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McFadden, Joyce E. (Nichol) – my grandmother

Joyce McFadden left on a final journey on Thursday October 15th.  There to see her off were her son Rick McFadden and his wife Sylvia, grandchildren Kelly (Brian) Northup, Kim (Terry) Ziebell, and Ryan (Kari) McFadden. Missing her are her great-grandchildren Sarah,...

Hockey Superstar (not so much)

Hockey is a viscous, brutal sport. Especially when it involves 5-year-old girls.  And one of those girls is yours.  Paige started playing hockey this year (though playing is kind of a misnomer) because of the generosity of my boss.  You see, he paid for her...

Vista is going to be the death of my laptop

Just got a brand-spanking new laptop. Yup, not even a reconditioned (as I’m so apt to do). I bought a Lenovo IdeaPad Y530-3231U. I could give you the stats, but nobody cares. Suffice to say, it’s got a good assortment. A webcam if I wanted to publish my...

I’m Going to Hell

For the e-test from my brand new old 1997 Malibu, I filled it with Ethanol to ensure I passed the e-test. Do I feel guilty? Not at all. Ethanol is the same price as regular, and can be bought down at Hammond Fuels on Hamilton street. The guy told me it was a zero...

What it rains, it pours (literally)

Tap-tap-tap (that’s the sound of me working in my Mom’s kitchen on my laptop). Tap-tap-tap. Damn, I forgot how LOUD apartment life is. Why, I can hear people walking around, I can hear them taking a shower. Odd how they have a shower right above my...

New Fangled Verification

Down below, you’ll see some funky letters. It’s a new verification system as the spam bots were happily sending away notices for Cialis and Runesgold. Now, normally I’d be pissed that they were sending me information through a commenting system. But...