Home rennos and other junk I get up to are usually slow to arrive online due to photos (i have a backlog of work). This time I think everyone will be happy I skipped them.

Toilet was no longer secured to floor. Keep in mind this was a Kohler we had professionally installed about 2 years ago to make our horrible and small washroom less offensive.

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Sadly it's still not time to replace them. Worded more properly: they will not be replaced yet though they required replacing many years ago.

This weekend we went down to our dank, dark, half-deconstructed basement which becomes freezing cold in the winter and we put up some window shrink wrap across all three. Immediately better. Last weekend we ( Read more... )

from eating too much watermelon. Ugh.

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Fantastic looking and sounding game called Bastion I'm planning to pick up this month on Steam. It is an indi game and won a bunch of awards/praise. The game style (action with levelling/items) has a unique narrator through the whole game who updates the speech based on how you play.

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Last weeks post about fighting cancer had an edge to it I didn't like - which was why I posted 2 links. One had a feeling of conspiracy. That treatment would not reach the public due to limited profit. More realistically time is required, as is heavy testing.

Here is a well thought piece giving laymen answers and background to the chemical in ( Read more... )

I now have a second niece! Excellent news. Learning the sex and name after nine months of waiting might be the best part.

Of course this means the timer just started on creating her personalized branding...

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Very interesting article. Feels biased but worth the short read.

Original release and details were in 2007, so this is old news for some. Seems like little progress in 3 years.

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let's be positive about this: the NDP is a power for the first time.

Too bad it's now an impotent power. Might have been better off leaving the Liberals in, eh?

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Alive and roaring. Ever hear of martin brickwood performance? No. Why would you. Guy Martin is an amazing private ducati mechanic that has a race team.

He also fixed my bike this week.

All kinds of major tune up items were done like valve timing. Plus a new smaller sproket, new belts, removal of wart-like emissions box, oil, filters, upgraded spark ( Read more... )

This is what i needed. After a perfectly pleasant eve with the lass, i met a friend for a drink at an old haunt.

While the crowed changes more quickly than my yearly visits, a few faces stood out and prompted conversation. Chatting the night away with people that are quickly becoming "old-friends" i marvelled at what i find fun. Later I found ( Read more... )