Archive for March, 2008

Web guru needed

March 20, 2008Erin 3 Comments »

I need to hire someone to build me a website. Does anyone know how I would go about doing this?

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Doggy quotables

March 19, 2008Erin No Comments »

“A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself.” ~ Josh Billings “The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too.” ~ Samuel [...]

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Mute

March 18, 2008Erin 2 Comments »

My cold has descended from my nose to my throat. I can barely talk today – if I do manage to make any sounds, it’s a gaspy croak. Sexy. And just in time for when I’m supposed to be hitting up all the businesses in my store’s neighbourhood and introducing myself.

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Lost in Translation

March 17, 2008Erin 1 Comment »

We bought prizes at the dollar store for an event at work. Well, actually, two 19 year old gay boys bought the prizes. I waited back at the store with N, the other manager facilitating the event. The boys brought the prizes back, giggling madly. N and I looked at each other suspiciously, wondering what [...]

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HAES

March 17, 2008Erin No Comments »

Health At Every Size This is a term that gets tossed around a lot in FA circles and it has made perfect sense to me. I’ve recently been exposed to a different take on it, and now I feel a bit ambivalent. This post is my attempt to clarify what HAES means to me and [...]

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Puppy Love

March 17, 2008Erin 2 Comments »

If you need something to make you smile on this rainy day, watch this video clip.

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Here today …

March 16, 2008Erin 2 Comments »

My brother bought himself a 42 inch plasma tv. It’s pretty sweet. He gave me his 27 inch tv to replace my 20 inch one that I have had since I was 20 years old. I’ve never considered buying a new one because I don’t watch that much tv, but I took the free 27 [...]

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Sicko

March 15, 2008Erin 3 Comments »

I just watched “Sicko”, the Michael Moore movie. It was interesting but didn’t really tell me anything I didn’t already know, and it didn’t look at any of the problems that plague a ‘universal’ system like Canada. For example, the fact that we are starting to move toward a two-tiered system – if I had [...]

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Weighing the costs

March 15, 2008Erin 2 Comments »

Adoption fee – $100. Bed, brush, bowls – $40 Two HEPA filters -  $200 Furminator – $60 Snuggling with my kitty – priceless

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FYI

March 14, 2008Erin 4 Comments »

I got text spam tonight! Is this new? Has this happened to anyone else? I received a text that said something like, “I got your number from a friend. Bet you can’t guess who I am. Come and see me at pookitue19983.matchsomething.net.” The email address isn’t quite right but I erased the message so I [...]

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