Today is Remembrance Day.


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It's another some cold day in the Ottawa valley with seasonal temperatures, a bit of a breeze outside and somewhat cloudy, overcast skies. The temperature is going up to a high of 12oC outside, and is currently at 8 degrees as I write this. I am very tired, as I didn't sleep well last night, have a bit of a blocked nose, and am in a lot of pain ( Read more... )

The start of a new month. Thus, as is my standard usage of my blog space at or near the beginning of the month, I present the listing of my October, 2024 reads.

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Books Read in October, 2024

Excession by Iain M. Banks

June, 2024 Locus

The Detail (RPG) (Scenario)

The New God of Finance (RPG) (Scenario)

The Boy Band Bandits (RPG) ( ( Read more... )

It's a new month. November. The weather today here in Ottawa was back to seasonal after the two summer-like days (including Halloween) this week. It was a somewhat mixed day, with sunny periods, cloudy moments and rain showers. The temperature hit around 10oC today, making it relatively cold, with a bit of a wind chill at times due to the mild ( Read more... )

It is a new month. November.

Or Movember, as it's also known, since a lot of men grow moustaches for the month as a means of supporting prostate cancer research (which is near and dear to my heart these days) and the like. (Since I have a moustache already, I guess I can just let it grow a bit longer, right ( Read more... )

HalloweenKids running up and down the streets, shouting "Trick or treat!" at the top of their lungs, obedient parents in tow. People dressing up in various costumes, some good some bad. All sorts of Halloween candies, toffee, and caramel apples, pumpkin pie, pumpkin cookies, and so forth. Hollowed out pumpkins in windows lit by a single candle ( Read more... )

Today is Sunday ( Read more... )

As noted in yesterday's blog entries, I went to the pharmacy during my outing for groceries and various errands and had my flu shot for the winter and the most recent COVID-19 vaccine jab as well ( Read more... )

As noted in the previous blog entry, while out doing the grocery shopping today, I went into the regular pharmacy and had both my COVID-19 jab and had my flu shot for the winter. (I covered the former shot in the previous blog entry, so here's what I have to say about the flu shot ( Read more... )

While out doing the grocery shopping as per usual on Saturdays today, I went and got both my flu shot and my COVID-19 vaccine shot for the winter at the local pharmacy around 4:30pm ( Read more... )