Creating the good old days, one day at a time.
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David Letterman’s Final Show
I did something last night that I haven’t done for a long time – I stayed up late to watch television. Last night I watched the final episode of The Late Show with David Letterman. I watched it live, while it was being broadcast. The fact that staying up late to watch the Letterman show…
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The Birthday Party
When I think back over the few short years that I have been a father there are only a few things that I had to do that were really tough to muster up the strength and courage of convictions to actually do. Cleaning dirty diapers was not my favourite thing to do. The occasional poonami…
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Google’s Self Driving Car
I read with a chuckle a letter to the editor in our local newspaper the other day about Google’s plan to introduce self driving cars to the North American car market. The letter writer was complaining that if there are self driving cars these “soul-less machines” will have no accountability and that one of them…
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Video Review of my Gustin Chinos
I have blogged about the Gustin merchandising system previously and I have blogged about the great quality dungarees I received from Gustin, so today I have for you a video review of my latest purchase, my Gustin chinos. I’m not sure I said in the video or not, but these Gustin chinos cost me $104US. They really…
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Costco – A Shopping Paradise
Is there anywhere else in Canada as wonderful to shop at as a Costco? I’m mean really, it is a shopping paradise. Especially on a hot summer afternoon and your kids are cranky from the heat and bored of every single toy they own you feel like you are about to lose your mind. Costco.…
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Glen Pine Swap Meet
If you are looking to swap your community for a new one you may want to visit the Glen Pine (1200 Glen Pine Court) on Saturday, May 23 from 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Although you may be wishing to swap out your entire community, this swap meet is more of an opportunity for you to…
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The Minute Rice Giveaway Winner!!
The winner of my Minute Rice giveaway is 183!!! Congratulations to the winner – I will be emailing you shortly.
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How to Bake Beets
For no good reason I bought a great big bag of grown in BC beets. So what do you do with a great big bag of beets? Well, if you are like me, you run an experiment. Rather than having them boil and splatter the top of my stove and make a grand old…
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Military Training and Fatherhood
A friend of mine is going to become a father very soon and he was asking me what fatherhood is like and what he can do to prepare himself for the life changes he will soon be facing. So I told him the truth – being a parent is much like being in the military.…
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Avengers: Age of Ultron the Best Marvel Movie Yet!
Hey there, it’s The Movie Dude Toth back with another spellbinding review. Sorry for the long absence but work (those darned kids) and home (those darned kids) got in the way. I actually do have another review on the way of the latest Bill Murray vehicle. Anyhow to the matter at hand….I said it in…
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