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Summer 2015 Paid
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
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And today I caught up with all the bills from the daughter's visit in the summer. A lean visit, we accomplished next to nothing on my list, yet still there were an abundance of pawns and debts outstanding that had to be caught up upon...today, for a limited time only, what's mine is mine. I should get rid of it quickly before all is lost...
Looking for a new car, the old one, well, it's done, even to buy a tire for it, given how long it has left, seems a waste, and so I"m shopping for the ultimate 4X4, in my mind a beat up old Mercedes jeep styled SUV, but I'm open, and so searching Kijiji I find not 1, but 2 1986 Volvo's, 240 DL, Manual Transmission, and everything looks as if it might be pawned again...but I can't, the daughter's due back at Xmas, that's the next imminent bill, afterwards, for a couple months at least, my money's my own...
Oh, and Xmas, probably too late now to even try or hope, but if I thought of the children (THINK OF THE CHILDREN!!!) and ordered them some online presents, some of them stand a roughly 24% chance of being here by then...
Promiscuity & Interconnectedness
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- Category: Ideas & Questions
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An interesting article on how women carry the Y chromosomes (or DNA) of former lovers about in their bodies.
Link: http://www.amjmed.com/article/S0002-9343(05)00270-6/abstract
Which leads to a few questions & speculations, addressed here: http://jenapincott.com/do-you-carry-the-dna-of-your-former-lovers/
In a sense, though, if you've every done LSD or mushrooms, this should come as no surprise. We are all - at every scale and distance, inextricably intertwined, and our every interaction and idle thought shapes both ourselves and others. But if you haven't had that trip, well, consider this a little more proof to add to the pile...
Brilliance in Advertising
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Brilliance in Advertising. No, really...
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The best thing I've seen since the Old Spice Commercials. I don't have a TV, but I hope this is on it...
Canada Post (6)
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The last 2 parcels arrived today. October 7th. As an FYI, these were ordered on July 17th. This is a total of 82 days. Almost 3 months. Overall, 1 parcel out of 7 arrived on time, 1 2 weeks late, the rest in the order of months late. Seriously people, Given that it came from China, approximately 4,000 miles from here, you could have walked it quicker (50 miles a day and it woulda been here Monday). And there's been no response on my ticket...
Evaluate your own performance. If I sign a lease I'll consider ordering more stuff online...
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