2010

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No more Bell (ExpressVu) TV

As of tomorrow we will no longer have Bell (ExpressVu) TV. We finally pulled the plug on the dish and I don’t think we’re going to miss it. We’ve been giving Bell $80 a month for something we barely use anymore. That’s almost $1000 a year! Other than watching most of the NHL playoffs (much of [...]

Blundstone Boots

Blundstone Boots

I finally got around to getting a new pair of shoes last week – a pair of Blundstone boots. My old crappy shoes with the cracked sole and holes gave me wet feet one last time and that was then end of my misery. ;) I wasn’t initially sure if I really wanted the Blundstone boots for two reasons: [...]

Adventures in Sex City

On the way to work this morning I was listening to Catfish and Dave on Live 88.5 and they were talking to a member of the Middlesex-London Health Unit about a new web based game they created.  It’s called Adventures in Sex City and is intended to help teach young adults about sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and misinformation [...]

Direct Energy Public Relations

I recently posted about the impending Direct Energy Water Heater Rental Rate Increase that I was notified about in one of my bills late last year. As it turned out, the new advertised rate seems to only apply to new rentals. Our monthly rate increase was less than one dollar (which is still annoying but reasonable) [...]

Virgin Mobile, please give Haiti my expired minutes

With the recent catastrophe in Haiti, there’s been a whole lot of requests for donations to help out. I was really impressed to see that the American Red Cross setup a way to donate simply by text messaging (text HAITI to 90999 to donate $10). Unfortunately, for those of us in Canada, it doesn’t work. Virgin [...]

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