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A treatise on It’s/Its from my alma mater.
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T minus 14 days and counting
Two weeks, today. That’s the due date. It can’t come soon enough for Alex. I think I’m finally getting scared. Before I was excited. Now I’m actually worried. Dunno why, I just am.
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We have (new) electricity
And the wonders of renovations continue. As you are aware, we’re getting a new electrical service. The panel moved, the meter moved outside, and the wires into the house are being moved to the roof. Yesterday (yes, I’m a …
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A trick. Get an axe.
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Pictures from my new lens
On the weekend, I spun by a very busy The Camera Store to pick up my new lens, a Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM. This is the standard prime used for virtually every camera for the last 60 years or so. Even the digitals picked …
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Why does my dryer not get hot?
Okay, this is actually more of a rhetorical question. I now know the answer to the question, thanks to a call to my handy electrician, Mark. My biggest worry was that I’d made a mistake with high-amperage wiring. Turns …
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New appliances and a pruned tree
It’s amazing now much work you can get done once you’ve got a floor to stand on! Even if it’s a little on the unfinished side. Where to start? Well, first there’s the electrical. Enmax is supposed to be here tomorrow or …
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A lobster!
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Renovation update
Today was a day of considerable progress, especially since I wasn’t actually doing any of it. But progress in any form is appreciated, since it means I can continue moving forward with changes and getting things back to …
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The concrete is in!
FINALLY! This was a process far more painful than it really needed to be. But if nothing else, it really just illustrates the difficulty in getting things done in Calgary as of late. There were a few too many challenges …
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