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I'm fortunate enough not to have as yet been affected by the recent spate of ice-storm-induced power outages (knock wood), but I have be...

As I blogged about before, my old external hard drive (a Western Digital Elements) has gone through two power supplies in just over two year...

The problem with xmas is it creates deadlines.  Even if you don't celebrate it.  There are two statutory holidays and then a third for n...

Picture this: your power goes out, so you pick up your cellphone and text your six-digit postal code to a specific number, and doing so auto...

From the Toronto Star, although I can't find a direct link to the online version. Typos are my own: This year you often need to spend ...

I've already complained about the habit of starting with xmas decorations and whatnot at the beginning of November, but one thing that p...

I have disproportionately narrow shoulders, so I always get bumps from the ends of the hangers in the shoulders of my shirts. Even using fat...

I've been pondering the fact that I've been getting better customer service in recent years, and I've been wondering why this is...

Very little about this Rob Ford saga has surprised me. I mean, I wouldn't have guessed crack and cunnilingus specifically, but, extrap...

Sometimes I come across a book that seems vaguely familiar in concept, but I'm not sure if I've read it already or not.  I don't...

I've mentioned many, many, many times that Eddie Izzard is an inspiration and a role model to me.  I've previously described it as ...

Being the kind of fangirl I am, I have an RSS feed of Google News and Google Blog Search results for "Izzard" in my feed reader, s...

Being the kind of fangirl I am, when I entered Eddie Izzard fandom I read every current and past article I could get my hands on, and contin...

Most of the times I saw Eddie Izzard material for the first time were alone, in my apartment, watching YouTube. The last time I heard Eddi...

In the grocery store buying eggs, I picked up a carton off the shelf, checked the eggs, and discovered that one was stuck to the carton, whi...

This morning I posted a request for external hard drive recommendations , then promptly sank it with my blogathon. If you have any externa...

There have been a lot of technological changes in recent years, and I haven't felt it necessary to adapt these changes wholesale.  As a ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS , As a father of two teenagers sons (14 & 18) and step-father of two more boys (16 & 21), I am at odds with ...

On November 1, multiple non-retail sources, ranging from Weather Network polls to Reddit alien doodles, turned Christmasmas themed.  As thou...