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Entries from June 2008

Queen Victoria’s Bloomers

July 31st, 2008 · 2 Comments

It has been a good week for sarcasm. As I said in my previous post - the gods of sarcasm have blessed me this week.
Guess why I’m happy now?
The headline should have tipped you off…
Queen Victoria’s bloomers have just been sold at an auction for the, ahem, princely sum of $9,000!
Yes her handmade 1890 knickers [...]

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Tags: Curiosities · Fashion industry · Gods of sarcasm · History · Humour · Silly Moments

I really should be working

July 29th, 2008 · 7 Comments

Seriously, I have a deadline to meet tomorrow, but right now.. I really don’t care. I’m pretending to work, which isn’t really that hard when you get a chance to work at home. I have some work to complete on a website. But I know I can get it done tomorrow, long before the deadline. [...]

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Tags: Curiosities · Obnoxious People · Rants · Weird News

It’s official - Toronto is all wet

July 24th, 2008 · 2 Comments

As of this morning, Toronto set a record for the wettest city in Canada. WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! I’m so thrilled. According to Enviroment Canada, over a 2 month period, Toronto has set a record for the most rain, beating a 30 year old record.
On average, Toronto records 792.7 mm of precipitation each year. But with 623.6 mm [...]

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Tags: Day in the Life · Toronto · Weather

So many strawberries, so little time

July 23rd, 2008 · 1 Comment

- Oh I feel so lazy lately… I look at my lovely little blog and say, I should gripe about this, I should moan about that and then I see the fresh fruits and veggies, the bbq, the sun (well not today, it’s coming down in buckets) and say “Screw it… let’s go loaf” and [...]

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Tags: Blogging · Catpaw's Mad · Justice · Obnoxious People · Rants · Utter Stupidity