Monthly Archives: June 2010

moving

By Reinette | Published: June 21, 2010
Hey, I moved in April. To BC! Never did write a post about it. The less said the better, really: moving is a miserable and expensive experience that, frankly, sucks. Ugh. However, I wanted to tell the Internet so that it knows how it is out there, for all those people contemplating a cross-Canada move. [...]
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hamster wheeltreadmill

By Reinette | Published: June 17, 2010
I had a big long post about my treadmill experiences written, honestly I did. And I’ll still put it up, eventually. But for now, in keeping with the 140 word challenge, I wanted to give you a short update on how it’s going: it’s going good. I like it. I’m walking; I’m fitter. HOWEVER. I [...]
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PSA

By Reinette | Published: June 16, 2010
This is a public service announcement: please do not hack Drupal core. It’s like sawing off a unicorn’s horn to test for poison. SO draconian! SO unnecessary! My friends: keep the unicorn alive! It will willingly dip its horn into your drinks; you just have to ask. And it will even (eventually) have baby unicorns, [...]
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this post is going to be incredibly short, just you wait, really it will, honest.

By Reinette | Published: June 15, 2010
The other day, during a terrific rain storm complete with thunder and a truly torrential downpour, I had coffee with Catherine. Catherine is an awesome web designer. She also has fabulous taste in WordPress Themes (go look, I’ll wait; see?) While we dried off and enjoyed being not-out-in-the-rain, we talked about blogging. She mentioned that [...]
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treading where no-one has tread before

By Reinette | Published: June 10, 2010
A few years ago research came to light about the perils of sitting all day. There’s elevating concern about our “sedentary society,” the fact that we spend all day sitting and all evening sitting too, and why this is bad for our hormones and circulatory systems. Heck, just yesterday, the CBC ran a story about [...]
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Recycling

By Reinette | Published: June 3, 2010
A while ago we took an ass-load – well, an Accent-load – of boxen back to the recycling depot. There must have been 50 flattened boxes, all told, and I took great delight in leaping around the foyer where they had been piled, exclaiming about the amount of space now available in the entryway, space [...]
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