Life – Page 12 of 15

Blog posts about life, art, and everything.

Relief!

Relief!

November 15, 2011 | Miscellany

In July Spare was screened as a very high risk for Trisomy 18. It’s been a rough month or so of appointments, but we finally got good news!

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Mouse attack

Mouse attack

November 12, 2011 | Miscellany

Nobody wants to be awoken at 4 am to the house cat chasing after a mouse in their bedroom. But that’s just the time of day this type of event tends to occur.

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Macintosh rabbit icon

Macintosh rabbit icon

November 10, 2011 | Miscellany

During work on the original Macintosh, Steve jobs refused an icon of a rabbit (meant to indicate mouse speed) because the bunny looked too gay.

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The Tragically Hip on design

The Tragically Hip on design

November 10, 2011 | Miscellany

I was in a lifeboat designed for ten and ten only. Anything that systematic would get you hated. Nautical Disaster, The Tragically hip

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Clifford the big red communist

Clifford the big red communist

November 9, 2011 | Miscellany

Clifford the Big Red Dog is a loosely veiled metaphor on communism and 1960’s America. Discuss amongst yourselves.

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That’s my faith

That’s my faith

November 8, 2011 | Miscellany

The sun will rise in the morning. I’m going to have a drink at six. That’s my faith. Johnny Worricker (Bill Nighy), Page Eight

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In a spiritual sense, of course

In a spiritual sense, of course

October 31, 2011 | Miscellany

If the ionization rate is constant for all ectoplasmic entities, we could really bust some heads! In a spiritual sense, of course. Ray Stantz, Ghostbusters

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Team rewards

Team rewards

October 27, 2011 | Miscellany

A “team building dinner” as a reward for hard work is like being given Benedryl as a reward for taking Buckley’s.

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Signs of future past

Signs of future past

September 20, 2011 | Miscellany

Wording signs is hard, doubly so when temporal nonsense gets dragged into it. I’m bored at the Kingston General Hospital so if I have to read this so do you.

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George Bernard Shaw on progress

George Bernard Shaw on progress

September 9, 2011 | Miscellany

Reasonable people adapt themselves to the world. Unreasonable people attempt to adapt the world to themselves. […]

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