I really have no idea why going west on Bloor *always* seems longer than going east, and why even the blocks down to Bloor seem longer if I'm intending to go west rather than east. But west I went to the only wool store in the neighbourhood, which is veddy veddy upscale and doesn't have anything I could easily crochet with. Also is a pain to get ( Read more... )

This living in the future is not all it's cracked up to be. So I fill the online customs form, get a barcode on my phone, and trot off to the Shoppers PO. Yes, the Ossington real PO is closer but the reviews of it are damning and anyway I need to buy a sheet pan and some smoke alarms on the way. So. Arriving mid-afternoon there's none of those ( Read more... )

It took someone else saying it but yes, this is in fact the dark quarter of the year. Days get shorter. I never quite thought of it in those terms, is all. But even so, and even getting up at 11:30 after going back to sleep after the 8:15 pee break (and in spite of telling myself 'only two hours') I got a wash on the line by 1 which dried in the ( Read more... )

The minor drawbacks of living in the future include informing people who automatically debit your credit card that you have a new one with differing expiry dates etc. And especially when one of them is Patreon which has the most useless and infuriating webpages imaginable, starting with their Login page not giving you a login option ( Read more... )

Weighed myself Thursday morning and sighed at the toll taken by, presumably, vodka and coolers. Well, so, shall try for a dry June and see what happens. Of course it might have been the peanuts I've been eating, in the shell but still. Best stick to pistachios or walnuts, which are expensive and thus conduce to economy ( Read more... )

I won't say that the successful conclusion to the 'data roaming that wouldn't' problem was due to me getting the female employee while her male counterpart was on lunch break, but oh I shall be thinking it hard. In any case it seems I've had data all along, just very very slow. So she switched me to another of Rogers The Octopus's many many ( Read more... )

Argh of the day is that my phone seemingly no longer has data. Which is a problem only that data appears necessary to access library ebooks when eating out. Shall take it down to Rogers on Bloor to see if they can do anything because online help is very unhelpful. No, I cannot edit my APN, don't ask me to. But it's supposed to rain tomorrow so ( Read more... )

Today was a Leg Will Not day, something that happens increasingly often. Seems I need an hour's worth of acupuncture and cupping, and thirty minutes will not do. Yesterday was no fun either, but I walked some of it off. Today I walked as well, to the LCBO, and gin has made things much better. Also took Ibuprofen, that my doctor wants me to limit ( Read more... )

I suppose for some people who live in the future, Canada Post's 'weigh it yourself, measure it yourself, print it yourself, pay online with a credit card' system may be a boon, but I think you still have to bring it to a postal outlet. And the option of inputting the details to a smartphone and then having them print the label may save time, but ( Read more... )

I seem to have spent all of yesterday thinking it was Sunday, being mightily confused when PostSecret hadn't changed since last week, and being mightily confused this morning when the weather page kept showing me Sunday's forecast no matter how often I refreshed. Clearly I need to get out more. Which I did not do today because it kept looking like ( Read more... )