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Be My Valentine (or What’s Love Got To Do With It)

So since Christmas, I’ve noticed that page views for my blogs have been way down. I’ve heard the same complaint from other bloggers as well, so it’s not just me. (Phew. Although I wouldn’t blame you. I wouldn’t read this

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Posted in 3(Blah) + 3(Yada) = (Blog), Blog

I Don’t Want To Belong To Any Club That Will Accept People Like Me As A Member (or Do You Want An App With That?)

So, it seems that almost every time I go to a website on a mobile device these days, I am constantly nagged about installing a new app that will give me all the latest goodies. Please, just stop. No, really,

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Posted in Blog, Whine Tasting

Carrot Cake Muffins

It’s my one year blogiversary – Let there be cake! In the spirit of doing random things for their own sakes and since you’ve all broken your New Year’s resolutions already, here is one of my favourite things: Carrot Cake

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Posted in Be Crafty, Blog

One Man’s Trash Is Another Man’s Pleasure (or You’re Not Going To Throw That Out Are You?)

So, I have to admit – I have a fondness for other people’s junk. Since I was young lad, I have loved pouring over garage sales, thrift stores, and especially second-hand bookstores. Granted there is a lot of useless trash

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Posted in Blog, Insidious Inspiration

Bras, Mixed Drinks, And Dead Celebrities (or Let’s Get The Party Started)

So, I’m tidying up and I come across this book, The Art of Mixing Drinks (Bantam Books) originally published in 1957. I forgot when and where I got it (for obvious reasons, probably) but I couldn’t help leafing through it

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Posted in Blog, Reviews

I’m Not Procrastinating, I’m Blogging (or Why Do I Do This To Myself?)

So, it’s been a while. I’m not ignoring you fine people out there; I just ran out of things to say. A lot of people blog about their daily lives, but mine has been pretty boring. I’ve gone into hibernation

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Posted in 3(Blah) + 3(Yada) = (Blog), Blog

Don’t Make This Year Regret The Day It Was Born (or Something Like That)

  So who decided to put the start of the day in the middle of the night? Or the start of the year in the middle of winter? Who ate all the cupcakes? Why do we care when the odometer

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Posted in Blog, I'm Just Saying

Dictionary.com Takes A Huge Dump On Nerd Culture (or Let’s Get Hashtag Epic Fail Trending)

WARNING: This post is tl;dr and contains much snarkiness and nerdiness. I have used both the dictionary.com website and the app for a while now, mostly when I want a quick second opinion about a definition, and I am not

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Posted in Blog, Word Nerd

The Top Ten Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Read Top Ten Lists

It’s the end of the year (not the end of the world as a bored media would have you believe) and that means Christmas, New Years, and top ten lists. The latter is certainly one tradition we could all do

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Posted in Blog, DPchallenge, I'm Just Saying

The Five Stages Of Writing (or I Feel Your Pain)

Like dealing with grief, writing also has five stages. STAGE ONE – Caffeination Most writing begins with some sort of stimulant. Much writing is done late at night because writers are so easily distracted during the day and fail to

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Posted in Blog, Word Nerd

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