2006 November

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Vox is a network like OKCupid, including boards, quizes and personal avatars. One of the interesting features of Vox is Collections, like a […]

On CBC News there is a report about networks who want cable and satelite companies to pay a subscription for showing their content. Of course, consumers can be sure this will filter down and we will be paying, not the cable or satelite companies. I think this should mean we will no longer be plagued […]

The goal is to have a date (for at least a movie) for my birthday, which is in December. Why? Just because it would be nice. Different too. Oddly enough December seems to be when most relationships end or change in a big way for me. I’d stop at saying it’s cursed but it has […]

I take photos of abandoned farmhouses, as a hobby. Often, people who see my photos remark on how spooky they are. Spooky? Maybe some people are just watching too much TV. I like them because they are old and strong, enduring the elements long after the people have moved on. Those houses are like a […]

Today I was out in the throngs and hordes of the big city (Toronto) shopping mall, right downtown on Queen and Yonge Street. Sitting somewhere, half-lost, I began to feel pretty small and unimportant. I could be anyone sitting there, I could be someone famous for all they know. Not that I’m not, famous I […]

Not all that long ago, in the olden days someone began rules for email etiquette. Someone else renamed the rules Netiquette. One of the old rules was for email signatures - the few lines of text at the end of the emails you send out. Email signatures used to include links, favourite quotes and even […]

Susan Ward writes the Small Business in Canada topic at About.com She has posted an article listing the top ten home businesses. I think she bit off a bit much by calling it ‘Now and Tomorrow’. Tomorrow can change pretty fast while that article is going to be pretty dated in no time at all.
Here […]

There are some compliments which really stick in your mind. Yesterday someone wrote about me, saying I write a lot “This girl writes like other people breathe.” I liked it. I’ve been told I’m wise a few times, I always like that one too. Also, people seem to say I’m an independent/ unique thinker and […]

It’s not about not saying ‘no’. It’s about feeling we just can’t do enough. No matter how many things you already have on the go you compare yourself to some other woman and we just don’t seem to be doing as much as she is, or as well as she is. So, some other project […]

I am nearly burnt out on dating, the online version. Yet, I never seem to meet anyone offline. I talk to all kinds of people but somehow it doesn’t become a date-like thing, ever. Is that just me, or do other people find themselves stuck with online dating as the only working option?
I’ve been married […]

I’m kind of ashamed yet not enough to quit. In the past few months I have become addicted to the drive through window at Tim Horton’s. I have always been a parker, one of those people who park the car, hop out and get my coffee, waiting in the footline with the regular foot traffic. […]

I really like web design. I’m not a design wizard or a technical wonder woman but I really admire those who can put together a creative and technically functional website. I’m working on getting there myself. It’s a goal I’m keeping close and I have plans to take an online course over the winter.
One thing […]

Dmoz, The Open Directory Project, is still down. This should not bother most people. Many people won’t even know what Dmoz is. (It’s a web directory, run by humans). The directory went down about a week ago. Many of the editors noticed right away, I wasn’t one of them. I didn’t notice until a site […]

Last Sunday, my first weekend new to the city of Toronto, I caught the Queen Street streetcar and attended CanZine. I was far too early. Many of the tables were not set up. But, I made the mistake of thinking it would take longer to get there than it really did. Still, I paid my […]

I’m late again this year. This was going to be the year I started NaNoWriMo on time and actually finished my 50,000 words by the end of November. Instead I’m still in the final stages of moving jetlag. Not that I had a jet, that would have been nice, a whole moving crew too.
Here I […]

I wanted to blog for the women like myself, those who get told how pretty they would be if only… When I’m feeling good hearing that makes me annoyed. When I’m not feeling so good hearing that makes me feel awful and hopeless. So, I want to make this blog for other women who have […]