In July, I not only dropped my landline, but my cable also went bye-bye. The cost kept going up as opposed to the time spend with it. I watch television, but my cadre of programs kept getting smaller. Reactions prove interesting. The ones with a cord already cut understand. My family has a hard time … Continue reading The Cord Cutter’s Update
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Scaling Berlin Station’s Geoblock
Canadians. We are friendly, polite, willing and able to put up with winter yet possess such a roguish side with television we might as well say yo-ho-ho-eh? Canadians ranked 7th in illegal television downloads. Before the Virtual Private Network (VPN) crackdown, I knew people using services like Unblock US to see Netflix's US content. I didn't … Continue reading Scaling Berlin Station’s Geoblock
Love, Love, Love, and New York 2.0
I wrote about writing advice, but some eagle-eyed readers may have caught something in the photograph: As an information professional, I know interlibrary loans are your friends or help keep pace with the bloke-who-doesn't-know-I-exist, otherwise known as Richard Armitage. Forget the lithe build, blue eyes, boyish smile, and thighs I try not to think about … Continue reading Love, Love, Love, and New York 2.0
Music Monday: All The Right Moves by Jennifer Warnes & Chris Thompson
While out with the stomach flu, I binged on Stranger Things on Netflix. I already heard raves about the 80's set series with its attention to detail and homage to the films contributing to the plot and characters of the series. To my nephew's generation, it's a historical series. To me, it's a trip down … Continue reading Music Monday: All The Right Moves by Jennifer Warnes & Chris Thompson
How Much Advice Before Breakfast?
It's nearly 8 am and with no milk for coffee, I went to my local café for some scribbling and breakfast. The grocery store opens at 9, allowing me time to stock up on lunch items as the library returns to normal hours. The bright-blue bag in the picture is my grocery bag, ready to … Continue reading How Much Advice Before Breakfast?
Emptied Out And In Full Swing
What's happened to me? In two words, I am alive In another two, maybe four, words, I had the stomach flu. Whatever your imagination just told you, I can assure you it's correct and hellish. I like chicken soup in small quantities and Gatorade even less. I subsisted on both of them in the next-to-last week … Continue reading Emptied Out And In Full Swing
Music Monday: It’s So Hard to Say Goodbye To Yesterday by Boys II Men
I sat at my desk during my coffee break and noticed someone on Facebook tagged me in a post. We went to the same high school and the last couple of years I connected with people from those days. I don't connect with everyone, and they connected with people I have no interest in 'friending' … Continue reading Music Monday: It’s So Hard to Say Goodbye To Yesterday by Boys II Men
Rebranding or It’s Time For A Change
Call it a rebrand, a retirement, or an old-fashioned needed for a change. I changed the name of the blog from Stacks and Ranges to Scenes from a Life. I started my blog as a sandbox for writing with hopes to turn it into a library blog. I will write about libraries from time to time … Continue reading Rebranding or It’s Time For A Change
And I Will Write 500 Posts, And I Will Write 500 More
In blogging, much like my writing, I fly by the seat of my pants. Sometimes those pants are capris of many different colours, a good pair of blue denim, or in black. I have a germ and off I go. Rather than changing, I adjust much like an airplane makes its adjustments during take-off, landing, … Continue reading And I Will Write 500 Posts, And I Will Write 500 More
Long Weekend Supplemental
For a long time, people called the first Monday in August the Civic Holiday long weekend. Calling it the next-to-last long weekend would not fly with the public, so the holiday now bears the name Terry Fox Day. This same day also takes the name Heritage Day (Alberta) and Simcoe Day in Toronto. If you … Continue reading Long Weekend Supplemental
Unpaused Life 