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    Check-Out

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    January 17, 2018. Another day, another visit to Costco. This is the usual check-out line for a Wednesday evening. The usual list: Jelly-Bellies, grapefruits, bell peppers, bosch pears, ambrosia applies, sugar snap peas, frozen cod, frozen raspberries, ...
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    Timmies

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    January 18, 2018. We both have colds at home but I've been managing to get into work. Andrea's voice is squeaking because of a sore throat. I'm on cough lozenges and drinking plenty of fluids, including a decaf from Timmies for the ride home. https://f...
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    No Man’s Sky

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    January 16, 2018. This is the Nomad, my special-class fighter in Mo Man's Sky. I often play for an hour or two in the evening while watching Jeopardy. According to the game I've played more than 100 hours so far. I like it because it's calm; sure, ther...
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    Celebration of Life

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    January 13, 2017. We said good-bye to my brother Allan today. Lots of family and friends, including the whole crew from where he worked. Obit: http://ift.tt/2mAB3xb... Instead of replying with comments and condolances please consider donating to the Di...
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    Abalone

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    January 9, 2017. Another quiet day spent mostly coding. This is a red abalone (a type of sea creature that produces pearls) that sits in our kitchen. The holes are respiratory apertures. Andrea has had it since forever. http://ift.tt/2DsIjCM
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    Hoarfrost

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    January 10, 2017. Cold day today, and we were greeted with this lovely scene in the back yard in the morning. We went into the city today and while I browsed around Rideau Centre and Chapters Andrea bought some suitably sombre attire. I discovered Ride...
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    Tesla

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    January 7, 2017. Another day disrupted by the events of yesterday, though we did have a nice dinner with family this evening. I had to run out for an errand this afternoon and noticed these Tesla charging stations under constriction at the Metro. Nice....
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    Papa

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    January 5, 2018. I was in Gatineau for the day today working with the people at CSPS on the business intelligence project (it was my introduction to using IBM Cognos). I spotted this on the way home. According to Google Maps it's called Papa. I quite l...
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    Dentist

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    January 3, 2017. This was my regularly scheduled hygene appointment, but with an added bonus: I got to tell them how I'd broken a tooth over the weekend. Other than dentistry - some coding, some meetings. Still bitterly cold. http://ift.tt/2AB7MGL

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