatar…a country of something like the size of Prince Edward Island with a population of 1.3 million. There are two large (70,000…
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Ugh…It’s Complicated
When life throws you curve balls, swing for the fence. Ugh. That is all. Ugh. On a positive note I did sleep well enough and deep enough to have a dream once again, the third dream I have had in two years. This time my banker and I were trying to get a 1970s Cadillac…
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Vancouver Canucks Games; Entertainment or…
I was thinking about our Vancouver Canucks the other day after listening to Neil McRae do his morning sports commentary on CKNW. McRae was ripping the Canucks pretty thoroughly because the team had just lost their fourth game in a row. He was ripping the team but he was really giving it to the coach,…
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Merry Christmas, or is it Happy Holidays?
The annual tradition of opening the debate on whether Canadians should say “Merry Christmas” or “Happy Holidays” has begun. Let me begin by asking a couple of questions; first, if I was living in India, would I expect everyone to say to me “Happy Holidays” when people are celebrating Diwali, the festival of light? If…
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CNIB Holiday Wreaths Program Supports Christmas Party for Blind Kids
Every year at about this time I choose to support one non-profit organization. I choose a non-profit organization that does great work in the community and helps people meet their potential. In the past I have supported (and actually still support) the Union Gospel Mission, the Salvation Army, the Lower Mainland Christmas Bureau and many…
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Vancouver Opera Presents Lucia di Lammermoor
Even as I am still mulling over the recent Vancouver Opera production of Lillian Alling, I am reminded that the Vancouver Opera production of Lucia di Lammermoor is coming sooner, rather than later; opening night is set for Saturday, December 4th. Lucia di Lammermoor a heartbreaking drama of fatal family dynamics is set in the…
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The Baby Girls First Snow
This morning when we got up the girls both went to the front window of the house and when they looked outside they both took a massive in take of their breath and went, Ohhhhhh…” After breakfast we took the girls outside for their very first snow day. They both enjoyed it until Brown Bear fell…
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Customer Satisfaction with ATC Landscaping and Country Tire
A couple of stories of total customer satisfaction today. The first one involves a fence for our backyard and the other, tires for the family car. Our backyard is fenced on three sides, but not on the front – the side facing out to the front street. As soon as we go into the backyard…
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My Delta Vancouver Airport Hotel Visit
I recently had reason to spend the night at the Delta Vancouver Airport Hotel. Just for clarity, I have to say that the Delta Vancouver Airport Hotel is not in Delta or Vancouver or actually at the Vancouver airport although it is quite close. When I entered the Delta Vancouver Airport Hotel I walked into…
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Remembrance Day
Lest we forget.