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How to tell Gin from Vodka
TL;DR version: Read the damn product label! This is completely tongue-in-cheek, certainly not an actual story on how to tell the difference between Gin and Vodka. However, it is a funny & somewhat...
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New Year’s Resolutions 2018
It’s the start of another year and that means it’s time to look back at 2017 and think about what I’d like to do in 2018. I always enjoy looking back at my previous year’s post to see what glorious...
View ArticleDitching my home phone
So, last weekend I joined the club of people who are ditching their home phones in favour of using a cell phone instead. I picked up a cool little flip phone too, going completely old-school in the...
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Touring the Old Post Office in Galt
Last week was the official celebration of the opening of the Old Post Office in downtown Galt, Cambridge. Construction began in late 2015, restoring & renovating this as the latest location of the...
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Surface Go – First Impressions
TL;DR summary: I like it! I have had the Surface Go for just over 1 week now. I had been interested in it since it came out and did a lot of research on my recent trip to Fargo comparing US prices vs....
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Best Burgers: Webers on Hwy 11
The last few years, we started top X lists of a few things as we started to note how this or that was one of the “best we’ve ever tasted”. The list has started out with pizza and burgers, two classics...
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New Year’s Resolutions 2019
Well, it’s that time of year again, and time to look back at 2018 and plan for the new year. This is the 9th year where I’ve been writing these resolution posts and it’s always fun to look back at...
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Changing Password Managers
Back in October last year, I posted a couple of articles around my recommendations and use of Two-Factor authentication. (Here’s part 1 and part 2 for those articles, if you’re interested in reading...
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Prepaid Visa Card rip-off
Recently, I was given a Visa gift card from a friend, which ultimately was given to her from someone else. She’d been holding onto it for over a year, with no particular need to use it and owed me for...
View ArticleIn search of the perfect credit card
A few months ago, I started re-evaluating the credit cards I was using, and checking into the benefits they offer. I was planning a big trip and have never really paid attention too much to the...
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New Year’s Resolutions 2020
It’s time to look back on the year 2019 and the last 10 years. I won’t say “the last decade” lest the mansplainers get their shorts in a knot about it technically not being the end of the decade. 10...
View ArticleRestaurants open during COVID-19 (Cambridge)
This post is to highlight and show support for restaurants in Cambridge (Ontario, Canada) that are open (for takeout and/or delivery) during the Covid-19 pandemic. I’m a Galt resident and I started...
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New Year’s Resolutions 2021
It’s that time again, a new calendar year has begun. This year “Happy New Year” has an entirely different meaning to most of us, after what can only reasonably be described as a train wreck of a year....
View Article2021 year in review
It’s hard to believe it’s the start of another year. 2020 felt like it lasted forever while 2021 was a blur. I think 2021 was “2020 one” and 2022 is “2020 two”, which is what this pandemic feels like...
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2022 Year in review
I started writing this post on December 31st, 2022, as I re-read last year’s post to see where my head was at then. I re-read every “new year” post I’ve written here, all the way back to Jan 1, 2011....
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