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A Memo To Google

Now that Google has bought YouTube for $1.65 billion, they're likely looking to acquire a Toronto blog next.  I believe that would be the next logical step.  Capture the online-video audience first and then go after the Toronto market. In the spirit of this assumption, I would like to
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Thanksgiving Redux

During a Thanksgiving long weekend, you're either in the Sunday celebration camp or the Monday celebration camp.  Some probably fall in both camps.  We had our turkey yesterday. When you've been blogging for four years, you get a few Thanksgiving entries under your belt. Like a flashback episode of your
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Happy Festivus 2005!

I want to wish each and every one of you a very happy Festivus.  For those who don't know what Festivus is, there are three easy to follow steps: "Get the pole out of the crawl space". Or go out and buy one. Remember, it should be aluminum, due to
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Heard At A Canadian Tire

This afternoon I heard the following announced over the paging system at a local Canadian Tire.  "Manager to the gun rack for customer service".  Something about that sentence didn't sit right with me. During the same visit to Canadian Tire, I asked a member of their helpful crew where I
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Happy Festivus 2004!

Happy Festivus everyone! For those who don't know what Festivus is, I've summarized it below in three easy to follow steps: "Get the pole out of the crawl space". Or go out and buy one. Remember, it should be aluminum, due to the "very high strength-to-weight ratio". Remember, "it requires
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