November 2008 Archives

Caturday, November 29, 2008

Ahhh, yes. 'Tis a lovely Caturday! Charlie spends most of his time in his armchair sleeping, so I've been having difficulty getting variety in settings and actions. Solution? Agitate the cat by flicking scarves and string around his head.... continue reading this post »

The Strength and Superiority of Punjab

Wikipedia's article on Punjabi culture wins the award for being the most silly and biased article I have ever read on Wikipedia. For instance, did you know: People of different languages, cultures, customs and races came to Punjab for... continue reading this post »

Polyvore: Cool, but not taking over my life cool

Polyvore is a website that basically replicates the experience of cutting clothes out of a magazine and assembling them into a fashion scrapbook. While I thought only 13-year-old girls did this, The Hills has informed me that "sample boarding"... continue reading this post »

The Case of the Exploding Glass Desk

The other day, Pete's glass desk spontaneously exploded! Apparently, tempered glass does that sometimes. You can see more photos here.... continue reading this post »

Strike Payday

What in the fresh heck was the point of this, York? Clearly I realize that being on strike right now means that I don't get my TA/GA pay, but you don't have to rub it in my face by... continue reading this post »

Things I will miss about Montreal: Beer!

You can really gauge the value of a place by their default beer choice. And when Molson Export is your default beer choice, you rank pretty high on the Whaley Beer-Choice Index because Export is not that bad. At... continue reading this post »

Things I will miss about Montreal: Van Houtte

How do these coffee shops not exist in Toronto??? Van Houtte kind of looks like Lettieri and has numerous locations like Starbucks, but has better food and coffee than both. I had their smoked salmon panini and their breakfast... continue reading this post »

Things I will miss about Montreal: Mount Royal Park

Mount Royal Park is super cool! It was about -7 degrees out when we were there, so it was literally super cool, or cold. My legs nearly froze solid that day. Also, check out my furry hat. That hat... continue reading this post »

Boots Update: 5 Stars!

Yaaaay, I got those boots that I ordered on the internet and they fit wonderfully and they are so comfy and they have arch support and are everything I wanted from a boot and more! Also, I started looking... continue reading this post »

Caturday, November 22, 2008

Hey everyone, Caturday festivities are postponed for today as I am in Montreal for the Grey Cup! In the meantime, hobo cat is living out of a box. Or at Ken's apartment. Thanks Ken!... continue reading this post »

Japan concerned about sabupuraimu mortgages in 2008

I don't get Japanese culture. It's not like I have anything against Japanese culture, but I literally just don't get it. Gothic lolita cosplay, sugary pop music, used panties in vending machines, a propensity for large cartoon mascots, Real... continue reading this post »

Boots I bought that I love

A two-pronger! Prong 1: Did you know that Mindy Kaling (aka. Kelly Kapoor from The Office) has a blog? It's called things i bought that i love. Basically it's Kaling writing as a watered-down Kapoor (ie. herself) about things... continue reading this post »

More like "CUTERDAY, November 15": Capucine videos

Les escargots from Capucha on Vimeo. Warning: I am turning in to Angela on The Office. Soon my blog and home will be filled with nothing but cute pictures of cats, babies doing cute things, and doilies. Cyberdoilies. I will... continue reading this post »

Caturday, November 15, 2008

Good morning, I hope this rainy Caturday is treating you well. This week, you get to see Charlie doing a few of his favourite things: eating olives, drinking water out of glasses, being fuzzy, and getting all up in... continue reading this post »

The Westbury Union Photo Album

My Dad works in sales, he boats in the summer and snowmobiles in the winter, he likes to watch CSI and hockey in the evenings. You know, all pretty normal Canadian dad stuff. But in the late 1960's, my... continue reading this post »

Thank you, internet!

Guys. BrodyJenner.com exists. Hollywood's favourite bro about town is now blogging about life, dating, and Bromance. Since reading BrodyJenner.com, I have discovered that Brody Jenner's girlfriend is not only a Playboy Playmate of the Year, but she's from Port... continue reading this post »

Stop that, OpenOffice!!

This is what autocomplete does every time I type the word "the." It's so distracting! But hilarious! Obviously, it reminds me of this ("I'll take The Rapists for $800, Alex" "That's THERAPISTS"), and then I can't get any work done.... continue reading this post »

B.B. King is Live in Cook County Jail

Everyone should own this album. Either you already own it, and you're like, "Well, obviously Karen. That's an essential recording in the history of American music. That's like, saying, 'Hey, I read this awesome book I think you'd like.... continue reading this post »

The Deseronto Ponies Girls' Softball Team, c.1928-1930

I have been doing some genealogy work recently, trying to piece together a family tree on Ancestry.com. It seems that several branches of the family on my mother's side emigrated from Ireland to the township of Tyendinaga in the... continue reading this post »

Pumpkin Cookies

I was looking for a way to use up the rest of the pumpkin puree from making pumpkin muffins, so I looked up "pumpkin cookie recipe." Nearly every pumpkin cookie recipe on the internet is this one, and I... continue reading this post »

Charlie Responds to Caturday

Hey, get off my macbook!... continue reading this post »

Caturday, November 8, 2008

Don't you just love Caturdays? Curling up in a nice big armchair with a cuppa coffee and the newspaper? Who doesn't? Today is sort of a two-for-one deal on cats because my downstairs neighbour's cat Sophie, who visits us... continue reading this post »

'Tis a glorious Movember

Fellow blogger Graeme at Nunc Scio is growing a moustache for the month of November to raise money for prostate cancer research. Every year, around 24,700 Canadian men are diagnosed with prostate cancer and about 4,300 die of the disease.... continue reading this post »

Really America?

...in the best way possible. You did us proud!!!! Image courtesy of lovepuppy.... continue reading this post »

Caturday, November 1, 2008

Good morning! It is the first official Caturday on SIWP! The vote to decide whether or not Caturday would go ahead was completed by an astounding 26 people, meaning that I have twice the amount of readers that I... continue reading this post »

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