Of course, the cats get the FedEx box.
Remember my Nokia 6682 that I got from a marketing company and was nicked in Cuba? (I really liked that phone *sob*) Yep, the same marketing company sent me a boatload of Dove chocolate to try.
Am I going to share? Why, yes!

Daytime is siesta time on the bed, where the sun streams in through the skylight. Taken with my cameraphone, so you don’t see the crazy amount of cat fur on their blanket. I just washed it two days ago, but you’d never know it!
I’m also vacuuming far more than I usually do, to try and [...]

For all the architectural enthusiasts who enjoy the outdoors, this may be for you — a one-room cabin where you can watch the sunset (and nature can sort of watch you, too).
Sunset Cabin, Lake Simcoe, Ontario
The owner couple of this beautiful pre-fabricated cabin on the shores of Lake Simcoe in Ontario, Canada, has been coming [...]

In a not-so-unrelated follow-up to the last post, I bring to you the type of device that just MIGHT get me up in the morning, the Danger Bomb Clock by Geekstuff4u.com:

http://www.geekstuff4u.com/product_info.php?manufacturers_id=&products_id=488
Wake you up every morning with Explosion Sound! To stop the bomb, you have to pull out just one code from three. The safety code [...]

*long-winded consumer story ahead*
Tonight I booked an airline ticket on Aeroplan points, after looking at all the different options for a few days. I have used the site pretty regularly for years, so I’m familiar with the functionality of the reservation screens. Aeroplan has this “compare flights” widget on the sidebar where you can store [...]

(Disclaimer: at first this might seem like a tech industry post that might put you to sleep, but it’s not really about technology.)
I’m a little slow sometimes. I attended the Flickr Turns 4 birthday party in San Francisco one week ago, and I just realised something out about it today.
Last Saturday Kevin and I had [...]

Today was my initiation to the outdoor gear store paradise that is Bass Pro Shop, which is all over the eastern United States, with a few outlets scattered around the west. Apparently this is the only one in Canada.
It is ENORMOUS and built like a hunting and fishing lodge, with an aquarium-sized fish tank and [...]

Yesterday I replaced my very abused monochrome camera-less handset, the one I got free with the plan I set up nearly two years ago when I came to Toronto to begin my repatriation process and find a place to live.
I really miss that Nokia 6682 I got for free from the marketing company. Alas, it [...]

Earlier this year, Canadian environmentalist David Suzuki went on a tour across the country to, as he puts it, “… tap into basic concerns that Canadians have about the environment, and then bring those messages to Ottawa.” One of those issues is about the threat to the environment that plastic bottles pose in terms of [...]

I scored big-time today.
I went to the last day of Life Fest at the Metro Convention Centre with a free ticket and brought home a coffee table full of free loot! Notably, I also won a draw for a gym bag from Energizer with about $40 worth of stuff in it, 15 free digital prints [...]