Rae | March 31, 2009
It’s no secret that I am a complete geek, at least it shouldn’t be! So, the following should not come as a surprise. I went on a field trip for work today, to Canada Place. The colleague who took me there picked a route that took us through historic, and very quaint!, Gastown. There, I [...]
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Rae | March 30, 2009
The irony of socialism is that the less money you make, the better off you are financially. I have this thought every year at about this time, upon filing my taxes. At least this year, it’s in my favour. I’m a little behind this year in getting them done seeing as the HRÂ idiot who couldn’t [...]
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Rae | March 29, 2009
There’s more to making a home out of an RV than just putting up pictures or changing the curtains. You need to engage your other senses. I think that the way a home smells is very important. It has taken a long time to rid Miranda of her generic and still slightly mothbally RV smell, [...]
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Rae | March 28, 2009
I finally made it to the Surrey Museum! It’s not a large museum, but it’s highly focused and is therefore one of the better museums I’ve visited in my cross-country journey. Its sole purpose is to explain the history of the city of Surrey and it does so with interesting exhibits that highlight the people, [...]
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Rae | March 25, 2009
1) I brought the toad in for an oil change tonight. As the service tech was handing me back my keys, he said: “Are you aware that you have damage to the front wing on the driver’s side?” I grinned and replied proudly that I was the evil culprit who had done wrong to Pommette! [...]
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